Russia-Ukraine War: List of Key Events, Day 1,055 | Russia-Ukraine War News

Here are the key developments on day 1,055 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Here's what it looked like on Tuesday, January 14th:

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Moscow's Defense Ministry said Ukrainian drones struck a natural gas compressor station on the Turkey Stream pipeline, which carries Russian gas to Europe through Turkey.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov spoke of what he called “energy terrorism” under the control of Ukraine's “transoceanic friends” after an attack on a Russian pumping station in Russia's southern Krasnodar region. The pumping station is approximately 320 kilometers (198 miles) from the Ukrainian-Russian front line.
Russian troops are bypassing Pokrovsk, a key stronghold and vital logistics hub in eastern Ukraine that they have been fighting for months to capture. The Ukrainian military said it was focused on cutting off supply lines to the city and targeting a highway from there to the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro.

Ukraine has halted production at its coking coal mine in Pokrovsk, which supplies the country's steel industry, as Russian troops advanced within striking distance, Reuters reported.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron and discussed the idea of deploying a Western “contingent force” to Ukraine. Zelensky did not say whether he was talking about the West sending combat troops or peacekeepers.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Ukraine's current position is not strong enough for peace talks with Russia. “At the moment, it is clear that Ukraine is not there because they cannot negotiate from a strong position at the moment,” Rutte told EU lawmakers.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he opposed an increase in arms deliveries to Ukraine if it would require budget cuts elsewhere in Germany.

According to Reuters, 10 EU countries have called on 27 countries to ban the import of pipeline natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia. The 10 countries include the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia and Finland.
Ahead of the third anniversary of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the EU is preparing its 16th sanctions package targeting the Russian economy.
The prime minister of Moldova's separatist Transnistria region said a sudden reduction in Russian gas supplies due to the suspension of Ukrainian pipeline gas shipments has not only plunged the region into an energy crisis but also disrupted the region's imports and exports.
Ukrainian consulting firm ExPro said Russian oil shipments through Ukraine will drop by 16% in 2024, to the lowest level since Kyiv became independent in 1991.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan said U.S. President Joe Biden believes oil prices will stabilize after Washington imposed its broadest sanctions yet targeting Russian oil and gas revenues.
Ship tracking data shows that since the United States announced new sanctions against Russia on January 10, at least 65 oil tankers have broken down in various locations around the world, including off the coasts of China and Russia.

When Finnish authorities last month boarded an oil tanker accused of sabotaging undersea power and communications cables in the Baltic Sea, the ship's crew was preparing to cut other cables and pipes, the head of the Finnish investigation said.
European Commission Vice President Henna Virkkunen said identifying vessels suspected of sabotaging and limiting their activities is the most effective way to protect critical seabed infrastructure.
Baltic Nato nations will seek to bolster security when they meet in Helsinki today, after undersea cable sabotage was widely blamed on Russia.
Defense ministers from Poland, Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom met in Warsaw and agreed to work to boost Ukraine's arms industry to counter a Russian invasion.
EU leaders will gather in Belgium on February 3 for a special defense “retreat” attended by the British Prime Minister and the Secretary-General of NATO.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will host his Iranian counterpart this week to sign a broad partnership agreement between Moscow and Tehran, the Kremlin said.
Biden said his stewardship of U.S. foreign policy has made his country safer and its economy more secure, and he believes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will inherit a country that is seen as stronger and more reliable than it was four years ago.
Trump said he would meet with Putin “soon” after taking office next week.
After weeks of recriminations and threats, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico invited President Zelensky to visit Slovakia for talks. Fico said Slovakia has always supported its neighbor and suggested Zelensky might take advantage of the newly opened direct railway from Kiev to Slovakia for his visit. Zelensky issued a counter-invitation to Fico on the X platform and said: “Okay. Come to Kiev on Friday.”