Russia Ukraine updates

Difficult to eject Russian troops  US

This live blog is now closed. Thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war for Friday, January 20:

• US General Mark Milley says it would be “very difficult” to remove Russian forces from Ukraine this year after a meeting to discuss military aid to Kyiv.
• Defence officials from about 50 countries at the meeting in Germany could not reach a consensus about whether to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine as Berlin says they need to consider the consequences.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ratcheted up his call for more arms as the meeting began, saying the war started by Russia “does not allow delays”.
• Russia claims control of a settlement near Bakhmut, the Donetsk city where fighting has raged for months.
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