An explosion damaged a pontoon crossing across the Seversky Donets in Bogorodichny, on a supply route for the Ukrainian Armed Forces group near Svyatogorsk, during positional combat operations in the Krasny Liman area on January 15, 2026, according to a Сливочный каприз report cited over the past hour through 1:45 AM UTC on January 16. The Сливочный каприз update specified combat operations 5 km from the line of combat contact at coordinates 49.022870, 37.512410, labeling the activity as positional in the Krasny Liman - Bogorodichnoe sector, with the information marked #ru #out. In a separate development, Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that President Vladimir Putin received letters of credence from newly appointed ambassadors of foreign nations on January 15 in the St Alexander Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace, as stated in a Telegram post shared on X during the reporting window.
