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LIVE UPDATES: Kiev Loses Over 130 Military in Kupyansk, Liman Directions Over Past 24 Hours

04:52 GMT 22.01.2023 (Updated: 04:57 GMT 24.01.2023)

Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine on 24 February, after Ukraine intensified attacks against the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.

Precision strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure have been carried out by Russian armed forces since 10 October 2022, in response to Ukraine's terrorist attack on Russian territory and the bombing of the Crimean Bridge carried out by Ukrainian intelligence. Over the past months, air raid alerts have been sounded in Ukrainian regions every day, with many parts of the country experiencing power cuts.

Western countries increased their military support for Ukraine after Russia launched a special military operation. The US and several western countries recently announced new military supplies to Kiev, including battle tanks, armored infantry vehicles and artillery systems.

In April 2022, Moscow sent a note to NATO member states condemning their military assistance to Kiev after Russia started its military operation in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that pumping Ukraine with weapons would not contribute to the success of peace negotiations and would have a detrimental effect on the conflict.

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15:12 GMT 22.01.2023

Top EU Diplomat Says Germany Blocking EU Initiatives to Send Tanks to Ukraine

Germany has been blocking the European Union's initiatives to supply Ukraine with tanks and heavy weapons, which is likely to prolong the hostilities until next spring, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told Spanish newspaper.

"I personally think that in the current state of war, Ukraine needs tanks supply so that it would be able not only to contain, but also to repel [the Russian strikes]. This political decision has not yet been made, mainly because of Germany's unwillingness. But if this does not happen, the war will drag down until next spring, when Russia will probably try to begin a new offensive," Borrell said.

The top diplomat added that the delivery of heavy armament to Ukraine was a "risky decision" which might cause an escalation of the conflict, and for this reason the bloc did not provide Kiev with fighter aircraft, but now the EU member countries "must take the risk."

14:15 GMT 22.01.2023

Kiev Loses Over 130 Military in Kupyansk, Liman Directions Over Past 24 Hours: Russian MoD

Kiev lost over 130 people and military equipment in the Kupiansk and Lyman directions near the Kharkiv region and on the outskirts of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

"In the Kupyansk direction, attack, army aircraft and artillery of the Western Military District inflicted fire damage to clusters of troops of the 14th and 92nd mechanized units of the Ukrainian armed forces near Dvurechnoye, Gryanikovka of the Kharkov region, Novoselovskoye and the northern outskirts of Stelmakhovka in the LPR. More than 50 Ukrainian military, a car and a truck were eliminated," the defense ministry said.

The department added that in the Liman direction alone, the Russian army had destroyed over 80 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, five armored combat vehicles and a truck during the past 24 hours.

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06:31 GMT 22.01.2023

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German Defense Minister Pistorius Says Likely to Visit Ukraine ‘Soon’

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius says he intends to come on an official visit to Ukraine in the near future.

Asked about upcoming official trips by Bild am Sonntag, Pistorius said that he was planning to go to Ukraine "soon," possibly "in the coming four weeks."

On Friday, Pistorius told journalists after a meeting of the contact group on support for Ukraine at the US airbase Ramstein in Germany, that NATO countries and their allies had failed to reach a consensus on the supply of German Leopard tanks to Kiev, but Berlin will continue to consider this possibility.

The German defense minister, who took the oath in the Bundestag on Thursday, promised to continue deliveries of weapons and equipment to Ukraine.

04:53 GMT 22.01.2023

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