{"id":7634,"date":"2026-01-06T02:10:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T02:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=7634"},"modified":"2026-01-06T02:10:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T02:10:48","slug":"russia-ukraine-war-list-of-key-events-day-1412-russia-ukraine-war-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=7634","title":{"rendered":"Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,412 | Russia-Ukraine war News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>These are the key developments from day 1,412 of Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 6 Jan 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">6 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Here is where things stand on Tuesday, January 6:<\/p>\n<h3>Fighting<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"spaced-bullet-spacing\">\n<li>Russia carried out five missile strikes on Ukraine\u2019s second-biggest city, Kharkiv, on Monday, damaging energy infrastructure and wounding one person, according to Mayor Ihor Terekhov.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThis \u2060is not just an attack on facilities. It\u2019s \u200ban attack on heating, on water, on \u200dpeople\u2019s normal lives. They are trying to break us with fear and darkness,\u201d he said on Telegram.<\/li>\n<li>Russian forces also attacked an enterprise owned by US agricultural producer Bunge BGN in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, triggering a leak of \u2060300 metric tonnes of sunflower oil, according to Ukrainian officials.<\/li>\n<li>The death toll from the latest Russian air attack on the capital, Kyiv, and its region has risen to two, Ukrainian authorities said, in what appeared to be the first reported deaths in Russian strikes on Kyiv this year. A woman was also wounded, and 25 others were evacuated.<\/li>\n<li>Russia\u2019s Ministry of Defence said that its forces gained control over the village of Hrabovske in Ukraine\u2019s northeastern Sumy region. Moscow\u2019s claim could not be independently verified.<\/li>\n<li>A Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire in an industrial zone in the town of Yelets in Russia\u2019s Lipetsk region, Governor Igor Artamonov said on Monday. There were no casualties reported. Yelets is home to the Energiya battery plant, a major producer of batteries for Russia\u2019s defence industry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Politics and diplomacy<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"spaced-bullet-spacing\">\n<li>French President Emmanuel Macron is set to host a meeting of the \u201ccoalition of the willing\u201d in Paris on Tuesday to discuss security guarantees as part of the US proposal to end Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine. The talks will also focus on the role of the coalition, which consists of 30 countries that have pledged to strengthen support for Ukraine, in implementing the deal.<\/li>\n<li>A European Commission spokesperson said that work on security guarantees for Ukraine is progressing within the framework of the coalition.<\/li>\n<li>United States President Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will represent Washington at talks on Ukraine in Paris this week, the Reuters news agency reported, citing a White House official.<\/li>\n<li>German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will take part in the meeting, according to a spokesperson.<\/li>\n<li>Turkiye\u2019s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, will stress the \u201cstrategic priority\u201d of maintaining security in the Black Sea at a summit on Ukraine in Paris this week, a Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs source said.<\/li>\n<li>Any security guarantees offered to Ukraine as part of a deal to end the war with Russia must be real, Lithuania\u2019s foreign minister, Kestutis Budrys, said. \u201cWe can\u2019t be bluffing\u2026 Russia wouldn\u2019t buy our bluffs,\u201d Budrys told a joint news conference in Vilnius with his German counterpart, Johann Wadephul.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"spaced-bullet-spacing\">\n<li>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed Canada\u2019s former deputy prime minister, Chrystia Freeland, as his economic development adviser, citing her experience in attracting investment.<\/li>\n<li>Freeland, who has Ukrainian ancestry and said she will step down as a member of Canada\u2019s parliament in the coming weeks, wrote in a post on X: \u201cUkraine is at the forefront of today\u2019s global fight for democracy, and I welcome this chance to contribute on an unpaid basis as an economic advisor.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Zelenskyy has replaced Vasyl Maliuk, the head of his powerful spy agency, the SBU, pressing ahead with a reshuffle of top officials, as the war nears the four-year mark with no end in sight despite intense diplomacy. He has appointed Major-General Yevhenii Khmara as Maliuk\u2019s interim replacement.<\/li>\n<li>Zelenskyy also said that his proposed new defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, should focus on technology and innovation once parliament has confirmed him in the role, as it is expected to do.<\/li>\n<li>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter, Ju Ae, have inspected the construction of a memorial for North Korean troops who died fighting for Russia in Ukraine, according to state-run KCNA.<\/li>\n<li>Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told a news conference that now is not a good time for Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Budapest, as there are no bilateral issues to discuss. Trump had announced in October that he would hold talks with Putin in Budapest, but the meeting never took place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are the key developments from day 1,412 of Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine. 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