Russian troops have withdrawn from Oleksiyivskyi Island on the Dnipro River at Kherson.
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⚔️❗️The invaders have abandoned positions on Oleksiyivskyi Island in the Kherson region, - Defense Forces of the South.
🗣According to Voloshyn, Russia is regrouping from the Kherson direction: it is removing airborne troops units and transferring them to the Orikhiv direction in Zaporizhzhia.
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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) January 26, 2026 at 7:10 AM
But they continue nonstop attacks on Kherson’s energy infrastructure.
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‼️Russians continue to shell Kherson CHP. The shelling has almost never stopped in the past day, - "Naftogaz"
The occupiers are attacking the CHP with artillery and drones. Together with local authorities, experts are looking for all possible ways to warm the city.
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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) January 26, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Russia also struck near the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Kyiv with a network of caves beneath it.
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❗️Russia struck the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, damaged ancient caves, - the reserve's statement
🟢The objects of the National Reserve "Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra", included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, were damaged by the Russian missile and drone attack on the capital.
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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) January 26, 2026 at 6:09 AM
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The video shows a Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv on 24 January, potentially damaging the Lavra.
Pechersk Lavra monastery hit for first time since WWII. "Every time, Moscow stands behind this—1918, 1941, and now," said Maxim Ostapenko, Director General of the reserve.
📹 Interfax
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— Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) January 26, 2026 at 9:08 AM
The lack of electricity and heat has many side effects on Kyiv.
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Under Article II of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, one of the defining acts of genocide is:
"Deliberately inflicting on a group of people conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part."
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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) January 26, 2026 at 8:08 AM
- No hot meals and no possibility to cook food at home;
- Sewer system failures, creating critical and dangerous conditions;
- Illness caused by extreme cold and the inability to stay warm;
- Children cannot attend schools because there is no heating. Distance learning is also impossible without electricity;
- Kindergartens are closed, mothers cannot work, earn money to feed their children
- Stray animals are freezing to death on the streets;
- Even pets are dying from the cold - parrots, aquarium fish, animals kept in terrariums;
- Animals in zoos are freezing;
- Collections of rare plants in Kyiv's botanical gardens have frozen and died
Kyiv residents also look out for each other.
Ukraine hit an oil refinery in the Krasnodar region and an electrical substation in Luhansk.
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Reports say that drones have reached Russia’s Krasnodar Krai. An oil refinery is on fire in Slavyansk-na-Kubani, reportedly the Slavyansk-Eco refinery. There are also reports of a fire in the occupied Luhansk region, where a substation is burning.
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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) January 26, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Three days? Could be worse. You could have been under attack for four years.
Way up north in Murmansk the residents are pissed.
On January 26 Murmansk Governor Andrei Chibis argued that stable power supplies had been returned to about 80 percent of the inhabitants, but the statement was met with disbelief among many locals.
"Why lie? What 80%? Give electricity to Severomorsk!!!!" a woman writes in a comment on the governor's social media page.
"What 80% are we talking about? All buildings on Sverdlova 8, except for building 6, have been without electricity for three days now. The power has not been turned on even for a couple of hours," another woman writes.
According to Governor Chibis, the 'optimistic scenario' for a temporary power restoration schedule is at least 24 hours. Full restoration could take a week, Chibis announced.
But many express distrust in the governor.
"Again, how long is ‘no less than a day’? Two days, five days, a week? You can take responsibility for everything that happens and set clear deadlines, but leave your vague and unclear statements for your superiors," a third woman writes in a comment on Chibis' VK page.
Did they try duct tape?
Another 1,020 Russians. Same as yesterday.
Meanwhile, Hungary threatens to sue the EU for abridging its right to kiss Russia’s ass.
Kharkiv students get a new underground school.
While a significant step, it is impossible to move the entire city's school system underground. Most Kharkiv students continue to study online, now approaching their fourth year away from physical classrooms.
How did you spend the war, Grandpa?
Taped upside down to tree.
The drones will find you. Resistance is futile.
Penguin camo?
This war has demonstrated that there is no such thing as too many drones or too much artillery.
Czech residents step up — as opposed to their worthless prime minister.
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Czech crowdfunding "Gift for Putin" raised $6.16M in 5 days for Ukraine generators
Already ordered: 2 truck-mounted diesel units for hospitals. "About 30 people working on this, we need to spend the money as quickly as possible," organizer Martin Ondracek
euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/26/g...
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— Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) January 26, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Steve Suckup just loves Putin’s translator.
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US special envoy Steve Witkoff publicly praised Putin’s translator Alexei Sadikov, calling him a “legend” and saying he recognized his voice “better than any voice on the Earth.” #Russia
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Witkoff feels very comfortable among war criminals.
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) January 25, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Speaking of suck ups.
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👀 Rutte: President Trump is doing a lot of good stuff, I believe. The 2% reached by all NATO members would never, ever have happened without Trump.
I don't mind Trump publishing text messages. I think Trump is very important to NATO. He is totally committed to NATO.
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— Savchenko Volodymyr (@savchenkoua.bsky.social) January 26, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Italy’s deputy prime minister channels JD Vance — Zelenskyy is not grateful enough.
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🇮🇹❗️🇺🇦 Italian Deputy PM Salvini:
We have heard Zelensky who, after all the money, after all the efforts, after all the aid, even has the nerve to complain.
My friend, you are losing the war, you are losing men, you are losing credibility and dignity. Sign the peace agreement as soon as possible.
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— Savchenko Volodymyr (@savchenkoua.bsky.social) January 26, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Rest in peace.
Where can I get one of these?
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❗️🇩🇪German company Circus SE is collecting robotic kitchens CA-1 with artificial intelligence for the 🇺🇦Ukrainian military.
The CA-1 is a fully autonomous robotic kitchen. It handles the entire food preparation cycle: from selecting ingredients and cooking to serving and cleaning the equipment.
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— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@militarynewsua.bsky.social) January 26, 2026 at 5:52 AM
