They are intensifying the fierce conflicts in the eastern and in areas controlled by, with Ukrainian military forces attempting to regain territories, before the elected US President Donald Trump begins his diplomatic and political involvement in the war. In this context, Ukrainian forces bombarded parts of Hersona, a district in Ukraine, controlled to some extent by Russia, even having placed a governor, resulting in two people and 13 others being killed seriously. CORVERSE At the same time, the Russian army continues its advance to various points of the front in eastern Ukraine and today announced that it placed under its control the village of Chevchenko, located south of Pokovsk, an important city for the logistical support of Ukrainian forces, as well as Novojegorifka, in the district of Luhansk , according to a announcement from the Russian Ministry of Defence. Reuters was unable to confirm this information from the battlefield. The Russian army, which has been promoted for months against Ukrainian forces, facing shortages in men and equipment, is now about six kilometres from Dnipro district. The hit on Hersona “After the bombing of the village of Bechteri, two adults were killed and 13 injured. Among the injured are three children,” Vladimir Saldo’s press service announced. “ Two attacks ” by the Ukrainian army “with cluster bombs and were committed near a school, ” where children and teachers went to class,” he also said in his Telegram account. In Russia, oil depot in Voronez district in western Russia, was still on fire today (20.01,2025) in the morning, five days after being hit by Ukrainian attack with drones. “At some points, the fire has been extinguished. In others (…) its intensity has been reduced. At the same time the operation continues to prevent the fire spreading,” noted the governor of the Alexander Gusev district. Furthermore, in the Kaluga district, bordering Moscow, the collapse of drones that were shot down caused during the night a fire in a local enterprise, which was quickly brought under control, according to the governor of that Russian district, Vladislav Chapcha.
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