January 5, 2023 Russia-Ukraine News (2023)

“Germany will supply Marder infantry fighting vehicles#Ukraine️. We will also join the US in providing an additional Patriot air defense battery," she wroteTwitter.

"That is a good decision. Since the beginning of the war, we have continued to increase our support in cooperation with our partners. It is logical that we also took this step. Ukraine has the right to defend itself against a Russian attack, and we have a duty to help you in that,” he said.

• UN dissolves fact-finding mission into prison attack:The United Nations dissolved hisFact Finding Missionabout an attack on a detention center that killed more than 50 prisoners of war in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
• Shelling in the Kherson region:At least four people diedCherson region in southern Ukraineon Thursday, according to Ukrainian officials.
• Increased Joint Military Grouping:Belarus' Defense Ministry announced on Thursday that it is further expanding its joint military grouping with Russia in Belarus. The ministry also announced upcoming joint air force exercises between the two countries.
• Ukraine expects economic damage:ÖThe Ukrainian economy shrank by almost a third in the past year, after Russian troops invaded in February, according to a statement from the country's economy ministry. However, the number is "better than most pundits expected at the start of the full-scale invasion, when estimates ranged from a 40-50% drop in GDP and more," he added.
• Church leader calls for Christmas ceasefire:Patriarch Kirill called for a temporary 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine on the occasion of Orthodox Christmas."Christmas Truce"would allow believers to attend religious services, he said. Kirill was once a vocal supporter of the war in Ukraine and gave a sermon in which he said, "Military service washes away all sins".
• Erdogan tells Putin he wants peace:Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Russian President Vladimir Putin that calls for peace and negotiations must be backed by aunilateral ceasefire declarationand a vision of "a just solution". Turkey has repeatedly called for an end to the conflict, and throughout 2022 Erdogan has tried to position himself as a mediator between Putin and the West.
• DPR chief says he visited wounded soldiers in Makiivka:The leader of the self-proclaimed, Russian-backed separatist Donetsk People's Republic said he was visiting soldiers wounded in the attack on Russian barracks in the occupied Ukrainian city of Makiivka.Denis Pushilinsaid he had traveled to a hospital in the Russian city of Rostov, where wounded soldiers are being treated. CNN could not verify whether the soldiers were the casualties of the attack or whether the hospital he visited was in Rostov.
• Biden confirms US will send new military equipment:US President Joe Biden announced Thursday that the United States "intends" to provide another round of security assistance to Ukraine, which also includesBradley combat vehicles.Bradley is aarmored vehicle for transporting troopson the battlefield. He is armed with several different weapons to protect the crew and attack enemy targets. The US could announce the transfer of Bradley vehicles in Ukraine's next security package, a defense official has said.

“Now they want to use Christmas as a cover to at least temporarily halt the advance of our men into the Donbass and bring equipment, ammunition and mobilized men closer to our positions. What will this bring? Just another increase in casualties.”

"I clearly believe that we've come to a point in this fight where we're going to be able to provide that kind of training so that Ukraine can maintain that kind of system, so that they can focus on defending their country and focus on reclaiming territory. said the Pentagon press secretary, Air Force Brigade. Gen. Pat Ryder at a press conference.

“President Zelenskyy proposed a clear ten-step peace formula. Russia ignored this and instead bombed Kherson on Christmas Eve and launched massive missile and drone attacks in the New Year,” Kuleba said.

“President Biden and Chancellor Scholz expressed their shared determination to provide necessary financial, humanitarian, military and diplomatic support to Ukraine for as long as needed. To this end, the United States intends to supply Ukraine with Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, and Germany intends to supply Ukraine with Marder infantry fighting vehicles. Both countries plan to train Ukrainian armed forces in the respective systems," the statement said.

"The Secretary-General has decided to disband his FFM fact-finding mission on the July 29, 2022 incident in Olenivka, Ukraine, due to the lack of the necessary conditions to deploy the mission to the crime scene," he said.