The most important
- The Kremlin believes that the supply of Western tanks “prolong the suffering” of the Ukrainians.
- The UK plans to supply Kyiv with Challenger 2 heavy armored vehicles.
- The EU and NATO will intensify their cooperation against Moscow. The joint statement is to be signed today.
- The day after the Orthodox Christmas “truce”, Moscow took responsibility for the offensive in the East, especially the city of Kramatorsk, thereby ensuring the destruction of 600 Ukrainian soldiers by its army. Kyiv, for its part, condemns the Russian “communications operation” in the face of Ukrainian successes.
Scholz advances cautiously
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said last night that he was convinced of the need to coordinate the supply of weapons to Ukraine with the allies. Germany announced last week that it would provide Ukraine with Marder infantry fighting vehicles to help push back Russian troops. This announcement was made on the same day that the United States pledged to deliver the Bradley fighting vehicles and the day after a similar announcement from France. And pressure is mounting on Berlin to send its Leopard 2 battle tanks to Kyiv.
“Germany will not go alone,” Scholz said at an event for his Social Democratic Party.
The Netherlands supports opposition TV
The Netherlands Media Authority has issued a five-year broadcasting license to Russian independent television channel TV Rain after its license was revoked in Latvia on national security grounds.
TV channel Dozhd, or Dozhd, began broadcasting from Latvia and other countries in July after being forced to close its Moscow studio following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Kyiv announces a step towards EU membership
While the European Union and NATO are due to sign a joint declaration on Tuesday strengthening their cooperation, President Zelenskiy told Ukrainians last night that the EU-Ukraine summit on February 3 aims to “continue institutional convergence.” of our state” with the EU and “beginning of accession negotiations” with the Union.
Two Britons went missing near Soledar
Andrew Bagshaw and Christopher Parry, two British citizens who helped evacuate civilians in the Donetsk region, are officially missing.
They were last seen leaving Kramatorsk for Soledar at 8 am last Friday, and then the connection was lost around 5:15 pm on Saturday.
Elsewhere in Ukraine
“Russian strikes on Kherson and Ochakov, the cities of Donetsk and Kharkiv regions, constant terror against the border settlements of the Sumy region,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy specified, condemning that “every day of the Russian presence on Ukrainian soil is death, injury, pain and suffering” .
Moscow does not name the names of those killed in Makovka
On New Year’s Eve, Ukrainian forces bombed a school building in Makivka that served as quarters for Russian troops and their ammunition. Moscow acknowledged the deaths of 89 of its soldiers in the latest balance sheet for the week, which has not been updated despite the number of missing people.
On Telegram last night, the organizers of the Samara Protocol movement, which relays opposition to the war, denounced the fact that the military commissar of the Samara region, Alexei Vdovin, refused to publish the list of dead soldiers. It “could be used by foreign intelligence agencies,” he said, adding that “all information available in the military police departments is brought personally to the families of military personnel.”
“The absurd explanation proves once again that the military is afraid to tell people the truth, and the exact number of victims is much higher than that declared by the authorities,” Samara’s protocol says.
On the eastern front
The village of Bakhmutskoye and the city of Soledar are the scene of fierce fighting near Bakhmut, and Moscow has been trying for several months to capture this city at the intersection of logistics routes.
“I thank all our soldiers who defend Bakhmut (…) and the fighters in Soledar who resist new, even more brutal attacks by the occupiers,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy greeted last night in his daily address, assuring that his troops “gained additional time (… ) for Ukraine”.
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