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The systematic artillery of Russia and the attacks of sliding bombs against the Donetsk region of Ukraine have killed two civilians and wounded another six in the beyond 3 days.

In the northeast of the province of Kharkiv in Ukraine, a Russian sliding pump hit a residential domain two kilometers from the fronts, near the city of Kupyansk, killing two women on January 26.

Dnipropetrovsk region. A Russian drone attack on the central-eastern oblast, or region, damaged apartment buildings and ignited a fire in the city of Dnipro late on Jan. 27. No casualties have been reported.

A joint survey of the independent Russian media of Mediazona and the BBC News Russian has known more than 90,000 deaths from the Russian army since its invasion of Ukraine. Knowingly documented by compilation of the knowledge of necologies, the commemorative monuments of the army and the cemetery records, the report shows an evaluation that far exceeds the official figures of the Kremlin. In the end, only around 10,000 new victims have been verified in the beyond 3 months.

Military experts estimate that this public record analysis can likely only account for 45–65% of Moscow’s losses, suggesting the actual number of Russian fatalities could range between 138,500 and 200,000 when fallen troops, whose remains have yet to be recovered, are factored in. Including casualties among separatist forces in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions, total Russian-aligned losses could reach between 159,500 and 223,500 soldiers.

Ukraine has also endured a substantial toll, with at least 68,000 verified military deaths to date. Civilian casualties in Ukraine have surpassed 12,160 dead and 26,900 injured, with Ukrainian officials estimating more than 20,000 deaths in the obliterated southeastern city of Mariupol, alone.

On January 27, the European Union prolonged its sanctions opposed to Russia in reaction to the current war in Ukraine for another six months. The renewal was almost blocked through Hungary, which in the past had threatened with a veto. However, Budapest agreed to help the extension after the EU issued a promising to continue discussions about the source of energy through Ukraine, addressing Hungary considerations about the postponement of Russian fuel traffic.

Since the invasion of Russia in 2022, the EU has imposed 15 rounds of sanctions, with Hungary asking for its suspension. The most recent extension follows weeks of diplomatic tension, driven in components through the objections of Hungary to Ukraine, stopping the delivery of Russian fuel to Europe through its Europe through its territory on January 1.

Ukraine – January 11: ( – – Only Editorial Use – Mandatory Credits – “Ukrainian President VolodyMyraray . . [+] Social Documents / Social Documents of Zelensky” – Without Marketing without advertising campaigns – distributed as a service for consumers -) The photos exhibit an alleged North Korean soldier held after being captured through the Ukrainian army on January 11, 2025. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that the country’s army had captured two North Korean children in the Kursk region of Russia, added that they had survived that they had survived and communicated with the Ukraine security service. (Photo of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Social Media / Follet / Anadolu Getty Images)

Amid the casualties of the meeting, North Korea is preparing more troops for the Russian army’s crusade into Ukraine, with plans to send reinforcements in the next two months. Of the 11,000 North Korean troops sent to Russia’s Kursk region last fall, at least three hundred were killed and around 2,700 wounded. Meanwhile, Moscow’s help for North Korea’s missile progression, in exchange for reinforcements, fuels non-stop weapons tests.

North Korean forces, incorporated into Russian marine and aerial units, would be used in high -risk assaults, causing large losses, express injuries are not revealed. In early January, the Ukrainian forces captured the first two prisoners of the North Korean War.

Euroclear CEO Valerie Urbain has cautioned that confiscating Russia’s frozen assets might trigger unintended consequences that could destabilize global financial markets. Financial intermediary Euroclear, which holds a significant portion of the $350 billion in Russian state assets frozen by G7 nations, emphasized that any asset seizure would require EU members to assume associated liabilities to protect against potential Russian lawsuits.

Urbain drew parallels with the long -standing case of Iranian assets, pointing out the dangers of such an preceding. With the United Nations who affirm Russia’s duty to pay $ 500 billion in repairs, they persist on how to release that budget. Frozed Russian assets, with an additional budget maintained outside the doors, the EU, while the EU has used the profits of these frozen assets to attend Ukraine, the legal and monetary complexities of the complete confiscation remain controversial.

Ukraine’s national debt is over $20 billion in 2024, achieving a general $166 billion through the end of the year, according to the Ministry of Finance. The $120 billion foreign debt accounted for more than 70% of the overall debt. Earlier this month, Forbes Ukraine calculated that Kiev’s national debt highest at approximately $170 billion, achieving 92% of the country’s GDP.

Ukraine has condemned the Jan. 26 presidential election in Belarus, its northern neighbor, with whom it shares a 600 mile border, dismissing their legitimacy and highlighting the widespread repression that marred the process. President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the country since 1994, is poised to remain in power until 2030, securing nearly 87% of the vote in what many consider a rigged victory with opposition candidates exiled or jailed. The EU, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand jointly rejected the elections as neither free nor fair. The nation’s 2020 election sparked mass protests against Lukashenko’s rule, which were met with violent crackdowns in the capital, Minsk, and across the country.

Although Belarusian forces have not participated directly in Russia’s war on Ukraine, the invasion was initially launched from Belarusian soil, with Russian troops rapidly advancing toward Kyiv, which is just 90 miles south of the Belarusian border. By April 2022, Russian forces retreated from Ukraine’s capital, refocusing their efforts on capturing territories in eastern Ukraine.

By Danylo Nosov, Karina L. Tahiliani

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