Key developments on Jan. 29:
- Ukrainian drones hit Russian missile arsenal, oil pumping station in Tver Oblast, SBU supply claims
- '4 out of 4' — Russian Lukoil oil refinery struck by a number of Ukrainian drones, navy intelligence supply claims
- Russian assault depth declines, focuses on Pokrovsk sector, monitoring group experiences
- Australian POW feared executed by Russia is alive, Penny Wong says
Ukrainian drones hit the Andreapol oil pumping station and missile arsenal in Russia's Tver Oblast in a single day on Jan. 29, a supply within the Safety Service of Ukraine (SBU) informed the Kyiv Impartial.
Drone strikes had been reported by native officers throughout a number of Russian areas in a single day, together with Nizhny Novgorod, Smolensk, Tver, and Bryansk oblasts, inflicting fires and prompting air protection responses.
Drones operated by the SBU and the Particular Operations Forces attacked the oil pumping station, which is a part of the Baltic Pipeline System-2 operated by Russian state-owned oil pipeline firm Transneft.
In keeping with the supply, the filtration pumping space and additive tanks on the station had been broken. The station is positioned round 750 kilometers (466 miles) north of Ukrainian border.
A spill of oil merchandise and a hearth had been reported on the station.
"The Russians even needed to shut down the primary pipeline that provides oil to the Ust-Luga terminal in Leningrad Oblast," the supply stated.
Ukrainian drones additionally hit the twenty third missile arsenal of the Russian Protection Ministry in Tver Oblast. The depot and three buildings of the navy unit got here below the assault, the supply claimed.
The Kyiv Impartial couldn’t confirm these experiences.
'4 out of 4 '— Russian Lukoil oil refinery struck by a number of Ukrainian drones, navy intelligence supply claims
A Lukoil oil refinery within the Russian oblast of Nizhny Novgorod was struck by a number of Ukrainian drones within the early hours of Jan. 29, a navy intelligence (HUR) supply informed the Kyiv Impartial.
In keeping with the HUR supply, the Lukoil oil depot within the metropolis of Kstovo was focused by 4 drones, all of which struck their goal and precipitated "important harm."
They added the refinery "helps the actions of the Russian occupation forces" and was "attacked at round midnight native time."
The refinery is positioned round 800 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.
The Kyiv Impartial couldn’t confirm the claims, however in a single day native Telegram channels reported that drones focused the Lukoil Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez oil refinery, leading to a big fireplace.
Video footage circulating on-line confirmed flames on the facility, which native monitoring channels recognized because the doubtless goal of the assault.
Governor Gleb Nikitin confirmed that air protection techniques had shot down a number of drones, and fragments from the intercepted unmanned aerial autos fell on the commercial website. No accidents had been reported.
The Kyiv IndependentBoldizsar Gyori
Russian assault depth declines, focuses on Pokrovsk sector, monitoring group experiences
The depth of Russian assault operations in Ukraine is declining however stays excessive, in accordance with an evaluation by the monitoring group DeepState, printed on Jan. 28.
Russian forces have concentrated 44% of their assaults within the Pokrovsk sector, a vital logistics hub for Ukrainian troops in Donetsk Oblast.
The height depth of Russian offensives was recorded within the second half of December, following a surge in assaults that started in late November.
Though the tempo has slowed considerably because the New 12 months, DeepState recorded the next assault numbers: 5,205 in November, 6,247 in December, and 4,304 in January as of Jan. 27.
Regardless of struggling heavy losses, Russian forces have reportedly been in a position to replenish their fight energy, permitting them to maintain assaults throughout a number of front-line sectors.
As a part of this effort, Russia has intensified assaults close to Pokrovsk, deploying small teams in an try to encircle Ukrainian troops, Viktor Trehubov, spokesperson for Ukraine's Khortytsia group of forces, stated on Jan. 27.
The city of Kurakhove has additionally been a goal. Russia's Protection Ministry claimed on Jan. 6 that its forces had totally captured the settlement, although Ukraine has not confirmed this.
Russian forces additionally claimed on Jan. 26 to have captured Velyka Novosilka, a strategically important settlement within the western a part of Donetsk Oblast. Ukraine's a hundred and tenth Mechanized Brigade acknowledged withdrawing from components of the village to keep away from encirclement.
Australian POW feared executed by Russia is alive, Penny Wong says
An Australian volunteer soldier preventing for Ukraine who was reported to have been executed by Russian forces after being taken prisoner is alive, Australian International Minister Penny Wong stated on Jan. 29.
"The Australian authorities has acquired affirmation from Russia that Oscar Jenkins is alive and in custody," she stated in feedback reported by The Guardian.
Jenkins is serving within the 402nd Separate Rifle Battalion, which is a part of Ukraine's 66th Separate Mechanized Brigade, the Ukrainian investigative journalism outlet Slidstvo.Information reported on Jan. 17.
He went lacking on Dec. 16 in 2024 whereas on a fight mission close to the village of Mykolaivka in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine's Floor Forces Command informed the outlet.
In a video that emerged on Russian Telegram channels in late December, Jenkins is seen in navy fatigues, interrogated by Russian captors.
The person behind the digicam asks the captive about his title and background and whether or not he needs to stay whereas beating him over the top.
Unverified experiences started circulating in mid-January that the soldier was executed by his Russian captors, prompting Australian officers to make pressing inquiries to Russia about his whereabouts.
"We nonetheless maintain severe issues for Mr. Jenkins as a prisoner of warfare," Wong stated, including: "We’ve made clear to Russia in Canberra and in Moscow that Mr. Jenkins is a prisoner of warfare and Russia is obligated to deal with him in accordance with worldwide humanitarian legislation, together with humane therapy."
The Kyiv IndependentKate Tsurkan