Moscow is increasing its war potential at sea. According to Kiev, around 370,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the conflict began. In the United States, there are repeated clashes between the Biden administration and Republicans over aid for Ukraine.
The war in Ukraine, what is there to know?
dossier – Warpaths
Live news from the Ukraine-Russia conflict
8:43 p.m
Zelensky will be at the summit in Davos, Switzerland, tomorrow
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will travel to Switzerland tomorrow, where he will take part in the summit in Davos on Tuesday together with its President Klaus Schwab. This was reported by Ukrinform, citing the press office of the Ukrainian presidency. During the visit, Zelensky will meet President of the Confederation Viola Amherd.
On stage in Davos he will speak at an event entitled “Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fragmented World.” Discussions are also planned with the chairmen of both chambers of parliament and the chairmen of the parties.
7:21 p.m
Russia: Dissident poet Rubinstein dead: He was hit by a car
The Russian poet Lev Rubinstein, a dissident intellectual during the Soviet era and highly critical of the current president, died on Sunday at the age of 76, just days after he was run over in Moscow. His daughter announced it.
“My father, Lev Rubinstein, is dead,” Maria Rubinstein wrote in her Live Journal blog and was quoted by Russian media. On January 8, the poet was hit by a car while crossing a street in the capital and was hospitalized in very serious conditions.
According to the Moscow Department of Transport, the owner of the car was involved in 19 traffic violations in the last 12 months.
Rubinstein, born in Moscow in 1947, studied to be a librarian and was one of the figures in the Soviet underground literary scene of the 1970s and 1980s.
He is considered one of the founders of the “conceptualist” movement, which ridiculed the official doctrine of socialist realism. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, his fame grew, he published with several renowned publishers and worked as a journalist without hiding his criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In March 2022, he, along with other Russian writers, signed an open letter calling the Russian army's offensive in Ukraine a “criminal war” and criticizing the Kremlin's “lies.”
6:40 p.m
Pro-Putin pianist on tour in Italy. PD: “Too bad”
The 39 year old pianist Alexander Romanovsky, originally from Kharkiv, played in July 2022 in front of the ruins of the Mariupol Theater, which had been bombed by Russian forces three months earlier. An attack that, according to the Associated Press, claimed 600 lives, including many children, as the theater had been used as an air raid shelter since the start of the conflict.
The pianist was immediately spread on social media by Russian propagandists. Yesterday and today, pianist Romanovsky performed at the Piccinni Theater in Bari, sparking protests in the Ukrainian community. Senator Filippo Sensi from the Democratic Party explains: “Pianist Alexander Romanovsky toured with us and played on the rubble of the Mariupol Theater. An endless shame for the institutions that house him, all of them respectable of course. In Rome, in Apulia.” . This isn't music, no. It was a massacre, hundreds of dead.”
6:21 p.m
Tajani: “Working for peace in both Palestine and Ukraine”
“Ukraine’s independence is beyond question. We must work for peace both in Palestine and on the border between Ukraine and Russia. “I hope that Iran does not continue to send weapons or drones to Russia.” He said so Antonio TajaniDeputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, answered journalists in Zumpano (Cosenza), where the Provincial Congress of Forza Italia is taking place.
(curve) 4:57 p.m
Zakharova: “UN Security Council resolution on Red Sea does not recognize right to attack Yemen”
The UN Security Council resolution on the Red Sea does not recognize anyone's right to attack Yemen. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said this on the Russia-1 television channel. “There is no element in this resolution that suggests anyone has the right to conduct raids,” he said. What is meant is the allusion to attacks by the USA and Great Britain on targets of Houthi militiamen in Yemen.
12:47 p.m
Gazprom: We will send 40.5 million cubic meters of gas to Europe today
Russia's Gazprom announced it will deliver 40.5 million cubic meters of gas to Europe via Ukraine later today, the same amount delivered yesterday and equal to the 42.4 million cubic meters delivered on Friday.
12:37 p.m
Yermek from Davov: “If Ukraine loses, it will disappear”
A simple ceasefire would not end Russian aggression in Ukraine, but would simply give the aggressor a break to rebuild its forces. This is definitely not the path to peace. The Russians don't want peace. They want dominance. So the choice is simple: either we lose and disappear, or we win and live on. And we are fighting,” said the head of the Ukrainian presidential office Andriy Yermak from Davos, where President Volodymyr Zelensky is also expected. Ukrinform reported. Yermak emphasized that in Davos there was talk of “world order and justice”, “if international law and the territorial integrity of Ukraine are not restored, tomorrow there will be any aggressor anywhere in the world in a position to take part of any to take over the country and organize fake elections there. The peace that Ukraine seeks must guarantee its survival, integrity, sovereignty and development. And it must prevent the repetition of aggression,” he said. And he recalled that the peace formula presented by Kiev should be taken into account at the fourth meeting of national security and foreign policy advisers to heads of state in Davos.
11:13 a.m
The North Korean Foreign Minister will visit Russia from January 15th to 17th
North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui “will pay an official visit to the Russian Federation on January 15-17,” the official KCNA news agency reported at the invitation of her counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Earlier this month, the US accused Pyongyang of sending ballistic missiles and launchers to Russia, which it said represented a “significant and worrying escalation” in the North's support for Moscow's war effort. Pyongyang-supplied missiles with a range of about 900 kilometers were used by Russia in attacks on Ukraine. This is part of growing military and economic cooperation between Russia and North Korea, which has raised concerns in Washington, Seoul and Tokyo. South Korea in particular has accused Pyongyang of providing Moscow with more than a million artillery shells in return for advice on military satellite technology
09:55
In Russia, liberal priest Uminsky was punished for refusing to lead a victory prayer
In Russia, a well-known liberal priest faces expulsion from the Orthodox Church for refusing to read a prayer asking God to lead Russia in victory over Ukraine. The diocesan court decided this in a meeting yesterday, Saturday. The court declared that Father Alexei Uminsky, former rector of Moscow's Trinity Church in Khokhly, “violated the priestly oath by refusing to fulfill the patriarchal blessing of reading the prayer for Holy Russia during the Divine Liturgy.” Prayer that Vladimir Putin made obligatory during church services. The trial took place without the participation of Alexei Uminsky, who did not even appear at the two previous sessions; and now the decision must be approved by Patriarch Kirill, a staunch supporter of the Kremlin's decisions. In an interview last November, Uminsky said that the language of war and “special military operation” was “in no way compatible” with the church's liturgy; and had encouraged the faithful to seek priests who “pray more for peace than for victory and understand that every victory in these wars is always a Pyrrhic victory.” The prayer includes phrases such as: “Arise, O God, for your sake People, and give us victory through your power” and “For you are intercession, victory and salvation for those who trust in you, and to you we send glory.” “. It is not the first time that priests have done this punished for questioning the official line of the Orthodox Church. Priest Ioann Koval of the Church of St. Andrew the First-Called was expelled from ministry because he replaced the word “victory” with “peace” in the same prayer; then removed him an ecclesiastical court. In April 2021, Uminsky called on authorities to show Christian mercy and allow a doctor to visit anti-Putin blogger Alexei Navalny, who was on hunger strike at the time.
09:11
Russian bombings on Kherson. Kyiv: Six people injured
Six civilians were injured in the region Kherson, southern Ukraineduring yesterday's Russian bombings: the head of the regional military administration announced via Telegram, Oleksandr Prokudin, as Ukrinform reports. “In the last 24 hours, the enemy launched 103 attacks and fired 406 projectiles from mortars, artillery, Grad (multi-rocket launchers, editor's note), tanks, UAVs (drones, editor's note) and aircraft. The enemy fired 28 shells against the attacks city of Kherson… Six people were injured as a result of Russian aggression,” the message said. Prokudin added that the Russian army attacked residential areas of the region's settlements and port infrastructure
(bend) 07:30
Kiev: Around 370,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the start of the war
Around 370,000 Russian soldiers have been killed by Ukrainian forces since the conflict began. This was announced by the General Staff of the Kiev Armed Forces, Ukrinform reported. Yesterday alone there were over 840 deaths.
In its update on Moscow's losses so far, the army also recorded 329 fighter jets, 324 helicopters and 6,861 drones shot down. In addition, Kiev's forces claim to have destroyed 6,075 Russian tanks, bringing the total to 8,747
Artillery systems as well as 23 warships and boats, one submarine and 1,814 cruise missiles.
04:51
Zelensky: “We are preparing for the Davos Forum”
“We are already preparing for the Davos Forum. To present our position and capabilities.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on X that he will speak at the forum next Tuesday. The Ukrainian head of state specifies that the goal is to “leave a world in which there is stability and in which freedom means something for our own children,” but also “in which our values prevail and not the madness of this or that dictator.” .
03:25
Kiev: 13 Russian warships in the Black Sea
The Russian fleet group in the Black Sea has grown to 13 ships, including one with eight Kalibr cruise missiles on board. This is what the Ukinform agency writes, citing a statement by the Southern Defense Forces of Ukraine on Telegram. “Despite the storm, the enemy fleet group in the Black Sea increased to 13 ships, including five large landing ships and one surface missile carrier,” the report said. The Russian frigate “Admiral Makarov” entered combat service with eight “Klaibr” cruise missiles on board, the same source said.
00:42
Biden: If Republicans block aid to Kiev, they will have to “pay big”
US President Joe Biden said Republicans would have to “pay big” if they did not provide financial support to Ukraine.