Russian attacks against Ukraine killed nine people and injured at least 38 others over the past day, regional authorities said on Jan. 17. Ukrainian forces downed 24 out of the 39 drones, including Shahed-type attack drones,

In late November, Maria, a 22-year-old from Ponyativka in southern Ukraine, gave birth to a boy. She named her second child Ivan, after his father who had been dreaming about a son since he joined the army in 2023.

A Russian strike on Ukraine's central city of Kryviy Rih has killed four and injured seven. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says the January 17 attack damaged an educational facility and residential buildings.

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to broker a peace deal in Ukraine, but as he prepares to take office, peace seems as elusive as ever.

Incoming US president says resolving the Russia-Ukraine issue will be a top priority, but analysts in Moscow warn of many sticking points and question Trump’s ‘inspiration and resources’ - Anadolu Aja

In Kherson, the Russian military dropped explosives from a drone on the car of public utilities that were working in the Dniprovsky district of the city, and no one was injured. — Ukrinform.

Russian troops fired on the village of Yantarne, Kherson region, injuring a 92-year-old local resident. — Ukrinform.

At least four people were injured in Kherson, Ukraine by Russian aerial bombs on Thursday. Footage filmed by Kherson's regional military administration in the Korabelnyi district showed smashed windows,

NPR's Brian Mann spends time with a Ukrainian mobile artillery unit as they prep their Soviet-era mobile cannon for a nighttime attack. Their goal? Stop Russia from crossing the Dnipro River and taking Kherson.

About 23,000 households were left without electricity after Russian shelling of Kherson in southern Ukraine damaged power equipment in the city, the local military administration said on Sunday. The attack targeted the Dniprovskiy district along the Dnipro River,

Donetsk region. Russian shelling killed one resident and wounded seven others in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk oblast, or region, on Jan. 11. Kherson region. A 56-year-old woman died at the hospital on Jan. 11, succumbing to injuries sustained in last week's Russian drone strike on a bus station in the southern city of Kherson.

Ukraine's defence forces lost control of over 3,600 sq km of territory in 2024, losing more than 20 sq km per day in November. In 2023, they lost a total of about 540 sq km and liberated about 430 sq km.