On the night of January 20, Russian troops again attacked the Ukrainian capital with drones and missiles. According to local authorities, as a result, more than 5.5 thousand residential high-rise buildings were left without heat energy. According to the mayor of the city, Vitaliy Klitschko, 5,635 apartment buildings were left without heating.

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Vladimir Zelensky has still decided whether he will go to the World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland). As European Pravda writes , the President of Ukraine told reporters that he was busy solving problems with electricity supply. “This is now the main priority. Of course, I choose Ukraine in this case, not the economic forum,” Zelensky said, adding, however, that “everything can change every minute.” The President's Telegram channel reports that Ukrainian diplomats are in Davos.

Against this background, overall oil refining also decreased - by 1.7% compared to 2024. Experts interviewed by the publication attribute the decrease in supplies to “unscheduled repairs at the refinery” after “a series of external influences.” The largest number of such incidents was recorded in the second half of the year: from August to November, the refineries received a total of 85.9 million tons of oil compared to 90 million for the same period in 2024.

Exercises to prepare for possible blackouts of light, heat and water as a result of shelling, which took place in the Belgorod region after a large-scale blackout, revealed the inability of city services to cope with the difficulties that arose in a timely manner. This was announced by Deputy Governor of the Belgorod Region Evgeny Vorobyov at a meeting of the regional government on January 19.

Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said the island's authorities and population should be prepared for a possible military invasion by the United States, although he called such an option unlikely. Bloomberg reports this. “Military conflict is unlikely, but it cannot be ruled out,” Nielsen said at a press conference in the Greenland capital Nuuk on January 20.

News The Insider 20 January 2026 The administration of Moscow’s Higher School of Economics (HSE University) will be offering students who are facing expulsion for academic failure the option of signing a contract with Russia’s Ministry of Defense. The independent science-focused publication T-invariant has published a copy of the letter, sent to the university’s instructors, outlining the plan.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has made a decision allowing Russian athletes to qualify for the Paralympics in 2026. The head of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC), Pavel Rozhkov, told Match TV about this. Back in September, the RPC reported that the IPC General Assembly had decided to fully restore the Russian committee's membership. However, the IPC soon announced that Russian athletes would not be able to participate in the 2026 Winter Games.

American Charles Wayne Zimmerman received five years in a general regime colony on charges of illegally transporting firearms and ammunition across the customs border of the EAEU. This decision was made by the Central District Court of Sochi, the information was confirmed by the joint press service of the courts of the Krasnodar Territory, writes RBC.

A non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT), which helps identify congenital pathologies in a child, was included in the compulsory health insurance system for pregnant women with a high and average risk of giving birth to children with chromosomal abnormalities, Kommersant reports , citing Natalya Dolgushina, the chief freelance specialist of the Ministry of Health for women’s reproductive health. According to Dolgushina, 10% of pregnant women have indications for NIPT.

News The Insider January 20, 2026 Roskomnadzor plans to develop and launch an Internet filtering system based on machine learning in 2026. 2.27 billion rubles will be allocated for the development and launch of the project, which follows from the department’s digital transformation plan, which was presented to the government commission on digital development on December 26.

News The Insider January 20, 2026 Boris Filatov. Photo: Dnieper City Council Law enforcement officers came to the Dnieper City Hall on the morning of January 20 with a search. The mayor of the city, Boris Filatov, announced this in his Telegram channel, emphasizing that the security forces are distracting him from his work to eliminate the consequences of the Russian attack on the boiler room, which left hundreds of houses without heating.

Scientists from Australia and the United States have for the first time measured how much energy ocellated cat sharks, small bottom-dwelling predators that live off the coast of Australia, spend on reproduction. It turned out that, unlike most other animals, these fish do not increase energy expenditure during egg laying. The results of the study were published in the journal Biology Open. In the experiment, sharks laid 196 egg capsules over 98 breeding cycles.

The peaceful, prosperous little Scandinavian state hugged by the Baltic and North Seas has long played a crucial but highly discrete role in world politics. Now it finds itself at the center of global attention. Contents 1. Panic on the waves 2. Colonialism reborn 3. Dogs barking across a fence 4. The U.S., an enemy? 5. Confusion in NATO 6.

Macron also suggests Trump have dinner in Paris on Thursday “before returning to the US.” Later, the press service of the French president confirmed the authenticity of the letter. In the case of inviting representatives from Russia to the meeting, as Ansa notes, this would be the first such case in almost four years of war in Ukraine. Bloomberg reported yesterday that France intends to convene a meeting of the heads of the G7 financial departments this week.