According to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, explosions were heard in the capital in the early hours of Jan. 1. Air defense has been active in the city and Kyiv Oblast, according to officials.
Air raid alert sounded across every Ukrainian oblast, including occupied Crimea, on the first day of 2023.
"Focus in Ukraine should be our number one priority, and then we can discuss on all the issues, including Greenland," Rutte said. "But it should be Ukraine first, because it is crucial for our European and U.S. security."
"I'm seeking immediate negotiations to once again discuss the acquisition of Greenland by the United States," U.S. President Donald Trump said.
Top Ukrainian energy worker Oleksii Brekht was killed while on the job, after reportedly being electrocuted at a substation.
The Kyiv Independent’s Tim Zadorozhnyy speaks with U.S. Representative Don Bacon (R) about U.S. President Donald Trump's approach to ending Russia's war against Ukraine, arguing that appeasing Russia would only invite further aggression and calling on tougher sanctions on Moscow.
Shurma's brother Oleh, who co-owns KD Energy and Renewable Energy of Zaporizhzhia, was also charged, according to the NABU.
The Amber Dragon Ukraine Infrastructure Fund is the first dedicated to modernizing and rebuilding Ukraine’s infrastructure.
"The Russians have invited us to come, and that's a significant statement from them," Witkoff said in an interview with Bloomberg TV in Davos on Jan. 21, amid a Washington-led push to broker peace between Kyiv and Moscow.
Klitschko's press service told the Kyiv Independent that the 600,000 number was calculated from mobile phone billing data.
Greenland must start preparing for the possibility of a military invasion, even though the scenario remains unlikely, the island's prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, said.
Eleven people were injured in an overnight attack in Russia's Republic of Adygea, while a separate drone strike sparked a fire at an oil refinery in neighboring Krasnodar Krai, local authorities and media reported Jan. 21.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Jan. 20 that he has been unable to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, claiming that neither side is consistently willing to agree to a deal at the same time.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys met with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev in Davos on Jan. 20 to discuss Washington’s peace plan for Ukraine, with both sides describing the talks as constructive.
Prominent Ukrainian writer and translator Andriy Lyubka announced he has decided to mobilize and join the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
