UWU EXTRA EXTRA: Belarus Movements, Cheap Destruction, Putin is a D*******
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"When it happens, Kharkiv operation will look like child's play."
Hello Team!
Jonathan provides an extra update today with some leftover content from yesterday's video which went too long. This is not a frontline update but will give extra context and tidbits about the war.
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Russian military equipment arrives in Belarus
- At least 50 more units of Russian military equipment have arrived in Belarus, including trucks, fuel tankers, and anti-aircraft guns
- Jonathan discusses three possibilities for why this equipment is being sent:
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- Attacking from Belarus again would be difficult due to terrain (marshes, rivers, mined areas)
- Jonathan is skeptical that Russia has the troop numbers and capacity to successfully attack Kyiv from the north again
Russian air losses
- Russia has lost 1 fixed-wing aircraft and 1 Ka-52 helicopter on each of the last two days, which is fairly significant
- Footage shown of the remains of a recently shot down Su-25
- These losses match figures reported and provide evidence to counter Russian trolls calling it propaganda
Battlefield update from Alexei Arestovich
Key points from update by Ukrainian spokesperson Alexei Arestovich (translated by Dimitri War Translated):
- Russia reinforcing multiple fronts with ~10K recently trained draftees; will attempt an offensive
- Zelensky discussing with partners how to make this Russia's last offensive
- 3 possible offensive scenarios from Russia
- Effective Ukrainian strikes hitting groups of 50-80 Russian soldiers 3-4 times per day, likely a major source of reported Russian casualties
- Restrictions on supplying weapon types to Ukraine have been lifted
- Accumulation of heavy mechanized units by a certain date on Ukrainian side; task is offensive once Russia exhausts its offensive capabilities
- Remaining "never" categories are aviation and long-range missiles; JDAM bombs would need to be launched from aircraft with NATO avionics
- Offensive can only happen once Russia exhausts its offensive capabilities; when it does, will make Kharkiv counteroffensive look like "child's play"
Cheap drone warfare
- Footage of a Ukrainian drone dropping a simple IED on a Russian ammunition dump, causing a massive secondary explosion
- Illustrates how much damage can be inflicted at low cost
- Ukrainians have been watching Russians build up ammunition reserves and then destroying them
- Jonathan wonders if Russians are employing similar cheap drone warfare tactics
Russian losses and troop concentrations
Analysis from Trent Telenko on Russian losses:
- 5130 Russian combat deaths from Dec 29 - Jan 4 based on Ukrainian MOD claims (indicative not definitive)
- Ukraine continuing "death by a thousand cuts" campaign against ammo/fuel storage, HQs and now systematically targeting troop concentrations
- Destroying troop shelters forces Russians to disperse troops which causes chaos and lights up their comms, allowing Ukraine to locate and strike command posts and new troop locations
- 8-13 Russian BTGs worth of mobilized troops have been shattered in the past week
- Fierce winter campaign expected in coming weeks as ground freezes, followed by spring mud season
Kazakh woman berates Russians
- Video of a Kazakh woman fiercely criticizing Putin and Russians, saying Ukraine will win and all of Kazakhstan hates them
- If this sentiment is widespread in former Soviet republics, it will make things tougher for Russia
Wrap up
Jonathan thanks new channel members and those who donated on PayPal and Buy Me a Coffee for their support and generosity, saying it allows him to keep putting out content. He hopes people find his videos useful, enjoyable or informative even if he rambles on sometimes. Thanks for watching!
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