At least three people were killed in the assault on the capital, and at least 10 were wounded in a separate strike in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia.

According to Ukraine’s Air Force, air defenses intercepted two ballistic missiles over Kyiv Oblast. Additionally, 24 drones were destroyed over Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi,

"I will be 100% on board with taking sanctions up," Treasury Secretary-pick Scott Bessent told lawmakers on Thursday.

Scott Bessent, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be secretary of treasury, looks on as he sits near his son Cole, on the day he testifies during a Senate Committee on Finance confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 16, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

The death of an Indian man working for the Russian army in Ukraine has brought renewed focus to the Kremlin’s use of foreign nationals on the front lines and revived a thorny issue in the otherwise thriving relationship between New Delhi and Moscow.

The Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reported that at least 12 Indian citizens have died in Ukraine while serving in the Russian armed forces, with 16 individuals reported missing. Efforts are being made to repatriate the bodies.