This live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Monday, January 9:
- Kyiv’s forces are repelling constant Russian attacks on towns in the eastern region of Donbas, Ukrainian authorities say.
- Bakhmut and Soledar were “holding on”, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address, as Moscow-backed separatists claim to have captured Bakhmutske, an eastern village.
- Two women have been killed and several others wounded in a Russian attack on a market in the village of Shevchenkove in eastern Ukraine on Monday, regional prosecutors say.
- According to Sky News, the United Kingdom is considering sending Ukraine tanks for the first time.
