News Brief

Russian forces have claimed a series of incremental gains in eastern Ukraine in recent weeks, after around two months in which front lines had largely been frozen in place.

The war in Ukraine shows no sign of ending. On the contrary, the war is escalating on the battlefronts of Donbas and against civilians in cities throughout Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine is in a state of deadlock, according to the UK Ministry of Defence. In an intelligence update, it said there was a possibility of Russian advances around the heavily contested city of Bakhmut in the Donbas region, but otherwise little movement.

Russia carried out two mass rocket attacks on Ukraine on 14 January, destroying an apartment block in Dnipro and leaving at least 14 people dead and 64 injured, at least a dozen of them children.

14 January 2023

12 January 2023

Russia’s campaign of airstrikes against Ukrainian critical infrastructure has continued over recent weeks Two of the largest bombardments since the war began occurred on 16 and 29 December, with over 70 and 120 missiles fired respectively.

In the last few months, the Russian army has suffered a series of reversals and Russian President Vladimir Putin has responded with a mass mobilisation of soldiers and attacks on core Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

Since the Ukrainian attack on the Kerch Strait bridge in October, Moscow has showed itself determined to demolish Ukrainian society with air attacks on civilians and their infrastructure.

Ukrainian officials this week were working to restore power nationwide after some of the heaviest bombardment of Ukrainian civilian infrastructure in the war to date.