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Authors: Olha Polishchuk; Cristian Vlas
1138 political violence events
1% decrease compared to last week
60 incidents of violence targeting civilians
28% increase compared to last week
At least 24 fatalities from civilian targeting
14% decrease compared to last week
Key trends
- In southwest Donetsk, Russian forces occupied Velyka Novosilka and a neighboring settlement, in addition to two villages southwest of Pokrovsk, advancing closer to the administrative boundary with the Dnipropetrovsk region.
- In the Kharkiv region, Russian forces advanced north and east of Kupiansk, seizing two settlements.
- ACLED records 29 Russian long-range missile and drone strikes, including several attacks on Kyiv city and region and the western regions of Ivano-Frankivsk and Khmelnytskyi. Ukrainian forces intercepted strikes in at least 36 other instances.
- Russian shelling, missiles, and drones killed at least 24 civilians in the Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Sumy regions.
Key events
- 26 Jan. | Kharkiv – Russian forces drop seven glide bombs on Kupiansk, killing two civilians and damaging over 60 residences
- 28 Jan. | Cherkasy – Russian drones hit critical infrastructure in Uman, disrupting power, water, and heating supply in surrounding settlements
- 30 Jan. | Sumy – A Russian drone strikes an apartment building in Sumy city, killing 11 civilians