Russia-Ukraine conflict: Checklist of key occasions, day 686 | Russia-Ukraine conflict Information

Because the conflict enters its 686th day, these are the principle developments.

Right here is the scenario on Wednesday, January 10, 2024.

Combating

• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned Moscow would do the whole lot it may to halt Ukrainian assaults on Belgorod as Russia’s Defence Ministry mentioned it had introduced down 10 rockets fired on the Russian border metropolis in an assault that injured three. A whole bunch of individuals have been evacuated from Belgorod since an assault final month that killed greater than 20 civilians.
• One individual was killed in Ukrainian shelling of Russia’s Kursk area close to the border, whereas three folks have been injured after drones struck a gasoline facility within the neighbouring area of Oryol, in line with the governors of the 2 areas.
• One individual was killed in Ukrainian shelling of Horlivka in Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Donetsk area, in line with the city’s Russian-installed mayor.
• At the very least 520 kids have been killed and almost 1,200 injured since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine final yr, in line with the workplace of Ukraine’s Prosecutor Basic.
• A physique was discovered within the ruins of a Kyiv warehouse destroyed in Russia’s December 29 missile assault on the Ukrainian capital, bringing the variety of deaths within the bombardment to 33.
• Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu assured safety officers that his forces have been in management alongside the roughly 1,500km (930-mile) entrance line, which has been largely static over the previous yr regardless of fierce preventing. “We retain the strategic initiative alongside the whole line of contact,” Shoigu mentioned, accusing america of pressuring Ukraine to maintain preventing in opposition to Russia. He claimed that Ukraine misplaced 215,000 troopers within the preventing final yr.

Politics and diplomacy

• A secret assembly came about final month in Saudi Arabia between Ukraine, its Group of Seven (G7) allies and a small group of World South nations to construct assist for Kyiv’s peace plan, in line with Bloomberg Information. The report, citing folks conversant in the scenario, mentioned China selected to not attend and Russia was not invited.
• Russia’s Inside Ministry put exiled Russian tycoon and opposition chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky on its wished listing, accusing him of spreading false details about the Russian military, in line with Russian state information company TASS. London-based Khodorkovsky has been a vocal critic of the conflict in Ukraine
• The Italian metropolis of Modena blocked the usage of a public corridor to host a personal occasion on the reconstruction of the Ukrainian metropolis of Mariupol, which is beneath Russian occupation, saying it appeared to overtly assist Russia’s invasion. The occasion was organised by the Russia Emilia-Romagna cultural affiliation and panellists included the Russian consul basic in Milan, Dmitry Shtodin, in line with the organisers’ web site.

Weapons

• A bunch of 48 nations, together with Argentina, Australia and the US condemned “within the strongest potential phrases the Democratic Individuals’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) export and Russia’s procurement of DPRK ballistic missiles, in addition to Russia’s use of those missiles in opposition to Ukraine on December 30, 2023, and January 2, 2024”. Such transfers breached United Nations Safety Council resolutions on North Korea, they added in a joint assertion. The Kremlin’s Peskov declined to touch upon the US and Ukrainian allegations.
• Ukraine’s Air Drive spokesman Yurii Ihnat informed nationwide tv that Russia’s latest escalation of missile and drone assaults was stretching Ukraine’s air defence sources, leaving the nation weak except it may safe additional weapons provides. Russia fired greater than 500 drones and missiles between December 29 and January 2, in line with officers in Kyiv.
• Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov mentioned an inner audit of the ministry had to this point uncovered corruption schemes estimated at greater than $262m, together with over the acquisition of ammunition.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned there have been “clear indicators of a slowdown” within the actions of Russia’s defence trade and known as for additional motion to remove loopholes in sanctions in opposition to Moscow. Zelenskyy didn’t present proof for his declare.