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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Russia shells Sumy Oblast 21 times. The Russian military shelled several communities close to the Russian border 21 times on Jan. 12, Sumy Oblast Governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyi said on Telegram. Russian forces fired at the Esman and Seredyna-Buda communities with mortars.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️HRW: Russian forces have committed litany of violations in Ukraine. According to the annual report by Human Rights Watch, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February and ensuing atrocities quickly rose to "the top of the world’s human rights agenda in 2022."
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KyivIndependent: While the authors praise the response of Western countries in receiving Ukrainian refugees, they said: “...Governments should reflect on where the situation would be if the international community had made a concerted effort to hold Putin to account much earlier – in 2014."
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ISW: Putin seeks scapegoats for Russia’s struggle to address equipment, technological shortages. Vladimir Putin publicly criticized Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov for aviation companies not receiving state orders during a cabinet of ministers meeting on Jan. 11.
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KyivIndependent: Putin interrupted Manturov’s explanation that the ministry had already drafted orders for civil and military industries, leading Manturov to admit that Russia had not issued a portion of documents for aircraft manufactures that would approve state funding for their projects.
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KyivIndependent: "This incident is likely part of an ongoing Kremlin information campaign to elevate Putin’s image as an involved wartime leader," the Institute for the Study of War said.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Russia’s defense sector “highly likely” relies on convict labor to meet war-time production demands, the U.K Defense Ministry said in its daily intelligence update on Jan. 13. https://t.co/kpJmHum7eH
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DefenceU: In recent months, russia has involved tens of thousands of convicts in its military operation in Ukraine. As it turns out, there is absolutely no difference between convicted russian criminals and yet to be convicted russian war criminals.
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KyivIndependent: These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Jan. 13, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/7aYftsNsRm
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Official: Russian forces shell Kharkiv Oblast, wounding 2 civilians. In Dvorichna, a 68-year-old man was injured. In Kupyansk, due to Russian shelling damaging a residential building and private houses, a 75-year-old man was wounded and hospitalised.
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DefenceU: .@oleksiireznikov for @BBCNews "Ukraine as a country, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, became a member of NATO. De facto, not de jure (by law). Because we have weaponry, and the understanding of how to use it." More - https://t.co/lRhO5Csfvd
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DefenceU: «Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this.» Homer, The Odyssey Total combat losses of the enemy from Feb 24 to Jan 13: https://t.co/GFyZXGLIiO
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Ukraine intelligence: Russia tries to build 2-million strong army through waves of mobilization. Ukraine’s military intelligence previously said that Russia plans to launch a new wave of mobilization of 500,000 conscripts for the war against Ukraine on Jan. 15.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ French Defense Ministry Sebastien Lecornu confirmed that French-made AMX-10 RC combat vehicles would be sent within two months after a phone conversation with Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov on Jan. 12. https://t.co/f0EcWCi6LQ
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ZelenskyyUa: Поговорив про подальшу - оборонну співпрацю з Президенткою @ZuzanaCaputova. Запросив приєднатися до реалізації #ФормулаМиру. Обговорили спільні міжнародні заходи.
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ZelenskyyUa: Talked about further - defense cooperation with President @ZuzanaCaputova. Invited to join the implementation of the #PeaceFormula. Discussed joint international events.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov: Ukraine ‘de facto’ NATO member. Reznikov said he was confident Ukraine would receive tanks, fighter jets before the renewed assaults from Russia in the spring. “We understand they’ll be ready to start and we have to be ready” he told BBC.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ French general: Ukraine carried out 'cyber defense revolution.' Ukraine could have been “brought to its knees,” he said, as cyberattacks can be used to weaken the state permanently, but this “did not happen.”
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukraine denies fresh Russian claims of capture of Soledar.
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KyivIndependent: Ukrainian military spokesperson Serhii Cherevatyi reported that “ongoing battles” were continuing in the salt-mining town of Soledar in the eastern Donetsk Oblast on Jan. 13, denying an earlier claim by the Russian defense ministry that the city was fully under Russian control.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelensky to Lithuanian parliament: ‘We are on our way to victory.’
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KyivIndependent: “Lithuania is and, I am sure, will continue to be one of the most sincere defenders of freedom, and this is the best tribute to the memory and feat of the heroes who defeated the empire on those winter days 32 years ago,” Zelensky said to the Seimas on Jan. 13.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Reuters: Germany says it didn’t receive Leopard tanks request from Poland, Finland.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️State Department: Incremental Russian gains near Soledar won’t change tide of war.
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KyivIndependent: According to U.S. State Department Spokesperson Ned Price, no tactical advance will be able to shift the “strategic failure” that Russia’s army have encountered from the earliest days of this war, a failure made worse by successful Ukrainian counteroffensives.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️US official : Over 2,000 Ukrainian children abducted by Russia since New Year.
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KyivIndependent: Russian forces have unlawfully transferred or deported thousands of Ukrainian civilians to Russia, violating the Geneva Conventions. As of Dec. 22, 2022, Ukrainian authorities said that more than 13,000 thousand children were forcibly removed from Ukraine by Russia.
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DefenceU: Tanks, tanks... and more tanks! For Victory!
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Governor: Russian attack on Kharkiv Oblast kills 2, injures 1. Russian troops attacked the village of Dvorichna in the Kupiansk district of the northeastern oblast, killing two women 59 and 64 years of age, as well as injuring a third, 63-year-old woman.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Kyiv residents vote to rename 2 metro stations, streets, landmarks in capital.
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KyivIndependent: Kyiv residents cast more than 100,000 votes to rename some of the capital’s landmarks, including the metro station “Friendship of Preoples” to “Zvirynetska”, and "Lva Tolstoho", named after the Russian writer Lev Tolstoi, to “Ukrainian Heroes Square.”
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ZelenskyyUa: Провів телефонну розмову з Прем'єр-міністром @ediramaal. Привітав із 30-річчям дипвідносин між нашими країнами, відзначив початок роботи посольства в Києві. Обговорили ситуацію на фронті, важливість нарощування безпекової допомоги й підтримку
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ZelenskyyUa: Had a phone call with PM @ediramaal. Congratulated on the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between our states, noted the opening of Embassy in Kyiv. Discussed the situation at the front, the importance of increasing security aid to & support for our #PeaceFormula
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KyivIndependent: The trial against Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, the founder of human rights watchdog Viasna, began on Jan. 5. https://t.co/wBB9OiWMxu
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukraine’s military: Russia shells Bakhmut area over 200 times in past 24 hours.
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KyivIndependent: According to preliminary data, 183 Russian troops were killed, and 137 were wounded in the battles for the area, Ukrainian military spokesperson Serhii Cherevatyi said.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukrainian state defense company completes testing of long-range strike drone.
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KyivIndependent: The project to develop an unmanned aerial vehicle with a range of more than 1,000 kilometers and a payload of up to 75 kilograms “has reached such a stage that, unfortunately, we cannot talk about it,” Ukroboronprom spokesperson Nataliia Sad, said.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Bloomberg: Germany to give final decision on Leopard tank delivery to Ukraine next week.
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KyivIndependent: According to the unnamed German officials cited, Berlin will decide ahead of the Ramstein defense summit on Jan. 20. The day before the gathering, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht will meet with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️General Staff: Battle for Soledar near Bakhmut continues. In its regular evening update on Jan. 13, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported that the battle for Soledar continues, denying Russian claims that the city fell under Moscow’s control.
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KyivIndependent: Earlier on Jan. 13, Russia's Defense Ministry claimed that Russian troops had captured the town of Soledar in Donetsk Oblast.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Explosions reported in Berdiansk, occupation government official's car allegedly blown up. Three explosions were reported on Jan. 13 near an air base in Russian-occupied Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Viktoria Halitsina, head of the city military administration, said.
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KyivIndependent: Russian state-controlled news agency RIA Novosti reported that a car used by Alexei Kichigin, head of Berdiansk's illegal Russian occupation administration, had been blown up. He was not injured, according to RIA Novosti.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Parliament strips Medvedchuk, 3 other pro-Kremlin MPs of their mandates. The four lawmakers who lost their mandates include Viktor Medvedchuk, a major ally of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Kuleba, Blinken discuss military aid for Ukraine, including Western tanks. During a phone call on Jan. 13, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba discussed “ways to ramp up U.S. and international support for Ukraine" with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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KyivIndependent: “I emphasized the need for Ukraine to receive Western-type tanks,” Kuleba wrote on Twitter.
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KyivIndependent: The Kremlin-backed Wagner mercenary group publicly accused Russia's Defense Ministry of stealing credit for what it claims to be a victory in the battle for the salt-mining town of Soledar near Bakhmut in the Ukrainian eastern Donetsk Oblast. https://t.co/H6TG2vwyAx
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KyivIndependent: Western claims that Russia is running out of advanced, high-precision missiles have floated in the news since March. But more than 10 months into the all-out war, Russian missiles continue to rain down on Ukrainian cities. Story by @IgorKossov https://t.co/cah7OJlCS0
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelensky: Tough battles in eastern Ukraine continue. In his regular evening address on Jan. 13, President Volodymyr Zelensky said battles continue in Bakhmut and Soledar, the sites of the fiercest fighting in Donetsk Oblast, and in Kreminna in neighboring Luhansk Oblast.
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KyivIndependent: “Although the enemy has concentrated its greatest forces in this direction, our troops – the Armed Forces of Ukraine, all defense and security forces – are defending the state,” he said, thanking soldiers for their bravery and strength.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Scholz complains about 'pressure' to supply tanks to Ukraine, says he won't rush with decisions. Since the beginning of Russia's all-out invasion, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been criticized for delaying and blocking arms supplies to Ukraine. https://t.co/GKlrHHVDfC
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KyivIndependent: Amid pressure from the media, the public and NATO allies, Germany has increased its arms supplies to Ukraine but Scholz is still accused of being reluctant to antagonize Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Over 300,000 generators delivered to Ukraine in December. The generators were delivered to Ukraine in December 2023 to keep the country running amid Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the President's Office, said.