Aid to Ukraine is not subject to restrictions under Trump’s foreign aid order; The NATO Secretary General was satisfied with Trump’s position on strengthening sanctions against Russia. Athletistic highlights yesterday’s key events.
The Pentagon said whether Trump’s order halting international support would affect aid to Ukraine
The order of the President of the United States of America (USA) Donald Trump on the 90-day suspension of international support does not apply to aid to Ukraine. This means the Biden administration’s arms contracts for Ukraine remain in place. As well as any remaining and previously planned deliveries of weapons from US warehouses under the PDA program, the US Department of Defense reported.
NATO Secretary General backs Trump’s threats to introduce new duties and sanctions against Russia
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte welcomed the warning from US President Donald Trump, who threatened Russia with additional duties and sanctions if it does not stop the war against Ukraine. The NATO Secretary General hopes that Europe will also be more active now with sanctions to “strangle the Russian economy” and empty the coffers of the Russian military. The official noted that Trump is right when he says that Ukraine is closer to Europe, and the US President is also right that this war is a geopolitical conflict – and therefore Rutte is confident that the United States wants the war to end in a “good and firm agreement.”
Trump said he would agree with Russia to end the war against Ukraine
US President Donald Trump has expressed a desire to meet with Vladimir Putin to quickly “end” Russia’s war against Ukraine. He said this in an online conversation after a special address to the participants of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Trump also said that the American side’s efforts to achieve a peaceful settlement between Ukraine and the Russian Federation “are ongoing.”
Vladimir Zelensky called for more pressure on Russia after the enemy’s joint strike in Zaporozhye
On the night of January 23, the Russian military fired missiles and drones at Zaporozhye. According to the president, these are attacks on residential areas and infrastructure. The President emphasized that Russia’s daily fears against Ukraine deserve increased pressure on Moscow.
As a result of the Russian missile and drone attack in Zaporozhye, one person died and 52 were injured. Among the victims was a 2-month-old boy. Employees of the State Emergency Service and workers of regional power supply companies who were removing the consequences of a nighttime enemy attack on the infrastructure facility were also injured.
Russian troops shell Kramatorsk
Russian troops hit Kramatorsk with a controlled aerial bombardment. The bullet hit happened near the road. Infrastructure was destroyed – power line supports, street lighting and Internet communications, a gas pipeline and a car were destroyed.
Russians shoot captured Ukrainian soldiers
During the attack on the positions of the Ukrainian troops in the Donetsk region, the Russians captured six servicemen of the Ukrainian Defense Forces and then shot them. The invaders recorded their own crime on video. The video ends as the seventh warrior lies on the ground, his fate unknown. The execution of each of those captured takes place in full view of the other brothers. Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets said he will send information about this crime to the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
The Main Intelligence Directorate and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the Houthis from captivity and evacuated three Ukrainian sailors
The General Directorate of Intelligence and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs evacuated the Ukrainian sailors who were freed from captivity by the Houthis. These are the three crew members of the cargo ship Galaxy Leader. The operation to rescue Ukrainian citizens took place with the full support and assistance of the Royal Office of the Sultanate of Oman. Our sailors were captured by the Yemeni Houthis in the Red Sea on November 19, 2023.
The wife of the People’s Deputy from Nikolaev Kormyshkina received suspicion from NABU
NABU and SAPO announced the suspicion of Yuri Kormyshkin, the husband of the people’s representative from Nikolaev, Irina Kormyshkina. He is suspected of legalizing property that, according to investigators, his wife illegally acquired, as well as not declaring this property. According to the investigative authorities, in 2021-2022 the representative of the people received more than 20 million hryvnias in property. This amount far exceeds his official income. Subsequently, he lent part of these funds to his wife, who bought them a house in the Odessa region.
The National Bank of Ukraine has worsened the main macroeconomic indicators for the current and subsequent years
Taking into account the security risks and the difficult situation in the labor market, the NBU lowered the real GDP growth forecast for 2025 to 3.6%. At the same time, the base scenario of the NBU forecast still provides for a gradual return of the economy to normal operating conditions. Accordingly, a moderate acceleration of economic growth is expected in 2026-2027 – up to about 4%. The regulator mentioned the additional consequences of the war as limiting factors for economic growth, which negatively affects the lack of labor and the lack of productive capital.
The police reported how many accidents occurred in Ukraine during the year
In Ukraine in 2024, 25,781 road accidents occurred, in which 3,202 people died and 32,023 were injured. There were a total of 4,563 accidents involving children who died and/or were injured, of which 180 children died and 5,225 children were injured. Accidents are caused by violation of maneuvering rules and violation of intersection rules.
In the EU, solar energy has overtaken coal as a source of electricity
The growing trend in the use of solar energy has spread to all EU countries. Solar and wind met 29% of the EU’s electricity needs, gas provided 15.7% and coal 9.8%. Nuclear energy accounted for 23.7% of total electricity production, hydropower – 13.2%.
Oscar nominations announced
The American Film Academy has announced the nominees for the 97th Academy Awards. The announcement ceremony took place at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles. The names of the nominees were announced by actor, presenter, comedian and podcaster Bowen Young, familiar to American viewers from the evening show Saturday Night Live, as well as the film Whicked: The Sorcerer, and Rachel Sennott ( The Long-Awaited Dawn, TV Series Idol). Jacques Audiard’s satirical musical Emilia Perez received the largest number of nominations – 13. A Ukrainian film was nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film for the third time in a row. In 2025, it is the film The Porcelain War directed by Bernardo Bellomo and Slava Leontyev, created in co-production by the USA, Ukraine and Australia. The film follows Ukrainian artists who stay in Kharkov at the beginning of a mass invasion and decorate the ruins with small porcelain figurines.
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