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| The main thing for the day. Friday, January 13 |
| 2023-01-14 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [LB] Battles for Soledar, enemy shelling of Kupyan region, deprivation of mandates of five pro-Russian People's Deputies, Freedom Award from the Lithuanian Parliament. How will the 324th day of the full-scale war be remembered. Battles for Soledar continue , the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. We will remind, in the statements of the Russian military, the occupiers have already "taken" Soledar twice this week. The Armed Forces replied that the battles for the city continue, the defenders are resisting the enemy. During the day, the Ukrainian aviation carried out nine strikes on the concentration areas of the invaders, and our units of missile troops and artillery hit the control post, six areas of concentration of manpower, one anti-aircraft missile complex and three ammunition depots of the enemy. Today, Russia launched two missile strikes on the civilian infrastructure of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, as well as eight air strikes on the positions of our troops. It carried out more than 40 attacks from rocket salvo systems. The Russian occupiers struck the village of Dvorichna in the Kupyan district with artillery. Oleg Sinegubov, the head of the Kharkiv OVA, said that, according to preliminary information, two women aged 59 and 64 were killed as a result of shelling of private houses. Another 63-year-old woman was injured and was hospitalized. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke during the solemn meeting of the Seimas of Lithuania on the occasion of the Day of Defenders of Freedom and the awarding ceremony of the Freedom of the Republic of Lithuania award. "I am glad to welcome you and I want to thank you right away for not betraying freedom for a single moment. And not only during these 323 days of the cruel, inhumane Russian war, when we constantly feel your support. And for many years, when the free hearts of Lithuanians and the Lithuanian path to a united Europe inspired many people in various countries, once enslaved by Russia," said Volodymyr Zelenskyi. We will remind you that recently the president of Lithuania called on Western countries to give tanks to Ukraine. Today, the Lithuanian Parliament presented President Volodymyr Zelensky with the Freedom Prize. Ambassador of Ukraine to Lithuania Petro Beshta received the award on behalf of the head of state. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda emphasized that this is also an award for the entire Ukrainian people. According to Nauseda, Zelensky inspired the leaders of Western countries to do "at least a little more" to end the war. The Verkhovna Rada stripped the mandates of five pro-Russian deputies - Viktor Medvedchuk, Taras Kozak, Andriy Derkach, Renat Kuzmin and Andriy Aksyonov. People's deputy of the "Golos" faction, Yaroslav Zheleznyak, informed LB.ua about this. According to him, the voting "took place with a scandal from the very morning": deputies were stripped of their mandates after three votes and blocking of the tribune. In 2022, the level of trust in almost all institutions increased sharply in Ukraine . The Armed Forces of Ukraine remain in first place, trust in which has increased from 72% to 96%. This is evidenced by the survey results of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS). Next comes trust in the president and trust in volunteers. In December 2021, 27% trusted the president (and the balance was negative -23%, that is, there were more people who did not trust than trusted), but in a year the indicator increased to 84%, and the balance is currently +80%. In the case of volunteers, trust increased from 68% to 84%. Confidence in the SBU (from 29% to 63%) and the National Police (from 30% to 58%) also increased significantly. The perception of the government and the Verkhovna Rada has also improved significantly. Today, January 13, the General Assembly of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (NOC) expelled Hryhoriy Surkis and Nestor Shufrych from its membership. In addition, Zhan Beleniuk, the Olympic champion and People's Deputy from the Servant of the People faction, was excluded from the NOC. We will remind you that in November 2022, Surkis and Shufrych were elected members of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, which caused a great public outcry. The most complete picture of today is on our website. We hope that there will be more good news tomorrow. |
| Posted by:badanov |