An overview of daily events in the war between Russia and Ukraine. America is lobbying to get more support from South Korea and Israel for Ukraine. In addition, more Western support came, or was announced.
As usual we start with Russian losses per 31/01. If available we include damaged or captured equipment or men personnel.
+850 men
+9 APCs
+1 artillery systems
+1 MRLS
"Ukrainian troops destroyed five light-engine boats with sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Russian Federation in the area of the islands at the mouth of the Dnipro," the General Staff of Ukraine reported.
The 36th shows how to use a MT-12 and precisely hit enemy equipment.
On to the general events. The Netherlands is not yet supplying F16s. "There are no deliveries and no requests either," PM Rutte said at a joint press conference with 🇫🇷 President Macron. The Netherlands said it is open to supply once a formal request comes nos.nl/artikel/246189…
Canada expressed its willingness to recognize PMC Wagner as a terrorist organization.
Greece will not supply Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks.
“We cannot provide Leopard-2 tanks for the simple reason that they are absolutely essential to our own defense strategy,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during a working visit to Japan.
Reznikov went to France to discuss the transfer of fighter jets. While the US is not ready to take such a step yet, other allied countries appear to be more willing. reuters.com/world/europe/b…
The result: France is handing over 12 more CAESAR self-propelled guns to Ukraine, said the French Minister of Defense Lecornu. Ukraine will also sign a contract to buy GM200 radars from Thales. The purchase is settled thanks to the 🇫🇷 support fund for Ukraine of 200 million euros
France is also coordinating with allies to provide Ukraine with enough missiles for the Crotale air defense system, said French Defense Minister. His counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov also welcomed the progress for the delivery of a SAMP system (Aster) but no timetable was cited.
And ofcourse Biden couldn't stay behind. A new US aid package is coming up soon.
NATO countries should stop drawing red lines and supply Ukraine with any weapons it needs, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda insists. lrt.lt/en/news-in-eng…
Hungary and Austria will not send weapons to Ukraine to "prevent further escalation". Corresponding statements were made by the defense ministers of the countries. Hungary said they will provide humanitarian aid to refugees, "being on the side of peace." euractiv.com/section/politi…
Ukraine to receive up to 140 tanks in the first wave, reports Sky News.
"The tank coalition now has 12 members. I can note that in the first wave of contributions, the Ukrainian armed forces will receive between 120 and 140 Western-model tanks." foreign minister Kuleba said.
To the front lines. If you want to see an overview of the current situation in Ukraine, check out my digital map. google.com/maps/d/u/2/edi…
No changes. Once again, Russian forces tried to advance NW of Mykilske but got covered by Ukrainian artillery. In comparison with a couple of days ago, the amount and intensity of attacks decreased. Russia today heavily shelled Vuhledar aiming for high-rise buildings
➡️South: RU troops have reached the cemetery, not yet controlled. Attack on Ivanivske repelled.
➡️East: RU troops moved closer to the Art winery.
➡️North: RU continues to put pressure on. Krasna Hora -appears- to be partly under RU control. I'm looking for confirmation
Russian troops try to expand territorial gains north of Soledar. There is a claim from PMC Wagner that Sakko i Vantsetti has been captured, but I cannot verify that claim anywhere yet. Seems premature. Fighting does continue towards Mykolaivka and Rozdolivka
RU troops launched an attack today in Mar'inka. Fighting broke out in the center against multiple Russian assault groups. No changes for now. It is hard to say exactly how the situation is, but looks more or less like this.
After the internet offensive last week (which I think was mainly intended to pull Ukrainian troops away from the eastern front) things are calm. Skirmishes take place locally, but absolutely no 'full' offensive. Daily artillery barrages and duels continue.
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Russia transferred SOBR-units to the Donetsk region to supress riots among Russian troops, especially in Vuhledar direction. Yesterday -like I reported in yesterday's SitRep- Russia attacked Vuhledar but failed, 10 Russian soldiers were captured and a large group died.
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The 155th naval brigade who is actively involved in the attack on Vuhledar, again lost a huge amount of soldiers already. Back in november, they were also defeated near Pavlivka, losing up to 50% of their combat capabilities and personnel. They got restaffed three times already.
"We know that the 155th appeared for the second time in Donetsk and was actually defeated. The people who were newly recruited into the brigade turned out to be not quite competent, unprepared, so they decided to surrender."
An overview of daily events in the war between Russia and Ukraine. New military aid from western partners, a small village north of Soledar that would have fallen into the hands of Wagner troops and continous fighting in Bakhmut..
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As usual we start with Russian losses per 01/02 reported by the Ukrainian general staff. Pretty big one today. We also include damaged or captured equipment or targetted enemy personnel.
Raids troughout whole Ukraine are conducted today by the SBU. They visited ex-Deputy Minister of Defense Vyacheslav Shapovalov and ex-Deputy Director of the State Procurement Department of the Ministry of Defense Bohdan Khmelnytskyi.
People's deputies from the banned OPZZ party Vadym Stolar is also being searched. Sources around the investigation say the searches are related to the financing of terrorism. But this is not yet confirmed.
"I will be the deputy head, I will earn 1 million dollars, I will go to the Maledives".
The SBU found these notes during a search at the office of the acting head of the tax service of Kyiv, Oksana Datiy. It revealed a wishlist, including a sable fur coat and a Breguet watch.
An overview of the daily events in the war between Russia and Ukraine. Day 341 and both sides prepare for the spring offensive. The question is: who first? Probably Russia, which is why accelerated aid to Ukraine is needed.
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Sitrep - 29/01/23 - Blahodatne and Krasnopolivka in Russian hands.
An overview of the daily events in the war between Russia and Ukraine. No special events today. Russian troops did make territorial gains north of Bakhmut. The situation remains dire.
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