20 January 2020

• One Ukrainian Soldier Killed, 10 wounded In Donbas Conflict With Russian-Backed Separatists
  One Ukrainian soldier was killed and 10 were wounded over a span of 24 hours on January 18 in the country’s eastern Donbas war zone, the Ukrainian military reported
• U.K. PM Warns Putin Not To Repeat Chemical Attacks On Britain
  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told Russian President Vladimir Putin in their first official meeting that Moscow must not repeat a chemical attack on Britain like the 2018 nerve agent attack in Salisbury against former Russian spy Sergei Skripal.
• Iran Olympian, Defector Would Be 'Happy To Compete For Germany'
  Iranian defector Kimia Alizadeh has told German media that she "would be happy to compete for Germany" at this year's Summer Olympics.
• Moscow Protesters Detained After Opposing Putin At Commemorative March
  Hundreds of Russians are marching in Moscow in a sanctioned rally to mark 11 years since a human rights lawyer and a journalist were gunned down there in broad daylight in 2009. 
• Medvedev Says He's Hanging On To United Russia Party Chairmanship
  Russian ex-Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on January 19 that he will continue to chair the ruling United Russia party, which has worked in close concert with President Vladimir Putin to dominate the country's political scene for two decades.