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Russia’s war against Ukraine
The aftermath of the alleged drone strike against the town of Gatchina in Leningrad Oblast on Jan. 10, 2025. (Astra Telegram channel)
Ukraine and Russia not prepared for peace talks, White House says. U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that neither Russia nor Ukraine is currently prepared for negotiations to end the war, according to his comments at a briefing on Jan. 10.
Ukrainian drones reportedly hit industrial site near St. Petersburg in attack on multiple Russian oblasts. Russian air defense forces reportedly intercepted 40 Ukrainian drones throughout the night, Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed.
Incoming Trump peace envoy postponed Ukraine visit over legal reasons, Kyiv confirms. The visit is now expected to occur after President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20.
Ukraine conducts ‘precision strike’ on Russian army command post in Donetsk Oblast, General Staff claims. Ukrainian forces struck a Russian army command post in Svitlodarsk in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on Jan. 10.
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Ukrainian forces defending Kurakhove thermal power plant amid intense fighting in Donetsk Oblast, military says. Kurakhove has become one of the focal points of the Russian offensive in Donetsk Oblast over the past few months.
Kremlin ‘welcomes’ Trump’s ‘readiness’ for talks on Russia’s war in Ukraine. Donald Trump said on Jan. 9 that Vladimir Putin wants to meet with him, and that preparations for a meeting are underway.
Ukrainian lawmakers move to dismiss Energy Minister, MP Zhelezniak reports. Members of the Verkhovna Rada Energy Committee led by MP Inna Sovsun, have initiated a resolution to dismiss Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko, Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak announced on Jan. 10.
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As Russia cuts Transnistria from gas, stranded locals search for someone to blame
Gas storage in Russian-occupied region of Transnistria will last another 24 days after the halt of Russian supplies, local authorities said on Jan. 8.
Many of the 360,000 people in Transnistria have already had their gas, electricity, and water cut since the start of the year, following the end of Russian gas shipments through Ukraine and Moscow’s decline to use alternative routes to maintain the region’s energy supply intact.
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Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian Neptune missile hits Russian drone warehouse in Rostov Oblast, SBU source claims
Ukraine struck a Russian warehouse storing ammunition and reconnaissance drones using a domestically-made Neptune missile overnight on Jan. 10, a source in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) told the Kyiv Independent.
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Human cost of war
Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 3, injure 19 over past day. Russian forces launched 72 drones at Ukraine overnight, according to Ukraine’s Air Force.
International response
EU provides Ukraine with $3 billion, first tranche of loans from bloc backed by Russian frozen assets. “This is the first tranche of funds from the European Union, secured through income from frozen Russian assets,” Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
Scholz blocks proposal for $3 billion arms package for Ukraine, Spiegel reports. The initiative reportedly included the provision weapons including three additional Iris-T air defense batteries, 10 howitzers, and more artillery ammunition.
Japan’s new sanctions are ‘significant blow to Russia’s military-industrial complex,’ Zelensky says. The new measures targeted individuals and entities from Russia, China, the United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand, Turkey, and North Korea.
US, UK impose sweeping sanctions on Russia’s oil sector, target shadow fleet. “The United States is taking sweeping action against Russia’s key source of revenue for funding its brutal and illegal war against Ukraine,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said.
UK PM Starmer plans Ukraine visit to discuss peacekeeping mission, Bloomberg reports. This would mark Keir Starmer’s first visit to Ukraine since becoming prime minister.
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In other news
‘Breakthrough’ — Poland, Ukraine reach agreement on Volyn tragedy exhumations, PM Tusk says. “I would like to thank the ministers of culture of Poland and Ukraine for their good cooperation. We are waiting for further decisions,” Donald Tusk wrote in a post on X.
Pro-Russian Bulgarian politician demands return of ‘historically Bulgarian’ Southern Bessarabia region of Ukraine. Kostadin Kostadinov, leader of Bulgaria’s pro-Russian Revival party, has fueled Kremlin narratives by claiming that Southern Bessarabia, part of Ukraine’s Odesa Oblast, should be returned to Bulgaria.
EU issues new alert for planes flying in Russian airspace. The move comes after the downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane last month.
Russian elite ‘disappointed’ about Putin’s handling of war in Ukraine, Meduza reports. Citing ten Russian officials, Meduza said the state of the country’s economy was a particular “point of tension.”
Citing Russia’s war in Ukraine, Norway plans to resume construction of civilian bomb shelters. No bomb shelters have been built in Norway since 1998.
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