Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21.27 An explosion was heard in Kharkiv on Wednesday, January 22. An air raid alert has been declared in the region, and "shahids" are circling over the regional center. This was reported by Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov.
20.59 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius believes that a Russian attack on NATO countries is possible in 2029-2030. The official notes that this is why it is especially important to ensure defense capability by that time.
20:33 The Biden administration's farewell sanctions have caused Russian oil shipments by sea to fall to their lowest level since late 2023 to early 2024, The Moscow Times reports.
19:48 The State Bureau of Investigation officers have again detained the former commander of the Kharkov OTG, Yuriy Galushkin - new facts have been discovered in the case of breaking through the border in the Kharkov region. This was announced by the press service of the State Bureau of Investigation.
18:59 Russian occupiers, under the guise of "nationalization of ownerless property," are confiscating unattended property of residents of Melitopol and other occupied territories. This was reported by RIA Yug, citing the website of the city's occupation authorities.
18:44 US President Donald Trump called on the Russian leadership to conclude a peace agreement with Ukraine, otherwise he will impose tough sanctions. He wrote about this on the Truth Social social network. The American leader noted that to end the war, one can choose "the easy way or the hard way - but the easy way is definitely better."
18:25 The court has chosen a preventive measure for the former commander of the 125th Separate Troops Brigade, Lieutenant General Artur Gorbenko, who is suspected of inadequate defense of the Kharkiv region during the Russian offensive in 2024.
18:11 Any international peacekeeping force that might be deployed to Ukraine in the future should include US troops, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Bloomberg.
17:44 Since the beginning of the current day, 67 combat clashes have occurred on the front, two thirds of them in the Pokrovsk direction. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report as of 16:00.
17:23 Six new schemes for evading mobilization have been exposed in Ukraine; 19 organizers of illegal schemes have been detained in different regions of the country. The SBU press service reported the details.
16:59 The US will expand production of barrels for the Ukrainian Armed Forces' artillery due to "unprecedented demand" for them. Today, the only manufacturer of M776 barrels is Watervliet Arsenal, but its capacity is insufficient.
16:37 Bail of UAH 5 million has been posted for Brigadier General, former commander of the operational-tactical group of troops Kharkiv Yuriy Galushkin. He is one of three suspects in the inadequate defense during the Russian offensive in the north of Kharkiv region in 2024. At that time, Galushkin commanded the operational-tactical group of troops Kharkiv.
15.56 The occupiers committed another war crime on January 22 - they launched an artillery strike on Konstantinovka. An investigation is currently underway into the death of one and the wounding of seven city residents. Two victims were previously known. This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General.
15:53 ​​A former military man was detained in Kropyvnytskyi who distributed a video of military equipment moving through the frontline territory of Ukraine on his social media pages.
According to the investigation, in order to "promote" his information resource on the social network TikTok, the man posted a video showing military equipment and servicemen. In a matter of hours, this video was viewed by 220 thousand users, who could have used Russian troops to adjust strikes on the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
15.41 North Korea is preparing reinforcements for its military contingent fighting the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. This was reported by The New York Times, citing a high-ranking Pentagon official.
14.49 The aggressor country Russia does not yet have the military potential for a quick offensive in Ukraine, because there are problems with manpower. This was stated the day before by the American general, commander of the joint NATO forces in Europe, General Christopher Cavoli, during a discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
14.35 A Russian plane dropped a half-ton bomb on the temporarily occupied Makeyevka in Donetsk Oblast. This was reported by the Telegram channel ASTRA.
The FAB-500 "abnormally came off" from a Russian plane on the outskirts of Makeyevka and fell one and a half kilometers from the nearest houses in the urban settlement of Nizhnyaya Krynka.
14.30 FSB agents in Donetsk Oblast who were adjusting Russian strikes on Ukrainian troops holding the line in the Kramatorsk and Novopavlovsk directions have been detained. This was reported by the SBU. According to the investigation, the enemy henchmen were two local residents: a 41-year-old nurse and a 56-year-old driver of a private company.
13:01 Konstantinovka is under constant artillery and air fire on the morning of January 22. There are currently two known wounded: a 74-year-old man and a 59-year-old woman. This was reported by the head of the Donetsk OVA Vadim Filashkin. According to him, at least 5 private houses, a power line, a gas pipeline and a car were damaged.
12:02 When the border opens for all categories of the population, 20.7% of Ukrainians want to leave for another country for permanent residence. The majority (70%) would like to stay in the country. This is evidenced by the survey data of the Democratic Initiatives Foundation and the Razumkov Center.
11:34 On the evening of January 21, Russian troops attacked Goptovka in the Dergachev community of the Kharkiv region with drones, killing two men. This was reported by the head of the city military administration, Vyacheslav Zadorenko.
10:56 Special Operations Forces fighters killed 21 and wounded 40 North Korean soldiers who were advancing on Ukrainian positions in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. This was reported on the SSO Telegram channel.
8:55 There have been 121 combat clashes on the frontline in the past 24 hours. Pokrovskoe remains the most difficult area. This was reported on January 22 by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces hit sixteen areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, two command posts, four warehouses, two artillery weapons and one more important enemy facility.
8:39 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that after the conclusion of a ceasefire agreement, Ukraine will need at least 200 thousand European peacekeepers to prevent a new attack by Russia, Reuters reports.
8:20 In Mykolaiv, all fires caused by the attack of Russian attack drones launched by the occupiers late in the evening of January 21 have been extinguished. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine published a photo of the aftermath of the shelling. It is noted that seven explosions thundered in the city, there is destruction and fires broke out in two districts of Mykolaiv.
7:46 Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have destroyed 1,950 Russian occupiers. The total combat losses of the Russian troops in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to January 22, 2024 amount to about 823,980 people. This was reported by the General Staff.
7:23 On the night of January 22, the Ukrainian Defense Forces successfully pushed back the occupiers near the settlements of Shevchenko and Udachnoye. At the same time, Russian troops advanced near other settlements in the Donetsk region. This is reported by DeepState.