Russian Armed Forces advanced up to 2 kilometers in the Seversk region and took confident control of the eastern part of Zakotnoye village on January 16, 2026, unfurling the Russian flag in a residential area at coordinates 48.892508, 37.988432, according to a Telegram post by Russia's Ministry of Defence shared between 1:17 PM and 1:46 PM UTC. The ministry described the action as consequences of hostilities, with attack aircraft securing the position in the eastern residential zone of Zakotnoye, as georeferenced in the official post during this 29-minute reporting window. This development occurs amid ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, following reports earlier on January 16 of Russian strikes on all Ukrainian power plants and Ukrainian attacks on energy infrastructure in Russia's Bryansk region, as stated by Ukrainian Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal and Bryansk Governor Alexander Bogomaz.
