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news of the day
Rallies to pay tribute to the soldiers. This Tuesday, in Russia, residents prayed and laid wreaths in memory of the 63 soldiers killed by a Ukrainian strike on New Year’s Eve in Makïivka, near Donetsk.
In Samara, the town of origin of the majority of the deceased fighters, 200 people gathered, with the agreement of the authorities. An unusual fact in Russia, where the power remains discreet about military losses in Ukraine.
After the many routs in recent months at the front, the death of the soldiers has led to a flood of criticism of the Russian command, even among supporters of the invasion in Ukraine, which began more than ten months ago.
Several commentators, influential on social networks, strongly criticized the fact that ammunition would have been stored not far from the building which was used to house the soldiers.
sentence of the day
We must ensure – and we will do everything to ensure that this objective of the terrorists fails like all the others. […] This is the time when all those involved in the protection of the sky must be particularly attentive. »
These are the words spoken by Volodymyr Zelensky. The head of state, warned by his intelligence services, claims to face a threat: prolonged Russian strikes aimed at “exhausting” Ukraine, as reported by the BBC.
To respond to these new attacks, the Ukrainian president multiplied telephone conversations on Tuesday with his allied counterparts during the day and reported on his social networks.
“We discussed continuing defense cooperation. We agreed to intensify our efforts to get closer to victory this year already,” Zelensky tweeted after a discussion with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
The Dutch and Norwegian Prime Ministers were also consulted. On Monday, kyiv again came under fire from Iranian-made drones, but the bulk of them were shot down, authorities said. Zelensky claimed that his army destroyed more than 80 aircraft in total.
The number of the day
40 %. Like the percentage of Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia since the invasion, which have since been liberated. A figure put forward by General Valerii Zaluzhnyi in a Telegram post, while the Ukrainian army notably took over Kherson in November, after eight months of Russian occupation.
This army executive also revealed the length of the front line: 3,786 kilometers, including an active strip of 1,500 kilometers.
The trend
Since September, nearly 500 Russian drones have been shot down by air defense, Yuriy Ihnat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said. During an interview with a local television channel, the officer was pleased with the good results of the anti-aircraft defense: all of the 84 drones launched by Russia on the first two days of the year were shot down.