Russia said its forces had taken Yantarne, a village in the Donetsk region located about 10 kilometres (six miles) southwest of the key logistics hub of Kurakhove. Further north, Russian troops captured Kalinove,

Russia accused Ukraine on Friday of carrying out a missile strike on a supermarket in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.

Ukraine has captured two North Korean soldiers and taken them prisoner, transporting them to Kyiv for questioning in what the country’s security services say is “ irrefutable evidence ” of Pyongyang ’s involvement in Russia’s war. Both soldiers were captured on 9 January in the Russian border region of Kursk, Kyiv said.