Russia-Ukraine War: List of Major Events, Day 1,052 | Russia-Ukraine war news

We present the main events that took place on the 1052nd day of Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Here’s the situation on Saturday, January 11:

Struggle

• Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti reports, citing investigators, that two people were killed and two others were injured as a result of an attack on a supermarket in Ukraine’s Russian-controlled Donetsk region. war in ukraine grinds on it.
• Denis Pushilin, who heads the Russian-controlled parts of Donetsk, said that he “confirmed the information” that 4 people were wounded in the attack. He accused the Ukrainian army of firing US-supplied HIMARS missiles into the territory of the supermarket in the morning rush hours.
• Yevgeniy Pervyshov, the head of Tambov region, said that medical aid was provided to those injured due to the broken windows of two houses in the city of Kotovsk, located about 480 km southeast of Moscow.
• The Russian Defense Ministry also said that overnight it captured and destroyed 85 Ukrainian drones in several regions of the country, including 31 over the Black Sea, 16 each in Voronezh and Krasnodar regions, and 14 over the Sea of ​​Azov.
• The Air Force of Ukraine said that Russia launched 74 drones overnight, 47 of them were shot down, and 27 disappeared from the radar before reaching their targets.
• A source in the Ukrainian security service said that as a result of a Ukrainian drone and missile attack, a Russian ammunition depot and a drone depot were hit. A source in the SBU security service said that a joint operation was launched with the naval forces.
• Russian officials said that an industrial facility near the village of Chaltyr in the Rostov region, bordering with Ukraine, caught fire as a result of an attack by drones, but did not provide detailed information.

Shadow fleet

• Germany has said its heavy-duty tanker adrift off its northern coast is part of a “shadow fleet” used by Moscow to evade sanctions on oil exports. The 274-meter-long Eventin, carrying about 100,000 tons of oil, was reported to have drifted in the Baltic Sea and was “unable to maneuver.”

Sanctions

• United States and Great Britain have implemented additional sanctions Against Russia’s energy sector to further limit funding for Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Sanctions were also imposed on two Russian marine insurance providers: Ingosstrax and Alfastrakhovanie.
• US President Joe Biden said that the new sanctions imposed on Russian oil will have a great impact on the Russian economy. Biden also spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and said that he thinks there is a “real chance” that the Ukrainians can win over Russia because of the cost of this war to Moscow.
• “It is now clear that President (Vladimir) Putin’s war against Ukraine has been a disaster for Russia. “Thanks to the courage and determination of the Ukrainian people and the support of the United States, Russia has not been able to achieve any strategic goals in Ukraine,” the White House said in a statement.

• The Russian insurance company Ingostrax said that the US sanctions will increase the risk of an environmental disaster. “The withdrawal of Ingosstrax from the market inevitably creates a gap that will be filled by flying insurers who have no ability or intention to comply or pay claims,” ​​he said.
• “Gazprom Neft”, which is subject to the sanctions of Great Britain, said that it will continue its activities and maintain the stability of its business despite the measures it calls “groundless, illegal and contrary to the principles of free competition”.
• Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he will hold talks with Putin after Washington announced sanctions against a number of energy companies, including a Serbian firm. Oil Industry of Serbia (NIS), owned by Russia’s Gazprom Neft and its parent company Gazprom, is the sole supplier of gas to Serbia and the main owner of both gas pipelines that transport gas from Russia to domestic and industrial areas in Serbia.

Military aid

• The German government is divided over whether to approve $3.1 billion in new military aid to Ukraine, Spiegel weekly reports.
• Ukraine received $3.1 billion from the European Commission as part of a major aid package promised by the Group of Seven (G7) leading economies. The G7 and the European Union aim to provide Ukraine with a $50 billion loan secured by interest income on Russian state assets frozen in the West.

Regional tension

• The EU’s Aviation Safety Agency said that the downing of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane shows that flying over Russia during the war in Ukraine poses a “high risk” to civilian flights. The agency renewed its advice to airlines to avoid flights over western Russian airspace.
• According to a document seen by the DPA news agency, the German government will offer to allow the military to shoot down suspected drones flying illegally in the country under certain conditions.

• Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said Poland had identified a Russian group tasked with influencing Polish elections by fomenting disinformation and instability. Warsaw says its role as a supply hub for Ukraine has made it a target for spies working for Russia and its ally Belarus, as well as acts of sabotage.
• Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria region said it was “confident” it would help Russia deal with an unprecedented energy crisis triggered by Moscow’s gas cut last week.
• Transnistria has extended its state of emergency for another month as it struggles with an energy crisis after losing access to Russian gas, which has fueled its economy for decades.
• In various cities of Slovakia, thousands of people protested against the Ukrainian policy of the left-wing populist Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico. Demonstrators accused Fico of taking a pro-Russian course and “betraying” Western allies and neighboring Ukraine.

Politics

• President Biden’s administration has renewed deportation relief that currently covers 900,000 immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine and Sudan, delaying President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to change those protections.