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History: January 2023
28 articles
Retrospective · events of 2 January 2023
Makiivka strike and the fight over casualty figures
Opinion
An analysis of the Makiivka barracks strike and why the competing death tolls mattered.
Retrospective · events of 3 January 2023
Why did Moscow blame soldiers' phones for Makiivka?
Opinion
A retrospective on the Russian defence ministry's raised death toll and its explanation for the New Year strike in Donetsk Oblast.
Retrospective · events of 6 January 2023
Why Kyiv rejected Russia's Christmas ceasefire offer
Politics
A look back at the unilateral truce announced for Orthodox Christmas and the reason Ukraine gave for declining a mutual one.
Retrospective · events of 6 January 2023
Was the Orthodox Christmas ceasefire ever real?
Opinion
A look back at 6 January 2023, when a declared Russian truce coincided with shelling in Kramatorsk and a deadly missile strike in Kherson.
Retrospective · events of 7 January 2023
What did a Christmas ceasefire look like on the ground?
Opinion
A look back at 7 January 2023, the second day of a unilateral Russian truce that Ukraine had declined to match.
Retrospective · events of 10 January 2023
Who controls Soledar? Prigozhin and UK Defence Ministry disagree
Opinion
A retrospective on a day that combined a citizenship decree in Kyiv, a contested claim at Soledar and a postponement in Yerevan.
Retrospective · events of 10 January 2023
Pashinyan announces postponement of CSTO exercises with Russian Armed Forces
World
A look back at the 10 January 2023 announcement by Armenia's prime minister on postponing military exercises under the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
Retrospective · events of 10 January 2023
What happened on 10 January 2023 in Kyiv and Yerevan?
Politics
A look back at a day when Ukraine stripped a pro-Kremlin politician of citizenship and Armenia put off joint drills with Russia.
Retrospective · events of 10 January 2023
Soledar claims and an Armenian exercise postponement
Security
On 10 January 2023, competing accounts emerged over control of Soledar, while Armenia's prime minister announced a postponement of joint exercises with Russia.
Retrospective · events of 10 January 2023
Three signals on 10 January 2023
Opinion
A look back at a day that combined a citizenship decision in Kyiv, a contested claim at Soledar and a postponed exercise in Armenia.
Retrospective · events of 10 January 2023
What did 10 January 2023 reveal about the war?
Opinion
A retrospective on a day of contested claims at Soledar, a citizenship decree in Kyiv and a postponed exercise in Armenia.
Retrospective · events of 11 January 2023
Who was commanding Russia's war on 11 January 2023?
Opinion
A look back at the command reshuffle in Moscow and the news around it, from Soledar to Yerevan to Kyiv's treason case.
Retrospective · events of 11 January 2023
Medvedchuk stripped of citizenship; Armenia delays drills
Politics
A look back at two political moves announced on 10 January 2023, in Kyiv and in Yerevan, and what they signalled.
Retrospective · events of 11 January 2023
Russia's command shake-up and a contested Soledar
Opinion
A look back at 11 January 2023, when Moscow reorganised the leadership of its war effort after a day of rival claims over Soledar.
Retrospective · events of 12 January 2023
Pro-Kremlin politician Medvedchuk loses Ukrainian passport status after presidential decision
Politics
A look back at the decision on treason charges and, separately, Armenia's move on joint exercises with Russia.
Retrospective · events of 12 January 2023
Gerasimov takes direct charge of Russia's war in Ukraine
Security
A look back at 12 January 2023, when Moscow's war leadership changed and competing claims over Soledar and Armenia's military stance drew attention.
Retrospective · events of 13 January 2023
Soledar: Russian capture claim meets Ukrainian denial
Opinion
A look back at the Russian claim on Soledar and the change at the top of Russia's war command, as reported around 13 January 2023.
Retrospective · events of 13 January 2023
Kyiv rejects Moscow's claim that Soledar has fallen
Security
A retrospective on 13 January 2023, when Moscow declared Soledar captured, Kyiv denied it, and Russia's war command had just changed hands.
Retrospective · events of 14 January 2023
What happened in Ukraine on 14 January 2023?
Security
A retrospective on a missile strike on a Dnipro apartment block, a British pledge of tanks and howitzers, and a disputed claim over Soledar.
Retrospective · events of 16 January 2023
Lambrecht resigns as Berlin faces tank pressure
Politics
A look back at the German defence minister's departure on 16 January 2023, two days after London's tank pledge to Ukraine.
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