This article introduces important developments on the 1,063rd day since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The situation on Wednesday, January 22nd is as follows.
finding
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia launched four missiles and 131 drones into Ukraine overnight. The Air Force also announced that 72 of the drones were destroyed and 59 were lost without reaching their targets. Moscow’s Defense Ministry announced that its military intercepted and destroyed 55 Ukrainian drones in six Russian regions overnight. Six drones were shot down in Voronezh, and the region’s governor, Alexander Gusev, said falling debris started the fire just six days after debris from another intercepted drone had earlier started a fire. No injuries were reported. Kiev’s military claimed responsibility for the attack on an aviation manufacturing plant in Russia’s Smolensk region “where fighter jets are being modernized and manufactured,” and for the attack on Voronezh that caused a fuel depot fire. Ukraine’s General Staff said the attack was coordinated between drone units and special forces. Russia’s state-run TASS news agency said Moscow’s forces had captured the village of Vobkove in eastern Ukraine, just 10 kilometers southwest of the city of Pokrovsk, an important supply base for the Kiev army. Earlier, Moscow forces also captured Shevchenko, another village close to Havchenko, TASS reported. Authorities in Russia’s Orenburg region have called on residents to evacuate from possible Ukrainian drone attacks. Russia’s strategic missile forces are based in this area. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced that the chief psychiatrist of the Ukrainian military has been detained on suspicion of corruption. The suspect is accused of failing to disclose about $1 million in “illicit assets” that authorities believe have accumulated since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. Russian Army Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov visited a tank division and a motorized rifle brigade fighting near the Ukrainian military supply base in Pokrovsk. Footage showed Gerasimov arriving by helicopter and awarding medals to the soldiers.
Moscow’s air defense forces destroyed seven Ukrainian drones over Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, and nine others over Rostov, southern Russia. No casualties or damage were reported. Around 229 Ukrainian civilians remain in the city of Chasiv Yar, which is under heavy Russian fire, AFP news agency quoted a Kiev military spokesman as saying. According to AFP news agency, many of the people still living in the city are elderly or disabled.
politics and diplomacy
US President Donald Trump says he plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, telling reporters that Putin is “destroying Russia” by refusing to agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine. Ta. President Trump expressed concern about Russia’s economy, saying that he thought “Russia is going to be in great trouble.” President Trump has warned Putin that he will impose new sanctions on Russia if the Kremlin refuses to negotiate a ceasefire with Ukraine. Trump also said the United States was considering sending weapons to Ukraine, but added that the European Union should do more to help Kiev. Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov said Chinese President Xi Jinping had a video call with President Vladimir Putin in which they discussed a possible peace deal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. Ushakov said the two leaders also touched on issues related to the Korean Peninsula, the Middle East, Syria and Taiwan. Turkish news agency Anadolu Ajansi quoted Ushakov as saying that the Trump administration had not yet contacted Moscow about the talks. “We are ready,” he reportedly said. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, said that Europe has established itself as a strong leader in the world, is committed to developing a joint defense policy and ensuring peace and security for its country and its own people. He told participants that they must be willing to increase defense spending to ensure that others. In his speech, President Zelensky also questioned President Trump’s commitment to NATO and European security, adding that Ukraine was working to set up a meeting with the US president. President Zelensky said Ukraine would not give in to Russia’s demands for a reduction in Kiev’s military forces in a future peace agreement. “This is what he wants. We will not allow something like this to happen,” President Zelenskiy said in Davos. President Zelenskiy also told Davos delegates that at least 200,000 European peacekeepers are needed as part of a solution to end the war with Russia. “Otherwise, there is nothing,” he said. TASS news agency reported that President Putin spoke by phone with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. They reportedly discussed joint projects between the two countries and the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine.