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US-made components have been found in a missile deployed in a Russian strike on the centre of the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on 19 August 2023 which killed seven people. Source: Ukraine's National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) Details: Experts found that the satellite navigation system of an Iskander-K missile launched on Chernihiv contained four American components.

With suspended U.S. military aid and Russia’s superior manpower reserves, Ukraine has little choice but to remain on the defensive in the war, parliamentary Defense Secretary Chair Roman Kostenko said in an interview with NV Radio on Jan. 19.

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Earl Rasmussen spoke with Sputnik about Russia’s targeting of several French mercenary fighters in Kharkov Tuesday, warning that people thinking about freelancing for the Ukrainian military should expect to be treated the same as homegrown fighters.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that the worlds defense industry lacks enough resources for Ukraine to withstand a war against the Russian army, adding that Kiev is facing a shortage of drones and shells.

Russia’s precision strikes on facilities housing foreign mercenaries in Ukraine - like the one on Kharkov - will likely "dampen the enthusiasm" of such guns for hire, retired US Air Force Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski told Sputnik.

Russian troops are continuing to try to encircle Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast. Ukrainian Special Operations Forces have posted footage of SOF operatives taking out a Russian assault group. Source: press service for the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SOF) Quote: "Today, the approaches to Avdiivka are a land mangled by sinkholes and littered with enemy corpses, and marred by the occupation forces' daily attempts to surround the city.

The CDU/CSU coalition will introduce a motion on Jan. 17 for a resolution in the Bundestag putting the matter of Taurus deliveries to a vote.

The impolitic comment has inflamed tensions between Ukraine and Russia.

Russian forces have made confirmed progress near Kreminna and Bakhmut, with positional combat operations occurring along the entire front line. Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Details: Russian forces have recently made confirmed progress near Kreminna during positional battles along the Kupiansk-Svatove-Kreminna line on 16 January.

Russian attacks on multiple settlements in Kherson Oblast killed one person and injured five others, the regional authorities reported on Jan. 17.