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SitRep - 07/12 - Russia going all-in around Bakhmut

An overview of daily events in the war between Russia and Ukraine. Today a relatively quiet day, in which a lot happened in and around Bakhmut. Russia seems to want to go all in there and force a breakthrough at all costs.

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If you missed yesterday's SitRep you can find it here:

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1600262382642528256

As usual we start with daily Russian losses reported by the Ukrainian General Staff. We also include captured and/or damaged Russian heavy equipment.

+540 men personnel
+6 tanks
+4 APCs
+8 artillery systems (significant!)
+14 UAVs (due to yesterday evenings' drone attack)

Over the past day, 🇺🇦 shot down 14 "Shahed-136" type strike drones, one "Orlan-10" UAV and 2 more enemy drones — General Staff of the Armed Forces

Such a 'tragedy'. On the occupied Shakhtars'k-Torez highway, a minibus collided with a truck carrying Russian servicemen. 16 people died.

On the left bank of the Dnipro in occupied Kherson, the AFU keeps hitting enemy troop concentrations

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1600519533554434048

A destroyed truck carrying shells.

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1600563513487159296

I consider this Msta-S as done

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1600589380225273868

Over to the general events. The Howard Buffett Foundation buys generators for Ukraine for $30 million. The first batch arrives next week, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said. He added that the Netherlands also provided 26 heavy duty transformers, spare parts and equipment

The US has preliminary agreed on the defense budget for 2023: at least 800 million dollars have been set aside for security assistance to Ukraine.

At the same time, this is not a final draft law — it still needs to be adopted by the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The USA made it clear to the German government that they support the supply of German Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, if Berlin decides to do it - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Russia placed an order with Iran for a new batch of weapons, including hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones - reports ZEIT, citing UN sources.

"I don't think they've shipped yet, but they're definitely on the order books," a source in New York said.

Turkey can supply Ukraine with electricity...

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1600474557311160320

American M1117 Amored vehicles were seen in Romania. Heading for Ukraine!

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1600475132912291846

NATO countries are considering using funds from a fund previously used to support Afghan security forces to help Ukraine, Politico, citing five Western sources

Germany announced another future transfer of military aid for Ukraine. Not all will be transported immediately

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1600562793975250944

France delivered MO-120-RT61 towed mortars to Ukraine, according to information from The Telegraph, they are now used in the Bakhmut direction.

US Senate will consider a resolution recognizing the actions of 🇷🇺 as genocide against the Ukrainian people.

The document also supports tribunals and international criminal investigations to hold 🇷🇺political leaders and military personnel accountable for war crimes and genocide

More and more aid on the way to Ukraine. There is absolutely no pause in the amounts that are sent to Ukraine. That is promising. Europe won't back down.

https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1600566713132662787

To the fronts, #Kherson

➡️The AFU controls all entrances to the Kinburn Spit. This was reported by Governor of Mykolaiv, Vitaly Kim. This would mean Dnipro-Lymansʹkyy Peredniy Mayak island is 🇺🇦
➡️Adjusted AFU area of control closer to the Kinburn
➡️Russia shelled #Kherson

#Bakhmut

➡️Russian sources claim that PMC Wagner captured Yakovlivka. Prove is very minimal and debatable. We are waiting for more visual confirmation.
➡️Battles are most fierce east/northeast of Ivanhrad.
➡️There are situational AFU counterattacks and successes 🇺🇦🙏

#Donetsk-#Vuhledar-#Pavlivka

➡️Battles in Avdiivka and Maryinka are heavy. Russia is using 9M22S incendiary rockets on Avdiivka to force a breakthrough.
➡️In Pavlivka, Russia activity towards Vuhledar. There are battles
➡️AFU repelled attacks at Novomykhailivka and Maryinka

#Kreminna

➡️No map changes
➡️Fighting is still south of Kreminna in Serebryanskyy forest where AFU has a foothold.
➡️Russian forces counterattacked Chervonopopivka
➡️No information yet on Chervona Dibrova and Kuzmyne is still not fully confirmed.
➡️Attack on Bilohorivka repelled

#Kupyansk-#Svatove

➡️Russian MoD confirmed it shelled 🇺🇦 in Vilshana (second day in a row), which confirms Ukrainian presence. Expanded the area of control.
➡️Kuzemivka/Novoselivske is still both contested.
➡️AFU officials say Russia is preparing a counteroffensive from Svatove

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