Ukraine's Air Force of the Armed Forces reported as of 6:00 a.m. UTC on January 5, 2026, that air defenses shot down or suppressed 137 enemy UAVs during a Russian night attack involving 165 Shahed, Gerber and other UAVs launched since 6:00 p.m. on January 4, with the assault ongoing and several UAVs remaining in Ukrainian airspace. Separately, Russian strikes destroyed a residential building in Kyiv region, killing one resident in Fastiv district, according to Realny Kyiv. The Air Force stated Russia launched 9 Iskander-M ballistic missiles and S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles from Bryansk and Voronezh regions, plus UAVs from Millerovo, Kursk, Shatalovo and Orel in Russia, with about 100 being Shahed-type. Aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare units, unmanned systems and mobile fire groups repelled the attack, hitting 26 strike UAVs at 10 locations and downing others with debris at 9 sites, per the update posted during the hour from 5:45 a.m. to 6:45 a.m. UTC. Realny Kyiv detailed over the same period that strikes in Fastiv district destroyed a private house and car, killing a local resident, while damaging 12 more private houses, three cars and six garages. A five-story residential building was damaged in Vyshgorod district and a private house in Obukhiv district, with overall impacts including 13 private houses, a car and a high-rise building affected. This follows Ukraine's Air Force report over the prior hour to 5:15 a.m. UTC of a drone tracked from Poltava toward Lebedyn in Sumy region, and monitors confirming earlier Kyiv-area strikes damaging a medical facility near Natalka Park and the Fastiv fatality, as cited by Osinttechnical.
