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[01:27:57] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ RT France to shut down due to EU sanctions. Russia’s state-owned broadcaster RT France announced that it was closing after its assets were frozen due to the ninth sanctions package against Russia.

[01:27:58] Twitter KyivIndependent: The European Union suspended the broadcasting of RT France in March because it served as a conduit for Russian propaganda. Despite RT France’s appeal to have the ban overturned, a European court upheld the decision on July 27.

[03:12:55] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Media: German Defense Minister to visit Ukraine soon. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag that he plans to visit Ukraine shortly, “probably within the next four weeks.”

[03:12:56] Twitter KyivIndependent: Answering the Bild am Sonntag’s question about the supply of Leopard tanks, Pistorius said, “We are in very close dialogue on this issue with our international partners, above all with the U.S.”

[04:27:55] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Russia’s attack damages enterprise in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Russian forces shelled the Marhanets community in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with heavy artillery and MLRS on Jan. 21, Mykola Lukashuk, the head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council, reported.

[04:27:56] Twitter KyivIndependent: An industrial enterprise was damaged as a result of the attack, but no casualties were reported, Lukashuk said.

[05:57:56] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukraine repels Russian attacks near 10 settlements in Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts. Ukrainian forces also launched 14 attacks on the temporary bases of Russian troops and three strikes on the positions of Russia's anti-aircraft missile systems, the General Staff said on Jan. 22.

[07:12:56] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Governor: Russian attacks injure 2 civilians in Donetsk Oblast over past day. According to Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko, Russian forces wounded two civilians in Bakhmut.

[07:12:57] Twitter KyivIndependent: It is currently impossible to know the actual number of casualties in Russian-occupied Mariupol and Volnovaha, Kyrylenko reported on Jan. 22.

[08:12:57] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️UK Defense Ministry: Russia ‘highly likely’ to struggle with planned army expansion.

[08:12:57] Twitter KyivIndependent: “The Russian leadership highly likely assesses that an enhanced conventional military threat will endure for many years beyond the current Ukraine war. However, Russia will highly likely struggle to staff and equip the planned expansion,” the U.K. Defense Ministry tweeted.

[08:42:56] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelensky on Unification Act anniversary: ‘Ukraine is united because it is strong. Ukraine is strong because it is united.’

[08:42:56] Twitter KyivIndependent: “If the struggle is not stopped, sooner or later a unified and independent state will be restored. If true unity is not attained, independence will be lost,” Volodymyr Zelensky said in an address on Jan. 21.

[09:42:56] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Governors: Russian attacks hit 7 regions over Jan. 21.

[09:42:56] Twitter KyivIndependent: Russian attacks were reported in seven out of Ukraine's 25 regions, including in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Sumy oblasts. According to the regional governors, one civilian was killed, and at least nine, including one child, were injured.

[09:42:57] Twitter DefenceU: Our resistance looks like this. https://t.co/LPcTNCTMVU

[09:42:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Jan. 22, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/nQY9iNYkD5

[09:57:55] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Defense Ministry denies buying food for soldiers at inflated prices.

[09:57:56] Twitter KyivIndependent: Ukrainian news outlet https://t.co/aXlbUK8AsO reported on Jan. 21 that the Defense Ministry purchases food for the military at prices between two and three times higher than those at Kyiv grocery stores.

[09:57:57] Twitter KyivIndependent: The ministry claims the reports have "signs of deliberate manipulation and misleading,” but did not provide further details.

[10:27:56] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Anti-corruption prosecutor: Deputy community development minister caught taking $400,000 bribe.

[10:27:57] Twitter KyivIndependent: The official and accomplices allegedly enabled the signing of contracts for purchasing equipment and machinery in return for the bribe, according to a Jan. 22 Facebook post by the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO).

[10:42:56] Twitter DefenceU: "From now on, the parts of the single Ukraine, which were separated for centuries... — become one." The Universal of the Directory of the Ukrainian People's Republic of 1919 Total combat losses of the enemy from Feb 24 to Jan 22: https://t.co/UxcZFm3to3

[10:42:56] Twitter KyivIndependent: The dramatic fight for Soledar, part of the Battle of Bakhmut, is over — although Ukraine's leadership is still reluctant to acknowledge the loss. https://t.co/fDcSLDfCDF

[11:12:57] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Intelligence chief confirms March death of Ukrainian negotiator in SBU car.

[11:12:58] Twitter KyivIndependent: Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine's Intelligence Directorate, confirmed in an interview with RFE/RL that a member of the Ukrainian negotiating delegation Denys Kirieiev was killed in a Security Service of Ukraine car in the early stages of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

[11:42:55] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Polish PM: Ukraine, Europe to win the war 'with Germany or without.’ Germany “should not weaken or sabotage" other countries’ activities, Mateusz Morawiecki said, adding that Poland would not look on passively while Ukraine bleeds.

[12:12:56] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Southern Command: Ukraine repels limited Russian offensives in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

[12:12:57] Twitter KyivIndependent: The Russian forces “are not conducting active and large-scale efforts,” spokesperson for the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Southern Command Yevhan Yerin said on national television, as quoted by state-owned news agency Ukrinform.

[12:27:57] Twitter DefenceU: A confident look. In the direction of victory. https://t.co/dboF0mXuPG

[12:42:56] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Ukraine's military creates new units to equip with Western military hardware. “We are creating new military units. Our next actions will depend on their combat readiness. Therefore, Western assistance is extremely important,” the Joint Forces Commander Serhii Naiev told CNN.

[13:42:57] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Ex-British PM Boris Johnson visits Kyiv suburbs, meets with Zelensky. Johnson, who's been out of office since September, made an unannounced visit to two war-torn cities outside of Kyiv, Bucha and Borodianka, on Jan. 21. (Video by President's Office) https://t.co/Z8iZng8gsQ

[14:27:57] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Cabinet dismisses deputy minister Vasyl Lozynskiy who allegedly received a $400,000 bribe. According to law enforcement, the money was a kickback for rigging a large procurement tender for generators and other equipment.

[14:42:59] Twitter DefenceU: RT @oleksiireznikov: Today, celebrates the Day of Unity. In these difficult times,we,more than ever,feel like a single country&nation. The North, South, East, West&Center of are doing everything possible for victory. We’ve learned the lessons of history. We‘ll win this war! Art by Nikita Titov https://t.co/s7SJxITbLs

[14:43:00] Twitter DefenceU: Friends like these are worth more than a squadron of tanks. We are glad to welcome Boris Johnson to Ukraine. A person who has been with the Ukrainian people since day one. https://t.co/RQjawNJj7l

[15:42:58] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Ukraine reportedly launched strike on former hospital housing Russian soldiers in occupied Luhansk Oblast. The Directorate said, citing its sources, that the former hospital was housing Russian soldiers, particularly those affiliated with Ramzan Kadyrov of Chechnya.

[15:42:58] Twitter DefenceU: United we stand, divided we fall #DayofUnity

[16:12:58] Twitter KyivIndependent: We’ve been working hard to bring you on-the-ground reporting of Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine – which has only been possible with the support of our readers. Support our reporting and help us reach our goal of 10,000 members: https://t.co/IbR3o7izPB https://t.co/3g46C5CgZe

[16:42:57] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Russian shelling of Kharkiv Oblast kills 1, wounds 1. Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported on Jan. 22 that Russian shelling had killed an elderly woman in a village close to the Russian border at around 2:30 p.m. Photo: Oleh Syniehubov. https://t.co/xT02Y8z0Ya

[17:57:56] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️General Staff: Russia strikes critical infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Russian forces have launched a missile strike on critical infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said on Jan. 22 in its evening briefing.

[17:57:57] Twitter KyivIndependent: In this video, soldiers of King Danylo's 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade raise the Ukrainian flag over the front-line city of Bakhmut in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk Oblast, to celebrate Ukraine's Unity Day. https://t.co/YCIxtzf21t

[17:57:58] Twitter KyivIndependent: Unity Day is a national holiday celebrated on Jan. 22 devoted to the unification of Ukraine People’s Republic and Western Ukraine People’s Republic in 1919 into one independent country.

[17:57:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: Ukraine's independence in 1919 was short-lived, as the Soviets soon took over most of Ukraine's territory.

[17:58:01] Twitter KyivIndependent: Decades later, Ukrainians again celebrated Unity Day on Jan. 22, 1990, a year before the collapse of the Soviet Union, by creating a human chain that connected Kyiv and Lviv. Video: King Danylo's 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade

[18:58:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Mayor: Russians shell residential area in occupied town in Kherson Oblast. Yevhen Ryshchuk, mayor of the town of Oleshky in Kherson Oblast, said on Jan. 22 that Russian troops had shelled the town several times, damaging a school.

[19:42:56] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️US lawmakers call for giving Ukraine Abrams tanks. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on Jan. 22 called for giving Ukraine U.S.-made Abrams tanks as a way to push Germany to allow the delivery of German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine.

[19:42:58] Twitter KyivIndependent: There have been media reports that Germany would allow the delivery of Leopard tanks to Ukraine if the U.S. supplied Abrams tanks to Kyiv. However, the German government has denied making such a demand.

[21:13:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelensky: Ukraine can win war with Russia in 2023. For this, Ukrainians need to remain united, and the country must keep receiving aid from its foreign partners, Zelensky said.

[21:57:56] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️PM: If Germany doesn't cooperate, Poland will create coalition without Germany to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine. “We will not passively watch Ukraine bleed to death,” Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told the Polish Press Agency on Jan. 22.

[22:27:56] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️German minister: Berlin won't oppose delivery of Polish Leopard tanks to Ukraine. "For the moment the question has not been asked, but if we were asked we would not stand in the way," German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said.

[22:27:57] Twitter KyivIndependent: If Germany does not authorize Leopard 2 tank supplies to Ukraine, Poland will create a coalition of allies without Germany to supply Leopards to Kyiv anyway, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Jan. 22. “We will not passively watch Ukraine bleed to death,” he added.

[23:12:56] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelenksy on deputy minister dismissal: 'There will be no return to the way things used to be.' President Zelensky called Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Development Lozynskiy's dismissal a "signal to all whose behavior violates the principle of justice."

[23:12:57] Twitter KyivIndependent: The Cabinet of Ministers on Jan. 22 dismissed Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Development Vasyl Lozynskiy, who has been detained and accused of receiving a $400,000 bribe.

[23:57:56] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Macron does not rule out sending Leclerc tanks to Ukraine. According to Macron, a decision on the transfer of Leclerc tanks to Ukraine will be made in the coming days and weeks but should be agreed with other allies, including Germany.

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