Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,052

Here is the situation on Saturday, January 11:

Fighting

Denis Pushilin, who heads parts of Donetsk controlled by Russia, said he had “confirmed information” that four people were injured in the attack. He claimed that during the morning rush hour, the Ukrainian army allegedly launched HIMARS missiles into the supermarket.
A Ukrainian security service source claimed that Ukraine attacked a Russian drone and missile storage facility. The SBU security service’s source claimed that the navy and SBU had started the joint operation.
Without providing further details, Russian officials reported that a drone barrage followed the destruction of an industrial facility close to the village of Chaltyr in the Rostov region of Russia’s bordering Ukraine.

A tanker ship with a lot of fuel sprang out of Germany’s “shadow fleet,” according to Germany, which it uses to avoid sanctions on its oil exports. The 274-metre-long Eventin, carrying almost 100, 000 tonnes of oil, was reported adrift and “unable to manoeuvre” in the Baltic Sea.

The new sanctions on Russian oil, according to US President Joe Biden, will have a significant impact on the country’s economy. Due to the costs this war has caused for Moscow, Biden also spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who stated that there is a “real chance” that the Ukrainians will win the war.
“It is now clear that President]Vladimir] Putin’s war against Ukraine has been a disaster for Russia. Due to the Ukrainian people’s courage and resolve, and with the support of the United States, Russia has failed to achieve any of its strategic objectives in Ukraine”, the White House said in a statement.

According to Ingosstrakh, a Russian insurance provider, the US sanctions will raise the risk of environmental disasters. Ingosstrakh’s removal from the market results in a vacuum that will unavoidably be filled by fly-by-night insurers that lack the capacity or intent to ensure compliance or pay claims, it said.
Gazprom Neft, also hit by UK sanctions, said it would continue to operate and maintain business resilience despite the measures, which it called “unjustified, illegitimate and contrary to the principles of free competition”.
After Washington placed sanctions against a number of energy companies, including a Serbian company, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced that he would speak with Putin. The only gas supplier to Serbia and the majority owner of both gas pipelines that transport gas from Russia to Serbian households and industries is Petroleum Industry of Serbia (NIS), which is majority-owned by Gazprom Neft and its parent company, Gazprom.

According to the Spiegel weekly on Friday, the German government and the government disagree on whether to approve $3.1 billion in new military aid for Ukraine.
As part of a significant aid package that the Group of Seven (G7) leading economies had pledged, Ukraine received $3.1 billion from the European Commission. A $50 billion loan secured by interest income on Russian state assets that have been frozen in the West is intended to be given to Ukraine by the G7 and the European Union.

According to the EU Aviation Safety Agency, flying over Russia poses a “high risk” to civilian flights as a result of the aircraft’s downing on Azerbaijan Airlines. The agency reiterated its advice to airlines to avoid overflight in western Russian airspace.
According to a document that the DPA news agency saw, the German government will propose allowing the military to shoot down suspicious drones that are conducting illegal flights in the country.

According to Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski, Poland has identified a Russian organization that is tasked with influencing Polish elections through misinformation and instability. Warsaw, which serves as a hub for supplies to Ukraine, is said to be a target for spies working for Russia and its allies, as well as for sabotage plots.
Transnistria, a separatist region in the breakaway Moldova, called on Russia to assist it in surviving an unprecedented energy crisis brought on by Moscow’s last-week gas supply suspension.
Transdniestria extended its state of emergency by one more month as it battles an energy crisis. Its economy has been hampered by decades of unrest.
In cities all over Slovakia, dozens of people protested against left-wing populist Prime Minister Robert Fico’s policies regarding Ukraine. Fico was accused of “betraying” Western allies and neighbors Ukraine and of following a pro-Russian course by the demonstrators.

President Biden’s administration has renewed deportation relief that currently covers 900, 000 immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine and Sudan, a move that would delay any attempts by President-elect Donald Trump to alter those protections.

Source: Aljazeera