​Ukraine is moving closer to acquiring modern German-made main battle tanks to counter Russian forces and has secured the promise of even more Patriot air defense missiles, while its allies appear poised to organize for the next phase of the war.

The latest on the war in Ukraine, day 329:

07:27 Japan is deeply involved in Ukraine and is expected to present plans “at the right time” to support Kyiv against a Russian invasion, White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell said on Tuesday.

“Prime Minister Kishida has a plan of action and is already deeply involved in the problems in Ukraine,” Campbell said. US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met last week when Kishida was in Washington.

01:05 Dmytro Medvedev sharply criticized discussions about military aid to Ukraine at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday. “It’s a shame,” said the ex-president of Russia.

00:45 VIDEO Zelensky: The world hears Ukraine in Davos – it knows what Russia has done in the Dnipro and other territories where it has brought death

00:04 Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on Tuesday pleaded for continued support for Ukraine until a ceasefire is reached and said he supports the country’s accession to NATO.

A brief summary of recent events:

• Russia has said it will make “major changes” to its armed forces between 2023 and 2026 after months of setbacks on the battlefields of Ukraine.
• According to the senior adviser to the President of Ukraine, more than 9,000 civilians, including 453 children, have died since the beginning of the war. According to the UN agency for human rights, the victims among the civilian population amount to more than 7,000 people.
• A senior Ukrainian official accused Russia of carrying out most of the more than 2,000 cyberattacks since 2022, speaking at a press conference he said had in turn been caught up in the cyberattack.
• The Ukrainian authorities have stopped the search for survivors in the ruins of a residential building destroyed during Saturday’s Russian missile attack on the city of Dnipro. 45 people have been confirmed dead, 20 are considered missing; 79 were injured, 39 were rescued from the rubble.
• The German government has appointed Boris Pistorius as Minister of Defense; The Allies increased pressure on Chancellor Scholz to allow the delivery of German-made Leopard tanks to Ukraine. Defense ministers of the Alliance countries are meeting in Germany on Friday.
• The Netherlands will send the Patriot anti-missile system to Ukraine, Prime Minister Rutte said during his visit to Washington.
• The head of the Armed Forces of Ukraine outlined the “urgent needs” of his armed forces at the first face-to-face meeting with US General Mark Milley in Poland.
• Russia expects Western sanctions to have a significant impact on its oil exports and therefore on its production, according to a senior Russian source with detailed knowledge of the situation.
• Ramzan Kadyrov, a new delirium in front of the cameras: Russia can never afford to lose. Press the button and “Salam Alecum!” We go to heaven and they go to hell
• The EU has allocated funds to Finland to create a so-called “standby reserve” against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats for use by all member states
• Kazakhstan will no longer allow Russian citizens to stay in the Central Asian country indefinitely, renewing visas every three months
• Andriy Medvedev, the former mercenary commander of the “Wagner” PMC, who fled from Russia to Norway, said in an interview that he was shocked by the brutality of the paramilitary organization.
• The appointment of Valery Gerasimov as the new head of the operation in Ukraine quickly affected the Russian military, according to Russian military correspondents who spread propaganda in Telegram channels
• Europe will continue to support Ukraine “as much as necessary” in the face of Russia, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised in a speech on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
• ​Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Monday called on Russia to stop trying to recruit Serbian citizens into Wagner’s mercenary group.
• Oleksiy Arestovych, one of President Zelenskyi’s top advisers, said he submitted his resignation after making a “fundamental mistake”
• The Russian deputy offered Moscow to buy the sister ship of the aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov” from the Chinese

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• Tuesday’s events related to the war in Ukraine were broadcast LIVE on HotNews.ro