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Wednesday, January 21
11 reported injured in southern Russia as separate drone strike hits oil refinery
Eleven people were injured in an overnight attack in Russia's Republic of Adygea, while a separate drone strike sparked a fire at an oil refinery in neighboring Krasnodar Krai, local authorities and media reported Jan. 21.
Trump blames Ukraine war negotiations deadlock on Moscow, Kyiv failing to align on talks
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Jan. 20 that he has been unable to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, claiming that neither side is consistently willing to agree to a deal at the same time.
Wednesday, January 21
Trump, Putin envoys call Davos talks on Ukraine 'very positive,' and 'constructive'
U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys met with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy Kirill Dmitriev in Davos on Jan. 20 to discuss Washington’s peace plan for Ukraine, with both sides describing the talks as constructive.
Ukrainian writer and translator Andriy Lyubka mobilizes to join Armed Forces
Prominent Ukrainian writer and translator Andriy Lyubka announced he has decided to mobilize and join the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukraine war latest: Russia used 'updated tactics' during latest mass missile, drone strike, Zelensky says
This is Chris York reporting from Kyiv on day 1,427 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: Russia used "updated tactics" during its latest overnight aerial assault on Ukraine's energy infrastructure on Jan. 20, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, adding Kyiv would be informing allies including the U.S. about the development. The overnight strike targeted substations serving nuclear power plants, and triggered widespread outages of electricity, water, and heating, in
'We're getting to the fun' — Minerals deal to see first investments in 3-6 months
Ukrainian companies have submitted the first projects to the minerals deal fund, with initial investments expected to arrive in the next three to six months, said panelists at Ukraine House Davos’ "Partners in Prosperity" event during the World Economic Forum on Jan. 20.
About Crimea
Russia invaded Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in February 2014 amid the deadliest days of the EuroMaidan Revolution. Around 30,000 Russian troops crossed into Crimea, taking hold of the peninsula by early March 2014. Russia has continued to occupy Crimea ever since. Crimea covers an area of around 27,000 square kilometers (10,400 square miles), roughly the same size as the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
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Disconnecting Ukraine's nuclear power plants would take the crisis one step further — Ukrainians would be fully cut off from electricity and heating in subzero temperatures.
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