Ukraine’s Armed Forces have taken prisoner a Russian invader who shot Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia’s Kursk region in October 2024.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau has opened criminal proceedings into possible illegal gains by former top officials of the Security Service of Ukraine following public statements in the media by Ukrainian businessman Serhii Vahanian.

Tomio Okamura, leader of the far-right party in Prime Minister Andrej Babiš's ruling coalition, announced that the Czech government had decided not to sell light combat aircraft to Ukraine.

Ukrainian defence forces continue to confidently hold and clear the strategically important city of Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region. The search and strike group of the "Khartia" brigade currently has complete control over the city centre and the city council building.

In 2024, Kyiv held a tender for the purchase of 15 sets of new cogeneration units worth over UAH 1 billion, but nothing has been heard about them yet.

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal met with the board of NEC "Ukrenergo".

Russian troops are making territorial gains in Donetsk Oblast.

The director of the National Military Memorial Cemetery, Yaroslav Proniutkin, hired Volodymyr Petrov, a black political strategist.

The situation in the energy system has changed. Previously, more than four stages meant unscheduled emergency blackouts, but now the country is beginning to operate on a schedule of 4.5-5 stages.

On 18 January, 144 combat clashes between Ukrainian defenders and Russian invaders were recorded on the front line.