Update on the situation, Monday 29 January at 9pm.
- Head of Hungarian diplomacy in Ukraine to prepare for Orbán-Zelensky meeting
The head of Hungarian diplomacy, Peter Szijjártó, met on Monday in western Ukraine with his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba, ahead of a European summit focusing on financial aid to the country in the war after Budapest’s recent veto. Balazs Orbán, political adviser to the Hungarian Prime Minister, for his part, announced on Monday morning on social networks That Hungary was open to releasing 50 billion euros in aid from the European Union (EU) to Ukraine.
- NATO Secretary General in Washington to discuss aid to Ukraine
Jens Stoltenberg was received in the morning by the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, before meeting in the afternoon with the head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, as well as the national security adviser, Jack Sullivan. He is expected to meet with Republican and Democratic officials in Congress on Tuesday who are negotiating an agreement on a new budget for Ukraine.
- Ukraine says it is trying“to expand” Its bridgehead on the occupied banks of the Dnieper
“Ukrainian Defense Forces continue their efforts to expand their bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region”.The Army General Staff confirmed in its morning report.
- Moscow claims it has captured a village near Kupyansk, a claim Kiev denies
Area of Tabaivka, “In the Kharkiv region, was freed”, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Telegram. The village is located about thirty kilometers from the city of Kupyansk, an area where Russian forces have been on the offensive since the summer. But the Ukrainian army denied this capture some time ago, without even waiting for the official statements of the Russian authorities, the news started circulating on Telegram channels a day ago.
- In Russia, Vladimir Putin’s presidential candidacy was confirmed
“Russian Election Commission Registers Vladimir Putin’s Candidacy for President”.In the run-up to presidential elections in March, the organization announced Monday on Telegram, a view that the head of state should dominate, with protests largely suppressed by repression.
- Ukraine’s military says it shot down eight Russian drones overnight
The Ukrainian Air Force claimed, in its morning report, to have destroyed “Eight Shahed-136/131 Type Strike Drones” Russia was launched overnight across the country “In Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Khmelnitsky and Rivne Regions”.
- Regional governor says drone strike against Yaroslavl refinery in Russia failed
According to the regional governor, Russian air defenses foiled a drone strike against the Slavneft-Yanos oil refinery in the city of Yaroslavl on Monday.
- British intelligence assessed Russian armor losses and their ability to replace them
In their situation update of January 29, The British Ministry of Defence According to estimates from February 24, 2022 to January 25, 2024, Russia lost about 2,600 main battle tanks and 4,900 other armored combat vehicles in Ukraine. It seems that the Russian ground forces lost about 40% fewer vehicles in 2023 than in 2022.
