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[Korrespondent] 23:16 The media, citing sources, report that the "coalition of countries" wants to "throw off" several tanks to Kiev, but the final decision has not yet been made due to the delicacy of the discussions. More details in the material Heavy tanks .
11:07 pm Washington has warned China of tough measures if it provides Russia with military assistance, State Department spokesman Ned Price said: "We are very closely monitoring the decisions that the PRC takes in response to any Russian requests for security assistance." According to him, the United States has made it clear to the Chinese authorities what the price will be if Beijing decides to help the Russian Federation systematically evade US sanctions or provide security assistance to be used in the war against Ukraine.
23:01 The Russians hit Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region - a rocket hit the roadway and a car with people. Two people died, the President's Office said.
22:55 Zelensky said that today he held a regular meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief: "The main attention is the situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions - exactly those areas that are now the hottest. The commander-in-chief, commanders, head of intelligence reported ... We will integrate into our defense system new combat assets and equipment that we receive from our partners. We are doing everything to ensure that there is as little time as possible between the agreement on additional support and the use of this support on the battlefield."
The president also announced negotiations with partners, a "diplomatic marathon" and announced "good news for our state." "And it is very important that we reach an agreement with partners right now, on the eve of the new Ramstein, and against the backdrop of yet another cruel crimes of the occupiers," Zelensky added.
22:36 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the entire land near Soledar is in the corpses of the invaders and "scarred" from the blows: "Bakhmut and Soledar, Kremennaya and Svatovo... The battle for Donbass continues. And although the occupiers have now concentrated their greatest efforts on Soledar, all the same, the result of this hard and long battle will be the liberation of our entire Donbass... Thanks to the resilience of our soldiers there, in Soledar, we won additional time and additional forces for Ukraine."
22:12 The Russians once again shelled Kherson in the evening, the shell fell on the intersection of a residential area. As a result of the shelling, a fire started in a private residential building, one person died, the President's Office reported.
22:00 The American company L3Harris Technologies has announced a $40 million contract with the Pentagon for the supply of 14 VAMPIRE missile systems to Ukraine. Under the contract, L3Harris will install VAMPIRE kits on vehicles provided by the US government for operational combat support on the battlefield in Ukraine. The first four systems will be delivered by mid-2023, the remaining ten by the end of 2023.
21:07 The Czech Republic is preparing to transfer T-72 tanks to Ukraine, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said. He also added that Kyiv will be provided with a TREVA 30 evacuation vehicle.
21:03 The UK Ministry of Defense said that this year the country will "reach or exceed" military support to Ukraine last year. The department added that to date, London has provided more than 200 armored vehicles to Kyiv, including a Stormer armed with Starstreak, Husky, Wolfhound, Spartan, Mastiff and M113 missiles.
21:00 The number of the wounded as a result of the Russian shelling of Ochakov of the Nikolaev area grew to 15, among them the two-year-old child, the head of OVA Vitaly Kim reported.
20:29 Ukraine asked Georgia to return Buk self-propelled anti-aircraft missile systems, provided by Kiev to Tbilisi during the Russian attack in 2008, but was refused, said Andrey Kasyanov, Chargé d'Affaires for Ukraine in Georgia. In addition, according to him, the Ukrainian side turned to Georgia about the Javelin anti-tank systems provided to Tbilisi by the American allies. The United States not only approved the transfer of its weapons, but even offered Georgia to replace the complexes with newer ones, but the Georgian government categorically refused.
19:56 Since Sunday, January 8, severe frosts have been established in eastern Ukraine, which can significantly affect the further course of the war. More details - in the material Frosts have come .
19:52 The Biden administration has stepped up the collection of intelligence information about the activities of Wagner PMCs outside Ukraine, including in African countries, fearing that Russia will use it for influence operations, writes Politico. Senior US officials believe that Russia is using the Wagner PMC to fight anti-Putin sentiment and protect private economic interests, primarily in countries such as the Central African Republic, Mali and Serbia.
“The US government is concerned about the extent to which Wagner PMCs are interfering in the domestic politics of sovereign countries, violating human rights and looting their minerals. There is strong evidence that the Wagnerists’ harsh counterterrorism tactics in countries like Mali are exacerbating the situation by creating more opportunities for extremist exploitation," a senior Biden administration official said on condition of anonymity.
According to Politico, Washington plans to tighten sanctions against PMC Wagner to limit its role in Ukraine.
19:37 As a result of today's Russian shelling of one of the liberated settlements in the Luhansk region, two people were killed and two were injured, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. He also said that the Russians are constantly attacking and shelling Belogorovka, but the Ukrainian military have improved their positions there and hold on tight.
On the Svatovsky and Kremensky directions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are moving forward, they manage to gradually de-occupy the territory in the direction of Kremennaya. At the same time, the invaders are constantly pulling up new reserves there, Gaidai added. In Novoselovskoye, the enemy did not leave a single intact building.
19:31 Sweden is working on providing Ukraine with the Archer self-propelled guns that Zelensky asked for, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said: “I have always said that we are strong enough to make a contribution with such an advanced weapon system. This work continues, and I will report as soon as we finish it."
19:19 Estonia was the first European country to begin preparations for the confiscation of arrested Russian assets. Tallinn plans to present a legal plan for the seizure of assets in January, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mihkel Tamm said. The country froze Russian assets for almost 20 million euros. The Estonian government is in favor of transferring the frozen assets to Ukraine.
19:15 During rocket attacks on the city of Merefa, Kharkiv region on Saturday, January 7, the largest mini-refinery in Ukraine was destroyed. According to Suspilny, the speaker of the regional department of the State Emergency Service, Yevgeny Vasilenko, as a result of the shelling, one person was killed and another was wounded.
18:42 In the village of Nizhniye Serogozy, Kherson region, the so-called "prosecutor's office" of the occupation administration began work on the "nationalization" of local enterprises on January 9, the General Staff said in an evening summary. The report also says that up to 300 invaders were delivered to the city hospital of Lisichansk, Luhansk region, in the first week of this year alone.
18:37 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala: "Thanked for Ukraine's support during the Czech Republic's presidency of the EU Council. He informed about the situation at the front, the threat of Russian escalation. We appreciate the important Czech defense support, we expect its strengthening .Special attention was paid to the implementation of the Ukrainian formula for peace."
18:24 Zelensky said that he met in Kiev with the Executive Vice President of the European Commission for the European Green Deal Frans Timmermans, discussed the state of functioning of the energy system of Ukraine. The President stressed that in the process of recovery, Ukraine will focus on the implementation of green projects and is ready to become one of the European hubs of modern green energy.
17:56 After an unsuccessful attempt to capture Soledar and retreat, the enemy regrouped, resumed losses, deployed additional assault detachments, changed tactics and launched a powerful assault, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said. According to her, the enemy involved a large number of assault groups, formed from the best reserves of the Wagnerites.
"The enemy is advancing literally on the corpses of his own soldiers, massively using artillery, multiple rocket launchers and mortars, laying fire even on their own fighters. Our defenders courageously defend every meter of their native land. Fierce battles continue right now," Malyar said.
17:47 At the Russian military airfield Engels-2, the number of combat-ready aircraft has decreased, the draft Scheme of Radio Liberty reported, citing satellite imagery data for January 7. In particular, four Tu-95 strategic bombers and two Tu-160 supersonic bombers are now based there. In December, there were about 20 aircraft at this base.
17:43 The number of wounded in Ochakovo has increased to ten, among them a two-year-old child, the chairman of the Nikolaev regional council Anna Zamazeeva reported.
17:26 In Ochakovo, after the Russian shelling, there are already eight wounded, the figure is not final, the head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim said.
16:57 The lull in the use of Iranian drones is due to the fact that Russia has fewer and fewer weapons, so it has concentrated on a more careful choice of targets, said OK Pivden speaker Natalya Gumenyuk: "They have been launching reconnaissance drones lately. They are looking for exactly where point your weapon."
16:52 Russian Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova confirmed that she plans to meet with Ukrainian human rights ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets. According to her, the meeting will be held in Turkey from 12 to 14 January.
16:23 In the future, Ukraine will receive a "symbolic number" of Leopard tanks from Poland, said Yakub Kumoch, head of the International Policy Bureau of the Office of the President.
16:15 According to updated information, as a result of a missile attack on the Shevchenkove village in the Kharkiv region, six people were injured, two died, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
16:11 Russians fired at Ochakov of the Nikolaev area, the hospital is damaged, the head of OVA Vitaly Kim reported. The head of the regional National Police, Sergei Shaikhet, specified that as a result of the shelling of the city, three people were injured, 50 buildings were damaged.
15:58 In the Donetsk region, two British volunteers Andrew Begshaw and Christopher Perry disappeared, the National Police reported. On the morning of January 6, they left Kramatorsk for Soledar, after which contact with them disappeared.
15:52 The UK is considering transferring "a certain number" of Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, Sky News reports citing its sources. Negotiations have been going on for several weeks now. London believes that such a move would encourage allies to follow suit.
15:39 Zelensky said that he had the first telephone conversation with the newly elected President of Slovenia Natasha Pirc Musar: "I discussed defense cooperation with her, invited her to take part in the implementation of the peace formula. He thanked her for supporting Ukraine's European integration. He invited me to visit Kiev."
15:11 Kuleba said that military assistance is still not enough: “Ukraine is grateful to partners for their military assistance, but we must remain honest with each other: no one has done enough while Russian boots remain on Ukrainian soil. Arming our country for the sake of victory is the shortest path to the restoration of peace and security in Europe and beyond."
15:06 Today, a full truckload of liquidated Russian soldiers was brought to the Melitopol morgue. In places, the torn bodies were unloaded in bulk, occupying the entire morgue, said the mayor of the city, Ivan Fedorov. According to him, hospitals in Melitopol are also overflowing with wounded occupiers, who were brought in from Vasilyevka and other settlements north of Melitopol.
15:02 The Russians attacked an industrial facility in Konstantinovka, Donetsk region. Kurakhovka also came under massive shelling - at least two civilians were injured, more than 20 houses were damaged, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the UVA, said.
14:35 Sweden, which presides over the European Union, has officially confirmed that the Ukraine-EU summit will be held in Kiev on February 3 , writes DW. It is expected that it will be attended by the heads of the European Council and the European Commission, Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen.
14:06 Zelensky said that he had spoken with Prime Minister of Portugal António Costa: "We talked about cooperation in security issues. He thanked for the readiness to provide effective support to the energy system of Ukraine. We also discussed specific steps to implement our peace formula."
13:49 The new military registration procedure does not imply that subpoenas will be received through the Diya application, Mstislav Banik, head of electronic services development at the Ministry of Digital Development, said: "Neither this resolution, nor any other, provides for the receipt of subpoenas through Diya. In our plan there are no such tasks yet."
According to the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers, a new service should appear in Dії - an electronic military ID. How it will be implemented and how the service will work is not yet told.
13:21 Italy will not make a decision on the supply of weapons to Ukraine until February due to political tensions, considerations regarding the cost of weapons and a lack of military funds, writes La Repubblica. According to the publication, Prime Minister George Meloni faced resistance in approving a decree on the supply of weapons to Ukraine from her right-wing allies Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi. Both politicians have long-standing ties to Moscow.
13:17 The enemy again made a desperate attempt to storm Soledar from different directions and threw the most professional Wagner units into battle, but suffered significant losses and once again retreated, Alexander Syrsky, commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said.
13:10 OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid said that Russia's membership in the organization still makes sense. According to her, within the framework of the OSCE, everyone who is important for the European security architecture sits at the same table. Schmid recalled that the organization emerged from a Cold War confrontation and was founded by countries that had very different interests but wanted to prevent escalation. "One day we will need communication channels again," the secretary general believes.
12:58 The German authorities will have to withdraw Marder infantry fighting vehicles for Ukraine from the Bundeswehr stocks, Spiegel writes. Berlin announced the transfer of 40 infantry fighting vehicles to Kyiv on January 5, and the manufacturer Rheinmetall only learned about these plans at the beginning of January. He said that he would not have time to re-equip and prepare the machines before the end of March, as promised by the German side.
The Bundeswehr has about 370 Marders in service, but many of them require major repairs. As of the end of November 2022, their readiness was only 62%, according to internal documents of the German Ministry of Defense.
12:50 This night, the Russians fired at one of Kherson's critical infrastructure enterprises. As a result of the attack, a fire broke out, and an electrical substation was destroyed that feeds several large boiler houses. The supply of heat and light in Kherson did not stop, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich.
12:46 Peskov called the statement that Russia is proposing to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine according to the Korean scenario, as stated by NSDC Secretary Alexei Danilov, a "duck".
12:41 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of North Macedonia Dimitar Kovachevsky at the beginning of this country's OSCE chairmanship: "We discussed the risks of escalation at the front, further defense cooperation and the deepening of bilateral relations between our countries."
12:34 The death toll as a result of the Russian strike on the Shevchenkovo village killed two people, five more were injured, among them a child, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
12:28 Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolay Patrushev said that Russia is not at war with Ukraine, hatred for ordinary Ukrainians "by definition cannot be in our country." According to him, the whole story with Ukraine was started in Washington, "in order to work out the technologies for delimiting and playing off a single people."
12:23 PMC Wagner does not want to release prisoners after six months of service on the Ukrainian front, and those who try to escape or surrender to the Armed Forces of Ukraine are shot and declared missing so as not to pay compensation to their relatives, said the founder of the Gulagu.Net project Vladimir Osechkin. According to him, only 15-20% of prisoners survive the six-month "business trip" to the war in Ukraine, while most of the survivors are seriously injured.
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“The special services and Prigozhin do not want to let them go, they are well aware that these people are dangerous and can do something already inside Russia. They will try to put them back into the heat of war so that they stay there,” Osechkin said.
Those who try to flee the battlefield or surrender are shot, Osechkin says: “Your army opens fire on them from artillery. There are cases when 7-8 people, a whole squad of prisoners, tries to surrender - and shells cover ... We interviewed a number of Wagnerites who fled the battlefield, they tell monstrous things about mass graves. People are simply dumped in one place and buried in order not to pay compensation. "
11:40 The situation in Soledar remains difficult, 22 clashes took place in the city in a day, said the speaker of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Cherevaty: "Frosty weather, if it continues, will allow the use of heavy equipment such as tanks, armored personnel carriers. Therefore, counter-offensive actions are possible. Here which side is better prepared, that one will have an advantage ... Yesterday the front commanders gave commands to the commanders directly carrying out tasks in Soledar. Additional forces and means were issued for this."
11:21 The occupiers of the Melitopol region feel the "smell of fried food" and are already preparing the ground for retreat, Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov said. According to him, the Russians traditionally build defense lines around the city. However, if earlier they dug in from three sides - Kherson region, Donbass and Zaporozhye, now they are building fortifications to the south of Melitopol towards the Crimea. Concrete cones were placed 40 km from the city between the villages of Volchanskoye and Krasnoye, and trenches are being dug in the area of the Kakhovka Canal.
11:13 In the Russian Federation, a new wave of soldier mobilization is being prepared: over the past two weeks, the Russians have taken many men not only to the east, but also to the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, said Vadim Skibitsky, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, in an interview with Corriere della Sera. At the same time, he added that Russia did not have enough troops for a new offensive from the north. In his opinion, Belarus will be used mainly as a base for the reorganization of troops.
Skibitsky also noted that Makiivka is part of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, which began in August, "and there will be others."
Skibitsky warned that with the drop in temperatures, the Russians could launch a new attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. At the same time, he added that before the New Year, the Russians used only 20 missiles in raids, at present they have only 90 Iskanders left.
11:08 Ukraine cannot restore the power grid without Soviet equipment, Ukrenergo head Volodymyr Kudrytsky said in an interview with the Financial Times. According to him, there is a particular shortage of 750 kV transformers, each of which weighs up to 200 tons. And although some of them were sourced from former communist countries such as Lithuania, most of the destroyed transformers need to be rebuilt.
10:59 As of the morning of January 9, electricity consumption in Ukraine has increased due to a drop in temperature and an increase in consumption by industry and business with the start of the working week, Ukrenergo reported. In this regard, in order to ensure a balance in the energy system, consumption limits have been brought to all regions of Ukraine, operating from 4:00 to 24:00.
The situation with power supply in the front-line regions in the east and south remains difficult due to significant damage to the power grid during the hostilities. In addition, at night the Russians fired at one of the generation facilities in the south of the country.
10:55 As a result of the Russian strike on the local market in the village of Shevchenkove, Kupyansky district, Kharkiv region, one person died, rescuers continue to sort out the rubble, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
10:46 British intelligence reports that since June 2022, Russia will almost certainly use the latest Su-57 Felon for strikes on Ukraine, however, it limits their flights only to its territory, fearing losses. According to satellite images, five Su-57 aircraft are stationed at the Akhtubinsk air base, where the 929th flight test center of the Russian Federation is located.
Analysts believe that Russia is trying to avoid the reputational damage, reduced export prospects and compromised confidential technology that could result from the loss of the Su-57 in Ukraine. This indicates that the Russian Federation is still not inclined to risk its air force in a war, intelligence concludes.
10:34 The military and shipbuilders of the Russian Federation are trying to shift responsibility for bringing to a critical state the only Russian aircraft carrier - the heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, which is in disrepair. Currently, the ship is at the 35th shipyard in Murmansk, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. During the repair work, it turned out that the cruiser was not able to move on its own at all, and the critical condition of the ship's hull did not allow it to be moved even with the help of tugs.
The command of the fleet put forward penalties for 1.5 billion rubles to the management of the plant for failure to meet the deadlines for repairs and failure to fulfill the contract. In turn, the management of the enterprise said that the plant was not to blame for bringing the ship to a deplorable state. According to Ukrainian military intelligence, today there is not even an approximate date for the completion of the repair of Admiral Kuznetsov and his return to service.
10:11 In the Severodonetsk region, the situation remains difficult, Roman Vlasenko, head of the military administration of the Severodonetsk region, said: "Active hostilities continue in the Kremennaya area. Svatov and Belogorovka have been more or less calm lately. Winter and frosts have a positive effect on the movement of active hostilities "Our guys are pressing in the area of Dibrova and Krasnopopovka. We are waiting for the continuation of the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine."
09:55 In the morning, the Russians launched a missile attack on a local market in the Shevchenkovo village of the Kupyansky district of the Kharkiv region, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. The strike injured seven civilians, including a 13-year-old child.
09:37 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, three people were injured, the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich, said.
09:13 In the Lugansk region, the Russians organized mass raids on retail facilities in order to identify the facts of hryvnia settlements with the population, the OVA reported. The occupants demand that price tags be set only in rubles, which led to the transition of the population to non-cash payments. The enemy seizes the terminals and threatens with penalties. But the circulation of the hryvnia does not stop, only supermarkets adhere to innovations. Markets and small shops continue to accept hryvnia, in particular, to a bank card.
09:08 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two civilians were killed - in Bakhmut and Soledar. Two more people were injured in the region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
09:03 Stoltenberg urged to continue supporting Ukraine: "It is impossible to say when and how the war in Ukraine will end. But we know that most wars end at the negotiating table. Most likely, this one too. What Ukrainians can achieve at the negotiating table depends on their strength on the battlefield. Therefore, if we want a peaceful negotiated solution in which Ukraine survives as an independent democratic country in Europe, the fastest way to achieve this is to support Ukraine. Weapons, in fact, are the way to peace."
The NATO Secretary General added that the Ukrainian troops had inflicted heavy losses on Russia, but the Kremlin has again demonstrated its readiness to take great risks and incur heavy human losses: "They have already mobilized 200,000 additional troops. In addition, we know that they can get a lot of new material, and perhaps most importantly, there is no sign that Russia's ambitions have changed. It is dangerous to underestimate Russia."
08:44 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy as of the morning of January 9th.
- personnel - about 111,760 (+590) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3080 (+11),
- armored combat vehicles - 6147 (+17),
- artillery systems - 2069 (+4),
- MLRS - 434 (+3),
- air defense systems - 217 (+0),
- aircraft - 285 (+0),
- helicopters - 275 (+3),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1856 (+7),
- cruise missiles - 723 (+0),
- ships/boats - 16 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 4809 (+8),
- special equipment - 183 (+0).
08:23 Russia will leave Crimea as soon as the peninsula comes under the full fire control of Ukraine, Podolyak is convinced: "If we liberate the territory of the Luhansk, Donetsk or Zaporozhye regions, then Crimea will come under the total fire control of Ukraine. I do not quite understand what they will do Russians are there. They will understand that they have to run." According to him, Russia is already considering a plan to escape from the Crimea.
Also, the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office said that the Ukrainian authorities should not leave an unresolved conflict with Russia to the next generations: “It is not necessary that our children, who are sitting in bomb shelters today, pay another price in 3-5 years. So that they then die for the right of the state That's why we signed such a "contract" today - either we reach the end today, and then our children live in a cool country, or we have to look for another place in life, because then there will be no Ukraine."
08:11 The enemy is conducting offensive operations in Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Limansky and is trying to improve the tactical situation in the Kupyansky direction. In the Novopavlovsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson directions, the enemy is defending on previously occupied lines, carrying out engineering equipment for positions, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Stelmahovka and Chervonopopovka in the Luhansk region and Soledar, Krasnaya Gora, Podgorodnoe, Bakhmut, Klescheevka, Vodiane, Pervomayskoye, Krasnogorovka, Maryinka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region.
According to the General Staff, a significant amount of weapons and military equipment arriving in Belarus from Russia for training personnel has been removed from long-term storage and requires maintenance. It is also known that Belarusian servicemen are involved in the work on this technique.
There is a tendency towards a deterioration in the moral and psychological state of the enemy personnel. Thus, among the military of the 127th separate reconnaissance brigade stationed in Sevastopol, the opinion is spreading that the war will end on any terms.
05:22 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that the statement of the Russian Defense Ministry about the "retaliation operation" in Kramatorsk, during which 600 Ukrainian soldiers were allegedly destroyed, caused another wave of discontent in the Russian information space. Journalists visited the site of the impact in Kramatorsk and stated that it hit an empty school. After that, a number of Russian military correspondents and bloggers criticized the Russian Defense Ministry, since the department often makes fake statements.
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