Ukraine War Update NEWS: Overnight & Other News
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"This is what it means to live next to a terrorist state... For life to win, Russia must lose this war."
Hello Team!
Jonathan is back from his holiday in Greece, looking tanned despite the lighting. He tried to maintain normal service during his time away. He jokes about going from 95% vegan to 0% vegan while on holiday and needing to get back on the wagon.
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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.
Russian Losses
- 500 KIA, 8 tanks, 14 APVs, 19 artillery systems lost by Russia in one day. Jonathan puts this in perspective, noting it would be catastrophic for the British army to lose this much in a day.
- Officials say Russia may have 120,000 soldiers killed, 170-180,000 wounded. Ukraine may have up to 70,000 killed, 100-120,000 wounded.
- Debate continues over what the Ukrainian general staff figures (currently 257,000 for Russia) actually represent - KIA only or all casualties.
POWs and Blood Shortages
- Over the last few weeks, Ukrainian forces captured over 200 Russian servicemen, with every 5th surrendering voluntarily. More Russian POWs expected as Ukraine liberates areas.
- Russians report a lack of whole blood of all types in Moscow's large military hospital, likely due to staggering blood losses after Ukraine started using cluster munitions.
Drone Strikes and Attacks
- Footage shows a Ukrainian FPV drone precisely flying through a window to destroy a Russian Murom-M surveillance system. Testament to the evolving battlefield and drone operator capabilities.
- Last night, Russian invaders struck a residential area in Zaporizhzhia region with guided aerial bombs, destroying a school and damaging nearby houses.
- 15 out of 17 launched Russian Shaheds were shot down overnight, along with 7 other drones.
- Major fire broke out in the Russian seaport of Novorossiysk, possibly a Ukrainian retaliation strike on cargo/container terminal for Russia attacking grain export infrastructure.
- Drones attacked a military airfield in Novgorod region where Tu-22M3 bombers are located. One plane damaged but quickly extinguished.
Chernihiv Missile Strike
Russia launched a missile strike on the center of Chernihiv city, killing at least 6 and injuring 37 so far, including 11 children. A drama theater and university were hit. Zelensky called it an attack by a "terrorist state" and urged the world to stand up to Russian terror. Footage shows the missile scooting horizontally along the ground before exploding into a building.
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Crimean Bridge and Sig Tanker Attacks
New details emerge on how Ukraine blew up the Crimean Bridge in Oct 2022 using 21 tons of explosives disguised from scanners, and maritime drones to strike the Sig tanker in drydock, leaving a huge hole. The continued strikes are impacting civilian life, with the Moscow City Business District evacuated after a fake tip about a drone attack.
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Other News
- The Kakhovka hydroelectric plant is beyond restoration after Russia blew up nearly half the dam in June.
- An explosion occurred in a building in occupied Enerhodar where Russia allegedly tortured civilians. It was a police station prior to the war.
- US General Milley says the Russians are in "pretty rough shape" with huge casualties, questionable leadership, and poor morale and logistics.
- A Lenin statue was toppled in Kazakhstan, showing their move away from being a Soviet satellite state. Meanwhile, a Russian Orthodox priest consecrated an 8-meter high Stalin monument in Russia, demonstrating the church's subservience to the Kremlin.
- Released Wagner PMC convicts are starting to commit further crimes or stalk their past victims' families. The fairness and lack of rehabilitation is problematic.
Wrap up
Jonathan apologizes for being a bit scattered, still recovering from his travels. He will put links to some of the videos in the description that YouTube might object to. He thanks viewers for bearing with him and signs off.
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