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Ukraine war latest: Ukraine's Special Forces say they killed 21 North Korean soldiers, show combat footage

Key developments on Jan. 22: Ukraine's Special Forces say they killed 21 North Korean soldiers, show combat footage Kyiv court arrests three senior officers accused of failed defense of Kharkiv Oblast Russia lacks manpower for major breakthrough in Ukraine, top NATO general says Russia issued ultimatum to Ukraine in 2022 to replace Zelensky with Medvedchuk, […]

Ukraine

January 22, 2025

Ukraine's Special Forces say they killed 21 North Korean soldiers, show combat footage

Warning: Footage includes violent and graphic content. Soldiers of the 8th Regiment of Ukraine's Special Operations Forces resisted a North Korean assault in Russia’s Kursk Oblast for eight hours before retreating, killing 21 and wounding 40 soldiers, the unit said on Jan. 22. The statement comes as Russia ramps up efforts to push out Ukrainian […]

Ukraine

January 22, 2025

'False story' — Denmark denies Russian claims of F-16 instructor killed in Kryvyi Rih strike

The Danish Defense Ministry on Jan. 19 denied Russian claims of the death of a Danish F-16 instructor in a missile strike on Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, on Jan. 17. "This is a false story being spread by the Russian media — probably with the aim of discrediting Denmark," Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen […]

Ukraine

January 20, 2025

150,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine in 2024, Syrskyi says

Russian forces suffered their heaviest losses last year since the start of the full-scale war, with total military losses reaching 434,000 soldiers, including approximately 150,000 killed in combat during 2024, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said in a Jan. 19 interview with the Ukrainian news outlet TSN. "In this year of fighting, (Russian President Vladimir Putin) lost […]

Ukraine

January 19, 2025

24-year-old Belarusian volunteer soldier killed in action near Bakhmut

Maria Zaitseva, a 24-year-old Belarusian volunteer soldier fighting for Ukraine, was killed in action near the town of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast on Jan. 17, Nasha Niva reported. Zaitseva joined the Ukrainian army after the start of Russia's full-scale war and fought with the 2nd International Legion Battalion. She turned 24 on Jan. 16, a […]

Ukraine

January 18, 2025

4 killed, 3 injured following Russia's attack on Kyiv

Editor's Note: This is a developing story and is being updated. Russia launched an attack on Kyiv early in the morning on Jan. 18, killing at least four people, according to city authorities. Three people were injured in the attack, Kyiv city military administration head Tymur Tkachenko reported. According to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, windows […]

Ukraine

January 17, 2025

Media identifies nearly 89,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine

Journalists have identified the names of 88,726 Russian soldiers who died during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to a joint investigation by BBC Russia and Mediazona. Since the media outlets' last update in mid-December, the names of 3,965 Russian soldiers have been added to the list of casualties. The journalists note that the actual […]

Ukraine

January 17, 2025

Four Russian officers reportedly killed in Kursk Oblast by Ukraine's Dec. 30 strike

At least four Russian officers were killed in Ukraine's attack on the town of Lgov in Russia's Kursk Oblast on Dec. 30, independent Russian media outlet Mediazona reported on Jan. 17, citing recently published obituaries. Alexander Khinshtein, the acting governor of Kursk Oblast, claimed on Dec. 30 that the attack had injured an 86-year-old woman […]

Ukraine

January 17, 2025

41-year-old Latvian volunteer soldier killed in Luhansk Oblast on Christmas

Edgars Platonovs, a 41-year-old Latvian volunteer soldier fighting for Ukraine, was killed in action in December on the eastern front, the Latvian Armed Forces reported on Jan. 10. Platonovs was fighting in the areas near the village of Novoiehorivka in the largely Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast as part of the Ukrainian military's International Legion, composed of […]

Ukraine

January 11, 2025

4,000 North Korean troops killed or wounded fighting against Ukraine, Zelensky claims

North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces against Ukraine have suffered 4,000 casualties, both wounded and killed, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed on Jan. 9 at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, Interfax Ukraine reported. The Kyiv Independent could not independently verify the claim. The claim comes as North Korea has deepened its military ties with […]

Ukraine

January 9, 2025

'Believed he was making a difference' — Scottish combat medic killed in Ukraine, family says

Jordan Maclachlan, a 26-year-old volunteer and combat medic from Scotland, was killed on the front line in Ukraine on Jan. 3, BBC reported. "Jordan always believed that he was making a difference, and we are all so proud of him helping others," his family said in a statement. The family is awaiting further details from […]

Ukraine

January 7, 2025

Zelensky says nearly 15,000 Russians have been killed in Kursk region

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Jan. 6 that Russian forces had sustained significant losses over five months of fighting in Russia's Kursk region. "During the Kursk operation, the enemy has already lost 38,000 of their soldiers in this direction alone, with nearly 15,000 of these losses being irreversible," Zelensky added in his evening address. He […]

Ukraine

January 6, 2025