Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk and Speaker of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia Daiga Mierina have discussed ways to increase pressure on Russia, including the preparation of the 16th sanctions package.
The Czech Republic has completed the modernization of the oil pipeline that connects it to European suppliers, allowing the nation to stop importing oil from Russia.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that on the night of January 14, the Defense Forces carried out a large-scale strike on military targets 200 to 1,100 kilometers deep into the territory of Russia.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky shared a video showing the questioning of captured soldiers from North Korea and said that Ukraine is ready to hand them over to the DPRK in exchange for Ukrainian soldiers held captive in Russia.
On January 12, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit a command post of Russia’s 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army in the temporarily occupied part of the Donetsk region.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Italy for strengthening sanctions against Russia this week.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said the latest sanctions the U.S. imposed on Russia significantly undermine the financial basis of the Kremlin’s war machine, disrupting the supply chain.
On January 10, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit a command post of the 3rd Army Corps of Russia’s Armed Forces in the temporarily occupied city of Svitlodarsk, Donetsk region.
Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans says the most important thing is that in the event of negotiations with Russia, Ukraine could act from a position of strength.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal discussed intensifying sanctions pressure on Russia with the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Finland’s Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen.
President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his condolences to the families of those killed in the Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia and emphasized the need to exert pressure on Russia for its acts of terror.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces have been maintaining a buffer zone in Russia’s Kursk region for the past five months, inflicting on the enemy over 38,000 casualties in the area, including 15,000 killed in action.
During the season of autumn and winter storms, Russia lost almost half of the barge barriers installed to protect the Crimea Bridge from Ukrainian maritime drone attacks.