Russia's drone attack on Kyiv injures 1, debris causes fire

The rare report on numbers comes as Ukraine faces a critical manpower shortage.

After the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) charged several lawmakers from President Volodymyr Zelensky's party in December, Tymoshenko initiated discussions on regularly offering bribes to some members of parliament in exchange for votes, the NABU alleged.

The Ukrainian parliament on Jan. 14 appointed Mykhailo Fedorov as defense minister and Denys Shmyhal as energy minister and first deputy prime minister.

The circumstances around the reportedly self-imposed strike were not immediately clear.

Local authorities reported on Jan. 14 that air defenses were active in the capital due to yet another Russian drone attack.

Russian Shahed drones carried out the attack leaving 700 buildings without heat across the city, Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of the Kryvyi Rih Defense Council, said.

The total number of Ukrainian civilians killed or injured in 2025 was 31% higher than in 2024 and 70% higher than in 2023, according to the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine.

Ukraine’s prime lithium deposit has been officially awarded to a U.S.-linked group of investors as the country courts U.S. President Donald Trump with business deals amid ongoing peace proposal talks.

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