Ukraine War Update NEWS: Overnight & Other News
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"There's no war fatigue. You can see that in terms of the polling that we do of our own population. Support for government policy is very high. So 70% of the population believes the government is doing the right thing."
Hello Team!
Jonathan provides a truncated frontline update taken from his earlier full news update video, as the previous one was too long. He apologises and says this should still give viewers what they need to know, with pointers to his next analysis video on whether the counter-offensive is a success.
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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.
Crimea Explosion Update
- Further information reveals a radar system was hit in Olenivka, Crimea in what appears to be a spectacular Ukrainian operation
- A Ukrainian drone penetrated Russian air defences and surveillance, documenting the destruction of a full S-400 battery - Russia's best air defence system
- The S-400 battery was geolocated to the western edge of Crimea, a logical position to protect against drones coming in from the sea
- Unclear if the whole battery was destroyed, but even losing elements of an S-400 is highly significant and embarrassing for Russia
- Opens up the ability for Ukraine to properly hit Crimea and Sevastopol
Military Aid
- Ukraine's Defence Minister Reznikov says it will take 6-7 months before Ukraine is ready to use F-16s
- Netherlands providing Ukraine with nearly 1,000 portable charges for remote mine clearance to carve out passages in dense fortifications
- Croatia preparing a new defence package with important components and offering ports for transporting Ukrainian grain
- Ukraine needs huge numbers of mortar rounds, up to 300,000 per month according to Andrew Perpetua
- Russians appear to be making slight modifications to Lancet drones to improve certain systems, using a primitive explosive container design for cheap mass production
- Ukraine must address this threat with equally mass and affordable countermeasures
New Ukrainian Underwater Drone
- Ukraine released test footage of a new unmanned underwater vehicle called Marichka with 1000+ km range
- Can perform strike, transport or reconnaissance missions
- Releasing the footage is telling Russia they can hit with underwater munitions
- Could be a game changer threatening the Black Sea fleet, particularly submarines launching cruise missiles at Ukraine
- May explain why Russia is sinking ferries around the Crimean bridge
Geopolitics
- German Foreign Minister defends Ukraine's right to strike targets in Russia as self-defence under international law
- Former Russian President Medvedev suggests Russia could annex breakaway regions of Georgia, highly controversial
- Russian authorities suing to seize and nationalise billionaire Andrei Melnichenko's metals/mining company, showing economic desperation
- Donald Trump makes bizarre unprompted posts about fleeing to Russia on Truth Social amid legal issues
- Heritage Foundation post frames Ukraine aid as taking money from Maui disaster victims, an example of disinformation from groups with a history of it
- Presidents of Portugal and Lithuania arrive in Kyiv, continuing important diplomacy and support
- UK polling shows 70% believe government is doing the right thing on Ukraine, attributed to strong communication, unlike the US
Wrap up
Jonathan strongly rejects Putin's claims that Russia's actions in Ukraine are to stop a war "unleashed by the West", noting Russia has admitted to an illegal war after sending "little green men" into Donbas from 2014. He aims to strongly support Ukraine without spreading disinformation himself and strives to be as objective as he can despite his biases. He apologises again for the long video and signs off.
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