Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi held a phone call with Chief of the Defense Staff of the Italian Armed Forces, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, and invited him to visit Ukraine, Zaluzhnyi said in a Telegram post on Jan. 15.
Two Russian planes - including an early warning and control aircraft - have been shot down, the Ukrainian military has claimed. If confirmed, it would represent a major blow for the Russian air force.
Ukraine s top commander said air defences shot down two Russian aircraft in a move that could "seriously complicate" Russian operations. Institute for the Study of War thinktank has warned that Putin is preparing for a "large-scale offensive" once the ground freezes in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian military published video footage of the last flight of Russia’s A-50 AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) plane shot down over the Sea of Azov on Jan. 14.
Ukraine’s parliamentary Anti-corruption Policy Committee has identified several problematic provisions in a new bill on conscription that could give rise to corruption risks, MP Anastasia Radina, the head of the committee, said on Facebook on Jan. 8.