BRUSSELS, Jan 30 - European Union nations have decided to approve an outline deal that would keep in reserve the profits from hundreds of billions of dollars in Russian central bank assets that have been frozen in retaliation for Moscow’s war in Ukraine, an EU official said.

KYIV, Jan 30 - Western allies must continue providing assistance to Ukraine in its war with Russia this year, or risk a mistake “of historic proportions,” CIA Director William Burns wrote in a column published Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, Jan 30 – The Pentagon has successfully tested a new long-range precision bomb for Ukraine that is expected to arrive on the battlefield as soon as Wednesday, according to two U.S. officials and two other people with knowledge of the talks.

KYIV, Jan 30 – The Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine together with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (U.S. GAO) will develop a mechanism for coordinating and accountability of donor assistance allocated for post-war reconstruction, a senior official said.

KYIV, Jan 30 – In 2023, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine will increase the purchase of UAVs for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, taking into account the needs and requests of the Ukrainian army, about UAH 20 billion should be allocated to this segment in 2023.

KYIV, Jan 30 – The Ministry of Economy confirms the forecast for the growth of the Ukrainian economy in 2023 by 3.2%, despite the worsening of its forecast by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) from 4% to 0.3% this week, First Deputy Minister Denys Kudin has said.

KYIV, Jan 30 – The economic sanctions that were imposed by Western countries and Ukraine against the Russian Federation are already having a powerful effect and are affecting the Russian economy, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko has said.

PARIS, Jan 30 - France and Australia announced Monday plans to jointly produce and send several thousand 155-millimeter artillery shells to Ukraine, starting in the coming weeks, The Associated Press reported.

SEOUL, Jan 30 - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday called for South Korea to provide direct military support to Ukraine, saying Kyiv is in urgent need of weapons to fight off the prolonged Russian invasion.

KYIV, Jan 30 - Fighting remained largely deadlocked Monday in eastern Ukraine where Russian shelling killed five civilians over the past day, according to Ukrainian officials, as the warring sides sized up their needs for renewed military pushes expected in coming weeks.