Russian War of Aggression in Ukraine: Latest Updates and News

2024-01-17 09:23:00

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As of: January 17, 2024, 10:23 a.m

By: Stefan Krieger

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The Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, which has been ongoing for almost two years, continues unabated. The current situation in the news ticker.

• Heaviness losses for Russia: Ukraine announces figures
• Military administration von Odessa: Injured following shelling from Russia
• Many Injured: Russian missile attack on Kharkiv
• The information processed here comes from international media and news agencies, but also from the warring parties Russia and Ukraine and their allies. In particular, the information on losses suffered by the armies involved in the Ukrainian war cannot be independently verified.

Update from January 17th, 10:10 a.m.: The Ukrainian army says it repelled 19 of 20 Russian attack drones during the night. Russia has launched 20 Iranian-made drones from the Russian region of Primorsko-Akhtarsk once morest Ukraine, the Ukrainian Air Force said in online services. Two S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles were also fired from the Russian border region of Belgorod near Kharkiv.

The Ukrainian armed forces, for their part, deployed guided missiles and mobile air defense units in southern regions, including in Dnipro. According to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, the regions of Kherson in the south, Dnipro in the center and Sumy in the north were attacked by the Russian army during the night, but “fortunately there were no casualties.”

A Russian military drone made in Iran, type Shahed-136 (archive image) © IMAGO/Aleksandr Gusev

Heavy Russian losses in the Ukraine war

Update from January 17th, 8:15 a.m.: The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has revealed new details regarding Russia’s losses in the Ukraine War. According to this, around 372,820 Russian soldiers have been seriously wounded or killed since hostilities began, 730 of them in the last 24 hours. Here are the numbers in summary (as of January 17th):

• soldiers: 372,730 (+980 on the previous day)
• Panzer: 6126 (+13)
• Armored vehicles: 11.372 (+14)
• Artilleriesysteme: 8811  (+10)
• Multiple rocket launchers: 964 (+3)
• Air defense systems: 650 (+2)
• Airplanes: 329
• Helicopter: 324
• Drones: 6.884  (+7)
• Cruise missiles: 1817 (+1)
• Warships: 23
• U-Boot: 1
• Tank trucks and other vehicles: 11.755  (+24)
• Special equipment: 1367 (+1)

  Those: Ukrainian General Staff dated January 17th. The information regarding Russian losses comes from the Ukrainian army. They cannot be independently verified. Russia itself does not provide any information regarding its own losses in the Ukraine war.

Ukraine war: Russia attacks the port city of Odessa

First report from January 17th: Kiev – Russia attacked the Ukrainian port city of Odessa on the Black Sea with attack drones on the night of Wednesday (January 17), according to the regional military administration. The military administration said on Telegram that residential buildings were damaged and at least three people were injured in the attack. A 62-year-old man suffered a shrapnel wound, and two women born in 1955 and 1995 were also wounded. Around 130 civilians also had to be evacuated from damaged apartments, it said. The information might not initially be independently verified.

Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers load an American M777 howitzer near Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine. (Archive image) © dpa

Ukraine War: Many injured following Russian rocket attack on Kharkiv

At least 17 people were injured in a Russian rocket attack on Kharkiv. “Two women are seriously injured,” said the military governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleh Synjehubov, on his Telegram channel late Tuesday evening. Twelve other people were taken to hospital. Accordingly, two repurposed S-300 anti-aircraft missiles landed in the city center of the city with over a million inhabitants. Mayor Ihor Terekhov complained that the rockets hit a place where there are many residential buildings. The authorities also speak of damage to civil infrastructure.

Ukrainian missiles and drones repelled over Belgorod

Russia claims to have repelled several Ukrainian projectiles over the Belgorod border region on Wednesday night. The Ministry of Defense in Moscow announced on Telegram in the early hours of the morning that there were seven missiles and four drones. This information might not be independently verified either. Initially nothing was known regarding the damage or injuries. On Tuesday night, the Russian Air Force had already repelled several projectiles over Belgorod and the Voronezh region.

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Ukraine war: Putin warns Ukraine that its statehood will end

Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Kiev to make territorial concessions on Tuesday. Putin said that no one might force Russia to give up the territories it has conquered so far. “Everyone understands that this is not possible.” The Kremlin chief once once more described Ukraine’s counteroffensive to retake territory as a failure.

Putin accused the Ukrainian armed forces of shelling Russian border regions, such as the Belgorod region, in order to distract from their own failure. In addition, the Western sponsors who give money, weapons and ammunition should be shown that Ukraine is capable of responding to Russian attacks. Ukrainian statehood is threatened with an “irreparable blow” as a result of the actions of the leadership in Kiev, Putin said on Tuesday at a meeting with representatives of municipalities broadcast on state television. (With agency material)

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