Many Ukrainians believe that even if there is a ceasefire, Russia will come back for more sooner or later – as it did in 2022, eight years after annexing the Crimean Peninsula. Moscow now controls almost one fifth of Ukraine.

Russia’s air defences reportedly destroyed drones over nine regions, including 11 over Smolensk, which sits on the border with Belarus. Nearly half were hit over Kursk, where Ukrainian troops have occupied several villages for months following an incursion.

Russia attacked Zaporizhzhia with ballistic missiles. The attack left one killed and one injured, according to the head of Zaporizhzhia Military Regional Administration, Ivan Fedorov. According to media reports,

The aggressor state illegally occupying Melitopol, in Zaporizhzhia oblast, has yet again claimed that alleged acts of resistance were ‘terrorism’

The Russians attacked Zaporizhzhia again at dawn on 23 January, with at least four explosions reported. One man was killed in the attack, while 45 people were injured, including a two-month-old baby.

Billions of dollars of investment may be needed to rebuild Ukraine's power systems, brought to the brink of total decimation after relentless attacks by Russia.

The attack destroyed an energy facility and cut power to more than 20,000 residents and heat to some 17,000, according to Governor Ivan Fedorov.

Russia launched a widespread drone and missile attack on Ukraine early Saturday, killing at least three people in the capitol of Kyiv.

A woman who was injured in a Russian airstrike on January 8 died in hospital in Zaporizhzhia. Regina Kharchenko, the secretary of the Zaporizhzhia City Council, announced this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

A total of 39 drones and four missiles were launched by Russia into Ukraine from Friday evening to Saturday ... ten people were injured following missile strikes in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia with two more reported missing, a Telegram ...

and at least one died and 11 were wounded in a separate strike in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia. By Cassandra Vinograd Donald J. Trump’s promise to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine ...

Russia carried out 16 airstrikes on Novopavlivka village, sent 190 drones into the area, fired a rocket at Novodarivka, and attacked several towns with artillery 194 times.