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A strike on a Russian oil depot in Klintsy is adversely affecting supplies to the Russian army and increasing the Ukrainian army's ability to manoeuvre, Ukraine's Defence Intelligence says. Source: Andrii Yusov, a representative of Defence Intelligence, during the 24/7 national joint newscast Quote: "It's clear that when it comes to an oil depot which supplies the occupation corps with fuel and more, this [the strike - ed.

Vladimir Putin is attempting to wear down Western powers as he knows his forces cannot win a ‘fair fight’, an analyst has said.

Ukraine will continue conducting operations in temporarily occupied Crimea in order to destroy Russian logistics, Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov, Head of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), has said.

The attack on an oil depot in Russia's Leningrad Oblast by Ukrainian drones on the night of 17-18 January was a special operation by the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine. Source: Ukrainian Pravda's source in the Defence Intelligence Quote: "This is a Defence Intelligence operation involving modern Ukrainian assets.

Acting defence minister Pat Conroy has let the Ukrainians know that “it is not feasible to return the aircraft to an operational state”.

The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is having a negative impact on the Russian economy, UK Defence Intelligence says. Source: UK Defence Intelligence review dated 18 January, as reported by European Pravda Quote from UK intelligence: "Russia's continued invasion of Ukraine is highly likely to negatively impact the outlook for the Russian economy.

Ukraine's Defence Intelligence believes that a drone attack carried out on an oil depot in St Petersburg on the night of 17-18 January demonstrates a "new level of quality" of means of destruction. Source: Andrii Yusov, a representative of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence, on the air of UP.

A Ukrainian-made drone travelled 1,250 kilometres before striking an oil depot in St Petersburg on the night of 17-18 January. Source: Oleksandr Kamyshin, Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine, during a discussion at Ukraine House in Davos Quote: "We can manufacture anything from small FPV drones that cost US$350 to the kind of munitions that travelled all the way to St Petersburg last night.

The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine has said that Russia is dissatisfied with the low level of passportisation of the Ukrainian population in temporarily occupied territories and their readiness for the presidential election, and therefore plans to increase the number of Russian Guard and secret services in temporarily occupied territories.

Ukrainian Minister of Defence Rustem Umierov has discussed the situation on the front line and shared information about the successes of the Ukrainian Air Force with his American counterpart, Lloyd Austin.