Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,420

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,420

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These are the key developments from day 1,420 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

DRUZHKIVKA, UKRAINE - JANUARY 13: Paramedics rush to the scene as smoke and flames rise from a car after being hit by a Russian FPV drone in Druzhkivka, Ukraine on January 13, 2026. A civilian in the car targeted in the drone attack was injured. ( Diego Herrera Carcedo - Anadolu Agency )

Ukrainian paramedics rush to the scene as smoke and flames rise from a car after being hit by a Russian drone in Druzhkivka, Ukraine, on January 13, 2026 [Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu]

Published On 14 Jan 2026

Here is where things stand on Wednesday, January 14:

Fighting

  • A Russian missile and drone attack on a postal company terminal in Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv killed four people and wounded six, Kharkiv Governor Oleh Syniehubov said on the Telegram messaging app.
  • Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said that a Russian long-range drone also struck a medical facility for children, causing a fire.
  • Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Energy Mykola Kolisnyk said that continued Russian shelling on Tuesday caused an “even greater shortage” of electricity in Kyiv and that “almost 500 high-rise buildings are still without heat”.
  • The Ministry of Defence in Moscow said Russian forces had launched a “massive strike against energy facilities used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces”, according to Russia’s TASS news agency.
  • The ministry also reported that Russian forces shot down 207 Ukrainian drones and 11 guided missiles in a 24-hour period, according to TASS.
  • TASS also said that some supermarkets were closed in Kyiv due to the power outages. However, Kolisnyk said these reports were false.
  • Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said Ukrainian Navy forces struck a Russian drone factory in Taganrog, in Russia’s Rostov region, causing a fire and “a series of loud explosions”.
  • Rostov Governor Yury Slyusar wrote on Telegram that a woman’s body was found in a building after it was shelled by Ukrainian forces in Taganrog.
  • A Ukrainian drone attack killed a man in Shebekino city in Russia’s Belgorod region, the regional civil task force reported on Telegram.
  • Another Ukrainian drone attack killed a 45-year-old woman in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian region of Luhansk, the Russian-installed regional government reported on Telegram.
  • Ukraine’s DeepState military blog said that Russian forces advanced near Lozova in Kharkiv and Stepnohirsk in the Zaporizhia region.

Black Sea attacks

  • Drones stru

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