Since the new push in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, Ukraine has made small gains and managed to capture the first North Korean POWs in the area, but experts have raised concerns about Kyiv’s use of limited resources while fierce battles rage elsewhere.

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Bryansk chemical plant hit in aerial attack, Russian media says. The Bryansk chemical plant produces gunpowder and explosives and is a key enterprise of the Russian military, Andrii Kovalenko, head of Ukraine's counter-disinformation center, said.

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Russia's Defense Ministry claimed that its forces had captured the villages of Yantarne in Donetsk Oblast and Kalynove in Kharkiv Oblast; Ukraine's Special Operations Forces repelled an assault by North Korean troops in Russia's Kursk Oblast; and more.

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Slovak PM Robert Fico, after threatening Ukraine, invited Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a meeting – he agreed. The military will be able to elect a new head of the Sahaidachnyi Academy. The mine in Pokrovsk stopped coal production due to the Russian offensive.

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Russia took 12 Ukrainian war orphans to Moscow, subjecting them to so-called "patriotic tours" designed for indoctrination This is part of a broader campaign to erase Ukrainian identity and manipulate vulnerable children into accepting Kremlin narratives

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Оператори FPV з Окремого загону безпілотних систем "Тайфун" віртуозно винищують ворогів, залітаючи у іх сховки навіть у стічних трубах… 👀

📹: @TaifunUa pic.twitter.com/W9xFbHv4Vw

— НГУ (@ng_ukraine) 13 janvier 2025

Оператори FPV з Окремого загону безпілотних систем "Тайфун" віртуозно винищують ворогів, залітаючи у іх сховки навіть у стічних трубах… : @TaifunUa

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Ukraine just hit Russia’s Bryansk with ATACMS missiles. The target was a chemical plant rocked by 30 explosions.

Footage shows Russian air defenses scrambling to intercept — but failing. pic.twitter.com/7TqefsjGXE

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Ukraine just hit Russia’s Bryansk with ATACMS missiles. The target was a chemical plant rocked by 30 explosions. Footage shows Russian air defenses scrambling to intercept — but failing.

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Unidentified individuals painted a swastika on a building where Ukrainians live and threw a stone through a window An investigation is underway to identify those responsible for the crime, while the damage to the house is estimated at €1,500

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