Hi there, !
Today Fri 01/05/2024 Thu 01/04/2024 Wed 01/03/2024 Tue 01/02/2024 Mon 01/01/2024 Sun 12/31/2023 Sat 12/30/2023 Archives
Rantburg
534800 articles and 1865127 comments are archived on Rantburg.

Today: 64 articles and 208 comments as of 1:07.
Post a news link    Post your own article   
Area: WoT Operations    WoT Background    Non-WoT    Opinion    Politix   
Sky News: US and Houthi ships clash in the Red Sea
Today's Headlines
Headline Comments [Views]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
0 [16] 
1 12:21 Abu Uluque [15] 
4 13:15 M. Murcek [23] 
0 [17] 
0 [17] 
6 17:50 SteveS [18] 
3 11:15 badanov [18] 
1 17:09 lord garth [17] 
Page 1: WoT Operations
2 13:12 M. Murcek [32]
4 20:19 Super Hose [35]
4 13:30 lord garth [41]
0 [37]
0 [45]
8 13:51 NoMoreBS [36]
2 20:17 Super Hose [41]
0 [29]
0 [24]
0 [28]
1 09:29 badanov [20]
1 09:40 Chris [30]
0 [38]
3 22:32 trailing wife [24]
0 [37]
5 20:09 Super Hose [49]
Page 2: WoT Background
12 20:15 Super Hose [32]
0 [32]
6 22:42 trailing wife [29]
1 15:25 Gromble Dribble4342 [23]
3 23:59 George Spens5543 [24]
1 03:36 Grom the Reflective [18]
2 22:41 trailing wife [24]
0 [25]
0 [25]
0 [22]
8 15:00 Skidmark [24]
2 09:45 Frank G [23]
3 13:05 Deacon Blues [31]
1 06:03 Super Hose [30]
2 16:28 irish rage boy [18]
0 [29]
2 06:40 Super Hose [30]
1 06:39 Super Hose [28]
1 05:58 Super Hose [25]
3 16:31 irish rage boy [35]
Page 3: Non-WoT
4 22:24 trailing wife [33]
4 20:43 Thuse Elmeamble1630 [31]
4 18:34 Frank G [27]
4 09:39 Frank G [22]
3 14:17 NoMoreBS [26]
4 09:32 Skidmark [17]
1 11:12 badanov [25]
3 09:38 Frank G [18]
7 15:06 Skidmark [28]
4 08:24 Skidmark [25]
Page 4: Opinion
1 12:25 mossomo [27]
5 15:36 Gromble Dribble4342 [18]
8 16:29 Bobby [26]
3 12:33 Frank G [23]
4 08:44 SteveS [27]
6 16:55 lord garth [18]
8 13:19 Deacon Blues [19]
9 14:25 NoMoreBS [22]
Page 6: Politix
16 19:01 Bobby [34]
17 23:34 badanov [32]
Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
14 oblasts of Ukraine were attacked by the Russian Federation during the day, summary of OVA
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] Khmelnytskyi, Lviv, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Chernihiv, Donetsk, Odesa, and Sumy were attacked.

In the Khmelnytskyi region, air defense forces neutralized six enemy UAVs of the Shahed type yesterday evening. As a result of the attack, a minor child received injuries in the form of open damage to the thoracic spine. She was hospitalized. There was also a fire in a private garage, which was promptly extinguished. Other data on the consequences are being clarified, according to the summary from OVA as of this morning.

In Lviv this night, due to a drone attack, the museum of Roman Shukhevych in Bilogorshchi was actually destroyed and the Lviv National University of Nature Management was seriously damaged. Previously, there were no victims or victims. The data is being verified.

There were several alarms in Vinnytsia , air defense was working. According to preliminary information, residential buildings (windows, facade, roof) were damaged as a result of falling debris. There are no casualties. The information is being clarified.

In Kirovohradsk yesterday afternoon, the enemy launched a rocket attack. Air defense forces worked. In the Kropyvnytskyi district, there was damage to a power line and an economic building. There were no casualties.

In Luhansk , the Rashists opened fire near Nevsky and Bilogorivka. Several times the Russians tried to storm Makiivka, but they were stopped. Aviation was used by the occupier in Serebryansk Forest. During the day, the enemy fired 146 rounds (541 shells).

In Kharkiv, about 15 settlements were hit by enemy artillery and mortar attacks, in particular: Veterinarne, Kozacha Lopan, Ogirtseve, Vovchansk, Budarky, Bologhivka, Dvorichna, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka, Berestovka. The enemy launched airstrikes in the Ivanivka area. As a result of enemy fire on Kozachoa Lopan, a private home was damaged. There are no victims. As a result of enemy shelling of the settlement of Ivashki, a gas pipeline was damaged, and two apartment buildings, where there is no energy and gas supply, were damaged. There are no victims or injured. Also yesterday, the occupiers attacked the territory of the enterprise in Chuguyev. The hangar was partially destroyed, the warehouse was damaged.

In Zaporizhzhia last day, invaders made 159 attacks on 25 towns and villages of the region. The occupiers attacked Zaporizhzhia, Robotyn, Mala Tokmachka, Charivne, Chervone, Malynyvka, Novodarivka, Novoandriivka, and Stepov with 32 drones, and fired 20 salvo missiles at Gulyaipol, Gulyaipil, Novodanilivka, Robotyny, Mala Tokmachka, Novodarivka, Levadny, Stepnohirsk, and Maly Shcherbaki , and also hit Novodanilivka with an aircraft projectile. 106 artillerymen came to the territory of Gulyaipol, Orikhov, Zaliznychny, Shcherbaki, Biloghirya, Levadny, Preobrazhenka, Verkhnaya Terasa, Pyatikhatok, Plavni, Kamianskyi, Lobkovo and other settlements on the line of fire. A 47-year-old resident of Stepnohirsk, as well as 39-, 60-, and 63-year-old residents of Gulyaipol were hit by artillery fire - all of them received the necessary medical assistance. 12 reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure facilities.

In Sumy at night, the Russians carried out nine shellings of border territories and settlements. 31 explosions were recorded. The communities of Myropil, Bilopol, Novoslobid, Seredino-Bud, Esman, Znob-Novgorod, and Sveska were shelled. Previously without consequences. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 29 shelling of border territories and settlements. 162 explosions were recorded. Khotinsk, Yunakivsk, Krasnopilsk, Bilopolsk, Velikopysarivsk, Putivlsk, Shalyginsk communities came under fire. As a result of the shelling of the Yunakiv community of the Sumy district, private households were destroyed.

In Dnipropetrovsk, there were 12 attacks by kamikaze drones and five artillery shells yesterday - in the Nikopol district. Three people were injured in Nikopol. A 60-year-old man with a mine-explosive injury and numerous shrapnel wounds was hospitalized. The condition is difficult. Spouses are among the victims. The patients are 60 and 61 years old. Will be treated at home. Three private houses, a gas station, a pharmacy, an office building, a car, a pair of minibuses, and a utility company were damaged. The gymnasium and 13 private houses were also damaged. Two garages, gas furnaces and electrical networks were broken. In the Pokrovska rural community, a power line was broken. More than half a thousand houses remained without electricity. They are currently healed. An agricultural company was mutilated in Myrivska hromada. It was loud in Kryvyi Rih as well. No dead or injured. Six "shaheeds" were destroyed by our defenders of the sky in the Dnipro, Synelnyk, Novomoskovsk and Kamian districts. In Dnipro, an enemy anti-aircraft missile targeted one of the enterprises. There was a fire there. Firefighters extinguished the fire within an hour.

There were four shellings (26 explosions) in Chernihivska during the day. The enemy shelled the Novgorod-Siverskyi and Koryukivskyi districts with artillery and mortars. No information was received about losses among the local population or damage to civil infrastructure. The data is being verified.

In Donetskia, the last days of the past were under fire: Umanske, Severny, Kurakhove, Avdiyivka, Bogoyavlenka, Pokrovsk, Novoukrainka, New York, Toretsk, Kostyantynivka. 28 residential buildings (two of which are multi-apartment buildings), premises of an agricultural company, four garages, an outbuilding, two gas pipelines, a boiler room, two premises of a hospital, an ambulance, three civilian vehicles, an office premises, premises of a boarding house, eight official police cars, power lines were damaged . In a day in Donetsk region: five wounded.

At night in the Mykolaiv district, as a result of a Shahed 131/136 UAV hit, a fire broke out at an infrastructure facility, which was promptly extinguished. There are no casualties. On the night of January 1, forces and means of air defense destroyed fourteen unmanned aerial vehicles of the Shahed 131/136 type. Yesterday afternoon, enemy artillery shelled Dniprovskyi of the Kutsurub community. As a result, a private house was damaged. There are no casualties. Also, yesterday during the day and this morning, artillery shelling was recorded in the Solonchaks of the Kutsurub community. There are no casualties.

As a result of the Russian terrorist attack, residential buildings in Odesa were hit by drones directly and by shrapnel . Nine people were injured. One of them died, three were injured. All others received medical attention on the spot. Rescuers localized the fire. Operational assistance is provided on the ground, all relevant services are working.

The enemy fired 123 shots (565 shells) at Khersonsk during the day, of which 20 shots (92 shells) were fired at Kherson. Yesterday morning, the occupiers attacked Kherson. Seven people were injured. A 32-year-old man and a 51-year-old woman received moderate injuries as a result of the shelling by the Russian occupiers of Sadovoi. In the afternoon, the enemy struck Kherson again. At that time, there were children near the store. One child died. As a result of the enemy strike, two Kherson ships were also damaged. A 32-year-old woman was hospitalized with a mine-explosive injury. A 65-year-old city woman has a shrapnel wound in her back. The injured are being treated at the hospital. In the evening – rocket fire (unspecified type) on the territory of the former agricultural enterprise in the village of Virivka, Beryslav district. There was no information about the victims. At night, the occupiers struck Kherson again. A 41-year-old man was seriously injured (found under the rubble of the house). Doctors provide assistance to the victim. This morning, a 57-year-old woman from Kherson was injured as a result of shelling. The victim was taken to the hospital. In total, one child died during the day due to Russian aggression, 14 people were injured, one of them was a child.

Yesterday, the Russian invaders once again attacked Ukraine , using 96 unmanned aerial vehicles of the "Shahed-136/131" type. Today, the invaders launched another air strike, using 26 attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type.

Posted by: badanov || 01/02/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under:


Russian attacks mainly concentrated in the Kupyan, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Zaporizhia directions
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] At the same time, it seeks to knock out the defenders from occupied positions on the left bank of the Kherson region.

by Iryna Lysohor


The Russians continue to attack military and civilian targets in Ukraine. The probability of launching missile and air strikes across Ukraine remains high.

During the week, the Russians launched almost 200 missile and more than 450 air strikes, launched about 450 attacks from rocket salvo systems on military positions and infrastructure facilities. The Russians continue to focus their main efforts on the Kupyan, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Zaporizhzhya directions, the spokesman of the General Staff, Dmytro Lykhova, said on the air of the telethon.

"The enemy is trying to push our troops out of their positions, but they are getting a decent rebuff," he said.

There were more than 400 combat clashes during the week.

In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy is holding groups of troops in the border areas in order to bind our units and prevent them from being transferred to the areas of active hostilities. Continues shelling from Russian territory and sabotage activities in violation of the border, uses drones for reconnaissance and attacks.

In the Kupyan direction, the enemy continues offensive actions in the areas of Sinkivka settlements, northeast of Petropavlivka, east of Ivanivka of the Kharkiv region. In these directions, Ukrainian soldiers repelled more than 60 attacks.

On Lymanskyi, the occupiers carried out assaults in the areas of Makiivka and Serebryansk Forestry of Luhansk Oblast, Vesely of Donetsk Oblast. The defenders repelled almost 50 attacks in a week.

On Bakhmutskyi, the enemy attacked in Bohdanivka, Klishchiivka, Andriivka districts of the Donetsk region, where the defenders stood in the way of 35 assault attempts.

On Avdiivka, the enemy continues offensive actions in the Avdiivka area. The enemy carried out about 200 attacks on the positions of the defenders in the areas east of Noovbakhmutivka, Stepovoy, Avdiivka, Severnoy, Pervomaisky, and Nevelsky of the Donetsk region.

In the Mariinsky direction, the enemy continued offensive actions in the area of ​​Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Pobieda, and Novomykhailivka. The defenders repelled more than 40 attacks.

In the Shakhtarsky direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful assaults in the areas of Urozhany and Staromayorsky.

In Zaporizhzhia, the enemy carried out more than 30 unsuccessful assaults south of Novodarivka, west of Verbovoy, Robotyny, and east of Kopany.

In the Kherson direction, the enemy's army concentrated its main efforts on conducting defense, improving mine barriers and ways of logistical support. It continues to carry out airstrikes and artillery fire on the positions of our troops and settlements in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions. The enemy is also trying to dislodge the defenders from their positions on the left bank, having launched more than 80 attacks there.

During the past day, 55 combat clashes took place . In total, the enemy launched 13 missile and 127 air strikes, fired 181 salvo rockets at the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population. Private residential and apartment buildings, other civil and industrial infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.

Posted by: badanov || 01/02/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Russian attacks mainly concentrated in the Kupyan, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiiv and Zaporizhia directions

You mean along the entire front.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 01/02/2024 12:21 Comments || Top||


Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: January 1, 2024
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.

[Korrespondent] 22:45 Ukraine’s main military goal in 2024 is “isolation of Crimea,” Zelensky said in an interview with The Economist. According to him, isolating Crimea and destroying Russia's military potential there is extremely important, "because this is a way to reduce the number of attacks from this region."

Zelensky also said that there is no alternative to increasing mobilization in Ukraine - “despite the fact that it is not popular in Ukraine.” “Mobilization is not only a matter of sending soldiers to the front. This concerns all of us. It is the mobilization of all efforts. This is the only way to protect our state and de-occupy our land,” the president explained.

In addition, he expressed confidence that the United States will still provide military assistance to Ukraine, but if this does not happen, there is a plan B: Kyiv will request licenses for the production of weapons of all types.

20:37 Norway has allowed the direct sale of weapons and defense products to Ukraine, the country's government reported. Norwegian companies will be allowed to export weapons to Ukrainian defense authorities after receiving special licenses. Norway now regularly provides military assistance to Ukraine from the government and through international cooperation mechanisms.

20:33 During the day, air defense destroyed nine out of ten Shahed-type attack UAVs with which Russia attacked from the northern direction, the Air Force command reported.

19:40 Canada will maintain assistance to Ukraine in 2024, both financial and military, Zelensky said following a telephone conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Ukrainian president thanked Trudeau for his willingness to help strengthen the protection of the Ukrainian sky, in particular, for the supply of additional NASAMS systems and missiles for them. The parties also agreed that Ukraine and Canada will in the near future intensify bilateral dialogue to conclude an agreement on security guarantees.

Zelensky also said that the fourth meeting of World Formula advisers will take place in mid-January in Davos.

19:26 The death toll as a result of an enemy drone strike on a residential building in the Shostkinsky district of the Sumy region has increased to two, another person was injured, the National Police reported.

19:20 In the Kiev region, air defense forces destroyed enemy drones, debris fell in several settlements in two regions. Damage to four private houses and cars is known, but no people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Ruslan Kravchenko.

19:11 The Russian army attacked Kamyshany, Kherson region, one person was wounded, the OVA reported. Another person was injured as a result of the shelling of Tokarevka.

18:47 The UK and other European countries are working on a mechanism that will guarantee assistance to Ukraine in the war with Russia without the participation of the United States - if Donald Trump becomes the new president, The Times writes, citing a senior official in the British government.

According to the publication, British ministers are trying to increase production capacity across the continent to send weapons and ammunition to Ukraine and contain Russia for at least another year, regardless of whether assistance from Washington continues. At the same time, British intelligence officials believe that Ukraine will not be able to win in 2024 because it has neither the manpower nor the weapons to break through on the battlefield.

17:50 In the Dniprovsky district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, air defense forces destroyed an X-59 guided aircraft missile, the Air Command reported.

17:36 The Russians attacked the Esman community of the Sumy region with drones. One drone hit a two-story apartment building. According to preliminary information, one person was killed, another is under the rubble, and the search and rescue operation continues, the prosecutor's office said.

17:29 Public accounts write that on New Year’s Eve the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked occupied Lysichansk. According to Russian telegram channels, Ukrainian forces launched a missile attack on the location of the Cossack volunteer detachment Kuban (BARS-16), which was based at the 94th school in Lisichansk.

15:14 The Russians fired at the village of Dvurechnaya, Kupyansky district, Kharkov region, one person was killed, the prosecutor’s office reported.

13:52 Putin said that Russia wants to end the war in Ukraine, but on its own terms. According to him, “Ukraine is not our enemy, but those who want to achieve strategic defeat are enemies.” Putin also called the shelling of Belgorod on December 30 a “terrorist attack” and said that the Russian Federation “can respond” to Ukraine, but Russia allegedly “hits military targets.”

13:25 The Russian army fired at a residential building in Veletensky, Belozersk community, Kherson region - one person was killed, one was wounded. Also, one person was injured as a result of shelling in the settlement of Novokairi, Milovsky community, the OVA reported. Over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling in the region, one child was killed, another 14 people were injured, including one child.

10:08 In Kiev, 28 people have already died as a result of the Russian missile attack on December 29, said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko.

09:44 In Odessa, a 15-year-old teenager died during a night attack by drones, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OVA. Seven more people were injured, three of them were hospitalized. Air defense forces destroyed 28 drones over the region, but there were also hits. In Odessa and its suburbs, at least three high-rise apartment buildings, three private houses, and outbuildings were damaged as a result of falling debris. As a result of the hit, a fire broke out in one of the port terminals, which was promptly extinguished.

09:39 On the evening of December 31, the Russians struck Pokrovsk, Donetsk region. According to preliminary data, the Russian army fired seven S-300 missiles at the city, the prosecutor's office reported. As a result of the attack, two people were injured, including a nine-year-old child. 16 private houses, a gas pipeline, civilian vehicles and an ambulance were damaged.

09:30 In Dnieper, during a night attack, an enemy UAV hit one of the enterprises - a fire broke out, which rescuers promptly put out, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak. In the Pyatikhatsky community of the Kamensky district, a drone caught on a power line, 1,500 families were left without electricity for some time. In addition, the Russians fired more than ten shells at Nikopol: a gymnasium, 13 private houses, gas pipelines and electrical networks were damaged. No people were hurt.

09:23 As a result of a strike on December 30, 2023, on military installations of the Russian Federation in Belgorod, senior lieutenant Mikhail Konopitsin, who was sent to the city in November to work as part of the military investigative department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, was eliminated, Ukrainian military intelligence reported. Before this, Konopitsyn fought against Ukraine as the commander of an anti-tank missile platoon.

09:18 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of January 1:

  • personnel - about 360,010 (+780) people,

  • tanks - 5983 (+6),

  • armored combat vehicles - 11,087 (+17),

  • artillery systems - 8482 (+18),

  • MLRS - 943 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 625 (+2),

  • aircraft - 329 (+0),

  • helicopters - 324 (+0),

  • UAV of operational-tactical level - 6657 (+66),

  • cruise missiles - 1709 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 23 (+0),

  • submarines - 1 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tank trucks - 11,330 (+38),

  • special equipment - 1277 (+9).

08:52 In the Nikolaev region this night, as a result of a Shahed UAV hit, a fire occurred at an infrastructure facility, which was promptly extinguished. No people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Vitaly Kim.

08:31 On New Year's Eve, air defense destroyed a record number of enemy Shahed attack UAVs - 87 out of 90 , the Air Force command reported. The drones attacked in waves from four directions: Cape Chauda, ​​Balaklava, Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk. The enemy also attacked with four S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles in the Kharkov region, three Kh-31P anti-radar missiles and one Kh-59 from the occupied territories of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. Air defense operated in almost all regions.

07:49 Over the past 24 hours, 55 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled four enemy attacks in the areas of Stepnoy, Avdeevka and another 14 attacks near Pervomaisky, Nevelsky, Donetsk region.

In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled 11 enemy attacks near Sinkovka and Petropavlovka, Kharkov region. In the Liman direction, the Russians carried out assault operations in the Makeevka area of ​​the Lugansk region. In the Bakhmut direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled ten enemy attacks near Bogdanovka and Andreevka, Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - four attacks in the Novomikhailovka area of ​​the Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - one attack near Urozhainy, Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - five attacks near Rabotino and south of Novodarovka, Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction, the enemy carried out 13 unsuccessful assault operations on the positions of the Defense Forces, which continue to expand the bridgehead.

07:26 The search and rescue operation continues in Kiev after the Russian missile attack on December 29. The death toll rose to 27, 30 people were injured. A Day of Mourning has been officially declared in the capital today, said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko.

06:58 At night, the Russians attacked the Lviv region with drones, said the head of the OVA, Maxim Kozitsky. In the Lviv microdistrict of Belogorshcha, as a result of falling debris, a fire started in the Roman Shukhevych Museum. According to preliminary information, no people were injured. Also, fragments of a drone fell in Dublyany, and the roof of the hostel caught fire.

Lvov Mayor Andrei Sadovyi said that the Shukhevych Museum was completely destroyed. He also noted that it was on the birthday of Stepan Bandera that the Russian army attacked two objects of national memory in Lviv: the university in Dublyany, where Bandera studied 100 years ago, as well as the Roman Shukhevych Museum in Belogorsch. “Symbolic and cynical. A war for our history,” added Sadovy.

03:59 The Russians attacked Odessa with attack drones, there were direct and fragmentation hits in residential buildings, fires started in different areas of the city, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OVA. One death and eight injuries are known, three of whom were hospitalized.

01:40 Donetsk public pages write about the attack on the Donbass Palace hotel in the city center. According to some reports, a “military correspondent” was killed and there were wounded journalists. The leader of the "DPR" Denis Pushilin announced four dead and 13 wounded.

Posted by: badanov || 01/02/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [23 views] Top|| File under:

#1  On December 19, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the mobilization of 500,000 new recruits... Ukrainians face prospect of extended conscription:

'One day or another, we'll all have to go'

#ToTheLastUkrainian
Posted by: mossomo || 01/02/2024 12:40 Comments || Top||

#2  Think of it as IQ test for Ukrainians
Posted by: Grom the reflective || 01/02/2024 12:49 Comments || Top||

#3  Zelensky also said that there is no alternative to increasing mobilization in Ukraine - “despite the fact that it is not popular in Ukraine.”

Yeah, and I don't want to hear any more shit about this war being for democracy.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 01/02/2024 13:09 Comments || Top||

#4  Dems have a similar problem - "We've raised taxes to 122% but there's still no more coming in..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/02/2024 13:15 Comments || Top||


Russian Perspective: Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (1 January 2024)
Direct Translation Via Google Translate. Edited.

Article Linked To Is Available Only Via VPN

[EngMilRu] On 31 December 2023, the Russian Armed Forces launched a strike by high-precision long-range air-based weapons at airfield infrastructure, where the Kiev regime is storing aircraft equipped with Storm Shadow cruise missiles. The goal of the strike has been achieved. All the targets have been engaged.

In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by ground-attack aircraft, helicopters, and artillery inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 14th, 21st, and 92nd Mechanised brigades near Timkovka, Terni (Kharkov region), and Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic). The AFU losses amounted to more than 40 Ukrainian troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, two armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles.

In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware clusters of the AFU 67th Mechanised Brigade and 100th Territorial Defence Brigade near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic) and Serebryansky forestry. The AFU losses amounted to up to 200 Ukrainian troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer.

In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by operational-tactical aviation and artillery inflicted losses on AFU manpower and hardware near Belogorovka, Kleshcheyevka, and Andreyevka (Donetsk People's Republic). The AFU losses amounted to more than 260 Ukrainian troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, and four pickup trucks.

In the course of counterbattery warfare, three Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery systems and one AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar station were neutralised.

In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery inflicted losses on AFU manpower and hardware near Novomikhailovka, Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region).

One AFU sabotage and reconnaissance group was eliminated near Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic). The AFU losses over the past 24 hours in this direction amounted to up to 110 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, three armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.

In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces successfully delivered strikes at strongholds of the AFU 65th, 118th mechanised brigades, 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, and 82nd Air Assault Brigade close to Rabotino and Novodanilovka (Zaporozhye region). The AFU losses in this direction amounted to more than 40 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, and one 152mm Msta-B howitzer.

In Kherson direction, as a result of the Dnepr Group of Forces cohesive actions and systemic strikes,the AFU losses amounted to more than 35 Ukrainian troops and five motor vehicles. In addition, in the course of counter-battery warfare, one U.S.-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, two U.S.-made M777 artillery systems, two 152mm Msta-B howitzers, and one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system were eliminated.

Missile Troops and Artillery, attack unmanned aerial vehicles of the Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation wiped out one unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturing facility near Chuguev (Kharkov region), four POL depots for AFU hardware near Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, and Konstantinovka (Nikolaev region), 94 AFU field artillery units at firing positions, as well as engaged manpower and hardware in 128 areas during the day.

Air defence units shot down one Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Forces near Velikoaleksandrovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).

16 HIMARS MLRS and six Uragan MLRS projectiles have been intercepted during the day.

Moreover, 46 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down close to Grakovo (Kharkov region), Zaliman, Novoselovskoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Volnovakha, Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Staraya Zburyevka and Vasilieyvka (Kherson region).

In total, 565 airplanes and 263 helicopters, 10,318 unmanned aerial vehicles, 445 air defence missile systems, 14,423 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,194 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,589 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 16,925 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

Posted by: badanov || 01/02/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under:


Current information on the situation on the front line: January 1 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 20:00 New Year's hunt: military commissars invaded to a ski resort in Transcarpathia

18:41 Mobilization measures are being strengthened in the Chernivtsi region of Ukraine

This follows from the decisions of the Regional Defense Council, which were signed by Governor Roman Zaparanyuk. The document itself was published by local publics.

The solution provides:

-- deployment throughout the region of “notification sites” (that is, apparently, issuing summonses) and mobile checkpoints;
-- control over those who get a job and leave it;
-- control over the timing of medical examinations in order to avoid delays;
-- instructions to mayors and village heads to prevent leakage of information about events planned by the TCC.

18:40 Explosions occurred in Dnepropetrovsk amid an air raid raid - Ukrainian media

17:37 More explosions in the suburbs of Kyiv

17:36 Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to hide armored vehicles among the houses of civilians in the hope that it will help them

17:05 Explosions occurred in the Kyiv region. Local media report on the work of air defense.

16:02 Reporting from Avdeevsky direction Front bird:

The morning began surprisingly calmer than usual. Aerial reconnaissance was carried out on both sides. Closer to lunch we worked on the enemy's defensive positions with 82mm. mortars.

16:01 Ukrainian volunteer instructs how to surrender correctly

A Ukrainian volunteer who returned from Donetsk is indignant that the stolen Ministry of Defense is supplying kerchiefs, pins and sticks to the front lines instead of medical tourniquets. The volunteer showed what this set is best suited for.

15:59 In Ukraine, an air raid alert was announced throughout the country for the second time in a day.

14:21 On December 31, the Russian Armed Forces launched a strike with high-precision long-range airborne weapons on the infrastructure of airfields where aircraft carrying Storm Shadow cruise missiles were based, all objects were hit - Ministry of Defense

12:37 Crews of Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forcesstruckmanpower and lightly armored vehicles in the Krasnolimansk direction

The strike was carried out by unguided S-8 aircraft missiles. The forward air gunner reported that all specified targets were successfully hit.

12:29 In the Khar'kov region, they want to mobilize 62 thousand residents in the near future

The plan is to recruit 30,000 in the city, 32 thousand in the region. Incoming information that at the end of December the military registration and enlistment offices were given carte blanche to capture the mobilization resource.

11:51 Statement by the head of the press center of the “West” group

Units of the West group of forces continue to carry out operational missions in the Kupyansk direction.

In the defense zone of the 6th combined arms army, motorized rifle formations, supported by army aviation and artillery fire, repelled four counterattacks by assault groups of 30 and 115 Mechanized brigades in the Sin'kovka area. The enemy was forced to retreat in a southwestern direction.

The personnel of the 1st Operational Brigade of the National Guard were defeated in the Stelmakhovka area.

In addition, a reconnaissance group of a special purpose brigade using Lancet loitering ammunition destroyed a Leopard-2 tank in the Terna area.

During the counter-battery fight, the crew of the 152mm towed gun 2A36 "Gyacinth-B" under the command of the gun commander, junior sergeant Alexander Izotov, destroyed two 155mm towed howitzers M777 of American production in the area of the populated area. Monachinovka.

In addition, enemy losses amounted to up to 120 military personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles, and two vehicles. The fuel warehouse of the 74 fuel and lubricants supply center on the north-eastern outskirts of Kharkov was destroyed.


11:49 Ukrenergo reports damage to a power plant in eastern Ukraine

“Yesterday, a thermal power plant in the eastern region was shelled again, there is damage,” the company’s TG channel says.

10:38 Su-34 reset UMPC FAB-1500 M54 at the position of Ukrainian militants in the Kherson direction

An epic explosion illuminated the Ukrainian Armed Forces' support forces along the entire coast.

10:37 An air raid alert has been declared in the eastern regions of Ukraine - media

10:36 A fire occurred at an infrastructure facility in the Mykolaiv region in southern Ukraine, the head of the regional military administration, Vitaly Kim, said on the Telegram channel.

09:41 A fire occurred at an enterprise in the city of Dnepropetrovsk in Ukraine due to explosions, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk regional military administration Sergei Lysak in the Telegram channel.

09:40 After the explosions in Odessa, a port infrastructure facility caught fire, Natalia Gumenyuk, head of the joint coordination press center of the Ukrainian Defense Forces “South”, said on air at the all-Ukrainian telethon.

“The port infrastructure was again under threat <...> One of the facilities at the port infrastructure was hit and there was a fire,” she said, without giving details.

According to Ukrainian media, explosions occurred in Odessa at night.

09:00 Frontline report as of the morning of January 1, 2024 from military officer Lisitsyn:

-- In the Kherson direction, another group of Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed. The Kiev command stubbornly continues to send new suicide bombers to this area, but not everyone manages to cross the Dnieper - Russian intelligence and artillery are monitoring the enemy’s movements, and the bodies of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are regularly sent to the bottom of the river.

-- In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian army advanced west of Verbovoy, and also returned most of the abandoned positions east of Novoprokopovka. Our progress is largely due to the fact that Ukrainian reserves left Zaporozhye for other directions

-- In the Donetsk direction, despite the use of TOS, aviation and artillery, the enemy stubbornly holds Novomikhailovka, regardless of the losses among personnel.

-- In the Avdievka direction, the Russian army continues to advance east of Avdievka in the area of treatment facilities and at the coke plant. Our artillerymen are sending a large number of rounds at the Ukrainian positions at the enterprise. Also the night before, Russian intelligence officers destroyed a special group of NATO mercenaries near Avdievka.

-- In the Artemovsk direction, good news came from the Bogdanovka area. Here our guys occupied several positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the western outskirts of the village. The enemy hastily retreats, most of the village is behind our army. Let me note that Chasov Yar is located right behind Bogdanovka and most likely, battles for this city will begin in the near future.

-- In the Kremen direction west of Dibrova, Russian troops successfully attacked the enemy using armored vehicles.

Posted by: badanov || 01/02/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under:


Putin congratulates Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper on its 100th anniversary
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the staff and veterans of the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper on the 100th anniversary of the publication of the first issue. The corresponding telegram from the Russian leader was published on the Kremlin website.

“This impressive anniversary is a big, significant date for the employees and veterans of the publication, for all Russian media,” the message says.

The President of Russia noted that the history of the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper is connected with the military chronicle of the Russian Armed Forces by strong and unbreakable ties.

“Remaining at the center of the most important events, she always defended the enduring ideals of patriotism and citizenship, and was open to new meaningful projects and talented authors - famous writers and poets, true masters of reportage and journalism,” the head of state noted.

He emphasized that the courage, heroism and courage of the newspaper’s war correspondents, who honorably fulfilled their professional duty on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, deserve the deepest recognition.

“The current staff of the newspaper worthily continues the wonderful traditions of its predecessors,” Putin specified, adding that currently the main priority area of ​​the publication’s work is objective and timely information about the special operation and the restoration of peaceful life in Novorossia and Donbass.

The Russian leader wished the newspaper's staff and veteran success, also congratulating them on the New Year.

As Regnum reported , Russian President Vladimir Putin noted in his New Year's address that Russia has to create the future. He emphasized that in 2023, Russian citizens worked hard and did a lot. Putin added that the main thing that united and unites the citizens of the Russian Federation is the fate of the Fatherland. A deep understanding of the highest significance of the historical stage through which Russia is passing, the large-scale goals that society faces, and the colossal responsibility for the Motherland that each of us feels, the president clarified. Putin noted that working for the common good has united society.

The Russian leader addressed those at the combat post, saying that Russia has repeatedly proven that it can solve the most difficult problems and never retreats, because there is no force that can divide the inhabitants of the country, make them forget the memory and faith of their fathers , stop the development of the state.

Posted by: badanov || 01/02/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [18 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Never read it but I'm assuming it's kinda like the Russian New York Times.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 01/02/2024 12:32 Comments || Top||

#2  #1 Never read it but I'm assuming it's kinda like the Russian New York Times.

Krasnaya Zvezda was originally the Red Army newspaper.

RT would be a better analog to the NY Times.
Posted by: badanov || 01/02/2024 12:36 Comments || Top||

#3  From time to time, Krasnaya Zvezda also publishes some worthy historical articles from WWI, the Russian Civil War and the Great Fatherland War (WWII). Those are occasionally featured here in Rantburg.
Posted by: badanov || 01/02/2024 12:40 Comments || Top||

#4  Up to very recently, MSM always referred to this publication as "Red Star"
Posted by: Gromble Dribble4342 || 01/02/2024 15:49 Comments || Top||

#5  #4 Up to very recently, MSM always referred to this publication as "Red Star"

Krasnaya Zvezda means Red Star in English.
Posted by: badanov || 01/02/2024 16:04 Comments || Top||

#6  ^ Coincidence? I think not.
Posted by: SteveS || 01/02/2024 17:50 Comments || Top||


Forecaster Pozdnyakova: in Moscow on January 3–4 the temperature will drop to minus 25 degrees
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

About ~ 12 F.

Winter. Russia is famous for it, I understand.
Da! I saw Dr. Zhivago
[Regnum] Frosts are expected in the Moscow region throughout the first week of January, with temperatures dropping to minus 25 degrees. This was announced on January 1 by Tatyana Pozdnyakova , chief specialist of the Moscow Meteorological Bureau .

She explained that the region remains under the influence of the ultrapolar invasion. In general, no precipitation is expected on January 2 and 3. At night on January 3 and 4 the temperature will drop to -22... -27 degrees.

“In Moscow it’s about -23... -25, although on the outskirts it may be lower,” Pozdnyakova told RIA Novosti .

On the day of January 4 it will be –21… –23 degrees, which is 14–15 degrees below the climate norm. In the first five days of January, this happens extremely rarely, the forecaster added.

Then, according to her, it will become a little warmer due to a cyclone passing through the southern part of the region. This means that on January 5 and 6 the frosts will remain, but will be less severe. During the daytime it is expected to be -15... -20 degrees.

As Regnum reported, on January 1, an orange level of weather danger was declared in Moscow and the Moscow region due to severe frosts . The warning will be in effect until the morning of January 5, the average daily temperature is expected to be 7–12 °C below the climate norm. In addition, until the morning of January 3, a yellow weather alert level is in effect in the capital region due to severe icy conditions on roads and sidewalks.

Posted by: badanov || 01/02/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [18 views] Top|| File under:

#1  average for this time of year in Moscow is about

-6C for max
-11C for min
Posted by: lord garth || 01/02/2024 9:24 Comments || Top||

#2  It drops to -15F once or twice a winter here. We joke and call it skinny dippin' weather.
Posted by: DarthVader || 01/02/2024 9:54 Comments || Top||

#3 
Posted by: badanov || 01/02/2024 11:15 Comments || Top||


Putin on the terrorist attack in Belgorod
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.

[ColonelCassad] 1. Ukraine is not our enemy, but those who want to achieve strategic defeat are enemies.

2. The situation on the battlefield is changing, the enemy is blown away.

3. From time immemorial, the West has set the task of dealing with Russia, but we, it seems, will deal with them faster.

4. We also want to end the conflict, but only on our terms

5. What happened in Belgorod is a terrorist attack. Of course, we can hit squares in Kyiv and in any other city, I understand, everything is boiling with me, but what, do we need to hit civilians? No, we are hitting military targets, that’s what we will do

6. They want to intimidate us and create uncertainty within the country, we will increase our strikes, not a single crime against the civilian population will go unpunished!

7. Despite the fact that the Russian Federation is in a state of armed conflict, all indicators of Russia’s efficiency have increased.

8. Ukraine itself is completely destroyed; Ukraine exists only on handouts, they travel around countries with an outstretched hand

9. Practically, the strategic initiative is in our hands today.

10. Russia does not want to fight endlessly, but it will not give up its positions, “this will not happen.”

More from RIA Novosti
Putin threatened the Ukrainian Armed Forces with new strikes after the terrorist attack in Belgorod

President Vladimir Putin visited the Vishnevsky military hospital and talked with military personnel who took part in a special military operation.

In a conversation with the fighters, he raised the topic of the terrorist attack of the Kiev regime on Belgorod . The head of state called this a targeted attack on the civilian population.
“What just happened in Belgorod is, of course, a terrorist act. Why - because under the cover of two Vilkha missiles <...> they fired from multiple launch rocket systems <...> right in the center of the city, where people are walking in front of the New year," he said.

According to Putin, this attack cannot be called anything other than a terrorist attack.

“Should we respond in this way? Of course, we can hit squares in Kyiv or any other city. Denis, there are children walking, mothers with strollers. I understand, everything is boiling inside me. I want to ask you: we need should I do this - hit the squares? - the Supreme Commander-in-Chief addressed the military man who raised this topic.

He replied that he did not mean civilians, but was talking about attacks on military targets.

“And that’s what we do. We strike with high-precision weapons at places where decisions are made, at places where military personnel, mercenaries gather, at other centers of this kind, at military facilities, first of all. And they are quite sensitive, these strikes,” the president noted.

He added that with such attacks the Kiev regime is trying to intimidate Russia and create some kind of uncertainty among citizens.

“We, for our part, will increase the strikes that I mentioned. Not a single crime of this kind - and this is, of course, a crime against the civilian population - will go unpunished, one hundred percent, there can be no doubt,” Putin assured.

One of the servicemen asked how the head of state felt about the assistance that Western countries were providing to Ukraine .
“The point is not that they help our enemy, but they are our enemy. They solve their own problems with their hands, that’s what it’s all about,” the president replied.

The explosions occurred around 15:00, after which black smoke appeared in the sky over the city.

He emphasized that Ukraine itself is not an enemy for Russia, but the enemies are those who want to destroy Russian statehood and want to achieve its strategic defeat on the battlefield. Moreover, Western elites have been openly talking for many years about dividing our country into five parts, Putin pointed out.

“That’s why they nurtured the so-called Kiev regime for quite a long time. It was precisely in order to create this conflict.

Unfortunately for us, they achieved this, they created this conflict and are trying to solve their problem with the help of Ukrainians, namely the task of fighting Russia.”

But the situation on the battlefield, according to the head of state, is gradually changing, and the enemy army is being blown away. He drew attention to the shortage of ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine - Ukraine spends much more of it than the United States and its allies can produce.

“And we are increasing and will continue to increase, and in multiples. They were supplied with more than 400 tanks - 450 or whatever it is - and in a year we will produce and overhaul 1,600. This is not a state secret, in fact, there will probably be more. And this is true for almost every position. Therefore, despite the fact that from time immemorial they have set such a task - to deal with Russia, we ourselves will deal with them faster, it seems," the Supreme Commander-in-Chief said.

He called the main thing the consolidation of Russian society, which has an understanding of how important the task that the armed forces are now solving is. In addition, the rhetoric of the West is gradually changing, they are already talking about how to quickly end the conflict. Russia also wants to complete it, but only on its own terms, Putin said.

Answering the question of how he assessed the progress of the special operation, the president noted that Russian troops are becoming as capable and as ready to use modern means of armed warfare as no other army in the world is ready for this.

“Firstly, we have weapons that no army in the world has. And secondly, the ability to use everything that appears. Thirdly, what appears appears quickly enough.”

He admitted that the troops still have a shortage of modern weapons, drones, and means of suppressing enemy drones, but everything that appears appears quite quickly.

According to the head of state, now the effectiveness of armed struggle is determined by how quickly the army can navigate what is most important at a particular moment in time, respond to it from a production point of view and implement it as quickly as possible during combat operations.

“We are doing this better and better, and probably better than anywhere else. And this is a very huge advantage that our armed forces have,” Putin added.

He recalled that the high command tries not to give high marks, so he assessed the progress of the special operation as satisfactory.

Posted by: badanov || 01/02/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Ukraine says it had many UAVs in the vicinity and attributes the damage to Russian anti aircraft munitions.
Posted by: lord garth || 01/02/2024 17:09 Comments || Top||



Who's in the News
28[untagged]
13Hamas
4Houthis
3Govt of Iran
2Govt of Pakistan
2Sublime Porte
2Commies
1Migrants/Illegal Immigrants
1Mob Rule
1Palestinian Islamic Jihad
1Southern Transitional Council
1Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
1Govt of Iran Proxies
1[untagged]
1Govt of Sudan
1Hezbollah
1Jamaat-e-Ulema Islami

Bookmark
E-Mail Me

The Classics
The O Club
Rantburg Store
The Bloids
The Never-ending Story
Thugburg
Gulf War I
The Way We Were
Bio

Merry-Go-Blog











On Sale now!


A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.

Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.

Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has dominated Mexico for six years.
Click here for more information

Meet the Mods
In no particular order...
Steve White
Seafarious
tu3031
badanov
sherry
ryuge
GolfBravoUSMC
Bright Pebbles
trailing wife
Gloria
Fred
Besoeker
Glenmore
Frank G
3dc
Skidmark

Two weeks of WOT
Tue 2024-01-02
  Sky News: US and Houthi ships clash in the Red Sea
Mon 2024-01-01
  Israel said set to replace all Palestinian workers with tens of thousands of foreigners
Sun 2023-12-31
  Israeli forces push deeper into central and southern Gaza amid airstrikes
Sat 2023-12-30
  Attack in Syria maybe kills 11 senior Iranian military officers, injures top advisor to Damascus
Fri 2023-12-29
  Khan Younis hospital operating without 80% of staff
Thu 2023-12-28
  'Impossible to walk inside the hospital without stepping over patients': WHO
Wed 2023-12-27
  US troops hit three Kataib Hezbollah targets in Iraq
Tue 2023-12-26
  Hamas rejects two-state solution
Mon 2023-12-25
  Merry Christmas!
Sun 2023-12-24
  Safieddine: We're the ones who decide the fate of the South
Sat 2023-12-23
  IDF has reported the first confirmed case of a Hamas suicide bomber in Gaza
Fri 2023-12-22
  Israel orders evacuation of UNRWA facilities
Thu 2023-12-21
  IDF uncovers Hamas 'nerve center' below opulent Gaza neighborhood
Wed 2023-12-20
  60 anti-Israel protesters arrested inside the Capitol Rotunda
Tue 2023-12-19
  Massive explosion at Iran's aviation and space force headquarters in Tehran


Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
3.145.157.244
Help keep the Burg running! Paypal:
WoT Operations (16)    WoT Background (20)    Non-WoT (10)    Opinion (8)    Politix (2)