Russia-Ukraine war live: Kyiv urges civilians to leave villages near north-east front;

Authorities in Ukraine’s north-east region of Kharkiv have urged residents of more than two dozen villages near the frontline to evacuate because of worsening Russian attacks in the area, Agence France-Presse reports.

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Russian forces captured swathes of the Kharkiv region shortly after invading Ukraine in February 2022, and have kept up efforts to control the region despite losing ground there.

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“Given the security situation, we are introducing mandatory evacuation of the population from the Kindrashivska and Kurylivska communities of the Kupiansk district,” the Kharkiv regional governor announced on social media.

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Oleg Sinegubov said the order would affect about 3,043 people in the settlements, including 279 children.

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Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, will receive North Korea’s foreign minister, Choe Son-hui, on Tuesday evening, the Kremlin has said.

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Pyongyang’s top diplomat is in Russia for a three-day visit and is holding talks with Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, on Tuesday during the day, Reuters reports.

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The Kremlin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said Lavrov and his North Korean counterpart would meet Putin later in the day to update him on the progress of those talks.

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The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia was developing relations with “our partner” North Korea in all areas and would build on agreements reached between the countries’ leaders when they met at a Russian space launch centre last year.

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In September, Putin welcomed the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, to the Vostochny space launch facility in Russia’s far east and promised to help North Korea build satellites.

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Separately, Russia is reported to be looking to North Korea and Iran to replenish its stockpiles of weaponry, including Soviet-era artillery shells and loitering munitions.

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South Korean intelligence officials said in November that Pyongyang had shipped more than 1m artillery shells to Russia.

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Hello, this is day 692 of Russia’s illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine. As we resume our live coverage, here are the major developments:

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• The Russian city of Voronezh was placed under a state of emergency on Tuesday morning after what officials said was a Ukraine-launched drone attack. Russian fighter-bombers used to attack Ukraine are based near Voronezh.

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• Ukraine said it shot down a Russian A-50 spy plane and Il-22 command aircraft in the area of the Sea of Azov. Gen Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s military commander in chief, said: “Ukraine’s air force destroyed an enemy A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft and an enemy IL-22 air control centre. I am grateful to the air force for the perfectly planned and executed operation in the Azov Sea region!”

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• The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, arrived in Switzerland to participate in the World Economic Forum in Davos and meet Swiss officials. On Sunday, Ukraine pushed ahead with its peace formula to end nearly two years of war with Russia with a meeting in Davos of national security advisers from around the world.

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• China must be involved in efforts to end the war between Ukraine and Russia, Switzerland’s co-chair of the Davos meeting Ignazio Cassis said.

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• Russia is mobilising about 1,000-1,100 recruits to its armed forces every day, Vadym Skibitsky, the deputy head of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR), said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine. The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said Russia had probably “substantially inflated” the number of people it says have joined the country’s armed forces, with recruits being disproportionately drawn from impoverished and rural communities.

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• Russia said it had given more than 200 Ukrainian prisoners of war lengthy prison sentences, with some getting a life sentence, AFP reported. The state-run outlet RT quoted an investigative committee source as saying 242 soldiers were sentenced in occupied Ukraine.

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• The Kremlin said Russia was developing relations with “our partner” North Korea in all areas and would build on the agreements reached between the countries’ leaders when they met at a Russian space launch centre in 2023.

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• The UN and its partners appealed for $4.2bn (£3.3bn) from donors to support communities in Ukraine devastated by the war, as well as Ukrainian refugees, in 2024. The UN aid chief, Martin Griffiths, urged diplomats in Geneva: “Please do not forget Ukraine while there are many other places in the world that grab our…