Last updated: 15.01.2024, 04:48 a.m.
By: Franziska Schwarz
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Ukrainian President Zelensky is discussing the "peace formula" in Davos - meanwhile, on the battlefields there are record losses in the Russian Armed Forces.
- Heavy losses: Over 5,000 dead Russian soldiers in one week?
- Banned chemical weapons: General Staff makes accusations against Vladimir Putin's army
- Ukraine conference in Davos: Volodmyr Zelensky discusses "peace formula"
- The information processed here comes from international media and news agencies, but also from the warring parties Russia and Ukraine and their allies. In particular, the information on losses of the armies involved in the Ukraine war cannot be independently verified.
Update of January 14, 21:28: According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian army, 86 combat operations took place on the Russian-Ukrainian war front today, Sunday, as reported by Ukrainska Pravda. 22 attacks were repelled on the Avdiivka front, 15 on the Marinka front and 14 on the Lyman front. In total, Russian soldiers launched three missile strikes and 60 air strikes, firing 45 times with MLRS at positions of Ukrainian troops.
During the day, the Ukrainian Air Force attacked four areas where military personnel, weapons and military equipment of Russian soldiers are concentrated. Air defense forces also destroyed a Kh-59 air-to-surface missile.
Setback for Putin in Ukraine war: Russia's latest electronic warfare system destroyed
Update January 14, 20:25 p.m.: For the first time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have destroyed a unit of the latest Russian electronic warfare system "Bylina" RB-109A, as reported by the Ukrainian news portal UA News. A video published on X, formerly Twitter, among others, shows the destruction of a vehicle equipped with this equipment. The Russian army planned to put the "Bylina" into service only in 2025. However, she was delivered earlier due to military needs and losses.
Losses for Putin in Ukraine war: High-ranking Russian commander killed in air strike
Update, January 14, 17:11 p.m.: In the Ukrainian attacks on the Saki airfield on January 5-6, Alexander Chernobrivyy, a lieutenant colonel in the Russian Armed Forces, was apparently killed. The officer was deputy commander of the 43rd Marine Assault Aviation Regiment. This is reported, among others, by the portal Nexta.
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According to a recent report by Euronews, Ukrainian authorities stated that the Saki airfield was successfully attacked in a night attack. Ukrainian Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk wrote on his Telegram channel: "Saki airfield! All targets have been hit!" Russian officials have not yet commented on the alleged attack.
Russian soldiers fire projectiles in Luhansk in eastern Ukraine. (Archive photo) © Stanislav Krasilnikov/Imago
Russia's current situation in the Ukraine war: Significant impact on the Russian healthcare system
Update from January 14, 15:50 p.m.: According to reports, the Ukraine war is expected to have severe consequences for the Russian healthcare system. In an intelligence update, the British Ministry of Defense said that civilians are most likely feeling the impact of the war on health care. Russian media have recently increasingly reported that the general population of Russia has problems getting easy access to hospital services, medicines or antibiotics.
Huge losses in the Ukraine war: Russia loses 5,270 soldiers in one week
Update January 14, 14:26 p.m.: According to Ukrainian authorities, Russia may have lost over 5,000 troops this week. Russian forces continue to suffer heavy losses in the ongoing fighting. In addition, Kyiv reported that 58 Russian artillery systems were destroyed and 49 drones were put out of action. Newsweek, among others, reports on this.
The total number of Russian casualties in the Ukraine war still remains uncertain, with the figures provided by Ukraine being higher than other estimates. At the end of October, British defense officials announced that Russia's losses could amount to up to 190,000 men, including killed and permanently wounded. However, this figure does not include the mercenaries of the Wagner Group.
Problem for Ukraine in the war against Russia: Lancet drones as a danger
Update from January 14, 12:53 p.m.: Drones are shaping the Ukraine war. Expert Ulrike Franke has now told IPPEN. "The Lancet drones are indeed a problem for Ukraine," said Franke of the renowned think tank European Council on Foreign Relations.
Setback for Russia: Ukraine probably takes out drone "killers"
Update from January 14, 11:41 a.m.: Currently, Russia is repeatedly covering Ukraine with particularly heavy air strikes. Especially with regard to unmanned aerial vehicles, there is currently an "arms race", in which Russia recently caught up in the "First Person View" drone war. Now, however, the military of Kremlin chief Putin is said to have lost a drone "killer".
Missiles and drones lost in Ukraine war: Pentagon misses weapons
Kyiv – Ukraine's peace plans begin today in Davos. Meanwhile, in Ukraine itself, there are fears of new Russian attacks. Most recently, the Russian army had repeatedly shelled Ukraine with dozens of missiles, cruise missiles and drones within a few hours.
Meanwhile, it has become known that the US Department of Defense has apparently not sufficiently tracked arms deliveries to Ukraine in recent months: the Pentagon is missing weapons worth 1,7 billion, according to a report.
Chemical weapons in the Ukraine war? General Staff makes accusations against Russia
Ukraine is now accusing Russia of the increased use of banned tear gas in the Ukraine war. Since the beginning of the war, 626 cases have been counted, the Ukrainian General Staff said. In the first days of January 2024, there were 51 cases - with an increasing trend of up to ten attacks a day.
In war, the use of tear gas is prohibited by the Chemical Weapons Convention, to which Russia is also a signatory. There were no independent confirmations of the Ukrainian data. The U.S. Institute for the Study of War (ISW) picked up on the information in a report on Saturday evening, but did not cite additional sources.
Ukraine war: Conference in Davos begins – hail of missiles from Russia
The government of President Volodymyr Zelensky will discuss the future of Ukraine this Sunday (14 January) in the Swiss ski resort of Davos with government representatives from around 80 countries. The focus is on Zelensky's so-called peace formula for the Ukraine war. The Ukrainian president first received the new French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné in Kyiv on Saturday. (with news agency material)