► Strike on Russian infrastructure
The Ukrainian army announced on Tuesday January 21 that it had struck a fuel depot and an aeronautical industrial site with attack drones on Tuesday in western Russia.
“Drones (…) of the Ukrainian armed forces struck the Liskinskaya oil depot in the Voronezh region”explained the Ukrainian general staff on Facebook, specifying that they had also “hit the infrastructure of the Smolensk aircraft factory” in the eponymous region, “where combat aircraft are modernized and built. »
⚡️ Ukraine attacks Russian oil depot, aviation plant, command post overnight, military says. Ukrainian forces struck the Liskinskaya oil depot in Russia’s Voronezh Oblast, the Smolensk Aviation Plant, and a Russian command post in Donetsk Oblast overnight on Jan. 21, Ukraine’s General Staff said.
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— The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) January 21, 2025 at 10:37
► Army chief psychiatrist suspected of corruption
The chief psychiatrist of the Ukrainian army was arrested for having acquired assets worth a million dollars without declaring them, the Ukrainian security services announced on Tuesday, suspecting a case of corruption.
-Since 2022, the date of the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the suspect has acquired three apartments, a house, land and four luxury cars, assets not declared or registered in the names of members of his family, according to a press release. Investigators also found a large quantity of money at the defendant’s home.
► Russia announces having shot down 55 Ukrainian drones
Russia announced on Tuesday January 21 that it had shot down nearly 55 Ukrainian drones overnight. “Over the past night, air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 55 Ukrainian aerial drones” in six Russian regions, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. Six drones were notably shot down in the Voronezh region in the west, on the border with Ukraine, according to the same source.
Several drones attacked an oil depot that had been burning for almost six days, regional governor Alexander Gusev wrote on Telegram. A new fire therefore broke out. The attack “did not cause any injuries” and does not threaten the local population.
► Putin “destroys Russia”, according to Donald Trump
American President Donald Trump, just inaugurated on Monday, judged that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin was “destroying” his country by refusing to seal a peace agreement with Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr “Zelensky wants to make a deal. I don’t know if Putin wants that, maybe not. (But) he should do it. I believe he is destroying Russia by not sealing a settlement.”declared the 47th President of the United States on his return to the Oval Office where he signed a whole series of presidential decrees in front of the press.
