Key developments on Jan. 25-26: Ukraine strikes drone storage facility in Russia’s Oryol Oblast and destroys 200 Shaheds, General Staff reports Rubio halts most foreign aid, including Ukraine assistance, Politico reports Russia launched over 1,250 bombs, 750 drones at Ukraine during Trump’s first week in office Ukrainian troops avoid encirclement in Velyka Novosilka, military says […]
Authorities in Donetsk Oblast have decided to begin forcible evacuations of families with children in over 20 settlements in the region due to increased Russian shelling, Governor Vadim Filashkin announced on Jan. 24. Officials intensified civilian evacuations in Donetsk Oblast during the summer and autumn as Russian forces ramped up their offensive in eastern Ukraine. […]
Key developments on Jan. 23: Russian forces suspected of killing 6 Ukrainian POWs in Donetsk Oblast Ukrainian soldiers near Velyka Novosilka at risk of encirclement, spokesperson says Zelensky clarifies comment on 200,000 peacekeepers, says figure depends on Ukrainian army size NATO chief urges US to keep arming Ukraine, pledges European funding Trump says Russia’s war […]
Ukrainian prosecutors are investigating a case of Russian troops summarily executing six Ukrainian captives in the embattled Donetsk Oblast, the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Jan. 23. The statement came in reaction to a video circulating on social media, recorded by Russian soldiers, that apparently shows the execution of the six prisoners of war (POW). […]
A Kyiv court arrested General Yurii Halushkin, General Artur Horbenko, and Colonel Illia Lapin, three officers accused of leading an unsuccessful defense in Kharkiv Oblast during a Russian offensive last spring, Suspilne reported on Jan. 21. Russia launched a cross-border offensive into northeastern Kharkiv Oblast in May 2024, swiftly moving forward by several kilometers despite […]
Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated. A fire erupted at an oil depot in the city of Lyudinovo in Russia’s Kaluga Oblast following a Ukrainian drone attack on the facility on Jan. 17, regional Governor Vladislav Shapsha said. Various Russian Telegram channels, citing residents, reported sounds of explosions in the […]
At least four Russian officers were killed in Ukraine’s attack on the town of Lgov in Russia’s Kursk Oblast on Dec. 30, independent Russian media outlet Mediazona reported on Jan. 17, citing recently published obituaries. Alexander Khinshtein, the acting governor of Kursk Oblast, claimed on Dec. 30 that the attack had injured an 86-year-old woman […]
Ukrainian paratroopers and other units captured 27 Russian service members during hostilities in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, the Airborne Assault Troops’ press service said on Jan. 16. “Among them are officers, sergeants, and privates from motorized rifle units, Marines, airborne troops, and other units, coming from various Russian regions and the occupied city of Sevastopol,” the […]
Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces repelled an assault by North Korean troops in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, the unit’s press service said on Jan. 13, claiming to have killed 17 North Korean soldiers. North Korean troops were deployed to Kursk Oblast last fall to support Russian forces in countering a Ukrainian incursion launched on Aug. 6. Ukrainian […]
Over the past day, 132 people, including 12 children, were evacuated from the front-line area of Donetsk Oblast, Governor Vadym Filashkin reported on the morning of Jan. 12. Amid fierce Russian offensives and daily attacks on the area, Donetsk Oblast authorities intensified evacuation efforts during the summer and autumn, with police, military, and volunteers helping […]
Edgars Platonovs, a 41-year-old Latvian volunteer soldier fighting for Ukraine, was killed in action in December on the eastern front, the Latvian Armed Forces reported on Jan. 10. Platonovs was fighting in the areas near the village of Novoiehorivka in the largely Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast as part of the Ukrainian military’s International Legion, composed of […]
Ukrainian troops captured two North Korean soldiers as prisoners of war (POWs) in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Jan. 11. “This task was not easy,” he said in a Telegram post. “Usually, Russia and other North Korean military personnel finish off their wounded and do everything possible to ensure that no evidence […]