Main news for Sunday, January 19: 125 combat contacts, new sanctions by the National Security and Defense Council

Назар Богудан

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Military actions in Donetsk region, 125 combat clashes, enemy shelling. How will the 1061st day of full-scale war be remembered?

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that as of 16:00 on January 19, there were 125 armed clashes.

Half of them (62) were in the Pokrovsky< /b> direction.

In the Limansky direction, there were 14 armed clashes near Novoegorovka, Nadezhda, Novosergeevka, Novosadovye, Zarechny, Kolodtsy, Zelenaya Dolina, Terny and in the Serebryansky forestry.

Our defenders are stopping the enemy, holding the lines and destroying the plans of the Russians.

More details about the operational situation as of the evening of January 19 – in the news.

< Ukraine currently does not have systems to intercept the Russian ballistic missile "Oreshnik", but work continues on obtaining them and creating its own.

This was stated by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky in an interview with military correspondent Andrey Tsaplienko. He emphasized that the Oreshnik is a threat and currently only a few air defense systems can intercept it. Ukraine does not yet have such systems for shooting down this missile. “But we must do everything to ensure that they appear,” Syrsky said.

According to him, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and industry are considering various ways to combat or reduce the effectiveness of these weapons. We are talking about creating “our own air defense system, which would be not just an air defense system, but also an anti-missile system.”

More details in the news.

On January 19, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree that brings into force the decision of the National Security and Defense Council on sanctions against traitors.

“We are blocking propagandists working for Russia, people who have gone over to the enemy's side, and those who are helping Russia continue the war. We are also continuing to strip people of state awards – the title of Hero of Ukraine is only deserved by those who truly dedicate their lives to Ukraine,” the President noted. >

In addition, Zelensky noted the preparation of new sanctions decisions, which will be made soon.

The President's decree states that a total of 18 people have been sanctioned. In particular, the President stripped the following of awards and blocked their assets:

– People's Deputy Nestor Shufrych, arrested on charges of treason;
– People's Deputy Yuriy Boyko;
– former MP accused of treason, Yevgeny Muraev;
– former MP accused of treason, Oleg Voloshin;
– former leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine Petro Symonenko;
– former deputy editor-in-chief of “Strana.ua” Svetlana Kryukova;

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Who else is on the list – in our news.

The President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) Vadim Gutzeit, in a conversation with a correspondent of Lb.ua, suggested the reasons for Ilya Kovtun's decision to change his sports citizenship..

“I am, frankly speaking, upset because this is absolutely unacceptable to me. There are many athletes who also train abroad, live abroad, but do not think at all about changing their citizenship. When athletes change citizenship, this is not taken very well in life. And during a war, I think this is a very bad act. I do not want to say anything rude, what I feel inside. At such a time, only support from Ukraine is needed, and not fleeing from Ukraine,” Gutzeit said.

According to him, the NOC and the Ministry of Youth and Sports tried to refuse Kovtun and Gorbachev from changing citizenship, offering them the best conditions, but the athlete and coach did not change their minds.