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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: January 10, 2024
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22.44 Ukrainian defenders continue to resolutely repel the enemy, inflicting effective fire damage on them, exhausting them along the entire front line. In total, 198 combat clashes have occurred since the beginning of this day. This was reported in the General Staff report on Friday, January 10.

The Russian invaders carried out 10 air strikes, using 18 KABs. In addition, the Russians used 576 kamikaze drones to destroy the positions of our troops and populated areas, and carried out about three thousand attacks.

19:49 Russian journalists have identified the names of 88,055 Russian military personnel who have died since the start of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine. Among the dead are 6,083 career military personnel from the most combat-ready units of the airborne troops, marines, special forces units of the Ministry of Defense and the Russian National Guard, as well as military pilots.

19.14 Ukraine received 52 thousand requests from Russians about missing persons. Most of the invaders disappeared in the fields and plantings of Donetsk region – 19,025 occupiers.

18.39 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit Ukraine "in the coming weeks" to discuss the possibility of deploying international peacekeeping forces on its territory after the end of the war with Russia, Bloomberg reported.

18.31 As of today, 69 NEC Ukrenergo substations have been provided with the second level of protection, and work is ongoing on another 13. The construction of third-level shelters has also begun, which should completely protect 22 substations from Russian missile strikes.

18.10 In December, the government additionally financed 100 brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Each of the units received an additional 25-27 million UAH to maintain combat readiness.

17:59 The United States has imposed sweeping sanctions on Russian oil. The new restrictions target more than 400 individuals and organizations in the energy sector that directly or indirectly finance the Kremlin's war machine. President Volodymyr Zelensky said it was a blow to Vladimir Putin's wallet.

17:51 Women have joined the Ukrainian Legion for the first time. The second group of volunteers has signed contracts and started training in Poland.

17.23 Since the beginning of the day, 166 combat clashes have occurred on the front. Almost a third of them are in the Pokrovsk direction, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the operational report as of 16.00.

16.51 The Ministry of Defense has strengthened control over "combat" payments. Along with the established violations and shortcomings, during the audit it was possible to prevent the illegal use of UAH 334.75 million of budget funds.

16:45 The Defense Forces attacked the command post of the 3rd Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces in the temporarily occupied city of Svetlodarsk in Donetsk Oblast. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

16:19 Germany is preparing new large military aid packages for Ukraine, which will be provided in the first half of 2025. The details were reported by the Ntv channel, citing sources in government circles.

15:56 The US budget still has several billion dollars of aid for Ukraine, approved by Congress, left unspent and not included in the latest package. The Pentagon explained why all the approved aid was not provided to Ukraine.

15:46 Law enforcement officers have announced suspicion to 45 participants and organizers of schemes for transporting conscripts abroad. A large-scale special operation is being conducted in Ukraine.

15:31 French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed support for Ukraine during a meeting, confirming the continuation of arms supplies and financial assistance, the Elysee Palace reported.

15:05 Defense forces carried out a special operation to destroy a warehouse where ammunition and reconnaissance drones were stored in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation. This was reported by the media, citing sources.

14:32 Preparations are underway for high-level Ukrainian-American contacts after Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20. The main thing for Ukraine is to work together with America for a just peace, the Foreign Ministry noted.

13:55 The Ministry of Defense conducted an inspection of the brigade's supplies on the eastern front of Ukraine. Following its results, Deputy Defense Minister Dmitry Klimenkov stated that the problems identified were "closed."

13:33 A resident of Sevastopol received 11 years of strict regime for "preparing a terrorist act." Konstantin Gorpinchenko was also found guilty of "cooperating with the Security Service of Ukraine."

13:08 Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is ready to meet with US President-elect Donald Trump. This apparently requires "political will." This statement was made by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

12:55 The bill on demobilization has been developed, but three more months are needed to work out the implementation mechanisms. This was reported by the First Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Ivan Gavrilyuk.

12:41 In Ukraine, 900-950 thousand people have been exempted from mobilization. The Cabinet of Ministers also decided to grant a mobilization exemption to gas industry workers. This was announced by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal during the government question hour in the Verkhovna Rada.

11:35 On Friday night, Russian attack drones attacked Kiev. In the Solomensky district of the capital, a drone hit the technical floor of a 16-story residential building. There were no casualties.

10:59 The Security Service of Ukraine detained another Russian spotter in Kherson, who was directing enemy artillery strikes on the city. During reconnaissance sorties around the city, the traitor simultaneously tracked the Defense Forces' bases.

10:52 The Ukrainian side presented a military strategy for 2025 during the 25th meeting of the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Thursday. The document provides for the stabilization of the front line and the strengthening of Ukraine's defense capability.

10:32 Ukrainian military destroyed two Russian Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile systems. The enemy also lost one launcher and loader for this system.

9:58 The National Police began a large-scale special operation to expose illegal channels for transporting military-liable men abroad. More than 600 searches have been conducted throughout Ukraine to date.

9:34 Russian troops attacked Ukraine on the night of January 10 with the 72nd Shahed strike UAVs and various types of drone imitators. Air defense shot down 33 drones, 34 enemy drone imitators were lost, one of which flew in the direction of the Russian Federation.

9:25 Soldiers of the 28th separate separate brigade and the 57th separate battalion of the Troops of Defense took the occupiers prisoner thanks to drones. This was reported by the press service of the 28th separate separate brigade.

8:28 Russia lost 1,830 of its soldiers on the front over the past 24 hours from January 9 to 10. This was reported by the General Staff.

7:28 High-ranking Russian security officials and the military are pushing Russian dictator Vladimir Putin not to negotiate an end to the war, but to continue the escalation of hostilities. This is stated in a report by the Institute for the Study of War.

04:00 US President-elect Donald Trump said that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin wants to meet with him. According to him, the meeting is already being prepared. A number of media outlets understood Trump's words as "and we are agreeing on this."

02:50 During a night air attack on the capital, debris from a Russian drone hit a multi-story building in the Solomensky district. There were no casualties.

01:25 The next meeting of the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine at the Ramstein Air Base will be held in February. This was announced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. There is no question of continuing the Ramstein format, since there is already an agreement on the meeting.


Posted by: badanov 2025-01-11
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