23 months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow continues its massive attacks. At least 18 civilians were killed and 130 injured in Russian airstrikes on Tuesday, which mainly targeted Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and Kharkiv (in the east), President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said that life in Kyiv was “normal” on Tuesday, the day of a new wave of Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital.

Ukrainian military on a tankPhoto: Yefrem Lukatsky / AP / Profimedia

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08:55Germany will hand over decommissioned Sea King MK41 multi-purpose military helicopters to Ukraine, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced on January 23. This will be the first delivery of military helicopters from Germany to Ukraine, Kyiv Independent reports.

A brief summary of recent events:

  • The Parliament of Turkey ratified Sweden’s accession to NATO
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi promised a strong response after announcing that at least 18 civilians had been killed and 130 injured in overnight Russian airstrikes in Kyiv and Kharkiv.
  • The head of Ukrainian diplomacy, Dmytro Kuleba, criticized the insufficient supply of artillery ammunition and anti-aircraft missiles from the West
  • German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced the delivery of six Sea King multi-purpose helicopters from the Bundeswehr’s reserves to Ukraine.
  • The Kremlin claims that Europeans are beginning to turn their backs on Kyiv
  • Confiscation of assets of the Central Bank of Russia by the EU is unlikely
  • The international smuggling network for Russia has been broken
  • Russia does not admit to the UN that it deported Ukrainian children, and claims that “the resettlement of evacuated children (to Russia) is carried out primarily at their request and with their consent.”

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  • Monday’s events related to Russian aggression were broadcast LIVE on HotNews.ro