Ukrainian authorities said its troops are repelling constant Russian attacks on Bakhmut and other towns in the eastern region of Donbas reut.rs/3QtzgGX

The fiercely contested Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is holding out "against all odds," President Zelensky said Sunday, despite conflicting claims about the pace of Russian gains in the area. Follow our live coverage of the war. wapo.st/3vLPTEk

OPINION: In the six months since Ukraine was granted EU candidate status, the country has made significant progress in all seven reform goals the European Commission had recommended. bit.ly/3XyaXKz

⚡️Ukrainian military: ‘Fierce battle’ rages in Soledar, with 22 combat clashes over past 24 hours. Russians shelled the town of Soledar near Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast 106 times over the past 24 hours, Serhiy Cherevaty, a spokesman for Ukraine’s Eastern Group of Forces, said.

#UPDATE The Kremlin on Monday said moves by France and other Western countries to supply Ukraine with weapons -- including light tanks -- would only make life more difficult for Ukrainians.

Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov told Newsweek that Russian forces are digging in around his native city ahead of an expected counter-offensive. newsweek.com/russia-losing-…

Let's title this: Man, who denies Kremlin is behind anything, insists CIA is behind everything.

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"There was France and now there is no France," a Russian propagandist said on state TV. "Would anyone be upset about that?" newsweek.com/russian-analys…

⚡️Ukrainian military says strike kills over 100 Russian solders in Soledar. More than a hundred Russian soldiers were killed in the battle of Soledar after Ukrainian forces launched a missile at a grouping of troops, the command of Ukraine's Special Operations Forces said.

A Wagner fighter who answered Prigozhin’s call to fight in Ukraine while serving a lengthy jail term for beating his elderly mother to death in a drunken frenzy has now received a "hero’s funeral" e1.ru/text/gorod/202…

These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Jan. 12, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

⚡️Zelensky: Everything necessary for battles for Soledar and Bakhmut will be provided 'promptly and uninterruptedly.' President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Armed Forces in Soledar and Bakhmut are reinforced with equipment and weapons supplied to Ukraine by the West.

⚡️Pentagon: No sign yet of offensive against Ukraine from Belarus. The U.S. doesn't see signs of an imminent threat of an offensive against Ukraine from Belarus, Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder said.

The West should abandon the policy of having its cake and eating it too – i.e. helping Ukraine sufficiently to prevent its collapse but not enough to ensure its victory. kyivindependent.com/opinion/oleg-s…

⚡️New York Times: US warms to helping Ukraine regain Crimea. The Biden administration has come around to the idea that Ukraine may need the military equipment to strike Russian-occupied Crimea, regardless of the risks, the NYT reported, citing several unnamed U.S. officials.

⚡️Reuters: Germany will green light Leopard tanks if US sends Ukraine its Abrams. Germany will give the go-ahead for German-made Leopard tanks to be sent to Ukraine if the United States agrees to send its own Abrams tanks, a government official told Reuters.

⚡️ Zelensky says he's not sure Putin 'still alive.' "I'm not sure that Russia's president, who sometimes appears (on TV with visual effects), is really him," Zelensky said when asked about peace talks at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos on Jan. 19.

A Russian missile killed 46 people after smashing straight into an apartment building in the city of Dnipro on Jan. 14. Here's what we know about the victims of the strike. kyivindependent.com/national/here-…