The Kremlin likely targeted the westernmost part of Ukraine with an Oreshnik missile to deter Europe and the United States from providing security guarantees to Ukraine.

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Ukrainian officials reported that Russian strikes significantly damaged electricity transmission systems and power generation infrastructure, leaving at least 500,000 consumers in Kyiv City and 3,000 in Chernihiv Oblast without power.[24] The Ukrainian Ministry of Energy reported that Ukrainian authorities restored power to over one million people in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast after the Russian strikes on the night of January 7 to 8, but that over 34,000 people in the region remain without power as of the morning of January 9.[25]

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The Russian military command continues to endorse war crimes near Pokrovsk. The Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) published an audio intercept on January 9 of a Russian commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion of the 237th Airborne (VDV) Regiment (76th VDV Division) ordering subordinates to execute Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) near Pokrovsk.[82] ISW observed an increase in Russian war crimes in the Hulyaipole and Pokrovsk directions since late October and November 2025, as Russian forces have intensified offensive operations in these directions and advanced into the towns.[83] ISW continues to assess that the Russian military command is endorsing and sometimes ordering war crimes on the battlefield and that Russia is torturing and abusing Ukrainian civilian prisoners as part of the wider military modus operandi.[84]