Here are the main developments on the 1,064th day of Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine.

This is the situation on Thursday, January 23:

Fighting

• A Russian missile attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhya has killed a 47-year-old man, according to regional governor Ivan Fedorov. He added that 16 others were injured, including a two-month-old child.
• The Ukrainian Air Force said that Russia launched 99 drones towards Ukraine overnight in what became an escalation A daily barrage of strikes. The air force said Kiev forces destroyed 65 drones while 30 disappeared from radar. Six regions of Ukraine reported attacks as a result of drones.
• The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that Russian forces captured the village of Zapadny in the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine. The village is located on the western bank of the Uskil River, which constituted the front line between the armies of the Kremlin and Kiev for a long time.
• Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko said that Russia has attacked energy facilities in Kiev 1,200 times since Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine in 2022, including attacks targeting electricity generation facilities, distribution channels and gas facilities.
• Russian courts upheld a life sentence for Alexander Permyakov, the man convicted of seriously wounding Zakhar Prilepin, a pro-Kremlin writer, by blowing up his car in 2023. Prilepin’s driver was killed in the bombing.
• Relatives of about 3,000 Russian civilians trapped in the Sudzha district of the Ukrainian-occupied Kursk region have begun a coordinated social media campaign seeking help in finding their loved ones, Russian media reported.

Politics and diplomacy

• German news agency Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA) reported that $8.48 billion of weapons and military equipment worth $13.8 billion approved for export by Berlin in 2024 is headed to Ukraine.

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with German opposition leader Friedrich Merz and discussed “ways to promote just peace in Ukraine.” Zelensky said they also talked about global challenges and the situation on the front lines.
• Zelensky also met with several other global leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Discussions centered around defense and security support for Kiev, increasing sanctions against Russia, mediating the return of 53 children forcibly taken by Russia from Ukraine, and the possibility of achieving a “lasting and sustainable peace.”
• Finnish President Alexander Stubb said in Davos that any peace deal in Ukraine must include both Kiev and European allies, and warned against hasty settlements that might later be seen as a betrayal of Kiev’s sovereignty, Turkey’s Anadolu news agency quoted Finnish President Alexander Stubb as saying in Davos.
• The Russian Interfax news agency reported that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that Moscow sees only a small window of opportunity to reach an agreement with the new US administration under President Donald Trump.
• Trump gave his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, an ultimatum to “stop this ridiculous war” with Ukraine “now” or face tariffs and sanctions on “anything Russia sells to the United States.” He threatened similar consequences for Russia’s allies as well.
• Russia’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Dmitry Polyansky, responded to Trump’s threats, saying that Moscow should see what Trump means by “agreement.” Polyansky also said that although Trump is not responsible for the United States’ “malignant anti-Russian policy,” he now has the power to put an end to it.

• Anadolu Agency quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying that Moscow’s war with Ukraine cannot be stopped without addressing and eliminating the root causes. Lavrov reportedly said the Kremlin would only engage in talks on “credible, legally binding agreements to make it impossible to violate them.”
• Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Ssibha said that the reconstruction of Ukraine, which is estimated to have suffered war losses amounting to $626 billion, may be the “project of the century” and an opportunity for the European Union economy.

Russian gas and oil

• Moscow’s national daily newspaper Kommersant reported that Russian gas supplies may resume to Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria with the help of Cyprus-based Ozbor Enterprises. The company is said to have reserved about 3.1 million cubic meters per day of the Russia-designed TurkStream gas pipeline for a month from February 1.
• Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Resian was quoted by Agence France-Presse as saying that Russian forces must withdraw from Transnistria in order to find a lasting solution to end the energy crisis in the enclave. Resin reportedly accused the Kremlin of trying to create instability in Moldova and promote the emergence of a pro-Moscow government.

Regional security

• US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya discussed concerns about North Korea’s “political and security alliance” with Russia, as well as China’s support for the Kremlin’s defense industrial base.
• Kaja Kallas, the European Union External Commissioner, warned against this Russia could test the EU’s readiness To defend itself within three to five years,” she said, considering that the Europeans “need to wake up.”
• British Defense Secretary John Healey said the Royal Navy tracked down a Russian spy ship collecting intelligence and mapping the UK’s “critical underwater infrastructure”.
• “We see you. We know what you are doing, and we will not be shy about taking strong action to protect this country,” Haley said in a direct warning to Putin.