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The War News of Saturday 28 January live. According to Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Oleksii Danilov, “Russia will step up attacks and Ukraine is awaiting much-needed arms shipments promised by Western allies.”
• The war in Ukraine has reached its 339th day.
• Crosetto announces new military aid: «If the Russian tanks arrived in Kyiv, it would be World War III».
• Italy and France to reach agreement on sending Samp-Ts.
• Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “building new fields in the East”.
• The Estonian secret service believes that Russia could launch missile attacks on Ukraine in the coming months, partly because it continues to produce missiles despite the sanctions.
3:50 a.m. – Sentences Orban, Kyiv summons the Hungarian ambassador
Following recent statements by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kyiv will summon the Hungarian ambassador. Orban’s verdicts – as reported by Portal – have been called “unacceptable” by Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko. In detail, the Hungarian prime minister described Ukraine as “no man’s land” and compared it to Afghanistan. “Budapest continues on a path aimed at destroying Hungarian-Ukrainian relations,” added Nikolenko, stressing that “the Hungarian ambassador will be summoned to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry for an open discussion and we reserve the right to take other measures to take in response”.
03:36 – Zelensky, the situation at the front is extremely serious
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the situation on the front line was “extremely serious”, particularly in the eastern province of Donetsk, where Russia is stepping up its offensive. The President confirmed that major fighting is taking place in Vuhledar in the south-west of this region and in Bakhmut in the north-east. Zelenskyy said in his late-night speech that Russian forces are not only storming Ukrainian positions, but are also “deliberately and methodically” destroying the cities around them “with artillery, airstrikes and rockets.” “The Russian military has no shortage of lethal means. It can only be stopped by force,” he assured.
02:38 am – Air raid sirens sound in several regions of Ukraine
Air raid sirens sounded overnight in various regions of Ukraine. This is indicated by data from the country’s Ministry of Digital Transformation. Airstrike warnings were in place in Ukraine’s Poltava and Dnepropetrovsk regions, as well as Ukrainian-controlled parts of Zaporizhia region, the ministry’s online map showed. Ukrainian media on Friday reported explosions in the city of Kryvyi Rih and in the Kyiv-controlled part of Zaporizhia.
Several infrastructure sites were damaged in Zaporizhia, with a fire reported at one of them, Kyiv-appointed Acting Mayor of Zaporizhia Anatoly Kurtev reported on Telegram. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in November last year that about 50 percent of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure had been damaged. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in December that it was impossible to restore 100 percent of the country’s energy infrastructure at the time, so planned power outages were still in effect in most of the country’s cities and districts.
01:17 – Kyiv, Russia is preparing the offensive for February 24th
Russia is preparing a new wave of offensives against Ukraine for February 24, exactly a year after the start of the invasion. With that in mind, Russian forces have been testing Ukraine’s defense capabilities near Zaporizhia for the past few days. Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Oleksii Danilov told Radio Svoboda, adding: “Russia’s goal is to expand the borders” of eastern Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. According to Danilov, the coming months will be very difficult for Ukraine “as Russia intensifies its offensives and Ukraine awaits much-needed arms shipments recently promised by Western allies.”
11:20 p.m. – Macron assures that he will continue to “talk” to Putin
French President Emmanuel Macron has said he will continue to “talk to Russia” despite the criticism. «Some might accuse me at other times of speaking to Russia. And I will continue,” said the French President at a reception at the Elysée to mark Chinese New Year. Macron was one of the few Western leaders who stayed in touch with Vladimir Putin after the invasion of Ukraine. “All our countries have a position to defend, one of respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, which friendships and alliances we can cultivate,” added the French president.
January 28, 2023 (change January 28, 2023 | 06:30)
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