Aid package from UK, Zuzana howitzer from Slovakia, shelling of Kherson: today's highlights

UK announces aid package with Challenger 2 tanks for Ukraine

British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace confirmed that Ukraine will receive Challenger 2 tanks from the British Army. This is reported by The Guardian.

In addition, the British will give:

• evacuation and repair vehicles;
• AS-90 self-propelled artillery installation;
• armored personnel carriers, in particular, FV432 (Bulldog);
• “dozens” of drones;
• 100 thousand artillery shells;
• 100 missile systems, including Starstreak;
• spare parts for 100 Ukrainian tanks and armored combat vehicles.

The Minister said that this package is “the most important to date to accelerate Ukraine's success”.

Slovakia handed over another Zuzana 2 self-propelled howitzer to Ukraine

Ukraine has received from Slovakia the eighth Zuzana 2 self-propelled howitzer, which has a caliber of 155 mm and a range of up to 40 kilometers. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of Slovakia Jaroslav Nad.

In June, Slovakia and Ukraine signed a contract for the supply of 8 units of such weapons. In October, Germany, Denmark, and Norway announced that they would also purchase 16 Slovak howitzers for Ukraine.

Former commander of PMC Wagner seeks asylum in Norway

The former commander of one of the departments of the PMC Wagner Andrey Medvedev fled to Norway and asked for asylum there. This is reported by the Associated Press.

The Norwegian Immigration Directorate has confirmed that Medvedev sought asylum, but for security reasons, the details of the case are not disclosed. The lawyer of the Russian Brynjulf Risnes confirmed that Medvedev is in Norway and has asked for asylum.

The case was referred to the Norwegian immigration police, and the man was transferred to the center for violators of migration laws in Oslo.

Security Service of Ukraine identifies Russian servicemen involved in a missile strike on Dnipro

The Security Service of Ukraine has identified Russian occupiers involved in a missile strike on a residential building in Dnipro on January 14, which killed 40 people. This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine press service.

According to preliminary data of the investigation, several dozen servicemen of the aggressor country are involved in this missile attack, including:

• the commander of the 52nd heavy bomber aviation regiment (military unit 33310) Colonel Timoshyn Oleg Yevgenievich, born on 21.06.1971;
• Commander of the aviation detachment of the 52nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment Major Ivanenko Aleksey Sergeevich, born on 08.02.1987;
• Chief of Staff of the aviation squadron of the aviation group Golenkov Dmitry, born on 01.09.1978;
• navigator of the 52nd heavy bomber aviation regiment Grigoriev Denys Anatolievich, born on 07.06.1982;
• navigator of the 52nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment Nazirov Dinar, born on 03.07.1985;
• aviation weapons engineer of the 52nd heavy bomber aviation regiment Potseluev Yevgeny, born on 16.06.1980.

In addition, following the inspection of the tragedy site, the type of Russian cruise missile X-22, which the enemy used to hit the residential building, was preliminarily confirmed.

Occupiers shelled a house, children's hospital, and boarding school in Kherson

Russian troops shelled Kherson with artillery on the morning of January 16. This was reported by the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration Yaroslav Yanushevych.

According to him, Russians shelled a house and a boarding school in the Dniprovskyi district of the city. It is preliminarily known about one dead woman who lived in the damaged house. She died of shrapnel wounds on the spot.

Russians also shelled the regional children's clinical hospital again. The windows in the neonatal building were smashed. There were no people there, so no one was injured.