Ukraine War Update NEWS
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"If you only knew how much Odessa hates you, the strength of your defenders multiplied by the anger and pain of ordinary people will be your death sentence"
Hello Team!
Jonathan welcomes viewers to the first part of his Ukraine war news update for July 24, 2023. He notes the second part is coming as the first always gets restricted.
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Russian Losses
The Ukrainian General Staff reports the following Russian losses for the previous day:
- 660 liquidated personnel (casualties)
- 11 tanks, 13 APVs (slight uptick, heavy losses)
- 17 artillery systems (Ukrainians targeting these to degrade Russian defensive capabilities)
- 1 anti-aircraft warfare system
- 5 drones, 9 cruise missiles
- 10 vehicles/fuel tanks, 2 pieces of special equipment
Jonathan notes these are average numbers in some categories but problematic in others like tanks and APVs.
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Lancet Drone Strikes on Ukrainian Equipment
Jonathan highlights that Lancet loitering munition drone strikes are still an issue for Ukraine, showing a thread with multiple hits on Ukrainian equipment over the last 24 hours, including:
- Infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs)
- Self-propelled guns
- Claimed hit on NASAMS air defense system (later corrected to be Italian Aspide Skyguard system)
- Leopard tank (barrel hit but not much apparent damage)
8 total Lancet hits posted in last 24 hours. Damage varies based on drone variant and hit location but is an ongoing problem for Ukraine.
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Visually Confirmed Losses
Jacob Janowski from the Oryx team posted visually confirmed losses for the day:
- Russia: 18 (7 BMP-1s, 4 BMP-3s infantry fighting vehicles)
- Ukraine: 24 (8 tanks including some Leopards, 8 BMPs, 5 Bradleys, Skyguard Aspide control station)
One of the rare days Ukraine suffered more confirmed losses than Russia. The Skyguard Aspide system was a high value loss, destroyed by Lancet drone according to Ukraine Weapons Tracker.
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Deteriorating Relations in Russian Armed Forces
The UK Defence Ministry reports sharp deterioration in relations within the Russian armed forces:
- Purges have shocked the military elite
- 15 senior officers dismissed including well-regarded commanders Ivan Popov and Selevestov
- At least 15 more suspended due to "disloyalty"
This is a problem for Russian cohesion and activities.
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Strikes and Retaliation
- July 19: Storm Shadow missile used for first time in Crimea against major ammo depot in Staryi Krym
- July 22: Another Storm Shadow strike on Oktyabrskoye base in Crimea
- Russia preparing to strike Ukrainian energy facilities again according to Ukrainian intelligence
- Russian missile attacks on Odessa damaged 25 historical buildings, not drone manufacturing as claimed
- Odessa mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov, once pro-Russian, strongly condemns Russia, reflecting alienation of those previously sympathetic
- Russia bombed Ukrainian Danube river ports in Izmail to stop grain exports, a day after US procured rail cars to enable exports via Romania
- Ukraine retaliated with drone attacks on Moscow, hitting a military facility, and Crimea, where an ammo depot in Dzhankoi was struck despite Russian claims of intercepting the drones
Other News
- Residents planting potatoes in dried up Kakhovka Reservoir bed
- Ukraine took down massive pro-Russian bot farm of 150,000 SIM cards used to push propaganda on social media
- Twitter being rebranded as X.com by Elon Musk, concerning for open source intelligence community that relies on the platform
Wrap Up
Jonathan thanks viewers for watching, asks them to like, subscribe and share, and says he will be back shortly with part 2 of the news update.
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