in Kharkiv and Lviv, energy infrastructure damaged by Russian strikes

Cover image: In Dnipro, residents in the rubble of a building destroyed by a Russian missile, January 14, 2022. Roman Chop / AP

UK promises to supply Challenger 2s to Ukraine. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in a statement on Saturday that he had pledged to supply Challenger 2 tanks and other artillery systems after speaking by phone to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Soledar is “under the control” of Ukraine, according to a Ukrainian official. The small eastern town of Soledar, at the center of a fierce battle with Russian forces and which Moscow claims to have taken, is still “under Ukrainian control”, the governor of Donetsk Oblast said on Saturday , Pavlo Kyrylenko, adding that this locality and the nearby town of Bakhmout were the “hottest” points on the front.Attacks have been reported in several regions of Ukraine. The bombing of a building in Dnipro killed at least five people and injured twenty-seven, the governor of the oblast announced. Several explosions sounded Saturday morning at Kiev, according to Ukrainian officials. Shelling has also been reported in the areas of Kharkiv, Zaporijia et Mykolaïv.Russian attacks hit energy infrastructure in Kharkiv and Lvivaccording to the Ukrainian authorities.The United Nations (UN) Security Council met to discuss the situation in Ukraine on Friday. “Ukraine, Russia, the world cannot afford for this war to continue,” insisted UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo. But “it is military logic that dominates, with very little space for dialogue at the moment, if there is any,” she added, seeing “no sign of an end to the fighting”.NATO announced on Friday the deployment of Awacs surveillance aircraft in Romania from Tuesday, to support its reinforced presence in the region and “monitor Russian military activity”.

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