Night drone attack, 74 military clashes, losses of occupiers, enemy shelling, death of US military personnel at the Tower 22 base.
On the night of January 29, 2024, Russia launched eight attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type, one Iskander-M missile and three S-300 missiles over the territory of Ukraine.
Russia launched drones from the area Primorsko-Akhtarsk on the territory of the Russian Federation. The enemy Iskander-M missile was flying from the Voronezh region.
In addition, three S-300 missile launchers struck the Donbass from the temporarily occupied territory of the region.
Air Force forces and assets, in cooperation with the air defense of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, destroyed eight hostile UAVs within the Nikolaev, Dnepropetrovsk, Khmelnytsky and Rivne regions.
Anti-aircraft missile units and mobile fire groups were involved in repelling the air attack.< /p>
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that 74 military clashes occurred during the day.
In total, the enemy launched seven missile and 10 air strikes, and carried out 86 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. Russian terrorist attacks have unfortunately resulted in civilian deaths and injuries. An educational institution, residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces over the past 24 hours repelled 21 enemy attacks near Ocheretino, Novobakhmutovka, Stepnoy, Avdeevka and five more attacks near Pervomaisky, Nevelsky Donetsk region.
In the Maryinsky direction, Ukrainian soldiers continue to hold back the enemy near Georgievka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region, where they repulsed 22 attacks.
Defense Forces aviation carried out strikes on six areas where enemy personnel were concentrated. Also, the forces and means of the air defense of Ukraine destroyed one X-59 guided aircraft missile.
More details about the operational situation as of the morning of January 29 are in our news.
The General Staff also informs that within 24 hours, Ukrainian defenders destroyed another 1,070 occupiers. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russia has lost about 383,180 people in manpower.
Other enemy losses are in the news.
The information disseminated by the Russian media about the allegedly captured Tabaevka, Kupyansky district, Kharkov region, is false.
The head of the public relations service of the Command of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Vladimir Fityo, spoke about this on the telethon.
” The enemy claims that he has captured Tabaevka. This is not true,” Fityo said.
He added that it is not far from this settlement. point, fighting continues.
US President Joe Biden said three US troops were killed and more than 34 were injured during a drone attack on a base on the Jordan and Syria border with Iraq. Biden blamed the “dastardly attack” on insurgents based primarily in Iraq. The American president promised a response to this blow, writes The Guardian. A group from the Iranian-backed Islamic Resistance “coalition” claimed responsibility for the attack on Tower 22. Iran's mission to the UN denies Tehran's involvement.
Three American bases were subjected to four drone attacks, but Tower 22 did not repulse the attack. The UAV crashed near the barracks, which is what led to so many people being injured.
Since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, the US military has faced almost daily drone and missile strikes in Iraq and Syria, but this incident brings the US closer to… direct conflict with Iran The death of US troops at the Tower 22 base is the first case of American casualties since the outbreak of war in the Middle East.
In his statement, Biden directly noted that the United States will bring to justice all those responsible at the time chosen by the United States.
More details in the news.
Turkey detained two armed men who yesterday shot a man under during a service in a Catholic church in Istanbul, Reuters writes with reference to the country's Interior Minister Ali Yerlikay.
It is known that the attack occurred in the Italian Catholic Church of Santa Maria in the Saryer district. A Turkish citizen was killed. Police raided more than 30 locations across Istanbul and detained 47 people.
“Both suspects are foreign nationals. One of them is from Tajikistan and the other is Russian, and in our assessment they are members of the Islamic State,” Erlikaya said.
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. that this was a response to the call of the group’s leaders to attack Jews and Christians.
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