Important developments on the 1,066th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine include:
The situation on Saturday, January 25th is as follows.
finding
Russia’s Ministry of Defense claimed that its troops had invaded the strategically important Ukrainian town of Velika Novosilka after months of fighting.
Ukraine’s military said Russia launched 61 drones and two missiles into the country in overnight attacks, shooting down both the missiles and 46 drones. He said 15 other drones disappeared from radar without reaching their targets.
Moscow said it intercepted 121 Ukrainian drones, including 37 in Russia’s Bryansk, 20 in Ryazan, and 17 in the Kursk and Saratov regions. The Ukrainian military says Russian troops are not hindering troops in Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region as Russia seeks to cut off supply lines to Ukrainian defenders of the town. The area serves as an important logistics hub for the Ukrainian military in the region. Analysis by the Oryx project suggests that Russia has lost 20,000 units of military equipment since February 2022, with 15,051 units directly destroyed and 852 damaged in the conflict with Ukraine. is suggested. The BBC and independent outlet Media Zona have identified the names of 90,019 Russian soldiers who died in Ukraine, adding 1,964 names to that list since the last update in mid-January. Ukraine is in the final stages of drafting a recruitment reform that aims to allow people between the ages of 18 and 25, who are currently exempt from mobilization, to join the military to strengthen the country’s combat forces. Ukrainian military officials say reforms are needed because the country currently operates on a recruitment system inherited from the Soviet Union.
politics and diplomacy
Moldovan President Maia Sandu calls for talks with Ukraine’s Voldymyr Zelenky amid rising tensions in Transnistria, Moldova’s pro-Russian separatist enclave where Ukrainians visited Kiev. Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. Putin said he had always had a “pragmatic and trusting” relationship with Trump and supported his view that he was the real winner of the 2020 US election. Ukrainian President Voldymy Zelenskyy accused the Russian president of trying to manipulate Trump to ensure an end to the war on Moscow’s terms.
military aid
The United States froze all foreign aid for 90 days on Friday in an executive order halting development and military aid to Ukraine, including billions of dollars in weapons. Sales of U.S. military equipment to foreign governments surged 29% to a record $318.7 billion in 2024, the State Department said.
regional development
Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the central square of the Slovak capital to protest Prime Minister Robert Fico’s policy shift toward Russia. Rallies were also held in 20 other cities and approached the scale of protests held in 2018, forcing FICO from office. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, pardoned 15 prisoners two days before the election, which is expected to extend his more than 30 years in power. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has threatened to block the renewal of EU sanctions on Russia.
regional security
Denmark to discuss Arctic security with US, despite impassioned calls between Donald Trump and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, despite US president saying he wants Greenland Agreed.
economy
Trump reiterated his call for the organization of oil exporting countries (OPEC) to lower oil prices to hurt oil finances and end the war in Ukraine. The leader of Moldova’s separatist Transdniestria region, which has been cut off from gas and heating, said on Friday that the country’s remaining gas reserves would be empty within days after Moscow’s Gazprom ended shipments.
