Events in Ukraine and the World. Main Highlights by the Morning of January 21 » Gazeta.kg

Information agencies and foreign media have presented a summary of events in Ukraine and around the world amid the ongoing conflict. Here are the main points from the last 24 hours.

Kiev residents are taking shelter in the metro from missile and drone attacks. Photo Reuters / Alina Smutko.

Kyrill Dmitriev, special representative of the President of Russia, met with Steven Witkoff, the special envoy of the President of the United States, as well as with the American leader's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. The talks took place at the U.S. House in Davos, where the international economic forum has been held since January 19. Journalists were not allowed to the meeting. Witkoff noted the "positive" nature of the talks after they concluded, while Dmitriev described the meetings in Davos as "constructive." Neither side disclosed details of the discussions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced his intention to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos if the necessary documents for signing are ready.
According to Bloomberg, since the beginning of military actions between Russia and Ukraine in 2022, the value of gold reserves held by the Central Bank of Russia has increased by more than $216 billion, which is comparable to Russia's frozen assets in Europe.
In Adygea, eight people, including one child, were injured as a result of a drone strike.
Russian forces attacked the Dnipro district in Kherson using drones, resulting in one man being injured.
A fire caused by a drone attack occurred at the Afipsky Oil Refinery in the Krasnodar region.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi reported that the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was disconnected from an external power source after a recent attack.
As a result of Russian shelling in Zaporizhzhia, one person was killed.
Energy facilities were damaged during an attack on Belgorod.
Early on January 20, Russian troops struck the Odessa region, hitting residential areas and energy infrastructure facilities.
As of the evening of January 20, more than one million consumers in Kyiv were left without electricity after Russian shelling, as reported by President Zelensky on Telegram.
After the shelling of Kyiv on the night of January 20, 5,635 apartment buildings were left without heating, reported Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
A court in St. Petersburg sentenced 17-year-old schoolgirl Eva Bagrova to four years in prison for posting photos of participants in the "Russian Volunteer Corps" at school.