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What did the days before 27 January 2024 show?
Summary
A look back at security reports from 21 to 25 January 2024, from missile strikes on Kyiv and Kharkiv to a disputed aircraft crash in Russia.
What was the security picture on 27 January 2024? The reports from the preceding days, 21 to 25 January, described strikes on cities, a drone attack inside Russia, new military aid and a contested claim about prisoners of war.
Strikes on cities
On 23 January 2024, Russian missile strikes on Kyiv and Kharkiv killed six civilians and injured at least 77 others. Ukraine said it had shot down 21 of the 41 missiles fired.
Pressure on Russian territory
Two days earlier, on 21 January, a drone attack hit the Ust-Luga Multimodal Complex in Leningrad Oblast and caused a large fire. Ukraine claimed responsibility. The Russian gas producer Novatek subsequently suspended all operations at the complex.
Aid and sanctions
On 23 January, Germany announced that it would donate six SH-3 Sea King helicopters to the Ukrainian Air Force, to help it patrol the Black Sea. On 25 January, the United States Department of Commerce issued a $15 million bounty for information on Hossein Hatefi Ardakani, an Iranian businessman accused of procuring parts for drones assembled by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that were later sold to Russia.
A disputed crash
On 24 January, a Russian Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane reportedly crashed in Russia's Korochansky District, near the Ukrainian border. The aircraft was said to be carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew members and three guards, and everyone on board was reported killed. These claims had not been independently verified.
Taken together, the reports show a week in which the war reached cities in Ukraine and energy infrastructure in Russia, while outside governments adjusted their support and enforcement.
