Ukraine continues to cripple Russia's energy sector by hitting numerous oil refineries, depots, chemical plants, and more with drones.

Ukraine launched waves of long-range strikes, including its ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles, at targets inside Russia.

The Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukraine launched six ATACMS missiles overnight at the Bryansk region, but that all of them were downed by air defenses. The ministry also said that 146 Ukrainian drones had been shot down outside the conflict zone over the last day.

The Ukrainian energy minister says Russia has launched a massive aerial attack against Ukraine, forcing the country to introduce preventive power cuts

Moscow say Kyiv fired six US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, six British Storm Shadow cruise missiles and at least 146 drones

in cooperation with other units of the defence forces of Ukraine, conducted a precision strike on the Bryansk Chemical Plant in the city of Seltso, a strategic facility of the Russian military-industrial complex." Details: This plant produces gunpowder ...

While air raid sirens during visits by foreign leaders have sounded before, it is rare for air defenses to actually have to fight off attacking drones.

Nearly 89,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine, according to a joint investigation by BBC Russia and Mediazona, an increase of 3,965 killed since mid-December. It is thought the actual death toll is much higher as the numbers of deceased Russian troops include only those who could be immediately verified.

A regional governor said an industrial site in the Russian city of Lyudinovo had been hit. Read more at straitstimes.com.

As of Saturday morning, January 18, it was confirmed that two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles were shot down in the Kyiv Region and 24 Shahed attack UAVs

Ukraine’s Defense Forces have shot down two Russian Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and 24 drones. — Ukrinform.