Battles near Avdeevka, 71 military clashes, enemy shelling, new suspicion for Grinkevich. How will the 693rd day of a full-scale war be remembered?
Defense forces
Russian infidels struck an aerial bomb on the village of Maly Burluk, Kupyansky district. As a result of the impact, a 10-year-old boy was injured, said the head of the Kharkov Regional Police Department Oleg Sinegubov.
As noted, a 10-year-old boy suffered a traumatic amputation of his lower limb. The victim was taken to the hospital.
According to updated data, a 61-year-old woman was killed as a result of enemy shelling in Maly Burluk. A 14-year-old girl also received shrapnel wounds. The House of Culture was damaged, residential buildings were damaged. Inspection of the impact sites continues. Also, the Russians hit the administrative building.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that 71 military clashes occurred during the day.
In general, the enemy launched 6 missile and 69 air strikes, carried out 35 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, civilians were injured. Private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
In the Liman direction, our defenders repelled 10 attacks by the invaders near Ternov, Yampolevka in the Donetsk region and 8 more attacks in the areas of Makeyevka and Belogorivka in the Lugansk region. Here the enemy, with the support of aviation, unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of our troops.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled 7 enemy attacks in the areas of Grigoryevka, Ivanovsky, Kleshchievka and Andreevka of the Donetsk region.
>In the Avdeevsky direction, our defenders repelled 11 enemy attacks in the areas of Novokalinovoe, Novobakhmutovka, Avdeevka and another 13 attacks near Severny, Pervomaisky and Nevelsk, Donetsk region. Here the occupiers, with the support of aviation, unsuccessfully tried to improve the tactical situation.
More details about the operational situation as of 18:00 on January 17 – in our news.
Lvov businessman Igor Grinkevich, detained on suspicion of attempting to provide a bribe, received a new suspicion in the pre-trial detention center. First, the UP wrote about this with reference to interlocutors in law enforcement agencies, then it was officially confirmed by the DBI.
The Bureau exposed Grinkevich and members of the criminal organization in transactions involving the purchase of clothing and linen for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “It was established that the entrepreneur created a criminal organization for the illegal seizure of budget funds. He entered into agreements with the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine for the supply of low-quality military clothing. In particular, the companies of the Lviv businessman entered into 23 agreements for the supply of clothing to the Ministry of Defense for more than 1.5 billion UAH.” , – reported the DBR.
Enterprises controlled by the businessman that were previously engaged in construction and did not have adequate production, warehouse and other facilities for the production and storage of clothing for the needs of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine were involved in the implementation of defense orders. According to the examinations carried out, the state suffered damage worth more than 934 million hryvnia.
Five members of a criminal organization were informed of suspicion of creating and participating in a criminal organization and of taking possession of someone else’s property through abuse of trust (fraud), committed under martial law, on an especially large scale, by a criminal organization (Part 5 of Article 190, Part 1.2, Art. 255 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Members of a criminal organization were detained. The sanctions of the articles provide for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of up to 12 years with confiscation of property.
Details are in the news.
More details about the case can be found in the explainer “The One and a Half Billion Scandal: What the Grinkevich Family is Accused of” on LB. The Security Service of Ukraine stated that it is investigating the circumstances of illegal wiretapping and video recording of representatives of the Bihus project. Info.”
On this fact, criminal proceedings were initiated in accordance with Art. 359 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (illegal acquisition, sale or use of special technical means of obtaining information).
The SBU notes that the transparent and unimpeded work of independent and professional media is an important condition for the development of Ukraine as a democratic state.
“Such facts of surveillance should be given a legal assessment, regardless of whether or not they were in Covert filming materials revealed facts of possible violations of the law regarding the circulation of narcotic substances. This assessment can only be made by law enforcement agencies according to their jurisdiction,” the statement says. Details are in the news.
Germany announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine.
What was included in it is in the news.
< p class="MsoNormal">Recall that recently Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that Germany this year will supply Ukraine with military aid worth more than 7 billion euros.
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