State Emergency Service of Ukraine
No one was injured in Sumy after a Russian air strike on January 13. The administrative and warehouse buildings were damaged. The blast wave also damaged the windows of a two-story residential building.
In the village of Chahor in Bukovyna, 4 people were poisoned by carbon monoxide due to the improper use of a wood-burning stove. All the victims were hospitalized.
Terrorists massively shelled a residential area of Sumy and a children's health center. The fires were extinguished thanks to the prompt actions of the rescuers, and there were no casualties.
In Ivano-Frankivsk region, a fire broke out in a two-story building of an educational institution, covering 220 square meters of space. 45 rescuers and 13 special vehicles successfully extinguished the fire, with no casualties.
An accident occurred in the Kirovograd region, injuring four people, including two children born in 2007 and 2016. Rescuers unblocked a girl from a mangled car that ended up in a ditch.
Level III avalanche hazard and storm warning have been declared in the Carpathians from January 9 to 13. In the highlands of Transcarpathia, the danger reaches level IV, and tourists are urged to refrain from hiking.
Russian troops have approached the outskirts of Pokrovsk to within a few kilometers. There are 7,000 people left in the city without critical infrastructure, and they are being urged to evacuate.
A Russian drone hit the technical floor of a 16-story building in Kyiv's Solomyansky district. Rescuers are clearing dangerous structures, and a car was also damaged.
The search operation for a 7-year-old boy who disappeared on the Sniv River on January 7 continues in Chernihiv Oblast. The search involves more than 30 rescuers, divers and police officers with equipment and drones.
In Uzhhorod, a man put his pants to dry in a gas oven and went to rest, which led to a fire. Neighbors who smelled smoke helped the owner put out the fire.
In 2024, 35 thousand square kilometers of territory were surveyed and demined in Ukraine, of which 17 thousand square kilometers were returned to use. 73 mine action operators and 200 mechanical demining vehicles were engaged.
Since the beginning of 2025, 7 people have died on Ukrainian waters, mostly while fishing. Cases were reported in seven regions due to unstable temperatures and fragile ice.
In December 2024, 11 cases of carbon monoxide poisoning were recorded in Ukraine, and 5 people died. The SES reports 756 cases of fires due to violations of the rules for operating heaters.
In the Kupyansk direction, people are being evacuated due to constant shelling, especially from the left bank of the Oskol. There are 133 people on the left bank and more than 1,000 on the right bank.
In the first week of 2025, 865 household fires occurred in Ukraine, up 32% year-on-year. The fires killed 55 people, up 41% year-on-year.
Over the past day, the occupants fired 3,200 times at the Donetsk region, wounding three civilians. About 40 thousand people are still living along the front line in dangerous localities.
Rescuers have warned of strong winds in the Carpathians on January 6-7, with gusts of up to 40 m/s in the highlands. Gusts of up to 22 m/s are expected in the Carpathian region, which could complicate the work of utilities.
In Dobropillya, Donetsk region, two 11-year-old boys sustained leg injuries as a result of an explosion on an unknown explosive device. The victims were hospitalized, the circumstances of the incident are being established.
In Kolomyia, a family of four, including two children, was poisoned by carbon monoxide due to a malfunctioning gas boiler. All the victims were hospitalized in Kolomyia district hospitals.
A fire broke out on the second floor of a psychoneurological boarding school in Pivdenne. Six people were injured, one suffered 90% burns to his body, and five were poisoned by carbon monoxide.
In Svesa, a Russian air strike destroyed 15 apartments in a five-story building and one private house. 10 people were injured, including two children, and about 900 windows were damaged.
In the village of Svesa in Sumy region, 10 people, including 2 children, were injured in a Russian air strike. Four apartment buildings were damaged, including one five-story building that was heavily damaged.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the number of protective structures in Ukraine has increased from 20 to 62 thousand. The requirements for the design of shelters have changed, including an increase in the minimum height to 2.5 meters.
Rescuers have completed the rubble removal of a residential building in Kyiv's Pechersk district after the January 1 Russian attack. They removed 850 tons of debris and rescued 4 people, 2 dead and 4 injured.
A yellow level of danger has been declared in Ukraine due to icy roads and wind gusts of up to 15-18 m/s. A significant level III avalanche hazard is forecast in the Carpathians.
A drone attack in Mykolaiv region resulted in a spill of 1,800 tons of sunflower oil into the Bug estuary. The area of contamination reached 9,000 square meters, with preliminary losses estimated at UAH 45 billion.
Russian troops attacked Kramatorsk, destroying part of a residential building. Over the past day, the occupiers shelled 9 settlements in Donetsk region, damaging 37 civilian objects.
Three people died in the Cherkasy region due to problems with electrical appliances. A couple died in the village of Derenkovets, and a woman died in Smila due to negligence when using electrical appliances.
A fire broke out in an outbuilding on the territory of a cemetery in the Kholodnohirsky district of Kharkiv. Two men died as a result of the fire, which was caused by a violation of the rules for operating a stove.
The government will resume scheduled inspections of non-food products by market surveillance authorities in 2025.