A Russian ballistic missile struck Kharkiv at around 2:00 a.m. UTC on January 5, 2026, killing one person, according to Труха⚡️Харьков and Тимур Ткаченко 🇺🇦, as high-speed threats targeted Kharkiv Oblast on a north-westerly course per Повітряні Сили ЗС України. Concurrently, Shahed drones headed to multiple sites in Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Poltava and Sumy regions over the past hour ending 2:15 a.m. UTC, reported Розвідка України. In Kyiv, people were evacuated from a building damaged by the attack, as stated by Труха⚡️Київ citing KMVA, with loud explosions reported by Андрій Смолій. Rozvidka Ukrayiny detailed one drone each near Slavutych, M-K and Snovsk in Chernihiv region, two near Ponornytsia and one near Bobrovytsia there, one each in Tsvitkove and Drabiv in Cherkasy, one from the south to Hadyach in Poltava region, and one near Ivot in Sumy region. Russian air activity included three Tu-160 bombers flying over Tyumen on a western course, per AviMonitor. Naval deployments featured one missile carrier submarine entering the Black Sea waters, capable of up to six Kalibr cruise missiles, according to Розвідка України and Андрій Смолій, and one surface missile carrier with up to four Kalibr missiles, as reported by monitor. These developments continue waves of Russian Shahed drones targeting Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy regions detected in prior periods ending 1:15 a.m. UTC, as previously reported.
