The Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported between 1:15 AM and 1:45 AM UTC on January 1, 2026, an unmanned aerial vehicle in the north of Rivne region heading toward Volyn and a KAB heading to Sumy Oblast, according to posts from the Air Force in the 29-minute reporting window. The Air Force specified the UAV's location and direction in Rivne region with an emoji indicating drone activity, while noting the KAB trajectory to Sumy Oblast with a launch emoji, as stated in the same posts. These alerts follow multiple enemy UAV movements reported by the Air Force in the prior 30 minutes across Volyn, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Zhytomyr regions, including BpLA toward Lutsk and Kovel in Volyn, as well as earlier massive UAV attacks on Odesa and Volyn. Separately, journalist Caolan Robertson posted on X that Kyiv is the only capital marking the New Year in silence due to listening for drones, according to a tweet in the reporting window.
