Military actions in Donetsk region, 89 combat clashes, enemy shelling. How will the 1,058th day of the full-scale war be remembered?
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that air defense was working in the capital. There is debris falling in five districts: Solomensky, Dniprovsky, Pechersky, Goloseevsky and Darnitsky.
At first, the mayor of the city, Vitaliy Klitschko, reported on the work of the air defense. He said that the air defense was working in the center. Later, he wrote that in the Solomensky district of the capital, a UAV fragment damaged a passenger car. The engine and part of the car's interior were torn apart. There was no fire. There were no casualties either.
Then the Kyiv City Military Administration reported that debris also fell in the Dniprovsky district. There was “minor damage” to the facade.
After 2 p.m., the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Timur Tkachenko, wrote that in total, the fall occurred in five districts.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that as of 16:00 on January 16, the situation on the combat line remains difficult. Since the beginning of the day, 89 combat clashes have already occurred.
Most of the fighting has been recorded in the Pokrovsky and Kursk directions.
More details on the operational situation as of the evening of January 16 are in the news.
On the night of January 16, units of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces, successfully attacked the Liskinskaya oil depot in the Voronezh region of Russia, StratCom of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
According to available information, at least three attack UAVs were recorded hitting the target. A large-scale fire broke out at the facility. It is known that fuel was stored at the oil depot, which, in particular, was used to meet the needs of the occupation army.
Today's drone strike on Kyiv during the visit of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is a reminder of what Ukrainians see every day. The head of the British government said this at a briefing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.
The Ukrainian president, commenting on the strike, announced a response to it. “We will say hello to them too,” Zelensky said.
This afternoon, Russia attacked Kyiv with drones. Air defense was in place in many areas, including the center. Debris fell in five areas, with damage in Solomenskoye and Dniprovske.
Ukraine and the United Kingdom signed a historic 100-year agreement.
This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky following talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Kyiv.
“The relations between Ukraine and Britain are now closer than ever. Today we have reached a new level of relations. This is even more than a strategic relationship. We signed an agreement on a hundred-year partnership. We are confident in the independence of our state, and this is something that Ukrainians will never give up,” Zelensky said.
Read more in the news.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer made it clear that his country would be ready to deploy its peacekeeping forces in Ukraine if necessary, Sky News reports.
Starmer stressed that the Russian invasion is not only about “Ukraine's sovereignty,” but also about its impact on the UK, including the cost of living crisis.
The prime minister said he did not want to “get ahead of himself,” but that the UK would play a “full role” in any peace talks, in in particular, by deploying British troops to maintain peace.
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