During a NATO-Ukraine Council meeting on January 10, NATO countries announced that they will continue to provide Kyiv with economic, humanitarian, and military aid, including to strengthen Ukrainian air defenses.

Late in the evening of January 10, the Russian military launched a missile strike on Kharkov, said the head of the military administration of the Kharkov region, Oleg Sinegubov. According to preliminary data, Russian troops launched an attack with S-300 missiles on the Kyiv district of the city. At least nine people were injured . The mayor of Kharkov, Igor Terekhov , said that the strike hit a civilian facility.

Following the meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council, the countries of the North Atlantic Alliance stated that they would continue to provide economic, humanitarian and military assistance to Kyiv, including to strengthen Ukrainian air defense. This is stated in a statement from the council. The publication notes that many NATO members have announced plans to provide Kyiv with “additional capabilities worth billions of euros” in 2024.

Former Wagner PMC mercenary and participant in the Russian invasion of Ukraine Dmitry Karavaychik has become deputy director of the Leningrad Frontier Foundation, established by the governor of the Leningrad Region. Karavaychik himself told Important Stories about this. "I currently hold the position of deputy director of the fund, I provide full assistance on security issues. We work on humanitarian aid, we cooperate with the Leningrad Region military registration and enlistment office.

Arsons across St. Petersburg may be part of a personal vendetta between a Ukrainian blogger and a Russian crypto trader Since the end of December, there’s been a series of arson attacks in St. Petersburg residential buildings, all with the same MO. Arsonists have been placing tires outside the doors of apartments and setting them on fire. The St. Petersburg news outlet Bumaga identified seven buildings where the fires were set, all in different parts of St. Petersburg.

The jury recognized the person involved in the case of the “network” Maxim Ivankin guilty of the murder of Ekaterina Levchenko and Artem Dorofeev. What evidence did the investigation find? And why does the defense speak of the fault of "other people"? Maxim Budanov / Kommersant / Sipa USA / Vida Press In the Ryazan Regional Court, the jury was recognized by Maxim Ivankin, the defendant of the case of the “network” , guilty of the murder of her friends - Ekaterina Levchenko and Artem Dorofeev.

Former Chairman of the Constitutional Court (CC) of Russia, Marat Baglay, died in Moscow at the age of 92. According to the court's press service, Baglay died after a long illness. “The departure of Marat Viktorovich is a loss for the entire legal community. He enjoyed the respect of his colleagues as a high professional, a reliable comrade, and a wise teacher,” the Constitutional Court said in a statement. Marat Baglay was born in Baku on March 13, 1931.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow arrested the deputy head of the administration of Podolsk near Moscow, Roman Ryazantsev, in the case of an accident in a boiler room, due to which thousands of city residents were left without heat during the frost. According to the press service of the Moscow courts, Ryazantsev was accused of exceeding official powers causing grave consequences (clause “c”, part 3 of article 286 of the Criminal Code).

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called “complete nonsense and Russian propaganda” claims that he disrupted peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in the spring of 2022. He said this in an interview with The Times.

In Somalia, members of the Islamist group al-Shabab have hijacked a United Nations helicopter with several foreigners on board, a local military official told Reuters. Galmudug regional security minister Mohamed Abdi Adan confirmed the hijacking to BBC News. The UN helicopter took off from the town of Belet Weyne in central Somalia and was heading to the town of Wisil, located near the line of contact between government forces and al-Shabaab.

Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) has added Subway, the U.S. fast food chain, to its list of international sponsors of war, according to the agency’s website . The statement says that more than 500 restaurants remain open in Russia, which pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes to the Russian budget.

Military investigators of the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case about “fakes” about the Russian army (points “b”, “d” of part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) against the former correspondent of “Important Stories” Ekaterina Fomina. this TASS reports with reference to the resolution to initiate the case.

10 main global risks of 2024 - according to Time magazine Shannon Stapleton / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta collisions in Washington when trying to capture the Capitol building supporters of Donald Trump. January 6, 2021 The Time magazine published an article by a political scientist and international relations expert Yana Bremer , entitled “10 main global risks of 2024”.

In Tbilisi, dozens of supporters of the far-right pro-Russian movement Alt-Info staged a rally near the home of activist Nata Peradze, who published a video from the Holy Trinity Cathedral (Tsminda Sameba) with an icon depicting Joseph Stalin doused in blue paint. Peradze, writes Paper Kartuli, published the video on January 9. Soon the activist reported that she began to receive threats.

Archpriest Alexei Uminsky, who was removed from the rectorship of the Moscow Trinity Church in Khokhly and banned from serving, was summoned to the Moscow Diocesan Court to give explanations and testimony. This follows from a document published by journalist Ksenia Luchenko. The meeting is scheduled for January 11.