The Ukraine war now lasts around eleven months.
In Kyiv, the next major offensive from Russia is already expected.
The news ticker.
Russian advance:
Village in Donetsk probably conquered after all.
Ammunition promised:
Australia and France want to deliver thousands of projectiles.
Offensive expected:
Jens Stoltenberg speaks of possible mobilization in Russia.
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+++ 5.15 p.m .:
According to Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the military administration of the Donetsk region, Russian forces shelled a residential area in the heavily contested city of Bakhmut.
Two civilians died, including a 12-year-old boy, he reports via Telegram.
At least five other people were injured, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office said.
The exact number of victims is still being determined.
Shops, pharmacies and other buildings were also damaged in the artillery attack.
Russia has been continuously attacking Bakhmut for over five months in a bid to occupy the entire Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine,
Ukrainska Pravda
reports .
The information cannot be independently verified.
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News in the Ukraine war: Russia reports advance – armored train “armed to the teeth”
+++ 3.30 p.m .:
According to their own statements, Russian troops have conquered a village in the Donetsk region.
It's now completely under control.
This was announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense in Moscow.
Earlier, the head of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, had claimed combat success for his units.
The capture of the Ukrainian side was not confirmed.
At the weekend, it was said from Kyiv that the attacks had been repelled.
The village lies north of the embattled city of Bakhmut.
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View of a church in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, through a bullet hole in a window.
(archive photo)
© Anatolii Stepanov/afp
According to the
dpa
, the Russian army is trying to bypass Bakhmut from the north and south in order to force the Ukrainian army to withdraw from the small town.
Both sides suffered heavy casualties.
However, the main supply route to the north-west is still under Ukrainian control.
The Russian Ministry of Defense also informed about the use of an armored train in the war zone.
The crew should be used for technical reconnaissance and mine clearance and destroy military targets in the air and on the ground.
"This massive armament complex allows soldiers to work even in the most difficult conditions," Russia said in a statement.
"This is a real armored train, armed to the teeth." The soldiers are armed with simple firearms and large-calibre equipment.
News from the Ukraine war: siren alarm - fighter jet takes off in Russia
+++ 1:45 p.m .:
Air raid sirens were triggered across Ukraine on Tuesday because a MiG-31 fighter plane had started in Russia.
This is reported by
Ukrainska Pravda
.
The sirens signal to the population that there is a risk of rocket hits, in which case a shelter should be sought or the two-wall rule should be followed.
In the latter, people are supposed to keep two walls without windows between them and the street.
Earlier, Air Force spokesman Yuri Ihnat said the rapid spread of air raid sirens in Ukraine indicated the risk of Kinzhal-type hypersonic missile attacks.
Belaruski Hajun
, an independent Belarusian military observation medium, also reported on the launch of a radar plane and escort fighter in Belarus.
News about the Ukraine war: Putin and Medvedev rail against the West
+++ 11.50 a.m .:
Dmitry Medvedev, a longtime ally of Vladimir Putin and currently Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, has boasted that the sanctions have little impact on the Russian economy.
On Telegram he wrote:
“Enemy countries do not have the courage to admit that their hellish sanctions have failed miserably.
They don't work.
The vast majority of industrial and consumer goods have been replaced by our own Russian brands and the missing ones by Asian brands.
So everything is the same as always: the Americans make money from a humiliated Europe.
Worn-out Europe endures and loses money.”
Medvedev went on to say that Russia will continue to use Western intellectual property "without licenses and without paying royalties for everything from films to industrial software."
News in the Ukraine war: breakthrough of Russian troops unlikely
Update from Tuesday, January 31, 10:15 a.m .:
According to British military experts, a significant breakthrough by the Russian troops in their war of aggression in Ukraine is currently unlikely.
This emerged from the daily intelligence update from the Ministry of Defense in London on Tuesday.
According to this, Russian commanders are currently trying to advance into the Ukrainian-held part of Donetsk Oblast.
"There is a realistic possibility that Russia will continue to make local territorial gains in the area," the statement said.
However, a significant breakthrough is unlikely given insufficient uncommitted troops.
News about the Ukraine war: Next major offensive from Russia expected
First report from Tuesday, January 31, 2023:
Kiev – “Russian terror must lose everywhere and in every respect: both on the battlefield and insofar as not a single ruin remains in our country,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday (January 30) stressed the importance of a holistic victory.
The Ukraine war has been raging for around eleven months. On February 24, 2022, Russian troops invaded Ukraine.
Most recently, the debate about Western military aid has been dominated by main battle tank deliveries.
Ukraine is now demanding fighter jets.
US President Joe Biden recently ruled out delivery.
News about the Ukraine war: Artillery ammunition assured
Experts regard the Ukraine war as the most material-intensive since the Korean War.
The procurement of artillery ammunition is always a problem.
France and Australia now want to supply Ukraine with artillery ammunition.
According to the information, the delivery should involve several thousand 155 mm caliber projectiles, as the
German Press Agency (dpa)
quoted the French Foreign Ministry as saying.
News in the Ukraine war: Russia seems to be preparing for an offensive
On the Russian side, ammunition problems also seem to be a problem.
Nevertheless, experts continue to assume that an offensive is imminent.
According to the Kyiv Independent
, NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday (January 30)
that Russia "will potentially mobilize more than 200,000 personnel and continue to procure arms and ammunition through increased domestic production and partnerships with authoritarian states such as Iran and North Korea".
(editorial with agencies)
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