These are the key events on day 1,067 of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Here is the situation on Sunday, January 26:
Struggle
- Ukrainian forces shot down 50 of the 72 drones launched by Russia overnight. He said nine drones were “lost,” referring to Ukraine’s use of electronic warfare to redirect Russian drones, while one is still in Ukrainian airspace.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defense systems destroyed 15 Ukrainian drones over Russia and two maritime drones in the Black Sea.
- Eight drones were shot down over the Ryazan region, six were destroyed in the Kursk region and one drone was hit overnight over the Belgorod region, the ministry said.
Diplomacy
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that allies should work to determine a format for possible peace talks with Russia, reiterating that only talks involving Kiev could achieve sustainable peace.
- Zelenskyy said U.S. military assistance to kyiv has not been affected by the State Department’s freeze on foreign aid. According to him, the suspended aid refers to humanitarian support. “I am focused on military aid. “This has not stopped,” he said.
Economy
- Ukraine was ready to offer coal to Moldova, which is mired in an energy crisis after Russian gas flows through Ukraine were halted this year, Zelenskyy said during a visit by Moldova’s President Maia Sandu.
- Sandu said energy prices had skyrocketed in areas controlled by his government and the situation was worse in a region controlled by pro-Russian separatists who relied on Russian energy and were subject to daily power outages.
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