Overview
- Russian drones targeted Kyiv again on January 14, with explosions reported and air defenses engaged, while Kryvyi Rih faced tens of thousands of outages and halted its metro‑tram service.
- The January 12–13 barrage included 25 missiles and about 293 strike drones, and Ukrainian air defenses reported downing 7 missiles and 240 drones.
- Energy facilities were heavily damaged, leaving large numbers of customers without power in Kyiv and seven regions, forcing emergency shutoffs and keeping about 400 apartment buildings in the capital without heat.
- A Nova Poshta terminal near Kharkiv was largely destroyed and four employees were killed, with further civilian casualties reported in Kramatorsk and across Kharkiv region.
- The General Staff recorded 141 combat engagements on January 13, with the fiercest fighting near Pokrovsk and Huliaipole, as Ukrainian officials at the UN and in talks with U.S. commanders pressed for more air defenses, long‑range weapons and tougher sanctions on Russia.