Russia continues to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to attack military-industrial facilities and UAV assembly plants in Ukraine, while Kyiv accuses the enemy of hitting an apartment building.
Reuters on January 30 quoted officials from Sumy province in Ukraine accusing Russia of using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to attack a high-rise apartment building in Sumy city, killing at least 4 people and injuring 9 others.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called it a "terrible tragedy" and called on the world to continue to put pressure on Russia.
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The Ukrainian military said Russia used 81 UAVs in the attack, damaging homes and businesses across the country. The Ukrainian air force shot down 37 UAVs, while 39 did not reach their targets, while the rest were unknown.
Speaking from a pile of rubble, Sumy Governor Volodymyr Artyukh said rescuers were working to free people from the building in the city of Sumy. Local officials said the attack damaged five apartments and 20 cars.
Ukrainian rescuers search for victims at an apartment building in Sumy province on January 30.
Sumy Oblast borders Russia’s Kursk Oblast, where Ukraine has been conducting an offensive since August 2024. The Ukrainian Air Force said the Russian offensive affected Sumy, Chernihiv, Odessa and Poltava Oblasts.
"Industrial facilities, houses and multi-storey buildings, as well as vehicles were damaged. An enemy attack UAV hit an apartment building in Sumy. Unfortunately, there were casualties," the Ukrainian Air Force said.
Russia did not immediately comment on the information. Russia and Ukraine have previously denied any accusations of targeting civilians in the conflict.
TASS news agency on January 30 quoted a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense saying that its forces attacked Ukrainian military-industrial facilities and UAV assembly plants.
"Combat/tactical aircraft, attack UAVs, missiles and artillery of Russian groups of forces attacked facilities of the Ukrainian military industry, infrastructure of military airports, production workshops, UAV storage sites, concentrations of enemy manpower and equipment in 142 areas," the statement said.
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Developments at the front line
According to the Ukrainska Pravda news site on January 30, a total of 158 clashes took place on the front line over the past day, with the fiercest fighting recorded on the Pokrovsk front in Donetsk, where Ukrainian defenders repelled 72 Russian attacks.
Meanwhile, TASS news agency quoted Russian-appointed official Igor Kimakovsky in Donetsk as saying that Ukrainian forces were trying to block the Russian advance in the Selidovo area, in order to avoid being surrounded in Pokrovsk from the west.
“The enemy is trying very hard [to resist] north of Selidovo, near Pokrovsk, and even deployed units of the 150th brigade, with the aim of blocking our advance westward to the Dnipropetrovsk border, in order to prevent our forces from encircling Pokrovsk from the west and north because our troops are also encircling from Mirnograd,” Kimakovsky said.
The official said Ukrainian forces could be surrounded and forced to retreat or suffer the same fate as the Velyka Novosilka area, where Russia said Ukraine suffered heavy losses before Russian forces took control on January 26.
In Russia's Belgorod region, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on January 30 that Ukraine fired 68 artillery shells and launched 52 UAVs to attack 7 areas, killing 2 people and injuring 2 others.
Ukraine has not commented on the information.
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EU considers buying Russian gas?
The Financial Times on January 30 quoted informed sources as saying that European Union (EU) officials are discussing plans to resume gas purchases via Russian pipelines, in a potential solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Supporters of the proposal, which includes Hungarian and German officials, argue that the move could provide an incentive for both Russia and Europe to maintain the peace deal, while stabilizing the continent's energy markets.
The news comes nearly a month after Ukraine stopped shipping Russian gas through its territory to the EU, ending a Soviet-era scheme.
The decision has sparked protests from some EU members such as Slovakia and Hungary - which continue to rely on Russian gas despite the bloc's efforts to diversify supplies.
The proposal to resume purchases of Russian gas has met with opposition from Ukraine's main allies in the EU and officials from some "eastern" member states, according to sources.
In another development, Reuters on January 30 quoted information from the Swedish Ministry of Defense saying that this Nordic country has just approved the 18th aid package for Ukraine worth 1.23 billion USD.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/chien-su-ukraine-ngay-1071-giao-tranh-158-lan-o-tien-tuyen-chau-au-can-nhac-mua-khi-dot-nga-185250130214321094.htm
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