[Korrespondent] 21:35 Anna Malyar said that the battles for Soledar continue, and "everything else is unverified information, unauthorized and without knowledge of the general picture of the front, because it is a state secret." She stressed that information is made public by authorized persons, taking into account not only the operational situation, but also the military plans of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“Only the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the Minister of Defense, the Commander-in-Chief, the Chief of the General Staff are in full control of the situation at the front. And civilians do not have any control at all, do not know these plans and therefore do not understand the context in which they present the fragments of information that have become known to them. What causes damage to our defense," the Deputy Minister of Defense emphasized.
21:26 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the battle for Soledar, Bakhmut, for the entire Donetsk and Luhansk regions continues "without respite, without stopping."
20:44 Tehran will receive Russian Su-35 fighter jets in the spring, the Iranian publication Tasnim writes, citing a member of the commission on national security and foreign policy of the parliament, Shahriar Heydari. In addition, according to him, Iran ordered a number of other military equipment from Russia, including air defense systems, missile systems and helicopters, most of which will be received in the near future.
20:28 The deficit of generation in the power system after the attack is "huge", said Yasno CEO Sergey Kovalenko. According to him, a number of thermal power plants do not work due to serious damage, and it is too early to predict the recovery time. "The problem is so serious that Ukrenergo has significantly limited the volume of consumption throughout Ukraine and in Kyiv in particular... The destruction is significant. All power engineers are working on restoration, but we need to be prepared for the fact that the shutdowns can be long," Kovalenko said.
19:31 Podolyak said that PMC Wagner lost more than 3/4 of its "prisoners". According to him, the company took 38,244 people from prisons and colonies to participate in the war in Ukraine. Of these, 29,543 were killed, wounded, captured or missing. That is, losses as of today have reached 77%.
19:09 Ukraine can count on an increase in the supply of heavy weapons from Western countries in the near future, Stoltenberg said in an interview with Handelsblatt: "The recent promises to provide heavy military equipment are important, and I expect more in the near future ... We are in a decisive phase of the war so it's important that we provide Ukraine with the weapons it needs to win."
18:26 The head of the Kherson OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich, said that the enemy fired at the rehabilitation center for children with disabilities, as well as the area next to the student hostel. The Russians fired on private and apartment buildings and attacked a critical infrastructure facility. So far, seven people are known to have been injured, one of them in serious condition.
18:12 In Dnipro, the death toll has risen to 29 people, 73 injured , 30 of them in the hospital, 12 in serious condition, said the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko. The search operation has been going on for more than a day. Firefighters finally put out the fire, which started in the house from a rocket attack. About half of the broken structures have already been dismantled. In total, 39 residents of the house were rescued from the rubble, the fate of more than 40 is unknown.
18:09 The Russians fired at the premises in Kherson where the representatives of the Red Cross work. A fire broke out due to the shelling, there is no information about the victims. The President's Office said the enemy knew where he was striking.
17:24 Zelensky introduced another package of sanctions against Russian cultural figures , journalists and bloggers. There are 198 people on the list, including seven citizens of Ukraine.
16:46 In the Kremensk direction, Russians lose dozens of people and several pieces of equipment every day, said the head of the Luhansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai. In Belogorovka, according to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repel all attempts of enemy attacks - there is no threat of breaking through the defense there.
15:59 Tbilisi will not transfer weapons to Kiev, as it is afraid of becoming a party to the conflict, Georgian Deputy Prime Minister Thea Tsulukiani said: "The Georgian authorities will not allow the Georgian state to be involved in a military confrontation, respectively, of course, we will not be able to provide assistance military type of one of the sides of the confrontation. Moreover, as far as I know, we are talking about the transfer of such weapons that we bought."
15:33 The situation with power cuts will not improve after the end of the heating season, Dmitry Sakharuk, Executive Director of DTEK, said: “On the one hand, there will be a decrease in consumption, because it will be warmer, but on the other, planned repairs will begin, which are not being carried out now. And this means that, in principle, the volume of generation in Ukraine will not increase.”
15:27 The British Ministry of Defense denied reports of plans to supply Kiev with Apache combat helicopters. The Mirror previously reported this, but then removed the article.
15:22 In Dnipro, the death toll has risen to 25, including one child. 73 people were injured, including 13 children. 43 people are wanted , Zelensky said. 39 people were rescued, including six children. Search and rescue operations and the dismantling of dangerous structural elements are ongoing around the clock.
14:41 In the Tauride direction, the enemy is preparing to repel the Ukrainian offensive with the subsequent transition to a counteroffensive, Yevgeny Yerin, spokesman for the Defense Forces of the Tauride direction, said. According to him, in the Zaporozhye region there is a certain accumulation of enemy forces, but so far it cannot be said that he is preparing for a massive offensive.
14:15 There is a threat of S-300 strikes on Kiev, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "These missiles fly from a great distance and hit. The greater the range, the greater the inaccuracy. They applied this principle in Kiev ... The speed of the rocket S-400 - over 4,000 km/h, S-300 - over 3,000 km/h. These missiles were fired at - S-400 or S-300 (certain modifications). It was 1-2 minutes from launch to explosions. "
13:52 In the Kherson region, near Velyka Aleksandrovka, two people who were checking their fields were blown up by a Russian mine. Both died on the spot, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich.
13:19 The speaker of the Air Force, Yuri Ignat, said that reports of downed X-22 missiles that appeared in the past were erroneous. This is how he reacted to reproaches that Ukrainian air defense could have shot down a missile in the Dnieper. "I'll explain to make it clear. There were several such publications. Let's say, soldiers found fragments of Kh-22 in the field (and sometimes not even Kh-22, but fragments of another missile), they report upstairs: we shot down Kh-22! Everyone wants to race to report about it first on their resources. Without checking, without coordinating, and so on. The main thing is to be the first," Ignat said.
According to him, due to such haste, several false reports about downed Kh-22 and even S-300 missiles had previously entered the network through official sources. Ignat added that he had to constantly deal with such cases: "The information provided on official resources is generally true, but there are several untrue publications with "downed" X-22s, this is a fact."
The Air Force says Ukraine currently lacks the ability to shoot down Kh-22s, one of which hit an apartment building in Dnipro on January 14.
13:01 Putin said that "the dynamics of the special operation is positive, everything is developing within the framework of the plan of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff."
12:07 As of 11:30 am, 21 people died in Dnipro, including one child; 71 people were injured, including 13 children; 39 people were rescued, including six children, the President's Office reported. According to the GU NP, 40 people are wanted. Rescue and search operations are ongoing, fire fighting is also ongoing. About 3780 tons of destroyed structures and 39 damaged cars were removed.
11:44 PMC Wagner lost a quarter of its mercenaries in the battles near Bakhmut, writes the Financial Times, citing the estimates of the American authorities. In particular, during the fighting in the Soledar-Bakhmut sector, the PMC lost 4,000 mercenaries dead and 10,000 wounded. Washington estimates that the company employs 50,000 people.
11:40 The Russians have dealt another blow to the residential quarter of Kherson: according to preliminary information, two people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich.
11:18 During the 12th missile attack on the energy infrastructure of Ukraine, the enemy tried to aim at the blocks of thermal power plants. Due to damage to equipment, they stopped or reduced electricity generation, and the deficit in the energy system increased, Ukrenergo reported. This made it necessary to reduce consumption limits in proportion to all regions. Limits are valid throughout the day, if they are exceeded, emergency shutdowns will be applied. For consumers, the duration of outages may increase.
10:35 On combat duty, Russia retains naval carriers with an unused stock of Caliber, therefore, the threat of a second strike on Ukraine remains in the near future, Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, said: "Yesterday we saw that they equipped five rocket carriers, including one underwater. "And they used Kalibr-type missiles during a massive attack. If yesterday there was a reserve of 36 missiles in the Black Sea, then about half of them were used during the attack, and these missile carriers remain on combat duty ... We must understand that they can still be used."
10:11 There are already 21 dead in Dnipro, one of them is a child. 73 people were injured, including 14 children. 38 people were rescued, including six children. 35 people are wanted, rescuers continue to work, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk Regional Council Nikolai Lukashuk.
09:54 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense warned that a comprehensive and large-scale stuffing of fake news by Russia is expected in the near future, aimed at undermining confidence in Ukraine from Western partners. In particular, the Russian special services plan to address Ukrainian journalists on behalf of popular Western publications with proposals to provide information on the state of the Ukrainian economy, the political situation in the state and the activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Intelligence urges the journalistic community to carefully check the sources from which proposals for cooperation come.
09:37 In the Kherson region over the past day, due to Russian shelling, two people were injured, the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich, said.
09:28 According to the results of monitoring of open sources of information in Ukraine, 1647 Russian officers were officially killed, Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, journalist Anatoly Shtefan said. Among them:
- generals - 10;
- colonels - 50;
- lieutenant colonels - 116;
- majors - 228;
- captains - 320;
- senior lieutenants - 532;
- lieutenants - 276;
- rank not identified - 115.
09:24 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, seven civilians were killed - four in Avdeevka, one each in Staraya Nikolaevka, Paraskoveevka and Kurakhovka. Four more people were injured in the region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
09:18 The British government announced that in addition to 14 Challenger 2 tanks, they plan to transfer another 30 AS-90 self-propelled guns, additional details will be announced on Monday, January 16th. The Ukrainian military will begin training on the management of Challenger 2 tanks in the coming days.
09:11 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Prigozhin, showing the actions of mercenaries in Soledar, advertises Wagner PMC and tries to denigrate Russian troops. In particular, he published a video in which he showed the commander of the Wagner group, who allegedly led the capture of Soledar, and praised Wagner's capabilities compared to the usual Russian military. Thus, Prigozhin, in particular, is trying to improve his political status. Meanwhile, Putin is trying to undermine Prigozhin's efforts to raise his profile in Russia, ISW analysts say.
08:42 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy as of the morning of January 15th.
- personnel - about 115,290 (+630) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3106 (+2),
- armored combat vehicles - 6183 (+10),
- artillery systems - 2094 (+4),
- MLRS - 437 (+0),
- air defense systems - 219 (+0),
- aircraft - 286 (+0),
- helicopters - 276 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1872 (+5),
- cruise missiles - 749 (+26),
- ships/boats - 17 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 4846 (+0),
- special equipment - 187 (+1).
08:31 Over the past day, the enemy launched three air and 57 missile strikes, made 69 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems, in particular, on civilian infrastructure. The Russians used S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles to launch rocket attacks on the capital and other settlements of Ukraine. They also carried out 41 launches of air and sea-based cruise missiles and guided aircraft missiles, which are high-precision weapons. 26 missiles were shot down, the General Staff said in the morning report .
The enemy is concentrating his main efforts on offensive operations in the Bakhmut direction. It is also conducting an offensive in the Limansky, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions, and in the Kupyansky is trying to improve the tactical situation.
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Makeevka and Belogorivka in the Lugansk region and Verkhnekamenskoe, Disputed, Belogorivka, Sol, Soledar, Bakhmut, Klescheevka, Novobakhmutovka, Krasnogorovka, Vodiane, Mayorsk and Maryinka in the Donetsk region.
According to the General Staff, in one of the tank battalions of the 26th tank regiment of the invaders, participating in the hostilities in the Kupyansk direction, as of January 12, only ten T-80BV tanks remained in good condition - the rest were either destroyed or disabled. Of the personnel in the battalion, about 30 military remained.
07:28 The death toll as a result of a strike on a residential building in the Dnieper has increased to 18 people, wounded - up to 73 , more than 40 of them in hospitals, four in intensive care. The rescue operation continues, the fate of more than 40 people remains unknown, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
According to preliminary information, 72 apartments were destroyed as a result of the impact, more than 230 were damaged. Firefighters are still extinguishing several fires.
06:09 Britain intends to transfer to Ukraine not only Challenger 2 tanks, but also Apache AH64 E attack helicopters, Mirror writes, citing a high-ranking source in the defense sector. The transfer of helicopters is planned after Ukraine receives Challenger 2 tanks.
01:12 An X-22 cruise missile hit a high-rise building in Dnipro, which cannot be shot down , the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said. On Saturday, January 14, the Russians fired five Kh-22 cruise missiles from five long-range Tu-22m3 bombers into Ukraine. The launches were carried out from the Kursk region and from the Sea of Azov. One of these rockets, launched from the Kursk region at about 15.30, hit a high-rise building in the city of Dnipro on the street. Embankment of Victory.
Radar facilities found the approximate launch site, altitude, flight speed. There is no doubt that it was the Kh-22 missile, no, the command noted. "The Armed Forces of Ukraine do not have fire weapons capable of shooting down this type of missiles. Since the beginning of Russia's military aggression, more than 210 missiles of this type have been fired on the territory of Ukraine. Not a single one has been shot down by air defense means. The mass of the Kh-22 warhead is about 950 kg The maximum range is up to 600 km. When used from long distances, the deviation from the target can be hundreds of meters," the command of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine explained.
Only anti-aircraft missile systems, which in the future can be provided to Ukraine by Western partners (we are talking about such systems as the Patriot PAC-3 or SAMP-T), are capable of intercepting these air targets, representatives of the Armed Forces added.