Ukraine War Update NEWS: Overnight & Other News
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"The sad thing is it's taken the West so long to realize this. We could have saved tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians if we had received stuff in September."
Hello Team!
Jonathan provides an update on the overnight news from the Russia-Ukraine war, separating it from the frontline update due to the volume of news.
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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.
Russian losses
- Ukrainian figures for Russian losses from the previous day: 780 liquidated personnel (slightly above average), 14 tanks, 27 APCs (50 lost in 2 days), 15 artillery systems, 2 MLRS, 2 aircraft, 1 helicopter, 6 drones, 19 vehicles/fuel tanks, 1 special equipment
- Jonathan questions the aircraft/helicopter losses and would like visual confirmation as the numbers seem high
Drone and missile attacks
- 24 hours ago, a huge Antonov 26 cargo plane landed at Taganrog Air Base, 50km from Ukrainian border, possibly delivering a new batch of Iranian drones
- Overnight, Russia launched 24 drones, all shot down. One caused a fire in Dnipro after being downed but no casualties
- At least one wave of 30+ missiles launched. Some shot down, others hit targets:
- Odesa: 2 critical energy infrastructure objects damaged, causing blackouts
- Dnipro district of Kyiv: Explosions reported
- Attacks were expected as ships/bombers had been active. Unclear on full damage yet
International response
- Zelensky discussed with NATO chief the supply of long-range missiles and further NATO integration for Ukraine
- Germany providing 10,000 Starlink terminals to Ukraine
- Turkish Bayraktar company donated 2 TB2 drones to Ukraine and plans to build a factory there
- Slovakia ready to immediately send 30 T-72 tanks if it receives Western replacements, and discussing sending MiG-29 jets
- Training of Ukrainians on Leopard 2 tanks may begin late Jan/early Feb. First tanks could arrive in 3 months
- At least 96 tanks committed so far from various nations, likely 130-140 total in first batch
- Spain joins Leopard 2 supply, can directly transfer 20 of its 53 2A4 tanks
Russian response
- Decision has infuriated Russia. Propagandist Solovyov said "The Fourth Reich has declared war on Russia... Berlin is a legitimate target"
- UK intel suggests frontline Russian troops not excited about T-14 Armata tanks, which have reliability issues. Under 100 exist, maybe a dozen actually operational
- Video of embarrassing breakdown of Armata tank at parade shared
Other updates
- Alleged intercept instructs all Russian positions to strictly conserve ammunition, possibly indicating shortages
- Reports that Russia's next mass mobilization planned for late Feb, budget enterprises halting repairs to redirect funds to war
- On Zelensky's birthday, Russian TV networks in Crimea & Belgorod hacked to broadcast his speech. Russia blames US for providing the tech
- Analysis from Kenneth Gregg predicts:
- Russians having frontline maintenance & ammo issues, infighting between regular army & Wagner group
- Mobilization of 100K troops for defense leaves only 150K for offense, well short of 300K needed. Mobilization hasn't started, not enough time to be ready by spring
- Ukraine will have heavy weapons integrated & reserves ready by April. Already working on domestic drone & long-range missile production
- Russian economic crisis growing as energy revenues drop & shipping sanctions bite. Empty nuclear threats no longer effective
Wrap up
Jonathan hopes this news update will inform the upcoming frontline update. He thanks viewers for their support, asks them to like, subscribe and share, and notes other ways to support the channel below.
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🤖❓ AI Debrief (post task) - anything the AI didn't understand
No major parts of the transcript were unclear to me. A few specific names/references I was unsure about:
JR who does the maps for Jonathan
Kenneth Gregg (Swedish or Finnish guy providing analysis)
🤖💭 AI Plan (pre task) - the AI's step by step thought process
Steps:
Extract video title, date and part from the YouTube title
Identify main topics discussed in order
Summarize each topic, keeping key facts, figures, analysis and opinions
Note the introduction and wrap up sections
Select a key quote that captures the essence of the video
Use British English spellings and grammar
Format using the provided XML structure
Review and refine
