Ukraine War Update NEWS (20230926a): Pt 1 - Overnight & Other News
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"You just have to look at their national TV to understand that they are war criminals. They're advocating war crimes all the time. This would never appear on UK television."
Hello Team!
- Jonathan is wearing a t-shirt from the charity "Country of Peace" which he has interviewed the founder of, Valeria Quinn, on his other channel. He thanks Valeria and her husband for the shirt.
- It's Jonathan's birthday but he doesn't care much for birthdays.
🪦 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
- 400 Russian personnel lost, 5 tanks, 19 armoured personnel vehicles (high number), 39 artillery systems (very high number), 1 MLRS, 29 drones, 11 cruise missiles, 17 vehicles/fuel tanks, 7 pieces of special equipment (high number)
- The high artillery losses indicate a potential future tipping point in Russian artillery capability
Andrew Perpetua's Daily Losses
- Andrew Perpetua's map shows more Russian losses compared to Ukrainian losses
- Russian losses include engineering vehicles, artillery, IFVs, APCs, civilian vehicles
- Ukrainian losses include 2 MiG-29s (one potentially a decoy), IFVs
Strikes on Crimea and Black Sea Fleet
- Recap of strikes on Crimea: Minsk landing ship, Rostov-on-Don submarine, headquarters hit killing/wounding crew
- Black Sea Fleet commander Viktor Nikolaevich Sokolov killed, one of Russia's most senior naval officers
- In total, 34 officers killed and 105 Russians injured in the headquarters strike
- Ukraine has significantly degraded Russia's naval power ratio from 12:1 to 4:1 since the start of the war
Strikes on Kalino Airfield, Kursk
- Strike on Kalino airfield (home of Su-30SM aircraft) in Kursk killed/wounded aviation regiment commander, deputy, FSB officers, and airfield staff
Ukrainian Losses
- Ukrainian Martyr MRAP taken out by ATGM within Ukrainian territory near Robotyne, but all crew survived
Partisan Activity in Mariupol
- In occupied Mariupol, local guerrillas neutralised transformers providing electricity to a Russian base
- Increased partisan activity may reflect growing confidence as Ukraine makes gains
Drone Attacks Overnight
- Multiple waves of Russian drones caused issues for Ukrainian air defence, with only 26 out of 38 drones shot down
- Damage to port infrastructure in Izmail district, Odesa region, injuring 2 and damaging 30 trucks
- Strikes also reported in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region
Second Ukrainian MiG-29 Fighter Jet Destroyed
- A second MiG-29 was destroyed by Russian strikes at Kulbakino Air Base in Mykolaiv region
- Debate over whether the aircraft was a decoy, but the fire seems too significant
- Loss of high-value aircraft like MiG-29s is a huge problem for Ukraine
Aftermath of Attacks
- Slovyansk in Donetsk region hit overnight, with missiles landing in the road
- Questions raised about Russian use of missiles - wrong tools for the job due to inability to hit high-value targets
Lviv Energy Grid Fortified for Winter
- Lviv's energy infrastructure is better protected by air defence this year
- City's electricity and heating supplies adequately stocked for winter, according to the mayor
- Lviv has attracted businesses from other parts of Ukraine due to its relative safety
Strikes in Russia and Crimea
- Air raid warnings and explosions reported in Belgorod, Kursk (Russia), Dzhankoy, and Sevastopol (Crimea)
- Russian aircraft and helicopters relocated from Crimean airfields to avoid Ukrainian missile strikes
- Russian sources claim 2-3 waves of Storm Shadow missiles launched from Kherson towards Crimea, but say all were shot down
Ridiculous Russian Claim
- Russian media agency RIA News reported that Russian forces shot down a Storm Shadow missile with a British crew inside, which is obviously false given the missile's size
Ammunition Warehouse Strike in Luhansk
- Satellite images show large-scale destruction after an ammunition warehouse was hit in Krasnodon, Luhansk, 125km behind the front line
HIMARS Strike on Kherson Headquarters
- Ukraine's SBU released footage of a HIMARS strike on the headquarters of the Russian-occupied Kherson region, which hosted officers of the 70th Guards Rifle Division
- 8 Russian officers reported killed and 7 injured in the strike
- Intelligence for the strike potentially provided by disenchanted Russian personnel, as seen in the Sevastopol naval HQ strike
Ineffective Russian Camouflage
- Footage shows Russians using camouflage nets hung from lampposts in an attempt to conceal vehicles from drones
- A Ukrainian drone is seen easily flying over the netting to strike a vehicle, demonstrating the ineffectiveness of this tactic
Russian Propaganda Advocating War Crimes
- Russian military expert Yevgeny Bozhinsky appeared on state TV advocating strikes on civilian infrastructure to make Ukrainians suffer
- He predicted Ukrainian strikes will focus on the Russian Navy and proposed retaliatory attacks on civilians
- Jonathan emphasises that this blatant promotion of war crimes would never be allowed on British television
Wrap up
- Jonathan has to go to a multiple sclerosis appointment, so videos will be sporadic and delayed today
- He thanks viewers for watching and asks them to like, subscribe, and share
- The next video will be out later in the day
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