SitRep - 31/01/24 - 207 Defenders returned and a big attack on Crimea.
An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 207 Ukrainian defenders were returned from captivity. Among them are Mariupol defenders. Also Ukraine attacked Crimea..
RT=appreciated
1/X
Did you miss the latest SitRep? Check it out here
As usual we start with Russian losses over the past 24 hours. We also include footage of visually confirmed destroyed or damaged equipment or personnel.
Out of 20 Shahed's, 14 were shot down. It seems like Russia is now resorting back to drone strikes only and does not have a big stock of missiles to continuously attack Ukraine.
More drones were destroyed during the day by anti air units from the 47th mechanized brigade.
Near Mar'inka, both Russian personnel and equipment were destroyed in attempts to get closer to Ukrainian positions.
Overnight, an oil refinery in St. Petersburg was attacked. Until now, no visible damage was confirmed but it says a lot that Ukraine is now able to overcome such large distances and is able to bypass Russian air defense.
A Russian T-80BVM destroyed near Avdiivka.
Logistical vehicles on the left bank are being targeted by Ukrainian Territorial Defense forces.
A Russian soldier surrendered himself after being lucky not to die from a grenade.
In Krasnodar, a fire broke out. Locals reported that prior to the fire an explosion was heard.
A Baba-Yaga drone attacked a Russian warehouse and destroyed several cars and killed and injured Russian personnel.
Ukraine attacked occupied Crimea. Multiple reports of incoming missiles and working air defense were coming in. Russians said nothing happened and debris fell... Well, Ukraine was able to strike Belbek airfield. We await satelite images for confirmation.
Footage of the failed attack on Novomykhailiivka yesterday appeared. In total 11 pieces of heavy equipment were destroyed.
Lets continue with the general events. As expected by many, the EU will fall short on its promise to deliver 1 million shells to Ukraine by spring. It will only be about 600.000 at most.
In an attempt to speed up negotiations on a new national security package that includes support for Ukraine, Stoltenberg visited House speaker Johnson.
Germany updated their aid supplied to Ukraine recently.
While Ukraine is still very far from the actual EU membership, Orbán would have allegedly said that objecting Ukraine's EU membership would defacto be useless
As tomorrows EU-meeting approaches, more and more strategies are coming out to make sure the €50 billion aid package for Ukraine is secured.
The best news of the day. 207 Ukrainian defenders were returned from captivity. Almost half are defenders of Mariupol. Soldiers of the Armed Forces, the National Guard and units of the State Border Service and the National Police.
Putin made some crazy remarks on the Il-76 crash of which he stated was shot down by a 'US supplied Patriot air defense system after conducting investigations'.
EU member states have already allocated €21 billion in military aid to Ukraine this year only.
In regards to aid, Umerov send an urgent letter to EU allies to tell about severe shortage of artillery shells.
Regarding China's position. It seems like masks are going off.
Victoria Nuland confirmed that GLSDB are on its way to the front in Ukraine. These glide bombs could really make a difference, if provided on a bigger scale.
To the front line situation. For the latest state of affairs at the front, I advise you to consult my interactive map.
You can find it at . The map is always accesible and is updated daily.noelreports.com
Earlier today I made an update regarding Avdiivka and territorial changes in the southern private sector.
This was based off new footage that emerged of a Russian assault unit, attacking in the most northern part which was previously considered under UA control, now turned into a gray zone.
That was it. A new SitRep tomorrow.
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, NOELREPORTS has been recording this invasion day by day in a fast, factual and reliable manner with the recognizable SitRep at the end of each day. We do this with a very small team on a voluntary basis. In addition, we regularly set up fundraising campaigns for Ukrainian units or organizations that need help.
Do you appreciate our work and would you like to support it? Consider becoming a member for as little as $5 monthly at or make your own one-time donation at .
Thank you in advance.patreon.com/NOELREPORTS
buymeacoffee.com/noelreports
@threadreaderapp unroll
Share this Scrolly Tale with your friends.
A Scrolly Tale is a new way to read Twitter threads with a more visually immersive experience.
Discover more beautiful Scrolly Tales like this.