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2:11 PM  (Updated:  January 11, 2025 4:42 pm)

'Irrefutable evidence of North Korea's involvement' — Ukraine says it captured 2 North Korean POWs in Kursk Oblast.

The two wounded soldiers received necessary medical care and are in custody in Kyiv, according to Zelensky.

3:59 PM

Ukraine mulls buying Italian air defenses with frozen Russian assets' proceeds.

Kyiv and Rome are discussing the possibility of purchasing Italian-made air defense systems and ammunition using profits from immobilized Russian assets, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said on Jan. 11.

2:01 PM

Putin to push for barring Ukraine's NATO accession in expected talks with Trump, FT reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's main goals in any peace negotiations include prohibiting Ukraine from ever entering NATO and reducing allied military presence in the eastern flank, the Financial Times reported on Jan. 10, citing a former Kremlin official and a source who discussed the matter with Putin.

1:30 PM

Germany towing disabled tanker from Russia's 'shadow fleet' in Baltic Sea.

"The towing convoy is moving eastwards to a position northeast of Cape Arkona (Rügen)," Germany's Central Command for Maritime Emergencies (CCME) said, referring to the German island in the southwestern part of the Baltic Sea.

12:49 PM

Police dismantle almost 50 illegal border crossing schemes in massive crackdown.

Sixty suspects were charged in schemes that included crossing the borders outside of checkpoints, forging health documents, and entering falsified entries into an electronic information system, the police said.

11:12 AM

Ukraine's Legion in Poland has received 1,300 applications; first women join the unit.

The ministry announced on Jan. 10 that the second group of volunteers had already signed contracts in Lublin to join the unit. For the first time, the recruits included women who applied for medical and communications roles.

10:46 AM

Russia claims it downed 85 Ukrainian drones; 2 apartment buildings reportedly damaged.

In one of the regions that Moscow claimed it successfully countered a Ukrainian drone attack, the local authorities said that a drone crashed into two five-floor apartment buildings in the town of Kotovsk in western Russia.

10:24 AM

US Congress should ensure that Ukraine aid continues even under Trump, Biden says.

Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden said on Jan. 10 he did all he could to help Ukraine and voiced hope that U.S. support will continue even after he leaves office.

9:36 AM

Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 2, injure 12 over past day.

Russia launched 74 Shahed-type attack drones and dummy drones against Ukraine overnight, the Air Force reported. Forty-seven drones were shot down over 11 oblasts, while 27 dummy drones were lost in the airspace, according to the statement.

9:30 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 806,500 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022.

This number includes 1,570 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

7:53 AM

NATO won't endorse Trump's 5% spending target, but ready for increase, Reuters reports.

NATO allies are unlikely to meet U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's proposed spending target of 5% of GDP but are open to an increase from the current 2%, Reuters reported on Jan. 10, citing comments from officials and analysts from various NATO countries.

7:16 AM

Ukraine's inflation accelerated to 12% in 2024, exceeding government forecasts.

The accelerated rate surpassed forecasts made by Ukraine's National Bank in November, which estimated that Ukraine would end 2024 at an annualized 9.7% inflation rate.

5:25 AM

Ukraine 'will do everything' it can to obtain security guarantees, end war in 2025, Zelensky says.

"It is our dream to obtain these (security) guarantees this year and to end the war this year. We will do everything to achieve this," President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Italian broadcaster RaiNews24 on Jan. 10.

2:14 AM

Pro-Russian Bulgarian politician demands return of 'historically Bulgarian' Southern Bessarabia region of Ukraine.

Kostadin Kostadinov, leader of Bulgaria’s pro-Russian Revival party, has fueled Kremlin narratives by claiming that Southern Bessarabia, part of Ukraine’s Odesa Oblast, should be returned to Bulgaria.

12:15 AM

Ukraine and Russia not prepared for peace talks, White House says.

U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that neither Russia nor Ukraine is currently prepared for negotiations to end the war, according to his comments at a briefing on Jan. 10.

10:07 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian Neptune missile hits Russian drone warehouse in Rostov Oblast, SBU source claims.

9:24 PM

Ukrainian lawmakers move to dismiss Energy Minister, MP Zhelezniak reports.

Members of the Verkhovna Rada Energy Committee led by MP Inna Sovsun, have initiated a resolution to dismiss Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko, Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak announced on Jan. 10.

8:38 PM

UK PM Starmer plans Ukraine visit to discuss peacekeeping mission, Bloomberg reports.

This would mark Keir Starmer’s first visit to Ukraine since becoming prime minister.

8:11 PM

Field report

As Russia cuts Transnistria from gas, stranded locals search for someone to blame

7:57 PM

'Breakthrough' — Poland, Ukraine reach agreement on Volyn tragedy exhumations, PM Tusk says.

"I would like to thank the ministers of culture of Poland and Ukraine for their good cooperation. We are waiting for further decisions," Donald Tusk wrote in a post on X.

6:58 PM

Ukraine conducts 'precision strike' on Russian army command post in Donetsk Oblast, General Staff claims.

Ukrainian forces struck a Russian army command post in Svitlodarsk in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Jan. 10.

6:41 PM

US, UK impose sweeping sanctions on Russia’s oil sector, target shadow fleet.

"The United States is taking sweeping action against Russia's key source of revenue for funding its brutal and illegal war against Ukraine," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said.

6:29 PM

Video

Inside one of Russia's most horrific torture chambers in Ukraine

During the occupation of Kharkiv Oblast in 2022, Russian forces established nearly 30 torture chambers in various parts of the region. This story focuses on just one of them — the torture chamber at the Vovchansk Aggregate Plant.

5:35 PM

Incoming Trump peace envoy postponed Ukraine visit over legal reasons, Kyiv confirms.

The visit is now expected to occur after President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20.

5:13 PM

Japan's new sanctions are 'significant blow to Russia’s military-industrial complex,' Zelensky says.

The new measures targeted individuals and entities from Russia, China, the United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand, Turkey, and North Korea.