Russia-Ukraine War: List of Key Events, Day 1,052 | Russia-Ukraine War News

Here are the key developments on day 1,052 of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Here’s what it looked like on Saturday, January 11th:

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Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti cited investigators as saying that Ukraine launched an attack on a supermarket in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region that killed two people and injured two others. war in ukraine Keep grinding.
Denis Pushilin, the head of the Russian-controlled Donetsk region, said he had “confirmed the information” that four people were wounded in the attack. He accused the Ukrainian army of launching US-supplied HIMARS missiles into supermarket areas during the morning rush hour.
Ukrainian security sources said Ukrainian drone and missile strikes hit Russian ammunition depots and drone storage facilities. Sources in the SBU security department said that the department has launched a joint operation with the navy.
Russian officials reported that an industrial facility caught fire after a drone strike near the village of Chartyr in Russia’s Rostov region on the border with Ukraine, without elaborating.

Germany says a heavily loaded oil tanker drifting off its northern coast is part of a “shadow fleet” used by Moscow to evade sanctions on its oil exports. According to reports, the 274-meter-long Eventin, carrying nearly 100,000 tons of oil, was drifting in the Baltic Sea and “uncontrollable.”

US and UK imposed further sanctions Oppose Russia’s energy sector to further restrict funding for Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Two Russian marine insurance companies, Ingosstrakh and Alfastrakhovanie, were also sanctioned.
U.S. President Joe Biden said that new sanctions on Russian oil will have a profound impact on the Russian economy. Biden also spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, saying he believed Ukraine had a “real chance” of defeating Russia because of the cost of the war to Moscow.
“It is now clear that President Putin’s war in Ukraine has been a disaster for Russia. Because of the courage and determination of the Ukrainian people, and the support of the United States, Russia has failed to achieve any of its strategic goals in Ukraine,” the White House said in a statement stated in the statement.

Russian insurance company Ingosstrakh said U.S. sanctions would increase the risk of environmental disasters. “Removing Ingosstrakh from the market would create a vacuum that will inevitably be filled by unreliable insurers lacking the ability or intention to ensure compliance or pay claims,” it said.
Gazprom, also hit by British sanctions, said it would continue to operate and maintain business resilience despite measures that were “unreasonable, illegal and contrary to the principles of free competition.”
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he would hold talks with Putin after Washington announced sanctions on a series of energy companies, including a Serbian company. Petroleum Industries of Serbia (NIS), majority-owned by Gazprom and its parent company Gazprom, is Serbia’s sole natural gas supplier and one of the two gas pipelines that deliver natural gas from Russia to Serbian homes and industry main owner.

The German government is divided over whether to approve $3.1 billion in new military aid to Ukraine, Der Spiegel reported on Friday.
Ukraine received $3.1 billion from the European Commission as part of a major aid package committed by the Group of Seven (G7) major economies. The Group of Seven and the European Union aim to provide Ukraine with a $50 billion loan, guaranteed by interest income on Russian state assets frozen by the West.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said the downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane showed that flying over Russia poses a “high risk” to civilian flights during the war in Ukraine. The agency again advised airlines to avoid flying over western Russian airspace.
The German government will propose allowing the military to shoot down suspicious drones flying illegally in the country under certain circumstances, according to a document seen by dpa news agency.

Polish Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gorkowski said Poland has discovered a Russian group whose mission is to influence Polish elections through disinformation and fomenting instability. Warsaw says its role as a hub for supplies to Ukraine makes it a target for espionage and sabotage by Russia and its ally Belarus.
Moldova’s Transnistria region says it is “counting on” Russia to help it overcome an unprecedented energy crisis triggered by Moscow’s suspension of natural gas supplies last week.
Transnistria extended its state of emergency for another month to deal with an energy crisis after losing Russian gas supplies that had supported its economy for decades.
Thousands of people have protested in cities across Slovakia against Slovakia’s left-wing populist Prime Minister Robert Fico’s Ukraine policies. Demonstrators accused Fico of taking a pro-Russian line and “betraying” Western allies and neighboring Ukraine.

President Joe Biden’s administration has updated deportation relief measures that now cover 900,000 immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine and Sudan, a move that will delay any attempt by President-elect Donald Trump to change those protections.