This is Chris York reporting from a very chilly Kyiv on day 1,421 of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: A minibus full of soldiers was shot at in the morning of Jan. 14 in the village of Rudno near Lviv in western Ukraine,

The Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) has approved a bill extending martial law in Ukraine, which was submitted by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Ukraine's parliament appointed Mykhailo Fedorov as the country's new defence minister on Wednesday and he vowed to drive innovation and reform to strengthen the military during a critical phase of the nearly four-year war.

The United States is accusing Russia of a “dangerous and inexplicable escalation” of the nearly four-year war in Ukraine at a time when the Trump administration is trying to advance negotiations toward peace.

Russia says it used its new Oreshnik hypersonic missile and other weapons in a massive strike on Ukraine​. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says a drone hit the Qatar embassy.

Ukrainian lawmakers appointed former prime minister Denys Shmyhal as energy minister and first deputy prime minister on Wednesday amid escalating Russian strikes on the power sector.

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France is pushing to stop Ukraine from buying American weapons with a €90bn (£78bn) EU loan. It wants the portion of the fund earmarked for weapons to be spent only in the European defence industry.