Russia-Ukraine war: List of major events – day 1,062 | News of the Russia-Ukraine war

Here are the highlights of the 1,062nd day of Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine.

Here's what's happening on Tuesday, January 21:

Fighting

The Ukrainian Air Force said it shot down 93 of the 141 drones launched by Russia overnight. The Air Force also reported that 47 of the drones were “lost” while two returned to Russia.
Russia said it destroyed 31 Ukrainian drones that targeted commercial sites in Russia's Tatarstan region, which is 1,000km (about 600 miles) from the Ukrainian border. No casualties or damages have been reported.
The governor of the Bryansk region in Russia, Alexander Bogomaz, said that 14 Ukrainian drones did not intervene in the region, which borders Ukraine. He said Kyiv also fired four US-made HIMARS missiles at Bryansk.
Moscow authorities launched an investigation after police footage showed police beating Russian soldiers traveling to Ukraine with batons and using assault rifles. The perpetrators of the violence have been identified and an investigation is underway, authorities said.
Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces had captured two villages, Shevchenko and Novoiehorivka, in eastern Ukraine. Shevchenko is located a few kilometers from Pokrovsk, which is important for the Kyiv military.

Russia has accused United Kingdom citizen James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, of terrorism charges, who was captured during a fight with Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region of Russia. After being accused of acting as a “mercenary”, Anderson faces up to 35 years in a Russian prison.
Kyiv has attacked the Russian-held town of Kherson in southern Ukraine, killing two people and wounding more than a dozen others, according to reports. Russia's newly elected governor, Vladimir Saldo, criticized Ukraine for shooting “terrorists” near a school and said children were among those injured.
The State Investigation Bureau of Ukraine has arrested two military officers and a soldier for allegedly “inactive” and failing to protect against Russia that allowed the eastern districts of Kharkiv to be captured in 2024.
A wounded North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine he told his on-camera interviewers that Pyongyang's troops fighting in Moscow were suffering heavy casualties. Although Moscow did not accept the deployment of North Korean soldiers to fight in the Kursk region on behalf of Russia, the soldier gave details about the soldiers' arrival, training and routine work.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated Donald Trump on his election as US President.
Zelenskyy said Trump's return to the White House is an “opportunity” for “peace” in Ukraine.
Putin said he is “ready to negotiate” with Ukraine under the leadership of Donald Trump. He added that any settlement must ensure “sustainable peace based on respect for the rights of all peoples”.
French President Emmanuel Macron warned that Russia's war in Ukraine would not end “tomorrow or tomorrow” in response. Trump's endorsement to end the war quickly.

The head of Transnistria Vadim Krasnoselsky said that the separatist was ready to buy gas from Moldova. He added that he sent a letter to Moldovagaz on Saturday but they have not yet received a response.
The Finnish Border Guard says oil shipments to Russia via the Baltic Sea have dropped by nearly 10 percent in the past four months due to European Union sanctions on Russian oil and gas exports.

The Ukrainian government announced that it plans to encourage German refugees to return home, including the establishment of “cooperation centers” in Berlin and other areas later to help with work, housing and educational opportunities. Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Chernyshov said many Ukrainians were “seriously considering” returning home.