Zelensky makes demand for Trump talks to end war as Kyiv shoots down missile attack - Comes as South Korea’s military says North Korea is preparing to send more troops to join Russia’s war in Ukraine

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.

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.

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

Kyiv says it struck a Russian oil refinery and a microchip factory in attack which Moscow says contained 120 drones

The 14th Separate Regiment of Unmanned Aviation Complexes of the Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine, together with other groups of the Defense Forces, successfully hit the Kremniy El microelectronics plant in the city of Bryansk on the night of January 23-24.

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.

Russia says it shot down more than 120 drones overnight, in what would be one of the largest attacks of the war.

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,

Ukraine also sends volley of drones into Russia, with air defences intercepting attacks on 13 regions, including Moscow.

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,