Ukraine war latest live: Ukrainians reject trading Donbas for Western security guarantees in new survey
This is Kollen Post reporting from Kyiv on day 1,423 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Majority of Ukrainians reject trading Donbas to Russia, survey finds
A new survey from the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology found Ukrainians optimistic about continuing the fight against Russia.
The survey found 54% of Ukrainians polled "categorically reject transferring all of the Donbas to Russian control in exchange for security guarantees from the U.S. and Europe."
Eighty-three percent of Ukrainians surveyed considered Russia's ambitions to be greater than control over the Donbas, including 28% who named Russia's goal to be the genocide of Ukrainians.
The survey also found that 77% of those polled considered Ukraine capable of continuing its resistance, "although Russia is moving ahead at the front, slowly and with large losses."
The poll collected responses from 601 Ukrainian citizens ages 18 and older living in unoccupied territories of Ukraine, who were found by random telephone survey.
Energy crisis prompts rollback in curfew restrictions in Kyiv
Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure have left the country economizing on electricity, heating and hot water. Recent mass attacks have particularly targeted Kyiv, which is in a state of emergency.
In response, Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal announced before Ukraine's Parliament that Kyiv is lowering its curfew, which has kept people off the streets between midnight and 5 a.m. The stated aim is to allow residents access to "Points of Invincibility" – freely accessible locations throughout the city that are supplied with heat and electricity.
"This is necessary so that everyone who currently has no electricity, water, or heat receives the necessary assistance," said Shmyhal, who took over as Energy Minister two days ago, after less than five months as Defense Minister, which in turn followed nearly five years as President Volodymyr Zelensky's Prime Minister.
It remains to be seen whether the decision constitutes a full drawdown of curfew rules in the Ukrainian capital.
The same day, Zelensky announced that Ukraine had received a "serious" aid package to replenish depleted air defenses, but provided no details.
At least 3 dead, 22 injured in Russian overnight attacks
A Russian glide bomb attack killed one person and injured 11 in Bilopilsky in Sumy Oblast. The regional government reported 40 attacks across 27 municipalities in the oblast, where air raid alerts sounded for nearly 18 of the past 24 hours.
Another attack in Zaporizhzhia Oblast killed one and injured six, Governor Ivan Fedoro reported.
In the port of Odesa on the Black Sea, a Russian ballistic missile hit what local authorities wrote was a civilian freighter flying under the Maltese flag. They reported one crew member injured but no deaths in the attacks across the oblast.
Governor of Kherson Oblast Oleksandr Prokudin wrote that "due to Russian aggression one person has perished," but did not elaborate further.
He added that 23 municipalities fell under fire and that his administration identified a 53-year-old woman who was injured on Jan. 14 who had only just been hospitalized with a concussion due to blast trauma.
Elsewhere, a Russian drone attack injured two in Malomykhailovsky in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and a 63-year-old woman was injured in Kharkiv Oblast.
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,224,460 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
Russia has lost around 1,224,460 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Jan. 14.
The number includes 1,370 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to the report, Russia has also lost 11,563 tanks, 23,908 armored fighting vehicles, 74,486 vehicles and fuel tanks, 36,230 artillery systems, 1,614 multiple launch rocket systems, 1,277 air defense systems, 434 airplanes, 347 helicopters, 107,884 drones, 28 ships and boats, and two submarines.
