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[Korrespondent] 23:00 In Kharkov, as a result of an evening strike, two people were hospitalized, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. The educational institution and housing infrastructure were damaged.
22:45 Germany will transfer decommissioned Sea King Mk41 multi-purpose military helicopters to Ukraine, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said following the 18th meeting in the Ramstein format. According to him, Ukraine will receive six multi-purpose Sea King Mk41 helicopters along with a set of spare parts. The German side will also provide training for the Ukrainian military.
22:42 Belgium will transfer 611 million euros to Ukraine from income received from interest on frozen Russian assets, said the head of the Ministry of Defense Ludivine Dedonder.
22:37 The Russians struck the Kiev district of Kharkov for the third time in 24 hours. Preliminary - three hits, there is damage to civilian infrastructure. Information about the victims is being clarified, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
22:18 Russia is trying to overload Ukraine's air defense systems, and Ukraine has to make difficult choices - what to shoot down and which missiles to leave “for later,” said John Kirby, coordinator of the White House National Security and Defense Council. Therefore, according to him, the supply of military aid to Ukraine is critical.
22:10 Zelensky said in an evening video message that as a result of today’s missile strike, more than 200 different objects were damaged, including 139 residential buildings. At least 130 people were wounded or injured, and 18 died. “And let them know there, in Russia, that the Ukrainian character knows how to be long-range in response. The Russian war will definitely return home - to where this evil came from, to where it should calm down. It is there, in Russia,” the president added.
21:57 In the evening, the Russian army dropped six guided bombs on populated areas of the Berislavsky district of the Kherson region. In the village of Shlyakhovoye, a bomb hit a residential building, killing one person, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
21:49 Canada will transfer ten multifunctional inflatable vessels to Ukraine for a total amount of $15 million by the summer of this year, the country’s Ministry of Defense announced following a meeting in the Ramstein format. Multi-engine inflatable boats produced by Zodiac Hurricane Technologie “will help Ukraine in various maritime operations, including search and rescue, transportation of troops and cargo, surveillance and reconnaissance,” the department noted.
In addition, Canada will increase its contribution to the fighter coalition by providing civilian personnel, instructors and training aircraft to train Ukrainian pilots. This support is valued at approximately $11.5 million. The exercises will begin in February and will last until 2025.
21:36 Some units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces no longer have the necessary ammunition due to the cessation of American aid, Pentagon assistant Celeste Wallander said at a hearing in Congress: “Authorities in Kiev say that some units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces now do not have the necessary ammunition due to the suspension the bulk of American military assistance due to the fact that Washington has spent the budget funds allocated for such programs."
21:04 The speaker of the Ministry of Defense, Illarion Pavlyuk, reported following the Ramstein meeting that “there will be more long-range weapons,” since “our partners fully understand that we need these weapons.” The meeting also discussed the issue of adapting Western-style anti-aircraft missiles to Soviet launch platforms, which are at the disposal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as increasing capabilities to increase the production of ammunition and artillery systems, including in joint projects of partner countries with Ukraine.
In turn, the head of the Department of International Defense Cooperation of the Ministry of Defense Gennady Kovalenko said that the next meeting in the Ramstein format will take place in Brussels in a few weeks, on the eve of the meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council at the level of defense ministers.
19:17 The documentary film of the Ukrainian journalist and photographer Mstislav Chernov was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary Film category. Together with Chernov, photographer Evgeniy Maloletka and producer Vasilisa Stepanenko worked on the film. Read more in the article 20 days in Mariupol.
18:53 The death toll in Kharkov has increased to eight - rescuers found the body of a child under the rubble, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OBA.
18:35 Russian aviation attacked the village of Sablukovka, Kherson region. As a result of the strike, a residential building was completely destroyed; two people are currently known to have died, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
18:02 Zelensky said that he had a meeting in Kiev with the President of the European People's Party, Manfred Weber. The key topics of the conversation are the rapprochement of Ukraine with the European Union, work on the European integration path, support and strengthening of Ukraine.
17:49 The death toll in Kharkov has increased to seven - rescuers recovered the body of another deceased from the rubble, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OBA.
17:44 The Russians once again fired at the Korabelny district of Kherson during the day, one person was wounded, the OVA reported.
17:28 In Kiev, rescue operations have been completed after the morning attack, the State Emergency Service reported. About 200 rescuers worked at 20 locations. In total, 22 people were injured in the capital, including four children, and 12 people were hospitalized. 28 objects were damaged: houses, medical facilities, educational institutions, cars.
16:57 In the Dniprovsky district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, an X-59 guided aircraft missile was destroyed, the Air Command of Skhid reported.
16:54 Governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoyt announced the shelling of the village of Gogolevka, Sudzhansky district - the substation was damaged by the explosion, there is no light in the village.
16:13 The Russians shelled a village in the Milovsky community of the Kherson region, one person was injured, the OVA reported.
16:09 The 18th meeting of the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine in the Ramstein format has begun, it is being held online. Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin, opening the meeting, called on partners and allies to provide Ukraine with “more life-saving ground-based air defense systems and interception capabilities.”
15:55 The Polish prosecutor's office suspended the investigation into the rocket crash in Przewodow on November 15, 2022 due to lack of cooperation from Ukraine. According to the investigation and according to statements by the Polish authorities, it was a Ukrainian air defense missile fired during a massive Russian attack on Ukraine.
According to RMF FM, the Polish prosecutor's office sent requests to Ukraine several months ago, but no answers were provided. The suspension of the proceedings means that it is impossible to definitively determine the circumstances of the incident and therefore indicate who bears specific responsibility for the deaths of the two Polish citizens.
15:49 In Kharkov, rescuers recovered from the rubble the body of another victim of a morning rocket attack - the number of deaths increased to six, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OBA.
15:46 The Russians are targeting Ukrainian rescuers - today alone there were three such attacks, the State Emergency Service reports. So, in the morning, as a result of a missile attack, the building of one of the Kharkov fire departments was damaged. In the Kherson region, rescuers were working at the scene of a fire when ammunition was dropped directly on them from an enemy drone, and the commander of the State Emergency Service department was injured. In Nikopol, a drone hit the territory of a fire station.
15:35 In the Kursk region, two servicemen were wounded as a result of a drone attack, the Russian opposition publication Astra reported. The drone exploded on January 22 near the village of Nikolaevo-Daryino, two servicemen of the Russian Defense Ministry were hospitalized in the Sudzhansky Central District Hospital.
15:14 As a result of the morning shelling of Kharkov, the housing of tens of thousands of city residents was damaged, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov: “In fact, there is no whole block. These are thousands of apartments. And now tens of thousands of residents have suffered.”
14:32 The Russian army shelled the Korabelny district of Kherson - one person was killed, one was wounded, the OVA reported.
14:23 In the Bryansk region this morning, a drone attacked an oil terminal, Russian publics report. According to them, the UAV crashed into the tank, but no fire occurred - it only left a dent. It is also reported that this oil terminal in the village of Zhecha has been mothballed for more than six months.
14:20 In the Svyatoshinsky district of Kiev, after a morning missile attack, a warhead of the X-101 missile was discovered - rescuers managed to safely remove it, the State Emergency Service reported and showed a photo. The specialized publication Defense Express notes that the X-101 warhead was produced at the end of 2023, as evidenced by its markings.
13:54 Poland and the Baltic countries have prepared proposals for new EU sanctions against Russia, which include, in particular, a refusal of liquefied gas and aluminum from the Russian Federation, reports RMF24. In addition, the proposals contain new restrictions against the aviation industry, an expansion of the list of sanctioned components that can be used to produce drones, and additional restrictions in the field of scientific cooperation. The proposals will be discussed at the negotiations on the 13th package of EU sanctions against Russia, which is being prepared for February 24.
13:27 Donetsk public pages write about the shelling of the Palace of Culture named after. Kuibyshev, where the public reception of Putin’s United Russia party is located.
12:56 According to updated information, the number of deaths as a result of enemy shelling of Kharkov has increased to five, 51 people were injured.
12:45 After Ukrainian drone attacks on an oil terminal in the Leningrad region, Russian authorities began installing S-300 air defense systems around St. Petersburg, Russian public pages write.
12:41 In Kiev, 22 people were injured as a result of a missile attack, 13 of them were hospitalized, KGVA reported.
12:16 NATO signed a contract for 1.1 billion euros for the supply of 155-mm artillery ammunition, some of which will be supplied to Ukraine, said Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. The alliance entered into an agreement on behalf of several allies that will transfer the shells to Ukraine or use them to replenish their depleted stockpiles. Bulk purchases guarantee lower prices.
Under the contract, about 220 thousand artillery ammunition will most likely be purchased, with the first deliveries expected at the end of 2025, Reuters writes, citing a source in the Alliance. The shells will be supplied by French weapons manufacturer Nexter and German Junghans.
11:49 The Russians shelled the central district of Kherson, one person was wounded, the OVA reported. Also, the Russian army once again attacked Berislav from a drone, one person was injured. The head of the Kherson OVA, Alexander Prokudin, said that Russia is constantly attacking coastal settlements of the Kherson region with drones: 19 strikes were recorded yesterday alone, and 108 in a week. Berislav suffers the most - the Russians deliberately hit cars and private houses. There are even cases when funeral transport is attacked.
11:27 In Russia, as a result of the successful actions of “unknown cyber volunteers,” a large-scale disruption occurred in the work of a large Internet provider Akado-telecom, which provides services to a number of government agencies, in particular the Putin administration, the FSB, the FSO, local governments in Moscow and other regions, Sberbank and other objects, reports the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. As a result of the attack, both in Moscow, where the provider’s headquarters is located, and in a number of regions of the Russian Federation, the activities of government departments are significantly complicated or impossible.
11:20 As a result of the morning missile attack, there was damage to the networks of oblenergos in the Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov regions; restoration work began immediately after the end of the air raid, Ukrenergo reported.
11:08 The number of deaths as a result of attacks on Kharkov has increased to three, 42 people were injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Among the wounded are four children.
10:59 During the morning attack, Russia launched a missile strike on critical infrastructure facilities in the city of Shostka, Sumy region, OVA reported.
10:36 As a result of the Russian missile attack in the capital, there are already 20 casualties, 13 of them are hospitalized, including three children, Klitschko said.
10:12 During the night and morning attack, the air defense destroyed 21 Russian missiles, the Air Force command reported. A total of 41 enemy air attack weapons were recorded, most of the missiles fired were of the types that attack along a ballistic trajectory:
- four S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the Belgorod region - in the direction of the Kharkov region;
- 15 X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles from six Tu-95MS strategic bombers (launch area - Engels);
- eight Kh-22 missiles from Tu-22M3 bombers from Bryansk and Oryol regions - in the direction of the Kharkov and Sumy regions;
- 12 Iskander-M ballistic missiles (launch area - Belgorod and Voronezh regions);
- two X-59 guided aircraft missiles from two Su-34 aircraft (launch area - Belgorod region).
Air defense forces destroyed 15 Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles, five Iskander-M ballistic missiles and one Kh-59 guided missile. However, not all enemy missiles attacking along a ballistic trajectory reached their targets.
09:30 In Kharkov, the number of wounded has increased to 35, among them two children aged ten and 12. Five people are in serious condition, said the head of the OVA, Oleg Sinegubov.
09:27 According to the mayor of Kiev Vitaliy Klitschko, there are already 18 victims in the capital, 13 of them are hospitalized, including three children. One person is in intensive care.
09:24 In Kiev, the number of victims of a missile attack has increased to 14, information about one death has not yet been confirmed, said First Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration Nikolai Povoroznik. According to him, about 20 missiles flew towards the capital, all of which were shot down by air defense forces. The evacuation of several five-story buildings continues due to an undetonated missile warhead. Some fell in the courtyard of the house, some in one of the apartments.
09:16 As a result of a massive missile attack in Ukraine, five people were killed and at least 40 were injured, said Interior Minister Igor Klimenko.
09:13 In the Kiev region, three people were injured as a result of a missile attack, said the head of the Air Force, Ruslan Kravchenko. In several communities, three high-rise buildings, private houses, and a cafe were damaged.
09:10 In the Kharkov region, one of the Russian missiles hit a gas pipeline, and a strong fire started, said the head of the Investigation Department of the regional police, Sergei Bolvinov. He also said that the first entrance to a residential apartment building had completely collapsed, and rescue work was continuing there. According to Bolvinov, the Russians carried out repeated strikes on the same locations in Kharkov, where State Emergency Service and police officers were working at that time, and there were wounded police officers.
09:01 As a result of a missile attack on Kharkov, two people were killed and at least 28 were injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OBA. The enemy launched several attacks on the Kyiv and Saltovsky districts of the city, first with X-22 missiles. Multi-apartment residential buildings, educational institutions, and civil infrastructure were damaged. Entire entrances to houses were destroyed.
In addition, at night the Russians shelled the town of Balakleya - an educational institution, an administrative building and two residential buildings were damaged, two people were wounded.
08:53 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of January 23:
- personnel - about 377,820 (+960) people,
- tanks - 6214 (+22),
- armored combat vehicles - 11,548 (+59),
- artillery systems - 8947 (+51),
- MLRS - 970 (+2),
- air defense systems - 657 (+0),
- aircraft - 331 (+0),
- helicopters - 324 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 6961 (+0),
- cruise missiles - 1820 (+1),
- ships/boats - 23 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 11,956 (+65),
- special equipment - 1409 (+12).
08:39 In Kiev, as a result of a morning missile attack, one person was killed and four were injured, said the head of the OBA Sergei Popko. Damage and fires were recorded in Svyatoshinsky, Pechersky, Solomensky and Darnitsky districts. The mayor of the capital, Vitaly Klitschko, said that an undetonated missile warhead was found in a residential building in the Svyatoshinsky district in one of the apartments, and people were being evacuated from the house. According to the mayor, ten people were injured as a result of the attack, including a 13-year-old child.
08:22 In the Dnepropetrovsk region, as a result of an attack on Pavlograd, one person was killed and one was wounded, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak.
08:17 In the morning, Russia massively attacked Ukraine with missiles. Explosions were heard in many areas, and there were dead and wounded.
08:03 In the Nikolaev region, over the past 24 hours, the enemy attacked the Black Sea, Kutsurub and Ochakov communities, one person was wounded. Also, as a result of the fall of debris from a downed X-59 guided aircraft missile, a fire broke out in the ceiling of an unused building; it was promptly extinguished and there were no casualties, said Vitaly Kim, head of the Air Defense Forces.
07:55 Over the past 24 hours, 68 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report\. In particular, 21 enemy attacks were repelled in the Maryinsky direction - not far from Georgievka and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region. In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled ten enemy attacks in the areas of Stepnoy, Avdeevka and seven more attacks near Pervomaisky and Nevelsky, Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansk direction, four enemy attacks were repelled in the Sinkovka area of the Kharkov region; on Limansky - one attack near Terny, Donetsk region and five more attacks near Makeevka, Belogorivka, Serebryansky forestry, Lugansk region; on Bakhmutskoye - seven attacks near Bogdanovka, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka, Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - one attack in the Rabotino area of the Zaporozhye region. The expansion of the bridgehead continues in the Kherson direction; over the past 24 hours, the enemy once unsuccessfully tried to storm the positions of the Ukrainian troops.