These are the key developments from day 1,424 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is where things stand on Sunday, January 18: The General Staff of the Ukrainian military has estimated that Russian forces have lost about 1,225,590 personnel since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Former Putin adviser Sergey Karaganov warned that Russia would use nuclear weapons against Europe should it ever come close to defeat.

Russia's "massive" military losses in Ukraine are unsustainable, NATO's secretary general warned with the conflict about to enter its fourth year with no clear end in sight.

Russia said on Thursday that its was unacceptable for the West to keep claiming that Russia and China threatened Greenland, and said the crisis over the territory showed the double-standards of Western powers which claimed moral superiority.

Up to 25,000 Russian soldiers are being killed every month, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said this week.

An ally and former adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin and former President Boris Yeltsin said the country could use nuclear weapons against Europe should Russia ever be on the verge of

Russia on Thursday expelled a British diplomat it said was an undeclared spy, but London said such "malicious and baseless" accusations undermined the basic conditions needed for embassies to operate and said it was considering a response.