Three suspects in the organization of an underground poker network were arrested and taken into custody, and another suspect failed to appear in court, postponing the case.
The residents of Mariupol, who kept their Ukrainian passports, now live practically in a ghetto, as they have no right to leave the city, or to receive medical assistance. One of the film's characters, policeman Vladimir, left the city, returned to duty and was wounded during Russian shelling while assisting civilians in Donbas.
Kharkiv's budget allocates more than a billion hryvnias for the reconstruction of 157 residential buildings damaged during the war, Mayor Ihor Terekhov reports. The city also expects to purchase €15 million worth of electric buses from international partners, holding a tender by the end of 2024.
A Russian major was sentenced to life imprisonment for the shooting and torture of a Ukrainian soldier and civilians in a village in Chernihiv region. He commanded a battalion that occupied the village, found and killed a Ukrainian soldier, and tortured local residents, including a minor.
Israel announced the rapid deployment of troops on the border with Lebanon, saying that troops could "very soon engage in combat" there. Defense Minister Yoav Galant said that army units are moving north from Gaza to reinforce forces on the northern border.
Nearly 600 emergency medical workers have completed a 53-hour online course and 107 hours of practical training in first aid. More than 12,000 people have registered for the course, which is supported by the World Bank.
The total value of U. S. arms exports in 2023 reached a record $238 billion, up 16% from 2022. Of this amount, $80.9 billion was foreign military sales, up 55.9%, and $157.5 billion was direct commercial sales, up 2.5%. The growth is explained by the fact that countries are replenishing stocks sent to Ukraine and preparing for large-scale conflicts.
Elon Musk's startup Neuralink has successfully implanted its first brain chip in a patient. The patient is currently recovering well and demonstrating encouraging brain activity.
Russia is attempting to protect logistical routes in occupied Crimea by using civilian vehicles as cover, as well as covering strategic sections near Sevastopol with air defence systems and also to cover strategic sections near Sevastopol with air defence systems.
In Spain, a criminal group involved in the illegal trade in corpses was exposed. The suspects used fake documents to gain access to the bodies of the deceased in hospitals and nursing homes.
Ukraine will sign bilateral agreements to regulate many citizenship issues rather than create a unified formula, according to MP Maria Mezentseva. She said that Ukraine will take into account the experience of other countries, but will bring some aspects closer to itself even before joining the EU.
The Ukrainian military destroyed more than 15 pieces of Russian military equipment on the left bank of the Dnipro River. These include tanks, artillery systems, armored vehicles and a boat.
Italian actress Sandra Milo, known for her iconic roles in Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 and Juliet of the Spirits, has died at the age of 90. She was considered Fellini's muse and an icon of postwar Italian cinema.
Princess Kate returned home two weeks after undergoing abdominal surgery in a London hospital. Meanwhile, King Charles remains in the hospital after being treated for a prostate problem.
The Cabinet of Ministers has proposed changes to improve the Bureau of Economic Security, including clarifying the grounds for dismissal of the BES director, requiring polygraphs for appointments, and mandatory certification of deputies one year after the end of martial law. The draft law also aims to expand the BES's investigative powers in relation to certain financial crimes and limit inspections of private enterprises.
Three men from Ivano-Frankivsk, Zaporizhzhya and Sumy regions were detained by border guards in Chernivtsi region while trying to illegally cross the border with Romania on foot, hundreds of metres from the border. The men paid €6,000 each to a guide who remotely accompanied them.
Ukrainian badminton players Yevheniia Kantemir and Oleksii Titov won silver in mixed doubles at the RSL Iceland International 2024 tournament in Reykjavik, and Polina Tkach and Viacheslav Yakovliev won bronze medals in the same tournament.
According to British intelligence, from February 2022 to January 2023, Russia probably lost about 2,600 main battle tanks and 4,900 other armored vehicles in Ukraine. In 2023, Russia lost about 40% fewer armored vehicles than in 2022, likely due to more defensive positioning and the increasingly positional nature of the war.
On the 106th anniversary of the battle near Kruti, Valeriy Zaluzhny, commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, honoured the memory of those who died in the fighting the Russian invaders in 1918. He drew parallels with the Ukrainian soldiers who today are again fighting the Russian invaders and defending the Russian occupiers. Russian invaders and defending Ukraine's freedom and independence.
On the night of Monday, 29 January, Russian drones flew towards Ukraine's western border. The Ukrainian armed forces shot down all eight drones over the Mykolaiv, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia and Khmelnytskyi regions.
In Mykolaiv region, the Security Service of Ukraine detained a woman who secretly recorded the locations of Ukrainian troops and transmitted information to the Russian military through an anonymous chat room. The woman was caught trying to pass on intelligence that could have exposed the troops' movements.
The Ukrainian military destroyed a dugout, an infantryman, and armored vehicles of the Russian military using drones. They have also installed border surveillance cameras to strengthen defense on Ukraine's northern border.
On Sunday morning, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6. 5 occurred 67 km west of the Brazilian city of Tarauca at a depth of 610 km. No significant damage or casualties have been reported so far.
Ukrainian air defenses shot down a Russian X-59 cruise missile over the Dnipro region on January 28. Later that evening, Russia launched ballistic missiles and attack drones, four of which were intercepted by Ukraine.
A large fire broke out at the Satire Theater in the center of Moscow. More than 60 firefighters and 14 fire trucks worked to extinguish the 250-square-meter fire that broke out on the roof, where restoration work was underway.
A missile threat has been declared in the southern regions of Ukraine due to the risk of Russian missiles being launched from the Sea of Azov. The Air Force warns of the danger to Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Luhansk regions and Crimea.
The leader of the Hungarian far-right party Mi Hazánk said that they would "claim" the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine if Ukraine loses the war with Russia. At the same time, the Hungarian far-right political force supports an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and the path of negotiations.
Over the past day, Ukrainian troops inflicted significant losses on Russian troops in the southern sector: 77 killed and a large amount of equipment and weapons destroyed. At the same time, 16 Russian attacks were repelled at the Kupyansk and Lyman directions.
Former President Trump strongly disagrees with the immigration deal being discussed in Congress, calling the southern border of the United States an "open wound" and "the worst in history. " He warns that the absence of border control means a "100 percent probability" of major terrorist attacks on US soil.
Ukrainian troops repelled 16 Russian attacks in the area of Kupyansk and Lyman, destroying 72 pieces of military equipment and killing 267 Russian occupiers. The Russians continued their offensive near Kupyansk, but were repelled by Ukrainian defenders, who launched counterattacks whenever possible.
