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Friday, January 30
Ukraine war latest: Russia attacks passenger bus in Kherson Oblast, killing 1, injuring 5
This is Chris York and Yuliia Taradiuk reporting from Kyiv on day 1,437 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: Russian shelling hit central Kherson around midday on Jan. 30, killing the driver of a city bus and wounding five other civilians, according to the Kherson Oblast Prosecutor's Office. According to the office, at around 12 p.m. Kyiv time, Russian troops fired artillery at the city of Kherson, striking a bus. The State Emergence Services said one of the shells
SBU detains 3 men accused of working for Russia's FSB, plotting bomb attacks on Ukrainian military in Odesa
"The terrorist attacks were to be carried out by remotely activating homemade bombs," the SBU said on Jan. 30.
Why China is quietly buying Russian weapons, explained
The Kyiv Independent’s Alisa Yurchenko investigates why China is buying Russian weapons, what Moscow gains from the deal, and what the deepening Russia–China military cooperation could mean for future conflicts.
Confusion reigns as Russia says it was only asked to stop attacking Kyiv until Sunday
The comment from Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov came a day after Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to his request not to strike Kyiv as well as other Ukrainian cities and towns for a week.
'We are all used to this' — Inside one of Kyiv’s hardest-hit buildings this winter
Upon entering Daria’s apartment in a large complex in Rusanivka on Kyiv’s left bank, a faint smell of gas lingers in the cold, dim rooms. After Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure cut heat and power across parts of the city, she uses the stove daily to raise the indoor temperature by a couple of degrees, but even then it barely reaches 13 degrees Celsius (55 degrees Fahrenheit). The warmth comes with consequences. "We don't want to live in mold. You come in from the street and
'They are not very interested' – Russia halts POW exchanges, Zelensky says
"They do not feel that it gives them anything," Zelensky said.
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