01/24/2024
Ukraine war in the live ticker
+++ 03:50 Ukraine reports attack on residential area Kharkiv +++
The Russian army attacked Kharkiv in the evening for the third time in one day. According to local authorities, residential buildings and an educational institution were hit; there is no military infrastructure in the areas hit. There are eight injured, including a four-year-old child.
+++ 02:45 Russia accuses the USA and Great Britain of “unjustified aggression” in Yemen +++
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov condemns the attacks by the USA and Great Britain on Houthi militia positions in Yemen at the UN Security Council. Lavrov said in New York that it was an “unjustified aggression” and a direct threat to international peace.
+++ 23:23 Slovak Prime Minister speaks of “normal life” in Kiev +++
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico denies Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital Kiev. When asked by journalists why he was meeting his Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal on Wednesday in the city of Uzhhorod on the border with Slovakia and not in Kiev, Fico said it had nothing to do with security concerns over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Do you really believe that there is war in Kiev? You can’t be serious,” said the left-wing populist politician. “Go there and you will find that there is normal life in this city, absolutely normal life.” Previously, Kiev and other Ukrainian cities were again subjected to a wave of Russian missile attacks.
+++ 22:06 Ukrainian Foreign Minister criticizes Western arms production +++
The foreign minister of the attacked Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, has criticized the ramp-up of arms production in the Western supporting countries as being too slow. “We appreciate everything we receive, but the scale of the war demands more,” he said in an interview with “Bild”, Welt TV and “Politico” in Kiev. Ukraine produces more; On the other hand, the Western defense industry cannot supply enough artillery ammunition. Defending the front without sufficient ammunition cost the lives of many Ukrainian soldiers.
+++ 21:40 Zelenskyj gives posthumous awards to four Ukrainian cultural workers +++
Ukrainian President Zelensky has posthumously awarded awards to four Ukrainian cultural figures: Victoria Amelina, Maksym Kryvtsov, Vasyl Kukharskyi and Volodymyr Vakulenko. All four were killed by Russian forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Amelina was a writer but became a war crimes researcher after the invasion began. In this role, she brought international attention to the death of Wakulenko, an acclaimed children’s author who was kidnapped in spring 2022 by Russian troops occupying his village in Kharkiv Oblast. The poet and publicist Kryvtsov, who would have turned 34 on January 22nd, was killed in battle at the front on January 7th. Kukharskyi, a theater and film actor, joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces shortly after the Russian invasion began in 2022. He died on December 7th at the age of 42 after being seriously injured at the front in September.
+++ 21:09 Ukraine: Body of a girl found at the site of the Russian morning attack on Kharkiv +++
Rescue workers discovered the body of an eight-year-old girl killed in the Russian missile attack on Kharkiv this morning. This brings the death toll in the city to eight, according to Serhii Bolvinov, head of the regional police’s investigation department. The girl was probably the daughter of a woman who had previously been found dead under the rubble of a house damaged in the attack, said Bolvinow.
+++ 20:32 Germany supplies Ukraine with military helicopters for the first time +++
The federal government now wants to support the defense of Ukraine with a delivery of military helicopters from the Bundeswehr’s inventory. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has promised the country six Sea King Mk41 multi-purpose helicopters, accessories and spare parts packages as well as training for them, the Defense Ministry said. Ukraine’s supporters had previously met for consultations in the so-called Ramstein format. “The Sea King is a proven and robust helicopter that will help the Ukrainians in many areas: from reconnaissance over the Black Sea to transporting soldiers. It is the first German delivery of its kind,” said Pistorius.
You can read all previous developments here.