Here are the main developments on the 1,052nd day of Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine.

This is the situation on Saturday, January 11:

Fighting

• Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency quoted investigators as saying that two people were killed and two others wounded in a Ukrainian attack on a supermarket in the Russian-controlled Donetsk region. War in Ukraine Grind on.
• Denis Pushilin, who heads parts of Donetsk controlled by Russia, said he had “confirmed information” that four people were injured in the attack. The Ukrainian army was accused of firing US-supplied HAMAR missiles at the supermarket area during the morning rush hour.
• A Russian ammunition depot and a drone storage facility were subjected to a drone and missile attack launched by Ukraine, a Ukrainian security service source said. The source in the SBU security service said that he launched the joint operation with the Navy.
• An industrial facility near the village of Chalter in Russia’s Rostov region bordering Ukraine caught fire after a drone attack, Russian officials reported, without elaborating.

Shadow fleet

• Germany said a heavily laden tanker ship off its northern coast is part of a “shadow fleet” used by Moscow to avoid sanctions on its oil exports. The ship Eventen, which is 274 meters long and carrying nearly 100,000 tons of oil, was reportedly off course and “unable to manoeuvre” in the Baltic Sea.

Penalties

• imposed by the United States and the United Kingdom More penalties Against the Russian energy sector in an attempt to limit financing for Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Sanctions were also imposed on two Russian marine insurance companies: Ingostrakh and Alvestrakhovany.
• US President Joe Biden said that new sanctions imposed on Russian oil will have a profound impact on the Russian economy. Biden also spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, saying he believes there is a “real chance” the Ukrainians can prevail against Russia because of the costs Moscow has incurred in this war.
• “It is now clear that Pres [Vladimir] Putin’s war against Ukraine has been a disaster for Russia. The White House said in a statement: “Thanks to the courage and determination of the Ukrainian people, and with the support of the United States, Russia has failed to achieve any of its strategic goals in Ukraine.”

• Russian insurance company Ingostrakh said that US sanctions would increase the risk of environmental disasters. “Removing Engostrach from the market creates a void that will inevitably be filled by insurers who lack the capacity or intent to ensure compliance or pay claims,” she said.
• Gazprom Neft, which was also hit by the UK sanctions, said it would continue to operate and maintain the flexibility of its business despite the measures it described as “unjustified, unlawful and contrary to the principles of free competition.”
• Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he would hold talks with Putin after Washington announced sanctions against a group of energy companies, including a Serbian company. Oil Industry of Serbia (NIS), majority owned by Russia’s Gazprom Neft and its parent company Gazprom, is the sole supplier of gas to Serbia and the majority owner of two gas pipelines that transport gas from Russia to homes and industries in Serbia.

Military aid

• The German government is at odds over whether to approve new military aid to Ukraine worth $3.1 billion, weekly newspaper Spiegel reported on Friday.
• Ukraine has received $3.1 billion from the European Commission as part of a large aid package pledged by the leading G7 economies. The G7 and the European Union aim to provide Ukraine with a loan worth $50 billion, secured by interest income on the Russian state’s frozen assets in the West.

Regional tension

• The European Union aviation safety agency said the downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane shows that flying over Russia poses a “major risk” to civilian flights amid the war in Ukraine. The agency renewed its recommendation to airlines to avoid flying over Russia’s western airspace.
• The German government is proposing to allow the military to shoot down suspected drones conducting illegal flights in the country under certain conditions, according to a document seen by the German news agency DPA.

• Poland has identified a Russian group charged with influencing Polish elections through disinformation and fomenting instability, Polish Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Jaukowski said. Warsaw says its role as a hub for supplies to Ukraine has made it a target for spies working for Russia and its ally Belarus, as well as acts of sabotage.
• Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria said it was “depending” on Russia to help it overcome an unprecedented energy crisis sparked by Moscow’s halting of gas supplies last week.
• Transdniestria has extended its state of emergency for another month as it faces an energy crisis after losing access to Russian gas supplies that have supported its economy for decades.
• Thousands of people demonstrated in cities across Slovakia against Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico’s left-wing populist policy in Ukraine. The demonstrators accused Fico of taking a pro-Russian approach and “betraying” Western allies and neighboring Ukraine.

policy

• President Biden’s administration has renewed deportation relief that currently covers 900,000 migrants from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine and Sudan, a move that would delay any attempts by President-elect Donald Trump to change those protections.