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[Korrespomdent] 22:45 Germany will not object if Poland decides to send German Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock said: "At the moment, this question is not raised, but if we were asked, we would not interfere."
22:16 The military leadership of Ukraine was instructed to create reserves so that the military would have the opportunity to recuperate after hostilities, Zelensky said during a joint meeting with Johnson and students and teachers of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. According to the president, the most important resource of the Ukrainian army is the personnel, which must be protected: "Because it is difficult for various reasons - both injuries and psychological state. It should be normal."
Zelensky noted that he could not disclose the details of the mobilization processes, but the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief made the relevant decisions, and then the commanders are working on their implementation in their areas.
The head of state also expressed his conviction that Ukraine would definitely win this war, and victory could be won as early as 2023, "but for this, Ukrainians need to maintain unity and strength."
21:40 Zelensky announced a week of "fair decisions": "We will analyze each situation in detail. As for energy and procurement. As for relations between the central government and the regions. As for procurement for the military. The society will receive full information, and the state will take powerful necessary steps. And this is not something temporary, this is a real response. This is what we all expect from our institutions, from the state."
The president also said that there is progress in the work of special services in relation to people "deserving at least sanctions for their activities against Ukraine, independence and the Ukrainian people. There will also be appropriate steps."
20:38 France is working on the issue of supplying Ukraine with Leclerc tanks, Macron said during a joint press conference with Scholz: "As for Leclerc tanks, I asked the Minister of Defense to work on this issue. No options are ruled out."
19:47 The head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, Republican Michael McCall, said that Washington should send at least one Abrams tank to Ukraine in order to push Germany to provide the Leopard.
18:36 The enemy is focusing its main efforts on conducting an offensive in the Bakhmut direction. Conducts unsuccessful offensive operations in the Zaporozhye, Avdeevsky and Liman directions. On Kupyansky, Novopavlovsky and Kherson - it is being dropped, the General Staff reported in the evening summary.
18:28 Morocco handed over T-72B tanks to Ukraine, Menadefense reports. About 20 units of tanks that have undergone modernization in the Czech Republic were sent to the battlefield a week ago. The Kingdom of Morocco was the first in Africa to provide military assistance to Ukraine.
17:55 In the village of Petrovka, Zolochiv community, Kharkiv region, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed, another was wounded in Volchansk, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
17:21 Propaganda resources report that in Kadiyivka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck from HIMARS at the field hospital of the occupiers, which was located on the territory of the former dispensary of the machine-building plant. According to public data, about 200 people were killed. Representatives of the "LPR" say that at least six rockets hit the building. They also write in public that the hospital was secret and Kadyrov's people were treated there.
17:18 Medvedev said that it would be "very difficult" for Russia, and predicted a "protracted conflict." According to him, the Ramstein meeting and the allocation of heavy weapons to Kyiv "leave no doubt that our enemies will indefinitely try to wear us down, or better, destroy us."
17:11 During a meeting with Johnson, Zelensky discussed "practical steps that a British politician can take to help Ukraine," Yermak said. In particular, the issue of preparations for the Peace Summit was discussed. Zelensky reminded Johnson that one of the points in the peace formula is a guarantee of security for Ukraine, and membership in NATO would be the best guarantee.
17:06 US Army General Keith Kellogg and a delegation of American servicemen and military experts visited Izyum, liberated from the invaders. According to the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov, on the spot they discussed the restoration of Izyum, security and the humanitarian situation in the region. Separately, we considered the urgent needs of the region in the military sphere.
16:47 Italy is negotiating with France on the joint supply of the Samp / T air defense system to Ukraine, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said. He added that Italy has already provided Ukraine with five packages of military assistance worth about 1 billion euros, and now a sixth package is being prepared, which will include air defense systems.
15:18 For Putin, the maximum task now is a breakthrough in operational areas: the south, the completion of the occupation of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, interruption of the arms supply chains. And, of course, Kyiv remains the main dream of the Russian dictator, Alexei Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, writes in his column for the UP. According to him, Russia is preparing for an offensive, the first sign of which, according to constant tactics, is active information activities - lies, manipulations, fakes and disinformation, the activation of agents of the information front.
"And if they start telling you about the countless number of trained and heavily armed mobilized, ultra-modern Russian military equipment, about the latest generation of missiles that will sweep away decision-making centers, about the latest developments, the UAV army and that "Putin is starting to fight for real "and therefore the Ukrainian army has no chance - you know, this is the enemy working through various anonymous channels and his agents of influence," writes Danilov.
According to him, the enemy is "really strong and insidious," therefore, his underestimation is mortally dangerous: "He still has a great resource - the human mass, but the mass is not the people who stood up for the defense of the Motherland and their own family. He still has missiles and tons military iron. He gets smarter, gains experience and learns from mistakes. You need to know about this, remember and take into account. "
At the same time, according to Danilov, Russia is doomed to lose: "Ukraine's historical mission is to finish off the chimera of post-imperial formation, forever destroy the very idea of imperial Russia. After that, Russia must become an ordinary nation-state, devoid of colonies, or fragment."
15:05 Poland in the coming days will begin to train the Ukrainian military in the operation of Leopard 2 tanks, although the decision to transfer them to Kiev has not yet been made, said the head of the International Policy Bureau in the office of the President of Poland, Marcin Przydacz. He stressed that there is no time and we need to prepare for the next Russian offensive, which is already close.
14:36 Three Pantsir-S1 air defense systems have already been deployed around Putin's residence in the center of Moscow .
13:55 Boris Johnson visited Bucha and Borodyanka, Kyiv region. He is in Ukraine on an unannounced visit.
13:24 Budanov told in an interview with Radio Liberty that the banker Denis Kireev was a staff member of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. He was killed in the SBU car, and the body was thrown into the street .
12:56 Ukraine is creating new military formations to equip them with NATO weapons, Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Naev told CNN: "Of course, we need a large number of Western tanks. They are much better than Soviet models and can help us advance. We are creating new military units. And our further actions will depend on their combat readiness. Therefore, the help of the West is extremely important."
He explained that the units need to learn how to use new equipment and integrate it into existing formations: "The entire unit must be equipped with the same vehicle, so the whole battalion, for example, must be equipped with Bradley IFVs, or Leopard - if we get them."
12:44 If Germany does not agree to transfer Leopard to Ukraine, a new coalition of countries will be created that are ready to donate part of their modern tanks to Kiev, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said: "We will not passively watch Ukraine bleed. Ukraine and Europe will win this war, with or without Germany.
11:41 Electricity consumption in Ukraine on January 22 is slightly higher than the day before. The power shortage remains significant, Ukrenergo reports. All oblenergos have been given somewhat larger consumption limits than yesterday for the whole day.
11:25 The decisive moment in the war between Ukraine and Russia will be the spring and early summer of this year. After this stage, it will be possible to talk about the timing of the end of the war, Vadim Skibitsky, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said in an interview with Delfi: "Spring and early summer will be decisive in the war. If the big Russian offensive planned for this time fails, this will be the collapse of Russia and Putin" .
At the same time, he noted that a new Russian attack on Kyiv from the territory of Belarus is unlikely, as well as active hostilities in southern Ukraine, since the occupiers are more concerned about Crimea. According to him, the main battlefield, where decisive and heavy battles will take place, will be concentrated in two regions - Donetsk and Lugansk. In February-March, the Russians will try to take control of Kupyansk, Svatovo, Kremennaya in the direction of the Kharkov region, intelligence predicts.
10:49 The French division of the Kremlin television network Russia Today (RT) closed after authorities froze its bank accounts as part of EU sanctions.
09:54 British intelligence believes that the Kremlin has conceived the reform of the army because of the likely military threat in the future. According to Shoigu's announcement, a large-scale reform is planned to be implemented between 2023 and 2026. The number of troops is planned to be increased to 1.5 million people, that is, by 11%. Shoigu also announced the creation of the Moscow and Leningrad military districts, a partial return to the Soviet organization of troops in western Russia. They want to place the new building in Karelia, not far from the border with Finland.
According to analysts, such decisions indicate that Russia can prepare for a military threat even after the war with Ukraine. However, Russia is likely to face difficulties in recruiting new troops.
09:29 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were injured, in Kherson - three people. One person was injured in the Kharkiv region, and a teenager was injured in the Sumy region, according to the IVA.
08:52 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy as of the morning of January 22.
- personnel - about 120,760 (+600) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3145 (+5),
- armored combat vehicles - 6268 (+12),
- artillery systems - 2144 (+9),
- MLRS - 445 (+2),
- air defense systems - 220 (+0),
- aircraft - 287 (+0),
- helicopters - 277 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1892 (+1),
- cruise missiles - 749 (+0),
- ships/boats - 17 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 4932 (+14),
- special equipment - 193 (+0).
08:28 The invaders conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the Avdeevsky and Limansky directions. They continue to attempt an offensive in the Bakhmut direction, increase the intensity of the use of aviation. In other directions, they are defending themselves, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
Over the past 24 hours, units of the Defense Forces repelled attacks by the Russian army in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoye in the Luhansk region and Terny, Serebryanskoye forestry, Verkhnekamenskoye, Belogorovka, Krasnaya Gora, Bakhmut, Pervomayskoye, Maryinka and Pobeda in the Donetsk region.
07:44 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the Ukrainian defense of Bakhmut is a strategically sound operation, despite significant losses. According to analysts, the costs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the operation in the city are connected with plans for an offensive in other places. By itself, Bakhmut has neither operational nor strategic importance, but if Russian troops took it quickly, they could hope to expand operations, and Ukraine would lose good defensive positions after the retreat, experts say.
ISW notes that the Ukrainian Defense Forces used a similar tactic in the past to gradually deplete Russian troops in Lysychansk. As a result, a controlled withdrawal of Ukrainians from this area took place, however, the capture of Lisichansk and the administrative border of the Luhansk region quickly turned out to be operationally insignificant for Russian troops, and offensive operations of exhausted troops stalled in the summer and autumn of 2022.
Analysts believe that the Ukrainian defense of Bakhmut will contribute to a similar outcome - Russian forces have been moving forces and equipment to the area since May 2022 and have not yet made any significant operational progress. Thus, Ukrainian forces are effectively holding back Russian troops, equipment, and a common operations center at Bakhmut, thereby hampering Russia's ability to continue its offensive elsewhere.
04:50 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced a trip to Ukraine: "It's not final yet, but we can say for sure that I will go to Ukraine soon. Probably even within the next four weeks. On Friday, I met my Ukrainian counterpart in Ramstein for intensive exchange. Alexei Reznikov is an open person who knows exactly what he wants." Ukraine will be the first country that Pistorius will visit as the Minister of Defense of Germany.
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