LIVE: Day 334 of Russian aggression against Ukraine

The war continues. Germany would not stand in the way if Poland wants to send its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Germany's foreign minister said on Sunday, signalling a possible breakthrough for Ukraine as it tries to bolster its forces ahead of an expected new Russian offensive.

21:43 CET

BAKHMUT /1300 UTC 22 JAN/ In the E. industrial districts, fighting continues along Patrice Lumumba Blvd / H-32 HWY. RU forces have achieved a lodgment in the Bakhmutskty Building / ceramics factory complex & maintain positions in the furniture factory on the N side of the HWY. pic.twitter.com/3nT9GiR9mh

— Chuck Pfarrer | Indications & Warnings | (@ChuckPfarrer) January 22, 2023

21:43 CET

Video of a Ukrainian artillery strike on a Russian 2S4 Tyulpan 240mm mortar. https://t.co/BtdsWZ3GCr pic.twitter.com/ALksjhnqzr

— Rob Lee (@RALee85) January 23, 2023

21:36 CET

Morocco delivered about 20 T-72 tanks to Ukraine. They're on the battlefield now, after undergoing modernization in the Czech Republic.https://t.co/KEjauICpOd pic.twitter.com/uARiG5cWzM

— Michael MacKay (@mhmck) January 23, 2023

20:16 CET

Anti-drone net that saved the AHS Krab self-propelled howitzer, from Russian Lancet kamikaze drone. https://t.co/3cmfTgZUSi

— Special Kherson Cat ������ (@bayraktar_1love) January 22, 2023

19:51 CET

��Ukrainian Army continues to built up fortifications and bunkers in the north near the border with #Belarus. #UkraineRussiaWar pic.twitter.com/8r3rya0aBL

— MilitaryLand.net (@Militarylandnet) January 23, 2023

19:39 CET

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock refused to repeat her statement about Germany letting Poland send its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine when she met with journalists in Brussels today

All she said was "it’s important that we as an international community do everything we can” pic.twitter.com/0frmQrx4pp

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) January 23, 2023

19:06 CET

#Bradley Fighting Vehicles on its way to #Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/yCKfO8RtUM

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) January 23, 2023

19:06 CET

��Ukrainian T-72B tank of 3rd Tank Brigade in Kupyansk, #Kharkiv Oblast.#UkraineRussiaWar pic.twitter.com/LY2fq2sJ2a

— MilitaryLand.net (@Militarylandnet) January 23, 2023

18:42 CET

We need armored ambulances. #ukraine #combatmedic #UkraineRussianWar #armored-#ambulances pic.twitter.com/qYehvbfEO7

— Rebekah M (@bekamaciorowski) January 23, 2023

17:59 CET

Ukrainian fighter jet Su-25 flying over the rooftops in Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine

Ukrainian jets have to maneuver at a low altitude close to the frontlines to evade Russian anti-aircraft systems.
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— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) January 22, 2023

17:49 CET

I figured we’d get here pretty quick. The outstanding question is whether Baerbock bothered to clear this w Scholz. https://t.co/qepkwNFpr2

— Peter Zeihan (@PeterZeihan) January 23, 2023

17:40 CET

Ukrainian ZSU-23-4 Shilka in ground attack mode, plus Magyar’s “Ratatatatatatata”, somewhere near Bakhmut. The Russian unit at the receiving end eliminated. #Ukraine #Bakhmut pic.twitter.com/YejVlNnozr

— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) January 22, 2023

17:22 CET

The Germans are refusing to provide Leopard tanks to Ukraine as Russia gears up for a huge offensive. The cynic in me says the Germans are holding back to be able to do big business with Russia after the war. pic.twitter.com/d7LsXoqqWW

— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) January 21, 2023

16:23 CET

��️The work of Ukrainian paratroopers of 81st Airmobile Brigade near Bilohorivka settlement in #Luhansk Oblast.#UkraineRussiaWar pic.twitter.com/uGuf66N33H

— MilitaryLand.net (@Militarylandnet) January 22, 2023

15:50 CET

Putin likely turned to Prigozhin & Prigozhin’s reported ally, Army Gen. Sergey Surovikin, to continue efforts to gain ground and break the will of #Ukraine and its Western backers to continue the war after the conventional military had culminated & suffered disastrous setbacks.�� https://t.co/v8xrvVar6o

— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) January 23, 2023

14:34 CET

RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak reports that Hungary now says that it won't block the next 500 mn euro worth tranche of EU military aid to Ukrainehttps://t.co/22xEnX0Sm9

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) January 23, 2023

14:22 CET

Olga Romanova, the head of the foundation "Russia Behind Bars" said that out of 50,000 prisoners recruited by the #Wagner Group, only 10,000 remained at the front. The rest either deserted, died, went missing, surrendered or were wounded. pic.twitter.com/2whJjr8Q7i

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) January 23, 2023

13:47 CET

The German armed forces have begun relocating the first two batteries of the U.S.-made Patriot air-defence system to Poland, the German NDR news website has reported.

13:29 CET

Olaf #Scholz has enriched the Internet with a new word:

Internet users have invented the verb #scholzing, derived from the name of the German chancellor. Its approximate meaning is to constantly make promises, but to delay their fulfillment or not fulfill them at all. pic.twitter.com/ygMkAauAnQ

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) January 23, 2023

13:09 CET

A former commander of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, who recently fled to Norway, has been apprehended by police, an official said on Monday.

12:29 CET

⚡️Estonia to give Ukraine all its 155-mm howitzers in largest aid package so far.

“We want to create a precedent so that other countries will not have any excuses why they cannot provide Ukraine with the necessary weapons to win the war,” said Estonian Ambassador Kaimo Kuusk.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) January 23, 2023

11:55 CET

Russia said on Monday it was downgrading diplomatic relations with NATO member Estonia, accusing Tallinn of "total Russophobia".

11:01 CET

Organisational and management issues at Ukraine's Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant are "of increasing concern", head of the Western European Nuclear Regulators' Association (WENRA), said on Monday.

10:41 CET

⚡️Russian attacks across 7 Ukrainian oblasts kill 1, injure 8 over past 24 hours.

Russian attacks were reported in Donetsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Luhansk oblasts in the east, south, and north of Ukraine.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) January 23, 2023

10:01 CET

Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki said Warsaw will ask Berlin for permission to send leopard tanks to Ukraine.

09:01 CET

Defenders of 43 Hetman Taras Triasylo Artillery Brigade work 24/7, especially at night, when they “gently put the enemy to sleep”

“We have very effective 203mm ‘sleeping pills’, which helps Russians fall asleep very soundly… and forever,” say the artillerymen

��Stas Kozljuk pic.twitter.com/WJb9TjVGIt

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) January 23, 2023

08:03 CET

⚡️Russian attacks injure 4 civilians in Donetsk Oblast over past day.

Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast injured four civilians over the past day, Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported on Jan. 23 on Telegram. Three people were injured in Bakhmut and one in Avdiivka, Kyrylenko said.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) January 23, 2023

07:45 CET

European Council President Charles Michel has urged the block's national leaders to push forward with talks on using USD 300 billion-worth of confiscated Russian central bank assets for the reconstruction of Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

07:18 CET

An illegal scheme to exploit refugees from Ukraine has been uncovered in Spain

Police today detained 27 people in different parts of Spain. They are suspected of organizing a criminal scheme through which they employed Ukrainian refugees in illegal cigarette factories.

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— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) January 22, 2023