Key developments on Jan. 31: * Zelensky: 207 Ukrainian prisoners return home from Russian captivity, almost half of them Mariupol defenders * Ukrainian commander says Russian airbase in Crimea hit in attack * Military intelligence confirms Russia used North Korean shells in Ukraine * Germany hands over IRIS-T anti-air missiles, armored vehicles, other equipment
Key updates on Jan. 30: * Cabinet of Ministers submits updated draft law on mobilization to parliament * Military intelligence: Russia shows no intent to return bodies of POWs allegedly on crashed Il-76 * Official: Russia launches 5 attacks with chemical weapons on southeastern front lines in past day * Businessman, law enforcement officers
Key developments on Jan. 29: * Ukraine refutes Russia captured Tabaivka village near Kupiansk * Contradicting reports point at dismissal of Zaluzhnyi as top commander; Zelensky's office denies it * Hungarian foreign minister arrives for bilateral meeting in Ukraine * Netherlands allocates $132 million in new military aid funding package for Ukraine * US inspectors
Key developments on Jan. 28: * Sky News: Ukrainian Navy Commander signals Kyiv would win faster if there's permission to fire Western weapons deep inside Russia * Germany's finance minister says Europe must do more to support Ukraine * Washington Post: Russia aims to create new world order via alliance with China * SBU
Key developments on Jan. 26: * Military intelligence: Russia currently refuses international commission to investigate Il-76 plane crash * Bloomberg: Putin signals openness to peace talks, US is skeptical * Prosecutor’s Office: Russian shelling of Donetsk Oblast town kills woman * Ukraine retrieves bodies of 77 fallen soldiers Russia has not passed on
Key updates on Jan. 25: * UN Security Council to hold session on crashed Il-76 * PACE calls on European parliaments to recognize Russia's abduction of Ukrainian children as genocide * EU allocating $16.7 million for school shelters in Ukraine * Official: 2 Ukrainian teenagers deported by Russia return to their families * Denmark
A Russian Il-76 transport aircraft allegedly carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war crashed in Russia's Belgorod Oblast on Jan. 24 at around 11 a.m. local time, the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported, citing the country's Defense Ministry.
Key developments on Jan. 23: * Russia launches mass missile attack against Ukraine, killing 9, injuring over 80, including children * Ukraine downs 21 out of 41 Russian missiles * Russian attack on Kharkiv leaves 11,000 people without power * Russia using relatively accurate, recently designed North Korean missiles against Ukraine, NYT reported
Key developments on Jan. 22: * ISW: Russian air defense may not be prepared for Ukrainian attacks * Borrell: EU foreign ministers agree on plan to transfer profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine * Russian forces claim attack on occupied Donetsk kills 27 * Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 3, injure at least
Key developments on Jan. 21: * Multiple explosions, fires reported overnight in Russian rear due to alleged long-range Ukrainian strikes * Explosions reported in occupied Sevastopol * Air Force: Russian air defense sufficient on front lines, in Crimea but not on Russian soil * Budanov: North Korea currently Russia's largest arms supplier * Military: Russia's
Key developments on Jan. 19: * Government allocates record $466 million to fortifications * Russian official: Debris from drone strike causes fire at oil depot in Bryansk Oblast * Russian media: Russia developing cheaper version of Shahed drone * Politico: Democrats mull 'protecting' Republican House Speaker to secure Ukraine aid * Bloomberg: EU aims for
Key developments on Jan. 18: * Ukrainian drone reportedly hits oil depot near Russia’s Saint Petersburg, minister says it was homegrown * WSJ: Biden makes concessions to Republicans on immigration to secure Ukraine aid * Minister: France to deliver more Caesar howitzers, guided bombs to Ukraine * Zelensky: All Russian missiles have dozens
Key updates on Jan. 17: * House Speaker Johnson says no deal on border, Ukraine aid currently possible ahead of meeting in White House * Military intelligence: Railways in western Russia hit by sabotage attacks * Germany delivers tank ammunition, vehicles to Ukraine * RFE/RL journalist wounded in Russian mortar attack in Zaporizhzhia
Key developments on Jan. 16: * Zelensky attends Davos forum, meets NATO, EU Commission chiefs * Ukraine's parliament votes for law to create electronic conscription registry * Ukraine amends conscription rules for military industry workers * Air Force: Downed A-50 spy plane 'serious blow' to Russia's aviation * Russia's Voronezh declares state of emergency after
Key developments on Jan. 15: * Zaluzhnyi reports Ukraine downed Russian A-50 plane and IL-22 command aircraft * Zelensky says Switzerland agrees to host Global Peace Summit * Canada shares draft plan for security assurances for Ukraine * Military intelligence reports North Korea supplying 122 mm, 152 mm shells to Russia * Russia reportedly mobilizes
Key developments on Jan. 13-14: * Russia targets regions across Ukraine in mass missile attack * Umerov proposes international working group to withdraw Russian troops from Ukraine * French foreign minister visits Kyiv * Swiss diplomat says China needs to help end Russia's war * Russian drone attack injures 4 firefighters in Kherson Oblast * Zaluzhnyi
Key updates on Jan. 12: * Sunak unveils $3.2 billion aid package for Ukraine, signs security deal with Zelensky. * Ukrainian diaspora asks Australia to send 45 retired helicopters to Ukraine. * Electronic warfare shortage complicating Russia's defense against Ukrainian drones in Kherson Oblast, UK Defense Ministry says. * Kremlin reportedly using coal
Key updates on Jan. 11: * Latvia announces new aid for Kyiv, including artillery, munitions, helicopters * Prosecutor General: Kyiv has preliminary evidence Russia uses North Korean missiles in Ukraine * Defense Minister says new version of mobilization bill ready, condemns 'politicization' of issue * Commander: Situation on eastern front difficult as Russia conducts
Key developments on Jan. 10: * Russian media: Russia to start production of new glide bombs * Slovak PM decries Western strategy on Ukraine, says Russia 'also needs security guarantees' * Zelensky: Ukraine needs more modern air defense systems * Italian parliament's lower house backs prolonging military support for Ukraine * Lithuania pledges almost $220
Key developments on Jan. 9: * Umerov, Zaluzhnyi, General Staff chief and commanders visit army positions near Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast * Drones reportedly hit oil depot, energy provider in western Russia, according to Russian officials' claims * Media: Ukrainian hackers hit Russian internet provider, claim they are preparing 'revenge' for Kyivstar hack
Key developments on Jan. 8: * Russian mass attack against Ukraine kills 4, injures 45 * Military says Russia keeps 19,000 troops on Ukraine's northern border * Russian troops reportedly drop bomb on settlement in occupied Luhansk Oblast * Scholz criticizes EU for providing insufficient military aid to Ukraine Russian troops launched another
Key developments on Jan. 7: * Energy Ministry: Russian attacks cut off power in 2 mines in Donetsk Oblast * Japan pledges $37 million for anti-drone equipment for Ukraine as FM visits Kyiv * Bild: Unidentified drones repeatedly spotted over German military bases where Ukrainians train * Air Force downs 21 of 28 attack
Key developments on Jan. 5: * Military intelligence reports cross-border raid on Russian positions in Belgorod Oblast * Armed Forces report striking Russian arsenals in occupied Crimea * Governor claims Russia attacked Kharkiv Oblast with foreign-made missiles * Russian attacks target, damage front-line power plant again Ukrainian forces of the military intelligence agency, HUR,
Key developments on Jan. 4: * Russia fires North Korean-supplied missiles into Ukraine * WSJ: Russia plans to buy ballistic missiles from Iran * Military: Ukrainian strike hits Russian command post in Crimea * Commander: Russia doubles attacks in southeastern sector * National Resistance Center: Russian occupation authorities to force Ukrainian teenagers into military registration
Key developments on Jan. 3: * 230 Ukrainians, POWs and civilians, return home from Russian captivity in largest prisoner exchange since start of full-scale war * NATO-Ukraine Council to hold emergency meeting in response to Russia's mass strikes on Ukraine, Kuleba says * NATO agrees on deal to buy 1,000 Patriot missiles
Russia unleashed a new large-scale air attack on Ukraine on Jan. 2, targeting Kyiv, the surrounding region, and Kharkiv with 99 missiles, preceded by 35 Shahed drones.
Russia unleashed its largest air attack on Ukraine on Dec. 29, targeting multiple Ukrainian regions with 158 missiles and drones. The attack killed 30 people and injured over 160 as of 7:30 p.m., according to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko.
Key developments on Dec. 28: * Nikkei Asia: Putin told China's Xi Russia will fight for 'at least 5 years' in Ukraine * Russia’s 76th Airborne Division likely linked to execution of Ukrainian POWs in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, prosecutors report * Military: Civilian vessel hits Russian mine in Black Sea, 2 sailors injured
Key updates on Dec. 27: * Military: Russia trying to bypass Avdiivka, avoid fighting within city * Economy minister warns of delays to salaries, pensions if Western aid stops * Defense Ministry approves first body armor for female soldiers * Official: Russia's full-scale invasion has killed over 400 Ukrainian athletes * Military: 465 documented cases
Key developments on Dec. 26: * Russia confirms its landing ship hit by Ukrainian missile strike in occupied Crimea * Russian attack on Kherson railway station kills 1, injures 4 * Zaluzhnyi denies requesting mobilization of 500,000 conscripts * Zaluzhnyi says Ukrainian troops remain in north of Marinka. Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed that
Key updates on Dec. 23-24: * Defense minister expects bill in 'coming days' to change approaches to mobilization * Zelensky: ‘It's not about how we decorate our homes, but rather how we protect them’ * Defense Ministry: Paris to host 'artillery coalition' to strengthen Ukrainian army * NGO returns 3 children from Russian-occupied territory
Key developments on Dec. 22: * Zelensky meets Polish foreign minister, hopes for new page in bilateral relations * Netherlands to prepare 18 F-16s for delivery to Ukraine * Russian attacks Kyiv, hits high-rise * Air Force: Ukraine downs 3 Russian Su-34 supersonic aircraft * Biden administration strengthens sanctions on Russia, targets financial backers of
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