Result 23.01: Missile strike and Ramstein-18

On Tuesday evening, the enemy launched a combined missile attack on Ukraine, using cruise, ballistic, aircraft and anti-aircraft guided missiles. Air defense forces destroyed 21 Russian missiles. There were victims and injured in Kyiv, Kharkov and Pavlograd. Thus, in Kyiv, 20 people were injured, and a woman was also reported dead. A lot of damage and destruction was recorded in various places. In Kharkov, six people died, another 57 people were injured, including 8 children. President Vladimir Zelensky called the Russian missile attack on Ukraine a deliberate act of terrorism aimed at civilians. The Kremlin said the Russian military does not target social facilities, residential areas or civilians. In the evening, the Russian Federation launched the third strike of the day in Kharkov. Nine people were injured.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin opened the 18th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, held online. He called on the participants to provide Ukraine with “more important ground-based air defense and interception systems.” He emphasized that Ukraine is important for global security. The Ministry of Defense said that the participants of the regular meeting discussed the issue of increasing the supply of long-range weapons to Ukraine and the adaptation of Western-style anti-aircraft missiles to Soviet launch platforms , as well as increasing the production of ammunition. . Germany has announced that it will transfer helicopters to Ukraine for the first time.

The ship Ginger sank in Nikolaev on the territory of the port. This caused a leak of petroleum products. According to the results of laboratory tests, the content of petroleum products in the samples was found to be 15-16 times higher.

The European Union has made progress in implementing plans to introduce a tax on profits from frozen assets of the Russian Federation. Bloomberg reported this, citing sources. “The EU is moving forward with a plan to impose a tax on profits from fixed assets of the Russian Central Bank, without resorting to direct seizure of blocked funds,” the article said. Allegedly, a day before EU foreign ministers agreed to introduce such a tax. The issue will now be discussed by EU ambassadors later this week.

The government agreed to the appointment of the mayor of the temporarily occupied Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, as the head of the Zaporozhye regional state administration. The government also agreed to dismiss Yuriy Malashko from the post of head of the Zaporozhye Regional State Administration.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and General Manager of the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) Stacey Cummings signed contracts for the purchase of approximately 220 thousand 155-mm artillery shells worth $1.2 billion. “Russia’s war in Ukraine has become a battle for ammunition, so it is important that allies replace their supplies while we continue to support Ukraine,” Stoltenberg said.

On January 23, the Turkish Parliament approved Sweden’s membership in NATO. Now the document has been sent to Turkish President Recep Erdogan, who must sign it and transfer it to the US State Department. The only NATO country that has yet to make a decision on Sweden’s application is Hungary.