HOLY CRAP!
I’m told by Ukrainian govt source that reports of the firing of top general Valery Zaluzhny look to be true. We await confirmation by presidential order - but this appears to be a done deal.
— Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) January 29, 2024
UPDATE 1 Contradicting reports at this point, stay tuned.
UPDATE 2 OK looks like it was a disinfo-op…
COFFEE NEWS FOR YOUR MONDAY…
BUH-BYE PUSHKINSKAYA… Kharkiv City council voted to rename ‘Pushkinskaya’ street to ‘Grigori Skovorodi’ street, so as to continue de-Russification of the city. In all 65 streets were renamed in the resolution, you can read about most of them here in Ukrainian.
REPO MEN: US Senate Committee backs bill to sieze Russian assets to help Ukraine.
Pushkinskaya hit by Russian missles yesterday, video here and Gwara Media article here.
UPDATE - additional pictures from Gwara here.
At least 30 injured, 2 dead in today’s missile strikes on Kharkiv - Video 1 …Video 2 …Article in Ukrainian …Strikes also carried out on Balakliy
UPDATE 42 injured, 4 dead https://kyivindependent.com/russian-attacks-on-kharkiv-kill-2-injure-at-least-35/
UPDATE 2 - 51 injured, 5 dead https://gwaramedia.com/en/in-photos-russia-shelled-kharkiv-twice-this-night-injuring-up-to-51-people-and-killing-five/
UPDATE 3 - 57 injured, 8 dead gwaramedia article and other explosions heard in the evening.
Russian shelling of Kupiansk kills 1, injures 1 - https://kyivindependent.com/governor-russian-shelling-of-kupiansk-kills-1-injures-1/
Russia shells Kupiansk: 1 dead, 1 wounded - https://gwaramedia.com/en/russians-shelled-kupiansk-one-dead-and-one-wounded/
17 Injured, 1 dead in yesterday’s rocket strikes on Kharkiv https://www.kyivpost.com/post/26825 UPDATE: more pictures and details here https://gwaramedia.com/en/in-photos-russians-shelled-kharkiv-at-night/
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