The Russian bombing of a building in Dnipro, Ukraine, killed at least thirty people on Saturday January 14. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fears a much heavier toll. But he assured in a video broadcast on Sunday that “the rescue operation [durerait] as long as there is the slightest chance of saving lives”. “Between 30 and 40 people are still under the rubble”, said Natalia Babachenko, adviser to the head of the military administration of the Dnipropetrovsk region. More than 70 people were injured in this bombing, including a dozen seriously, according to the military administration. Follow our live.
NATO promises heavy weapons. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg assured that Ukraine will receive even more heavy weapons “in the near future”. In early January, France, Germany and the United States promised to send armored infantry or reconnaissance tanks.
Vladimir Putin hails a dynamic “positive”. In an interview on public television, Vladimir Putin welcomed the takeover of Soledar. “Everything is going according to plansaid the Russian autocrat. The dynamic is positive and everything is going according to the plans of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff.”
Kyiv ensures that “the battle continues” at Solar. The capture of this small Ukrainian town in the Donbass was presented to Moscow as a success. But Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Ganna Maliar assured Sunday evening that the Ukrainian forces had held their positions there. According to her, “the battle continues”.