Marianna Budanova, the wife of Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov, was poisoned. Ukrainian media wrote this, citing sources in the Kiev Ministry of Defense. The woman was diagnosed with heavy metal poisoning. According to Kiev, the same fate had befallen several military intelligence officials.
“The Ukrainian armed forces have recaptured 50% of the territories occupied since the beginning of the war and continue to inflict heavy defeats on Russia,” said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
According to Moscow, the Russian Battle Group South defeated two Ukrainian brigades near the settlements of Kleshcheyevka and Kurdyumovka in the Donetsk area, eliminating up to 110 enemy soldiers.
Russia’s detention of American reporter Evan Gershkovich is a “brazen and outrageous attack” on press freedom. The Wall Street Journal announced this and called for the immediate release of its journalist. A Russian court said today it had extended the pre-trial detention of Gershkovich, accused of espionage, by two months until January 30.
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