Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,413

On Wednesday, January 7, 2018, this is the situation:

United Nations and allies reuniting in Paris

In a joint statement, more than 20 nations from the so-called “coalition of the willing” and Ukraine and the US noted that “any settlement” to end Russia’s war on Ukraine “will need to be supported by robust security guarantees for Ukraine.”
• In a separate agreement, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declare their intention to deploy multinational forces to support Kyiv’s defense and reconstruction if a ceasefire with Russia is reached.
• Zelenskyy described the two agreements as having “concrete content,” adding that the main issue is still “the territorial question,” referring to Russian demands that Kyiv relinquish the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine.
• Macron claimed that “several thousand” French soldiers could be stationed in Ukraine to help keep the country at peace, telling France 2 TV that they would act as “a force of reassurance” rather than combat.
• Following the meeting, Starmer stated to reporters that “the UK and France will establish” military installations “across Ukraine… and construct protected facilities for weapons and military equipment… to support Ukraine’s defensive needs.”
• German forces, who are based in a neighboring nation, could join, according to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. In Paris, he said, “We will undoubtedly have to make compromises,” adding that “we will not find textbook diplomatic solutions.”
• According to Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever, Belgium’s Belga news agency reports that only land forces will be used to train Ukrainian troops inside Ukraine while his country’s president, Bart De Wever, also stated that his country would support its navy and air force. Following Tuesday’s meeting in Paris, De Wever claimed that the promised deployment was made possible because a “US backstop” was “now on paper.”
• US President Donald Trump “strongly supports” security protocols, according to US envoy Steve Witkoff, adding that this was the first time the US publicly supported Ukraine’s allies’ pledge to provide the guarantees.
• The communique was not made available on Tuesday evening, however, a promise that Washington would “support” the multinational force led by Europe “in the event of a new attack” by Russia, which was made in a draft statement.
• The most important issue will be “land options,” according to Witkoff, who was present at the Paris talks, and “hopefully, we will be able to come up with some compromises with that.”
• Andrej Plenkovic, the country’s prime minister, stated on X that his country “will not send troops” to Ukraine but “will continue to provide other forms of assistance, particularly in [Ukraine’s] reconstruction and economic revitalization.”
• Andrej Babis, the country’s prime minister, declared that the country would not send troops to Ukraine and that it would no longer provide funding for ammunition, but that it would still be the “ammunition initiative’s coordinator.”

Fighting

• According to Governor Ivan Fedorov, Russian forces shot guided bombs at Yuliivka in the Zaporizhia region of Ukraine, killing a 42-year-old man and injuring a woman.
• According to Fedorov, a 34-year-old man was killed in a separate post on Tuesday, adding that the area had been the target of 856 attacks in the area.
• Three police officers were hurt in a drone attack by Russian forces on a police car in Zaporizhia’s Polohivskyi district, according to the regional military administration’s Telegram post.
• The regional prosecutor’s office in Ukraine’s Sumy district reported on Telegram that a 61-year-old woman was killed by Russian forces in an attack on the Myropyl community.
• One person was killed by Russian forces on Monday in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, according to Governor Vadym Filashkin’s daily Facebook update on Tuesday.
• The Ukrainian Air Force announced on Telegram that it shot down 53 of the 61 Russian drones that were fired at Ukraine on Monday night into Tuesday morning.
• The regional operational headquarters reported on Telegram that Ukrainian forces attacked Russia’s front-line Belgorod region, killing two people.
• According to Russia’s state-run TASS news agency, several tanks caught fire at an oil depot in Stary Oskol district of Belgorod as a result of a drone attack by Ukraine.
• 129 Ukrainian drones were shot down by Russian forces overnight into Tuesday, according to TASS, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.