On January 15, Vakhtang Kikabidze (Buba), an actor, singer, director and public figure, died. He died in Georgia after an illness at the age of 84 and was buried next to his wife and mother in the Berean cemetery.

The battle for Soledar continues. The parties suffer heavy losses.

Dozens of people were killed when a Russian missile hit a residential building in Dnieper. The rubble is being cleared.

On January 13, the Makhachkala Garrison Court released information about the completion of the trial in the case of contract soldier from Dagestan Pirbudag Alikhanov. A serviceman from a military unit stationed in Buinaksk received a concussion and frostbite on his legs during a military operation in Ukraine, but was unable to receive payments because his commander did not fill out the documents properly. He filed an administrative claim against the commander, after which the command conducted an investigation, recognized Alikhanov as a combat veteran and sent documents to the leadership of the Southern Military District to formalize this status.