In Odesa, a missile strike on January 31 damaged 19 architectural monuments of varying degrees. A UNESCO mission is expected to arrive in the city to assess the damage to the historic center.
The official USAID website stopped functioning on February 1, the reasons for the failure are unknown. This is happening against the backdrop of a possible transfer of the agency to the control of the US State Department.
a Russian air bomb destroyed a boarding school with civilians in the Kursk region of Russia. Zelensky compared this case to Russia's actions in Chechnya, Syria and Ukraine.
In the floodplains of the Western Bug River in the Lviv region, 38 dead swans were found. Due to the confirmation of avian influenza, quarantine restrictions and a 10-kilometer observation zone have been introduced in the area.
As a result of the strike on the boarding school in Suzha, 84 civilians were rescued, 4 people were killed. Another 4 victims are in serious condition and are being evacuated to medical facilities in Ukraine.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will visit Washington on February 4 to meet with Trump. The leaders will discuss the situation in Gaza, the hostage issue, and Iranian issues.
Russian shelling of a residential building in Poltava killed 10 people and injured 17 others. Rescuers evacuated 22 people, and 194 people received psychological assistance.
Over the last day, 104 combat engagements took place in the frontline, 39 of them in the Pokrovsk sector. The enemy carried out 34 air strikes and 739 attacks with kamikaze drones.
The Black Hawk army helicopter that collided with the passenger plane in Washington, D. C., was serving as a VIP taxi. The helicopter belonged to the 12th Air Battalion and was used to transport senior U.S. officials.
In January, Russia launched 13 drone attacks and one missile strike on Kyiv, killing 5 people. Hostile strikes damaged facilities in all districts of the city, and 940 reports of mines were received.
Moldovagaz has sent 3 million cubic meters of gas to Transnistria on credit under EU guarantees. The region has to return the borrowed volume of natural gas by March 2025.
A fire broke out in a two-story residential building on Gareth Jones Street in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district. Rescuers evacuated 20 people, five of whom were rescued, and three of the victims sought medical attention.
In January of this year, Russian troops fired more than 12,000 shells at Kherson region. As a result of the attacks, 29 civilians were killed and 237 were injured, most of them by drone strikes.
Trump announced an agreement with Venezuela to accept deportees and provide transportation. The agreement was reached after a meeting between the US special envoy and Maduro, despite the non-recognition of his presidency.
In February, five films of different genres from the world's leading directors will be released on the big screens. They include the romantic drama Parthenope, the crime action film Silence, the historical drama The Brutalist, and others.
Lithuanian border guards discovered an underground tunnel on the border with Belarus that was being used for smuggling. With the physical barrier in place, smugglers are looking for new ways, including balloons.
The Ministry of Defense has introduced a new procedure for entering data on military participation in combat operations through the UDRP. Authorized persons must enter information within 5 days of the start of a combat order.
The GUR reports on Russia's plans to mobilize 280,000 people in 2025 for the war in Ukraine. Of these, 126,000 are “special forces”: prisoners, debtors, and people under investigation.
The leader of the Crimean Tatar people Mustafa Dzhemilev shared the details of a 40-minute conversation with Putin in 2014 about the annexation of Crimea. After this conversation, he was banned from entering Crimea for 5 years.
The occupation authorities of Crimea received 4. 8 billion rubles from the sale of “nationalized” Ukrainian property. The sold properties include Zelensky's apartment, hotels, shopping centers, and other real estate.
Russia spreads a fake video showing Ukrainian soldiers being taken in handcuffs to a mission. The Center for Public Integrity refuted the disinformation, identifying Russian soldiers from the 15th Motorized Rifle Brigade in the video.
The Kristal oil depot near the Engels-2 air base was hit twice by Ukrainian drones on January 8 and 14, 2025. The attacks destroyed 4 and damaged 10 tanks with fuel and lubricants.
Republican Anna Paulina Luna introduced a bill to carve Donald Trump's face on Mount Rushmore. The National Memorial currently contains portraits of four US presidents who have made the greatest contribution to the country's development.
The EU plans to add 35 individuals and 19 companies from Russia, the DPRK and China to the sanctions list. The new package will include prohibitive duties on fertilizers and certain agri-food products.
The Ministry of Defense's state logistics operator is introducing a new model of supplying the Armed Forces with food starting in 2025. The pilot project will start in Kyiv and the region, separating procurement and logistics functions.
USAID has temporarily suspended funding for all programs and projects in Ukraine for 90 days. Vereshchuk announced the start of consultations with American partners to resume funding.
Latin American presidents will hold an emergency summit on January 30 due to mass deportations of migrants by the United States. The meeting was called by the President of Honduras at the request of the leader of Colombia to discuss migration and regional unity.
A 66-year-old man was wounded in Kupyansk as a result of shelling from an MLRS. The occupants also attacked the village of Prystin, damaging three houses and outbuildings.
In Odesa region, a 24-year-old RTCC serviceman was detained for demanding bribes for issuing fake summonses. He asked for $1,000 and 2,000 hryvnias for a document that allowed him to move freely around the country for 6 days.
The 30-meter bell tower of the 19th-century town hall in the 12th arrondissement of Paris burned down on the night of January 27. 150 firefighters localized the fire, but there is a threat of collapse of the building, which has begun to tilt.
