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Reuters: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would add new tariffs to his sanctions threat against Russia if the country does not make a deal to end its war in Ukraine, and added that these could also be applied to "other participating countries."

The Kyiv Independent: The European Union will provide 35 billion euros in financial assistance to Ukraine in 2025 through the G7 Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration credit initiative and the Ukraine Facility program, European Commission's vice-president and trade commissioner announced on Jan. 22.

The Guardian: Keir Starmer should show leadership over the Ukraine war by pushing for $300bn of frozen Russian assets to be used to fund Kyiv’s military, the financier turned activist Bill Browder has said.

Reuters: India has allowed Russian insurer Soglasie Insurance Company to provide marine cover to tankers entering Indian ports, according to Indian ship regulator's website, as New Delhi wants steady supply of cheaper Russian oil despite latest U.S. sanctions.

The Moscow Times: Around 1,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed and 3,000 wounded while fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine, the BBC’s Russian service reported Wednesday. A senior U.S. defense official told the New York Times that Russia is expecting North Korea to send additional reinforcements “within the next two months.”

The Kyiv Independent: Soldiers of the 8th Regiment of Ukraine's Special Operations Forces resisted a North Korean assault in Russia’s Kursk Oblast for eight hours before retreating, killing 21 and wounding 40 soldiers, the unit said on Jan. 22.

Reuters: Google on Wednesday won an injunction from London's High Court to prevent the enforcement of Russian judgments against the U.S. tech giant over the closure of various Google and YouTube accounts.

BBC News: The Royal Navy has been monitoring a Russian spy ship after it entered British waters, the defence secretary has told MPs. John Healey said the vessel, Yantar, was used for gathering intelligence and mapping the UK's critical underwater infrastructure.

Ukraine's largest private energy company DTEK said on Wednesday it plans to invest 450 million euros to expand a wind farm near the Black Sea coast, boosting its capacity.

The Moscow Times: Russia and Uzbekistan adopted a military strategic partnership program set to run through 2030, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday, as Moscow looks to deepen ties with traditional allies amid isolation from the West.

Politico: The British government has warned the country’s burgeoning private intelligence and security industry to stop doing work for hostile states like Russia, China and Iran.

Bloomberg: The European Union is facing another potential showdown with Hungarian PM Orban over his refusal to sign off on an extension of sanctions on Russia over its war against Ukraine (archive).

Reuters: Russia is posing an existential threat to the European Union's security and the only way to address that is to increase spending on defence, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday, adding that the EU had for too long offered Russia alternatives.

AFP: Kaja Kallas also called for a new defence agreement linking the bloc with former member Britain -- as a "key partner" in facing the threat from Russia.

The Kyiv Independent: Russia lacks sufficient forces for a big breakthrough in Ukraine, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, General Christopher Cavoli, said during a discussion on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 21.

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