Russia-Ukraine war: List of important events – day 1,061 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Here are the key developments on day 1,061 of Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine.

Here is the situation on Monday, January 20:

Fighting

• Russia said it has opened an investigation into the alleged “murder” of at least seven civilians in Russia’s western region of Russkoe Porechnoye, which has been occupied by Ukraine since last August. It is reported that the bodies were found by Russian soldiers inside a residential building.
• Ukraine’s military commander, Oleksandr Syrskii, said his army was suffering from a shortage of mechanized soldiers. He also said that the military’s mobilization capacity is “insufficient” to cover the needs of the military, and that vacancies are being filled “within reasonable limits” by sending personnel with other expertise.
• The General Staff of Ukraine accused Russian forces of using ammunition laced with banned chemicals 434 times in Ukraine in December 2024, making the total number of such cases recorded at 5,389 as of February 2023.
• Ukraine’s military says it shot down 43 of 61 Russian warplanes during raids in nine regions across Ukraine. No major damage or injuries were immediately reported.

• The Interfax news agency said Russian troops captured the village of Vozdvyzhenka in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, citing the Russian Defense Ministry.
• The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that Russian forces have recently advanced in the Russian region of Kursk, where Ukrainian forces have taken some ground, as well as the Ukrainian regions of Kupyansk, Lyman, Chasiv Yar, Torestsk, Kurakhove and Velyka Novosilka. Ukrainian forces have since retaken positions lost in Chasiv Yar and Toretsk, ISW said.
• The ISW also said that Russian volunteer military detachments continue to improve the Russian Army’s workforce by recruiting women to join the army.

Military assistance

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also called for “strong support” from Ukraine’s allies and for more US-made Patriot air defense systems. This follows a week of more than 1,000 Russian air strikes.