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Friday, January 16, 2026
TopicRussia-Ukraine war

Topic: Russia-Ukraine war

Domestic violence cases soar in Ukraine after Russia’s invasion, says coroner’s report

Police registered 349,355 cases of domestic violence from January to May 2023, compared with 231,244 over the same period in 2022 and 190,277 in the first five months of 2021.

Russian missile strike hits Kryvyi Rhi, kills 4, including 10-yr-old girl, say Ukrainian officials

A video posted by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy showed smoke billowing from a gaping hole smashed in the side of a 9-storey building, and another 4-storey almost levelled.

To shed ‘Russian influence’, Ukraine changes Christmas date to 25 December

President Zelenskyy Friday signed a law to drop Russian Orthodox practice of celebrating Christmas on 7 January. Dates of 2 other state holidays also changed.

Delhi must push Russia to open Black Sea ports. Africa won’t get Indian rice this year

India has strategic interest in Nepal and Bangladesh so it is possible that export of white non-basmati rice to these countries will be allowed on diplomatic considerations.

Russia pulls up Pakistan that dared to expel TASS journalist as Ukraine minister watched

The Russian embassy’s strongly-worded tweet was an indication that the Kremlin was miffed with Islamabad, given the latter’s improving ties with Kyiv.

Kremlin accuses West of silence over Ukrainian ‘terrorist attacks’ on Russia

Kyiv says Crimea is Ukrainian and that it intends to take it back by force as part of its drive to expel Russian troops from its territory.

Russia suspends participation in Black Sea grain export deal, says Kremlin

The deal, brokered by UN and Turkey last July, aimed to alleviate a global food crisis by allowing Ukrainian grain blocked by the Russia-Ukraine conflict to be exported safely

Russian intelligence chief says he spoke to CIA head about Ukraine in June, say TASS news agency

Burns and Naryshkin have maintained contact since Ukraine-Russia war began, even though ties between the two countries are at their lowest point since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.

Russian attack on Ukrainian aid distribution point in Zaporizhzhia killed four, says Kyiv

Regional Governor Yuriy Malashko said a guided aviation bomb was used in the attack on a school building being used as an aid distribution point.

US and Ukraine’s top diplomats hold ‘important’ call before NATO summit in Vilnius

The US Department of State spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a separate statement that the two diplomats discussed also 'progress in Ukraine's counteroffensive'.

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The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.