Russian missile strikes kill at least three people in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson while fighting rages in the eastern Donetsk region as the conflict enters its 341st day.
Monday, January 30, 2023
Russian shelling of Ukraine's southern city of Kherson has left at least three people dead, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, while a strike on Kharkiv killed one person, according to the regional governor.
"Today, the Russian army has been shelling Kherson atrociously all day," Zelenskyy said in his evening address. "Two women, nurses, were wounded in the hospital. As of now, there are reports of six wounded and three dead."
In eastern Kharkiv, the second-largest city in Ukraine, the governor of the regional military administration said a Russian strike hit "a four-storey residential building".
"Three victims received minor injuries. Unfortunately, an elderly woman died... The building was partially destroyed," Oleh Synehubov said on Telegram.
"It would be possible to stop this Russian terror if we could provide our military with relevant missile power,” says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pic.twitter.com/RfcLESKrtP
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Here are other key developments:
0415 GMT - Russia rules out talks with Ukraine or West
With the United States having decided to supply tanks to Ukraine, it makes no sense for Russia to talk to Kiev or its Western "puppet masters", the RIA news agency quoted Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying.
Ryabkov said no one in the West has come up with any serious initiatives on resolving the Ukrainian crisis.
0305 GMT – NATO's chief urges South Korea to step up military support for Ukraine
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has urged South Korea to increase military support to Ukraine, citing other countries that have changed their policy of not providing weapons to countries in conflict after Russia's military campaign.Stoltenberg is in Seoul, the first stop on a trip that will include Japan and is aimed at strengthening ties with US allies in the face of the war in Ukraine and rising competition with China.
In meetings with senior South Korean officials, Stoltenberg argued that events in Europe and North America are interconnected with other regions, and that the alliance wants to help manage global threats by increasing partnerships in Asia.
0144 GMT – Zelenskyy presses drive to keep Russia out of Paris Olympics
Zelenskyy has said that allowing Russia to compete at the 2024 Paris Games was tantamount to showing that "terror is somehow acceptable".
Zelenskyy said he had sent a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron as part of his campaign to keep Russian athletes out of the Paris Games.
"Attempts by the International Olympic Committee to bring Russian athletes back into the Olympic Games are attempts to tell the whole world that terror is somehow acceptable," he said in his nightly video address.
Ukraine's President Zelenskyy says Ukraine is facing a very tough situation in eastern Donetsk region and needs faster weapons supplies and new types of weaponry to withstand Russian attacks pic.twitter.com/OLifcwbeWl
— TRT World Now (@TRTWorldNow) January 29, 2023
0123 GMT – Germany won't send fighter jets to Ukraine
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reiterated that Germany will not send fighter jets to Ukraine, as Kiev steps up calls for more advanced weapons from the West to help repel Russian forces.
Scholz only just agreed on Wednesday to send 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and to allow other European countries to send theirs, after weeks of intense debate and mounting pressure from allies.
"I can only advise against entering into a constant bidding war when it comes to weapons systems," Scholz said in an interview with the Tagesspiegel newspaper.
"If, as soon as a decision (on tanks) has been made, the next debate starts in Germany, that doesn't come across as serious and undermines citizens' confidence in government decisions."0010 GMT – Ukraine needs more weapons, faster: Zelenskyy
Ukraine needs new weapons and faster deliveries to confront a "very tough" situation of constant attacks by Russian forces in the eastern Donetsk region, Zelenskyy said.
"The situation is very tough. Bakhmut, Vuhledar and other sectors in Donetsk region – there are constant Russian attacks. There are constant attempts to break through our defences," Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address.
"Russia wants the war to drag on and exhaust our forces. So we have to make time our weapon. We have to speed up events, speed up supplies and open up new weapons options for Ukraine."0005 GMT - Missile hits apartment building in Ukraine's Kharkiv: governor
A missile has hit an apartment building in Ukraine's city of Kharkiv, and rescue teams have been dispatched to the scene, regional governor Oleh Synehubov said.
A Reuters news agency's picture from the scene showed a fire ablaze in a residential building.
"An enemy rocket has struck an apartment building in the city centre, in Kyiv district," Synehubov said on Telegram.
"First indications are a C-300 missile. Emergency services are on site. Information on casualties and damage is being clarified."
Source: TRTWorld and agencies
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