Dwell: Zelensky appoints Ukraine’s army intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov as new chief of workers

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Issued on: 02/01/2026 - 10:41 Modified: 02/01/2026 - 13:17

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02/01/2026 - 13:12 Zelensky appoints Ukraine's army intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov as new chief of workers Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday named army intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov as his new chief of workers, after his earlier high aide resigned in November over a corruption scandal.

"I had a gathering with Kyrylo Budanov and supplied him the function of the Head of the Workplace of the President of Ukraine," Zelensky stated on social media.

02/01/2026 - 11:53 Ukraine defence forces supply confirms strike however denies focusing on civilians Questioned about an alleged Ukrainian drone strike on a lodge and café in occupied Kherson area, a supply in Ukraine's defence forces stated {that a} strike befell, however insisted the assault focused a army gathering that was closed to civilians.

The supply's model of occasions couldn't be verified, nor may Russia's accusation that the drone strikes had intentionally focused civilians.

The lodge the place Moscow says the strike befell lies in Khorly, a Black Sea resort city that the Russian military has occupied since early 2022.

02/01/2026 - 10:20 Ukraine says it solely hits army targets after Russia alleges lethal strike on civilian celebration Kyiv solely hits "army targets", a military spokesman stated on Friday, after Russia stated a drone assault in part of Moscow-occupied southern Ukraine killed 27 civilians.

"Ukraine's Defence Forces adhere to the norms of worldwide humanitarian legislation and strike solely at enemy army targets," Dmytro Lykhoviy stated.

Russia accused Ukraine of killing at the very least 27 folks, together with two kids, in a drone strike on a lodge and café the place civilians had been seeing within the New 12 months in a Russian-controlled a part of the Kherson area in southern Ukraine.

Russian-installed regional governor Vladimir Saldo stated Thursday that three Ukrainian drones had hit the celebrations within the coastal village of Khorly in what he stated was a "deliberate strike" towards civilians.

Russian-installed Kherson governor Vladimir Saldo accused Ukraine of killing dozens of civilians in a deliberate New 12 months drone strike. Greater than 100,00 properties had been left with out energy following Russian drone assaults in a single day from Wednesday. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of bringing "warfare into the New 12 months" with contemporary strikes on Ukraine. Russia launched what it described as proof of an tried Ukrainian strike on Russian President Vladimir Putin's residence to the US. (FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)