Ukraine Situation Report | 20 January 2023
Much of the news surrounding Ukraine in recent weeks has been dominated by discussions over the West’s military support for Ukraine in the lead up to an anticipated Russian spring offensive. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reiterated calls for Western allies to send more tanks to Ukraine, while Moscow has warned that NATO risks escalating the conflict to ‘a whole new level’ of war if it arms Ukrainian forces with heavy weaponry. Meanwhile, on the ground in Ukraine, daily shelling continues on both sides of the frontline and one of the country’s deadliest missile strikes killed at least 45 people in the city of Dnipro. A deadly helicopter crash also occurred in the suburbs of Kyiv, killing 14 people including Ukraine’s interior affairs minister - raising questions over Russian involvement as investigations get underway.
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