Russia-Ukraine War: List of Key Events – Day 1,063 | Russia-Ukraine War News

Here are the key developments on day 1,063 of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Here’s what it looked like on Wednesday, January 22nd:

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The Ukrainian Air Force said that Russia launched four missiles and 131 drones into Ukraine overnight. The Air Force also said that 72 of the drones were destroyed and 59 were lost without reaching their targets.
Moscow’s Defense Ministry said its troops Intercepted and destroyed 55 Ukrainian drones Overnight in six regions of Russia. Voronezh Region Governor Alexander Gusev said six drones were shot down in Voronezh and the falling debris sparked a fire, just six days after the wreckage of another intercepted drone sparked a fire . No injuries were reported.
The Kiev military claimed responsibility for an attack on an aviation manufacturing plant in Russia’s Smolensk region that “is modernizing and manufacturing fighter jets” and launched an attack on Voronezh that caused a fire in a fuel depot. Ukraine’s General Staff said the attack was coordinated by drone units and special forces.
Russian state news agency TASS said Moscow’s troops captured the village of Vovkovy in eastern Ukraine, just 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) southwest of the city of Pokrovsk, an important supply chain for Kiev’s troops center. Moscow’s army also earlier captured Shevchenko, another village close to the hub, Tass news agency reported.
Authorities in Russia’s Orenburg region asked residents to take shelter from possible Ukrainian drone attacks. The Russian Strategic Missile Forces base is located in the region.

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said it had detained the Ukrainian army’s chief psychiatrist on suspicion of corruption. The suspects are accused of failing to disclose approximately $1 million in “improper assets” that authorities believe were accumulated since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Russian Army Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov inspected tank divisions and motorized infantry brigades operating near the Ukrainian supply center in Pokrovsk. Video showed Gerasimov arriving by helicopter and awarding medals to the soldiers.
Moscow’s air defense forces destroyed seven Ukrainian drones over Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, and nine drones over Rostov in southern Russia. No injuries or damage were reported.
Agence France-Presse quoted a Kiev military spokesman as saying that about 229 Ukrainian civilians remained in the city of Chasiv Yar, which was under heavy Russian artillery fire. Many of those still in the city are either elderly or disabled, according to AFP.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he planned to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and told reporters that Putin’s refusal to reach a ceasefire with Ukraine was “destroying Russia.” Trump said he believed “Russia is going to be in big trouble” and expressed concern about Moscow’s economy.
Trump has warned Putin that he will impose new sanctions on Russia if the Kremlin refuses to negotiate a ceasefire with Ukraine. Trump also said the United States was considering sending arms to Ukraine, but added that the European Union should do more to support Kyiv.
Chinese President Xi Jinping Had a video call Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said that during the meeting with Putin, the two discussed the prospects of a potential peace deal to end Moscow’s war with Ukraine. Ushakov said the two leaders also discussed issues such as the Korean Peninsula, the Middle East, Syria and Taiwan.
Turkish news agency Anadolu Ajansi quoted Ushakov as saying that the Trump administration had not yet contacted Moscow about the meeting. “We are ready,” he reportedly said.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told delegates that Europe must establish itself as a strong global leader, develop a joint defense policy and be willing to increase defense spending to safeguard own peace and security. Others.
In his speech, Zelensky also questioned Trump’s commitment to NATO and European security, adding that Ukraine was working to arrange a meeting with the U.S. president.

Zelensky said Ukraine would not give in to Russian demands to reduce Kiev’s military capabilities in any potential future peace deal. “This is what he wants. We will not allow this to happen,” Zelensky said in Davos.
Zelensky also told delegates in Davos that at least 200,000 European peacekeepers would be needed as part of any solution to end the war with Russia. “Otherwise, it’s nothing,” he said.
Tass news agency reported that Putin had a phone call with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. They allegedly discussed joint projects between the two countries as well as the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine.