Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 19:50 Fighters from the 3rd separate assault brigade have denied the Russian Defense Ministry’s statement about the capture of Novoegorovka in the Luhansk region.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced the occupation of a populated area. As "proof," the Russians published a video allegedly recorded in the area of ​​responsibility of the Third Assault Brigade.
The fighters emphasized that the capture of the village is a fake of Russian propaganda for the sake of "the illusion of success of the Russian Federation on the brigade's borders." According to the Ukrainian military, the video itself, filmed by the occupiers, shows the village of Kovalivka being destroyed by them.
18:00 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha has received an invitation to an extended meeting of foreign ministers from a number of countries, including the United States. This was reported by Interfax-Ukraine , citing sources. Thus, the first meeting between official representatives of Ukraine and the new US administration may take place.
17.39 On Wednesday night, drones attacked 23 arsenals of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate (GRAU) of the Ministry of Defense in the Tver Region of the Russian Federation. This was reported by the Telegram channel ASTRA . At the time of the strike, there were no ammunition at the arsenal. But the facility was damaged. A military unit was also damaged.
17.26 Special Operations Forces operators raided and destroyed Russian invader positions in one of the hottest areas of the front.
Operators of the 3rd separate Svyatoslav the Brave SSR regiment discovered at least four occupiers who had taken over a dugout at the former Ukrainian Armed Forces position. The SSO group boldly broke right into the Russian position in an armored Humvee. The operators took control of the exit from the dugout and threw 13 kg of explosives inside.
The powerful explosion left only a crater and the remains of the occupiers at the site of the enemy dugout.
15:22 The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has handed over about 80 all-wheel drive trucks from a Ukrainian manufacturer to combat brigades.
The trucks will be used to perform special and combat missions. This is the first batch of transport purchased under one of the contracts under state guarantees for the supply of weapons and military equipment for the army.
13.53 British intelligence has analyzed the strikes by the Ukrainian Defense Forces on the oil depot of the Russian airfield Engels-2 in the Saratov region, which were carried out on January 8 and 14. This was reported by the press service of the British Ministry of Defense on Wednesday, January 29.
13.37 In Kupyansk, the occupiers hit an emergency medical vehicle with a loitering munition based on an FPV drone, and another civilian vehicle was also damaged. There are wounded. This was reported by the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov. According to him, three medical workers were injured . The 43-year-old driver was hospitalized with blast wounds. The 26-year-old doctor and 41-year-old paramedic suffered from an acute stress reaction.
12.13 Russian troops attacked the Kherson region with drones. Two people were killed due to enemy shelling. This was reported by the head of the Kherson OVA Oleksandr Prokudin on Wednesday, January 29.
10:59 On Wednesday night, Ukrainian military personnel struck the Nizhny Novgorod Oil Refinery in the city of Kstovo (Nizhny Novgorod Region of the Russian Federation). This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Units of the Main Intelligence Directorate were involved in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces.
10.40 In the Tver region of Russia, on the night of January 29, the Transneft-Baltika oil pumping station was attacked by drones. A fire broke out at the facility. This was reported by Russian media and Telegram channels.
9.56 The downing of 29 Shahed-type attack UAVs and other types of drones in the Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Khmelnytskyi, Dnipropetrovsk and Odessa regions has been confirmed. 14 enemy drone imitators have been lost (without negative consequences). This was reported by the Ukrainian Air Force.
8:58 Over the past 24 hours, the missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces carried out one strike on an ammunition depot, seven strikes on areas where personnel and military equipment are concentrated, two strikes on command posts, and two strikes on enemy artillery systems. This was reported on January 29 by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
8:17 In Kiev, fragments of a Russian UAV fell near a metro station in the Darnitsky district. The fence and the checkpoint building of the Darnitsky depot were damaged. This was reported by the mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko.
According to him, there is currently no fire and no victims have been found.
7:50 The Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 1,670 Russian occupiers in one day. The total combat losses of the Russian Federation from 24.02.22 to 29.01.25 were approximately 834,670 people. This was reported by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
7:23 Several regions of the Russian Federation were attacked by attack drones at night . Allegedly 104 drones were destroyed. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense. It is noted that 47 drones were destroyed over the territory of the Kursk Region; 27 over the territory of the Bryansk Region; 11 over the territory of the Smolensk Region; seven over the territory of the Tver Region; four over the territory of the Belgorod Region; three over the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod Region; three over the territory of the Kaluga Region; one over the territory of the Rostov Region; one over Lake Ladoga in the Leningrad Region.