Russia-Ukraine war: List of major events – Day 1,062 | russia-ukraine war news

Here are the key developments from the 1,062nd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The situation as of Tuesday, January 21 is as follows:

fighting

• Ukraine’s Air Force claimed it shot down 93 out of 141 drones launched by Russia overnight. The Air Force also said 47 drones were “lost” while two returned to Russia.
• Russia said it destroyed 31 Ukrainian drones that had mainly targeted industrial sites in Russia’s Tatarstan region, located about 1,000 km (about 600 miles) from the Ukrainian border. No casualties or damage have been reported.
• Alexander Bogomaz, the governor of Russia’s Bryansk region, said 14 Ukrainian drones were shot down in the area bordering Ukraine. He claimed that Kiev also fired four United States-made HIMARS missiles at targets in Bryansk.
• Authorities in Moscow launched an investigation after video footage emerged showing a military policeman beating Russian soldiers heading to Ukraine with batons and using a stun gun on them. Officials said the perpetrators of the violence have been identified and an investigation is underway.
• Russia’s Defense Ministry said its troops had captured two villages, Shevchenko and Novoihorivka, in eastern Ukraine. Shevchenko is located a few kilometers from Pokrovsk, a major supply hub for Kiev’s troops.

• Russia has charged James Scott Rhys Anderson, a 22-year-old United Kingdom citizen, with terrorism who was captured while fighting with Ukrainian forces in Russia’s Kursk region. Anderson, accused of acting as a “mercenary,” faces up to 35 years in a Russian prison.
• Kiev reportedly attacked a Russian-held town in southern Kherson, Ukraine, killing two people and injuring more than a dozen others, according to reports. The region’s Russian-appointed governor, Vladimir Saldo, accused Ukraine of firing “cluster weapons” near a school and said children were among the injured.
• Ukraine’s State Investigation Bureau detained two generals and a colonel for alleged “inaction” and failure to defend against the Russian attack, which allowed the capture of parts of eastern Kharkiv in 2024.
• A wounded North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine tells interrogators on camera that Pyongyang’s forces are suffering major losses fighting for Moscow. Although Moscow has not acknowledged Russia’s deployment of North Korean troops to fight in the Kursk region, the military gave a detailed account of the troops’ arrival, training and work routines.

politics and diplomacy

• Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulate Donald Trump on his inauguration as US President.
• Zelensky said Trump’s return to the White House was an “opportunity” for a “just peace” in Ukraine.
• Putin said he is “ready for dialogue” with Ukraine under Donald Trump’s administration. He also said that any agreement must ensure “a lasting peace based on respect for the legitimate interests of all peoples”.
• French President Emmanuel Macron warned that Russia’s war on Ukraine will not end “tomorrow or the day after” in response to Trump’s pledge to end the war quickly.

Russian gas and oil

• Transnistria’s leader Vadim Krasnoselsky said the separatist enclave is ready to buy gas from Moldova. He said he had sent a letter to Moldovagaz on Saturday but had not yet received a response.
• Russia’s oil shipments through the Baltic Sea have fallen by about 10 percent over the past four months due to EU sanctions on Russian oil and gas exports, the Finnish Border Guard said.

humanitarian aid

• The Ukrainian government announced plans to accelerate efforts to encourage refugees in Germany to return home, including setting up “integration centers” in Berlin and other locations to assist with subsequent jobs, housing, and educational opportunities. . Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Chernyshov said a large number of Ukrainians were “seriously considering” returning home.