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 31.01.23 Ukraine MOD 31 Jan 2023
• Russia says captured village near Ukraine's Bakhmut Press TV 31 Jan 2023 -- Russia says its forces have captured a village on the northern outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.

Ukraine

• We are preparing new reforms in Ukraine that will change the social, legal and political reality - address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 31 Jan 2023
• Ukraine Pushes France for Fighter Jets VOA 31 Jan 2023 -- Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov visited Paris for talks with French leaders on Tuesday, pushing for fighter jets to help Kyiv's fighters fend off Russia's nearly year-long invasion.

Russia

• Russia lists Dalai Lama's envoy on foreign-agent list after he criticizes Ukraine war Radio Free Asia 31 Jan 2023 -- Russia's Justice Ministry has included the spiritual head of Russia's Kalmyk Buddhists and envoy of the Dalai Lama to Russia on a list of foreign agents after he criticized Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
• Special Operation Will Definitely End in Russia's Victory, Acting DPR Head Says Sputnik 31 Jan 2023 -- Acting head of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Denis Pushilin told Sputnik he would not predict when the republic could be liberated, but that Russia's special military operation would definitely end in victory.

United States

• Ukraine Contracting Actions - 31 January, 2023 DOD
• Biden says 'no' F-16 fighter jets for Ukraine Press TV 31 Jan 2023 -- US President Joe Biden has remarked that the United States would not give its F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine despite the government there pushing Washington as hard as it can for more advanced weaponry to fight Russians.
• Biden To Speak With Zelenskiy As Ukraine's Calls For Fighter Jets Grow Louder RFE/RL 31 Jan 2023 -- U.S. President Joe Biden says he will speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy about Ukraine's latest request for sophisticated weapons a day after saying no to sending F-16 fighter jets.
• F-16s Not Needed in Ukraine With US Already Sending New Capabilities, White House Says Sputnik 31 Jan 2023 -- The United States does not need to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets because it is already providing Kiev with lots of new capabilities that were recently announced in the latest aid packages, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said in an interview.

NATO

United Nations

Foreign Reactions

• UK doesn't support idea of supplying warplanes to Ukraine Press TV 31 Jan 2023 -- The United Kingdom says it does not consider it to be practical to supply warplanes to Ukraine, despite Kiev's insistence that it needs the aircraft to sustain an ongoing military conflict with Russia.
• Australia and France to Supply Artillery Shells to Ukraine VOA 31 Jan 2023 -- France and Australia have agreed to join forces to produce thousands of artillery shells to help Ukraine push Russian forces out of its country. Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong are in Europe for talks with key allies.
• New sanctions against Russia incorporated into Norwegian law Government of Norway 31 Jan 2023 -- Norway has introduced a new set of sanctions against President Putin and the Russian regime. These sanctions mirror the EU's ninth package of sanctions, which was adopted by the EU on 16 December 2022.
• Iran mulls changing strategy on Ukraine war after Kiev's 'hostile comments' on Isfahan attack Press TV 31 Jan 2023 -- Iran is likely to change its approach toward the Ukraine war in response to the Kiev government's implicit admittance of responsibility for a foiled drone attack in the central Iranian city of Isfahan, according to an informed source.

News Reports

• Joint Statement on Marking Two Years Since the Military Coup in Myanmar US Dept. of State 31 Jan 2023 -- A joint statement by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union, and the Foreign Ministers of Albania, Armenia, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, the Federated States of Micronesia, Georgia, Ghana, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, the Republic of Korea, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, Serbia, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States, on the two year anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar.