After almost two years of aggressive war, Russia is once again bombarding Ukraine particularly heavily with missiles. The news ticker about the war in Ukraine.
- Ukrainian president: Zelensky calls for more arms aid
- Help in the Ukraine war: NATO-Ukraine Council makes commitments
- The information processed here comes from international media and news agencies, but also from the warring parties Russia and Ukraine and their allies. In particular, the information on losses of the armies involved Ukraine war cannot be independently verified.
Update from January 11th, 10:44 p.m: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is considered an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Most recently, Hungary blocked EU aid funds for Ukraine, but now there is apparently movement in the dispute: the foreign ministers of Hungary and Ukraine, Peter Szijjarto and Dmytro Kuleba, want to negotiate a meeting of their heads of state on January 29th in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. This emerges from a message from Kiev and Budapest on Thursday. Andrij Yermak, the head of Zelensky’s office, is also expected to take part in the planned meeting between Viktor Orban and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. In Budapest, however, it was considered uncertain whether Orban could meet with Zelensky before the EU summit in February.
Warning of counteroffensive: Zelensky rejects ceasefire in Ukraine war
Update from January 11th, 9:20 p.m: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls to avoid a freeze in the war so that Russia does not have the opportunity to prepare a “powerful counteroffensive.” “We have to prevent the conflict from freezing. We cannot allow Russia to prepare for a powerful counteroffensive in a year, two years, three years or five years. We cannot allow that,” Zelensky said at a press conference in Riga Ukrainian Pravda reported.
It is necessary to end the war before this scenario can occur. Zelensky pointed out that if the war were to freeze, sanctions would ease over time and new rhetoric would emerge: “What is the purpose of a new sanctions package if there are no hostilities?” Zelensky warned that Russia was preparing for revenge and Ukraine wants to prevent this.
Investigators find evidence: Russia apparently used missiles from North Korea in Ukraine
Update from January 11th, 7:48 p.m: Ukrainian investigators have found initial preliminary evidence that Russia may have used North Korean-made missiles in the Jan. 2 attack on Kharkiv. This was stated by the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Andrii Kostin, in a national news broadcast Ukrainian Pravda reported. According to this, scientific and technical studies have confirmed the North Korean origin of the short-range missile. According to Kostin, a comprehensive commission review is currently underway to finally confirm this fact. Prosecutors are also working with other fragments of other rockets at the sites of recent attacks in Kharkiv and Odessa Oblasts.
Update from January 11th, 6:28 p.m: The commander of the Ukrainian ground forces, Oleksandr, warns against a resumption of the Russian offensive on the Sivershchyna front. Appropriate preparations are underway, Syrskyi said in a message on Telegram. The Russian armed forces would therefore move the Storm-Z units (punitive units of the Russian military) and form assault companies. Syrskyi also said that the situation on the Eastern Front remains difficult. Moscow is continuing its offensive on the Kupyansk, Lyman and Bakhmut fronts. Above all, they would try to drive Ukrainian units out of the Kupyansk Forest and take Synkivka. The aim is a blockade of Kupyansk.
Ukraine is said to have attacked the energy hub in Belgorod with a kamikaze drone
Update from January 11th, 5:09 p.m: Authorities in Belgorod Oblast (Russia) claim that the Armed Forces of Ukraine used a kamikaze drone to damage a power facility in Volokonovsky District. “There are no injuries from the fragmentation munitions dropped. A power supply system was damaged and around 50 households are temporarily without power,” said a Telegram message from the oblast’s governor, according to Ukrainska Pravda. The rescue workers are still waiting for approval from the Ministry of Defense for their operation.
Update from January 11th, 3:22 p.m: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj sees a shortage of weapons in Russia. He said this during a briefing in Tallinn. The Russian Federation would therefore welcome a break on the battlefield – the Russians use it to replenish their weapons: “We know how many drones and artillery they produce per day. And we see what they are missing, and that they have a major deficit in drones and artillery. “Also on missiles,” said the Ukrainian head of state.
Ukraine War: Kiev builds barricades for defense
Update from January 11th, 1:42 p.m: Ukraine has erected additional barricades near the northeastern city of Kupyansk in recent months. In doing so, it puts its military strategy on a defensive basis Sky News reported. Military analysts say these defenses represent an attempt by Moscow to withstand attacks while simultaneously regenerating its forces. This change in strategy is necessary because Moscow is increasingly taking the initiative on the battlefield.
Update from January 11th, 12:10 p.m: According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj, a ceasefire does not lead to dialogue. Only Russia would benefit from this, it would allow the country to replenish its ammunition reserves, said Zelensky during a visit to Estonia. Russia is currently negotiating with Iran about missile deliveries and has received a million shots from North Korea.
Update from January 11th, 10:10 a.m: According to local authorities, 13 people were injured in the Russian attack on a hotel in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. Among them were two foreign journalists, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office announced on Thursday in the Telegram online service. They are a Turk and a Georgian. Ten people were taken to hospital.
According to the local governor, Oleh Synehubow, two Russian S-300 missiles hit the hotel on Wednesday evening. The Ukrainian rescue workers said they evacuated a total of 19 people.
Russia shoots down Ukrainian drones
Update from January 11th, 8:15 a.m: Russia’s anti-aircraft defense says it has shot down three Ukrainian drones over Russian territory. The drones were intercepted early in the morning over the Rostov, Tula and Kaluga regions, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Telegram. Communications regarding the drone incidents could not be independently verified. There were initially no reports of possible damage or casualties dpa news agency communicates.
Ukraine War: Heavy Russian missile attacks on Kharkiv
First report: Kiev – The authorities in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv have again reported serious Russian rocket attacks. Shortly after the shelling on Wednesday evening, at least nine people were reported injured. The Russian army attacked with repurposed S-300 anti-aircraft missiles, Kharkiv military governor Oleh Synyehubov wrote on Telegram. A civilian object was damaged. He initially did not give any further details. In addition to Kharkiv, shelling was also reported in the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions in the evening.
After almost two years of aggressive war, Russia is currently bombing its neighboring country particularly heavily with rockets, cruise missiles and combat drones. Kharkiv, which is only around 30 kilometers from the border with Russia, is often affected by this. Just before the New Year, the city was shaken by a particularly serious attack in which dozens of people were injured.
Zelenskyj asks for more anti-aircraft defense in the Ukraine war
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj called for more weapons aid to defend against the bombings in Lithuania – on his first foreign visit this year. “Air defense systems are number one among the things we lack,” he said in Vilnius after a meeting with his colleague Gitanas Nauseda. According to Zelensky, Russia fired at least 500 rockets, cruise missiles and drones into Ukraine over the new year. 70 percent of them were intercepted, he said. Nevertheless, there were dozens of deaths and injuries as well as extensive damage in Ukraine.
NATO states promise further help for the Ukraine war
The NATO-Ukraine Council, founded in 2023, also met in Brussels on Wednesday because of the particularly massive Russian air strikes. The defense alliance said that numerous allies had outlined plans for the provision of additional capabilities. It’s about support worth billions of euros. What was specifically promised remained unclear at first. However, NATO cited the planned provision of additional air defense systems as an example of aid commitments. (Editor with agency material)