Combat Operations
Ukraine
Russia
United States
NATO
United Nations
Foreign Reactions
News Reports

Combat Operations

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 20.01.23 Ukraine MOD 20 Jan 2023
• Russia claims capture of town near Ukraine's strategic city of Bakhmut Press TV 20 Jan 2023 -- Russian military forces have reportedly taken control of a settlement south of of the strategic city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine amid heightened tensions over the continued flow of Western weapons and munitions into the war-ravaged country.

Ukraine

• Ukraine Defense Minister: Troops Will Train on German Tanks in Poland VOA 20 Jan 2023 -- Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov says Ukrainian forces will train to use Leopard 2 battle tanks, despite Western allies' failure Friday to reach a decision on whether to supply Kyiv with the German-made tanks.
• Today's Ramstein to strengthen our resilience - address of President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 20 Jan 2023
• President holds meeting with US Senate delegation President of Ukraine 20 Jan 2023
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy has telephone call with Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan President of Ukraine 20 Jan 2023
• It is in your power to make a Ramstein of tanks - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's speech at the meeting of the Advisory Group on Defense of Ukraine in the "Ramstein" format President of Ukraine 20 Jan 2023

Russia

• Russian Soldiers Ask: 'We Have Nothing To Fight With. Why Should We Go Up Against Tanks With Only Machine Guns?' RFE/RL 20 Jan 2023 -- The video appeared this week on Telegram and other Russian social-media networks: a group of more than two dozen men in masks and camouflage, standing in a snowy field and appealing for help.
• Russian FM accuses West of contributing to Ukraine crisis People's Daily 20 Jan 2023 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that the Ukraine crisis is "the result of preparations by the United States and its satellites for the start of a global hybrid war" against his country.

United States

• Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Senator Dick Durbin After Visit to the Ukrainian Cultural Center US Dept. of State 20 Jan 2023
• US Pushing Central, South American Countries to Give Ukraine Quick Military Boost VOA 20 Jan 2023 -- The latest round of military assistance packages for Ukraine, including billions of dollars' worth of Western-made armored vehicles and air- defense systems, is not stopping the United States from also trying to get the Ukrainian military Russian-made equipment.
• Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and General Mark A. Milley Press Conference Following Ukraine Defense Contact Group Meeting, Ramstein Air Base, Germany DoD 20 Jan 2023
• Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III at the Eighth Ukraine Defense Contact Group (As Delivered) DoD 20 Jan 2023
• Defense Leaders Pledge New Ukraine Support DoD News 20 Jan 2023 -- This is a crucial and tumultuous time for Ukraine, but western leaders are demonstrating they will stand by Ukraine as it faces the challenge from Russia.
• Austin, Zelenskyy Call on Contact Group to Redouble Efforts DoD News 20 Jan 2023 -- Now is not the time to slack off. Now is the time to dig deep and aid Ukraine in its existential struggle against Russian invaders, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III told members of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group today.
• US announces whopping $2.5bn in new military aid for Ukraine amid raging war Press TV 20 Jan 2023 -- The United States has announced a whopping new package of arms and munitions for Ukraine worth $2.5 billion, defying Moscow's repeated warnings against supplying Kiev with heavy weaponry almost a year into the devastating war.
• Pentagon Chief Urges Allies to 'Dig Deeper' for Ukraine as West Mulls Sending Tanks to Kiev Sputnik 20 Jan 2023 -- Western and Ukrainian defense ministers gathered at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Friday to discuss further military aid to Ukraine amid continued debate among NATO allies whether they should supply the Kiev regime with tanks.
• Report: CIA Chief Secretly Visited Ukraine Last Week to Brief Zelensky on Russian Military Plans Sputnik 20 Jan 2023 -- CIA Director William Burns reportedly held a secret meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev last week to brief him on US intelligence that possibly forecasts Russia's next plans in its special military operation.
• CIA Director Reportedly Traveled To Kyiv For Secret Talks With Zelenskiy RFE/RL 20 Jan 2023 -- News reports say the director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) traveled to Ukraine last week for secret talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

NATO

• US, NATO Balk on Battle Tanks for Ukraine VOA 20 Jan 2023 -- No Leopard tanks will be given to Ukraine by Germany at this time, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army General Mark A. Milley said Friday at a briefing at U.S. Ramstein Air Base in Germany following an international conference on Ukraine support.
• NATO Secretary General in Ramstein: we must urgently step up support for Ukraine NATO 20 Jan 2023 -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg participated in a meeting of the US-led Ukraine Defence Contact Group in Ramstein, Germany on Friday (20 January 2023). The meeting was chaired by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and started with a video address by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
• Nine NATO countries pledge new military aid for Ukraine in defiance of Russia's warnings Press TV 20 Jan 2023 -- A group of nine NATO countries, including Britain and Poland, have pledged a raft of new military aid to support Ukraine in its war against Russia, defying Moscow's repeated warnings about the protraction of the months-long conflict by funneling Western arms into the former Soviet republic.

United Nations

• Update 143 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 20 Jan 2023 -- Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi informed President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv yesterday about the expanding and intensifying activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency to help Ukraine ensure nuclear safety and security at its nuclear facilities during the military conflict, with several permanent IAEA expert missions established across the country this week.
• Ukraine: UN aid reaches Soledar area as IAEA boosts safety measures at nuclear sites UN News 20 Jan 2023 -- The first UN aid convoy to reach the vicinity of the battered eastern Ukrainian city of Soledar, since the Russian invasion began nearly a year ago, arrived on Friday morning, providing support for more than 800 civilians in need.

Foreign Reactions

• Latest Weapons Package 'Capable' Enough For Success, Even Without Requested Tanks, Ukraine's Allies Say RFE/RL 20 Jan 2023 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on January 20 said the United States and other allies of Ukraine have assembled a new package of arms for Ukraine that they believe is sufficient for success once Kyiv's forces are trained on the equipment.
• Further information on OSCE vehicles filmed in Donbas OSCE 20 Jan 2023 -- On 15 January 2023, reports with video footage and images appeared on social media showing OSCE-branded vehicles being transported on trucks through the Russian Federation border checkpoint of Izvaryne into the Luhansk region of Ukraine.
• Defence Minister Anita Anand participates in Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting Canada 20 Jan 2023 -- Today, Defence Minister Anita Anand and Chief of the Defence Staff, General Wayne Eyre, participated in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
• Finland to deliver more defence materiel to Ukraine Finnish MoD 20 Jan 2023 -- Finland will deliver another package of defence materiel to Ukraine. The President of the Republic decided on the matter on 19 January 2023 on the proposal of the Government.
• Sweden and Finland cooperate on additional support package for Ukraine Government Offices of Sweden 20 Jan 2023 -- Minister for Defence PÃ¥l Jonson and Finland's Minister of Defence Mikko Savola have signed a Finnish-Swedish letter of intent that will enable Finland to provide Ukraine with heavy military weapons at a replacement cost of more than SEK 4.11 billion (EUR 370 million).
• Increasing the capacity for explosive ordnance disposal in Ukraine Government of Norway 20 Jan 2023 -- Norway will provide instructors as part of a multinational effort to provide training on Explosive Ordnance Disposal to Ukrainian military personnel, Norwegian Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram (Sp) said during the international meeting for support for Ukraine on 20 January.
• Germany seen as 'bad ally' in US amid standoff over tanks for Ukraine Press TV 20 Jan 2023 -- Washington knows Berlin might be a "bad ally, but at least it's America's bad ally", according to an article in the German-owned Politico newspaper, pointing to an intensifying standoff between the United States and Germany over the Ukraine war.
• Germany Denies Giving US Ultimatum on Ukraine Tank Supplies Sputnik 20 Jan 2023 -- German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit denied on Friday that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz ever demanded that the US deliver Abrams tanks to Ukraine as a precondition to Germany's own sending of Leopard tanks, as alleged in media reports.
• UK joins core group dedicated to achieving accountability for Russia's aggression against Ukraine UK FCDO 20 Jan 2023 -- The UK is joining a core group of partners to shape thinking on how to ensure criminal accountability for Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

News Reports

• Tanzanian Student Killed in Battle in Ukraine VOA 20 Jan 2023 -- The family of a Tanzanian student who was in prison in Russia says it has confirmation that he was killed fighting for Russia's Wagner Group of mercenaries in Ukraine.
• Ukraine's Media Weigh Powers of New Law VOA 20 Jan 2023 -- Ukraine's new media law has divided critics, with journalists warning it gives the government new, expansive powers, and Kyiv arguing that it brings the country closer to the European Union and will help fight propaganda.