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By Pavlo Vitenko
Summary by regions
Donetsk Region
Shelling along the entire front line. Exacerbation near Avdiivka, Lyman, Raihorodka. In a day – three killed and six wounded civilians. The evacuation from the front zone continues despite the shelling.
Luhansk Region
Constant artillery shelling of Severodonetsk, six houses in Severodonetsk and Lysychansk were destroyed. Four more houses were destroyed in Zolote and three in Novodruzhesk.
During the day in the region found four dead (all in one house) and as many wounded. Detailed information on casualties and destruction is being clarified.
Mykolayiv Region
In Mykolayiv at night explosions were heard. Information on damaged objects and victims is being clarified. Day and night there were shellings of Bereznehuvate and Shyrokiv communities. According to preliminary information, there are no victims or injuries. Details are being installed.
Dnipropetrovsk Region
Alarms were sounded at night and in the morning. In the evening there were four «arrivals» on the railway infrastructure, passed without casualties, but there were serious destructions.
In the morning, the Zelenodolsk and Shyrokiv communities bordering the Kherson region were shelled again. As a result, there is the destruction of housing, people are not affected. Detailed information is being clarified.
Kherson Region
The situation in the region is steadily critical. The issue of delivery of provisions and medicines to the occupied villages bordering Mykolayiv and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts is the most acute.
In most settlements it is not possible to deliver humanitarian aid and organize a «green corridor». The occupiers continue to destroy Ukrainian symbols in Kherson, instead displaying their tricolor and Soviet symbols.
Kirovohrad Region
The night passed quietly. Yesterday at 5:50 p.m. over the village of Hannivka, Novoukrainskyi district, air defense forces shot down a missile that fell in the open. Debris was found at the crash site; no one was injured. An investigative task force is working.
Kharkiv Region
At night, single shellings, no casualties. During the past 24hrs, there were shellings in Merefa, Izium district, Derhachi, and Lozova district.
In total, five people were injured in one day: one in Kharkiv, one in Derhachi district, two in the village of Husarivka, Izium district, and one in the village of Blyznyuky, Lozova district.
UKRAINE: In order to conduct air reconnaissance and adjust artillery fire, the Russian occupiers continue to use unmanned aerial vehicles in the Ukrainian sky, which are successfully destroyed by the Ukrainian Air Defense Command.
Russia is preparing «on all fronts»: Painter warns of threat from Belarus and Transnistria
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky believes that the United States and the European Union must protect Ukraine so that the Russian dictator does not go to war on Europe. According to the head of state, the Baltic states – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia – may be the first to be hit by Russia.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is ready to speak with Kremlin President Vladimir Putin only if the goal of this dialogue is to end the war.
WORLD: According to Ukrainian intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov, Putin’s inner circle, which has lost its money due to sanctions, is probably already looking for a replacement for the dictator. They believe that if they remove Putin, accusing him of war, the West may agree to lift sanctions on Russia.
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, German Vice Chancellor and Minister of Economy Robert Habeck said that EU member states are differently dependent on Russian energy sources, but the oil embargo is quite achievable in the coming days.
Lavrov said that Russia’s cooperation with China would be strengthened through the «dictatorship» of the West
The Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament, who heads the pro-European Action and Solidarity Party, Igor Grosu, said his country was ready to accept foreign military aid to boost the National Army’s defense capabilities amid Russia’s war against Ukraine.
President Joe Biden said that in the event of China’s aggression against Taiwan, the United States could go to direct military intervention.
«His words resonated with the world»: Biden’s article about Zelensky in a cult magazine
US President Joe Biden wrote a text in TIME about Volodymyr Zelensky, who was also included in the ranking of the 100 most influential people in 2022.
The influential magazine TIME has published a list of hundreds of the most influential people in the world. Among them is Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, written by incumbent US President Joe Biden.
This is stated on the website TIME.
Biden wrote a short text about Ukrainian President Zelensky, emphasizing his resilience and courage.
«When Vladimir Putin started his brutal war against Ukraine and Ukrainians needed their leader, Volodymyr Zelensky’s words were heard around the world: «President here.» and soldiers, tailors and truck drivers are fighting for their homes and their freedom, and every time we speak, I hear in President Zelensky’s voice the determination of a man who deeply believes in his duty to his people and has a daily responsibility to lead his nation. in this dark and difficult hour, « Biden wrote.
«With the support of the United States, our allies and partners, he (Zelensky) has left his mark on history and proved to the world that Ukraine will last a long time and its people will eventually have the democratic future they have long wanted,» he added.
In addition, according to the American magazine Time, the hundred most influential people in the world this year included not only the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, but also the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi.
The most influential people in the world were divided into six categories: «Artists», «Innovators», «Titans», «Leaders», «Idols» and «Newcomers». Zelensky and Zaluzhnyi fell into the «Leaders» category.
By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News
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