Telegram channel Локатор России reported the direction of a UAV originating from Russia's Belgorod region, marked in red with white lines indicating possible directions, according to its update during the 29-minute window from 1:15 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. UTC on January 5, 2026. Separately, Telegram channel Пепел ➜ Белгород stated that Russian soldiers who found themselves surrounded took refuge in the Kupyanskaya Central District Hospital before it was destroyed during an airstrike, as reported in the same period. The channel noted that propaganda media had previously attributed the destruction to an attack by Ukraine's Armed Forces on the facility housing military personnel. The hospital is located in Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast, amid earlier military activity in the Kupyansk direction where Ukraine's 77th Airmobile Brigade repelled a Russian assault north of Novoplatonivka before 11:45 a.m. UTC today, according to prior reports.
