Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked the Polish and Lithuanian people for their solidarity and support for Ukraine in the light of Russian aggression against the country.
The EU Foreign Affairs Council has reached a political agreement on another tranche of military aid to Ukraine worth EUR 500 million under the European Peace Facility.
Russian artillery forces struck the center of the city of Vorozhba in the Sumy region at about 14:00 on January 23, damaging a residential building, a gas pipeline, power lines and railway infrastructure.
Warsaw will ask Berlin to agree to the transfer of Polish Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. In the absence of such consent, Warsaw in any case intends to transfer tanks to Kyiv within the "smaller coalition" of Western nations.
The tenth EU sanctions package should be adopted as soon as possible and provide for strong restrictions on the Russian missile and drone industry, as well as energy and other areas. It should also shut all possible gaps Russia is using to circumvent the restrictions already imposed.
According to the Ukrainian defense intelligence estimates, Russia has already mobilized for military service some 315,000 men despite statements that the target is 300,000. The mobilization wave is still ongoing.
In Donetsk region, soldiers of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine captured the position of the Russian invaders near Bakhmut with the help of mortar fire.