The Russo-Ukrainian War: List of major events, day 1047 | News of the war between Russia and Ukraine

Here are the main developments on the 1,047th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

This is the situation on Monday, January 6:

Fighting

• Russia announced that its forces took control of the town of Korakhov in the Ukrainian Donetsk region. The Russian Defense Ministry said that control of Kurakhov “significantly hampered logistical and technical support” to Ukrainian forces. Korakhov is located 32 kilometers south of Pokrovsk, and is an important Ukrainian logistical center towards which Russia has been advancing for months.

• The Ukrainian Air Force said it shot down two Kh-59 cruise missiles fired by Russia overnight. She added that out of 128 drones launched, 79 drones were shot down, and 49 imitation drones did not reach their targets.

• Ukrainian army launched a new attack In the Kursk region of western Russia on Sunday, where Russian forces have been trying to repel Ukrainian forces for the past five months.
• The Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukraine lost up to 340 soldiers in the past 24 hours in the Kursk region. It also said it shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that Ukraine had launched a counterattack in Kursk, and that “Russia is getting what it deserves,” adding that there was “good news” for Ukraine from the region.
• Serhiy Lysak, the governor of Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, said Russia attacked the Nikopol region with artillery fire “six times” during the night. He said that Moscow had also launched a “suicide drone over the region.” No injuries were reported.
• The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a statement that it heard strong explosions near the Zaporizhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine, coinciding with reports of a drone attack on the station’s training center. The International Atomic Energy Agency has not yet been able to confirm any impact of the attacks. She added that the agency team also reported hearing machine gun fire from the site on several occasions.

Politics and diplomacy

• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, said Ukraine’s position in Kursk is “important” because it “will be a factor in any negotiations that may occur in the next year.”
• Blinken said the United States believes Russia is working to expand space cooperation with North Korea Exchange of forces Contributing to the fight against Ukraine. “The DPRK is already receiving Russian military equipment and training. “We now have reason to believe that Moscow intends to share advanced space and satellite technology with Pyongyang,” he added.
• Blinken also said that the outgoing administration of President Joe Biden, which has given Kiev billions of dollars in security aid since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, wants to ensure that “Ukraine has the strongest possible hand to play.”
• President Zelensky said that security guarantees for Kiev to end the Russian war will only be effective if the United States provides them. He added: “Without the United States, security guarantees will not be possible. “I mean these security guarantees that can prevent Russian aggression.” Zelensky said that the Ukrainians are counting on Trump to force Moscow to end its war and that Russia will escalate in Europe if Washington withdraws from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military alliance.
• A Slovak government delegation is traveling to Brussels to discuss the gas situation after Ukraine finalized the deal allowing Russian gas to travel through its territory to some European countries, including Slovakia.