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What was happening around Kyiv by 12 January 2022?
Summary
A look back at reports from Ukraine and Kazakhstan in the days before 12 January 2022.
What did the news from Ukraine and its wider region look like on 12 January 2022? The reports from the preceding days were a mix of civic protest, crime and a public-health incident, alongside unrest in Kazakhstan.
On 9 January 2022, an event called "Скажи Путіну Ні" ("Say No to Putin") took place on Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv.
Two days earlier, on 7 January 2022, journalist Andriy Kulykov, a co-founder of Hromadske Radio, was attacked on Peremohy Avenue in Kyiv. The incident was not linked to his professional work.
In Khmelnytskyi, on 6 January 2022, 16 children from the Vinnytsia region suffered inhalation poisoning from chlorine at a water park.
Kazakhstan
Beyond Ukraine's borders, the 2022 Kazakh protests were in the news. On 7 January 2022, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported that Russian troops deployed to Kazakhstan were maintaining control of Almaty International Airport. It also said they had secured key government buildings in Nur-Sultan, including the Ak Orda Presidential Palace.
