25 January 2024 - Ukraine Special Weapons News

Russia, Ukraine Make Conflicting Statements About Whether There Was Warning Before Plane Crashed RFE/RL 25 Jan 2024 -- Ukraine and Russia have contradicted each other over whether there had been proper notification to secure the airspace around an area where a military transport plane Moscow says was carrying 65 Ukrainian POWs crashed, killing them and nine others on board.
Russia Resumes Air Strikes On Odesa, Kharkiv, Wounding Several And Causing Material Damage RFE/RL 25 Jan 2024 -- Russia launched fresh drone and missile attacks on Ukraine's southern regions of Odesa, Mykolaiyv, and Dnipropetrovsk early on January 25, wounding several people and causing material damage, the Ukrainian military and regional officials said.
Why Did The Russian Il-76 Crash? What We Know, and Don't Know, About A Major Aviation Disaster RFE/RL 25 Jan 2024 -- Just before the eruption of the spectacular fireball, caught on bystanders' videos northeast of the Russian border city of Belgorod, a massive military transport plane could be seen veering sharply, then nosediving over the horizon, and into the ground, kicking a plume of orange and black into the gray sky.

Western States Supplying Arms to Down IL-76 Makes Them Accomplices to Crime - Russian Envoy Sputnik 25 Jan 2024 -- Should the information that Western countries supplied weapons used in the downing of the IL-76 Russian military transport airplane is confirmed, they will be implicated as direct participants in this heinous act, Russian deputy envoy to the UNited Nations Dmitry Polyanskiy said.
Russia Emergency Services Say Found Missile Striking Parts in Outer Layer of Downed Il-76 Sputnik 25 Jan 2024 -- Hundreds of entrance holes from the striking elements of a missile were found on the wreckage of the downed Il-76 military plane that crashed in Russia's Belgorod Region, the striking elements were also found in the fragments of the outer layer of the aircraft, a representative of the emergency services told Sputnik.
Ukraine Loses Up to 310 Soldiers Near Donetsk in Past day - MoD Sputnik 25 Jan 2024 -- Ukraine has lost up to 310 soldiers around Donetsk over the past 24 hours, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Thursday.
Over 130 Nationalists, Ukrainian Troops Wiped Out in Kharkov Region Sputnik 25 Jan 2024 -- On January 17, the Defense Ministry said that Russian forces had destroyed a temporary staging area for foreign fighters in Kharkov, most of whom were French mercenaries, adding that about 60 soldiers had been killed.

Trump Becoming Biggest Obstacle to Border Deal to Fund Ukraine, Israel VOA 25 Jan 2024 -- A deal that would free up $106 billion in foreign aid spending for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, while tightening rules on immigration that the White House and senators from both parties have worked on for months, is under threat to be torpedoed by former President Donald Trump.

IAEA Director General Statement to United Nations Security Council IAEA 25 Jan 2024
Ukraine war: Political Affairs chief warns against rhetoric fuelling 'already dangerous conflict' UN News 25 Jan 2024 -- The UN "is not in a position" to verify reports surrounding the crash of a Russian aircraft near the border with Ukraine, the Organization's top political affairs official said on Thursday, calling on the warring sides to avoid fuelling "the already dangerous conflict."
UN Security Council Discusses Russian Military Plane Crash Near Ukraine Border VOA 25 Jan 2024 -- The United Nations Security Council met Thursday in an emergency meeting at Russia's request, following the crash of a Russian military transport plane near the Russia-Ukraine border. Both sides are calling for an investigation.
UN Security Council to Discuss Russian Military Plane Crash Near Ukraine Border VOA 25 Jan 2024 -- The U.N. Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting Thursday after a Russian military transport plane went down near the Russia-Ukraine border, as both Russian and Ukrainian officials call for an investigation.

Educational responses to crises: Lessons learned from Ukraine and other European countries EC/CEU 25 Jan 2024 -- On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the European Wergeland Centre (EWC) and the International Day of Education, a seminar on "Education as civic preparedness, bridging policy and practice: Lessons from Ukraine and other European countries" was organised jointly by the Permanent Representations of Liechtenstein and Norway to the Council of Europe and the European Wergeland Centre itself.
Situation of Ukrainian children: PACE calls for urgent measures and international co-operation EC/CEU 25 Jan 2024 -- Following an urgent debate, PACE unanimously adopted a resolution based on the report by Olena Khomenko (Ukraine, EC/DA) underscoring the urgent need to address the situation and fate of Ukrainian children forcibly transferred and deported to the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, the Russian Federation, and Belarus.

The UK supports Ukraine's response to the Ilyushin II-76 aircraft incident: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 25 Jan 2024 -- Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council meeting on International Peace and Security.
Putin's War of Aggression in Ukraine increases Russia's Diplomatic Isolation: UK statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 25 Jan 2024 -- UK military advisor, Nicholas Aucott, says Putin's disastrous military campaign has diplomatically diminished Russia as it turns to North Korea and Iran.

Moldova Has No Plans for Hosting F-16 Jets on Its Territory for Ukraine - Defense Minister Sputnik 25 Jan 2024 -- Moldovan Defense Minister Anatolie Nosatii on Wednesday denied media reports that F-16 fighter jets that the West will send to Ukraine would be based on the territory of Moldova.

Lithuania's Foreign Minister Landsbergis arrives in Kyiv Lithuania MFA 25 Jan 2024 -- On Thursday, 25 January, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis arrived in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
Lithuania's Foreign Minister Landsbergis in Kyjv: "There should be no bomb shelters at schools because children must never be targeted" Lithuania MFA 25 Jan 2024 -- On 25 January in Kyiv, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis participated in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the EU Delegation to Ukraine and the Lithuanian Central Project Management Agency on cooperation in the implementation of the EU-funded project that aims to build new shelters in Ukrainian schools.

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