Cover photo: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a European Union press conference in Kyiv. EFREM LUKATSKY v AP
- Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday, January 23, that changes would be made to senior government posts and regional positions. The Chair explained that certain decisions were made “today”. [lundi]others tomorrow” about positions “of different ranks within the ministries and in other central government structures as well as in the regions and within the law enforcement agencies”.
- Ukrainian and Russian officials reported shellingArtillery fire and clashes along the front line in the Kherson and Zaporizhia Oblasts on Monday, January 23, as well as “active hostilities near Bakhmout and Soledar” in the Donetsk Oblast.
- If Poland decides to supply Leopard tanks to Ukraine without German consent, Berlin will not objectannounced on Sunday, January 22, the head of German diplomacy Annalena Baerbock LCI Granted Interview. “I understood how important these tanks are, we are fully aware of that,” added Baerbock, who recently visited Kharkiv in north-eastern Ukraine. Poland and Finland have offered to supply leopards they own, but require official permission from Berlin for re-export.
- Germany also says it is waiting for a formal request from Poland. “At the moment the question has not been asked, but if we were asked, we would not oppose it,” said the minister.
- “The decision depends on many factors. and will be taken to the Chancellery,” emphasized the new German Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, in an ARD interview broadcast shortly after the interview with Ms. Baerbock.
- On Sunday, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki came to the table again, to call Berlin’s refusal to supply heavy tanks to Kyiv “unacceptable”. Poland has indicated that without a decision from Berlin, it could forego Germany’s approval.
- When it comes to the delivery of Leclerc tanks to Ukraine, “nothing is excluded,” says Emmanuel Macron. “As for the Leclercs, I’ve asked the Minister of Defense to work there. Nothing is ruled out and that is actually collectively appreciated,” Macron said on Sunday during a press conference in Paris with Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
- According to the Norwegian army, the war claimed 180,000 dead or wounded in the Russian ranks, 100,000 on the Ukrainian side. General Eirik Kristoffersen, interviewed by TV2, did not specify what these estimates were based on. Russia and Ukraine have not provided reliable reports of their casualties for months. In November, Mark Milley, chief of staff of the US Army, put the number of 100,000 dead or wounded in Russia and judged that Ukraine “probably” suffered corresponding losses.
- France and Germany promise to support Ukraine “as long” as necessary in a joint press release issued on Sunday at the conclusion of a Franco-German Council of Ministers in Paris. Paris and Berlin indicate that their assistance to Ukraine will focus in particular on the military and economic spheres.
- A senior Ukrainian ministry official suspected of embezzlement has been fired. “The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine orders the dismissal [Vassyl] Lozynkiy as Deputy Minister of Municipal, Territorial and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine,” Prime Minister Denys Chmyhal announced on Telegram on Sunday.
- Moscow speaks of progress towards two cities in Zaporizhia Oblast. The Russian army is advancing on two towns in the Zaporizhia administrative region (oblast) of southern Ukraine, where clashes with troops from Kyiv have intensified this week, an Israeli leader said on Sunday.
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