The main developments on the 1061st day since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine are as follows.
Here’s what happened on Monday, January 20th:
finding
Russia has announced that it has opened a criminal investigation into the “cannibalistic massacre” of at least seven civilians in the village of Ruskoye Porechnoye in western Russia, which Ukraine has occupied since August last year. The body was reportedly discovered by Russian soldiers in the basement of a residential building. Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Shirsky said that the Ukrainian army is suffering from a lack of mechanized brigades. He also said the military’s mobilization capacity was “not sufficient” to cover the military’s needs, and that gaps would be filled “within reason” by deploying personnel with other expertise. He said there was. The General Staff of Ukraine accused the Russian military of using ammunition with banned chemicals inside Ukraine 434 times in December 2024, bringing the total number of such incidents documented since February 2023 to 5,389 It became. The Ukrainian Air Force announced that it shot down 43 of 61 Russian drone attacks in December 2024. Night raids targeted nine regions across Ukraine. No major damage or casualties were immediately reported. Russian forces have captured the village of Vozdvizhenka in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Interfax news agency reported, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense. According to a report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Russian troops recently occupied the Russian region of Kursk, where Ukrainian troops occupied part of the territory, as well as the Ukrainian regions of Kupyansk, Lyman, Chasiv Yar, Trestsk, Krahov and Velika Novosilka. marched into the area. According to ISW, Ukrainian forces have since regained lost positions in Chasiv Yar and Toretsk. ISW also said that Russian volunteer military detachments continue to strengthen the Russian military’s personnel by recruiting women to join the war effort.
military aid
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reiterated his appeal for “strong support” from Ukraine’s allies and the expansion of the U.S.-made Patriot air defense system. This follows more than 1,000 Russian aviation crimes in a week.
