Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,073

Here is the concern connected Saturday, February 1:

Fighting

• Russian forces person launched missiles astatine the centre of Ukraine’s Black Sea larboard of Odesa, a UNESCO World Heritage site, earnestly damaging historical buildings and injuring 7 people, officials said. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the onslaught was “a deliberate strike”.

• Odesa determination politician Oleh Kiper said 7 radical were injured successful the onslaught and exigency crews remained astatine the scene. The lobby of the Hotel Bristol, a luxury landmark built astatine the extremity of the 19th century, was reduced to rubble, portion the Odesa Philharmonic performance hallway was damaged.
• Firefighters person extinguished a blaze that had burned for 2 days astatine a petrochemicals works successful Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod portion struck by Ukrainian drones, authorities quality bureau TASS reported, citing exigency services.
• Russia claims its forces took the colony of Novovasylivka successful eastbound Ukraine’s Donetsk region, arsenic it closes successful connected the captious Ukrainian logistics hub of Pokrovsk. The assertion could not beryllium independently confirmed.

Politics and diplomacy

• US President Donald Trump has said helium would talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin. He besides said helium thinks they volition possibly bash thing helium described arsenic “significant”. Trump said Washington was having “serious” discussions with Moscow.

• Police successful Norway accidental they released a Russian-crewed cargo vessel seized implicit suspected engagement successful harm to a fibre-optic cablegram successful the Baltic Sea. They said they recovered nary grounds linking it to alleged acts of sabotage against Western allies of Ukraine.

• Ukraine said it believes North Korean soldiers warring alongside Russia’s service connected the Kursk beforehand enactment person “withdrawn” aft suffering dense losses, a subject spokesperson told AFP quality agency. It is believed that Pyongyang deployed much than 10,000 soldiers to enactment Russian forces warring against Ukraine.
• Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said successful an interrogation with The Associated Press quality bureau that immoderate bid colony successful Ukraine indispensable impact Kyiv. He besides urged much defence spending by determination countries to deter aboriginal Russian aggression.

Finance

• Russia’s Putin has authorised Armenian concern money Balchug Capital’s acquisition of Goldman Sachs’ portion successful Russia, a authorities decree showed, perchance paving the mode for the US slope to afloat retreat from Russia amid Western sanctions since the commencement of the conflict successful Ukraine.

Source

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies