Places in this day's records
2 places · 0 events not on the map
9 January 2025
2 events recorded (2 confirmed), and 0 statements counted apart.
January 2025 in brief
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission recorded 139 civilians killed and 738 injured in Ukraine in January, and guided bombs on an industrial site in Zaporizhzhia killed 13 and injured 122, according to the State Emergency Service. [1][2][3] Ukrainian officials said a drone strike on an apartment block in Sumy killed nine people, and the grid operator imposed emergency power cuts in six regions during a large missile strike on energy targets. [1][2] Russian gas transit to Europe through Ukraine ended as the contract expired, and the Guardian reported that Moldova's breakaway Transnistria region cut heating and hot water to households. [1] Russia said it took Kurakhove and claimed Velyka Novosilka, where a Ukrainian brigade said it withdrew only from parts of the town, while reports that Chasiv Yar had fallen were disputed by Ukrainian soldiers and analysts. [1][2][3] Ukraine launched a new attack in the part of Russia's Kursk region it held, and Zelensky said Ukrainian forces captured two North Korean soldiers there. [1][2] Donald Trump urged Putin to settle and stop the war or face tariffs and sanctions, and Putin said Russia was ready for negotiations with him, while the sides exchanged 25 prisoners of war each in the first swap of 2025. [3] EASA advised airlines not to operate in parts of Russian airspace west of longitude 60 degrees East, and in Europe the Leiden dataset recorded damage to the C-Lion1 cable between Finland and Germany investigated as suspected sabotage. [1][2]