Russia-Ukraine war: List of major events – day 1,063 | News of the Russian-Ukrainian war

Here are the highlights of the 1,063rd day of Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine.

Here's what's happening on Wednesday, January 22:

Fighting

Ukraine's military says Russia dropped four missiles and 131 drones into Ukraine overnight. The Air Force also reported that 72 of the drones were destroyed while 59 went missing without fulfilling their mission.
The Ministry of Defense in Moscow said that its soldiers captured and destroyed 55 Ukrainian drones in six Russian regions overnight. Six drones were downed in Voronezh where, according to the Governor of the region Aleksandr Gusev, the fallen debris started to burn just six days after the remains of another attached plane started an ancient fire. No injuries were reported.
The Kyiv military claimed responsibility for the attack on an air base in Russia's Smolensk region where “warplanes are being modernized and manufactured”, as well as the attack in Voronezh that caused a fire at a fuel storage facility. The Ukrainian General Staff said the attacks were coordinated between drones and special forces.
Russian state news agency TASS said Moscow's troops captured the eastern Ukrainian village of Vovkove, located 10 kilometers southwest of the city of Pokrovsk, which is key to Kyiv's military. Moscow's military also earlier captured Shevchenko, another village close to the site, TASS reported.
Authorities in Russia's Orenburg region have warned residents of Ukraine to protect themselves from possible attacks in Ukraine. The Russian Strategic Missile Force is located in the area.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has arrested a senior Ukrainian military officer for corruption. The suspect has been accused of failing to disclose nearly $1m in “worthless assets”, which authorities believe was amassed since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine.
The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Army Valery Gerasimov visited a group of tanks and an artillery unit near the Ukrainian manufacturing facility in Pokrovsk. The video showed Gerasimov arriving in a helicopter and handing medals to the soldiers.
Moscow's security forces destroyed seven Ukrainian drones in Crimea, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014, and nine in Rostov in southern Russia. No injuries or damages were reported.
229 Ukrainian civilians are still in the city of Chasiv Yar, which is under Russian fire, AFP news agency quoted a Kyiv military spokesman as saying. Most of those still in the city are elderly or disabled, AFP said.

United States President Donald Trump has said he wants to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and told reporters that Putin is “destroying Russia” by refusing to sign a ceasefire deal with Ukraine. Trump said he thought “Russia is going to be in big trouble” and expressed concern about Moscow's economy.
Trump has warned Putin that he will impose new sanctions on Russia if the Kremlin refuses to negotiate with Ukraine to end the war. Trump also said that the US wants to send weapons to Ukraine but added that the European Union should do more to help Kyiv.
Chinese President Xi Jinping he called the video and Putin when the two discussed how to use peace to end Moscow's conflict with Ukraine, Yuri Ushakov, a Kremlin foreign policy adviser said. The two leaders also touched on issues related to the Korean Peninsula, the Middle East, Syria and Taiwan, Ushakov said.
Turkish news agency Anadolu Ajansi quoted Ushakov as saying that the Trump administration had not spoken to Moscow about the meeting. “We're ready,” he said.

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, speaking at the International Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, told delegates that Europe should establish itself as a strong world leader, develop a coherent security policy, and be ready to increase defense spending to protect itself for peace and security. . others.
In his speech, Zelenskyy asked again Trump's commitment to NATO and European security, adding that Ukraine is trying to set up a meeting with the US president.

Zelenskyy said Ukraine will not bow to Russia's demands to reduce Kyiv's military presence in any future peace deal. “This is what they want. We cannot allow this to happen,” Zelenskyy said in Davos.
Zelenskyy also told delegates in Davos that at least 200,000 peacekeepers will be needed in Europe as part of ending the war with Russia. “Otherwise, nothing,” he said.
TASS reported that Putin had a phone call with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. They are said to have discussed the work done between the two countries and the situation in the Middle East and Ukraine.