Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 704

admin January 29, 2024

As we enter the 704th day of the war, these are the most important developments.

Here is the situation as of Monday, January 29, 2024.

Battle

The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia carried out drone and missile strikes across the country, hitting both civilian and critical infrastructure. The Air Force said Moscow attacked the central Poltava region with two Iskander missiles. In addition, three S-300 surface-to-air missiles were fired over the Donetsk region in the east. Air defense systems destroyed four of eight drones launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force said. Three civilians were injured in the attacks.
Ukraine said Russia must provide proof that a Military transport aircraft Ilyushin-76 According to Moscow, the plane that crashed last week in the Belgorod region was carrying dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war. Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency GUR, said Kiev had no verifiable information about who was on the plane. The Ukrainian Coordination Staff for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said that relatives of prisoners of war included on a list of names provided by Moscow could not identify their relatives in photos of the crash site provided by Russian authorities.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced this Five people were charged with corruption in the procurement of weapons. The SBU accuses the five of conspiring with Defense Ministry officials to embezzle nearly $40 million intended to purchase 100,000 mortar shells for the war. If found guilty, the group could face up to twelve years in prison.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly disclosed his income for the first time as part of his efforts to promote transparency and stamp out corruption. Zelensky said he and his family had an income of 10.8 million hryvnias ($286,168) in 2021, a year before Russia began its full-scale invasion. In 2022, the family’s income fell to 3.7 million hryvnias (US$98,535) as the war reduced the family’s rental income from real estate.
Russian officials in Ukrainian territories occupied by Moscow’s forces said the Ukrainian language had been stripped of any official status, effectively banning it from public use.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said chief Rafael Grossi will visit Ukraine, including its capital and the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the week after next.

Zelensky warned that a decline in U.S. military aid to Ukraine would be a “bad signal” as right-wing Republicans in the U.S. block additional support unless it is linked to changes in U.S. border policy. “Passivity on the part of the USA or a lack of support would be a bad signal,” Zelensky told ARD.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, who began his visit to the US on Sunday, said continued US military funding to Ukraine was an important deterrent message for China. US President Joe Biden has asked Congress to approve $61 billion in new aid to Ukraine. Stoltenberg said it was a “good deal” and pointed out that while the aid was a fraction of the Pentagon’s overall budget, it had allowed Ukrainian forces to “destroy and degrade” the Russian military. Stoltenberg will meet with members of Congress on Tuesday.