by Andrea Nicastro, broadcast, and Redazione Online
Sunday 29 January War News live. Ukrainians in trouble in Bakhmut. Zelenskyy: We need long-range missiles
• The war in Ukraine reached the 340th day.
• Media: Kiev troops fighting near Bakhmut.
• Medvedev attacks Crosetto to get new weapons for Zelensky: Silly. The answer: I am helping an attacked nation.
• Moscow denounces: Ukrainian bombs on a hospital in Lugansk: 14 dead.
• Kyiv wants 24 modern jets, preferably US F-16.
• The Ukrainian government sanctions 182 Russian and Belarusian companies.
09:09 – Kyiv, accelerated talks on deploying long-range missiles
The Kiev authorities are conducting expedited talks with their allies over the supply of long-range missiles needed to prevent Russian bombing of Ukrainian cities.
This was stated by the Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak in a speech for the channel Freedom. We need missiles to destroy their supplies, said the president’s adviser. According to Podolyak, there are more than 100 Russian artillery depots on the Crimean peninsula alone.
09:01 – Zelenskyy fears a new Russian offensive in February
Ukraine is recruiting new soldiers, fearing another violent Russian offensive. Kyiv is convinced that the situation on the ground could deteriorate further by February 24, the first anniversary of the war.
Ukraine needs long-range missiles to prevent the invading army from placing their missile launchers on the front line. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his evening speech.
08:47 – Russian offensive in the east. Kyiv: 16 attacks repelled
Ukrainian forces repulsed 16 Russian attacks in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. This was reported by the Kyiv Independent, citing the General Staff of the Kyiv Armed Forces.
The Ukrainian army is said to have repelled Russian attacks near Dibrova and Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region (administrative district) and in towns such as Yampolivka, Bakhmut and Vuhledar in the Donetsk region. The General Staff also reported that the Russian army launched more than 32 airstrikes against the eastern part of the country yesterday.
08:02 – Kyiv sanctions 182 Russian and Belarusian companies
Ukraine has imposed sanctions on 182 Russian and Belarusian companies and three individuals, the latest in a series of moves by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to block Moscow and Minsk’s ties to his country.
Her assets in Ukraine are frozen, her property is used in our defense, Zelenskyy said in a video. The sanctioned companies are mainly engaged in cargo transportation, vehicle leasing and chemical production, according to the list published by the Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
05:17 – Kyiv defends Crosetto: Medvedev proves the “uselessness” of dialogue
If Italy hadn’t existed, then, as Pushchin puts it, “Petersburg would have been a poor city, with a spirit of slavery and a pale appearance,” giving delinquents no chance of becoming President of Russia… Medvedev with his teasing -provocative way he finally convinces Europe of the pointlessness of any talks with Russia. This is how Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Mikhaylo Podolyak comments on Twitter today’s question-and-answer session between Moscow and Rome, following the words of former Russian President Medvedev, who called Defense Minister Guido Crosetto a rare fool after announcing new military aid to Kyiv.
If not?? If there were, according to Pushkin, Petersburg as a “poor city, spirit of slavery, pale appearance” would not have given thugs a chance, ?? Presidents…
With his playful manner as a provocateur, Medvedev finally convinces Europe of the futility of any talks with ??…— ??????? ??????? (@Podoljak_M) January 28, 2023
05:09 – Scholz: We will do everything to avoid the Russia-NATO war
We will do everything possible. Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pledged that his government will do everything possible to prevent the war between Russia and NATO member states from escalating after Berlin approved the deployment of Leopard 2 tanks to Kyiv this week. We have done everything to prevent the Ukraine conflict from escalating into a war between Russia and NATO countries. We will do everything we can to prevent this, Scholz said in a joint press conference with Argentine President Alberto Fernndez at the Palazzo San Martín, the seat of Argentina’s foreign ministry.
On Wednesday, the Berlin government announced that it would deliver 14 Leopard 2A6 tanks and allow Allied tanks to be sent. Scholz told journalists that the conflict was between Russia and Ukraine, which does not prevent Germany or other countries from supporting Kyiv with humanitarian and financial aid or with arms deliveries. The German Chancellor admitted that the war in Ukraine was one of the topics of discussion with Alberto Fernndez, with whom he agreed on respecting the rules of international law. For his part, the Argentine President did not want to comment on the decisions of other countries, but I am sure that what I and the Foreign Minister want most is for peace to be restored as soon as possible.
05:02 – Crosetto replies to Medvedev: if they help like fools, then they are
If helping an attacked nation to defend its existence is “foolish” then they are. I would have done it with swapped parts. Medvedev is more concerned with ending the war. This is how Defense Minister Guido Cosetto responded on Twitter to the attack by Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev.
If? dumb? to help an attacked nation defend its existence, they are. I would have done it with swapped parts. Medvedev is thinking about ending the war.
— Guido Crosetto (@GuidoCrosetto) January 28, 2023
04:58 – Medvedev to Crosetto: send weapons to prevent WWIII? A rare fool at certain levels
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev attacked Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto for his comments about the need to send arms to Kyiv. There are not many fools in Europe’s power structures, the former Russian president wrote in Telegram, but a certain defense minister from a certain Italy called the delivery of armored vehicles and other weapons to Ukraine a thwart of World War III. A rare eccentric.
04:52 – NATO mechanics repair Kiev’s weapons and vehicles remotely from southern Poland
(Andrea Marinelli and Guido Olimpio) The news, often confused and shrouded in the fog of war, signaled the occupiers’ preparations in several directions. Continuous pressure on Bakhmut, operations on the southern front to try to protect the railway supply lines supplying Melitopol, creation of new trenches/positions tens of kilometers long, diversions to attack the Ukrainians, increased artillery rate of fire. Zelenskyy’s army is also trying to advance into the Kremmina region to cut off supply routes. (…) Logistics is the hardest knot, as we pointed out in yesterday’s notebook. An article in the Associated Press reports how NATO has set up a group of technicians at a base in southern Poland who are remotely linked to their Ukrainian counterparts. Using tablets, secure communications and other channels, mechanics can provide details on servicing Alliance-supplied parts, particularly guns that are subject to long-term wear and tear.
Read full military point here.
04:47 – Kyiv: We are targeting 24 modern jets, preferably US F-16
A spokesman for Ukraine’s Air Force, in an interview with El Pais quoted by the Kyiv Independent, said his country is aiming to receive 24 modern fighter jets from Western allies. The ideal delivery would be US F-16s, but Kyiv is also happy to accept French Rafale or Swedish Saab Gripens as an alternative.
04:41 – Media: Ukrainian forces in Bakhmut in trouble
Ukrainian armed forces are fighting for control of the strategic city of Bakhmut in Donetsk, writes the Guardian, citing military sources in Kyiv. According to this source, yesterday Russia hit 40 settlements with artillery fire near Bakhmut, a town that has been at the center of some of the most intense fighting in recent months. He added that Ukrainian forces are now struggling to hold the city after the Ukrainian army withdrew from the nearby town of Soledar last week. The Russians are destroying anything that can serve as cover, a source said. Ukrainian armed forces do not have enough artillery.
04:35 – Moscow: Ukrainian raid on a hospital in Lugansk, 14 dead
Moscow denounces a Ukrainian attack on a hospital in the Donbass that would have claimed many lives. Himars, who was fired by the Ukrainians, hit a hospital in Novoaidar, Lugansk, killing 14 and wounding 24, Russia’s Defense Ministry said, according to Interfax reports.
January 29, 2023 (change January 29, 2023 | 09:11)
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