On the occasion of the 321st day of the Russia-Ukraine War, we take a look at the most important developments.
Here is the situation on Tuesday, January 10, 2023:
Battle:
- A Russian missile hit a village market in Shevchenkove, Kharkiv, killing two people and wounding four, including a 10-year-old girl.
- The Kremlin expressed confidence in the Defense Ministry’s statement that 600 Ukrainian soldiers were “killed” in an attack on Kramatorsk.
- Ukrainian forces say they are repelling constant Russian attacks on Bakhmut and other cities in the eastern Donbass region.
- Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford, reporting from Kyiv, said there was heavy fighting around Bakhmut, particularly a few kilometers north of Soledar, a salt mining town that has been heavily contested in recent months.
- Russian-backed separatists in the eastern Donetsk region said they had captured a village near Bakhmut that Moscow has been trying to capture for months.
Diplomacy:
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied that a senior Russian official was discussing a possible peace deal with European officials.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy again condemned what he called Russia’s failure to honor a ceasefire it announced for the Orthodox Christmas by staging attacks on Ukrainian cities.
- Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed his satisfaction with the development of bilateral political dialogue and practical cooperation with China in a meeting with his newly appointed Chinese counterpart Qin Gang.
- United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Iran could contribute to war crimes in Ukraine by providing drones to Russia.
- The Kremlin said new shipments of Western arms to Kyiv would “deepen the suffering of the Ukrainian people” and would not change the course of the conflict.
- Russian and Ukrainian human rights commissioners are due to meet in Turkey later this week, likely to discuss further prisoner exchanges.
business
- About 76 percent of foreign companies continue to operate in Russia, said the head of Russia’s lower legislative chamber.
- Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Kyiv expects the European Union to include Russian state-owned nuclear power company Rosatom in its next round of sanctions.