Ukraine War Update NEWS (20230725b): Pt 2 - Overnight & Other News
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"Bakhmut is is looking better for the Ukrainians certainly uh today and more recently than than it has been."
Frontline Update - Northeast
- Russian sources claim advances in the Svatava area of Luhansk Oblast on July 24th, but ISW has not observed visual confirmation
- Claims of Russian forces capturing Novohirivka and expanding their foothold on the west bank of the Zhebrez river southwest of Svatova
- ISW has not observed visual confirmation of Russian advances in this area and claims may be exaggerated
Frontline Update - Bakhmut
- Ukrainians report taking control of a large part of height 197 south of Klishchivka, cutting it off from Andriivka
- Ukrainians are on the outskirts of Andriivka and may be fighting inside
- Momentum is in Ukraine's favour with a large amount of land taken south of Klishchivka in the last 48 hours
- Russian sources indicate Klishchivka is on the verge of defeat and the fall is only a matter of time due to lack of reserves and rotation
- Cluster munitions may be responsible for Ukrainian success
- Worrying stories from Russian channels about northern Bakhmut - AFU attacking Pekivka again, pushing Russians to the rear
- Russian VDV units being used in the Bakhmut area, possibly as punishment
Frontline Update - South
- Ukrainians have gained 1.4 square kilometres near Krasnohorivka in Donetsk Oblast
- Ukrainians have advanced 350-1400m in the Berdyansk direction according to the Tavria Operational Strategic Group
- Ukrainians have advanced and taken control south of the defensive line near Robotyne
- Talk of a breakthrough in the Kamianske area with potential to advance towards Vasylivka
- Ukrainians pushing eastwards towards Oleshky from an island north of the Konka River
- Russians have retreated in multiple areas along the Antonivsky Bridge area
Military Aid
- US announces $400 million aid package including HIMARS missiles, air defence systems, artillery rounds, APCs and more
- Lithuania approves 3 year €200 million support plan for lethal and non-lethal aid, training, equipment repair
- Spain sends 4 Leopard 2A4 tanks, 10 M113 APCs and other vehicles to Ukraine via Poland
- Belgium refurbishing M113 APCs for transfer to Ukraine
- Ukraine aims to become largest arms producer in Europe, production capacity has doubled in past month
- Ukrainian-developed Circo drone enters mass production
- Germany and Poland agree on tank repair facility after delays
- M109L 155mm howitzers arrive on Eastern front
- Cluster munitions offer solution to shortage of 155mm rounds, 1 cluster round replaces 10-15 ordinary ones
Geopolitics
- China secretly supplying Russia with over $100 million of body armour, thermal imagers and drones despite calling for peace
- US House preparing to launch impeachment inquiry against President Biden, threatens to derail Ukraine support
- Polish soldiers heading to Belarus border to reinforce army stationed there amid rising tensions
- 4th and 5th reactor blocks at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant put into shutdown mode by Russian-installed administration
- IAEA experts saw anti-personnel mines at Zaporizhzhia plant in buffer zone but were not given access to reactor rooftops where mines allegedly placed
Wrap up
Jonathan notes there is probably a lot more news he has missed. He signs off until the next frontline update video.
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🤖❓ AI Debrief (post task) - anything the AI didn't understand
No major issues or lack of clarity in the transcript. A few typos/errors in the auto-generated transcript (e.g. 'Khrushchevka' instead of 'Klishchivka') but the meaning is still clear from context.
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