Today’s strike by the Russian army on a bus in Dnipropetrovsk Region is a demonstrative crime that once again shows that Russia is responsible for the escalation.

Reports in January had said he was due to be executed after his arrest in connection with anti-government protests.

Continued support for Ukraine and unrelenting pressure on Russia are the only path to peace.

After a conference call on the situation in the regions, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that more than 500 apartment buildings in Kyiv still have no heating, which means that not enough work is being done in the city.

The boy was released on the order of a judge who said his detention was "cruel" and "bereft of human decency”.

Against the backdrop of the difficult situation in the energy sector, the government, together with the Naftogaz Group, is providing targeted assistance to citizens with limited mobility, people in difficult life circumstances, and single pensioners.

Trump earlier said Iran - which is due to begin a live-fire naval exercise in a key shipping route - was in "serious discussions".

Six people wounded as a result of a Russian drone strike on a DTEK miners’ bus in the town of Ternivka, Pavlohrad district, Dnipropetrovsk region, are in serious condition. The total number of victims has risen to 15.

It is latest in a series of prisoner releases announced by the government amid US pressure for reforms.

A decision on the future operation of the maternity hospital in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Zaporizhzhia, which was hit by a drone today, will be made on February 2.