Top executives from a consortium supplying barriers to the Russian military-industrial complex used in the war against Ukraine have been apprehended in Zhytomyr Oblast, the Ukrainian State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) reported on Jan. 17.
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Ukraine's Ministry of Culture and Information Policy (MCIP) released updated statistics on Tuesday (9 January) on Ukrainian cultural monuments that have been damaged or destroyed since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.
A 23-year-old pilot, Vladyslav Zalistovskyi, call sign ‘Blue Helmet,’ was killed on Jan. 5while defending Ukraine from Russian forces, the 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force, which Zalistovskyi belonged to, told Ukrainian public broads Suspilne on Jan. 8.
Explosions have rung out in the city of Kyiv during a Russian air-raid, with authorities reporting that air defence systems have been activated in response. Ukraine's Air Force later added that a large number of missiles were advancing towards Kyiv.