The U.S. and Germany's decision to supply battle tanks to Ukraine has generated a lot of discussion about the possibility of supplying other types of firepower, such as fighter jets

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the war in Ukraine is progressing positively, according to the defense ministry’s plan.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has once again rejected Russia's claims that it has encircled and captured the salt-mining town of Soledar in Donetsk. President Zelenskyy says that fighting continues to hold the town.

Zelenskyy said that Russia's actions in the conflict have left the region devastated, with few people remaining alive. He added that the land near Soledar is covered in the corpses of Russian soldiers, and that the area bears the scars of the fighting.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reported that the situation on the front line in eastern Ukraine has not changed significantly in the first week of the year.