This is Yuliia Taradiuk reporting from Kyiv on day 1,434 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: Russian forces have intensified pressure in the Pokrovsk direction, Donetsk Oblast,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has launched a retaliatory strike against Russian forces following attacks on Ukraine. On January 20, 2026, Ukrainian forces targeted a key Russian ammunition depot,

Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly framed Ukraine’s long-term prospects in stark, zero-sum terms. Still, Ukraine has not collapsed and continues to resist Russian offensives across the frontline,

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has rejected peace. He’s trying to convince the world that the Ukrainian lines are nearing collapse to get President Trump to force Ukraine to surrender. But Putin is lying.

Kremlin-installed authorities in Russia-occupied parts of southern Ukraine say Ukrainian drone strikes have damaged energy networks.

Ukraine is using drone-based kill zones and attrition tactics to exhaust Russia’s offensive, forcing Moscow to adapt with robots and small-unit assaults.

Russia has admitted for the first time that a Ukrainian missile sank its prized Black Sea flagship, later deleting the statement and returning to the official narrative that the guided-missile cruiser Moskva went down because of a freak accident.