13:39
“The right time for Ukraine to take the lead”
“Now is the time to step up and move faster and faster” in giving Ukraine the support it needs, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said in a column in British tabloid The Sun. “Today the Russian army is on the defensive. Morale is pitiful. The losses are immense. Large amounts of vehicles and equipment were destroyed.
The troops lack precision weapons”, listed the minister, affirming that it was “so the right time for Ukraine to take the advantage”.
13:28
Interview on the tarmac
“I hope that our fighters will still delight us more than once with their military results,” Putin also said in his interview. The Russian president was questioned on the tarmac of an airport, near the presidential plane. He was answering the question of a journalist from the Rossia-1 channel asking him about the “news coming from Soledar”, which the Russian army said on Friday that it had conquered.
12:22
The dynamics of the Russian offensive are “positive”, according to Vladimir Putin
In an interview this Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he found “positive dynamics” in the military operation his country is pursuing in Ukraine and the Donbass. The Russian leader added that the operation is going “exactly as planned” during an interview with the Rossiya-1 television channel.
11:40
Catherine Colonna reaffirms France’s support for Ukraine
Many voices in the world have denounced the bombardment of the building in Dnipro. Catherine Colonna, the Minister of Foreign Affairs affirmed: “Faced with these crimes, we will continue our support as long as necessary”.
11:03
A bombed residential area in Kherson
According to the head of the regional military administration, Yaroslav Yanushevych, two people were injured and the emergency services are on the spot.
10:38
Wagner leader touts his troops in rivalry with Russian military
“Independent” and subject to “fierce discipline”: the leader of the paramilitary group Wagner praises the effectiveness of his troops in Ukraine, where they are often in rivalry with those of the regular Russian army. Yevgeny Prigozhin claims that his men are very experienced and “complete all their objectives independently” because they have their own planes, artillery pieces and armored vehicles.
An outing that appears as a new thinly veiled criticism of the Russian military high command, accused, even by some supporters of Vladimir Putin, of lacking coordination and being distant from the realities on the ground. Read our article
10:18
German Leopard tanks for Ukraine not ready until 2024
German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall could not supply Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks until 2024 at the earliest, the time to proceed with their repair, if the government in Berlin decides to deliver them to kyiv warns the boss of the group in the columns of the Bild.
The German government announced in early January that it would supply Ukraine with around 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles before the end of the first quarter to combat the invading Russian forces but it still seems reluctant to deliver heavy tanks , even if the Minister of the Economy, Robert Habeck, said last weekend “not to exclude” this option. The repair of the Leopard tanks that Rheinmetall has in stock would cost several hundred million euros and the group will not be able to start this work before the order is confirmed, said the boss of the company.
10:02
A child killed in the bombing of the Dnipro building
According to the latest report drawn up by Mykola Lukashuk, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk region, “21 people were killed, including a child. 73 people were injured including 14 children. In addition, 38 people were saved, including 6 children.
09:54
454 children killed and 894 injured
According to the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office, 454 children have been killed since the start of the conflict and 894 have been injured. A figure that should be below reality.
09:44
Raising conscription from 27 to 30 years in Russia would increase the number of Russian forces by 30%.
According to British intelligence, Russia plans to raise the conscription age from 27 to 30 in the spring. According to the chairman of the Duma, Kartapolov, this would allow a 30% increase in the number of Russian forces. Last year, President Putin said he supported such a move.
09:36
Yacht seized from Russian oligarch was able to leave Croatia
The luxury yacht Irina VU, owned by the family of Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov and his wife Irina, which was on the list of ‘frozen’ assets due to EU, US and EU sanctions Great Britain, was able to leave the drydock of Betina marina on the Croatian island of Murter without any problems. The incident happened three months ago, but the competent authorities in Croatia only learned of the “theft” a few days ago. An investigation has been opened to find out how this 5 million euro boat was able to leave this port.
08:51
Russia reportedly canceled prisoner swap at the last minute
According to Ukraine, Russia canceled a planned exchange of prisoners of war on Saturday at the last minute. “Another round of prisoner exchanges was planned today with the Russian side. Russia and Ukraine have carried out numerous prisoner exchanges since January 8 with the exchange of several hundred prisoners.
08:25
The cities of kyiv, Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk placed on alert for air raids.
08:06
60,000 Nikopol residents deprived of water
Following the bombardments, approximately 60,000 inhabitants are currently deprived of water.
07:51
18 dead and 73 injured according to the latest report of the bombardment of the Dnipro building
The death toll in yesterday’s Russian missile attack on an apartment building in the town of Dnipro has risen to 18 people. “Since this morning, 18 people have been killed by a Russian missile in their house in Dnipro. 73 people are injured (more than 40 of them are in hospitals) and four people are in serious condition in intensive care units,” according to Valentyn Reznichenko, head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, on Telegram. According to him, the rescue operation is still in progress and “the fate of more than 40 people remains unknown”. This attack destroyed 72 apartments and damaged more than 230. Firefighters are still extinguishing several sources of fire on the site.
07:32
The missile that hit the Dnipro building is of an old design
According to the authorities, the missile which hit the Dnipro building was a Kh-22 missile. This device is a long-range anti-ship missile designed in the 1960s. It flies fast and at high altitude, it also has a powerful warhead but it is very inaccurate.
07:29
UK to send four Apache helicopters
According to British media, the UK will send four AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to Ukraine armed with Hellfire missiles.
07:00
Energy production facilities affected
“Emergency cuts have been decided in most regions,” Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galouchchenko announced on Saturday evening. Russian strikes hit the country’s power generation facilities, including in the Kharkiv, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zaporizhia, Vinnytsia and kyiv regions.
The operator Ukrenergo, for its part, said it was working to “eliminate the consequences” of this “twelfth massive missile attack on the energy sector in Ukraine”.
06:58
“The world must stop this evil”
“Is it possible to stop the Russian terror? Yes it’s possible. Can we do it other than on the battlefield in Ukraine? Unfortunately, no,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commented last night.
“The world must stop this evil,” he implored.
06:55
Survivors from the rubble
Rescuers are working in the rubble of the bombed building. The head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, Valentyn Reznichenko, reports early Sunday morning that they have so far managed to extract 38 survivors from the debris.
06:50
64 dead in Dnipro
The latest death toll in Dnipro, eastern Ukraine, shows at least 14 people killed, including a 15-year-old girl, and 64 injured in the bombardment of a nine-storey building on Saturday, including several apartments are no more than smoking rubble.
06:47
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