Oleksandr Babikov, lawyer of the fugitive president Viktor Yanukovych,may become deputy head of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI). The deputy will be entrusted with an audit of the Maidan cases, as reported by NGO Family of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes.

Russian authorities prosecuted residents of occupied Crimea on trumped-up terrorism charges, Human Rights Watch says.

For the first time, Ukraine will purchase $36.5 million worth Javelin missile systems directly from the Pentagon. This was stated by Ambassador of Ukraine to the USA Volodymyr Yelchenko.

Russia – Ukraine war updates from the war zone in southeast Ukraine as of January 17, 2020 by Joint forces operation HQ data: EMPR highlights.