Running Newsticker for the War in Ukraine

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    I have no idea what Merkel claimed.
     
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    You already forgot?

    The USA is not anymore a reliable partner, after Dotard questioned Article 5. How can you forget such a devastating statement?
     
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    Seems to me that the US has stood up firmly and consistently for Article 5 with the exception of Trump's ignorant bloviation. Biden has been quite sound. The Abrams-Leopard episode is an example on the plus side of the ledger.
     
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    Ukraine Conflict Updates
    Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 28, 2023

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    Key Takeaways

    • Conventional Russian forces are likely replacing exhausted Wagner Group forces to maintain the offensive in Bakhmut after the Wagner Group’s offensive in Bakhmut culminated with the capture of Soledar around January 12.
    • Russian forces are attempting to prevent Ukraine from regaining the initiative possibly ahead of a planned decisive Russian offensive in Donbas.
    • Russian forces likely lack the combat power necessary to sustain more than one major offensive operation while fixing Ukrainian forces in western Donetsk and eastern Zaporizhia oblasts.
    • The Russian military leadership may once again be planning an offensive operation based on erroneous assumptions about the Russian military’s capabilities
    • The Russian military’s decreasing reliance on Wagner forces around Bakhmut is likely reducing Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin’s influence.
    • Russian forces reportedly continued limited counterattacks to regain lost positions along the Svatove-Kreminna line.
    • Ukrainian forces continued to strike Russian rear areas in Luhansk Oblast.
    • Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka-Donetsk City areas. Russian forces continued a localized offensive near Vuhledar in western Donetsk Oblast.
    • Russian sources did not report any Russian ground attacks in Zaporizhia Oblast for the second consecutive day on January 28.
    • Some Russian citizens continue limited efforts to sabotage Russian force generation efforts.
    • Russian occupation officials continue to set conditions for the long-term forced deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia. . . .
    Ukrainian forces continued to strike Russian rear areas in Luhansk Oblast on January 28. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed that Ukrainian forces struck a hospital in Novoaidar (km east of Kreminna) with HIMARS rockets, killing 14 unspecified patients.[28] Luhansk Oblast Head Serhiy Haidai implied that Ukrainian forces may have struck the hospital, killing several dozen Russian military personnel.[29] Ukrainian forces are likely increasing strikes on Russian positions in deep rear areas of Luhansk Oblast to disrupt Russian logistics and ground lines of communication (GLOCs), an effort that Ukrainian forces could use to set conditions for future counteroffensive operations. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces struck a Russian force concentration on December 2 in the vicinity of Starobilsk - also a rear area in Luhansk Oblast - killing 14 Russian personnel and wounding 30.[30] . . . .

    Abysmal Russian discipline and observance of basic rules continue to diminish Russian forces’ effectiveness and create challenges for Russian authorities. Russian Telegram channel “Mozhem Obyasnit” posted a recorded complaint from a Russian mobilized soldier on January 27 in which he claimed that his unit faces rampant drunkenness leading to fighting and even an unreported murder.[65] The soldier claims his commander is constantly drunk, has beaten soldiers more than once, and threatens to shoot soldiers, so the soldier surrounds himself with guards because he is afraid of his fellow servicemen.[66] Russian opposition news outlet Verstka reported on January 27 that Russian authorities have tried at least 42 Russian soldiers for illegal appropriation, possession, transportation, and carrying of weapons, ammunition, and explosive devices.[67] The majority of these cases appear to occur among soldiers returning from the front lines.[68] . . .


     
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    Russian teen faces years in jail over social media post criticizing Ukrainian war
     
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    Fighting Rages in Eastern Ukraine Over Critical Supply Routes
     
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    At the Pentagon, Push To Send F-16s to Ukraine Picks Up Steam

    . . . As Ukraine prepares to launch a new offensive to retake territory in the spring, the campaign inside the Defense Department for fighter jets is gaining momentum, according to a DoD official and two other people involved in the discussions. Those people, along with others interviewed for this story, asked not to be named in order to discuss internal matters.

    Spurred in part by the rapid approval of tanks and Patriot air defense systems — which not long ago were off-limits for export to Ukraine — there is renewed optimism in Kyiv that U.S. jets could be next up. . . .
     
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    let it be so!
     
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    Have we had any posts about this new German 'bad boy' panzer yet? Among other fun features, it has an AUTOLOADER! It's the new KF-51 Panther....

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    Jo hatten wir. Yes we had.
     
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    The number 2685 must be Russian tanks because the chart shows 186 T-90s of which Ukraine only has one that it captured from the Russians. The T-90 is a advanced tank.
     
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    Too bad there isn’t a way such as go fund me to raise money in Russia and outside to raise money for gifting alcohol for Russian troops fighting in Ukraine. In other words use alchohol as a military weapon.
     
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    With all the focus on the tanks for Ukraine the issue of Ukraine having to defend against Russia has been put in the background of the media.


    “German IRIS-T air defense system shoots down all targets during Ukraine’s first use”.

    In addition to the news that the US is sending some ; one or two) Patriot systems there are reports that Bermany may include a Patriot system.There have been several stories of Ukraine finally getting a little bit more of some good air defense systems. In addition to Germany Spain, UK, of course Poland and others have sent air defense systems. Even Italy is promising to send one or two.

    I have yet to find any one report that is a combined list of all the countries who provided or are going to provide air defense systems to Ukraine. So I am have to create one.

    Air defense in the third leg of most important weapons Ukraine will need to push the Russian invaders out. Modern multi purpose jet fighters/ fighter bombers, modern armor, are the other two. That does not exclude the need for drones, modern secure communications and a big list of of items.
     
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    Ukraine Conflict Updates
    Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 29, 2023

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    ISW is publishing an abbreviated campaign update today, January 29. This report focuses on the impact of delays in sending high-end weapons systems to Ukraine on Ukraine’s ability to take advantage of windows of opportunity throughout this war.


    Delays in the provision to Ukraine of Western long-range fires systems, advanced air defense systems, and tanks have limited Ukraine’s ability to take advantage of opportunities for larger counter-offensive operations presented by flaws and failures in Russian military operations. Western discussions of supposed “stalemate” conditions and the difficulty or impossibility of Ukraine regaining significant portions of the territory Russia seized in 2022 insufficiently account for how Western delays in providing necessary military equipment have exacerbated those problems. Slow authorization and arrival of aid have not been the only factors limiting Ukraine’s ability to launch continued large-scale counter-offensive operations. Factors endogenous to the Ukrainian military and Ukrainian political decision-making have also contributed to delaying counteroffensives. ISW is not prepared to assess that all Ukrainian military decisions have been optimal. (ISW does not, in fact, assess Ukrainian military decision-making in these updates at all. Yet, as historians, we have not observed flawless military decision-making in any war.) But Ukraine does not have a significant domestic military industry to turn to in the absence of Western support. Western hesitancy to supply weapons during wartime took insufficient account of the predictable requirement to shift Ukraine from Soviet to Western systems as soon as the West committed to helping Ukraine fight off Russia's 2022 invasion.

    The military aid provided by the US-led Western coalition has been essential to Ukraine’s survival, and this report’s critiques illustrate the importance of that aid as well as its limitations. Western military advising before the February 24 invasion helped the Ukrainian military resist the initial Russian invasion. Western weapons systems such as the Javelin anti-tank missile helped Ukraine defeat that onslaught and throw the Russian drive on Kyiv back to its starting points. The provision of essential Soviet-era weapons systems and munitions by members of the Western coalition has kept the Ukrainian military operating throughout the war. The delivery of more advanced Western systems such as the US-produced 155mm artillery (in April) and then HIMARS (in June) facilitated the Ukrainian counter-offensives that liberated most of Kharkiv Oblast and then western Kherson Oblast.[1] The arrival of Western NASAMS air-defense systems in November helped blunt the Russian drone and missile campaign attacking Ukrainian civilian infrastructure.[2] . . .

    Key inflections in ongoing military operations on January 29:


    • Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensives in the vicinity of Kuzemivka (about 16km northwest of Svatove).[27]
    • Ukrainian officials reported that Ukrainian forces continued to repel limited Russian counterattacks west and south of Kreminna.[28]
    • Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin announced that Wagner forces seized Blahodatne (about 12km northeast of Bakhmut) on January 29.[29]
    • Russian forces continued to conduct ground attacks in the Bakhmut and Donetsk City-Avdiivka areas.[30]
    • Ukrainian officials reported that Ukrainian forces repelled assaults near Pobieda (4km southeast of Donetsk City) and Vuhledar.[31] Russian sources claimed that fighting is ongoing to the west and east of Vuhledar.[32]
    • Russian sources did not report on any Russian ground attacks in Zaporizhia Oblast for the third consecutive day on January 29.[33] Ukrainian forces conducted a HIMARS strike against a bridge in Svitlodolynske (20km northeast of Melitopol).[34]
    • Russian forces continued to conduct routine fire against Kherson City and other settlements in the west (right) bank of the Dnipro River.[35] Kherson Oblast Administration Advisor Serhiy Khlan reported that Russian forces used incendiary munitions to fire on Beryslav.[36]
    • Russian authorities are continuing to set conditions for a second wave of mobilization. Head of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrey Kartapolov stated on January 28 that the committee is reviewing over 20 laws regarding mobilization deferrals.[37]
    • The Ukrainian General Staff reiterated that it has not observed Russian forces in Belarus forming a strike group as of January 29.[38]
     
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