The 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 held in Abu Dhabi with the participation of delegations from Ukraine, Russia, and the USA. He emphasized that Ukraine will not change its position on issues of territorial integrity, and Moscow's demands for the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the Donetsk region are unacceptable to him.
- Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff reported that negotiations will continue in Abu Dhabi next week. American media claim that the meeting is scheduled for February 1.
- According to Zelensky, the security agreement with the USA is fully ready. "The document is 100 percent complete, and we expect our partners to announce the date and place for its signing," he noted.
- The head of the Mykolaiv regional administration, Vitaliy Kim, reported that as a result of an FPV drone attack on the village of Dmytrivka, four children were injured.
- Kyiv is experiencing a significant electricity shortage, and more than 800,000 subscribers remain without power, as reported by the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal, on his Telegram channel.
- Serhiy Beskrestnov, a leading Ukrainian expert on drone usage, indicated that on Saturday morning, Russian troops attacked helicopters in the Kropyvnytskyi area using "Shahed" type drones that utilize Starlink satellite internet from SpaceX.
- In France, the captain of the oil tanker Grinch was detained, which was intercepted in the Mediterranean Sea on suspicion of participating in a shadow fleet involved in transporting Russian oil.
- On the night of January 25, the city of Belgorod was subjected to heavy shelling, which the regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov described as "the most massive." He stated that 24 munitions were fired at the city, presumably using HIMARS rockets. According to preliminary data, there are no casualties, but there is damage to energy infrastructure facilities.