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[Korrespondent] 19:27 Zelensky said that he met in Kiev with the new Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Stephane Sejournet, and discussed the defense needs of Ukraine: joint production of drones, artillery, further strengthening of air defense.
16:15 The Russian Army attacked a settlement with drones in the Berislavsky district of the Kherson region, one person was wounded, the OVA reported.
15:56 Denmark will provide Ukraine with another aid package for the restoration of Nikolaev worth more than $21 million, the Ministry of Infrastructure reported. The package includes, in particular, a project for demining agricultural land, the provision of cogeneration plants and the reconstruction of the fire safety dormitory of the Nikolaev State Agrarian University.
15:08 In the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation, residents report a rocket crash between the villages of Pavlovskaya and Atamanskaya. The authorities blocked part of the highway, they write in local public pages.
12:49 Of the six Kinzhal missiles that Russia fired at Ukraine today, half did not reach their targets, said Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat: “Today we saw six Kinzhals, we reported on them... Half definitely did not reach their targets - that’s 100%.” . However, he did not rule out that there could have been several false targets during the attack.
As for the more than 20 air assets that did not reach their target during today’s attack, according to Ignat, they could have fallen in an open area, or there was an explosion in the air, or they were affected by the action of electronic warfare equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
12:22 Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced a visit to Kiev in the coming days.
12:17 Russian tactics are aimed at depleting Ukrainian air defense, and in the future missile attacks will be more massive, says the head of Estonian intelligence Ants Kiviselg. He also noted that Russia fires 10 thousand shells a day into Ukraine, while Ukraine fires about 2,000.
In addition, Kiviselg noted that the Russians have recently been actively bombing runways in Ukraine, and this indicates that Russia “considers it dangerous” for Kiev to receive F-16 fighters.
12:13 The new head of the French Foreign Ministry, Stephane Sejournet, announced that he had arrived in Kiev.
12:11 In the morning, the Russians attacked the city of Shostka, Sumy region. According to preliminary information, Kh-22 supersonic cruise missiles were used. The blast damaged at least 26 houses and injured one person, prosecutors said.
11:50 The organizers of the World Economic Forum in Davos announced Zelensky’s personal participation in one of the events on January 16. According to the announcement, the Ukrainian president will give a special speech at the panel “Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fragmented World.”
11:43 In Mariupol, according to preliminary information, there were Russians in the barracks at the MMK named after. Ilyich, said adviser to the mayor of the city Pyotr Andryushchenko. At the same time, he did not rule out that debris from his own air defense could have fallen on the barracks. Immediately after the strike, the occupiers began to massively move manpower and equipment to the Primorsky district of Mariupol.
Andryushchenko also reported a hit in the Berdyansk port, which the Russians use as a military base.
11:07 On the night of January 13, Russia used 40 air attack weapons against Ukraine. Air defense destroyed seven X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles and one X-59 guided missile , the Air Force command reported. At the same time, more than 20 air attack weapons that were not included in the downed statistics did not achieve their goals due to the use of electronic warfare. In particular, Russia issued the following in Ukraine:
- seven S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the Belgorod region;
- three attack UAVs Shahed-136/131 from the Kursk region;
- six Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles from six MiG-31K aircraft (launch area - Tambov);
- up to 12 X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles from 11 Tu-95MS strategic bombers (launch area - Caspian Sea);
- six Kh-22 cruise missiles from Tu-22M3 bombers from the Bryansk region;
- two X-31P guided aircraft missiles from two Su-35 aircraft (launch area - the occupied territory of the Kherson region);
- four X-59 guided aircraft missiles from two Su-34 aircraft (launch area - Bryansk region).
The Air Force also said that the quality of Russian missiles has recently declined, so they are “flying God knows where.”
10:59 Late in the evening of January 12, the Russians shelled Berislav, Kherson region, one person was wounded, OVA reported. In addition, at night the enemy attacked Sadovoe - a private house burned down, one person was injured. Another person was wounded as a result of the morning attack on Dneprovsky. Over the previous 24 hours, two people died due to Russian shelling in the region.
08:52 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of January 13:
- personnel - about 369,160 (+700) people,
- tanks - 6065 (+5),
- armored combat vehicles - 11,269 (+15),
- artillery systems - 8728 (+18),
- MLRS - 957 (+0),
- air defense systems - 646 (+4),
- aircraft - 329 (+0),
- helicopters - 324 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 6848 (+12),
- cruise missiles - 1806 (+0),
- ships/boats - 23 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank tru
special equipment - 1345 (+6).
08:36 Air defense was working in the Chernihiv region - there was damage, initially without casualties, said the head of the air defense force, Vyacheslav Chaus.
08:29 In the morning, the Russians massively attacked Ukraine with missiles, and air defense was operating in many areas. In the Poltava region, a rocket fell into the courtyard of one of the private houses in the Kremenchug region, but did not explode. The outbuilding was damaged, but no people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Philip Pronin.
07:44 Over the past 24 hours, 89 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Avdeevka direction, the Defense Forces repelled four enemy attacks near Avdeevka and another 17 attacks near Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye, Donetsk region. In the Maryinsky direction, 26 attacks were repelled in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Maryinka and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled nine enemy attacks near Sinkovka and Petropavlovka in the Kharkov region; in Limansky - six attacks in the areas of Makeyevka, Luhansk region and Grigoryevka, Vesyoly, Donetsk region; on Bakhmutskoye - five attacks near Andreevka and Kleshcheevka, Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - four attacks south of Zolotaya Niva and west of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region; on Zaporozhye - eight attacks west of Verbovoy and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region. The expansion of the bridgehead continues in the Kherson direction; over the past 24 hours, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to storm the positions of the Defense Forces nine times.