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Putin's troops conquer more villages in the Ukraine war.
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Current
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: Russia continues to suffer high losses
Factory
on fire: Fire in Russian plastic factory after alleged explosion
Missing
ammunition
: Ukraine speaks of an “urgent problem”
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 suffered by the armies involved in the Ukrainian war cannot be independently verified.
Update from January 18th, 9:57 p.m.:
Ukraine is seeking contact with China.
A telephone conversation is currently being planned between President Volodymyr Zelensky and his counterpart from Beijing, Xi Jinping.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said this in an interview with Bloomberg TV.
This should also be about the “peace formula” developed by Kiev for Ukraine.
Since Russia's attack on Ukraine, there has only been one contact at the highest level between the countries: in April 2023. China has been considered one of Vladimir Putin's allies since the Ukraine war.
Update from January 18th, 9:18 p.m.:
There were more than 100 combat operations on the war fronts in Ukraine over the course of Thursday.
The Ukrainian General Staff reported this in its evening situation report.
There were 48 air strikes and 38 multiple rocket launcher attacks from the Russian side.
Ukraine also attacked five Russian military bases and weapons depots in several air strikes and hit a command post of the Russian armed forces in a rocket attack.
In addition, dozens of Russian attacks were repelled on the war fronts near Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut and Avdiivka.
Update from January 18th, 7:01 p.m.:
In the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, Russian troops have taken over the town of Vesele.
This is reported by the British
Guardian
and refers to reports from the Russian Ministry of Defense on Thursday.
Details about the site's alleged occupation or tactical role are unknown.
According to the newspaper's research, it is a village with around a hundred residents about 20 kilometers northeast of Bakhmut.
A Ukrainian soldier on duty at the front near Zaporizhzhia.
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Missing ammunition in the Ukraine war: Defense Minister Umyerov explains problems
Update from January 18th, 5:34 p.m
.: Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umyerov said that the forces on the battlefield are lacking ammunition.
Ukraine's artillery capabilities need to be increased, Umyerov said
at the opening of the artillery coalition in Paris, according to
Ukrainsksa Pravda .
“The shortage of ammunition is an extremely urgent problem that our armed forces are currently facing.
We have to find a way to solve this problem together,” the minister appealed to the world public.
According to Umyerov, the reality of this war is that Russia has a huge advantage over Ukrainian forces in daily artillery strikes.
“In different sections of the line of contact and at different stages of hostilities, they fired five to ten times more artillery shells than the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” the minister emphasized.
Increasing Ukraine's artillery capabilities would significantly improve its strategic position.
“This will give us many more opportunities for sustained progress on the battlefield.
And that will bring our victory closer,” he said.
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New casualty figures for Russia: 780 dead or injured soldiers in the last 24 hours
Update from January 18th, 4:24 p.m.:
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has published new figures on Russia's losses in the Ukraine war.
According to this, around 373,600 Russian soldiers have been seriously wounded or killed since hostilities began, 780 of them in the last 24 hours alone.
Here is an overview (as of January 17th):
Soldiers
: 373600 (+780 on the previous day)
Tanks
: 6147 (+21)
Armored vehicles
: 11,410 (+38)
Artillery systems
: 8835 (+24)
Multiple rocket launchers
: 966 (+2)
Air defense systems
: 653 (+3)
Aircraft
: 331 (+2)
Helicopter:
324 (+0)
Drones
: 6,925 (+41)
Cruise missiles
: 1818 (+1)
Warships
: 23 (+0)
Submarines
: 1 (+0)
Tanker trucks and other vehicles
: 11,794 (+39)
Special Equipment
: 1380 (+13)
Source:
Ukrainian General Staff dated January 18th.
The information about Russian losses comes from the Ukrainian army.
They cannot be independently verified.
Russia itself does not provide any information about its own losses in the Ukraine war.
Russia bombs cities in southern Ukraine (Zaporizhia)
Update from January 18th, 3:12 p.m
.: The Russian armed forces have bombed a town in the southern Ukrainian Zaporizhzhia Oblast and hit a residential building.
As Yurii Malashko, head of the military administration of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, reported on Telegram, “Russian terrorists” began six airstrikes on the city of Orikhiv at around 1:15 p.m. local time.
“Enemy bombs hit commercial buildings and a high-rise building.
The entire entrance area was destroyed.” According to Malashko, there is no information about victims yet, according to
Ukrainska Pravda
.
Update from January 18th, 1:21 p.m
.: The Russians continue to bomb the city of Kherson from the temporarily occupied left bank of the Dnipro River in the Ukraine war.
Roman Mrochko, the head of the city's military administration, reported this on Telegram.
Accordingly, explosions occurred in various parts of the city.
Mrochko urged residents to be careful and seek shelter.
Ukraine's defense minister cancels trip to France "for security reasons."
Update from January 18th, 12:09 p.m
.: Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umierov canceled a trip to France at the last moment for “security reasons”.
This is reported by
Le Monde
, citing the official statement from the French Ministry of Defense, which is available to the editorial team.
The statement, which was sent to the media on the evening of January 17, said that Umierov canceled the planned trip on January 18 "for security reasons" and would take part in the events via video conference with his French counterpart Sébastien Lecornu.
Ukraine War: Ukrainian military intelligence attacks important oil storage facility in Russia
Update from January 18th, 10:27 a.m
.: According to a
Ukrainska Pravda
source in Ukraine's military intelligence, an oil storage facility was targeted during the night in the Russian Leningrad Oblast during a drone attack in the Ukrainian war.
It was a military intelligence operation “in which modern Ukrainian assets were involved,” said the source.
Data collection continues and there are confirmed attacks on targets.
Kiev reports air strikes in Ukraine war: 22 of 33 drones shot down
Update from January 18th, 8:35 a.m.:
Ukraine has also reported air strikes again.
The Ukrainian air defense system shot down 22 of 33 drones on Thursday night, the air force said in Kiev.
Some drones did not reach their targets, it was said.
Russia primarily attacked the eastern and southern regions of the country.
A rocket attack was also reported on the eastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv - from the Russian Belgorod region.
The Russian authorities, in turn, reported drone and missile fire from the Ukrainian side.
Ukrainian drones shot down over Moscow region: Air defense repels attack in Ukraine war
Update from January 18, 7:45 a.m.:
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, air defense units intercepted a Ukrainian drone over the Moscow region and a second over the Leningrad region.
The incidents occurred around 1:30 a.m. (local time), the ministry explains via the short message service Telegram.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin had previously announced via Telegram that air defense units had shot down a drone heading for Moscow.
Debris fell to the ground, but there was no damage or injuries.
Ukraine war: Russia fends off attacks
Update from January 17th, 11:21 p.m.:
According to its Defense Ministry, Russia has intercepted Ukrainian missiles and drones in the southern Russian region of Bryansk.
Domestic air defense destroyed two tactical missiles and intercepted three drones in the area, the ministry said.
Poland is working on a new aid package and arms deliveries for Ukraine in the war against Russia
Update from January 17th, 8:05 p.m.:
The new government in Poland is said to be working on a further aid package for Kiev in the Ukraine war, reports the
Reuters
news agency .
Ukraine's ally would also work to produce more ammunition and military equipment, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said at the World Economic Summit in Davos.
Ukraine uses “FrankenSAM” against Russian drones
Update from January 17th, 7:15 p.m.:
When defending against Russian drones, Ukraine is relying on home-made air defense in the war against Russia, according to
Kyiv Pos
t.
The “FrankenSAM” project combines old Soviet equipment with modern Western missiles – and with success.
Heavy losses for Russia in Krynky: Fighting on the Dnipro takes toll
Update from January 17th, 5:15 p.m.:
For more than 90 days, heavy fighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops has been taking place almost every day at the Dnipro bridgehead near the Ukrainian city of Krynky.
What is said to have started as a “suicide mission” by Ukrainian troops, the fighting caused heavy losses among Russian troops.
Russia has now even started using tank units as towing teams, reports the
Kiev Post.
According to Kiev Post
, expert estimates
suggested that the Russian army's losses were five to fifteen times greater than those of the Ukrainians.
Russia attacks city near Kherson in Ukraine war
Update from January 17th, 4:10 p.m.:
The Russian army attacked the city of Beryslaw in Ukraine.
According to the head of the military administration of Kherson Oblast, Oleksandr Prokudin, three people were injured in the attacks on the city in Kherson Oblast.
“A 60-year-old woman suffered blast and head injuries.
Her 62-year-old husband suffered similar injuries,” said Prokudin.
Plastics factory goes up in flames in Russia: possible air strike in the Ukraine war as the cause
Update from January 17th, 1:08 p.m.:
According to official information, a plastics factory went up in flames in the south of Russia, near the border with Ukraine, reports the
dpa
.
After the fire, the governor of the Rostov region, Vasily Golubev, said on his Telegram channel that “according to preliminary information,” there would be no deaths.
However, two people were injured.
Videos and images of the incident were shared multiple times on social media.
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov travels to New York
Update from January 17th, 12:20 p.m.:
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will travel to New York for the UN Security Council meetings from January 22nd to 24th.
Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced on Wednesday (January 17) in Moscow that he primarily wanted to take part in the debates on the Middle East and Ukraine.
The Middle East should be about finding ways out of the comprehensive crisis caused by the escalated conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
Ukraine war: Ukraine fends off Russian drones
Update from January 17th, 10:10 a.m.:
The Ukrainian army says it fended off 19 of 20 Russian attack drones during the night.
Russia has launched 20 Iranian-made drones from the Russian region of Primorsko-Akhtarsk against Ukraine, the Ukrainian Air Force said in online services.
Two S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles were also fired from the Russian border region of Belgorod near Kharkiv.
Heavy Russian losses in the Ukraine war
Update from January 17th, 8:15 a.m.:
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has announced new details about Russia's losses in the Ukraine War.
According to this, around 372,820 Russian soldiers have been seriously wounded or killed since hostilities began, 730 of them in the last 24 hours.
Here are the numbers in summary (as of January 17th):
Soldiers
: 373,600 (+780 on the previous day)
Tanks
: 6147 (+121
Armored vehicles
: 11,410 (+38)
Artillery systems
: 8835 (+24)
Multiple rocket launchers
: 966 (+2)
Air defense systems
: 650
Aircraft
: 329
Helicopters:
324
Drones
: 6,925 (+41)
Cruise missile
: 1817
Warships
: 23
Submarines
: 1
Tanker trucks and other vehicles
: 11,794 (+39)
Special equipment
: 1367
Source:
Ukrainian General Staff dated January 17th.
The information about Russian losses comes from the Ukrainian army.
They cannot be independently verified.
Russia itself does not provide any information about its own losses in the Ukraine war.
Ukraine war: Russia attacks the port city of Odessa
First report from January 17th:
Kiev - Russia attacked the Ukrainian port city of Odessa on the Black Sea with attack drones on the night of Wednesday (January 17th), according to the regional military administration.
The military administration said on Telegram that residential buildings were damaged and at least three people were injured in the attack.
A 62-year-old man suffered a shrapnel wound, and two women born in 1955 and 1995 were also wounded.
Around 130 civilians also had to be evacuated from damaged apartments, it said.
The information could not initially be independently verified.
Ukraine War: Many injured after Russian rocket attack on Kharkiv
At least 17 people were injured in a Russian rocket attack on Kharkiv.
“Two women are seriously injured,” said the military governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleh Synjehubov, on his Telegram channel late Tuesday evening.
Twelve other people were taken to hospital.
Accordingly, two repurposed S-300 anti-aircraft missiles landed in the city center of the city with over a million inhabitants.
Mayor Ihor Terekhov complained that the rockets hit a place where there are many residential buildings.
The authorities also speak of damage to civil infrastructure.
Ukrainian missiles and drones repelled over Belgorod
Russia claims to have repelled several Ukrainian projectiles over the Belgorod border region on Wednesday night.
The Ministry of Defense in Moscow announced on Telegram in the early hours of the morning that there were seven missiles and four drones.
This information could not be independently verified either.
Initially nothing was known about the damage or injuries.
On Tuesday night, the Russian Air Force had already repelled several projectiles over Belgorod and the Voronezh region.
Ukraine war: Putin warns Ukraine that its statehood will end
Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Kiev to make territorial concessions on Tuesday.
Putin said that no one could force Russia to give up the territories it has conquered so far.
“Everyone understands that this is not possible.” The Kremlin chief once again described Ukraine’s counteroffensive to retake territory as a failure.
Putin accused the Ukrainian armed forces of shelling Russian border regions, such as the Belgorod region, in order to distract from their own failure.
In addition, the Western sponsors who give money, weapons and ammunition should be shown that Ukraine is capable of responding to Russian attacks.
Ukrainian statehood is threatened with an “irreparable blow” as a result of the actions of the leadership in Kiev, Putin said on Tuesday at a meeting with representatives of municipalities broadcast on state television.
(With agency material)