Ukrainian MLRS "Grad" on the front line in the Donetsk region. Photo by Reuters.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commented on the results of the trilateral negotiations in Abu Dhabi, which involved representatives from Ukraine, Russia, and the USA. He emphasized that Ukraine will not change its position on territorial integrity and rejected Moscow's demands for the withdrawal of troops from the Donetsk region.
- Steve Witkoff, a special envoy of Trump, reported that the next rounds of negotiations in Abu Dhabi are scheduled for next week, with a meeting expected on February 1.
- According to Zelensky, the USA has agreed on security guarantees for Ukraine. "The document is 100% ready, and we are awaiting confirmation of the date and place of its signing from our partners," he added.
- Vitaliy Kim, head of the Mykolaiv regional administration, reported that four children were injured as a result of an FPV drone strike on the village of Dmytrivka.
- In Kyiv, there continues to be a shortage of electricity, with over 800,000 subscribers remaining without power, as noted by the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal, on his Telegram channel.
- Serhiy Beskrestnov, a leading Ukrainian drone specialist, stated that on Saturday morning, Russian forces attacked helicopters in the Kropyvnytskyi area using "Shahed" drones that utilize Starlink satellite internet from SpaceX.
- France detained the captain of the tanker Grinch, which was intercepted in the Mediterranean Sea on suspicion of links to a shadow fleet involved in transporting Russian oil.
- On the night of January 25, Belgorod was hit by a powerful strike, which the regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov described as "the most extensive." He reported that 24 munitions were fired at the city, presumably using HIMARS rockets, specifying that there were no casualties, but energy infrastructure facilities were damaged.
