Russia–Ukraine war: List of major events, day 1,056 | russia-ukraine war news

The situation as of Wednesday, January 15 is as follows:

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to take the “strongest possible action” against Russia if it is confirmed that Russian forces executed Australian Oscar Jenkins, who was captured alive while fighting for Ukraine.
Ukraine’s military claimed its largest missile and drone attacks on Russian territory since the beginning of the war, reportedly targeting the Russian cities of Saratov and Engels and causing some damage to factories.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said it would respond to the massive airstrike, accusing Ukraine of again using missiles against Russia that were supplied by the United States and the United Kingdom.
The Russian Defense Ministry said its troops captured two Ukrainian settlements in the Donetsk region: Terny, near the city of Siversk and Neskuchny, further south.
Steel producer Metinvest said it was closing its coal mine near the city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine after Russian troops advanced just a few kilometers away. “We cannot put the lives of thousands of employees and their families at risk,” Metinvest CEO Yuri Ryazhenkov said in a statement.

Russia has accused the US of trying to damage TurkStream, the last pipeline exporting Russian gas to Europe.
The leader of Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria traveled to Moscow for talks to resolve the energy crisis following the suspension of Russian gas deliveries to the region.
Transnistria has suffered massive power outages since January 1 when Russia’s Gazprom suspended gas exports to the region, citing an unpaid Moldovan debt of $709 million, which Moldova does not consider legitimate.
The head of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) said that “risks are increasing with respect to environmental impact and the safety of seafarers” as more ships join Russia’s “shadow fleet” and avoid meeting IMO requirements. Are.
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said his country would soon not need to import Russian oil because the country would be able to “get all its oil supplies from the West” after doubling the capacity of the Italian TAL pipeline.

At his annual press conference in Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov praised US President-elect Donald Trump’s recent comments regarding US pressure for Ukraine to join NATO as contributing to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Was described. “NATO did exactly what it promised not to do, and Trump said the same thing,” Lavrov said.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced at a press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev that European countries will increase efforts to improve Europe’s defense in light of the incoming Trump administration in the US.
Zelensky said he has had further discussions with French President Emmanuel Macron about the possibility of deploying Western troops to Ukraine to safeguard any peace deal that would end the nearly three-year war with Russia.
NATO chief Mark Rutte says the US-led military alliance is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region after deliberate damage to underwater infrastructure in the region amid the Russia-Ukraine war. Will do.