Ukraine War Update NEWS: Overnight & Other News
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"Millions of Ukrainian citizens are displaced abroad. Holding an election would be nearly impossible. The money is better spent in protecting Ukraine and making sure they have another election to run."
Hello Team!
Jonathan introduces the video, noting time marches on inexorably. He will cover the latest updates on the Ukraine war.
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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.
Ukrainian General Staff Figures on Russian Losses
- 890 Russian personnel losses, still high
- Slight uptick in APVs (16) and artillery (21) losses
- 2 MLRS lost vs none yesterday
- Losses representative of activity all along the front lines
- 21 artillery pieces will hurt Russia
- 23 vehicles/fuel tanks ticking back up, affecting Russian logistics
Parity in Ukrainian and Russian Equipment Losses
- Andrew Perpetua's map shows a day of parity in losses
- Suggests Ukrainian attacking, possibly along Dnipro river
- Easy pickings for Russian artillery/drones but electronic warfare ongoing
- Mix of equipment lost on Ukrainian side - IFVs, APCs, civilian logistics
- Notable Russian losses include a ship, electronic warfare station, artillery, tanks
Drones Replacing Artillery
- Army of Drones hit record 335 Russian strong points in a week
- Destroyed 83 armoured vehicles, 72 trucks, 36 tanks, 317 personnel
- Drones replacing artillery in many places as ammunition stocks dwindle
- Ukraine developing own cheaper drones to fill gap as artillery production lags
Bouncing Russian Drone
Footage of a small Russian drone bouncing and not working properly, eventually destroyed but took 5-6 Ukrainian drones to do so.
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Russian Soldiers Lacking Equipment
- Video of Russian 70th regiment soldiers in Robotyne area
- Vow to fight to the end despite lacking equipment
- Only have 1 BTR left for 80 people, need pickups and thermal drones
- Losses of pickup trucks (23 vehicles per day) hurting them
Zelensky Aide Killed by Explosive Birthday Gift
- Major Hennady Chastyakov killed by grenade in gift bag
- Significant loss of knowledge for Ukrainian war effort
- Initially suspected assassination but police say likely tragic accident
- Chastyakov was showing son the munition when it exploded
Environmental Destruction from War
- Over 20% of Ukraine's nature reserves damaged
- 812 sites across 900,000 hectares affected
- Many environmental costs - dam destruction, heavy metals, mines, dolphin/fish deaths, pollution
- Heartbreaking in addition to human costs
Detention of Dagestan Deputy Minister
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs in Dagestan detained following anti-Semitic mobs at airport, poor reflection on the region.
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Putin's Kazakhstan Visit
- Previously Putin not traveling much, possibly due to ICC warrant and poor war progress
- Visit to Kazakhstan to counter Western influence and project power
- May feel war going better so can travel and appear strong leader again
Wagner Group Negotiations
- Negotiations to hand over Wagner mineral assets in Syria/Africa to Russian MoD
- In exchange for resolving Wagner debts, issuing fighter veteran certificates
- Wagner ostracized but Russia needs their influence/finances
- Yevgeny Prigozhin's heir Pavel negotiating via intermediary
Ukrainians Fighting Wagner in Africa
- Reports of Ukrainian fighters attacking Wagner in Africa
- Footage released, questions if good use of Ukrainian resources
- Disrupting Russian income sources that fund the war
- If pulling soldiers from Ukraine to send to Africa, must be in their interest
Zelensky Rejects Elections
- Zelensky says not the right time to discuss elections, labels it "irresponsible"
- Ukraine must focus on defense and battle that determines fate of state
- Millions displaced, holding election nearly impossible
- Money better spent protecting Ukraine so they can have future elections
- Some arguments for elections but Jonathan agrees now is not the time, would only help Russia
Wrap up
Jonathan thanks viewers for watching the longer update video. He requests likes, subscribes and shares to help his slowly growing channel in the face of YouTube's algorithm. He signs off wishing everyone well.
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