Did you miss the latest events on the war in Ukraine? 20 Minutes takes stock for you every evening. Between the strong declarations, the advances on the front and the results of the fighting, here is the essential part of this Friday, January 10, 2025, the 1,052nd day of the war.
Fact of the day
A decisive summit meeting between the two most powerful men on the planet? Things are taking shape. US President-elect Donald Trump said overnight that he was preparing a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to resolve the Russian-Ukrian conflict. “President Putin wants us to meet, he has even said it publicly, and we must put an end to this war, which is a real waste,” declared the Republican billionaire. “We are in the process of organizing this,” he added with Republican governors at his residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
During his annual televised question-and-answer session on December 19, Vladimir Putin actually said he was ready to meet Donald Trump “at any time”. “If we ever meet President-elect Trump, I am sure we will have a lot to say to each other,” he said.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs sees “nothing new” in Donald Trump’s thunderous announcement. “All of us in Ukraine want to end the war fairly for Ukraine and we see that President Trump is also determined to end the war,” commented his spokesperson, Georgiy Tykhy, quoted by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.
According to him, kyiv is preparing for discussions with American officials “immediately” after Donald Trump takes office in ten days.
Sentence of the day
« The less revenue Russia receives (from the sale of oil) and other energy resources, the sooner peace will be restored. » »
Volodymyr Zelensky, who does not have the opportunity to rejoice every day, welcomes the new sanctions announced this Friday against Russia by Washington and London. They target in particular Gazprom and Surgutneftegaz, the two main Russian companies in the sector. They also concern nearly 200 oil tankers and LNG carriers operating from Russia and presented as part of Moscow’s “ghost fleet”, even if a certain number of the targeted vessels are registered under the flag of Barbados and Panama.
“The United States is taking radical action against a key source of revenue from Russia’s brutal and illegal war in Ukraine,” said outgoing US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
The number of the day
600. The number of searches carried out this Friday by Ukrainian police as part of a “special operation” intended to block illegal border crossings by men fleeing military mobilization. While Ukraine is outnumbered on the front, unofficial estimates indicate that thousands, if not tens of thousands, of Ukrainians were able to leave illegally thanks to smugglers, false documents or bribes. wine paid to border guards.
Theoretically, Ukrainian men aged 18 to 60 are prohibited from leaving their country, with some exceptions. Those wanting to escape possible mobilization therefore cross the border illegally.
Today’s trend
The grass isn’t necessarily greener on Bluesky. Seen as a refuge by those disappointed with X, the social network is not immune to misinformation. Specializing in tracking down influence operations, the @antibot4navalny collective has accumulated clues to a replica on the young American network Bluesky of the pro-Russian “Matriochka” campaign which flooded Elon Musk’s platform last year. Analyzed by AFP, these data show dozens of publications with a similar modus operandi, consisting of calling on media to ask them to verify fake news. With a novelty: on Bluesky, in addition to sometimes imitating content from the media, certain posts use artificial intelligence (AI) to impersonate universities.
Our file on the war in Ukraine
Basically, the objective of Russian “troll farms” always seems the same: to present Russia in a favorable light, while criticizing Western aid provided to Ukraine and often castigating Emmanuel Macron, a target. privileged.
