Britain’s Ministry of Defense Intelligence said the speed of territorial gains made through Moscow’s forces in Ukraine has slowed in recent weeks.
“In January 2025, Russia’s territorial progress in Ukraine slowed down, since it took around 320 square feet, at approximately 400 square feet in December 2024,” says the update.
“Russia seized control of the stronghold of Velyka Novosilka, but advances along most of the frontline have been relatively minor.”
The officials added that North Korean units fighting alongside Russian forces had been “temporarily withdrawn” from the front lines, “likely to rest and refit before redeploying”.
“This is basically due to the heavy losses suffered attacks on Ukrainian positions,” they said.
These photographs show that Ukrainian forces produced firing training with tank teams, at an undisclosed position in the country.
One of the main common complaints is the respective point of NATO’s contributions through its other members.
The leader has often bemoaned the fact that many countries pay less towards the alliance than Washington – although the latest figures released by NATO show Germany matched the US funding.
However, in the context of Trump’s complaints, NATO general secretary Mark Rutte said that the defense expenses of European and Canada members greater than 20% in 2024, compared to last year,
Many members are eager to show that they have taken Trump’s message on board and that they already have a higher army expense, since the invasion of Ukraine in Russia in 2022.
NATO said that 20% reinforcement of non -American members of the Alliance has its general defense expenditure to more than $ 485 billion (£ 390 billion).
“I can’t wait to welcome the attached ministers in NATO next week, where we will communicate about making an investment increasing .
“We have hung the figures. They are increasing. In fact, spending in Europe and Canada increased 20% in 2024, which reports general investment in recent years from $ 640 billion to $ 700 billion dollars. “
Russian forces have taken the Toretsk city of Toretsk in eastern Toretsk, Russia’s Defense Ministry said.
It was unimaginable to verify the report on the battlefield.
A major fight for the city began in June last year, with bitter battles since then.
Analysts recommend that it be strategically priced as a logistics center.
Russia calls the city through its call to the Soviet era of Dzerzhynsk and says that the Donetsk region of East Ukraine is now a component of Russia, a statement that kyiv rejects.
Russian forces continue to push toward Pokrovsk, a key logistics hub about 50 km southwest of Toretsk, and toward Chasiv Yar to the north.
A series of letters show the existence at other times on the front line of Ukraine-Russia.
See the cards below for the most recent battlefield advances in Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and Kursk.
Ukraine said that it believes that the International Criminal Court’s paintings regarding Russian war crimes will continue despite the sanctions imposed on the organization through Donald Trump.
Trump has a legal economic and sanctions aimed at other people who paint the investigations of the CPI of American citizens or American allies such as Israel.
The CPI is a permanent court that can process for war crimes, crimes opposed to humanity, genocide and aggression crimes opposed to the territory of member states or through their nationals.
And Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi said in a report on Kyiv: “We are convinced that the ICC will continue to serve purposes in the case of Ukraine, pointing to the specific criminals of the Russian war on responsibility.
“We know that the U. S. and ICC have a long history. “
Now we return to the topic of a possible assembly between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
Moscow said this morning that there had been a lot of inaccurate reports on US plans for ending the Ukraine war – and called for patience.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, asked this morning about a report that Trump’s envoy for Russia and Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, who seeks to establish a truce even before talking about a peace colony.
“We have nothing to add,” he said.
“There’s nothing really extensive about this account; we just want to be patient. “
Trump and Putin have both said they are keen to meet in person.
“Russia is open to negotiations. In any case, a settlement should come as a result of negotiations,” Peskov said.
As we noted earlier in the day, CNN in the past quoted Peskov as saying that there had been no initial contacts between the two leaders to locate whether such an assembly was mandatory or where and how he can take a position
Russian troops have taken the village of Druzhba in Ukraine’s eastern Donetk region, Russian press firm Tass reports.
The report is verified independently, but we will provide updates as we receive them.
As we have detailed in our post 9. 29, the Ukrainian forces now now a safe number of colonies in the Kursk Russia region, following a childish counteroffensive in the last two days.
kyiv has now said that in a position to open a humanitarian hall to leave civilians living in the border spaces seized through their army returning to a territory under Russian control, if Moscow requests one.
“Apparently, the Russians do not want such a humanitarian corridor, because we have not received a corresponding request from them,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office said, accusing Moscow of “indifference” to the fate of its own citizens.
More than Russian, 1,500 civilians would still live in the western regions of Kursk, and there are reports of many loss contacts with a circle of relatives in the other aspect of the front line.
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi is in Moscow today to hold talks with Alexei Likhachev, head of Russian nuclear corporation Rosatom.
The head of discussion subjects is the existing scenario of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear force plant, whose Russian forces took some time after starting the war with Ukraine in 2022
Speaking after holding talks in Moscow, Grossi said the facility – the largest nuclear power plant in Europe – had faced an increasing number of attacks.
“The number of attacks on the Zaporizhzhya NPP is increasing,” he said.
“We communicate about each report. We do not specify the accurate figure, it is increasing. “
Russian state news firm Tass quoted it as saying it was unimaginable to find out what component put the attacks into being.
“Small plastic or wood fragments that remain through alleged drones and drones allow us to communicate about the origin of these fragments and those devices,” he said.
“However, I would like to guarantee that I am building the disorders of this order in the highest point of foreign discussions. “