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Double-digit temperatures under zero, energy outages and freezing chilly flats: Kyiv is experiencing the harshest winter because the starting of the conflict. Talks between Ukraine and the US are set to proceed on the World Economic Forum.

All occasions surrounding the conflict in Ukraine and worldwide safety coverage within the reside ticker:

01:18 a.m. – Ukrainian military chief: Russia will increase manufacturing of missiles and drones

According to the Ukrainian military chief, Russia exhibits no real interest in peace talks. “On the contrary, we are observing that hostilities are increasing and the production of offensive weapons, missiles and drones is increasing,” Olexandr Syrskyj instructed the net medium lb.ua in an interview revealed on Sunday. Moscow plans to extend output to as much as 1,000 drones per day.

Syrskyj describes the Ukrainian assaults far behind the entrance as “our strength”. As a outcome, 719 targets had been hit and injury amounting to $15 billion was precipitated, primarily within the Russian oil trade. Ukrainian losses in 2025 additionally fell by 13 % in comparison with the earlier yr, whereas Russian losses “increased significantly”.

Sunday, January 18th:

9:57 p.m. – Ukraine and USA proceed talks in Davos

Ukraine and the USA wish to proceed their talks on the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. “We have agreed to continue the work in the teams at the next consultations in Davos,” wrote Ukrainian chief negotiator Rustem Umjerov on Telegram. At the most recent in a sequence of conferences in Florida, either side mentioned safety ensures and a plan for post-war reconstruction.

10:29 a.m. – Zelensky: Dead and lots of injured after Russia’s assaults

According to President Zelensky, dozens of individuals have been injured and at the very least two killed in new Russian air strikes in Ukraine. “My condolences go out to their families and relatives,” the pinnacle of state stated on social networks this morning. Russia as soon as once more used greater than 200 drones towards Ukraine.

“This week alone, more than 1,300 attack drones, around 1,050 glide bombs and a total of 29 missiles of various types were deployed,” Zelensky additional stated. “That’s why Ukraine needs even more protection – especially more missiles for air defense systems.” This was additionally promised by the allies, it stated in a video that Zelenskyj revealed with photographs of the injury and penalties of the Russian assaults.

3:38 a.m. – 20-year-old dies in Russian assault in Kharkiv

A 20-year-old lady was killed in a Russian assault on the town of Kharkiv, in accordance with native authorities. According to accessible info, a girl died because of a drone assault on a non-public home, stated the mayor of Kharkiv, Igor Terekhov, on Telegram.

Saturday, January seventeenth:

11:10 p.m. – Ukrainian army intelligence fears additional assaults on energy grids

According to Ukrainian President Zelensky, the nation’s army intelligence service has intensive info on preparations for additional Russian assaults on the vitality sector and demanding infrastructure – “including facilities and networks that supply our nuclear power plants.” There remains to be no willingness on the a part of Russia to honor agreements or finish the conflict.

“Every single Russian attack on the energy sector in the midst of this harsh winter weakens and undermines the efforts of key states – especially the United States – to end this war,” Zelensky writes on X.

10:40 p.m. – Power outage in Russian-occupied area of Ukraine

According to the occupiers, there have been energy outages within the a part of the southeastern Ukrainian area of Zaporizhia occupied by Russian troops because of Ukrainian drone assaults. This impacts a “significant part of the Zaporizhzhia region,” wrote the Moscow-appointed governor, Yevgeny Balitsky, on Telegram. Generators would energy necessary objects akin to hospitals and guarantee water provides. Balizki referred to as on the inhabitants to be affected person whereas the restore work lasted.

At the identical time, Balizki threatened penalties for publishing footage of the usage of anti-aircraft defenses and the implications of impacts. Videos of suspected drone strikes in a substation close to the town of Melitopol had beforehand been distributed on social networks. According to the occupation authorities, the Russian-occupied a part of the neighboring Kherson area can be affected by the ability outages. Kremlin-appointed governor Vladimir Saldo stated a number of hundred settlements had been with out electrical energy.

10:00 p.m. – Belarusian opposition chief Tichanowskaja desires to go from Lithuania to Poland

The Belarusian opposition chief Svetlana Tichanowskaja desires to maneuver from Lithuania to Poland for safety causes. According to these near her and the Polish Foreign Ministry, the opposition determine, who has been in exile in Lithuania since 2020, will quickly be going to Warsaw along with her crew. The authorities in Vilnius diminished safety precautions for Tikhanovskaya in October, and her crew had since complained about an elevated risk from the Belarusian secret service KGB in Lithuania.

2:34 p.m. – Ukrainian negotiators start talks

The Ukrainian negotiators for a peace settlement for the nation attacked by Russia have arrived within the USA for the introduced talks. This was introduced by Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Ukrainian presidential workplace, on Telegram. He will likely be accompanied by the pinnacle of the Ukrainian Security Council, Rustem Umyerov, and the parliamentary group chief of the presidential Servant of the People social gathering, Davyd Arachamija.

“Ukraine needs a just peace. We are working for this result,” wrote Budanov.

2:10 p.m. – Tens of 1000’s of Ukrainian households with out energy after Russian assaults on Bucha

After renewed Russian assaults on the Ukrainian vitality infrastructure, 56,000 households within the Bucha area have misplaced their energy. As the Ukrainian Energy Ministry reported on Saturday, the outages within the bitter chilly primarily affected individuals in Bucha, close to the capital Kiev. However, because of “ongoing massive attacks,” an vitality emergency has been declared all through Ukraine. There had been additionally energy outages within the south of the nation round Odessa.

The ministry additional defined that the electrical energy was switched off in a number of areas “due to the overloading of the systems due to the high consumption during the cold period”.

12:37 p.m. – Zelensky orders quicker electrical energy imports

President Zelensky has ordered the speedy enlargement of electrical energy imports and the import of further vitality gear as a result of ongoing Russian assaults on vitality provides. “All the necessary decisions have already been made and the increase in imports must take place without delay,” Zelensky stated after a gathering with high-ranking authorities and army representatives on the net platform X.

12:14 p.m. – Russian assaults on gasoline amenities once more

Russia has once more hit gasoline manufacturing amenities in Ukraine in a nighttime airstrike. This is introduced by the state-owned Ukrainian vitality firm Naftogaz. It was the sixth such assault inside per week. “These are targeted attacks on the civil infrastructure in order to cut off Ukrainians from heating and gas during the cold season,” explains the corporate through the brief message service Telegram.

10:32 a.m. – Russia stories seize of two cities

According to the Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russian troops have taken the cities of Prywillia within the Ukrainian Donetsk area and Pryluki within the Zaporizhzhia area.

6:34 a.m. – Negotiations on safety agreements start

Negotiations between the USA and Ukraine to finish the Russian conflict of aggression are scheduled to proceed this Saturday in Miami within the US state of Florida. According to Ukrainian info, the primary focus will likely be on safety ensures and the long-term financial improvement of the Eastern European nation.

00:53 a.m. – Damage to energy line – Kiev and Moscow agree on a restricted ceasefire on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant

Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a localized ceasefire for repairs to the final remaining reserve energy line on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant. After the ceasefire settlement there, restore work ought to start “in the coming days,” the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stated in Vienna.

The nuclear energy plant’s final reserve energy line was broken by army actions within the area on January 2nd and was due to this fact shut down. “This temporary ceasefire – the fourth we have negotiated – demonstrates the vital role we continue to play,” stated IAEA Director Rafael Grossi. According to his group and its crew on web site, there had been day by day air alerts across the nuclear energy plant final week.