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[Korrespondent] 22.46 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made changes to the composition of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters.
The relevant decree approved the recently appointed Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov and First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal as members of the Stavka. In return, the former head of the SBU, Vasyl Malyuk, was removed from the Stavka.
22.03 The head of the Ukrainian delegation, the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov said that the meeting of the delegations of Ukraine, Russia and the USA in Abu Dhabi was dedicated to the parameters of the end of the war. The parties discussed the further logic of the negotiation process.
"There will be more meetings tomorrow. The Ukrainian team is acting in a coordinated manner within the framework of the tasks set by President Zelensky. We are ready to work in different formats depending on the course of the dialogue," he said.
22.01 The trilateral negotiations between Ukraine, the USA and Russia in Abu Dhabi have ended and will continue tomorrow, January 24. The first footage of the meeting has appeared in the media.
21:00 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed with Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov personnel changes in the defense department, in particular, in the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"We also talked with the minister about personnel issues, and not only in the ministry, but in the branches of the forces, in particular in the Air Force. It is good that there is more interaction within the Air Force and analysis of the circumstances of the hits. Conclusions are very much needed so that the system becomes more effective," the president said.
20.56 The State Recovery Agency has almost completed the construction of protective structures at large substations of NPC Ukrenergo, which have already proven their effectiveness. This was announced by the head of the agency, Serhiy Sukhomlyn, Ukrinform reports .
"The agency has almost completed the construction of protection at large Ukrenergo facilities . This is a third of the critically important facilities that Ukrenergo has . The company itself carried out and continues to carry out most of the work. We are talking about large substations with a capacity of 750 MW and 330 MW. And the built protection system currently protects large transformers quite effectively," Sukhomlyn noted.
He emphasized that during all this time, not a single object protected by the Reconstruction Agency was destroyed, despite the fact that individual objects were hit by 12-13 direct hits by the Shahed in one day.
20.04 Ukraine, the United States and Russia have already held their first conversation as part of the talks in Abu Dhabi. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to the head of state, the Ukrainian delegation reports to him virtually every hour.
"Ukrainian representatives report to me almost every hour - they are currently in the Emirates, there are Ukrainian, American and Russian delegations there today, there has already been a conversation. It is important, because there have not been such trilateral meeting formats for a long time," the president noted.
The Head of the Presidential Office, Kyrylo Budanov, and his First Deputy, Serhiy Kyslytsia, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Rustem Umerov, and the People's Deputy and Head of the Servant of the People faction, David Arakhamia, are in the UAE. Tomorrow, the Deputy Head of the State Security Service, Vadym Skibitsky, and the Chief of the General Staff, Andriy Hnatov, will also join the talks.
"It is still too early to draw conclusions from the content of today's talks - we will see how the conversation goes tomorrow and what the results will be. It is necessary that not only the Ukrainian desire to end this war, to achieve complete security, but also that a similar desire somehow arises in Russia," the president said.
19.23 As of Friday evening, 1,200 apartment buildings in Kyiv remain without heat. This was announced by the mayor of the capital, Vitali Klitschko.
"As of 6:00 p.m., 1,200 high-rise buildings remain without heat, which are being connected for the second time after the enemy attacks on January 9 and 20," the city mayor noted.
18.47 Ukraine has ordered 18 IRIS-T air defense systems from German manufacturer Diehl Defence. This was stated by the company's CEO Helmut Rauch, Deutsche Welle reports.
According to him, Ukraine currently operates nine IRIS-T systems and is interested in additional firing units. Therefore, the company plans to significantly expand the production of firing units for the IRIS-T SLM and IRIS-T SLS systems, respectively, of medium and short range.
18.18 On Saturday , power outage schedules will again be in effect in the regions of Ukraine . This was reported by Ukrenergo. Improvement of power outage schedules is possible in the absence of new massive shelling from Russia.
18.05 The first trilateral talks involving Ukrainian, American and Russian delegations have begun in Abu Dhabi. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced this . The talks are scheduled for two days as part of efforts to promote dialogue and find political solutions, the ministry noted.
17.58 The Czech initiative Darek pro Putina (A Gift for Putin) announced a collection for generators and batteries for Kyiv, collecting 29 million crowns (over a million euros) in the first two days. This was reported on the initiative's Facebook page. It is noted that the collection for generators for Kyiv was organized on the evening of January 21. In the first 20 hours, the amount collected reached 10 million Czech crowns. Due to the large number of donations in the first two days, volunteers continued collecting funds. As of 17:00, the total amount collected reached 42 million Czech crowns (1.7 million euros).
17.30 As of 2026, the Ukrainian defense industry's capacity allows it to produce over 8 million FPV drones per year, which is an unprecedented figure for any country at war. This was reported by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. More than 160 companies of various scales - from large factories to innovative enterprises specializing in unmanned systems - produce FPV drones in Ukraine.
17.25 100 million tons of grain have already been transported via the Ukrainian sea corridor . This was announced by the Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction - Minister of Community and Territorial Development of Ukraine Oleksiy Kuleba. Exports continue, despite Russia's systematic attacks on ports, logistics and energy, the Deputy Prime Minister noted.
17.07 Suspicion was reported against the head of the personnel department of a military unit in the Kirovohrad region, who made illegal payments to servicemen who voluntarily left their place of service.
For four months, such servicemen continued to receive financial support and additional remuneration. As a result, the state suffered losses of more than 1.4 million hryvnias.
The issue of imposing a preventive measure on the official is being resolved. The sanction of the article provides for up to eight years of imprisonment.
16.57 Since the beginning of the current day and as of 16:00, 59 battles between the Ukrainian army and the Russian invaders have taken place at the front, which is significantly less than yesterday's figure for this time. The enemy has suspended attacks in six main directions , the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational summary.
16.48 A Russian agent, who was exposed by the Security Service of Ukraine in arson attacks in Kharkiv in July 2024, has been sentenced to prison. The attacker destroyed three relay cabinets of the regional branch of Ukrzaliznytsia with fire.
The hostile mission was carried out by a local recidivist who had previously served a sentence for attempted murder and robbery.
The recruited former prisoner was given a task by a curator from Russia: to identify railway automation facilities and destroy them using a flammable mixture. Using sabotage, the Russians hoped to disrupt the logistics of the Defense Forces and complicate the transportation of goods to the front.
The attacker first "opened" the metal doors of the relay cabinets with a crowbar, and then doused the electrical equipment with flammable liquid and set it on fire.
16.33 Over 35 combat clashes have been recorded in the Hulyaipol direction of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the past 24 hours. Russian troops are trying to surround Hulyaipol from different directions. This was reported by the spokesman for the Southern Defense Forces Vladyslav Voloshyn.
The city itself has effectively been transformed into a gray zone, where the Russians actively use remote mining.
"The whole of Hulyaipole is more like a gray zone where the enemy decided - in order to prevent the assault actions of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, so that we do not conduct our search and strike actions there, so that we do not knock out their reinforcement groups from the city - to remotely mine the part of the city in which we are located, in which we conduct such actions. That is, to throw both anti-personnel and anti-tank mines there. Basically, this is remote mining," the spokesman explained.
Russian troops are trying to capture Hulyaipole from both the north and the south. That is why there are currently a large number of clashes on the outskirts of Hulyaipole. The occupiers have also sharply increased the number of airstrikes using precision-guided bombs.
16.19 On Friday morning, the situation in the Ukrainian power system became significantly more complicated due to the emergency repair of several generating facilities at once. This was reported by Ukrenergo. The power units that survived the Russian attacks are experiencing a huge overload and need to be shut down for repairs, the company noted.
16.16 The European Union will provide Ukraine with 447 emergency generators from its strategic reserves amid massive Russian attacks on the country's energy infrastructure.
The total cost of supplies is 3.7 million euros.
Generators will be sent to the most affected communities to restore power to hospitals, shelters, and other critical facilities.
16.13 A large-scale evidence base has been collected against a Russian serviceman who, together with his accomplice, shot nine Ukrainian prisoners during the fighting in Kursk. The SBU reported this on January 23. As the investigation established, the war crime was committed by a serviceman of the 155th separate brigade of the Russian Pacific Fleet, Sergey Skobylev.
16.06 Russian military struck a shopping center in the Kovpakiv district of Sumy. The strike damaged eight windows, the roof, and the facade of the establishment. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties.
15.24 Anti-aircraft gunners of the 63rd Steel Lions Brigade shot down a modified Russian new-generation Molniya. They reported this on their Telegram channel.
15.19 Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov announced the launch of the Mission Control system in the DELTA combat ecosystem, which will unite all drone operations into a single digital control system. The corresponding order has already been signed.
"This is a revolutionary project, where each crew enters the type of UAV, launch point, route, and task into the system. We are eliminating the paper army that takes time and focus from the military. All data is generated automatically based on the real work of the crews," Fedorov noted.
He explained that for the first time, commanders are getting a complete picture of mission performance in real time - without manual summaries and bureaucracy.
The next step, he said, is to launch the same control system for artillery.
15.08 In 2025, the Ministry of Defense increased purchases of domestic products for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to almost 430 billion hryvnias . And the share of weapons, equipment and ammunition contracted by the Defense Procurement Agency (DPA) from Ukrainian manufacturers increased from 46% to 82% compared to the previous year.
14.59 The SBU and the National Police reported a new suspicion to the so-called head of the occupation administration on the left-bank Kherson region, Volodymyr Saldo, who created a "volunteer battalion" in support of the Russian Federation.
Back in August 2023, Saldo signed an "order" that provided for the financing of the occupation formation and the quartering of its members in the buildings of captured health facilities.
He subsequently initiated a recruiting information campaign for the newly formed group through Russian-controlled media resources.
In addition, the Gauleiter used his own Telegram channel, in which he called on local residents to join the battalion.
14.43 Russians fired from a UAV at a civilian car near the village of Prudyanka, Kharkiv region. As a result of the enemy strike, two people were killed and there were wounded. This was reported by the head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Synegubov. Initially, he reported three wounded. Later, he stated that the number of injured had increased to four. They were hospitalized.
14.09 Delegations of Ukraine, the United States and Russia have started the first trilateral talks in the capital of the United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi. Interfax-Ukraine reports this with reference to an informed source. It is currently unknown whether the delegations of Ukraine and Russia are in the same negotiating room.
14.08 At least 20 sailors died on the Russian missile cruiser Moskva, which was sunk by Ukraine on April 14, 2022, with a crew of more than 400 people. Eight more people are missing and 24 were injured. This is according to data from the Second Western District Military Court, which sentenced a Ukrainian serviceman in absentia for attacking the ship.
However, after publication, the court removed the data from the site, Mediazona reported.
13.13 The aggressor country Russia demands the withdrawal of Ukrainian Armed Forces units from Donbas as a key requirement for a peace agreement with Ukraine. This was announced on Friday, January 23, by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov before the first trilateral meeting of delegations of Ukraine, the United States and the Russian Federation in Abu Dhabi.
At the same time, he refused to answer the question of whether the so-called "Anchorage formula" implies full Russian control over Donbas, or whether there are other options.
12.59 An instructor at a basic military training center was detained in the Rivne region, who is suspected of organizing the illegal removal of mobilized servicemen. The press service of the State Border Guard Service reports this.
Thus, one of the mobilized soldiers who arrived at the training center for training was offered help by the instructor to leave the training ground. The "cost of the service" was 3 thousand dollars. According to the agreement, the man was to hand over a thousand dollars directly at the training ground, and another 2 thousand - to his mother after her son was taken out of the training center.
According to preliminary information, the suspect did not act alone.
As it turned out, since the end of 2025, mobilized people have been systematically taken out of the training ground.
12.44 The Criminal Court of Uzbekistan in the Namangan region announced the verdict of a local resident accused of participating in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine. Podrobno.uz reports this, referring to the relevant court decision.
12.14 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during a meeting with US President Donald Trump, discussed the issue of security guarantees for our state . In fact, everything is ready, the Ukrainian leader said in comments to journalists, Ukrinform reports.
11.52 Law enforcement officers detained a Russian FSB agent who coordinated missile strikes on Kyiv's energy infrastructure and spied on Ukrainian Armed Forces units. The SBU reported this.
The Russians recruited a resident of the Rivne region when she was looking for "easy money" in Telegram channels.
11.34 As of Friday morning, new power outages were recorded in four regions of Ukraine due to strikes by Russian invaders. This was reported by Ukrenergo.
Emergency power outages are being actively implemented in the morning. They have now covered most regions.
11.20 Russian aggressors struck the village of Cherkaske in Donetsk region with two Shahed attack drones. Four people were killed , including a five-year-old boy, the National Police reported.
Five civilians were injured, including three children - girls aged 12, 14 and 16. Two private houses were completely destroyed, and two cars were damaged.
11.14 The situation in Kyiv is extremely difficult and this may not be the most difficult moment yet. This was stated by the mayor of the capital, Vitali Klitschko, on January 23.
"Stock up on food, water, and necessary medicines. If you still have options to leave the city, where there are alternative sources of power and heat, don't discard them," he noted.
According to Klitschko, Kyiv has identified heating (inviolability) strongholds in each district of the city. If necessary, a large number of people will be able to stay overnight in them. The points will be equipped with places for overnight stays, provided with heating devices (mobile boiler rooms), food, and hygiene products.
10.57 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will hold meetings in Vilnius with his Polish counterpart Karol Nawrotski and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda. This was announced the day before by the Polish leader's spokesman, Rafal Leskiewicz.
10.39 In the next two days, teams from Ukraine, the United States, and Russia will discuss the Donbas issue at talks in Abu Dhabi (UAE). President Volodymyr Zelensky said this while answering journalists' questions, Ukrinform reports.
10.28 In Ukraine, 5,739 clergy leaders and employees of religious organizations have been reserved for mobilization. This was reported by the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
9.47 On the front line over the past 24 hours, 222 combat clashes between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and the Russian invaders were recorded. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on January 23. Aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck two areas of concentration and an artillery system of the Russians.
8.59 Partisans approached one of the key facilities of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Novorossiysk. The Atesh movement reported this on Telegram.
8.24 The fire at an oil depot in Penza, Russia, as a result of a drone attack on the night before January 23, was confirmed by the Governor of the Penza Region, Oleg Melnichenko, on Telegram.
7.22 Russian losses in the war against Ukraine have increased by 1,280 people over the past 24 hours. This is according to data from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, published in a morning summary on Facebook.
05.31 Russian President Vladimir Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov confirmed Russia's participation in the talks in the United Arab Emirates and announced the composition of the delegation. According to him, the negotiating team has already been formed and will soon leave for Abu Dhabi.
04.59 US President Donald Trump said that both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian leader Vladimir Putin are ready to reach agreements that would end the war. Trump noted that Zelensky informed him of his readiness to sign a corresponding agreement during their conversation in Davos. The American president emphasized that no new topics were raised - they discussed the parameters that had been discussed for a long time.
02.37 The meeting between the Russian Federation and the United States lasted more than three and a half hours and was the first official event of this level between the parties in 2026. Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev participated in the talks with the Americans, and Ushakov himself described the negotiations as "constructive and open." Dmitriev, commenting on the meeting, emphasized its importance for further dialogue between Russia and the United States and called the American representatives "peacemakers," emphasizing the special nature of the "discussion."
00.31 The Russian occupation army has advanced near Fedorivka, Donetsk region, and Synelnykovye, Kharkiv region. This was reported by DeepState analysts on the evening of January 22.
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[Korrespondent] Two-thirds of Russian attacks are concentrated in the Pokrovska and Kostyantynivka areas. Most of the assaults have already been choked off.
Since the beginning of the current day and as of 16:00, 59 battles between the Ukrainian army and the Russian invaders have taken place on the front, which is significantly less than yesterday's figure for this time. The enemy has suspended attacks in six main directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational summary on Friday, January 23.
Thus, five battles took place in the South Slobozhansky direction. The enemy attacked in the areas of Prylipka and Vovchanskiye Khutory and towards the settlements of Nesterne and Sonino. Two clashes are ongoing.
In the Lyman direction, the invading army carried out six attacks near the settlements of Novoselivka, Yampil and towards the settlements of Lyman, Stavky, and Dibrova. Two clashes are ongoing.
In the Kostyantynivka direction, our defenders repelled 22 assaults in the areas of the settlements of Kostyantynivka, Kleban-Byk, Pleshchiivka, Sofiivka and in the direction of Illinivka, Stepanivka. Three clashes are ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the invaders made 22 attempts to push our soldiers from the occupied positions in the areas of the settlements of Rodynske, Sukhetske, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Filiya and towards the settlements of Shevchenko, Novopavlivka. Clashes are currently ongoing in some locations.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, our defenders stopped three assaults in the areas of the settlements of Oleksandrovgrad, Zlagoda, and in the direction of Dobropillya.
In the Hulyaipil direction, the aggressors tried 11 times to advance on the positions of our troops in the areas of Solodke, Hulyaipil and in the direction of Svyatopetrivka, Zelenye, and Varvarivka.
In the Orikhiv direction, our defenders repel the enemy's attack towards Pavlovka.
At the same time, the occupiers have not yet carried out offensive operations in the North-Slobozhansk, Kursk, Kupyansk, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, and Dnieper directions.
Recall that in the 24 hours of January 21, Russia lost almost 1,300 soldiers killed and wounded. The total number of losses of the aggressor country is approaching 1.3 million people.
Note: for the first time in many months, news-front.su failed to include a Russian minisry of defense summary.
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[NewsFront] 20:34 Crews of the Molniya-2 aircraft-type UAV of the 44th Army Corps of the North group of forces destroyed a UAV control point and sniper pairs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov direction. 20:29 Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate further crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Kherson and Belgorod regions
According to reports from executive authorities, four civilians in the Kherson region were wounded as a result of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the town of Grayvoron in the Belgorod region, a civilian was injured as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces FPV drone on a private home.
19:30 Artillery crew of the 203mm 2S7M self-propelled howitzer "Malka" of the "Center" group of forces destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction
18:36 During the offensive in the Dobropillya direction, the forces of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division are actively destroying firing points, positions and deployment points with the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry, video.
17:34 In the Khar'kov region, crews of heavy 220mm BM-27 Tornado MLRS are conducting intensive combat operations. They are being used to destroy large concentrations of enemy personnel and equipment in rear areas.video.
16:35 In the period from 8:00 Moscow time to 16:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed eight Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Six UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region,
One UAV over the territory of the Kursk region,
One UAV over the territory of the Voronezh region
15:48 FPV drone calculations at the Rubicon Center struck equipment, ground robotic systems, positions, elements of the communication and electronic warfare systems, UAV control points and temporary deployment points for enemy personnel, and also rammed Ukrainian Armed Forces drones of various types.
15:00 During the reconnaissance, it was revealed an enemy UAV control point in one of the fortified structures near the village of Shiykovka in the Khar'kov region.
14:37 Severyan drones disrupted the rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region.
A vehicle carrying enemy infantry was destroyed by fighters from the 6th NBC Protection Regiment of the Sever group near the village of Ukrainskoye,video.
13:41 Four civilians suffered injuries in the Kherson region.
In the villages of Staraya Zburyevka and Novaya Zburyevka in the Golopristansky Municipal District, men born in 1965 and 1968 were injured. They were hospitalized at the Skadovsk Central Regional Hospital with shrapnel wounds.
A woman born in 1986 and a man born in 1983 were injured when a car hit a mine dropped by a drone on the Kostogryzovo-Pody highway in the Aleshkinsky District. They were taken to the Skadovsk Central Regional Hospital.
13:00 Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate the criminal actions of Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Belgorod region
According to information released by local authorities, a man was injured as a result of a drone strike on a car near the village of Arkhangelskoye in the Shebekinsky District.
12:34 During the week, as a result of active offensive actions by units of the North group of forces in the Khar'kov direction installed control over the settlement of Siminovka in the Khar'kov region.
11:46 In Crimea captured terrorists who committed acts of sabotage on behalf of Ukraine
Under orders from Ukrainian intelligence agencies, criminals set fire to relay cabinets and equipment at cellular base stations located in the Saksky and Simferopol districts of Crimea.
11:00 Ka-52M helicopter crew destroyed personnel and a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces.
10:23 Summary about the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours.
In total, 51 enemy drones of various types were shot down between 9:00 AM on January 22 and 7:00 AM on January 23. The enemy used artillery on 78 occasions against evacuated areas. UAVs attacked our territory 13 times, dropping explosive devices.
9:50 A Ukrainian Armed Forces electronic warfare station was destroyed near the Russian border,video.
9:00 A crew of army aviation on a Mi-28NM helicopter disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces, video.
8:34 Frontline summary on the morning of January 23, 26
The Russian Armed Forces are attacking the Zaporizhzhia Front
in the northern part of Primorskoye. Fighting continues near Magdalinovka and Novoyakovlevka.
In the Gulyai-Polye sector, Russian Armed Forces continue to repel enemy counterattacks in the Gulyai-Polye area.
Fighting continues near Ternovatoye.
Russian Armed Forces are advancing along the western bank of the Solenaya River and taking up positions in Novopavlovka.
Donetsk Front.
Fighting continues in Grishino on the Krasnoarmeysk front. In the Dobropillya front, Russian forces are reported to have reached the outskirts of Belitske.
There are gains in the Novy Donbas area, and fighting is underway for Toretskoye.
In Konstantinovka, the Russian Armed Forces are expanding their control zone near the railway station.
There are advances in the Stepanovka and Ilyinovka areas.
In the Krasnolimansk direction, fighting continues along the Koroviy Yar-Aleksandrovka-Sosnovoe line.
There is progress in Drobyshevo.
Fighting is ongoing in the low-rise buildings in the northern part of Krasny Liman.
An advance into the western part of Ozerny is reported.
Fighting is ongoing in Reznikovka and in the area of Minkovka, the liberation of which will strengthen the Russian Armed Forces' position along the M-03 highway and provide access to Rai-Aleksandrovka.
Intense fighting continues on the Kupyansk front. The enemy is counterattacking on the western bank of the Oskol River. Russian forces are advancing north of Kupyansk.
In the Volchansk direction, Russian Armed Forces are advancing near Staritsa, in the forested area southwest of Liman, and in the Volchanskiye Khutors. Successes are reported in the village of Degtyarnoye and an advance toward Nesterovka.
8:01 During the past night from 23:00 Moscow time on January 22 to 7:00 Moscow time on January 23, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 12 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Seven UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Two UAVs over the territory of the Voronezh region,
One UAV over the territory of the Bryansk region,
One UAV over the territory of the Penza region,
One UAV over the territory of the Astrakhan region.
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[Regnum] The Russian Ministry of Defense released a video showing the liberation of the village of Siminovka in the Kharkiv region. The footage was published on the ministry's Telegram channel on January 23.
It is noted that Siminovka was liberated as a result of active offensive actions by the 82nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 69th Motorized Rifle Division of the 6th Guards Combined Arms Army of the North group.
"FPV drone operators cut off logistics and destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces fire assets. The strikes targeted supply routes and concealed enemy firing positions," the statement reads.
Before the start of the assault operations, the Msta-B and Giatsint-B crews worked on the strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and then the enemy positions were cleared.
Russian troops worked in small groups, performing drone reconnaissance missions, preventing the enemy from maneuvering. Some Ukrainian troops surrendered. The wounded received medical treatment.
Russian Armed Forces liberated the village of Siminovka in the Kharkiv region on January 23.
Russian forces liberated five settlements in the Northern Military District (NVO) from the Ukrainian army in a week. The Ministry of Defense reported this on January 23.
On January 17, fighters from the Russian military group "South" liberated the village of Privolye in the Donetsk People's Republic, and on the same day, military groups from the "East" military group liberated the village of Pryluky in the Zaporizhzhia region.
On January 19, military groups of the Russian Armed Forces "Center" liberated the village of Novopavlovka in the DPR, and fighters of "Dnepr" liberated the village of Pavlovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
On January 23, fighters from the Russian Forces Group "North" established control over Siminovka in the Kharkiv region.
On January 15, General of the Army Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and First Deputy Minister of Defense, stated that Russian troops are advancing in virtually all directions along the front. For example, the Russian Armed Forces are completing the liberation of the urban-type settlement of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya in the Kharkiv region, and fighters from the Russian Forces Group "West" continue to eliminate Ukrainian Armed Forces units encircled on the eastern bank of the Oskol River in the Kupyansk direction.
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[ColonelCassad] Negotiations in Abu Dhabi. January 23, 2026.
1. Negotiations between Russia, the United States, and Ukraine will take place in Abu Dhabi today. The Russian delegation is headed by Admiral Kostyukov, Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. This is not the first time that the UAE has emerged as a negotiating platform – the main prisoner exchange negotiations were mediated by the UAE.
2. Negotiations are scheduled for January 23-24. Territorial issues and other matters will be discussed. It is possible that even if no progress is made, at least further exchanges of prisoners of war and detainees can be agreed upon.
3. The United States and Ukraine are proposing an "energy truce." Russia ceases attacks on Ukraine's energy sector (where there are problems), and in exchange, Ukraine ceases attacks on Russian energy sector and oil refineries. Attacks on tankers belonging to the "shadow fleet" are also to cease. The reasons for such proposals are clear: for the first time in the war, Russian military strikes on the energy sector have had a systemic, cumulative effect, leading to a prolonged systemic blackout in several regions of Ukraine, with the possibility of its institutionalization.
4. Following Putin's talks with Whitkoff and Kushner, Russia reiterated that the territorial issue is paramount, and if Donbas is not handed over to it, it will continue to pursue this goal militarily. Let me remind you that the full incorporation of the DPR and LPR territories within their 2014 borders is the overall goal of the Central Military District, which has now been approximately 83-84% achieved militarily. Both Moscow and Washington have already openly stated that if Ukraine refuses to withdraw from Donbas, it will lose even more territory.
5. The US is already proposing a number of projects for post-war cooperation to Russia, but they are unlikely to be implemented until the war in Ukraine ends. Europe, of course, is interested in disrupting the negotiations by any means necessary and prolonging the war as long as possible. Europe does not want to register its defeat in the war in Ukraine.
More from regnum.ru The White House called the first day of talks in Abu Dhabi productive.
The trilateral meeting between representatives of Russia, the United States, and Ukraine in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi was productive. A White House spokesperson told the Ukrainian publication "Obshchestvennoye" on January 23, speaking on condition of anonymity.
According to the official, the delegations agreed to continue discussions on settling the Ukrainian conflict on Saturday, January 24.
Earlier, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan announced the start of talks between Russia, the United States, and Ukraine. He said the talks would last two days. He also expressed hope that the meeting would bring a resolution to the conflict closer.
On January 23, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that the Russian delegation at the talks in the UAE had received instructions from President Vladimir Putin. Peskov noted that the core of the Russian delegation would be representatives of the Ministry of Defense, but did not disclose its composition. The group was led by Igor Kostyukov, Chief of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces.
Furthermore, the Russian leader's press secretary noted that the Russian president's special representative and head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Kirill Dmitriev, will hold talks with the US president's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, on January 23 and 24. Their meeting will focus on economic issues.
The United States delegation at the talks in Abu Dhabi included Witkoff, US President's son-in-law Jared Kushner, White House official Josh Gruenbaum, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Alexus Grynkevich.
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Welcome to the Era of Quantum Geopolitics It feels as though the world has abruptly shifted from the familiar “Newtonian legal mechanics” of international law into a quantum state of entangled uncertainty.
[AnNahar] La Belle France's navy, with the help of allies, on Thursday boarded a tanker alleged to be from Russia's "shadow fleet" in the Mediterranean, President Emmanuel Macron said.
"This morning, the French Navy boarded and searched an oil tanker from Russia, subject to international sanctions and suspected of flying a false flag," he said on X.
"The operation was carried out on the high seas in the Mediterranean, with the support of several of our allies," he added, saying the vessel had been "diverted".
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[REGNUM] Kyiv's leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, summed up the results of his visit to Davos—and, in his words, they were triumphant.
First, because he allegedly managed to persuade the US to supply him with new Patriot missiles. However, the Americans have not confirmed this information.
Secondly, because he seemed to have managed to agree on security guarantees for Ukraine with Trump. He had, however, managed to agree on such guarantees before – with Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Donald Trump, Friedrich Merz, European officials, and so on, right down to the cleaners at the European Commission building in Brussels.
However, each time these conditions, which spoke of the introduction of Western troops into Ukraine, did not suit Moscow, and therefore they were not implemented.
And finally, thirdly, Zelenskyy, in his words, was able to change the agenda of the Davos forum. "Greenland was the focus, but we're in a full-scale war. I'm not comparing the two, but the scale of the threat is obvious to anyone. We managed to shift the focus to Ukraine, and now everyone is talking about us," he told reporters.
And it's impossible to argue with that last point—everyone is really talking about Ukraine right now. Or, more precisely, about the speech in which the Kyiv guest outdid himself.
Not in terms of competence, not in terms of the innovativeness of his proposals, and certainly not in terms of his level of adequacy—Zelenskyy broke his own record for the number of rude remarks per minute.
And the rude remarks aren't so much directed at Russia (everyone's used to that), but at Europe—the one that now feeds and protects him, and does so alone.
"This was surprising, given that the continent has become Ukraine's most reliable ally since the Trump administration withdrew its support for Kiev's military efforts," The New York Times concludes.
Zelenskyy's main message was that Europe is weak and indecisive. In many ways.
For example, because she failed to respond to the Iranian protests: "By the time politicians returned to work (after the Christmas and New Year holidays – Ed.) and began to formulate their positions, the ayatollah had already killed thousands of people." Incidentally, here the speaker accidentally came up with an excellent formula that characterizes his own regime: kill enough people, and you will remain in power.
Or because the EU can't kidnap Vladimir Putin the way the US kidnapped Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. "Maduro is in court in New York. Sorry, but Putin isn't in court. And this is the fourth year of the greatest war in Europe since World War II," Zelenskyy complains about the fact that sufficient funds for the construction of the International Criminal Court have not been allocated to begin work.
The EU has yet to establish a fully-fledged tribunal against Russia—one with staff and real work—and yet they are being confronted head-on with the accusations in the completely proprietary tone of an "inspection body." Although the Europeans, after all, are not Ukraine's service personnel, and it's hardly fair to blame them for the sense of stupidity and misguidedness in their reluctance to completely burn bridges regarding the prospects for diplomatic negotiations with Moscow.
The same applies to the refusal to freely dispose of Russia's frozen assets. This means that "Putin was able to stop Europe, unfortunately." Although it wasn't Putin, but a whole host of European leaders who didn't want to face the confiscation of their national assets in Russia, capital flight, and multi-billion dollar court settlements in Moscow's favor.
The most paradoxical aspect of this parade of insults is the open mockery of the uselessness of NATO—which, as we recall, is one of the articles of faith of the Maidan leadership. Now it suddenly turns out that without the presence of a powerful Ukraine, this organization is completely useless and can protect no one.
Because it never applied the notorious fifth article of its charter.
"If Putin decides to take Lithuania or attack Poland, who will respond? Right now, NATO exists thanks to faith," Zelenskyy says, suddenly forgetting how many years the country entrusted to him sought there "cast-iron security guarantees" that would even make war with Russia worthwhile.
"30-40 soldiers" in Greenland is a joke. "What kind of signal are you sending to Russia and China?" Russian ships sail around the island with impunity, and no one in Europe has the will or the weapons to attack them: only Vladimir Alexandrovich has all that. He thus attempted to sell yet another fresh idea: a million-strong Ukrainian Armed Forces as the foundation of a pan-European armed force.
Without NATO, as one would expect. And under the wise guidance of a "strong leader," which clearly refers to Zelenskyy himself. And perhaps the British, since they ultimately turned out to be the only ones who liked it: former head of British intelligence MI6 Richard Moore (who once recruited the Kryvyi Rih star) praised Zelenskyy for his "powerful speech" and hoped that Europeans would "receive his honest and uncomfortable signals."
In which, among other things, the Kyiv speaker publicly declared the EU's lack of subjectivity—that it is more a matter of geography, history, and tradition than a real political force.
There's no one else to rely on there except the Ukrainian military, especially since the "blooming garden," whose fate, according to Zelensky, has been decided, is full of traitors.
"Every 'Viktor' who squanders European money while simultaneously selling out European interests deserves a slap on the wrist. And just because he feels comfortable in Moscow doesn't mean we should allow him to turn European capitals into little Moscows," the head of the Kyiv regime explicitly hinted at Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
The most striking thing here is not even the call for punishment of the leader of a sovereign state, but this brazen "we": a country living at someone else's expense, and its leader, caught stealing, have already enlisted themselves as leaders of the European Union.
Meanwhile, the Kyiv regime's leader not only smeared Europe but also repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction with the US's actions. However, he carefully avoided attacking Donald Trump himself." Zelensky avoided criticizing the US president, instead accusing the Europeans of remaining under the control of an increasingly unpredictable White House," the British newspaper The Guardian concluded.
This is all because the meeting with the head of the White House that preceded his speech did not go well—it was quick, harsh, and delivered in the form of an ultimatum by Trump, who summoned Zelenskyy to the carpet. Trump made it clear that there could be no security guarantees without peace, and that for peace to be achieved, Kyiv must satisfy Moscow's demands and withdraw its troops from Donbas.
Which Zelensky does not want to withdraw – and, perhaps, cannot.
So, publicly humiliated, he decided to compensate for this reputational loss with a harsh, boorish speech directed at everyone else—at anyone who's in no hurry to push Europe to commit suicide and "do more for Ukraine."
Most of those targeted by the rude comments didn't respond, as if confirming their own weakness. However, those who did respond did so with dignity.
For example, the Iranians effectively called Zelensky a beggar, capable only of extracting money from the pockets of European and American taxpayers.
"The world is fed up with these 'confused clowns,' Mr. Zelensky. Unlike your foreign-backed army, swarming with mercenaries, we Iranians know how to defend ourselves, and we don't need to ask foreigners for help," said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
Hungarian Prime Minister Orban also wrote a subtle and sarcastic comment on social media:
"I am a free man serving the Hungarian people. You, however, are a man in desperate straits, unable or unwilling to end the war for four years now... Life itself will put everything in its place, and everyone will receive what they deserve. Victor."
The most reserved was Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, who merely noted that Zelenskyy is “extremely unfavorable toward Europe,” which “guaranteed Ukraine’s independence, doing everything possible to provide political, financial, and military support for this country.”
That's probably why the reaction in Ukraine was more like stunned silence—except for the full-time propagandist from the 1+1 TV channel, who perfectly summed up Zelensky's own mood: "When he's the Leader of the World, and his tribe keeps the peace."
Moreover, the latest stunt by this long-serving "fighter for democracy" completely negates the long-standing rhetoric that the meaning of a Ukrainian's life is to fight for Euro-Atlantic integration at any cost.
Irina Gerashchenko, a member of Poroshenko's European Solidarity party, who made pained faces during the 2019 inauguration speech of the "clown" who suddenly seized power in the country, is perhaps the only one who has attempted to explain all of this.
And she concluded that Europe desperately needs the "truth, albeit terrifying." And Zelenskyy's speech in Davos, "though it touched on European security and called on EU countries to wake up, was still primarily addressed to a domestic audience."
Swallowing his pride, Gerashchenko explains that Ukrainian politicians and government officials always face a difficult dilemma: "to tell the truth and not cause harm, because the country's survival depends not on the number of likes on social media, but on the concrete actions of European governments, military supplies, and funding for our social sector."
And she's generally right, because without European financial assistance, Ukraine wouldn't be able to wage war, let alone even provide electricity to homes. It was precisely against the backdrop of this high-profile scandal that the EU donated 447 emergency generators to Ukraine, worth a total of €3.7 million, to restore power to critical services.
Although after this kind of claims he could have curtailed any assistance.
After all, the problem here isn't with the top official—all Ukrainian leaders perceive European funding as an obligation and a paltry sum for "defense against a Russian attack." They all feel compelled to criticize the EU for insufficient funding, while simultaneously positioning themselves (a deeply corrupt, authoritarian, and impoverished regime) as an integral part of the European political space.
An integral one—and not just an equal one, but a primary one. Indeed, no one will take Europe seriously if it allows itself to be further humiliated by the likes of Zelensky. Because such a position is precisely what constitutes a loss of agency.
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Remember that we’re looking at both Russian and Ukrainian releases, Jairong. The truth is somewhere between the two — one oughtn’t believe completely anything from either side as they were both trained in the same schools.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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