Page The Kyiv IndependentOn January 10, it was reported that Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) attacked many Russian provinces overnight, causing many fires in Leningrad and Rostov.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said air defense forces intercepted 40 Ukrainian UAVs overnight, including 16 in Rostov, 8 in Kursk and Voronezh, 3 in Bryansk, 2 in Kuban, 1 in Belgorod and 10 in Belgorod. Azov Sea.
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The attack caused a large fire in the town of Gatchina in Leningrad province, far from St. Petersburg 45 km southwest. The fire originated in an industrial park.
The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations said that the fire covered an area of 1,900 m22 but didn’t hurt anyone. Another fire caused by a UAV attack occurred at a 2,000 m2 industrial production facility2 near the city of Rostov, Rostov province.
The image is said to record the explosion in Leningrad on January 10
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The Kyiv Independent Citing a source from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Ukraine attacked a warehouse storing Russian ammunition and reconnaissance UAVs near the village of Chaltyr in Rostov.
SBU and the Ukrainian Navy coordinated the attack by sending UAVs first to overwhelm Russian air defense forces, then using domestic Neptune missiles to attack the warehouse. Videos posted on social networks allegedly show scenes of an explosion in Rostov with a tall column of smoke rising. The extent of the damage has not been announced. Neptune is an anti-ship missile self-produced by Ukraine, with a maximum range of 300 km.
Russia has not commented on the above incident. On January 10, TASS news agency cited sources accusing the Ukrainian army of attacking a supermarket in the Kievsky district of Donetsk city, currently controlled by Russia. The attack was carried out using a high mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS), injuring four people and causing many other damages.
Scene of the attack carried out by Ukraine in Donetsk on January 10
Meanwhile, Ukraine announced that Russia launched 72 UAVs to attack Ukrainian territory overnight. 33 aircraft were intercepted and 34 aircraft disappeared from the radar screen and did not hit the target.
According to Reuters, five UAVs fell on buildings in the northern province of Chernihiv, injuring one person, while explosions also occurred in the capital Kyiv.
Explosion in Kyiv early morning January 10
Scene of the attack in Kyiv on January 10
Russia does not want to freeze the war in Ukraine
Russia is more interested in a long-term solution to the problems that led to the conflict in Ukraine than a freeze in hostilities, according to Russian ambassador to the UK Andrey Kelin.
TASS quoted Mr. Kelin as saying in an interview posted on the Russian embassy’s social network, in which the ambassador affirmed that Moscow did not want to freeze the conflict.
“That will not solve the outstanding problems before us. We will need a sustainable solution to the crisis and of course involve everything, once and for all,” Mr. Kelin said.
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The Russian Ambassador said that economic and political cooperation between Russia and Ukraine in the future is inevitable and it is important for Kyiv to maintain a neutral position. Mr. Kelin said that Ukraine would be dictated to if it joined NATO and the European Union (EU).
On the same day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov emphasized that Russia’s position in resolving the Ukraine conflict has been made clear and remains unchanged. Mr. Peskov reiterated that President Vladimir Putin has clearly stated Russia’s stance, including four conditions. Accordingly, Ukraine must withdraw from Donbass and the areas that Russia recently annexed, and cannot join NATO. Russia also demanded the lifting of Western sanctions against Moscow and the establishment of non-nuclear, non-aligned status of Ukraine.
The US embargoes the Russian energy industry
The US Treasury Department on January 10 announced a large-scale embargo against 183 oil tankers, Russian oil traders and oil field suppliers, two oil and gas companies Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegas and more than 20 subsidiaries. , according to AFP.
A senior US official said this is the largest embargo on Russia’s energy sector and is expected to cause billions of dollars in damage each month to the Moscow economy. The embargo aims to implement the G7’s commitment to reducing Russia’s energy revenues.
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The US State Department also blocked two Russian liquefied natural gas projects, a major oil project and third-country entities that were supporting Russia’s energy exports. The US State Department also took action against many oilfield service providers in Russia and senior officials of the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom). Britain also embargoed two major Russian oil producers.
The embargo came just 10 days before President Joe Biden left office. This move is expected to put President-elect Donald Trump in an awkward position as he hopes to soon end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, according to AFP.
Mr. Putin is ready to meet Mr. Trump
On January 10, the Kremlin announced that President Putin is ready to talk with US President-elect Donald Trump without any conditions. “What is needed is a common intention and political will for a dialogue and to resolve existing problems through dialogue,” Kremlin spokesman Peskov said, noting that the meeting could only take place. came after Mr. Trump took office on January 20.
Previously, President-elect Trump said he wanted to meet Mr. Putin and was making arrangements for that event. “President Putin wants to meet, he’s said it publicly and we have to end that war. It’s a bloody mess,” Mr. Trump said.
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Georgiy Tykhy stated Kyiv’s position that he wants the war to end in a fair way for Ukraine. He also said Ukraine is preparing for high-level discussions between Kyiv and Washington immediately after the inauguration ceremony in the US, including a meeting between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Mr. Trump.
