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What the news looked like on 11 January 2022
Summary
A look back at the regional and Ukrainian developments reported in the days before 11 January 2022, from Kyiv's streets to the Kazakh and Belarusian borders.
What was the picture across Ukraine and its neighbourhood on 11 January 2022? The reports from the preceding days show a mix of civic activity in Kyiv, local emergencies, and security developments elsewhere in the region.
Kyiv: protest and an attack
On 9 January 2022, an action called "Tell Putin No" took place on Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv. Two days earlier, on 7 January, journalist Andriy Kulykov, co-founder of Hromadske Radio, was attacked on Peremohy Avenue in the capital. The incident was not linked to his professional work.
Recognition and a local emergency
On 5 January 2022, Kateryna Lykhohliad received the Václav Havel journalism fellowship from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. On 6 January, 16 children from the Vinnytsia region suffered chlorine inhalation poisoning at a water park in Khmelnytskyi.
Beyond Ukraine's borders
In the wider region, the Lithuanian government announced on 5 January 2022 that it would not extend the state of emergency at its border with Belarus, part of the border crisis between Belarus and the European Union.
In Kazakhstan, where protests were under way, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported on 7 January that Russian troops deployed there had kept control of Almaty International Airport and secured critical government buildings in Nur-Sultan, including the Ak Orda Presidential Palace.
Why it matters in retrospect
Taken together, the developments show a region with several simultaneous pressures: public demonstrations in Kyiv, a security deployment in Central Asia reported by Moscow, and a border emergency in Lithuania being allowed to lapse. Each was a separate story, and the reports do not tie them into a single chain of cause and effect.
