Russia claims to have fired at least 121 Ukrainian drones in a primary airstrike
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Russian air defenses repelled a massive Ukrainian drone attack overnight, intercepting and destroying 121 drones in thirteen regions, adding to Moscow.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Friday morning that air defenses had intercepted Ukrainian drone strikes at four locations around the Russian capital. Sobyanin, writing on Telegram, said air defenses southeast of the capital, in Kolomna and Ramenskoye, had repelled the “enemy” drones. , specifying how many.
The attack came here as the South Korean military said North Korea was preparing to send more troops to sign up for Russia’s combat against Ukraine, even though Pyongyang suffers a higher casualty rate between its existing deployment of 11,000 troops and seeing some of its infantrymen captured.
On Thursday in Davos, Donald Trump issued one of his toughest complaints against Vladimir Putin to date for the current war, and said that “he would like to meet President Putin soon to start this war. “
However, a few hours later, an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity aired in which Trump reported that the war had started only because Volodymyr Zelensky had not preemptively capitulated before Russian troops began their invasion.
Russian security official Sergei Shoigu warned in an interview published on Friday that the risk of an armed clash between nuclear powers was rising.
Shoigu, Secretary of President Vladimir Putin’s Security Council, told Tass News Agency: “In the context of developing conflicts and worsening geopolitical rivalries around the world, the dangers of violent states between states are developing. primary, adding with the participation of nuclear powers.
The former Minister of Defense affirmed that NATO is intensifying activities on its eastern flank, close to Russia and Belarus, and repeating offensive and defensive scenarios.
NATO says it is Russia that is raising tensions, including by announcing in 2023 that it was deploying tactical nuclear weapons in its ally Belarus, which borders three NATO countries.
Shoigu said Russia, which sent tens of thousands of troops to Ukraine in February 2022, and Belarus were taking preventive measures opposed to Western attempts to “destabilize Thearray. . . from within. “
He reiterated that Belarus is now under the coverage of Russian nuclear arsenal, as a result of the adjustments that Putin announced last year to the Russian doctrine about the use of nuclear weapons.
“The Russian ‘nuclear umbrella’ now guarantees cover for our closest best friend in the same framework in which Russia authorizes a nuclear reaction for its own defense,” he said.
“Namely, when repelling an attack using weapons of mass destruction or aggression using conventional weapons that creates a critical threat to sovereignty or territorial integrity.”
The South Korean army said it suspected that North Korea was preparing to send more troops to Russia to fight the Ukrainian forces, even after suffering losses and seeing some of their captured infantry soldiers.
“As it has been 4 months for the dispatch of troops for the Russia-Ukraine War, and multiple patients and captives (North Korea) are suspected of accelerating follow-up measures and preparation for ‘an additional shipment of troops,'” the “staff Joint Chiefs (JCS) said in a press release.
The JCS investigation did not specify what other follow-up steps Pyongyang takes.
North Korea is also preparing to release a spy satellite and an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), there are no signs of rapid action, the JCS said.
This month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said two North Korean soldiers had been captured in Russia’s Kursk region, marking the first time Ukraine had taken North Korean soldiers alive since their entry into the war last autumn.
Pyongyang has deployed about 11,000 infantry troops to help Moscow’s forces in Russia’s western Koursk region, according to Ukrainian and Western assessments, which Ukraine took over in a wonderful attack last year.
According to kyiv, more than 3,000 other people have been killed or injured.
The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobianine, said that the aerial defense had intercepted three different attacks of Ukrainian drones that were addressed to the Russian capital.
Sobyanin, writing in the Telegram messaging application, said the air attacks southeast of the capital in the district of Kolomna and Ramenskoye repelled an organization of “enemies” drones, specifying how many were involved.
“At the where the fragments fell, no hurt or casualties occurred,” Sobyanin wrote on the Telegram messaging app, without specifying how many drones were involved. “Specialized emergency groups are onArray”
The mayor posted two other announcements in succession.
Sothrughanin said that two drones in the direction of Moscow were demolished through air defenses in the Podolsk district, south of the capital. Then a single drone demolished in the Troitsky district, southwest of the capital.
Specialist emergency crews were dispatched to all the sites, Sobyanin said.
Russia has rebuked the head of the UN youth agency, UNICEF, for failing to provide “solid arguments to justify her refusal” to brief the Security Council on youth in Gaza, a meeting requested through Russia.
Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, said that UNICEF executive director, Catherine Russell, an American, informed the council of 15 members about young people in Ukraine “in the blink of an eye” in December, during the American Presidency of the Council.
“It seems that for UNICEF, young people in Gaza are less vital than young people in Ukraine,” Nebenzia said.
“The refusal of UNICEF chief to inform the Security Council of the horrible tragedy of the death of tens of thousands of young people in Gaza is a flagrant step, which deserves our most serious censorship,” Nebenzia told the Council.
Russell is at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland with a focus on addressing humanitarian crises and was unable to adjust her schedule to brief the Security Council, said a Unicef spokesperson.
“Ms. Russell had offered the Director of Emergencies to deliver her statement on her behalf,” the Unicef spokesperson said. “The Unicef Executive Director has briefed the Security Council several times on the situation of children in Gaza and appreciates the council’s focus on children impacted by war.”
The Security Council has gathered dozens of times to talk about the war in Gaza. The armed and security forces of Israel, the militants of Hamas and the Islamic jihad and the Armed Forces of Russia are on the global list of the United Nations of criminals for young people who have killed and mutilated.
Trump claims that the Ukrainian leader made a decision that he “wanted to fight” when it was Russia that had started hostilities between the two countries.
Russian forces recently executed at least six unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war in Donetsk, a US-based tank, citing Ukrainian sources, said.
“Ukrainian resources have circulated photographs on January 23 of unarmed Ukrainian prisoners in a non-inertified domain in Ukraine,” the Institute for the Study of War said.
Ukrainian officials are investigating social media footage of Russian forces executing six captured and unarmed Ukrainian servicemembers in an unspecified area of Donetsk oblast, the country’s human rights commissioner Dmytro Lyubinets said.
EDIVE that the photographs show a 7th Ukrainian POW in this organization, but it is transparent what happened to the 7th POW according to the photographs.
“ISW has frequently reported that Russian forces are conducting frontline executions of Ukrainian POWs and continues to assess that Russian military commanders are either complicit in or enabling their subordinates to conduct these executions,” the think tank said.
South Korea’s military said it suspects North Korea will send more troops to Russia after its infantrymen who fought in the Russia-Ukraine war suffered heavy casualties.
South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff also assessed in a report distributed to reporters that North Korea’s procedural arrangements for verifying an intercontinental ballistic missile destined to succeed in the United States.
They said North Korea would speed up its arrangements to send more troops to Russia, specifying how it arrived at that assessment.
South Korea suspects North Korea of sending troops to Russia after heavy losses in Ukraine
Russia launched a barrage of drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine, killing three civilians and damaging residential and commercial buildings, officials said.
The Interior Ministry said debris from the drones killed two men and a woman in the central Kyiv region and another user was injured. The attack destroyed a multi-story residential building, eight user houses, advertising buildings and several user cars, Kyiv regional officials said.
As the war approaches the three-year mark, Russia has stepped up its airstrikes against Ukraine, sending dozens of drones almost every night.
Ukrainian said Russian forces have introduced more than 7,000 drones in 2024, at least twice as many as in 2023. Most have been sacrificed or redirected through electronic warfare, but many have yet to reach their premiere
The European Union cannot rely on the United States to protect it and will have to build its military spending and security readiness to help Ukraine and deter Russia from targeting its neighbors, senior EU officials warned.
The European Union cannot depend on the United States to protect it and will have to build up military spending and security preparedness to deter Russia from targeting its neighbors after Ukraine, senior officials warned.
Russian security official Sergei Shoigu warned in an interview published on Friday that the risk of an armed clash between nuclear powers was rising.
Shoigu, the secretary of President Vladimir Putin’s Security Council, told TASS news agency: “Against the backdrop of increasing conflict and aggravation of geopolitical rivalry in the world, the risks of a violent clash between major states, including with the participation of nuclear powers, are growing.”
The former defence minister said that NATO was increasing activities on its eastern flank, close to Russia and Belarus, and rehearsing offensive as well as defensive scenarios there.
NATO says that it is Russia that is increasing tensions, specifically by announcing in 2023 that it will deploy tactical nuclear weapons in its best friend Belarus, which borders 3 NATO countries.
Chogou said Russia, who sent tens of thousands of A Ukraine in February 2022, and Belarus took preventive measures opposed to Western attempts aimed at “destabilizing the stage scenarios . . . of the interior. “
He reiterated that Belarus was now under the protection of Russia’s nuclear arsenal, as a consequence of changes that Putin announced last year to Russia’s doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons.
“The Russian ‘nuclear umbrella’ now guarantees the coverage of our closest best friend in the same framework in which Russia authorizes a nuclear reaction for its own defense,” he said.
“Namely, when repelling an attack using weapons of mass destruction or aggression using conventional weapons that creates a critical threat to sovereignty or territorial integrity.”
The South Korean army said it suspected that North Korea was preparing to send more troops to Russia to combat Ukrainian forces, even after suffering losses and seeing some of its captured infantry soldiers.
“As 4 months have passed since the sending of troops for the Russian-Ukrainian war and multiple victims and captive (North Korea) have occurred, it is suspected that it is accelerating the monitoring and preparation measures for a new shipment of troops, ” , the Joint General Staff (JCS) said in a press release.
The JCS analysis did not specify what other follow-up measures Pyongyang might take.
North Korea is also getting ready to release a spy satellite and an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), there was no signal of prompt action, said the JCS.
This month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said two North Korean soldiers had been captured in Russia’s Kursk region, marking the first time Ukraine had taken North Korean soldiers alive since their entry into the war last autumn.
Pyongyang deployed around 11,000 infantry soldiers to Moscow’s forces in the Western Russian region, according to Ukrainian and Western assessments, which Ukraine took in a marvelous attack last year.
More than 3,000 have been killed or wounded, according to Kyiv.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanine said air defense had intercepted three separate attacks by Ukrainian drones heading for the Russian capital.
Sobyanin, writing in the telegram messaging request, said air defense is set southeast of the capital in Kolomna district and Ramenskoye had pushed for an “enemy” drone organization, specifying how involved.
“At the place where the fragments fell there were no injuries or victims,” Sobyanin wrote on the Telegram messaging application, without specifying how many drones were involved. “Specialized emergency groups are in Array. “
The mayor has two other announcements in play.
Sobyanin said two drones also headed for Moscow had been downed by air defences in Podolsk district, south of the capital. He then reported a single drone downed in Troitsky district, in the southwest of the capital.
Specialized emergency services were sent to all locations, Sobyanin said.
Russia has reprimanded the head of the UN youth agency UNICEF for failing to provide a strong argument for his refusal to report to the Gaza Youth Security Council, a meeting requested by Russia.
The UN Ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, said that UNICEF executive director, Catherine Russell, an American, had informed the Council of 15 members about young people in Ukraine “in the open and closing an eye” in December, the presidency of the presidency of the presidency of the American Council
“It turns out that for UNICEF, the youth of Gaza are fewer than the young people of Ukraine,” Nebenzia said.
“UNICEF’s refusal to lead the Security Council on the horrific tragedy related to the deaths of tens of thousands of young people in Gaza is an appalling step, one that deserves our utmost and serious censure,” Nebenzia told the Council.
Russell is at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, emphasizing combating humanitarian crises and may adjust his schedule to brief the Security Council, a UNICEFArray spokesperson said.
“Mrs. Russell had appeared for the emergency director to do his own in his name,” said UNICEF spokesman. “The Executive Director of UNICEF has informed the Security Council about several events about the situation of young people in Gaza and appreciates the Council is concentrated in young people affected by the war. “
The Security Council has gathered tens of times to talk about the war in Gaza. The Armed Forces and Security of Israel, the militants of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad and the Russian Armed Forces are all in the global list of authors of Killer Killer and Mutilations of the UN.
Russian forces have recently executed at least six unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war in Donetsk, a U. S. -based mirror image organization raising Ukrainian sources said.
“Ukrainian resources released images on January 23 of unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war in an unspecified domain of Ukraine,” the Institute for the Study of War said.
Ukrainian officials are investigating social media footage of Russian forces executing six captured and unarmed Ukrainian servicemembers in an unspecified area of Donetsk oblast, the country’s human rights commissioner Dmytro Lyubinets said.
He edited that the footage shows a 7th Ukrainian war prisoner in this group, but from the footage it is transparent precisely what happened to the 7th Pow.
“ISW has frequently reported that Russian forces are conducting frontline executions of Ukrainian POWs and continues to assess that Russian military commanders are either complicit in or enabling their subordinates to conduct these executions,” the think tank said.
The South Korean army said he suspected that North Korea was preparing to send more troops to Russia after their infantry soldiers fought in the Russian-Ukraine war suffered strong casualties.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff also assessed in a report distributed to reporters that North Korea is making arrangements to control an intercontinental ballistic missile intended to hit the United States.
They said that North Korea is believed to be accelerating preparations to send more troops to Russia, without saying how it reached the assessment.
Russia introduced a barrage of drones in a nighttime strike against Ukraine, killing three civilians and damaging residential and advertising buildings, officials said.
The Interior Ministry said drone debris killed two men and a woman in the central Kyiv region and some other injured users. The attack broke a multi-story residential building, 8 used houses, advertising buildings and several passenger cars, Kyiv regional officials said.
As the war approaches the three-year mark, Russia has stepped up its air attacks on Ukraine, sending dozens of drones almost every night.
Ukrainian officials said Russian forces had introduced more than 7,000 drones in 2024, at least twice as many as in 2023. Most have been culled or redirected through electronic warfare, but many have hit their targets.
The European Union cannot depend on the United States to protect it and will have to increase military spending and security preparation to help Ukraine and dissuade Russia to attack more neighbors, have warned the most sensible officials of the EU. The EU.
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