Ukraine War Up. EXTRA: Challenger 2s!, Faulty Data on Companies in RU, & Air Defences
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"In short, two writers drop a list padded with hundreds of Russian oligarchs and Russian businesses and discovered, surprise, that Russian businesses continue to do business in Russia, then passed it off as quote, 'Western multinational companies remain in Russia' to unsuspecting journalists and clickbait seeking outlets."
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Jonathan introduces this as an extra Ukraine War Update video to provide additional information and insights about the war in Ukraine.
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Air Defence in Ukraine
- Ukraine has received a vast amount of varied air defence capability from allies in a short time, including Patriot, NASAMS, IRIS-T, Gepard, and more.
- This has made Ukrainian skies much safer, although a Russian Su-34 was recently shot down by friendly fire.
- The Stormer, a British vehicle with Starstreak missiles, was shown shooting down a drone.
- An article from November lists many air defence systems Ukraine has, but is already out of date as more have been added since then.
Faulty Data on Western Companies in Russia
- Jeffrey Sonnenfeld previously stated that many Western companies have actually left Russia, contrary to the Russian narrative.
- A recent non-peer-reviewed study by two European authors claimed only 8.5% of Western companies have pulled out of Russia.
- However, Sonnenfeld's team found the study's data was fabricated, conflating hundreds of Russian individuals and companies with "Western companies".
- The study's genuine company list also incorrectly credits many Western companies as still operating in Russia when they have fully exited.
- Journalists uncritically reported the study's claims, which Sonnenfeld believes is due to deliberate disinformation.
UK Doubling Challenger 2 Tanks for Ukraine
- The UK has decided to double the number of Challenger 2 tanks being provided to Ukraine from 14 to 28.
- This is welcomed as the UK has many Challenger 2s being phased out and could potentially give even more of the 79 tanks not being upgraded to Challenger 3.
- Providing more tanks opens up logistics routes and could spur the production of replacement parts.
Potential Russian Offensive in Vuhledar
- Given Russian Defence Minister Shoigu's visit to the Vostok grouping of troops in South Donetsk and the arrival of fresh troops, Russia may be planning a larger assault on Vuhledar and neighbouring areas.
- Although this could be an attempt at misdirection, the massive troop concentration cannot be ignored and it would be unwise to dismiss potential threats.
- If Russia is serious about taking the Donbas, they must capture key cities like Vuhledar, Avdiivka, Bakhmut, Sloviansk, Kramatorsk and more.
- An offensive from the Vuhledar direction is plausible and could potentially foil a Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Wrap up
Jonathan thanks viewers for their support, asks them to like, subscribe and share, and will have more content coming out tomorrow despite it being a busy day. He signs off until the next video.
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