Category: World

Ukraine's defence forces have captured a Russian soldier chargeable for the execution of Ukrainian POWs in Russia's Kursk Oblast in October 2025.

Supply: Volodymyr Zelenskyy on X (Twitter) following a briefing by Oleksandr Poklad, First Deputy Head of the Safety Service of Ukraine

Quote: "A report by Oleksandr Poklad. The Russian serviceman chargeable for the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of warfare in October of final yr in Kursk Oblast has been taken captive. Each Russian assassin should be held accountable for his or her actions.

And so it is going to be. We’re additionally countering Russian sabotage within the rear – I thank the Safety Service of Ukraine for shielding our residents."

Background: On 20 November 2025, media retailers reported a probable execution of captured Ukrainian defenders who had been encircled in Russia's Kursk Oblast.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Russia is making ready a brand new large-scale assault on Ukraine.

Supply: Zelenskyy's night handle on 19 January

Quote: "Within the coming days, we should stay extraordinarily vigilant – Russia has ready for a strike, a large-scale strike, and is ready for the second to hold it out.

Please take note of all air-raid warnings, and each area have to be prepared to reply as shortly as attainable and assist individuals."

Particulars: The president mentioned he had acquired studies from representatives of the Safety Service of Ukraine.

Quote: "Main Basic Yevhenii Khmara reported on fight operations and the additional personnel restructuring of the Service. I authorised operations that may strengthen us. Main Basic Oleksandr Poklad reported on countering Russian sabotage. The Russians are continuously making an attempt to affect Ukraine from inside, together with via assaults on outstanding Ukrainians."

Background: On 12 January, Zelenskyy mentioned that Russia was looking for to use chilly climate circumstances and might be making ready a brand new large-scale strike in opposition to Ukraine within the coming days.

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Bloomberg has reported, citing a supply, that French President Emmanuel Macron won’t settle for an invite from US President Donald Trump to hitch the "Board of Peace" he’s establishing.

Supply: European Pravda, citing Bloomberg

Particulars: Based on the supply, Macron doesn’t intend to just accept Trump's invitation for France to hitch the proposed "Board of Peace".

Macron believes that the organisation's constitution goes past the difficulty of the Gaza Strip and raises considerations about respect for the ideas and establishments of the United Nations.

Background:

• Media shops beforehand printed a draft constitution of the "Board of Peace". Based on the doc, US President Donald Trump plans to require a contribution of US$1 billion from international locations wishing to change into everlasting members and would have the ultimate say on all choices of the "Board of Peace".
• Trump has invited quite a lot of European international locations, Canada, in addition to Russia and Belarus, to hitch the "Board of Peace".
• Poland's authorities has warned President Karol Nawrocki towards collaborating within the "Board of Peace", noting that such a call would require approval from each the federal government and parliament.

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Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has signed an order appointing Pavlo "Lazar" Yelizarov as Deputy Commander of the Air Drive of Ukraine, liable for the event of short-range air defence.

Supply: Fedorov on social media

Quote: "We’re strengthening the safety of Ukraine's skies – I’ve signed an order appointing some of the efficient commanders, Lazar, as Deputy Commander of the Air Drive of Ukraine, liable for the event of short-range air defence."

Particulars: In keeping with Fedorov, no nation on the planet has expertise countering air assaults akin to Ukraine's. He reiterated that in 2025 Russia launched as much as 100,000 Shahed assault drones and different varieties of UAVs at Ukraine, damaging dozens of essential infrastructure amenities, inflicting a whole lot of hits on residential buildings and leading to casualties, whereas the variety of assaults continues to develop.

Fedorov famous that, on the president's directions, the strategy to defending the skies is being modified to counter Russian assaults. "Remodeling such a system doesn’t occur in a matter of days, however we have to begin immediately with a view to finally resolve this situation," the minister stated.

He added that their activity is to construct an anti-drone protect over Ukraine – a system that doesn’t react after the goal flies by, however destroys the risk whereas it’s nonetheless approaching.

"For this, we want individuals who have already confirmed their effectiveness in fashionable warfare. Lazar is one in all them. Underneath his command, the Lazar's Group unit turned some of the efficient throughout the defence forces. It was this crew that destroyed enemy tools price greater than US$13 billion," the defence minister recalled.

The duty now, Fedorov stated, is to scale up this expertise – to construct a system that works not in remoted circumstances, however throughout your entire nation.

"It’s troublesome to rework the military when the enemy strikes daily. However we have now no alternative. We should change our approaches, buildings and logic of labor in order that applied sciences actually function on the battlefield, fairly than stay in shows. The consequence is not going to come tomorrow, however we’re constructing the system immediately. The anti-drone protect just isn’t concerning the future. It’s about survival immediately and Ukraine's capacity to develop even throughout wartime," Fedorov wrote.

Fedorov additionally introduced that additional personnel appointments would comply with quickly.

Background: Pavlo Yelizarov was included within the UP 100 record for 2025 as one of many leaders within the Defenders class.

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Ukraine's defence forces struck a drone storage facility belonging to a unit of Russia's 144th Motor Rifle Division in Novokrasnianka, briefly occupied territory of Luhansk Oblast, on the night time of 18-19 January.

Supply: Basic Employees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Quote: "As a part of measures to scale back the offensive capabilities of the Russian aggressor, models of Ukraine's defence forces struck a storage facility for unmanned aerial automobiles belonging to a unit of the 144th Motor Rifle Division on the night time of 18-19 January (Novokrasnianka, briefly occupied territory of Luhansk Oblast).

Successful on the goal was recorded."

Particulars: The Basic Employees additionally specified the outcomes of a current strike on the Tuapse oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Krai, confirming harm to the ability's loading terminal.

As well as, the outcomes of a strike by assault UAVs on the Oskolneftesnab oil depot in Kotyol, Russia's Belgorod Oblast, have been confirmed. The destruction of 1 storage tank and harm to 6 RVS-1000-type tanks have been confirmed.

Background:

• On the night time of 30-31 December 2025, models of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence, along with the State Border Guard Service, attacked the Tuapse sea oil terminal and the Tuapse oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Krai.
• On the night time of 6-7 January, Ukraine's defence forces struck an oil depot in Russia's Belgorod Oblast and a logistics warehouse of the Russians in Donetsk Oblast.

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Russian forces carried out three strikes utilizing guided aerial bombs on the Slobidskyi district of Kharkiv on Monday afternoon, killing one individual and injuring 11.

Supply: Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov on social media; Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Navy Administration

Quote from Terekhov: "On account of enemy guided aerial bomb strikes on a residential space of the Slobidskyi district, individuals have been killed and injured and homes have been destroyed."

Particulars: Syniehubov reported {that a} 69-year-old lady had been killed, 10 individuals had sustained accidents of various severity, and two of these injured – a 73-year-old lady and a 49-year-old man – had been taken to hospital. Thirty homes have been broken. One home was fully destroyed.

Search and rescue operations are ongoing on the scene of the Russian strike. Terekhov mentioned that early experiences point out that one individual is taken into account to be lacking.

Replace: Later, Syniehubov reported that the quantity injured in Kharkiv had elevated to 11 individuals.

Home windows have been broken in about 10 house buildings, and 7 automobiles have been broken.

Background: On the morning of 19 January, the Russians struck a crucial infrastructure facility within the Slobidskyi district of Kharkiv with 4 missiles.

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Russia's forces have been unable to entrench themselves within the city of Huliaipole, so they’re making an attempt to isolate the city by means of frequent assaults, heavy air strikes and in depth mining, together with utilizing drones.

Supply: Vladyslav Voloshyn, spokesman for Defence Forces of Ukraine's South, in a remark to Ukrinform, a Ukrainian information company

Particulars: Voloshyn stated that Huliaipole has successfully develop into a "gray zone". Ukrainian models maintain positions on the outskirts however neither facet can safe a foothold within the central a part of the city.

He added that clashes between assault teams happen continually within the centre. Unable to grab the city, Russian forces have resorted to large-scale mining.

Quote: "The enemy can’t push us again and entrench itself in Huliaipole, so… the enemy's engineer models have obtained numerous anti-personnel and anti-tank TM-72 mines to mine all roads, streets and gardens.

They can’t take it, in order that they resolve to mine the a part of Huliaipole they can’t seize."

Extra particulars: Voloshyn stated that the state of affairs on the Huliaipole entrance has remained tense for a number of weeks, with dozens of clashes day by day within the city itself and close by settlements.

Over the previous 24 hours, a report variety of air strikes was recorded on this entrance, 14 utilizing 106 guided aerial bombs. The settlement of Zaliznychne suffers important destruction, and Russian forces are "just about levelling it to the bottom", Voloshyn stated.

Russian forces are additionally utilizing drones intensively. Over the previous 24 hours, 1,752 kamikaze drones have been recorded, with a minimum of 1,200 of them within the Huliaipole space.

Background:

• DeepState, a Ukrainian group of army analysts, reported on 15 January that Russian forces had occupied the village of Krasnohirske in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and have additionally superior close to the town of Huliaipole.
• DeepState reported on 16 January that Russian forces continued to assault Huliaipole in Zaporizhzhia Oblast utilizing small infantry teams, with preventing ongoing within the western a part of the town.

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The European Parliament will vote in plenary session in Strasbourg on Tuesday 20 January on making use of an accelerated process to approve a €90 billion European Union mortgage to Ukraine for 2026–2027.

Supply: European Parliament's press service to European Pravda

Particulars: On 20 January, MEPs will determine whether or not to make use of an pressing process to undertake laws that will permit the EU to supply Ukraine with a €90 billion mortgage over the subsequent two years.

"On Tuesday, a vote will happen on an accelerated process for approving enhanced cooperation amongst 24 member states concerning a €90 billion mortgage to Ukraine, the institution of the Ukraine Assist Mortgage Facility for 2026 and 2027, in addition to amendments to the Ukraine Facility Regulation," the European Parliament stated.

The vote is scheduled for 13:00 Kyiv time on 20 January.

European Pravda stated that the most important political teams have adequate votes to assist the choice, so its approval is predicted.

This shall be adopted by an accelerated course of of dialogue and adoption of the legislative proposals put ahead by the European Fee. The ultimate texts should be accepted by the EU Council and endorsed by the European Parliament.

As a European Pravda journalist has discovered, the subsequent substantive dialogue of the Ukrainian mortgage on the degree of the Committee of Everlasting Representatives (Coreper) in Brussels will happen as early as Wednesday 21 January.

Background:

• As beforehand reported by European Pravda, on Wednesday 14 January, the European Fee adopted a package deal of legislative proposals that will permit the EU to supply Ukraine with a €90 billion mortgage to cowl its monetary and army wants in 2026 and 2027.
• On the identical day, the ambassadors assembly in Brussels inside Coreper heard a presentation of those proposals, after which some diplomats raised technical questions.
• On 18–19 December, the European Council determined to grant Ukraine a €90 billion mortgage for 2026–2027, financed by means of EU borrowing on capital markets and backed by EU price range reserves beneath an enhanced cooperation mechanism.
• Hungary, Slovakia and Czechia didn’t veto the scheme however declined to take part in it.

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Russian airways are recommissioning Tu, Il, An and Boeing planes in 2026 as a result of a scarcity of plane in civil aviation.

Supply: Russian newspaper Izvestiya

Particulars: The newspaper studies on the refurbishment of 12 plane for civil aviation wants, which has been prolonged till 2027. Of the 12 plane, 9 are Tu-204-214 household plane, one is an An-148 and two are Il-96s. They’re as much as 30 years outdated, however their precise age has not been disclosed.

The refurbishment course of started in 2022, and 10 of the 12 plane have been put into service thus far.

As well as, Russian Airways plans so as to add two extra Boeing 747 wide-body airliners to the 2 already in operation, which it acquired after Transaero's chapter in 2015-2016.

These planes beforehand operated on Russian and worldwide routes however had been mothballed throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

The report says that the Boeing 747s could also be refurbished in one in every of Russia's "pleasant nations", corresponding to Iran.

The newspaper provides that amid a discount in plane fleets, Russian civil aviation reached its capability restrict in 2024: common seat occupancy exceeded 96% throughout the peak summer season interval and 75% throughout the off-peak interval.

"A slight lower in passenger site visitors in 2025 is straight associated to a discount within the plane fleet," the report says.

By 2030, 230 Russian and 109 international plane could also be faraway from airline fleets.

Russian airways are utilizing 100% of their serviceable fleet, with 2-3% of plane being decommissioned yearly and no new plane accessible, Roman Gusarov, editor-in-chief of the Avia.ru portal, stated.

Background:

• Russia has obtained Michelin plane tyres price greater than US$7 million regardless of EU sanctions.
• Ten incidents associated to engine failures and malfunctions had been recorded in Russia between 10 December and 16 December 2025.

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Serhii Kovalenko, CEO of Ukrainian electrical energy and fuel provider Yasno, has mentioned that the method to scheduled energy outages has modified, and in areas the place they’re in impact, energy cuts could final for many of the day.

Supply: Kovalenko on Fb

Particulars: Kovalenko famous that town of Dnipro and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast are at present dwelling below scheduled energy outages. Nevertheless, these usually are not the schedules folks have been used to.

If earlier greater than 4 queues meant emergency outages exterior the schedule, the nation is now starting to stay below schedules of 4 and a half to 5 queues. [A "queue" is a group of consumers and businesses using a specific amount of megawatts. The Dispatch Centre sets the number of queues needed across oblasts to address energy deficit – ed.]

Quote: "Most intervals of seven hours with out electrical energy and three and a half hours with electrical energy are at present now not related. The schedule of attainable outages is just not related. Underneath restrictions of 5 out of six queues, outages could final for greater than 16 hours. That is the present actuality."

Particulars: Kovalenko mentioned he couldn’t predict when the scenario within the power system would enhance, citing Russian assaults as the principle issue.

Background:

• As of the morning of 19 January, emergency energy outages have been launched in a number of areas of Ukraine because of the troublesome scenario within the power system, though Ukrenergo, Ukraine's state-owned electrical energy transmission operator, didn’t specify which areas have been affected.
• Ukraine's Power Minister Denys Shmyhal mentioned that fixed native accidents are being recorded in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast as a consequence of freezing temperatures and worn-out infrastructure, and restore crews are working to revive heating to 143 house buildings within the capital.

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