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[LB] Defenders repelled 240 assaults by the occupiers in the Avdiyiv direction alone.
by Iryna Lysohor
In the Kupyan direction, the Russians have been on the offensive for a week in the Senkivka, Ivanivka, and Tabaivka districts of the Kharkiv region. The defenders repelled about 30 assaults there, General Staff spokesman Andriy Kovalev said on the air of the telethon.
On the Lymanskyi direction, defenders repelled about 80 assaults by Russians in the area of Belogorivka, Luhansk, and Terny, Yampolivka, Torsky, Hryhorivka, Rozdolivka, and further south in Spirnyi, Donetsk region. In the Avdiivka direction, the Russians are continuing offensive actions in the Avdiivka districts, where last week they carried out 240 unsuccessful assaults in the Novokalynovo, Novobakhmutivka, Avdiivka, Severny, Tonenko, Pervomaisky and Nevelsky districts.
In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy conducted assaults in the areas of Bohdanivka, Ivanivka, Klishchiivka, and Andriivka, where the defenders repelled more than 85 assaults.
In the Mariinsky direction, the Russian invaders continue offensive actions in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Hryhorivka, Pobyeda, and Novomykhailivka settlements. Last week, the defenders repelled more than 160 failed enemy attacks.
On the Novopavlivskyi direction, the units repelled about 10 enemy attempts to improve the tactical position east of Vodyanyi, south of Zolotya Niva of the Donetsk region, and north of Priyutny of the Zaporizhzhia region.
In Zaporizhzhia, the enemy launched 15 unsuccessful attacks west of Novopokrovka, west of Verbovoy and Robotyny of the Zaporizhzhia region.
In the Kherson direction, the Russian occupiers are concentrating their main efforts on conducting defense, improving mine and explosive barriers and ways of logistical support. They continue to carry out airstrikes and artillery fire on the positions of our troops and settlements in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions.
The Russians made about 20 unsuccessful assaults in a week.
In total, about 600 combat clashes took place during the week. The Russians fired 70 missiles and more than 420 airstrikes carried out almost 600 attacks from missile salvo systems.
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[LB] Donetsk, Chernihiv, Kherson, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Sumy, Chernihiv, Luhansk and Mykolaiv regions were also attacked.
In Khmelnytskyi region tonight, during an air alert, air defense forces neutralized a Shahed type UAV. According to available information, the civilian population and infrastructure facilities were not affected.
In Chernihivska, there were five shellings (29 explosions) per day. The enemy shelled the Novgorod-Siverky, Koryukivsky districts with mortars and artillery. No information was received about losses among the local population or damage to civil infrastructure. The data is being verified.
In Dnipropetrovsk yesterday, the enemy struck seven times with kamikaze drones and shelled the Nikopol district with artillery. They beat Nikopol, Pokrovska and Marganetska communities. Three private houses and an outbuilding were damaged. At night, over the Novomoskovskiy district, our defenders destroyed a rocket. There are six drones over Pavlogradskyi. As a result of an attack by Russian drones, a fire broke out at the energy facility, which was extinguished by rescuers. About 29,000 subscribers remain without electricity in the Pavlograd district. In Ternivka, 10,000 subscribers are without water. The aggressor also shelled the Nikopol district. He directed heavy artillery at the Marganets community. There were no deaths or injuries.
At night, the Russians carried out two shellings on Sumy - border areas and populated areas. Four explosions from mortars were recorded. Krasnopilsk and Novoslobidsk communities were shelled. In advance - without consequences. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out searches of 26 territories and settlements. 153 explosions were recorded - from mortars, artillery, grenade launchers, a tank, as well as shelling by an FPV drone and dropping VOG from an unmanned aerial vehicle. Khotinsk, Myropilsk, Krasnopilsk, Bilopolsk, Velikopysarovsk, Novoslobidsk, Shalyginsk communities came under fire.
In Luhansk Bilogorivka, as well as the territory of the Serebryansky Forest, the enemy is constantly destroying with artillery and mortar fire. There is also unrest in the villages of the Krasnorichen community. During the day, the enemy fired 143 shots (526 shells).
In Kharkivska, about 20 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar fire, including Veterinarne, Kozacha Lopan, Strilecha, Gatishche. After midnight, the enemy fired at Liptsi. A residential building was destroyed, a gas pipeline was damaged. No casualties. After midnight, the enemy also shelled Slobozhanskyi. C300 hit in an open area. No casualties. As a result of the shelling of the settlement of Lubotyn, hits to the ground were recorded in the yard of the educational and production plant of the city council's education department, as well as in the yard of the private sector. There were no casualties or injuries. As a result of shelling in Vovchansk, a private house, a garage and a car were damaged. There was no information about the victims. Also yesterday there was shelling of Borova of the Izyum district. The two-story building of the Boriv cultural center was partially damaged. No casualties.
In Zaporizhzhia last day, the occupiers made 199 strikes on 22 settlements of the region. The Russians hit Novodarivka and Robotyn with six air strikes, and also carried out four strikes from Malaya Tokmachka salvo missile systems and 72 BpLA attacks on Gulyaipol, Zaliznychny, Novoandriivka, Novodarivka, Novodanilivka, Poltavaka, Malynyvka, Levadny, Charivny, Lugivska, Robotyn, Novopavlivka, Pyatikhatki and Lobkovo. 117 artillery shells hit the territory of Zaliznychny, Gulyaipol, Chervony, Shcherbaki, Malaya Tokmachka, Stepovoy, Plavny, Kamiansky and other front-line towns and villages. Two reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings.
In the Kherson region, the enemy fired 32 rounds (194 shells) during the day, including ten rounds (26 shells) at Kherson. The rioters targeted the areas of 12 settlements of the region, a medical facility and port infrastructure in Kherson. Yesterday, the enemy carried out an aerial bombardment of Monastyrskyi (four air defense systems) and Kachkarivka (3 air defense systems) in the Berislav district. Two men (ages 67 and 48) suffered moderate injuries as a result of the shelling of Monastyrskyi. The occupiers also attacked Kherson. A minibus passenger was injured. A 61-year-old woman was taken to the hospital in a moderate condition. The enemy army targeted one of Kherson's medical facilities. Due to the impact, the internal premises and the heating system were damaged. It passed without casualties.
In Donetskia, the following villages came under fire: Girnyk, Avdiivka, Zhelanne, Gostre, Orlivka, Novoselivka Persha, Selidove, Mykhailivka. 30 residential buildings (two of them multi-apartment buildings), kindergartens, the administrative building of the Mykhailivska village council, and two transmission lines were damaged. In Donetsk region in a day: three wounded.
Four unmanned aerial vehicles of the Shahed 131/136 type were destroyed in Mykolaivska at night. Yesterday, enemy shelling was recorded in the water area of the Ochakiv community. There are no casualties. Also, yesterday afternoon and tonight, the enemy made artillery strikes on the Kutsurub community. No casualties.
In total, the enemy carried out four missile and 110 air strikes, carried out 95 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
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[Korrespondent] 20:51 As of December 31, 2023, 4.31 million citizens who left Ukraine as a result of the Russian invasion had temporary protection status in the EU, the official website of the European Union reports. Most Ukrainians received temporary protection from Germany (29%, or 1.25 million people), Poland (22%, or 955 thousand people) and the Czech Republic (8.7%, or 373 thousand people).
20:00 The European Commission has proposed new trade restrictions against about 20 companies, including three located in China, which are accused of supporting Russia's military actions in Ukraine. It is proposed to add companies from Hong Kong, India, China, Serbia and Turkey to the sanctions list. If approved, Chinese entities will be subject to EU sanctions for the first time for supporting Russian aggression.
19:48 During the day, the Russians carried out 18 strikes with kamikaze drones and fired artillery three times at the Nikopol district of the Dnepropetrovsk region, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. One person was injured, an agricultural firm, almost 20 private houses, outbuildings, gas pipelines and a high-voltage line were damaged.
19:27 During a missile attack on Kiev on February 7, Russia used a 3M22 Zircon hypersonic missile, the KGVA reported, citing the conclusion of the Kiev Forensic Research Institute. “We can say that the weapon does not meet the tactical and technical characteristics declared by the enemy,” the conclusion says.
18:46 The EU Council approved the decision to store profits from Russian assets for their further use in the interests of Ukraine.
18:18 The Russian army, after four months of intense fighting, broke through the defenses of Avdiivka and came close to the main road along which the Ukrainian garrison receives supplies. Our defenders say that the enemy has begun to use new tactics, and the situation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is complicated by the shell hunger. For more information about what is happening there, see the material New tactics of Russia in Avdeevka.
17:55 Zelensky said that he held the first meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Headquarters in a renewed composition: “The priority issues remain unchanged: the front and the protection of front-line regions, people and critical infrastructure from Russian air terror... Avdeevka, Kupyansk, south. Providing the army with everything necessary: shells, drones, electronic warfare. Further development of multi-level protection of electrical, water and heat supply facilities. A decision was made to increase the number and capabilities of mobile fire groups."
17:32 Ukraine’s needs for shells are three times greater than the production capabilities of Germany, said the head of the defense concern Rheinmetall Armin Papperger. According to him, Ukraine needs more than 2 million shells per year, but by 2025 Germany intends to produce only 700 thousand. At the same time, it will take 10-15 years to replenish reserves in Germany itself.
Today a groundbreaking ceremony took place for Rheinmetall's new weapons plant in northern Germany, which they want to build within a year. It is planned to produce up to 200 thousand shells annually.
17:20 The Ukrainian military probably began to shoot down the suicide bombers with Vampire laser anti-drone systems, reports the specialized publication Defense Express. OSINT analysts came to this conclusion after analyzing a video released by the Ukrainian Navy.
16:46 American journalist Tucker Carlson said that Putin is “ready to make a serious compromise on Ukraine.” He said that he spoke with the President of the Russian Federation off the record after the interview, but did not disclose the content of the conversation.
16:07 In Ukraine, there are up to ten companies that produce UAVs capable of flying to Moscow and St. Petersburg, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov.
15:50 Ukraine has created a new shield against drones, which does not depend on ammunition: an electronic warfare system called Pokrova confuses the navigation systems of Russian drones, Forbes writes. Interference overloads navigation systems with noise. The spoofing causes them to indicate the wrong location, generating a fake signal.
15:09 The newly elected President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, said that “it is difficult to have any political dialogue” with Putin while Russia is waging an aggressive war against Ukraine: “Therefore, I do not see any communication with Putin or with the Russian political leadership in the near future. We We all want to find a path to peace, but it seems to me that this path now only passes through the battlefield."
14:41 Vice-President of the German Bundestag Katrin Goering-Eckardt said that she arrived in Ukraine on a visit: “I will travel around the country and Kiev, and it is completely clear to me that the mood in the country is no longer very good.” According to her, this is due to sluggish support and uncertainty with American funding.
14:22 Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Vasily Nebenzya expressed confidence that negotiations with Ukraine will take place: “Real negotiations, sooner or later they will begin, will be conducted taking into account the situation at the front. There can be no negotiations on the topic of new regions with Kiev, they have already begun part of the Russian Federation. The job is done, we are not ready to discuss it."
13:38 Starlink terminals are sold freely in Russia, said Andrey Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense: “Indeed, Russia continues to work through so-called parallel imports, essentially smuggling. And yes, through third countries. We will not name specific countries, and this information requires clarification, but Starlink is freely available in the Russian Federation on open online platforms." According to him, now “work is underway to neutralize this threat.”
12:49 In Kharkov, only this morning it was possible to completely extinguish a fire that arose as a result of an enemy attack on an oil depot on February 9, the State Emergency Service reported.
12:14 Representatives of the IMF arrived in Kiev to discuss the challenges facing the Ukrainian economy, said the Fund’s permanent representative in Ukraine Vahram Stepanyan.
11:23 Zelensky signed laws extending martial law and general mobilization for 90 days, until May 13, 2024. This is the tenth such decision since the beginning of a full-scale war.
10:35 Several damaged HIMARS were delivered to the USA for repairs, writes American OSINT blogger Keystone Intel. One of the vehicles has a cabin and launcher cut by shrapnel, the second is missing its right front wheel and the bottom of the cabin is damaged. Probably, HIMARS will also receive firmware for 150 km GLSDB bombs there, the expert notes.
10:07 Ukraine may have transferred one of its best brigades - the 3rd assault brigade - to Avdievka, Forbes writes. Fresh forces will try to push the Russian army away from the main asphalt road leading to the center of Avdeevka.
09:26 At night, the Russians fired at the private sector of the town of Selidovo, Donetsk region, with three S-300 missiles - three people were wounded, including two children aged ten and 17, the prosecutor's office reported.
09:11 Russia convened a meeting of the UN Security Council on the occasion of the anniversary of the adoption of the Security Council resolution on the Minsk agreements. Moscow accuses Kyiv of allegedly failing to comply with the Minsk-2 agreements. The meeting will begin on February 12 at 17:00 Kyiv time.
08:48 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of February 12:
personnel - about 395,990 (+790) people,
tanks - 6416 (+10),
armored combat vehicles - 11,977 (+21),
artillery systems - 9481 (+6),
MLRS - 981 (+0),
air defense systems - 666 (+0),
aircraft - 332 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 7302 (+45),
cruise missiles - 1882 (+1),
ships/boats - 24 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 12,599 (+7),
special equipment - 1514 (+1).
08:23 Over the past 24 hours, 100 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In the Avdeevka direction, the Defense Forces repelled 23 enemy attacks in the Avdeevka area and another 18 attacks south of Tonenkoye and near Pervomaiskoye, Nevelskoye, Donetsk region. In the Maryinsky direction, 32 attacks were repelled near Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region, in Bakhmutsky - 19 attacks near Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka in the Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled two enemy attacks near Ivanovka and Tabaevka, Kharkov region; on Limansky - three attacks in the Belogorivka area of the Lugansk region; in the Novopavlovsk direction - one attack north of Priyutnoye, Zaporozhye region; in Zaporozhye - one attack in the Rabotino area of the Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces hold their positions and repelled one assault by Russian troops.
08:12 At the Syrian Shayrat airfield, Iranian-made UAV operators are being trained for the war against Ukraine, reports the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. The Lebanese Hezbollah Police and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard are conducting training for the Russian military. The Lebanese-Iranian-Russian training course involves training to control the Shahed-136 and Ababil-3 UAVs, as well as the Raad remotely controlled aircraft.
The military exercises are headed by one of the Hezbollah commanders, Kamal Abu Sadiq, who specializes in the production and maintenance of drones. Together with the Russians, Syrian mercenaries are undergoing training, whom the Russian Federation plans to involve in the war against Ukraine as UAV operators.
07:38 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, as a result of an attack by Russian drones, a fire broke out at an energy facility, which rescuers put out. About 29 thousand subscribers remain without electricity in the Pavlograd region, and 10 thousand subscribers without water in Ternovka, said the head of the Public Administration Sergei Lysak. No people were hurt.
06:49 Ukrenergo reported that at night Russia attacked the energy infrastructure of the Dnepropetrovsk region, the equipment of one of the substations was damaged. In Pavlogradsky and Sinelnikovsky districts, household and industrial consumers are partially de-energized. Power supply to industrial consumers has already been restored, and connection to household consumers continues.
06:37 Air defense at night destroyed 14 of the 17 attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type, which Russia attacked from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk area, as well as the X-59 guided aircraft missile, which the enemy launched from the occupied territory of the Zaporozhye region, the Air Force command reported. In addition, the Russian army attacked with S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the Belgorod region. Air targets were destroyed within the Khmelnitsky, Vinnytsia, Kirovograd, Nikolaev, Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions.
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[Korrespondent] During the day, 63 clashes occurred at the front
In the Avdeevka direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 14 enemy attacks in the Avdeevka area and four more in the Tonenkoye and Nevelskoye areas of the Donetsk region, where the enemy unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of our troops.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces published operational information about the Russian invasion as of Monday evening, February 12.
“During the day, 63 clashes occurred. In total, the enemy launched five missile strikes, 71 air strikes, and carried out 45 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there were wounded among the civilian population. Destroyed and multi-storey and private houses, as well as other civilian infrastructure, were damaged,” the statement said.
In the Kupyansk direction, our defenders repelled an enemy attack in the area of the village of Tabaevka, Kharkov region, where the enemy unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of our troops.
In the Liman direction, an enemy attack was repelled in the area of the village of Terny, Donetsk region, where the enemy also unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled six enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Bogdanovka, Andreevka and Kleshchievka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy unsuccessfully tried to improve the tactical situation.
In the Avdeevka direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 14 enemy attacks in the Avdeevka area and four more in the Tonenkoye and Nevelskoye areas of the Donetsk region, where the enemy unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of our troops.
In the Maryinsky direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold the enemy in the Georgievka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka areas of the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical situation 25 times.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, our defenders repulsed an enemy attack in the area south of Prechistovka, Donetsk region.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Defense Forces repelled an enemy attack in the area west of Novopokrovka, Zaporozhye region.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy does not abandon his intention to dislodge our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. During the day, two unsuccessful attempts were made to storm the positions of our troops.
During the day, Defense Forces aviation carried out strikes on 13 areas where enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated. The Ukrainian air defense forces and means destroyed six reconnaissance UAVs. The missile force units destroyed one enemy artillery weapon.
Let us remind you that over the past 24 hours, 100 clashes took place at the front. It was reported that the Air Defense Forces shot down an aircraft missile and 14 suicide bombers on the night of February 12.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces repelled three attacks launched by assault groups of the AFU 43rd Mechanised and 25th Air Assault brigades close to Sin'kovka and Timkovka (Khar'kov region).
Up to 60 Ukrainian troops, two pick-up trucks, and one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system have been eliminated.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line and repelled two attacks launched by assault groups of the AFU 60th and 63rd Mechanised brigades close to Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 290 Ukrainian troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, and nine motor vehicles.
In Donetsk direction, the Yug Group of Forces' units took more advantageous lines and positions and repelled 13 attacks launched by AFU 42nd Mechanised, 79th Air Assault, 81st Airmobile brigades and 112th Territorial Defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Bogdanovka, Georgiyevka (Donetsk People's Republic) and Belogorvka (Lugansk People's Republic).
During the day, up to 240 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, two U.S.-made M777 artillery systems, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer have been neutralised. Moreover, two field ammunition depots.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, in cooperation with aviation, inflicted fire damage on the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 127th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Vodyanoye (Donetsk People's Republic) and Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses were more than 165 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
In Kherson direction, units of the 35th Marine Brigade and the 121st Territorial Defence Brigade were defeated close to Tokarevka and Mikhailovka (Kherson region).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 70 troops and three motor vehicles. One 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm Giatsint-B towed howitzer, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer were hit during counterbattery warfare.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 109 areas during the day.
Air defence systems shot down 33 unmanned aerial vehicles near Novaya Kakhovka, Obryvka, Rayskoye, and Peschanovka (Kherson region).
In total, 570 airplanes and 265 helicopters, 12,229 unmanned aerial vehicles, 464 air defence missile systems, 14,964 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,218 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 8,020 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 18,499 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFromt] 22:15 Official summary of the DPR Representation in the JCCC as of 22:00 02/12/2024:
As a result of artillery attack of the village of Pervomaiskoye, Donetsk People's Republic, a woman was injured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
“As of 22:00, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the republic: a woman born in 1941 was wounded in the village of Pervomaiskoye,” says a message on the Telegram channel.
In addition, a power transmission line and a private residential building in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk were damaged.
21:45 Telegram channel «Fisherman":
Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces in the Mar'inka area
situation as of 20.00 February 12, 2024
Russian troops were able to advance in the direction of the village of Pobeda, taking control of the triangle on the T05-24 highway and occupying landings further south to the very outskirts of the village.
In fact, Russian fighters have reached a line from which they can try to cling to the outskirts of the village and subsequently knock the enemy out of the populated area.
On the western side of the “triangle” there is a former reservoir, which, according to some sources, also came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, which made it possible to advance to Victory.
Further development of successes in this direction will make it possible to put pressure on Georgievka - Maksimilyanovka from the south and Konstantinovka - Paraskovievka from the north.
Therefore, we should expect the transfer of enemy reinforcements both to Pobeda itself and to nearby landings to saturate the defense line along the route. In addition, reinforcements from 95 Airborne Brigade have already arrived at the position.
21:20 Front bird broadcasts:
At these moments, Chasov Yar received a powerful attack from our artillery and MLRS. There is a massive artillery barrage in the city.
20:45 Front bird broadcasts:
Avdeevskoe direction. Encirclement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 12.02
A number of sources report the continuation of small arms battles and tank artillery attack on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions even at night.
I think the motivation of our troops is clear to everyone. The enemy also realizes this (probably).
20:25 Front-line soldier reports:
Avdievka:
We have advanced to Industrial Avenue; at the moment the highway has not yet been cut.
19:45 Mobilized into the Ukrainian Armed Forces - missing: Kiev regime continues extermination of the population of Ukraine
Andrei Lazarkevich, like thousands of other forcibly mobilized Ukrainians, did not want to join the army, much less fight.
“I was on my way to work, got off the bus, and the military registration and enlistment office employees drove up and took me away,” he recalls.
Andrei tried to escape from the training center, but was caught at a checkpoint and returned to the unit.
“They said that because of this I would go (to the front line - ed.) very first,” says the prisoner. - Why am I at war? I only fired a machine gun a couple of times and that’s all.”
There are practically no people left in the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and from the survivors they form combined units and immediately send them back into battle, Lazarkevich admits. Those who try to retreat from positions are shot in the back, he says.
The commanders don’t even try to take the KIAs from the battlefield. Instead, all the dead are declared missing, which allows the criminal Kyiv regime to “save” on payments to families.
Realizing the gravity of the position of his unit and the futility of further resistance, Andrei Lazarkevich came to the conclusion: “It is better to surrender than to lie and rot, knowing that no one will come for you.”
18:40 Front bird broadcasts:
Artyomovsk direction
The Russian Army has been making its way through forest plantations to the outskirts of Chasov Yar since yesterday. According to data from the ground, we are 500 meters from the Novy microdistrict. There is a possibility of entry into the administrative border of the Hours of Yar.
17:40 Frontline reports:
Northern flank of Avdeevka.
We advanced along Timiryazev and Selkhoztekhniki streets.
16:55 Through the walls: breakthrough units of the engineering troops of the Central Military District worked out
storming the building
Krasnolimansk direction, rear zone
Acting as part of breakthrough combat groups, the servicemen practiced entering the building and destroyed training firing points with fire from standard weapons. At the final stage of the training, military engineers carried out a controlled detonation of the building wall to allow the assault group to pass through and complete the cleanup. During the detonation, much attention was paid to calculating the required amount of explosive to break through the wall.
Military engineers of the Central Military District note the high efficiency of this technique, which has been repeatedly proven in the combat zone. A breakthrough in directions unexpected for the enemy allows you to take him by surprise, seize the initiative and continue moving forward to develop success.
16:30 Front bird broadcasts:
Cherkasy region. Cruise missile strike. 12.02
Our cruise missiles are reported in the skies of the Cherkasy region.
Enemy air defense is active.
Arrivals at military facilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are also reported.
15:40 Front bird reports:
Poltava region 12.02
It was reported that our ballistics arrived at the military observation post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
An enemy auxiliary engineering vehicle was also hit.
15:25 According to information from the enemy of the Russian Army managed to walk to Industrialno street. In fact, the enemy group in the southern part of Avdievka may be completely surrounded by the evening.
From the northern to the southern grouping of the Russian Army is no more than three kilometers.
13:40 Frontline reports: To the east of Kleshcheevka (three lakes) we secured a piece of iron.
12:45 Soloists of the front-line creative team of the Western Military District Song and Dance Ensemble spoke in front of soldiers of the 1st Guards Tank Army
Kupyansk direction
Concert programs were prepared especially for military personnel, consisting of original arrangements of wartime songs and modern patriotic compositions. Poems about love for the Motherland were sung. The artists presented a dozen different numbers to the fighters.
“Almost every day we go to a new place and give concerts. The directions are completely different. So we work everywhere. A lot of work... We follow, so to speak, the flow of new works. These are songs that were written directly on the lines of combat contact. Of course, this is military-patriotic music of the Soviet era, and modern rock works,” said the lead singer of the front-line creative brigade with the call sign “Malaya”.
11:50 Front bird broadcasts:
Our aviation operates without panic in the DPR. UFABs are being sent in the direction of Avdievka. The VKS breaks through enemy fortifications and supports assault groups of the Russian army.
From early morning, our assault groups, with the support of armored vehicles, launched an intensive assault on the Avtobaza and the fortifications near the Brevono restaurant. The task is to physically cut off Industrialnaya Street. There is a fierce battle going on.
11:25 Front bird broadcasts:
Sumy region 12.02 11:15
There is information that tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces is identifying enemy positions for high-precision strikes.
The sound of an explosion is reported.
There is a high probability of enemy air defense operation.
11:00 Criminal Kyiv regimecontinuesto fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery six rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan four rounds;
-- n.p. Podlesnoe two rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha six rounds;
-- n.p. Kardashinka three rounds;
-- n.p. Obryvka of two rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Solontsy, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Pechanovka, firing a total of 16 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
10:25 Telegram channel «Fisherman":
Chronicle of a special military operation for February 11, 2024
– The Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction at the Bogdanovka - Khromovo line in the direction of Chasov Yar. Several large enemy strongholds in the landings came under the control of Russian forces.
– In the private sector of Avdievka, quite a large advance of the RF Armed Forces in the private sector is recorded. However, Ukrainian formations still hold the industrial zone on Industrial Avenue.
– South of Mar'inka, assault troops managed to knock out the enemy from several strong points along the road to Pobeda. Plantings almost to the eastern outskirts of the village came under the control of Russian forces.
– Russian troops launched a drone strike on enemy rear targets in the so-called. Ukraine. Industrial facilities in Nikolaev and warehouses in the Odessa region and Kyiv came under fire.
09:55 Telegram channel «WarGonzo":
Frontline report for the morning 02/12/2024
– In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces managed to regain previously lost positions northeast of Novoprokopovka. Under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Lobkovo, Novoandreevka, Malaya Tokmachka, Charovny and Gulyaypole. Ukrainian artillery worked against the Russian Armed Forces in Kopany, Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy.
– In the Ugledarsky sector, Russian troops advanced a kilometer towards Vodyanoy (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name in the Donetsk direction). The goal is to reach the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the city. In fact, this is the junction with the Donetsk direction south of Novomikhailovka. Under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Rovnopol, Staromayorsky, Blagodatny, Zolotaya Niva, Prechistovka and Ugledar. RF Armed Forces - in Priyutny, Zavetny Zhelanie and Nikolskoye.
– On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, storm Novomikhailovka from the east. Georgievka has similar actions. There is progress in the last of the listed areas. Like Nevelskoye and Pervomaisky. Attacks on Tonenkoye and Severnoe (a settlement west of Avdievka) were repulsed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In Avdievka, Russian troops, supported by long-range weapons, achieved tactical success from the northeast.
Also, after artillery shelling, they attacked near Novobakhmutovka, controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (a settlement of the same name to the east behind the Russian Armed Forces). Here the LBS has not changed. Under attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Konstantinovka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name southwest of Bakhmut), Maksimilyanovka, Netaylov, Berdychi, Keramika and New York. Ukrainian artillery worked against the Russian Armed Forces in Mar'inka, Donetsk and the village of Krasnogorovka.
– In the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction, Russian troops, with the support of long-range weapons, attacked at Andreevka and advanced east of Kleshcheevka. Similar actions near Ivanovsky, in the Bogdanovka and Razdolovka areas did not bring them success.
09:30 Telegram channel «Fisherman":
Artemovskoe (Bakhmutskoe) direction: taking the Popovsky forest and advancing along the route to Chasov Yar, the situation at the end of February 11, 2024
To the west of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), Russian troops continue to advance in the direction of Chasov Yar. The enemy was driven back a kilometer on the O0506 highway leading to the city from Khromovo.
The fighting is taking place near the Valyanovka stopping point, where UAV operators with a drop system managed to intercept enemy infantry.
Landings to the north also came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, which increased pressure on the enemy still located in Bogdanovka.
In addition, the Russian Armed Forces managed to take Popovsky Forest. The enemy retreated from here after losing the dominant height 187 south of Bogdanovka. This allows access to landings through which you can relatively secretly get to the Canal microdistrict, located east of the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal.
In Bogdanovka itself, it was also possible to restore previously lost positions on the eastern outskirts of the village: the enemy was thrown back to the center of the village.
The situation in the area for the Ukrainian formations is difficult, but so far under control. The advance on Chasov Yar will be in lowlands, which does not promise rapid progress.
08:45 Telegram channel “Fisherman":
Battle for Avdievka: advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the northeast .
Situation towards the end of February 11, 2024
Russian troops continue to storm the private sector of Avdievka. Based on footage published by the enemy, progress is recorded on several streets.
In the area of ??the railway bridge near the embankment on Chistyakov Street, the Russian Armed Forces apparently advanced northeast to at least one or two dacha streets southwest of Lake Vodokachka. There is no enemy to the south, at least until the intersection of Chistyakov and Zheleznodorozhny Lane.
Zheleznodorozhny Lane, judging by the same footage, is under the control of the Russian Armed Forces at least up to the intersection with Lesya Ukrainka Street, the fighting is going on southeast no closer than Tolstoy Lane. As far as one can judge, further advance in the south is not a priority and is only conditioned by ensuring the stability of the wedge cutting Avdiivka in two.
Information about crossing the railway in the direction of the Avdeevskaya Motor Depot has not yet been confirmed by objective monitoring personnel, although it is actively circulating on the network. According to the most optimistic estimates, the Russian Armed Forces were able to take at least part of the dachas in the triangle between the railway track behind the bridge and establish control over the motor depot, advancing to the Avdeevsky Construction Parts Plant, at least to Timiryazev Street. In the private sector, promotion is right up to Shestakova Street.
Our sources partially confirm the taking control of the triangle of dachas between the Alter Group, the railway bridge and the Avdeevskaya motor depot, but the motor depot itself remains under enemy control. At the same time, the RF Armed Forces advanced along Chistyakov Street to the northwestern end of Heroes Street.
In the southern area, in the vicinity of the “Tsar’s Hunt,” the advance of the RF Armed Forces is not recorded. Most likely this is due to the presence of the enemy in the plantings to the west and the concentration of enemy forces in the Khimik microdistrict, where the ninth quarter is located, an area with high-rise buildings that serves as one of the complex defense nodes. At the same time, footage appeared online from the intersection of Soborna and Chekhova streets, where two unarmed members of the Ukrainian formations were probably looking for an escape route. This indicates a very obvious deterioration in the position of the enemy forces.
From the AKHZ side in the north, no progress has been recorded either. The enemy uses the industrial zone and is supported by artillery from Berdychi and Orlovka. The enemy's supplies and general position in the industrial zone are somewhat better than in other areas of Avdievka.
08:10 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 02/11/2024 to 00:00 02/12/2024:
A total f 23 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Damaged:
Two residential buildings,
One civil infrastructure facility.
Recorded attacks:
Nine in the Donetsk direction,
13 in the Gorlovka direction,
One in the Yasinovatsky direction.
In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 91 units of various ammunition.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Artemy Sharapov
[REGNUM] For the first time, footage appeared on the Internet confirming the fact of the destruction of American-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems in service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Photos of the unloading of damaged vehicles of the complex from the An-124 military transport aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force were published by the American blogger Keystone Intel. Researchers later tracked the plane's route from Eastern Europe to Harrisburg Airport in the western United States.
Both cars received moderate damage: one was missing a wheel, while the body of the other was broken in several places. Both complexes were delivered to one of the Lockheed Martin enterprises for repairs.
This is the first published damage to the HIMARS complexes for the entire period of the SVO, although previously the Russian Ministry of Defense has repeatedly reported the destruction of the systems.
For example, on Friday, February 9, the defeat of the complex’s base near the village of Belaya Krinitsa was officially reported to the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu. And the fact that losses in the rocket artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were published by Western sources is a bad signal for Kiev, military expert Maxim Tumbartsev noted in a commentary to Regnum news agency.
The disappearance, albeit temporary, of two launchers from the theater of operations will have an impact on the capabilities of the Ukrainian army. According to the expert, the effectiveness of the HIMARS MLRS directly depends on the work of reconnaissance: satellite, which provides primary coordinates, and unmanned, which checks and clarifies these coordinates.
“The front line is very large and, theoretically, for some period at a certain point the attacks may weaken. There are fewer cars left, they need to spend time moving. And there the target may change position or the guidance drone will be shot down. That is, the more vehicles, the more quickly they can move forward to strike, and vice versa,” notes Tumbartsev.
DANGEROUS OPPONENT
For the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the loss of long-range MLRS is extremely sensitive right now. As the United States increasingly withdraws from assistance to Kyiv and slows down the process of transferring military assistance, the Ukrainian side is increasingly faced with a shortage of artillery shells. Under these conditions, the use of high-precision multiple launch rocket systems remained perhaps the last “trump card” of the Ukrainian artillery. With the failure of two vehicles at once, the firepower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will drop.
The first HIMARS systems were delivered to Ukraine in the summer of 2022 and were able to significantly increase the fire capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Unlike Leopard tanks and other Western “gifts”, MLRS were able to show themselves as a formidable weapon, especially when striking infrastructure facilities in the rear.
The complex is designed to strike with 227 mm caliber rockets. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are also armed with a tracked version of the M270 complex, the ammunition load of which is 12 missiles. The Khimar's weapons range, as our soldiers call it, includes both unguided and guided GMLRS rockets with a range of 40 to 90 km. Can also be used to launch the MGM-140 ATACMS tactical missile with a range of up to 300 km.
In particular, it was the “Hymars” that were used to strike the Antonovsky Bridge in Kherson and the crossing ; with their help, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to strike at airfields, bases, command posts and other objects.
As Russian air defense systems adapted to the new threat and learned to shoot down enemy missiles fired at targets in the rear, the Ukrainian Armed Forces changed the tactics of using the American miracle weapon, largely due to the efforts of Russian troops to track down and destroy it. Thus, in February 2023, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that in the area of the city of Kramatorsk it was possible to destroy two enemy multiple launch rocket systems: M-142 and M-270 MLRS.
Although the enemy, for obvious reasons, does not admit losses, the conclusion about the failure of individual vehicles can be made based on indirect signs. In January 2024, the French Ministry of Defense announced the transfer of an additional two LRU multiple launch rocket systems to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, an analogue of the M270 complex. New supplies were supposed to cover the shortage of weapons that arose due to the destruction of previously delivered vehicles by Russian troops.
At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are increasingly using the complex to launch the entire ammunition load of six missiles in a “packet” at once. Instead, the complexes are used to launch one or two guided missiles at a previously identified target: a cluster of equipment, a communications center, an artillery position, or a drone control point. UAV operators do not spare expensive missiles.
After a single or double launch, the vehicle quickly changes its location and is moved to the rear. For the time being, this tactic yielded results, but now expensive American toys will either have to be hidden even deeper in the rear, or used even less often.
THE FINDINGS ARE DISAPPOINTING
Only preliminary conclusions can be drawn about the nature of the damage to both cars that arrived in the United States for repairs. One of them was clearly blown up by a mine. On the other hand, things are clearly more serious. There are several holes in the cockpit, windshield and other elements of the body, which indicates that the vehicle was hit by ammunition with a cluster warhead.
“We can assume that long-range precision-guided ammunition with a cluster warhead, for example Tornado-S, was used.” Theoretically, if a Zala-421-16E type drone was operating deep in the enemy’s defense, the operator could record the work of the Highmars and bring it to a shelter, where they worked with what was at hand,” our expert believes.
A number of sources suggest that high-precision aviation ammunition (missile and bomb weapon system) X-36 “Thunder” was used to destroy the complex. Thanks to the rocket engine and wings, the complex has a destruction range of up to 120 km.
Previously, Ukrainian sources repeatedly reported on the use of “Grom” and demonstrated fragments of missiles used to carry out strikes at a significant distance from the front line. Theoretically, this particular ammunition could be fired at the Haymars position after receiving data from a reconnaissance drone.
The nature of the damage received by each individual vehicle can only be assessed approximately based on the available photographs. However, the fact that the repairs will be carried out at the Letterkenny Army Depot in Pennsylvania, which produces the complexes, and not at one of the NATO facilities in Europe, suggests that the vehicles will be out of service for a long time.
Outwardly, all this does not look scary. However, it often happens that equipment may look intact, but important components have been destroyed. For example, as a result of a mine explosion or a cluster munition attack, electronics could be damaged, the replacement of which requires serious repairs.
“The duration of repairs depends on the workload of the enterprise and the availability of spare parts needed for replacement. There shouldn’t be any problems with this, since HIMARS is a serial machine and is actively being produced, and there seem to be no significant events with which the enterprise could be busy. Accordingly, repairs may take a little time. But it all depends on the severity of the damage, it can take months,” adds Tumbartsev.
Experts note that HIMARS complexes, given the intensity of their use near the front line, clearly became the prey of Russian troops. However, the fact that the evacuation of cars was captured by civilian observers is a “bad signal” for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to various sources, the Ukrainian troops are armed with from 20 to 40 M142 HIMARS complexes. Also, more than twenty M270 complexes were delivered to Kyiv.
However, tracked launchers have significantly less mobility than wheeled ones, as a result of which they cannot be effectively used according to tactics: drove out, fired a salvo, retreated. The loss of HIMARS complexes means that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are deprived of the ability to quickly support their infantry. First of all, this creates a threat to the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper, in the area of the settlement of Krynki.
Previously, the analytical portal Lostarmour combined data on losses for the artillery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region. Since November 2023, 63 cases of hits on Ukrainian artillery positions have been recorded. In approximately half of the cases, the strikes resulted in the destruction of enemy guns.
Without fire support from the right bank and attacks from the Haymars, the position of the landing force is significantly deteriorating. Also, the loss of two vehicles at once reduces the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ ability to use the latest “gift” from the United States - GLSDB small-diameter ground-based bombs, the delivery of which was announced by the White House in early February 2024.
For Russian troops, the loss of two missile launchers from the enemy at once further increases the advantage in firepower, and on the other hand, opens up opportunities for suppressing the remaining vehicles. If the trend of methodically knocking out the Highmars one after another continues, the Ukrainians will forever lose the opportunity to launch high-precision strikes both on the line of combat contact and in the operational rear of Russian troops.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Gevorg Mirzayan
[REGNUM] The new leadership of the Ukrainian army, taking over affairs after the change of command from the previous commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny to people loyal to Zelensky, will have to pass the most important exam. Avdeevsky. And the entire further existence of both Alexander Syrsky and the Kiev regime as a whole depends on this exam.
Syrsky’s strategy is already clear - he intends to hold Avdiivka at any cost. Use it as a military breakwater and a political argument, even though it is already in a semicircle of encirclement, and the main road along which the garrison is supplied is about to be cut off.
Unlike Artemovsk, it was prepared for defense for many years. They thought through every part of the huge fortification into which the city was turned. It became a large fortress, inside of which equipment and supplies could be stored behind walls or in underground shelters and soldiers could be sheltered. Taking advantage of this, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to inflict maximum damage on the Russian Armed Forces, which is difficult to do while standing on the defensive in an open field.
Without breaking this line of defense, it is difficult to move forward and liberate parts of the Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions occupied by the Kyiv regime. Therefore, if there is anywhere to resist the Russians, then in Avdeevka. If Artemovsk was called a “fortress” for the sake of a catchphrase, then here it is actually available.
From a political point of view, Avdiivka is, in fact, a test of the Zelensky regime’s survival. “Ukraine is interested in demonstrating to both internal and external consumers the persistent struggle for each populated area. And for external consumers, this is a reason to provide assistance, to give finances, money, weapons,” explains PRISP Center expert Petr Skorobogatiy to the news agency Regnum. Zelensky will try to prove to the West that he is able to fight in order to still receive this aid package that they dream of. As Arakhamia said: “We will hold out for two more months.”
The defense of Avdiivka is no less important for domestic politics—May is approaching, when the current president’s term in office expires. “For the domestic consumer, this is, first of all, resilience, a demonstration that the country is fighting, there will be no negotiations, and the sacrifices the country is making are not in vain,” explains Skorobogaty. — As soon as Zelensky gives up, as soon as he demonstrates that Ukraine is ready, even temporarily, to leave, leave, retreat, and so on, questions will arise for him regarding that very first decision at the beginning of the war: what is all this for then? was?"
That is why the most combat-ready units are being transferred to the city. For example, the third assault brigade, consisting of militants of the Nazi group “Azov” banned in the Russian Federation. In Avdeevka itself there are three brigades: 110th, 116th and 56th. On the flanks from the north is the 47th Brigade.
This is the one that was equipped with American Bradleys and was supposed to break through the front line to Tokmak. Russian nationalists were also transferred there. “Nominally corps, but in fact battalions. They understand that no one will take them prisoner, so they fight there quite fiercely,” Andrei Klintsevich, head of the Center for the Study of Military and Political Conflicts, tells IA Regnum.
However, the problem is that this strategy is unlikely to work.
Firstly, because Kiev does not have sufficient reserves to push back Russian troops. Purely theoretically, experts say, if they had large reserves, it would be possible to “press” in the direction of the south, southwestern flank, and slightly expand the neck. But this will only delay the end of the garrison for a short time.
Secondly, Russian troops are really cutting off the communications of the Avdeevsky group. And no matter what the reserves in the bunkers are, they will run out sooner or later. And the human resource will run out even faster.
Thirdly, our attack aircraft can now also use the Avdeevka fortifications. “Now in the northeast we are quite effectively wedging into the central part, we have caught on to a residential area, we are expanding it, we are moving along exactly the communications that they created. And this allows us, without fear of FPV strikes, to move from one cover to another. Something that cannot be done in open space,” notes Klintsevich.
As a result, according to the expert, the level of losses suffered by Ukrainian Armed Forces units there is a demonstration of the principle “entry is a ruble, exit is two.” And it is impossible to withdraw them centrally, since they are immediately guaranteed to come under attack.
Finally, fourthly, we do not follow the lead of the Kiev regime and do not send troops to slaughter. “Our military says: yes, we have reserves, yes, we can go forward. But it is very important that we do this very gently and carefully. We do not push for any dates. We protect our personnel. It is very important. We don’t need unnecessary victories for eventful things that are fraught with huge losses,” says Klintsevich. Because we take care of our soldiers (after all, the Russian army is now replenished primarily with volunteers). We are creating a professional backbone with which we can liberate the remaining territories of the former Ukraine.
Representatives of the Kyiv regime claim that the liberation of the city for Russians is important from a political point of view, they say, for the elections. However, in fact, the task of storming a strong fortified area with a coke plant is dictated primarily by military necessity. This settlement, like a splinter, is part of the Donetsk agglomeration. At any moment, having increased the grouping of forces and means there, they can threaten the center of Donetsk.
The Ukrainians chose the option of a long defense, the maximum rate on the depletion of the advancing troops, also because they want to prepare reserve and reserve lines. We must understand that the Russian army will not go out into the open spaces any further, it will not flow like a stream further to the Dnieper. It will be met by good fortified lines, but we do not yet have the readiness to use all available reserves and resources.
But, on the other hand, Syrsky’s strategy of drawing the most trained Ukrainian units into the Avdeevka crater is precisely creating new opportunities for the Russian army in other directions.
“For Ukraine, the transfer of reserves could end badly. They will most likely pull them away from some other sectors of the front, where we will not fail to take advantage of this. We are already putting pressure on the Kupyansk direction. We are also putting pressure on the direction of Artemovsk. There we are now approaching the settlement of Chasov Yar, and they have to build new lines of defense there,” says Klintsevich.
In fact, the front is thinning in all these directions. And experts do not rule out that in the foreseeable future a collapse may occur there, the trigger of which will be the fall of Avdiivka.
Yes, at the moment it seems unlikely. According to Petro Skorobogaty, the Ukrainians defend themselves very staunchly, stubbornly grasping any defensive positions. Moreover, we are talking not only about trained troops, of which Kyiv does not have very many now, but also about mobilized ones, which can be very quickly integrated into the defense system.
However, the big defeat that will inevitably end in Avdiivka is quite capable of leading to some kind of psychological breakdown among Ukrainian soldiers. Moreover, in the absence of the “father-commander”, which Zaluzhny was.
“This was precisely the commander-in-chief who survived the most difficult, as it seems to Ukrainians, beginning times, who in a sense acts as the savior of the country. Who did not run away, did not go over to the enemy’s side, recalls Skorobogaty. “ The attitude towards Syrsky is completely different, and in case of problems at the front, Zelensky will be remembered for this replacement, and Syrsky will be remembered for all the boilers and his attitude towards soldiers as cannon fodder. And then, probably, Zaluzhny’s dismissal could backfire very seriously.”
Does Syrsky himself understand this?
Surely, he is still a military professional. However, he will still do what Zelensky tells him, he will carry out any, even the most reckless orders that will lead to the death of a huge number of people. These are all bad moves. But there are simply no good ones left for Ukraine.
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[Regnum] Two Russian strategic missile carriers Tu-95MS completed a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian seas, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on February 12.
It is noted that the long-range missile carriers stayed in the airspace for more than five hours, completing their assigned tasks while escorted by a Su-35S fighter.
“The flight was carried out in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace,” said the commander of long-range aviation, Lieutenant General Sergei Kobylash.
As Regnum reported, on February 10, two Tu-95MS strategic bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces long-range aviation carried out a scheduled flight near Alaska. The flight lasted over seven hours. The bombers were provided with fighter escort by multi-role Su-30SM.
The Russian Ministry of Defense noted that long-range aviation pilots regularly carry out scheduled flights over the neutral waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, as well as the Baltic, Black Seas and the Pacific Ocean.
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[REGNUM] The Russian Armed Forces began to massively use satellite communication terminals from the American company Starlink, owned by the famous businessman Elon Musk, in combat operations in the Northern Military District zone. Following isolated evidence on social networks, the Ukrainian media began to actively write about this, after which the alarm was transmitted to the Western ones. “This suggests that the company that became famous for helping defenders is now also helping invaders,” Defense One angrily writes.
However, back on February 8, SpaceX representatives stated that Starlink does not operate in Russia (both literally and figuratively), the company never sold or advertised it, and also did not supply equipment to Russia. “If Russian stores claim to sell Starlink for service in this country, they are deceiving their customers.”
At the same time, the assertions of Ukrainian experts that purchases in the interests of the Russian military are carried out through Dubai, where Starlink also does not operate and where delivery is not carried out, were also rejected, including third-party intermediaries, resellers or distributors of any kind do not have permission to do this. In addition, Musk was threatened with deactivation of the terminals if they are used unauthorized.
Nevertheless, Ukrainians do not believe the “traitor Musk”, believing that he is more loyal to the Russian Federation than to Ukraine, which is being deliberately harmed.
Information about the use of American equipment by the Russian military was confirmed by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. And as military analyst Oleg Zhdanov said, “our guys’ speed at the terminals is already falling, but this is not the only problem.
The presence of the Internet on the battlefield, especially at ground level, makes it possible to improve the military command and control system, the awareness of troops, the transfer of intelligence data, and so on. This is a very big plus for the enemy.” The only thing that saves the situation, explains Zhdanov, is that some of the terminals were transferred directly by the Pentagon and even the developer himself does not have access to them.
In general, complaints that the life of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will become “complicated” are numerous. From the first days of the military conflict, communications were an important advantage for them over the Russian Armed Forces. By the beginning of 2024, the number of terminals at the disposal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces exceeded 20 thousand. This allows them to provide operational control of combat operations and obtain the necessary information in real time.
Almost legendary, Starlink was designed to provide access to fast and reliable Internet through a huge constellation of artificial satellites around the world, including “dead zones.” As of January 2024, the Musk-owned SpaceX company, according to its own data, has already launched over 5 thousand such satellites into low-Earth orbit. The laser communication system between them transmits more than 42 million gigabytes of information daily.
The extreme degree of dependence of the Ukrainian military on Starlinks was pointed out in the Russian expert community and in the Polish Armed Forces. The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, admitted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are using the system along the entire line of combat contact. Now this advantage is lost.
The point of the Defense One mini-investigation (based, essentially, on statements from two anonymous Ukrainian sources and on video confirmation of the presence of an antenna on the front line) boils down to the fact that the Russian Armed Forces have dozens of terminals along the contact line. When there are hundreds of them, the Ukrainian Armed Forces (by their own assessment) will become “difficult to live.”
“This is an Internet connection that is very difficult to suppress. In the Ukrainian Armed Forces, almost everything goes through Starlink. The operator of a drone with Starlink does not need to talk into the radio what he sees; at headquarters they simply see on the huge screen what he sees on his tablet. And when there is such a connection, the speed of decision-making to open artillery fire and other decisions increases: retreat, advance, turn on reserves, ” explains the interlocutor of IA Regnum, who is studying at the UAV operator courses in Kiev. According to him, the use of the “Ilonmask” system and its features is basic knowledge that is given to all students.
Another problem for the Ukrainian Armed Forces is that Starlink has become the cornerstone of a number of weapons. For example, sea drones and the same Baba Yaga UAVs, which are not sensitive to electronic warfare, since the reference frequencies are generated by the terminal. Now two people can play this game; Musk’s invention makes it possible to organize a radio channel to the drone at a great distance, with HD video transmission and control without delays, and even provide resistance to electronic warfare and invisibility to electronic warfare. And then it is unlikely that anyone will be able to prove to someone that the ship in the Odessa roadstead was blown up by a Ukrainian “Malyuk” of a new model that was not on a spree.
At the same time, it is technically possible to register the terminal for a European user, and purely formally, SpaceX can always prove that its devices are “within the borders of 1991.”
Regnum news agency decided to check how realistic the reports about the possibility of buying a Starlink in Russia, suitable for use in the North-West region, are realistic. It turns out that this really isn't a big problem. The asking price is 250,000 rubles per set.
In one of the stores we were assured that all the terminals are original, come fully equipped, in perfect quality, and are supplied with an American or European contract. At the same time, they clarified that the kit will be able to fully operate exclusively in new regions of Russia. “It definitely works in the NWO zone,” they assured us.
Another store immediately warned that these products could be in demand exclusively in the North-West region, and reported that they were ready to sell Starlink for 220,000 rubles per set. But we are ready to bargain for 200,000 if we are talking about a wholesale batch. At least ten stationary terminals were promised to be sold at exactly this price.
However, they honestly warned: the need to overcome sanctions barriers significantly complicates logistics and significantly affects the purchase price. Therefore, the price can rise at any time.
When selling, store employees completely set up the equipment, and the user, as they say, just has to plug in the plug and press the button. The speed of the anonymous Internet from Starlink, according to the manager, reaches an average of 200 megabits per second.
Payment is exclusively in cash or by transfer. But what aroused particular interest: deliveries of Starlinks to the special operation zone, as a store employee assured us, have been carried out for more than a year and a half.
It would be naive to believe that the intelligence services of the United States and other Western countries were not aware of what was happening all this time. And given the unconditional dislike of the current White House administration for the owner of Starlink, one can only be surprised that this information did not become public earlier.
But what if the “leak” was carried out deliberately and timed to coincide with Tucker Carlson’s trip to Russia, who, in turn, is associated with Musk in the Western media space? And both of them - with the “rebellious” Trump and all sorts of supposedly pro-Russian forces?
Experts agree that it is now impossible to reliably confirm or refute this version. Although it seems reasonable. Political scientist and Americanist Malek Dudakov notes that the direct connection between Carlson’s visit to Russia and the appearance of news about “Russian” Starlinks in the Northeast Military District zone is not obvious. But it should be remembered that Western sanctions have shown their inconsistency and “prohibited” goods are coming to Russia in huge quantities.
The CIA, along with other intelligence agencies in the United States and the rest of the West, can naturally make efforts to put an end to this practice. But at the same time, the West is unable to effectively prevent parallel imports to Russia, the expert recalls. And the situation with “Starlinks” once again emphasized this.
In turn, the US authorities have not been able to force Elon Musk to play by the rules that suit the current administration. This is indicated by the position of the billionaire in September 2023, when he denied the Kyiv regime the opportunity to operate Starlink over Crimea, and his recent demarche in defense of Carlson, and many other circumstances.
The noise around the Starlinks among the Russian military could well have been deliberately organized by Western intelligence services, admits retired Colonel of the Foreign Intelligence Service Lev Korolkov. After all, linking intentional information leaks with specific reasons is a common practice of special services, he points out. The general public may never receive 100% proof of such an operation. However, the intelligence veteran believes that it is quite difficult to assume a coincidence.
Our fighters have been actively and, presumably, effectively using American terminals for a long time when carrying out combat missions in the special operation zone. But suddenly this reality became a cruel revelation for the mass Ukrainian reader. And behind the synchronized dissemination of news about Starlinks in Russia during Putin’s landmark interview, there may be a well-thought-out combination of the “Washington swamp.”
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Apparently being bought for very high premiums in various parts of the ME and black marketed to Russia. Starlink geofencing isn't tight enough to keep the RFA from using them near the front line.
[Breitbart] The leaders of Germany and Denmark joined in a ground-breaking ceremony for a new ammunition factory on Monday, underlining Europe’s efforts to ramp up its weapons production as Russia’s war in Ukraine grinds on.
The plant being built by defense company Rheinmetall at its existing site in Unterluess in northern Germany is expected eventually to produce around 200,000 artillery shells per year along with explosives and possibly other components, including warheads. Rheinmetall is shouldering the cost of about 300 million euros ($324 million).
Rheinmetall said that production at the site will primarily meet the needs of Germany’s military, the Bundeswehr. The company said the priority is to start production as soon as possible and it expects construction to take about a year.
Russia´s arms industry far outweighs Ukraine´s, and Kyiv has relied on Western help to match Moscow´s firepower. But the 27-nation EU´s plans to produce 1 million artillery rounds for Ukraine have fallen short, with only about a third of the target met.
The war in Ukraine heightened anxiety in Germany about the preparedness of its own armed forces, prompting Scholz days after the Russian invasion to announce what he called a “turning point” in military spending.
Germany plans to spend 2% of its gross domestic product this year, an aim NATO allies set themselves a decade ago, after long falling short.
Something good coming out of the Ukraine war.
It also has become Ukraine’s second-biggest military supplier after the United States.
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the 27-nation EU´s plans to produce 1 million artillery rounds for Ukraine have fallen short, with only about a third of the target met.
and - EU Signs $500-Million Arms-For-Ukraine Deal to Make More Shells and Missiles
Compared to the US plan for $60 billion. But - The war in Ukraine heightened anxiety in Germany about the preparedness of its own armed forces, prompting Scholz days after the Russian invasion to announce what he called a “turning point” in military spending.
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Scholz days after the Russian invasion to announce what he called a “turning point” in talking up military spending rather than doing anything.
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