Here are the main developments on the 1,065th day of Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine.

This is the situation on Friday, January 24:

Fighting

• Russian air attacks in eastern and central Ukraine killed at least three people and injured dozens. Among the dead were a 53-year-old man in the Kostyantinivka region and a 54-year-old man in the northeastern Kharkiv region.
• Mayor of the Russian Ryazan region, Sergei Sobyanin, said that air defense units intercepted three Ukrainian drones heading to the Russian capital, Moscow. No damage or injuries were reported, but specialized emergency crews were deployed to the site.
• Ukraine ordered the evacuation of some 267 children and their families from 16 settlements along the front line in the east of the country that were under threat from advancing Russian forces.
• Ukraine accused Russia of killing six unarmed soldiers captured by its forces. Dmytro Lobinets, Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman, said the footage showed that “the occupiers recorded their crime” and said Kiev was notifying international human rights groups of the war crime.
• The Kiev air force said it shot down 57 of 92 drones launched by Russia in attacks overnight. The Air Force also said 27 drones were “electronically lost” and did not cause any damage.
• The Russian Defense Ministry said that Russian forces destroyed 49 Ukrainian drones within three hours in the evening. She added that 37 drones were destroyed in the Kursk region.
• Ukraine announced the number of people injured as a result of the Russian missile that occurred on Wednesday evening Attack on Zaporizhya It rose to more than 51. The attack also killed a 47-year-old man and left tens of thousands of people without electricity or heat.

• Ukrainian police said they carried out about 1,000 raids across the country and arrested 24 people to curb the illegal sale of weapons and ammunition. “The main goal is to close sales and storage channels,” the law enforcement agency said, adding that they also want to confiscate weapons, ammunition and explosives from the illegal trade.
• Russian media quoted the Russian Ministry of Defense as saying that its forces took control of the village of Solon in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. The village is located about 12 kilometers (7.4 miles) from Pokrovsk, and is a major supply center for Kiev’s forces.

Politics and diplomacy

• US President Donald Trump said he wants to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin immediately, and told reporters that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is ready to reach a ceasefire agreement.
• Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo told a committee in Davos that an analysis conducted by the European Union concluded that the Russian economy is capable of continuing its war with Kiev for at least another year. De Croo also said it was essential that the 16th package of sanctions against Moscow include gas, energy and fertilizers.
• Ukraine will one day join NATO when there is sustainable peace, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and warned that NATO must make clear that Russia has no right to object to a vote on who joins. . alliance.

• US presidential envoy Richard Grenell responded to Rutte’s comments and said NATO allies should pay their “fair share” in defense before expanding the alliance. He said: “We will face a huge uproar in America if the Secretary General of NATO talks about adding Ukraine to NATO.”
• At the forum, Rutte said it was important that Russia did not win its war against Ukraine, and reiterated the need to strengthen support for Ukraine, adding that “the front line is moving in the wrong direction.”
• Rutte also warned that a Russian victory over Kiev could severely undermine NATO’s strength as the world’s largest military alliance, costing trillions of dollars to restore its credibility.
• Rutte also called on the United States to continue supplying weapons to Kiev, otherwise “the bill will be paid by the Europeans.” His comments came on the heels of Trump’s comments that the European Union needs to do more to support Ukraine.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded to Trump’s previous threats to impose additional sanctions if Putin failed to negotiate a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine soon, saying there was nothing new in Trump’s statements.
• Peskov also responded to a Reuters report that claimed Putin had become increasingly concerned about distortions in Moscow’s wartime economy. Peskov said that the country’s economy is stable and maintains a relatively high development rate despite some problematic factors.

Regional security

• Germany has deployed two Patriot air defense units in Poland to protect a key logistics hub supplying Ukraine with military and humanitarian aid. “This is to protect Poland and its airspace,” Germany said.
• The Kiev government announced that it is in the “very early stages” of talks with partners about potential foreign military units. However, it is too early to talk about specific numbers, according to a Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman.
• Russia denied allegations of spying on the UK, a day later London accuses “Russian spy ship” Passing through UK waters and warned of retaliation.