Ukraine War Update NEWS: Overnight & Other News
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Hello Team!
Jonathan welcomes viewers to the video, an Ukraine war news update for 30 May 2023. He notes there has been a lot of aerial activity over both Russia and Ukraine.
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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
- 410 Russian personnel were liquidated, according to Ukrainian figures, along with 1 tank, 2 APCs, 10 artillery systems, 1 anti-aircraft warfare system, 38 drones, 51 cruise missiles, 12 vehicles and 1 piece of special equipment
- 100 Russian soldiers were killed and over 400 injured in a strike on a former health care facility being used as barracks near Mariupol
- In August, the Russian Duma discussed the rapidly depleting death benefits fund, with the number of benefits paid exceeding Ukraine's figure at the time, indicating Ukraine may be underestimating Russian deaths
Ukrainian Strikes and Losses
- Russia dropped two FAB-250 glide bombs on the front-line town of Toretsk, southwest of Bakhmut
- According to Oryx data, Russia had 26 confirmed losses on 28 May compared to 5 for Ukraine
- Russia has now visually confirmed 2,000 tank losses, with the real number likely much higher
- Military barracks in Russian-occupied Melitopol were hit during a strike
- An explosion was reported at the Saky air base in Crimea
Aerial Attacks
- In the space of 24 hours, Russia launched three waves of attacks on Ukraine, mainly using drones and cruise missiles
- 11 Iskander ballistic missiles were launched towards Kyiv, with Ukraine claiming all were intercepted
- Debris from downed missiles still caused damage and injuries on the ground
- Ukraine reacted by launching their own drone attacks on Moscow using Beaver drones
- The Russian air force and space force flag was mistaken for a Ukrainian flag, leading to the arrest of a man in Russia
Military Aid and Equipment
- Denmark announced a €3 billion investment in defence, including substantial military support for Ukraine, taking their defence spending to 2% of GDP
- Dozens of BMPs, likely BMP-2s, were seen on the move, destined for the front lines
- When asked if ATACMs (Army Tactical Missile Systems) are still in play for Ukraine, Biden responded "they are still in play"
Geopolitics
- Zelensky spoke with the Prime Minister of Cambodia, thanking them for supporting Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and noting Cambodia's training of Ukrainian demining specialists
- Russian State Duma member Alexei Dedenko openly called for genocide, saying neither the Ukrainian nation nor language should exist
- Moldova's president proposed a new agency to tackle Russian disinformation and propaganda in the country
- Tensions flared between Serbia and Kosovo after ethnic Albanian mayors moved into offices in Serb-majority northern Kosovo with the help of riot police, leading to protests and clashes
- NATO peacekeepers, mainly Italian and Hungarian troops, were injured in the clashes
- Serbia, influenced by Russia, is seen as fomenting discord in Kosovo, similar to Russia's actions in Moldova
Wrap up
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