Overview
- Russian investigators added illegal storage and transport of explosives to terrorism counts against four Chelyabinsk truck drivers accused of hauling concealed drone components used in the June 2025 operation.
- The alleged SBU scheme hid drones in prefabricated house materials and launched them from trucks toward airbases at Olenya, Bila, Dyagilevo and Ivanovo.
- Damage from the strikes remains disputed, with the SBU citing 41 aircraft hit, The New York Times relaying up to 20 destroyed or seriously damaged, and Reuters reporting 10 destroyed.
- Ukraine’s General Staff logged 204 engagements on January 30, detailing 6,731 kamikaze drones, 69 airstrikes and 174 guided bombs, with 46 Russian assaults checked on the Pokrovsk axis.
- Ukraine put cumulative Russian personnel losses at about 1,239,590 as of January 31, and officials in Kherson opened a criminal probe after a family of four was injured when their car struck a ‘petal’ mine.