Ukrainian forces claim to have shot down a Russian reconnaissance plane on Friday. This would be a great victory for Ukraine. Ukrainian mass media have released footage showing a powerful fire that broke out when a military plane crashed in the Krasnodar region on the eastern coast of the Sea of ​​Azov. The Russian military had no comment, but officials in the region said a plane had crashed in the area, without identifying it. Several Russian military bloggers confirmed the loss of the plane. This would be the second such plane shot down by Ukraine in just over a month.

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On Saturday, Ukraine marks two years since the Russian invasion, entering a new year of war weakened by the lack of Western aid and bolstered by Russia’s new gains. President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said on Friday that decisions on arms deliveries should be “a priority.” Two years after the war began, Western leaders are expected in Ukraine, but the big picture for Kyiv remains uncertain as the US Congress blocks $60 billion in aid and delays promised arms shipments.

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Summary for the last 24 hours:

  • VIDEO Ukrainian Air Force shot down another Russian A-50 reconnaissance aircraft / “Another strike” on Moscow / Russian military bloggers confirm
  • The head of NATO declares for the first time that Ukraine has the right to strike Russian targets outside its national territory
  • Developments at the front: the Mariinsky sector is a new hot spot. Intense shelling in eastern Ukraine
  • The Russian authorities are threatening to bury Navalny in the prison cemetery
  • Bloomberg: Hungary blocked the adoption of a joint statement by EU member states two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
  • What security agreements is Ukraine discussing with its allies, in particular with Romania? What do they predict?
  • Farmers protest: Polish officials did not come to the border for the meeting that Zelensky requested
  • Moscow believes that the new US sanctions are aimed at influencing the presidential elections in Russia
  • For Russia, the suspension of the IOC is “unprecedented discrimination” against its athletes