Almost two years after the Russian invasion, Ukraine is working “intensively” with its partners to restore air transport, focusing mainly on Boryspil International Airport outside the capital Kyiv and possibly Lviv. A Ukrainian drone attack struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg on Thursday. as part of the “new phase” of attacks in the region, a Ukrainian military source told Reuters.

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08:26 Oil tanks at a warehouse in the city of Klintsi in Russia’s Bryansk region caught fire after the military shot down a Ukrainian drone that was trying to attack targets in the city, regional governor Oleksandr Bogomaz said on Friday, Reuters reports.

According to preliminary information, no one was injured as a result of the incident, Bogomaz wrote in the Telegram channel, adding that firefighters are working to extinguish the fire.

01:30 In his message on Thursday evening, Volodymyr Zelenskyi noted that representatives of Kyiv continue discussions with partners to ensure the full implementation of sanctions against Russia.

• “All our diplomatic representatives should step up their efforts so that partners respond more actively to every case of Russian evasion of sanctions.
• This is not an abstract matter. The terrorist state produces weapons, including missiles. Each has dozens of critical components manufactured overseas, many by companies in the free world.
• Blocking these sanctions evasion schemes literally blocks terror. I am grateful to all our partners who understand this, and to everyone around the world who supports our respective efforts.”

01:06Australia refuses to return decommissioned helicopters to Ukraine.

Australia on Thursday formally rejected a request for access to a set of decommissioned Taipan helicopters, ABC Australia reported.

Earlier on January 12, the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organizations (AFUO) called on the government to provide Ukraine with 45 decommissioned Taipan helicopters intended for disposal.

Defense Department spokesman Pat Conroy said there are currently no Taipan units in “flight condition” and that “getting any of them into flight condition would require a huge investment of money, time and taxpayer resources to do so.”

A brief summary of recent events:

• “It will end badly for Europe if Ukraine is defeated,” the Lithuanian minister warns.
• NATO will conduct the largest training since the Cold War – 90 thousand mobilized soldiers.
• Republic of Moldova: Russian peacekeeping forces in Transnistria accused by Chisinau of breach of commitments.
• Ukraine and its partners are working “hard” to restore air traffic, which was suspended for almost two years, and it is mainly aimed at the international airport “Boryspil”, located on the outskirts of the capital Kyiv.
• The proposed €50 billion in four-year funding from the EU is the cheapest and most convenient way to support Ukraine, but there are alternatives if Budapest continues to block it, Ukraine’s ambassador to the EU Vsevolod Chentsov told Forbes Ukraine.
• Australia on Thursday officially rejected a request for access to a set of decommissioned Taipan helicopters, ABC Australia reported.
• Wheat shipments through the Suez Canal have been halted due to attacks in the Red Sea, the World Trade Organization announced on Thursday.

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