Overview
- The UAE Foreign Ministry said delegations from the United States, Russia and Ukraine met for two days in Abu Dhabi with direct contact between Russian and Ukrainian representatives to discuss outstanding elements of U.S.-proposed settlement frameworks and confidence-building measures.
- Russia’s Foreign Ministry said U.S. envoys traveled to Moscow on January 22–23 to brief the Kremlin on contacts with Kyiv and the EU and to set parameters for the trilateral working group.
- The Russian Defense Ministry reported strikes across several fronts that it said destroyed Ukrainian equipment and positions, including Paladin self-propelled howitzers, a Stryker vehicle, electronic warfare stations and a Kupol-M1 radar, while claiming gains by the Zapad, Sever, Yug and Dnepr groupings.
- Ukrainian officials reported overnight drone and missile attacks on Kyiv and Kharkiv that killed one person and injured more than 20, damaged energy and social infrastructure, and prompted new outages, with Ukraine’s Air Force saying it downed 357 of 396 drones and 15 of 21 missiles.
- A new Pentagon strategy document said the war demonstrates Russia retains significant military and industrial power and the world’s largest nuclear arsenal, underscoring the risks of continued fighting.