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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,065: The next day after the 24 hours Trump guaranteed this war would end [1]

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Date: 2025-01-22

"Russia must return to the pre-invasion borders. Only then would it be a fair opportunity to start negotiations."

Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of January 21 to 22.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 99 Shahed and other strike and decoy drones from Millerovo, Rostov Oblast; Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai; Bryansk, Kursk, and Oryol oblasts; and occupied Cape Chauda, Crimea. [77] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed 65 drones over Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, and Odesa oblasts; that 30 drones were "lost," likely due to Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) interference; and that drone strikes damaged institutions, industrial enterprises, farm buildings, residential homes, and apartment buildings in Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Sumy, and Khmelnytskyi oblasts. Ukrainian official sources reported that Russian drone strikes hit a residential home and an administrative building in Mykolaiv Oblast and a residential home in Sumy Oblast. [78] www.understandingwar.org/... Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed 65 drones over Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, and Odesa oblasts

x Montage of clips of Trump “guaranteeing” that he will end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office, that “it wouldn’t even be tough” for him to do, and that “everyone will be happy” with the end result.



[image or embed] — Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) January 21, 2025 at 9:32 AM https://t.co/EmfeJ7nBvu RT, Russia's state-owned propaganda network, posted a video of Trump falling asleep at the National Prayer Breakfast on Tuesday. “Trump must be tired after signing all those executive orders, deporting all those people and abolishing all those genders,” RT wrote alongside the video. “Melania [Trump] makes sure he doesn’t pull a Biden and fall asleep," www.dailykos.com/...

Key Takeaways: The Kremlin has launched an information operation that seeks to create the false impression that the Russian economy is performing well despite numerous continued indicators of macroeconomic distress.

Russia continues long-term efforts to build out its manpower reserve with All-Russian Cossack Society organizations and create a willing and well-trained prioritized pool designed to buffer the Kremlin from potential blowback in the event of a possible future partial call up of Russian reservists.

North Korea will reportedly deploy new military personnel to Russia by mid-March 2025, likely to maintain the current pace and intensity of attritional, infantry-led assaults in Kursk Oblast.

These fresh North Korean forces are unlikely to decisively improve Russian operations and will likely face the same high casualty rates and complications operating with Russian forces as the current North Korean contingent, provided the Russian command continues to use North Korean forces the same way as it has thus far.

Russian milbloggers complained and expressed concern over recent claims that the Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS)-led interim government in Syria suspended Russian investment and financial involvement in the port of Tartus as Russia's long-term military presence in Syria remains unclear.

A Russian state media outlet reported that Russia may resume direct gas deliveries to Transnistria despite recent discussions about sourcing non-Russian gas to the region.

Ukrainian forces recently recaptured lost positions near Toretsk.

Russian forces recently advanced near Chasiv Yar, Toretsk, Pokrovsk, Kurakhove, and Velyka Novosilka.

Russia and Uzbekistan are deepening military cooperation.

Russian forces continued offensive operations along the Ukrainian salient in Kursk Oblast on January 22 but did not make confirmed advances. ... [23] Russian forces continued ground attacks northwest of Sudzha near Pogrebki and south of Sudzha near Makhnovka and in and west of Kurilovka. [24] ...Elements of the Chechen "Zapad-Akhmat" Battalion are reportedly conducting reconnaissance operations near Russia's international border with Sumy Oblast. [26] Elements of the Russian 106th Airborne (VDV) Division are reportedly operating a TOS-1A thermobaric artillery system in Kursk Oblast. [27] www.understandingwar.org/... www.understandingwar.org/... www.understandingwar.org/... www.understandingwar.org/... www.understandingwar.org/... www.understandingwar.org/... www.understandingwar.org/... www.understandingwar.org/...

General Artur Horbenko, Brigadier General Yuri Galushkin, Colonel Ilya Lapin. "The commanders did not ensure the fortification and engineering arrangement of positions in the defense zone [Kharkiv region] & the proper management of units during the battle.

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