• One person was killed and five injured in a Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
• A separate Russian bombardment killed a pensioner in the southern Zaporizhia region.
• Ukrainian attacks on Russian border areas killed two, according to local governors. One was killed by a mortar strike on a village in the Bryansk region. Another died in a drone attack near the front lines in the Kursk region.
• Ukrainian air defences downed 34 out of 81 drones launched by Russia overnight, the air force said on Saturday. It said that 47 drones were “lost”.
• Temporary flight restrictions imposed at Russia’s Pulkovo airport in St Petersburg on Saturday were lifted at 07:15 GMT, a representative of Russia’s aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said.
• Three missiles struck a residential area near the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, killing one, injuring five others and destroying two homes.
• Four people were hurt when the town of Sloviansk was shelled near the front line in Ukraine’s Donetsk region.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia had launched 300 attack drones and 20 missiles at Ukrainian targets in the first three days of 2025.
• Russia’s creeping advance in Donetsk has captured 4,168 square kilometres (1,609sq miles) of territory at the cost of 430,000 soldiers, according to a new analysis.
• Ukraine will reportedly receive its first French Mirage 2000-5F multirole fighters this month, according to French magazine Avions Legendaires.
• A Russian court has ordered the largest search engine in Russia, Yandex, to hide maps and photos of one of the country’s biggest oil refineries after repeated attacks by Ukrainian drones, state news agency TASS reports.
• United States President Joe Biden is expected to announce additional security assistance for Ukraine in the coming days, according to White House spokesperson John Kirby.

Foto: Fire engulfs a ​​​​​​residential building in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, after it was hit by a Russian drone.