'Cotton' targeted a substation in Orsk, Orenburg region, causing a blackout across the city on January 14, 2026, between 7:16 PM and 7:45 PM UTC, according to Supernova+. Supernova+ reported the incident with the phrasing 'Orsk... Orenburg region... Cotton at a substation... in the city of Blackout,' indicating the operative's action disrupted power in the area during this 29-minute period. In the same Supernova+ update, Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin stated Russian convicts are refusing en masse to join the army, even as officers, as shared by ChrisO_wiki on X. Girkin said nobody believes the Russian Ministry of Defence's promises anymore and recruiters cannot persuade the men to go to their deaths. This follows a similar resistance action earlier on January 14, when the 'Freedom of Russia' group disabled a military train locomotive in the Novosibirsk region between 6:15 PM and 7:15 PM UTC, according to the group's Telegram channel.
