Russia-Ukraine war: List of major events – Day 1,061 | russia-ukraine war news

Here are the key developments from the 1,061st day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The situation as of Monday, January 20 is as follows:

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Russia said it has opened a criminal investigation into the alleged “cannibalistic massacre” of at least seven civilians in the western Russian village of Ruskoe Porechnoye, which Ukraine has occupied since last August. Russian soldiers reportedly found the bodies inside the basement of a residential building.
The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Oleksandr Syrsky, said his army was suffering from a shortage of mechanized brigades. He also said that military mobilization capacity is “not sufficient” to meet the needs of the army, and that gaps are being filled within “reasonable” limits by deploying personnel with other expertise.
The Ukrainian General Staff accused the Russian military of using ammunition laced with banned chemicals in Ukraine 434 times during December 2024, bringing a total of 5,389 such documented cases since February 2023.
Ukraine’s air force says it shot down 43 of 61 Russian drone strikes in an overnight strike that targeted nine Ukrainian regions. No major damage or casualties were immediately reported.

Russian forces have captured the village of Vozdvizhenka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, Interfax news agency cited Russia’s Defense Ministry as saying.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that Russian forces have recently advanced into the Russian sector of Kursk, where Ukrainian forces have captured some territory, and the Ukrainian areas of Kupyansk, Liman, Chasiv Yar, Torestsk, Kurakhov, and Velika Novosilka. Have captured. ISW said Ukrainian forces had recaptured positions lost in Chasiv Yar and Toretsk.
ISW also said that Russian volunteer militias are continuing to increase the manpower of the Russian military by recruiting women to join the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky again appealed to Ukraine’s allies for “strong support” and more United States-made Patriot air defense systems. It follows more than 1,000 Russian air crimes in a week.