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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,064: At least the UKR war will be over today like Trump promised. [1]

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Date: 2025-01-21

Russian forces conducted a series of drone and missile strikes against Ukraine on the night of January 20 to 21.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported on January 21 that Russian forces launched four Iskander-M ballistic missiles from Voronezh Oblast and 131 Shahed and other strike and decoy drones from Millerovo, Rostov Oblast; Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai; and Oryol Oblast.[73] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed 72 drones over Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Zaporizhia, and Rivne oblasts; that 59 drones were "lost," likely due to Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) interference; and that the strikes damaged institutions, residential buildings, and other structures in Poltava and Cherkasy oblasts. Official Ukrainian sources reported on January 21 that Russian drone strikes and falling drone debris damaged infrastructure, civilian property, and buildings in Cherkasy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Poltava, and Mykolaiv oblasts.[74] Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Head Serhii Lysak reported on January 21 that Russian missiles damaged residential homes in Synelnykivskyi Raion and two enterprises in Dnipro City, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[75]

Ukrainian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Russian defense industrial enterprises and oil refineries in Russia on the night of January 20 to 21 as part of an ongoing strike series aimed at degrading Russian military capacity. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian Special Operation Forces (SSO) elements and other Ukrainian forces conducted a drone strike against Rosneft's Lisinskaya Oil Refinery in Voronezh Oblast for the second time this week following successful strikes on the night of January 15 to 16.[1] The January 20 to 21 strike caused a fire at fuel and lubricant tanks, and the Ukrainian General Staff noted that the oil refinery supplies the Russian military. Voronezh Oblast Governor Alexander Gusev claimed on January 20 that Russian forces destroyed several drones in Voronezh Oblast but that a drone fell on an oil depot in Liskinsky Raion, starting a fire.[2] A Kremlin-affiliated Russian milblogger noted that the oil depot was still burning from the January 15-16 strike and the second strike started another fire at the facility.[3] The Ukrainian General Staff also reported that Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces and SSO struck the Smolensk Aviation Plant in Smolensk Oblast.[4] Geolocated footage shows fires at the production building of the Smolensk Aviation Plant.[5] Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation Head Lieutenant Andriy Kovalenko stated that the plant produces and modernizes Su-25 attack aircraft and maintains aviation equipment.[6] Smolensk Oblast Governor Vasily Anokhin claimed that Russian forces repelled a Ukrainian drone strike against Smolensk Oblast but that falling drone debris caused fires.[7] Russian opposition outlet Astra reported that Ukrainian forces struck Lukoil's Saratovorgsintez Chemical Plant in Saratov City overnight that produces acrylonitrile, acetonitrile, and sodium cyanide.[8] The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed that Russian forces destroyed 10 drones over Smolensk Oblast, six over Voronezh Oblast, and four over Saratov Oblast on the night of January 20 to 21.[9]

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