This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Sunday, January 22.
This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Sunday, January 22.
- Moscow’s forces are pushing towards two towns in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region, according to Russian state media — Orikhiv, about 50km (30 miles) south of Ukrainian-controlled regional capital Zaporizhzhia, and Hulyaipole, further east.
- The head of Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, warns the delivery of heavy weapons to Ukraine by Western countries would lead to “global catastrophe”.
- The United Kingdom says it still wants an international deal to provide Ukraine with the German-made tanks that Kyiv says it needs in its fight against Russia but whose transfer needs Berlin’s consent.
- Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania have made a joint call to Germany to step up its leadership and send its main battle tanks to Ukraine.
