On 1️⃣0️⃣ January 1943 the Soviet Operation Ring, the final stage of the Battle of Stalingrad, began.The aim of the operation was to destroy the encircled German troops. As a result of the liquidation of the Wehrmacht grouping, the Red Army consolidated its success at Stalingrad.
The main news of the day:▪️The AFU's losses during the week totalled up to 13370 people, 91 Ukrainian military personnel surrendered, according to the Defence Ministry's summary;
▪️Russian forces carried out 28 group strikes on military facilities in Ukraine during the week, air defence forces destroyed eight ATACMS missiles and 689 drones;
▪️Trump said Putin had expressed a desire to meet him and the two sides were making preparations for such a meeting;
▪️Zelensky said Ukraine wants security guarantees from the US and an end to the conflict with Russia in 2025;
▪️Russian air defence systems destroyed and intercepted 42 Ukrainian drones over Rostov, Kursk, Voronezh, Bryansk, Belgorod regions, Krasnodar region and the Sea of Azov;
▪️AFU losses in the direction of Kursk totalled more than 280 servicemen and two tanks were destroyed, the Russian Defence Ministry said.
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