Russia-Ukraine War: List of Major Events, Day 1,435 | Russia-Ukraine War News

These are the major developments since the 1,435th day of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Published on January 29, 2026

Here’s what happened on Thursday, January 29:

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The death toll from a Russian attack on a passenger train in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region on Tuesday rose to six, the Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office said on the Telegram messaging app after the remains of several bodies were found in the wreckage.
At least six people were injured in a Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region, Ivan Fedorov, head of the regional military administration, said on Telegram.
Russian troops launched attacks at several locations in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, killing a 46-year-old man and injuring at least two others, Oleksandr Hanza, head of the regional military administration, said on Facebook.
One person was killed in a Ukrainian attack in the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka in Russia’s Belgorod region, the regional emergency task force reported, according to the country’s TASS state news agency.
A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person in the town of Enrhodar in the Russian-occupied region of Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region, Russia’s local designated official Yevgen Balitsky said, according to TASS.
Ukraine’s Ukrainform news agency reported that Fedorov ruled out installing anti-drone nets as a form of defense, saying “there are more effective ways to counter Russian attacks”.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said France would give Ukraine more “French planes, missiles for air defense systems and aerial bombs” this year after a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said at an event in Paris that the 2035 target to rearm Europe would be “too late”.
“I think the most important thing now is to re-arm yourself,” Frederiksen said. “Because when you look at intelligence, nuclear weapons and so on, we depend on America,” she added.

Switzerland plans to pump an extra 31 billion Swiss francs ($40.4bn) into military spending from 2028 by raising sales taxes for a decade.
“The world has become more unstable and insecure and the international order based on international law is under strain,” the Swiss government said, adding that other European countries were also increasing their defense spending.

Vladislav Maslennikov, the top official for European affairs at the Russian Foreign Ministry, told TASS that restoring relations with the EU would only be possible if European countries “stopped their policy of sanctions”, “stopped arming the Kiev regime and sabotaging(ing) the peace process around Ukraine.”

At an event in Paris, President Macron said European countries must firmly focus on their “sovereignty, our contribution to Arctic security, the fight against foreign interference and disinformation and global warming”.
“France will continue to defend these principles in accordance with the United Nations Charter,” Macron said. Rejected An invitation to France to join Trump’s peacekeeping mission is what some critics say An attempt to replace the United Nations.

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing that “we still have a bridge to cross” in talks between Russia and Ukraine over Ukraine’s Donetsk region, part of the Donbass region, which is now 90 percent occupied by Russian forces.
“It’s still a gap, but at least we’ve been able to narrow down a central problem, and it’s probably going to be very difficult,” Rubio said.

Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said 639 apartment buildings in Kiev were left without heat after temperatures were forecast to drop to -23 degrees Celsius (-9.4 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight this week.