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Ukrainian authorities implemented a blackout schedule in Kharkiv, Odesa, and Dnipro, unlike Kyiv, to ration electricity.

January 20, 2026 Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda UNIAN Institute for the Study of War

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Kharkiv (location) Odesa (location) Dnipro (location) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Kholodnohirskyi district (location) Kharkiv City Council (organization) Germany (organization) Switzerland (organization) Czechia (organization) Ihor Terekhov (person) Husynka (location) Russian forces (organization) Hart Brigade (military_unit) Ukrainian drone unit (military_unit) Ukraine's 10th Army Corps (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: certain

Authorities in Kharkiv, Odesa, and Dnipro implemented blackout schedules.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, the Russians conducted one airstrike, dropping four guided bombs

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Russian forces conduct assault operations along the entire section of the state border on the Vovchansk direction to enter new territories

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces created a kill zone using unmanned systems near Kupyansk that can destroy up to 88 percent of Russian forces

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.150Z

Source story: day-1-2026-01-25