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Ukraine war latest live: Severe frosts could enable mechanized Russian assaults in Donetsk Oblast, military says
This is Kateryna Hodunova reporting from Kyiv on day 1,428 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: Russian forces may find favorable conditions for mechanized assaults in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk Oblast due to frost and frozen ground, Roman Pysarenko, head of communications for the 79th Brigade based near Myrnohrad, told Suspilne on Jan. 21. "There is no mud, and heavy equipment will not get stuck," Pysarenko said. "At the same time, the enemy has serious logis
From ice to blackouts, Kyiv's most challenging winter exposes city leadership failures
Ukraine's capital is currently facing "the most difficult" winter of the war as its energy infrastructure sustained detrimental damage and continues to undergo further Russian attacks. Over the past weeks, snowfall and frigid temperatures have created a hazardous situation on the streets. Ice-coated pavements, piles of snow, and a lack of street light leave residents of Kyiv, a city of over 3 million, struggling to keep steady. President Volodymyr Zelensky has attributed the situation to a lac
Trump's envoys Witkoff, Kushner to meet Putin in Moscow
"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.
Over half a million left Kyiv in January amid Russia's energy blitz, mayor Klitschko says
Klitschko's press service told the Kyiv Independent that the 600,000 number was calculated from mobile phone billing data.
Military invasion 'can't be ruled out,' Greenland's prime minister says amid US threats
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.
11 reported injured in southern Russia as separate drone strike hits oil refinery
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.
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