A solitary Russian tank rolling toward Ukrainian lines in what one Ukrainian drone group called “a very unfortunate suicide” belies the perilous state of the Russian army as Russia’s wider war on Ukraine grinds toward its fourth year.

Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine's army now has roughly 880,000 soldiers, while approximately 600,000 Russian troops are fighting against Kyiv's forces.

Russia has been steadily gaining in Ukraine but has focused its efforts on advancing in the country's eastern Donetsk region.

Ukraine has captured two North Korean soldiers and taken them prisoner, transporting them to Kyiv for questioning in what the country’s security services say is “ irrefutable evidence ” of Pyongyang ’s involvement in Russia’s war. Both soldiers were captured on 9 January in the Russian border region of Kursk, Kyiv said.

Russia accused Ukraine on Friday of carrying out a missile strike on a supermarket in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Denis Pushilin, who heads the parts of Donetsk region controlled by Russia,

With just a week before Donald Trump re-enters the White House, Ukraine is bracing for some tough choices in the coming months.

In addition to missiles, Ukraine has used long-range drones of its own build to attack Russian energy assets. A Ukrainian drone hit a terminal for gas condensate transshipment in the port of Ust-Luga, near Leningrad, on Saturday, causing a massive fire.

Donetsk region. Russian shelling killed one resident and wounded seven others in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk oblast, or region, on Jan. 11. Kherson region. A 56-year-old woman died at the hospital on Jan. 11, succumbing to injuries sustained in last week's Russian drone strike on a bus station in the southern city of Kherson.

Russia has seized control of some of Ukraine’s prized lithium reserves since it launched its all-out invasion in 2022, potentially depriving Kyiv of a key economic resource.

Russia is demanding the United Nations condemn Kyiv following an alleged drone attack that it claims killed a journalist working for a Russian outlet and injured several others.

Russian officials have accused Ukraine of launching an attack on a supermarket in Donetsk, resulting in damage and casualties. Ukraine has yet to respond to the allegations, which come amid escalating hostilities in the region.