The military of Ukraine continues to attack the positions of enemy equipment and air defense systems; Zelensky announced the continuation of the modernization of institutions and methods. Athletistic highlights yesterday’s key events.
Record the liquidation
The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 1140 Russians, 19 artillery systems and 23 pieces of equipment in the past day. The total number of losses of the army of the Russian aggressor country since the beginning of the war is now 136,880 people. The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled attacks in the area of Kremennaya, Shipilovka and Belogorovka in the Lugansk region, as well as in Bakhmut, Krasnaya Gora, Ivanovsky and Paraskovievka in the Donetsk region.
Russian invaders are suffering huge losses in Donbass. The enemy, despite heavy losses, does not give up its desire to reach the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. It continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the directions of Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky. It is strengthening its grouping of troops in the direction of Liman and Bakhmut.
Zelensky held meetings to strengthen state institutions
Work on improving institutions in Ukraine continues. The goal of modernization is to make them more responsible and transparent, the head of state said. According to Zelensky, Ukraine will continue to strive to ensure that the integrity of the work of state structures is guaranteed not only by what depends on the people themselves, but also by what transparency and accountability functionality is created.
The GUR assessed the possibility of a new offensive by the Russians
The Defense Ministry’s Chief Intelligence Director says that Russia does not have the resources for a large-scale offensive in Ukraine. This was said by the representative of military intelligence Andrei Chernyak. According to him, the Russian command does not have enough resources for large-scale offensive operations, and the main goal of the enemy remains to achieve at least some tactical success in the east.
Near Bakhmut, border guards shot down another plane of invaders
During the battle for Bakhmut, the border guards shot down another enemy aircraft, probably a Su-25 attack aircraft. Ukrainian soldiers shot him from a foreign-made man-portable anti-aircraft missile system. From the impact of the rocket, the “bird” began to smoke and began to descend. The plane crashed, our defenders did not see the ejection of the pilot.
The authorities have expanded the category of civil servants who can travel abroad
The government has expanded the categories of women and men among civil servants who can travel abroad with their children: now they can also be guardians, trustees and adoptive parents. For this, women need: a passport, a birth certificate, documents confirming the child’s stay abroad. In addition, men must have documents confirming the status of a single father, the upbringing and maintenance of the child by the father himself.
Bank profits fall sharply in 2022
The income of Ukrainian banks in 2022 reached UAH 24.7 billion, which is 3.1 times less than in 2021. In particular, in December, the income of banks reached UAH 5.3 billion, which is 40.9% less than a month earlier (UAH 8.9 billion). Incomes in December increased by 11%, while expenses – by 9.9%. The biggest loss was presented by Sens Bank (formerly Alfa-Bank) – UAH 6.9 billion. Next is the state-owned Ukreximbank (6.8 billion) and Ukrgasbank (2.7 billion hryvnias).
The death toll in Turkey and Syria has risen to over 25,000
Due to the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, 25,401 people have died. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said 21,848 people died in his country due to the deadly earthquake. Another 80,104 people were injured. 3,553 people died in neighboring Syria. Because of this, the number of casualties in the two countries has reached 25,401.
Ukraine’s power shortage has been reduced
The lack of power generation in Ukraine will decrease due to the fact that two more power units have been launched. This is what Energy Minister German Galushchenko said. He emphasized that this will affect the duration of the outages, he said, the ministry is working on the possibility of increasing the power generation capacity.
Georgia accuses Ukraine of dragging it into war
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said Ukraine was allegedly trying to “open a second front” of war with Russia. In particular, the return of the former President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, “in his opinion, served the same purpose.” The head of the Georgian government considers it a merit of his government that Georgia “managed to avoid” the war.
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Source: korrespondent
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