A Russian An-124-100 "Ruslan" cargo plane landed at Engels-2 airfield between 10:45 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. UTC on January 11, 2026, with cargo reported as probably of military purpose and possibly including a large batch of X-101 cruise missiles, according to the strategic aviation monitoring channel 'Стратегічна авіація рф'. Concurrently, drones continuously broke through Kyiv Oblast towards Rivne Oblast since the night, with some equipped with reconnaissance gear and dropping mines, as tracked by Times of Ukraine radar and reported by Kyiv | Times during the reporting window. Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko stated that heat and electricity supply was restored in record time in Kyiv following extensive damage from one of Russia's largest attacks on energy infrastructure, though power outages continue with significant improvement targeted for Thursday, according to @blyskavka_ua. Sources in Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) reported that Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov's kidneys have failed, with him in a private hospital as family members gathered and the Kremlin urgently seeking a new strongman for Chechnya, as stated by @nexta_tv. Russian Z-bloggers expressed lament over the war's duration reaching 1,417 days—matching Soviet WWII Eastern Front participation—while noting minimal advances like 60 km from Donetsk to Pokrovsk amid high losses, quoting @wartranslated, in line with analyses reported earlier this morning. These developments follow Ukraine Air Force warnings of enemy tactical aviation and KAB launches in Sumy Oblast earlier today, as well as defense analyst identifications of recent Oreshnik missile uses.
