Russia-Ukraine War: List of Major Events – Day 1063 | Russia-Ukraine war news

We present the main events that took place on the 1063rd day of Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Here’s the situation on Wednesday, January 22:

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• The Ukrainian Air Force said that Russia fired 4 missiles and 131 drones towards Ukraine during the night. The Air Force also said 72 of the drones were destroyed and 59 disappeared before reaching their targets.
• This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of Moscow and its troops Captured and destroyed 55 Ukrainian drones Night in six regions of Russia. Six drones were shot down in Voronezh, according to the region’s governor, Alexander Gusev, six days after the wreckage of another captured drone ignited an earlier fire. No injuries were reported.
• Kiev’s military has claimed responsibility for the attack on an aviation production plant in Russia’s Smolensk region, where “fighter aircraft (planes) are modernized and manufactured”, as well as in Voronezh, which resulted in a fire at a fuel depot. The General Staff of Ukraine said that the attacks were coordinated between drones and special forces.
• Russia’s state-run TASS news agency said Moscow forces had captured the village of Vovkove, a key supply hub for Kiev’s troops, just 10 km (6.2 miles) southwest of the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk. TASS reports that the Moscow army also captured Shevchenko, another village close to the center.
• Authorities in Russia’s Orenburg region have urged residents to take shelter from a possible attack by a Ukrainian drone. Russian strategic missile forces are located in the region.

• The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said that it detained the chief psychiatrist of the Ukrainian army on charges of corruption. The suspect is accused of failing to disclose nearly $1 million in “unfounded assets” that authorities have accumulated since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began.
• The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, visited the tank division and motorized rifle brigade fighting near the supply hub of Ukraine in Pokrovsk. The footage showed Gerasimov arriving by helicopter and presenting medals to the soldiers.
• Moscow’s air defense units destroyed 7 Ukrainian drones over Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, as well as 9 Ukrainian drones over Rostov in southern Russia. No casualties or damages are reported.
• According to the AFP news agency citing the spokesman of the Kiev army, 229 Ukrainian civilians still remain in the city of Chasiv Yar, which is under heavy Russian fire. Many of those still in the city are either elderly or disabled, AFP reports.

Politics and Diplomacy

• US President Donald Trump has said he plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and told reporters that Putin is “destroying Russia” by rejecting a ceasefire deal with Ukraine. Trump said he thinks “Russia is going to be in big trouble” and expressed concern about Moscow’s economy.
• Trump has warned Putin that he will impose new sanctions on Russia if the Kremlin abandons the ceasefire agreement with Ukraine. Trump also said the US is considering sending weapons to Ukraine, but added that the European Union must do more to support Kiev.
• Chinese President Xi Jinping made a video call Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said he and Putin discussed the prospects of a potential peace deal to end Moscow’s war with Ukraine. Ushakov said that the two leaders also touched on issues related to the Korean Peninsula, the Middle East, Syria and Taiwan.
• Turkey’s Anadolu Agency news agency quoted Ushakov as saying that the Trump administration has not yet contacted Moscow regarding the meeting. “We’re ready,” he said.

• Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told delegates that Europe should establish itself as a strong global leader, develop a joint defense policy and be ready to increase defense spending to ensure peace and security for itself. others.
• Zelensky also asked a question in his speech Trump’s commitment to NATO and European security, adding that Ukraine is trying to arrange a meeting with the US president.

• Zelensky said that Ukraine will not give in to Russia’s demands to reduce Kiev’s military potential in a future potential peace agreement. “That’s what he wants. We will not allow it,” Zelensky said in Davos.
• Zelensky also told delegates in Davos that at least 200,000 European peacekeepers would be needed as part of any settlement to end the war with Russia. “Otherwise, it’s nothing,” he said.
• TASS reports that Putin had a telephone conversation with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. It is reported that they discussed joint projects between the two countries, the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine.