Ukraine War Update NEWS
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"We have reached the level of technology that puts us into a stalemate."
Hello Team!
Jonathan welcomes viewers to the Ukraine War news update for 2 November 2023.
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Ukrainian General Staff figures for Russian losses
- 930 personnel losses is on the high end, indicating things are still very hot around Avdiivka and elsewhere
- 18 tanks, 43 armoured personnel vehicles, 42 artillery systems, 4 MLRS, 3 anti-aircraft warfare systems all above average
- Suggests Russians still attacking in Avdiivka
- Evidence Ukrainians have degraded Russian artillery capabilities
- Ukrainians need to further degrade Russian forces before taking territory back
Andrew Perpetua's crowd-sourced Russian loss figures
- Huge list of losses for both sides, close to parity
- Significant Russian losses of electronic warfare and radar/surveillance systems
- Ukrainian tank losses possibly the heaviest in a long time, including Leopard 2A4, indicating they may have been on the attack e.g. counter-attack north of Krasnohorivka
- Going on the attack inevitably leads to losses
Ukrainian information warfare driving Russian desertions
- US Army Special Operations Commander said Ukrainian information warfare has driven 17,000 Russian soldiers off the battlefield
- Messaging has played a huge tactical and operational role
- Desertions could be soldiers becoming POWs
- Psychological warfare also happening from Georgia
Previously undocumented Russian losses in Avdiivka offensive
- OSINT investigation found at least 197 confirmed Russian vehicle losses, 18 potential losses since offensive started Oct 9-10
- Likely over 200 lost in reality as unlikely every loss documented
- Puts into context the massive claimed losses of 43 APVs across the front in a single day
Drones changing the battlefield
- Drones mean you can't move anywhere without being spotted, then immediately targeted by long-range precision weapons
- Represents a new paradigm compared to previous wars
- Vehicles often filmed being destroyed from multiple drone angles
- Once spotted, a target can be hit from 50-100km away by excalibur rounds, GMLRS, HIMARS etc.
- Zaluzhny emphasized this challenge in his Economist interview
Zaluzhny's Economist interview and essay
- War is in a stalemate, a "positional war" due to current technology
- Avoiding this requires gaining air superiority, breaching minefields, improving counter-battery/EW
- Emphasizes drones, AI, technology over numerical superiority
- Brutally honest about challenges and shortcomings of recent counteroffensive
- Extending Ukraine's indigenous drone/defense industry is key
- West needs to increase weapons production
- More analysis to follow in a dedicated video
Other updates
- Russian online searches for "assisting the war" 7x higher than last year, possibly due to military's difficulties
- Russian poll: 70% would support Putin ending war, but only 1/3 if it meant returning occupied territories
- Possibly Kremlin "testing the waters" of public opinion
- Russian MP's mic cut when he called for peace talks, showing lack of free speech
- Prigozhin's son takes over Wagner PMC, now part of Rosgvardia, puzzling given Wagner's opposition to Russian MoD
- Fake news of Putin's death possibly spread by Russia to gauge reactions
- Russian planes dropping explosives on Black Sea shipping corridor
- ISW: Avdiivka a microcosm of Russian command's failure to learn from previous mistakes
Wrap up
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