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Reuters: Ukraine's armed forces are introducing a new facet of air defence to transform their system, made up of small groups deploying interceptor drones, as the country braces for new mass Russian attacks, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian forces successfully attacked a Russian drone warehouse in occupied Luhansk Oblast on Jan. 19, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported. The military also confirmed the results of previous strikes on oil infrastructure inside Russia.

United24 Media: Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation said a continuing wave of AI-generated fake videos impersonating Ukrainian soldiers is circulating on social media, amplifying claims of shortages in food, equipment and other support.

Reuters: Russia ran a budget deficit of 5.6 trillion roubles ($72.12 billion), or 2.6% of GDP, in 2025, the Finance Ministry said on Monday, the highest deficit since 2020 as a percentage of GDP and the highest since 2006 in rouble terms.

Reuters: Russia's federal budget proceeds from taxes on oil and gas are expected to drop by 46% in January from the same month in 2025 due to a weaker oil price and a stronger rouble, Reuters calculations showed on Monday.

Ukrainska Pravda: Russian forces carried out three strikes using guided aerial bombs on the Slobidskyi district of Kharkiv on Monday afternoon, killing one person and injuring 11.

The Kyiv Independent: Russia launched overnight attacks on energy infrastructure in "several regions," leaving civilians in five Ukrainian regions without power, Ukraine's Deputy Energy Minister Artem Nekrasov said on Jan. 19.

Reuters: Moldova is proceeding with the necessary formalities to complete its withdrawal from the Russia-led Commonwealth of Independent States that emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union, Foreign Minister Mihai Popsoi said on Monday.

United24 Media: Latvian authorities have detained at least three individuals over the past two weeks in connection with the group calling itself the “Anti-Fascists of the Baltics,” which investigators say operated an informant network supplying Russian intelligence with sensitive information.

Reuters: Russia's Gazprom Neft has reached a provisional agreement to sell its majority stake in Serbian oil refiner NIS to Hungary's MOL, Serbia's Energy Minister Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic said on Monday.

United24 Media: China has sharply increased its imports of Russia’s Urals crude oil as Indian refiners—previously the largest buyers of the grade—scale back their purchases due to sanctions-related risks.

Reuters: India's Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd is exploring purchases of Venezuelan oil as it halts imports of Russian oil to comply with Western sanctions, its head of finance Devendra Kumar said on Monday.

CNN: Putin has been invited to join US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” the committee that will oversee the reconstruction of Gaza, his spokesman said on Monday.

Reuters: The Czech Republic will not sell or donate to Ukraine light combat planes that could shoot down incoming drones, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Monday, rejecting a plan outlined by President Petr Pavel.

United24 Media: Ukrainian special operations units carried out targeted long-range strikes throughout 2025 that destroyed or disabled Russian air defense systems worth an estimated $4 billion, according to the Security Service of Ukraine.

Reuters: Putin's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev will travel to the Swiss resort of Davos this week and hold meetings with members of the U.S. delegation on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum.

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