On the night of January 24, drones of the Security Service of Ukraine and the Special Operations Forces attacked many Russian facilities involved in the supply of the Russian occupation army, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Vladimir Putin’s military have shown ferocious commitment, brutality — and a determination to kill themselves rather than face capture, The Independent has been told.

Russia’s military on Tuesday said it would retaliate against Ukraine after Kyiv attacked Russian regions by firing six US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles, six UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles and launching one of the biggest drone attacks to date.

Videos showed fireballs over a facility in Ryazan, 110 miles southeast of Moscow. Kyiv is seeking to disrupt Russian military logistics and put pressure on the country’s economy by striking its oil industry.

Ukraine drones hit an oil refinery east of Moscow in a mass attack on Russia, according to military sources. The oil plant in Ryazan, 120 miles south east of the capital, was targeted, as was a microelectronics production plant in Bryansk, western Russia, according to Ukraine’s military.

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The North Korean troops fighting for Russia are highly trained and will stop at nothing to avoid surrender, Ukrainian sources tell Sam Kiley, The Independent’s World Affairs Editor, in Sumy

On the night of January 25, 2025 (from 19:00 on January 24), the Russians attacked Ukraine with two Kh-59/69 guided air missiles from the airspace of the Black Sea and 61 Shahed-type strike UAVs and various types of drone imitators from the directions of Orel,

The attacks damaged the facade and shattered windows of the regional Investigative Committee building. The nearby microelectronics factory, Kremniy EL, which produces over 90% of its output for Russia's Ministry of Defense,

The Security Service of Ukraine and the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine conducted a joint operation on the night of January 24, 2025, striking objects involved in providing support to the Russian occupation army.