Ukraine War Update NEWS: Bumper Overnight & Other News (Too many rants)
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"Poland as a NATO outpost will definitely disappear along with its stupid prime minister."
Hello Team!
Jonathan is up early to record this news update before heading out for the day. He will be rushing through the updates.
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🪦 DISCLAIMER FOR GENERAL STAFF LOSSES DATA
- These are real people with real lives and real families who love them. Don’t let the numbers sap your humanity.
- These numbers probably aren’t accurate but they’re the best we have and we don’t need them to be accurate to be indicative of patterns of activity.
- All losses are estimates. Losses cannot be counted with accuracy because of the conditions on the ground.
- Both sides would see it to be of their advantage to minimize their own losses maximize the other side’s losses.
- Neither side releases their losses but we have enough transparency from the Ukrainian side to have confidence in they are indicative.
- Personnel losses are hard to count. If a soldier gets injured, heals up, and returns to the front line only to get injured again, is that one loss or two? Also, how to deal with losses from PMC’s or soldiers fighting with RF from occupied territories?
- Equipment losses are hard to count. If an AA complex involves several parts and one part gets disabled, is that a loss, or a fraction of a loss? If a tank gets disabled, repaired, back into the fight, then disabled again, is that one lost tank or two?
- All recorded losses are vulnerable to multiple reporting. We have already seen numerous cases of multiple drones in the air reporting the same loss from different angles as multiple engagements.
- Losses are not always reported on the same day they occurred. It is frequent that drone losses are reported at least 24 hours after other terrestrial equipment losses. Certain losses may not be reported for days or weeks for military intelligence reasons.
Ukrainian Reported Russian Losses
- 460 liquidated personnel, 3 tanks, 4 APCs, 1 artillery system, 6 vehicles, 3 special equipment
- Numbers are low compared to usual, but 3 special equipment losses are significant
BBC MediaZona Research on Russian Losses
- BBC MediaZona research, similar to Oryx, looked at confirmed Russian deaths
- 20,451 confirmed KIA, estimated to be only 50% of true number
- Includes 3,230 elite troops, 134 pilots (estimated 268 pilots KIA total)
- Early in war, most losses from poorer regions. Now more from industrial regions after mobilization.
- 1,947 officers KIA, making it hard to train and organize units effectively
Spetsnaz Losses and Prigozhin's Recommendation
- Leaked info suggests Russia's Spetsnaz units suffered 90-95% casualty rates
- Wagner founder Prigozhin recommends Russia cease active phase and go on defensive, entrenching in occupied territories
Russian Attacks on Ukrainian Cities
- Slovyansk attacked, school damaged, apartments and garages destroyed. 2-year-old rushed to hospital.
- Russian aircraft hit enterprise in Chernihiv region, appearing to strike residential areas
- Video of rarely seen Ukrainian radar being destroyed by Russian loitering munition
Claimed Russian Strike on Bakhmut Ammo Dump
Russia claims to have struck a major blow to Ukrainian forces in Bakhmut with a huge explosion, possibly an artillery strike on an ammo dump. Unverified but looks genuine. Would be a big loss for Ukraine if a major cache of weapons/munitions was hit.
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Military and Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine
- China pledges not to sell arms to either side, but Ukraine allegedly finding more Chinese components in Russian weapons
- Poland to gradually supply MiG-29 jets as they receive new NATO aircraft
- Canada has delivered all 8 promised Leopard 2 tanks to Poland
- Ukrainian troops completed training on French Caesar howitzers in Denmark. Denmark has provided $915M in aid so far.
- Hungary may secretly allow weapon transit to Ukraine despite official statements
- Baltic nations have given large % of defense budgets to Ukraine (Latvia 50%, Estonia 43%, Lithuania 35%)
- In absolute terms, top donors are US, EU, UK, Germany, Japan, Netherlands
- Debate over US sale of ATACMS to Morocco while denying to Ukraine
- Netherlands and Switzerland pledge funds to bolster Ukraine's economy via IFC
- Over $5B additional support for Ukraine from UK, Germany, France. Denmark creating €1B fund.
Russian Military Equipment
Naval turrets seen mounted on artillery tractors in addition to APCs as previously observed. While perhaps amusing, it reflects Russia's desperate lack of purpose-built military equipment at this stage.
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Geopolitics and Propaganda
- Tucker Carlson heavily featured on Russian state TV, called a "colleague" by propagandists
- Leaked Jack Teixeira now portrayed as "mini Trump" and "heroic" by Russian media
- Former President Medvedev threatens Poland, says it would "definitely disappear" along with PM in a NATO-Russia war
Wrap up
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