On January 23, Russia launched two attacks on the regional capital, killing one person and wounding five others, including a two-month-old child. More than 20,000 people there were left without electricity and heat after drones destroyed the local energy facility.

Russia has lost about twice as many men to death and serious injury as Ukraine. But the trends favor the Kremlin.

The bodies of 757 Ukrainian soldiers have been repatriated by the Russian side, the responsible coordination staff announced in Kiev on Friday. Of these, 451 were killed in the fighting near the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk,