Repatriation of the wounded and explosion in Berdiansk: last night's highlights

Repatriation of the wounded

Ukraine has handed over to Russia a list of 800 wounded servicemen in captivity for repatriation.

Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets explained that during the third round of negotiations with Russian Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova, they agreed that the seriously wounded should be transferred under the repatriation procedure.

Explosion in Berdiansk

A car was blown up in the temporarily occupied city of Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The occupants claim that it is the car of the “head of the military-civilian administration” of Berdiansk Raion Oleksii Kychyhin. He was not injured in the explosion.

Leopard tanks

Already 5 countries are ready to provide Ukraine with German-made Leopard tanks but are still waiting for the final resolution of issues with Germany, which must give consent to their re-export.

According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba, out of these five countries, only Poland and Finland have publicly announced their readiness to transfer these tanks to Ukraine.

Battle for Donetsk Oblast

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a difficult battle for Donetsk Oblast is underway.

“The battle for Bakhmut and Soledar, for Kreminna, for other cities and villages of the east of our country continues,” Zelenskyy said.

According to him, Russian troops have concentrated the largest forces in this direction, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine are defending the state.

Damage to the environment

The amount of damage to the Ukrainian environment from the armed aggression of the Russian Federation reaches more than 46 billion dollars.

The bulk of the damage is caused by air pollution — $27 billion. In just ten months, more than 42 million tons of greenhouse gases have been released into the air as a result of the Russian invasion. This amount is comparable to the annual emissions of Bulgaria.

Wounded and dead

The UN released new data on the wounded and dead as a result of the Russian invasion.

According to the UN, 18 096 civilians were affected: 6952 were killed and 11 144 were injured.

In addition, as of January 4, the UN recorded 745 attacks on healthcare facilities as a result of the full-scale invasion of Russia. This is the highest figure among the ongoing military conflicts.

Occupiers in Enerhodar

Russian occupation troops are arranging barracks and ammunition depots in the basements of residential buildings in Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia region. In this way, hiding behind the residents of Enerhodar, they are trying to protect their military in case of an offensive by the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

Success of Ukroboronprom

During 10 months of full-scale war, Ukroboronprom managed to increase the volume of repairs of various types of weapons and military hardware by 5-8 times.

According to Ukroboronprom spokesperson Nataliia Sad, the weapons used by Ukraine were mainly manufactured or upgraded by the enterprises of the national state defense industry.

Expansion of penguins

In recent years, the population of penguins near the Vernadsky Research Base has increased 6 times.

Polar explorers said that until 2007, sub-Antarctic penguins did not nest near the Vernadsky Research Base at all, in particular, due to the late thawing of the waters around Galindez Island, where the base is located.

But due to warming in the area of the West Coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, sub-Antarctic penguins “rushed south”.