War in Ukraine. The most important events of the last 24 hours (January 11)

> “The enemy has occupied Kurakhov and is advancing towards Andriyivka, Solone and Novosilka,” the DeepState project wrote on Telegram. According to the authorities in Moscow, capturing this town will make it significantly more difficult for Ukrainian troops to obtain logistic and technical support on the front. Kurakhov is located south of Pokrovsk, a key logistics hub for the Ukrainian army. In addition to its military importance, the city is also important because of the dam of a water reservoir used by a thermal power plant.

> The White House announced a set of sanctions on Friday against Russia's largest oil companies and the energy sector. Administration representatives USA emphasize that these are the strictest sanctions imposed so far and are intended to bring Russia losses of billions of dollars per month.

The entities subject to sanctions include two of the largest oil companies, Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz, but not the largest oil producer, Rosneft. The list includes 183 ships that are part of the “shadow fleet” involved in the export of Russian oil, as well as financial and insurance institutions involved in handling oil and gas transactions. The restrictions are intended to prevent the purchase of Russian oil and gas from the largest companies for dollars. The sanctions were introduced in coordination with the United Kingdom, which also punished Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegaz.

> President of the USA Joe Biden he spoke with the president by phone on Friday Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, said White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre. The conversation took place instead of the canceled leaders' meeting in Rome. The topics included: new sanctions against the Russian oil sector.

Zelensky thanked the US administration for these actions in a post on Platform shadows, logistics facilities and companies from third countries,” wrote the Ukrainian president. “Such actions send a clear message: criminals must pay for their crimes. The less income Russia receives from oil and other energy resources, the sooner peace will be restored,” he noted.

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> The Ukrainian army carried out attacks on Russian military facilities in the Rostov and Leningrad regions, which, according to Kiev, function as factories that have no connections with the arms industry. This information was announced on Friday by the head of the Ukrainian Center for Counteracting Disinformation, Andriy Kovalenko. “The targets of the attacks were camouflaged military facilities in the Rostov and Leningrad regions of the Russian Federation. Russia disguises military factories as ordinary factories, trying to hide their real production,” Kovalenko wrote on Telegram.

> On Tuesday in Lublin, several dozen volunteers signed contracts to join the Ukrainian Legion. Now they will start training at one of the Polish training grounds. They are scheduled to reach the front in a few months. So far, approximately 1.3 thousand people have registered for the recruitment process. willing.