Hello, this is Asami Terajima reporting from Kyiv on day 1,419 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: Russian troops are intensifying their offensive on Chasiv Yar, seeking to build up forces and deploying a range of weapons,

Russia's defence ministry said on Monday that the target it hit last week in a strike with a hypersonic Oreshnik missile was a Ukrainian aircraft repair plant, which was disabled. Ukraine and its European backers condemned the Russian missile strike on Friday,

Russia accelerated its attacks on civilians after President Donald Trump began his efforts to end the war in Ukraine, the first comprehensive assessment of 2025 casualties undertaken by European governments has found.

It is only the second time Moscow has deployed the hypersonic ballistic missile, which was first used to hit Dnipro in November.

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Background: On the night of 8-9 January, Russia attacked Ukraine with 278 airborne weapons – 36 missiles and 242 drones of various types. Ukraine's Air Force reported that Russia had used one medium-range ballistic missile that was launched from the Kapustin Yar test site in Russia's Astrakhan Oblast.

Ukraine said the "Geran-5" bears similarities to Iran's Karrar attack drone, and uses a more powerful engine than Russia's current turbojet Shaheds.

An increase in the use of long-range weapons by Russia has led to more casualties in Ukraine, according to a UN monitor.