The latest developments in Russia’s war on Ukraine. All times EST.
12:30 p.m.: A court in Russia's western region of Bryansk on January 17 sentenced a 23-year-old man, Kirill Belousov, to five years in prison for planning to join Ukraine's armed forces and fight against Russia in the ongoing war in Ukraine, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported.
The Bryansk regional court said the defendant pleaded guilty.
Belousov is the third person in Russia to be handed a prison term for their intention to fight alongside Ukrainian forces since Moscow launched its unprovoked invasion in February 2022.
11:45 a.m.: Ukraine’s State Emergency Service revised downward the initially reported death toll of the helicopter crash in Brovary, now saying that 14 people died, including one child, according to the Kyiv Independent.
Search and rescue operations were completed by late afternoon, it said.
Rescuers and officials earlier reported that the total number of deaths was 16 to 18, including three or four children, the media organization reported.
The top leadership of the interior ministry, who were in the helicopter, died in the crash.
📷: AP
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voanews.com