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Donetsk region. Russia’s systematic artillery and glide bomb attacks on Ukraine’s eastern region of Donetsk killed two civilians and injured six others over the past three days.
In Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv province, a Russian slide bomb hit a residential domain two kilometers from the fronts near the city of Kupyansk, killing two women on Jan. 26.
DNIPROPETROVSK region. An attack of Russian drones against the central Ónguelo Este, or region, broken apartment buildings and caused a fireplace in the city of Dnipro on January 27. No victims were reported.
A joint survey of independent Russian newspapers Mediazona and BBC News Russian has known more than 90,000 deaths from the Russian army since its invasion of Ukraine. Meticulously studied through the compilation of the knowledge of the necologies, the commemorative monuments of the army and the archives of the cemetery, the report shows a balance that far exceeds the official figures of the Kremlin. In particular, only around 10,000 new patients have been verified in the beyond 3 months.
Military experts estimate that this public record analysis can likely only account for 45–65% of Moscow’s losses, suggesting the actual number of Russian fatalities could range between 138,500 and 200,000 when fallen troops, whose remains have yet to be recovered, are factored in. Including casualties among separatist forces in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, total Russian-aligned losses could reach between 159,500 and 223,500 soldiers.
Ukraine has also suffered a really extensive toll, with at least 68,000 verified army deaths to date. The civilian victims in Ukraine have exceeded 12,160 dead and 26,900 injured, with Ukrainian officials who estimate more than 20,000 deaths in the city of southeast Mariupol.
On Jan. 27, the European Union extended its sanctions on Russia in response to the ongoing war in Ukraine for another six months. The renewal was nearly blocked by Hungary, which had previously threatened a veto. However, Budapest agreed to back the extension after the EU issued a statement promising to continue discussions on energy supply through Ukraine, addressing Hungary’s concerns about the suspension of Russian gas transit.
Since the invasion of Russia in 2022, the EU has imposed 15 cycles of sanctions, Hungary calling their suspension. The last extension follows weeks of diplomatic tension, in part motivated through Hungary objections to Ukraine, interrupting the delivery of Russian fuel in Europe thru its territory on January 1.
Ukraine – January 11: ( – – Only Editorial Use – Mandatory Credits – “Ukrainian President VolodyMyraray . . [+] Social Documents / Social Documents of Zelensky” – Without Marketing without advertising campaigns – distributed as a service for consumers -) The photos exhibit an alleged North Korean soldier held after being captured through the Ukrainian army on January 11, 2025. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that the country’s army had captured two North Korean children in the Kursk region of Russia, added that they had survived that they had survived and communicated with the Ukraine security service. (Photo of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Social Media / Follet / Anadolu Getty Images)
Amid mounting casualties, North Korea is readying additional troops to bolster Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, with plans to send reinforcements within the next two months. Of the 11 thousand North Korean troops sent to Russia’s Kursk region last fall, at least 300 have been killed and approximately 2,700 injured. Meanwhile Moscow’s support for North Korea’s missile development, in exchange for reinforcements, is fueling continued weapons tests.
North Korean forces, incorporated into Russian marine and air units, would be used in high-risk assaults, causing heavy losses, no express injuries are revealed. In early January, Ukrainian forces captured the first two prisoners of the North Korean War.
Euroclear CEO Valerie Urbain has cautioned that confiscating Russia’s frozen assets might trigger unintended consequences that could destabilize global financial markets. Financial intermediary Euroclear, which holds a significant portion of the $350 billion in Russian state assets frozen by G7 nations, emphasized that any asset seizure would require EU members to assume associated liabilities to protect against potential Russian lawsuits.
Urbain has made parallel with the case of Iranian assets, emphasizing the dangers of such anterior. The United Nations who affirm Russia’s duty to pay $ 500 billion in repairs, the questions persist on how to unlock that budget. Europe has $ 165 billion in frozen Russian active ingredients, with an additional budget that remains outside the EU doors. Although the EU used the benefits of these frozen assets to help Ukraine, the legal and monetary complexities of the complete confiscation remain controversial.
Ukraine’s national debt increased by $20 billion in 2024, reaching a total of $166 billion by year-end, according to the Ministry of Finance. External debt of $120 billion accounted for over 70% of total debt. Earlier this month, Forbes Ukraine calculated that Kyiv’s national debt increased to nearly $170 billion, reaching 92% of the nation’s GDP.
Ukraine has condemned the presidential elections of January 26 in Belarus, its northern neighbor, with which it stores a 600 mile border, rejecting its legitimacy and highlighting the generalized repression that the process has spoiled. 1994, will remain in force until 2030, obtaining almost 87% of the votes in what many see as a manipulated victory with exiled or imprisoned opposition applicants. The EU, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand jointly rejected the elections as neither loose nor fair. The country’s elections in 2020 caused mass protests opposite to the Lukashenko government, which met violent repression in the capital, Minsk and throughout the country.
Although the Belaruse forces did not participate directly in the Russian war opposite to Ukraine, the invasion was introduced first from the bellrupus soil, with Russian troops moving towards kyiv, just 90 miles south of the Belarusian border. In April 2022, the Russian forces withdrew from the Ukrainian capital, forwarding their efforts to capture territory in eastern Ukraine.
By Danylo Nosov, Karina L. Tahiliani
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