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Ukraine continues to try to contain Russian attacks on the east and northeast fronts

Ukrainian troops continue to try to contain the Russian attacks in different areas of the front of the Kharkov (northeast) and Donetsk (east) regions, where, one more day, the most intense fighting of the entire battle line takes place.

“As in the previous day, the most tense situation is in the direction of Pokrovsk,” says Ukrainian military part published shortly after noon.

According to the Kiev General Staff, in that area of Donetsk there are eight active combats and in the last hours, Ukrainian forces have repelled eight Russian attacks there.

Kiev troops continue to try to stabilize the situation in that segment of the contact line.

The Ukrainian General Staff also reports six Russian attacks repelled in the vicinity of the town of Kupiansk, in the southeast of the Kharkov region.

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Regarding the front opened by Russia in the middle of this month in the northern border area of the Ukrainian region of Kharkov, the Kiev General Staff affirms that the Russians have not carried out offensive actions since the beginning of the day.

“The units of our Army strengthen the defense and keep the Russian invaders under fire control,” the Ukrainian side adds.

Meanwhile, the authorities of the Kharkov region have reported the death of a woman in a new airstrike launched yesterday by Russia against a residential area of the city of Kharkov, the second largest in Ukraine and the capital of that border province of the northeast of the country.

Ukrainian diplomacy and President Volodymyr Zelenski himself, who began an international tour in Spain on Monday that continues today in Belgium and will also take him to Portugal, has insistently asked after this attack that Ukraine be allowed to use the Western weapons it receives against military targets located within Russia.

Russian forces launch a good part of their attacks against the border region of Kharkov from their own territory.

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Most of Ukraine’s allies continue to prohibit him from using the weapons they give him against the territory of the Russian Federation for fear of possible reprisals from Moscow.

The Belgian Prime Minister, Alexander De Croo, made it clear on Tuesday to Zelenski that Ukraine will not be able to use the F-16 aircraft it receives from Belgium against Russian territory, which will limit Kiev’s ability to defend its border territories from air attacks launched from Russian planes that have not entered Ukrainian airspace

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Football Fan Killed in Clashes After Colombian League Match

Fans of Cúcuta Deportivo and their traditional rivals Atlético Bucaramanga clashed outside the stadium following their local league match on Tuesday, leaving one supporter dead and several others injured.

The deceased fan was stabbed, according to a senior police official in Cúcuta who confirmed the cause of death in a video statement. Local media reported that the victim was a supporter of the visiting team, Atlético Bucaramanga.

The match ended in a 2-2 draw. Authorities had banned the entry of Atlético Bucaramanga’s organized supporters into the stadium in an effort to prevent disturbances.

Despite the restrictions, violence broke out in the surrounding areas after the game. Among the injured were three police officers, an institutional source told AFP.

The incident adds to a series of recent violent episodes linked to Colombian football. The most recent occurred in December, when supporters of Atlético Nacional and Independiente Medellín clashed in the stands and on the pitch, leaving 59 people injured.

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Missing Spanish Sailor Rescued After 11 Days Adrift in Mediterranean

The man had departed from the port of Gandía, on Spain’s eastern coast, with the intention of reaching the southern Spanish town of Guardamar del Segura, a journey of about 150 kilometers, a spokesperson for Spain’s maritime rescue service told AFP.

Search boats and aircraft were deployed on January 17, but the operation was called off on January 22 after efforts proved unsuccessful. Alerts were then issued to vessels navigating the area in case they spotted any signs of the missing sailor.

As hopes were fading, a surveillance aircraft from the European Union’s border agency Frontex spotted the sailboat on Tuesday, along with a person signaling for help, approximately 53 nautical miles northeast of Bejaia, Algeria.

A nearby vessel, the Singapore-flagged bulk carrier Thor Confidence, carried out the rescue and is expected to bring the man to an end to his ordeal when it arrives on Thursday in the southern Spanish port city of Algeciras.

Maritime rescue services shared images on social media showing a small white sailboat drifting at sea and secured alongside the much larger ship.

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It remains unclear how the sailboat ended up hundreds of kilometers off its intended route or how the man managed to survive for so long alone in open waters.

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Rubio Says U.S. Could Participate in Follow-Up Russia-Ukraine Talks

The United States could join a new round of talks this week aimed at ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday.

Teams from Kyiv and Moscow met last Friday and Saturday in Abu Dhabi in their first publicly acknowledged direct negotiations to discuss the peace initiative promoted by former U.S. President Donald Trump.

“They are going to hold follow-up talks again this week,” Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. “There could be U.S. participation.”

However, Rubio suggested that Washington’s role may be more limited than during last week’s discussions, which included Steve Witkoff, the president’s special envoy, and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law.

The secretary of state indicated that progress may have already been made on security guarantees for Ukraine, one of Kyiv’s key demands in any agreement with Moscow after nearly four years of Russian invasion.

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“There is one remaining issue that everyone is familiar with, and that is the territorial claim over Donetsk,” Rubio said, referring to the eastern Ukrainian region that Russia wants Ukraine to cede.

“I know that active efforts are underway to see whether the positions of both sides on this issue can be reconciled. It remains a bridge we have not yet crossed,” he added during the hearing.

Rubio acknowledged that the territorial question would be particularly difficult for Ukraine to resolve.