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 of this Sunday, January 19, 2025, on the 1,061st day of the war.
News of the day
Russia said it had opened an investigation into allegations that Ukrainian troops killed civilians in a Russian village captured by kyiv forces.
Russia’s Investigative Committee, which investigates major crimes, said Ukrainian troops “killed at least seven civilians who were sheltering in the basement of a house” in the village of Russkoe Porechnoye, about twenty kilometers from the border.
Russian state media published a video overnight, provided by the army, showing Russian troops discovering bodies in a basement.
But Agence France Presse (AFP), which relays the information, said it was not able to immediately verify these claims or the video, which shows Russian soldiers in a dark room removing weapons. blankets and clothing covering bodies. Ukraine has not reacted officially.
Sentence of the day
« A “cannibalistic massacre of civilians” »
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Maria Zakharova, in a statement, spoke out about the crimes allegedly committed by Ukrainian troops in Russkoe Porechnoye. Since the start of the war in 2022, Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of the murder of civilians.
The number of the day
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33. This is the number of missiles that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have intercepted, “just this week”, according to an announcement made on X by Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian president adds that 311 attack drones would have suffered the same fate. “136 drones, used for daily strikes on infrastructure, have also failed to reach their targets,” he added.
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