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What the days before 29 January 2024 showed
Summary
A look back at security reports from 23 to 25 January 2024, the days leading up to 29 January 2024.
What did the security picture look like as 29 January 2024 arrived? The reports from the preceding week point to missile strikes on cities, a disputed aircraft crash, and continuing efforts to supply and to restrict military hardware.
Strikes on Kyiv and Kharkiv
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.
Help for the Black Sea
The same day, Germany announced it would donate six SH-3 Sea King helicopters to the Ukrainian Air Force to help it patrol the Black Sea.
A crash near the border
On 24 January 2024, 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 said to have been killed. These claims were not independently verified.
Pressure on drone supply chains
On 25 January 2024, 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. Those drones were later sold to Russia.
Taken together, these reports from 23 to 25 January 2024 show the range of the security story: attacks on civilians, Western equipment pledges, an unverified account of a deadly incident involving prisoners, and an effort to follow the supply of drone components.
