Ukraine's temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant lost power from one high-voltage line overnight into January 3, 2026, as a result of hostilities, the Ministry of Energy reported this morning via blyskavka_ua. The Ukrainian monitoring channel єРадар reported expected redeployment during the day of three Tu-95MS strategic bombers from Russia's Ukrainka airfield to Belaya airfield, in an update over the past hour cited by wartranslated. Yesterday, Russian forces attacked critical infrastructure in Mykolaiv region, cutting electricity to some settlements in Mykolaiv district and striking Mykolaiv suburbs with a drone that damaged a gas station building and two cars, the Regional Military Administration stated via blyskavka_ua; restoration work is ongoing with no casualties. In Russia's Krasnodar Krai, Belorechensk has spent a third day without electricity or water, with around 60% of the town still affected and residents melting snow for use, according to wartranslated. A fighter from Ukraine's 225th Assault Regiment's Morok battalion ambushed and killed three Russian soldiers near Huliaipole, with three more eliminated by drones, wartranslated reported from the past hour.
