The Ukrainian army on January 31 announced that the drone attack was conducted by the drone (UAV) aimed at Lukoil-Volgogradneftefoterka oil filter facility in Russia’s Volgograd province in the night. This is said to be one of Russia’s 10 largest refineries in terms of capacity and is the fuel supply for the Russian army to fight in Ukraine.
The factory belongs to Lukoil Group and is located about 500 km from the front line, according to the page The Kyiv Independent. Many explosions have been recorded near the factory but unknown the level of damage. This facility was attacked many times in February, July and September 2023.
The image is said to be a fire at the oil refinery in Volgograd on January 31
Screenshot The Kyiv Independent
According to the announcement of the Russian Defense Ministry, air defense systems have prevented and destroyed 49 UAV Ukraine in 7 provinces. The debris of the UAVs fell, causing a fire of oil filter at Volgograd, injuring one. The fire was extinguished. In Voronezh province, a driver was injured by the UAV fragment.
Over the past few months, Ukraine has promoted attacks on energy infrastructure in Russia to cut off supply to military forces outside the frontline. Moreover, the attack is to weaken Russia’s resistance to military and economic logistics.
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On the same day, the Ukrainian air defense force shot down 59/102 UAVs launched by Russia. 37 other units lost signs due to Ukraine intervened by electronic warfare. The rest caused damage in the provinces of Sumy, Odessa, and Cherkasy.
Reuters quoted Ukrainian officials as saying the attack that injured 4 people and damaged a hospital, a cereal warehouse in Odessa province. Nationwide, at least 1 person died and 35 were injured after the attacks. Russia has not commented on this information, but always rejected the allegations of intentionally attacking ordinary citizens.
Ukrainian soldiers fought near the town of Toretsk in Donetsk on January 28
Pre -stressful gland
The Ukrainian army general staff on January 31 said the frontline situation was still tense, not much different from the difficulty described in the report 3 days earlier. According to TASS, the Ukrainian army is still facing the shortage of manpower and the fact that large -scale troops are still a problem. Ukraine has not commented on this information.
The Russian Defense Ministry said it had more control of the village of Novovasylivka in Donetsk province in the East of the day. In total last week, Russia won control of 5 communities in Kharkiv and Donbass (including Donetsk and Luhansk).
Ukraine military vehicles in Dnipropetrovsk province on January 30
Ukraine said North Korea withdrew from the front line in Kursk
Oleksandr Kindratenko spokesman of the Ukrainian military special forces on January 31 said that the DPRK forces had suffered serious casualties and withdrew from the frontline in Kursk province (Russia), where Ukraine attacked since August, 2024 .
“In the past 3 weeks, we have not seen and did not detect any activities or military clashes with the Koreans. We believe they have withdrawn due to heavy losses,” Kindratenko told AFP.
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Russia and North Korea have not confirmed or denied that North Korean soldiers fighting in Kursk. Ukraine and the West said that more than 10,000 North Korean soldiers were taken to Kursk to support Russia. Ukraine also published interview films that were thought to be North Korean soldiers arrested in Kursk.
The Kremlin Dmitry Peskov spokesman on January 31 declined to comment when asked about Ukraine’s latest information. “There are many different arguments, both right and wrong. They are not worth the comment,” Peskov said.
Regarding the situation in Kursk, the Ukrainian army said it attacked a Russian headquarters in the city of Rylsk in this province.
Russia approached Pokrovsk
The Russian forces are gradually squeezing the pincers around the eastern city of Ukraine, Pokrovsk, which acts as the key logistics center of the Kyiv government army, according to Reuters.
In the past few days, the Moscow government army has reached the main railway into the city, which connected to the most important logistics gateway in eastern Ukraine, Dnipro city.
