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[LB] During the day, the defenders repelled more than 30 attacks
Also, more than three dozen attacks of the Defense Forces were repulsed on Avdiivske.
by Iryna Lysohor
In the Avdiivka direction, the defenders continue to restrain the enemy, who does not stop trying to surround Avdiivka . During the day, they repelled 18 attacks by the occupiers in the districts of Novobakhmutivka, Stepovoy, Avdiyivka, and another 16 attacks in the districts of Severnoy, Pervomaisky, and Nevelsky.
In the Mariinsky direction, units of the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Pobyeda and Novomykhailivka, where they repelled 12 attacks. The spokesman of the General Staff, Andriy Kovalev, announced this on the air of the telethon.
"On the Kherson direction, Ukrainian soldiers will continue measures to expand the bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region," he said.
The defenders continue to inflict losses on the occupiers, but they do not back down from their attempts to push them back.
"Despite significant losses, the Russian occupiers do not stop trying to knock our units out of their positions," the spokesman said.
During the day, the Russians carried out one unsuccessful assault on the positions of our troops in this direction.
"In the direction of Zaporizhzhia , the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled three enemy attacks west of Verbovoy and Robotyny of Zaporizhzhia region," Kovalev added.
Two attacks by Russians in the Sinkivka district of the Kharkiv region were repulsed on Kupianskyi . On Lymansky, 13 attacks were repelled in the Terniv, Yampolivka, Torsky district of the Donetsk region and another 19 attacks in the Serebryansk forestry region, Belogorivka of the Luhansk region and Hryhorivka, Verkhnyokamyansk of the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses.
"In the direction of Bakhmut, our soldiers repelled seven enemy attacks in the Ivanivskyi, Klishchiivka and Andriivka districts," the spokesman added.
During the day, a total of 94 combat clashes took place, the enemy launched missile and 68 air strikes, carried out 78 attacks from rocket salvo systems.
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[Korrespondent] 22:59 The Russians struck the center of Kharkov with two S-300 missiles, damaging multi-storey buildings, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. At this moment, 16 victims are known, two in serious condition.
22:01 Stoltenberg said that the situation in Ukraine is turning into a war of attrition: “This means that now we not only need to deploy new systems, but also think about having a sufficient amount of ammunition, a sufficient number of spare parts.”
21:56 MEPs will consider a resolution to deprive Hungary of its voting rights in the EU Council on Thursday, January 18, writes Euractiv. The draft resolution calls for the process of depriving Hungary of its voting rights to begin, as well as an investigation into the legality of the European Commission's decision to unfreeze 10 billion euros for Budapest in December 2023.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said that in order to deprive Hungary of its voting rights in the EU, the consent of all member countries is necessary, and the current government of Slovakia will never agree to this.
21:29 Zaluzhny said that on the eve of the meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council in a military format at the level of commanders-in-chief and chiefs of general staff, he had a telephone conversation with the chairman of the NATO Military Committee Rob Bauer: “We exchanged views on the tactics and strategy of Ukraine and the Alliance in the context of a large-scale Russian invasion. "He emphasized that in a war of such intensity and scale, technology plays an important role. We discussed the prospects and possibilities of combining the technological efforts of Ukraine and NATO to achieve victory." The meeting will take place on Wednesday, January 17. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will join him via videoconference.
21:25 In the village of New York, Bakhmut district, Donetsk region, after yesterday’s Russian strike, which destroyed the entrance to one of the multi-storey buildings, five people may still be under the rubble, the State Emergency Service reported. Search and rescue efforts had to be suspended because an aerial bomb hit a courtyard between high-rise buildings and did not explode. All residents from the surrounding area were evacuated; work will resume after the situation has stabilized.
20:41 Almost 20 countries have joined the Latvian coalition of drones for Ukraine, said Latvian Defense Minister Andris Spruds.
20:23 Air defense destroyed a Russian X-59 guided missile in the Kropyvnytskyi district of the Kirovograd region. An agricultural warehouse and nearby households in one of the communities were damaged by debris, but no people were injured, said Andrei Raikovich, head of the OVA.
20:14 The next meeting in the Ramstein format will take place in a virtual format next Tuesday, January 23, the US Department of Defense reported. Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin held a telephone conversation today with his Ukrainian counterpart Rustem Umerov to discuss the situation at the front ahead of the meeting.
19:21 The European Union has begun technical work on the implementation of proposals for the use of frozen Russian assets in the interests of Ukraine, Belgian Finance Minister Vincent Van Petteghem said. According to him, the EU Financial Council focused on two key issues - macro-financial support for Ukraine and frozen assets of the Russian Federation, which can be used in the interests of Ukraine. He also said that the European Union is already completing work on the so-called Ukrainian fund, which will help extend financial support for Kyiv.
18:37 Today the Russian army tried to break through the positions of the Defense Forces south of the village of Veseloye and enter Avdeevka. The enemy attacked with a column of armored vehicles of more than ten units. The Ukrainian military says that Putin personally gave the task of capturing the city in the near future. About what the current situation is near the city - in the material Russia made a breakthrough in Avdeevka.
18:19 There are currently no signs that Putin is planning peace talks. The only thing that can convince him of this is the very high cost of continuing hostilities, Stoltenberg said during a panel discussion at the forum in Davos: “There is no sign that Putin is planning peace now, but he will do it when he understands that we will not give up, that We have the military power to support Ukraine." According to the NATO Secretary General, “the more reliable we are in our military support for Ukraine, the greater the likelihood that diplomats will succeed.”
17:40 Putin called the Ukrainian authorities “morons” and said that if they had not abandoned the peace agreements agreed upon in Istanbul, the war would have already ended: “Ukraine then abandoned the agreements with Russia. Assholes, everything would have ended long ago.”
17:32 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico called the allocation of 50 billion euros from the EU budget to Ukraine “useless,” since this allegedly “will only lead to new victims,” and Russia will still retain control over Donbass and Crimea.
17:23 Zelensky is convinced that the EU and the United States will approve the allocation of funds to Ukraine: “I think it’s a matter of weeks. I have positive signals that Europe supports us, specifically in the countries of the European Union. And I’m also sure that the issue of assistance in Congress."
16:36 Orban said that Hungary proposes to finance Ukraine “without harm” to the EU budget and without a common loan, and is ready to pay its share from its own budget.
15:51 Zelensky, in his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, accused the West of playing into Russia’s hands with its desire to “not escalate the situation”: “We constantly heard that there is no need to allow escalation, and it took us a lot of time "Because of this, we have lost a lot of our experienced fighters who have been fighting since 2014."
15:48 Zelensky said that he met with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and agreed to begin screening Ukrainian legislation - this is the next step towards opening negotiations on Ukraine’s membership in the EU.
15:26 The damage to the Zaporozhye NPP due to the occupation reached 30 billion hryvnia, and the lost benefit of Energoatom was over 167 billion hryvnia, said the head of the state-owned enterprise Petr Kotin.
15:04 The Verkhovna Rada generally supported the bill on the creation of a unified electronic register of those liable for military service and the automatic receipt of a combat participant’s certificate.
14:42 The West should not stop providing Ukraine with weapons and money if it wants Kiev to succeed in the war against Russia, said the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at the Davos Forum. “Ukraine can win this war. But we must continue to support their resistance,” she stressed, adding that Ukrainians need predictable funding through 2024 and beyond.
14:37 Zelensky said that he had a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and discussed further defense cooperation. “Air defense and long-range capabilities are especially important for our state,” the president emphasized.
14:33 Israel took part in the discussion of the Peace Formula for the first time at a meeting in Davos on January 14, said the Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky. According to him, at the fourth meeting of advisers, Israel was represented by the deputy head of the National Security Council.
14:28 There are fewer and fewer ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the bays of Sevastopol, said OSINT researcher MT Anderson and showed the corresponding satellite images. “Photo from January 15, 2024. Each time you can see less and less. The pier looks empty after the Alrosa Project 877 B submarine came here last week,” the analyst noted. He added that the frigate berth is also almost empty: only a few ships of the Krivak, Alexandrit and Grisha classes are docked here.
13:59 The government has allocated 792 million hryvnia from the state budget reserve fund to strengthen defense capabilities, Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal said. According to him, these additional funds are distributed by military units “for the most urgent needs” - the purchase of ammunition, thermal imagers, and drones. We are talking about additional funding for each team, proportional to the personal income tax paid in December.
13:35 The Russians shelled Tyaginka, Kherson region, two people were injured, the OVA reported. Another person was wounded as a result of enemy shelling of a residential building in Belozerka. Over the previous 24 hours, two people were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
13:12 The main part of the production of the Bulgarian military-industrial complex, which works “almost 24/7,” goes to Ukraine, said Defense Minister Todor Tagarev.
12:34 There are problems with logistics on the left bank of the Kherson region, but the Defense Forces continue to hold their positions, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of the Southern Defense Forces. According to her, the Russians there lose up to 50-70% of their personnel and equipment after each assault. “Today Krynki can hardly be called a populated area. However, this is our point of indestructibility and the arrangement and expansion of the bridgehead. The enemy over the past 24 hours decided on only one assault, it was ineffective for them,” added Gumenyuk.
12:10 Trump once again said that if he wins the presidential election, he will resolve the war in Ukraine “very quickly,” since he “knows” Putin and Zelensky well. "This should never have happened. You will never replace thousand-year-old buildings with the most beautiful golden domes and churches - now it's all just collapsed," he added.
11:28 Mandatory evacuation has been announced in two front-line communities of the Kharkov region, said Oleg Sinegubov, OBA speaker. He clarified that we are talking about the Kondrashov and Kurilov communities, in which 3,043 people live, including 279 children. The evacuees will be provided with housing and support from international humanitarian organizations.
11:22 The EU has begun an audit of weapons supplied to Ukraine amid statements that a number of European countries sent Kiev several times less weapons than they could, writes the Financial Times. Earlier, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz demanded to count and compare military supplies to Ukraine.
10:56 Zelensky said that he began his work in Davos with a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg: “We discussed many important issues. The situation on the battlefield, the defense needs of our state, further strengthening of the Ukrainian air defense system, preparations for the next NATO summit in Washington, working with partners on bilateral security agreements within the framework of the G7 declaration, which will be in force until Ukraine joins NATO."
10:35 Confiscation of frozen Russian assets will require a collective decision from all countries where such assets exist, and will take time, said US Special Representative for the Economic Recovery of Ukraine Penny Pritzker during a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
10:27 At the meeting in Davos, US Presidential Advisor Jake Sullivan should convey a message to Zelensky from Biden that Ukraine should abandon the offensive and go on the defensive, Bloomberg writes, citing sources.
09:51 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the Russians are writing about the destruction of Il-22 and A-50 aircraft by their own air defense in order to convince pilots that flights over the Black and Azov Seas are still safe.
09:03 Ukraine will “fight with shovels” if the West stops supplying weapons, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said in an interview with ABC News: “Even if we run out of weapons, we will fight with shovels, because the existence of this nation is at stake for Ukraine.”. The minister also ruled out any negotiations with the Russian Federation until Ukraine takes a stronger position on the battlefield.
08:40 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of January 16:
personnel - about 372,090 (+1110) people,
tanks - 6113 (+24),
armored combat vehicles - 11,358 (+36),
artillery systems - 8801 (+30),
MLRS - 961 (+3),
air defense systems - 653 (+3),
aircraft - 331 (+2),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 6877 (+12),
cruise missiles - 1816 (+1),
ships/boats - 23 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 11,731 (+33),
special equipment - 1365 (+9).
08:27 The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the interception of three and the destruction of five drones over the Voronezh region and on the interception of four drones over the Belgorod region. In Voronezh, 35 apartments in three high-rise buildings were damaged as a result of a drone attack, Governor Alexander Gusev said.
07:58 Over the past 24 hours, 94 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 18 enemy attacks in the areas of Novobakhmutovka, Stepnoy, Avdeevka and another 16 attacks near Severny, Pervomaisky and Nevelsky of the Donetsk region. In the Maryinsky direction, 12 attacks were repelled in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region.
In the Liman direction, the Defense Forces repelled 13 attacks near Ternov, Yampolevka, Torskoye in the Donetsk region and another 19 in the areas of Serebryansky forestry, Belogorivka in the Luhansk region and Grigoryevka, Verkhnekamensky, Vesely in the Donetsk region. In addition, in the Bakhmut direction, seven enemy attacks were repelled near Ivanovsky, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka in the Donetsk region; on Kupyansky - two enemy ones near Sinkovka, Kharkov region; on Zaporozhye - three attacks west of Verbovoy and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction, the expansion of the bridgehead continues; the enemy made one unsuccessful assault on the positions of the Ukrainian troops.
07:19 On January 15, the Russians fired artillery at the village. Dneprovskoye, Kutsurubskaya community, Nikolaev region - a residential building was damaged, three people were injured, including two children, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
03:46 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense systems allegedly shot down three drones over the territory of the Voronezh region. Governor Alexander Gusev reported that in Voronezh, a fire broke out in an apartment building as a result of falling debris, the residents were evacuated, and one child was injured. A state of emergency was introduced in the city.
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[KavkazUzel] The alleged killer of Imam Gakaev looks like an unhealthy person who took a far-fetched motive as a guide to action, but with a similar motive of fighting against sorcerers,
How utterly medieval.
he appealed to the authorities of Chechnya and sought their support. So the crime is connected with the general atmosphere of cruelty that reigns in Chechnya, according to Caucasian experts and human rights activists interviewed by the Caucasian Knot.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, on January 14 it became known about the murder of Abdurakhim Gakaev, a resident of the village of Voskresenovskoye, Shelkovsky district, in front of his child. A number of sources reported that he was the mullah of the village. On January 15, a 30-year-old suspect in the murder of Gakaev was detained. The Telegram channel in opposition to the authorities of Chechnya reported that several months before the attack, the suspect recorded a video message in which he declared his fight against witches, asking that this message be brought to the head of the republic, from whom he tried to find understanding and protection. After publishing the video from the funeral, social network users sympathized with the family of the deceased and called for the killer to be punished.
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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 supported by aviation and artillery repelled six attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 95th Air Assault Brigade close to Sinkovka (Kharkov region). The enemy losses amounted to up to 160 troops, three tanks (two of them - Leopards), and two pickup trucks.
In Krasny Liman direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces, supported by artillery fire, repelled four attacks launched by assault groups of the 63rd Mechanised and 25th Air Assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), and Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic). The enemy losses amounted to up to 250 troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, and six motor vehicles.
In Donetsk direction, the Yug Group of Forces, supported by artillery, repelled five attacks launched by assault groups of the 10th Mountain Assault and 24th Mechanised brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces close to Veseloye and Bogdanovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, artillery and heavy flamethrowers hit the enemy's manpower and military hardware near Kurdyumovka (Donetsk People's Republic). The enemy lost up to 280 troops, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, and four motor vehicles. During the counter-battery warfare, the following were hit: one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, as well as one 152mm D-20 gun.
In South-Donetsk direction, the Vostok Group of Forces in cooperation with artillery and heavy flamethrowers, inflicted fire damage on the 72nd Mechanised and 79th Air Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Vladimirovka and Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic). The enemy's losses amounted to 120 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two pick-up trucks, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, and one 100mm MT-12 anti-tank gun.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery defeated clusters of manpower and military hardware of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade and the 116th Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Verbovoye and Rabotino (Zaporozhye region). The AFU lost up to 115 troops killed and wounded, three armoured fighting vehicles, one D-20 howitzer, and two D-30 guns.
In Kherson direction, as a result of the Russian Group of Forces actions and artillery, the AFU losses amounted to up to 65 Ukrainian troops, four motor vehicles. Moreover, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, one M-109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, and three 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems were neutralised in counterbattery warfare.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 112 areas during the day.
Air defence systems have shot down 69 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles during the day, including close to Novaya Mayachka, Golaya Pristann (Kherson region), Pologi (Zaporozhye region), Staromikhailovka, Peski, Spornoye, Maryinka, Lipovoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Belogorovka, Nyrkovo, Topolevka, Verkhnekamenka, and Krivosheyevka (Lugansk People's Republic), as well as 13 HIMARS MLRS projectiles.
In total, 567 airplanes and 265 helicopters, 10,758 unmanned aerial vehicles, 450 air defence missile systems, 14,645 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,202 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,750 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 17,507 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 01/16/2024 to 00:00 01/17/2024
Over the past 24 hours, the DPR representative office in the JCCC has recorded 16 incidents of armed attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
There were also reports of a civilian being injured.
No damage to residential buildings or infrastructure was recorded.
5 artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction
9 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction
2 artillery attacks in the Yasinovat direction
A total of 55 units of various ammunition were fired. 22:49 The front bird is broadcasting: Donetsk direction (DPR) 16.01 22:35
It is reported that our Su-34 front-line bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit the command post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Aviation used high-explosive bombs with universal planning modules.
21:02 The guys entered the eastern part of Georgievka (to the West of Mar'inka). Our assault units took Oktyabrskaya Street in the east of the village. There are battles going on.
19:50 Paratroopers shot down a kamikaze drone with a machine gun. They are trying to counter them in different ways: electronic warfare, “barbecues” welded onto equipment, anti-aircraft guns and much more. But the soldiers of the 119th Parachute Regiment were lucky to shoot down another Ukrainian FPV with small arms.
19:20 Ukrainian Telegram channels report explosions in Volchansk (Kharkiv region).
18:40 Calculations of 152mm 2S1 "Hyacinths" destroyed artillery pieces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansk direction.
Having received the coordinates of the notches - technical indicators confirming the operation of the cannon artillery and mortars of the Ukrainian Armed Forces - the crews of the "Gyacinth-S" guns arrived at the position, aimed at the coordinates issued by reconnaissance and, with a series of shots, hit the area where the Ukrainian Armed Forces' fire weapons were deployed. The ammunition supply and unloading point, which was discovered by a UAV, was also hit.
“Our battery is engaged in counter-battery combat, our task is to hit enemy artillery. Counterbattery warfare is constant reconnaissance, including with the help of UAVs,” said a senior battery officer with the call sign “Akademik.”
17:52 “Lancet” of the 238th Brigade destroys an Ukrainian Armed Forces tank. Operators of the Lancet loitering ammunition of the 238th Artillery Brigade destroy an enemy tank with a well-aimed hit -video.
16:50 News from the Khar'kov region. The front bird reports a massive attack on a Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold. The fighters “sent several packets to the enemy” from the MLRS.
15:47 Brief information summary for the zone of responsibility of the Dnepr Group of Forces:
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy suffered a comprehensive fire defeat.
In the Primorsky sector, two howitzers (presumably M777), three self-propelled guns, three mortars, two field ammunition depots, a pickup truck, and a Leleka-100 UAV were destroyed.
In the Krivoy Rog sector, artillery and FPV drones destroyed an OP, 4 vehicles, a tanker, and an ATGM. Air defense forces shot down two enemy FPVs.
In the Ochakovsky area, a communications tower was destroyed, 2 FPVs were shot down/suppressed.
In the Energodarsky sector, two enemy OPs and three dugouts were destroyed.
Attack and army aviation are operating against enemy positions. During the counter-battery fight, a 122mm 2S1 self-propelled gun and four enemy mortars, as well as an ammunition depot, were destroyed.
Due to weather conditions, the intensity of VFU activities has decreased significantly. Boat traffic has been stopped. The frequency of negotiations on our shore is minimal. Enemy efforts are focused on aerial reconnaissance and mortar and drone fire.
Enemy losses in the group's area of responsibility: up to 70 people, five vehicles, seven UAVs, four mortars, three self-propelled guns, a launcher UAV, a tanker, two howitzers, two field depots for BP, ATGM, dome camera, three OP. PVD, four dugouts
15:05 Donetsk direction. Ugledar. The front-line bird reports that in the area of the village of Ugledar of the Donetsk People's Republic, our guys from the 39th Motorized Rifle Brigade took out an enemy opornik and a mortar crew. The FPV drone operators worked efficiently.
14:44 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of January 16, 2024):
In the Kupyansk direction, units of the “Western” group of troops, with active actions and artillery fire, repelled six attacks by assault groups of the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Sin'kovka, Khar'kov region. The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 160 military personnel, three tanks, of which two were Leopard-2, and two pickup trucks.
In the Krasnolimansk direction, units of the Center group of troops, with artillery support, repelled four attacks by the 63rd Mechanized and 25th Air Assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova, Lugansk People's Republic and Yampolovka, Donetsk People's Republic. Enemy losses amounted to up to 250 military personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles and six vehicles.
In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of forces, supported by artillery fire, repelled five attacks by assault groups of the 10th Mountain Assault and 24th Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Veseloye and Bogdanovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic. In addition, artillery strikes and heavy flamethrower systems defeated enemy personnel and equipment in the area of the settlement of Kurdyumovka, Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy lost up to 280 troops, a tank, two infantry fighting vehicles and four vehicles. During the counter-battery fight, the following were hit: the 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, as well as the 152mm D-20 gun.
In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces, in cooperation with artillery and heavy flamethrower systems, inflicted fire on the personnel of the 72nd Mechanized and 79th Air Assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Vladimirovka and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. Enemy losses amounted to up to 120 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, a US-made M777 artillery system and an 100mm MT-12 anti-tank gun.
In the Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian group of troops, with the support of aviation and artillery, defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 82nd Air Assault and 116th Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Verbovoe and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 115 military personnel killed and wounded, three armored combat vehicles, a 152mm D-20 howitzer and two 122mm D-30 guns.
In the Kherson direction, as a result of coordinated actions of units of Russian troops and artillery fire, daily enemy losses amounted to 65 military personnel and four vehicles. In addition, during the counter-battery fight, three US-made M777 artillery systems, a US-made M109 “Paladin” self-propelled artillery mount, and three 122mm 2S1 “Gvozdika” self-propelled artillery mounts were hit.
Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery from groupings of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 112 regions.
Air defense systems shot down 69 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles during the day, including in the areas of the settlements of Novaya Mayachka, Golaya Pristan of the Kherson region, Pologi of the Zaporozhye region, Staromikhailovka, Peski, Spornoe, Mar'inka, Lipovoe of the Donetsk People's Republic, Belogorivka, Nyrkovo, Topolevka, Verkhnekamenka and Krivosheevka of the Lugansk People's Republic, as well as 13 rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system.
13:55 The 122mm self-propelled gun 2S1 “Gvozdika” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit as a result of counter-battery fighting. After the “arrival” a fire broke out followed by detonation of the ammunition -video.
12:47 Ukrainian monitoring channels report the penetration of our army into the eastern part of Georgievka, west of Maryinka (in the direction of Kurakhovo). The Russian Armed Forces occupied Oktyabrskaya Street in the east of Georgievka.
12:35 Statement of Head of the press center of the "South" group:
Units of the “Southern” group of forces, supported by air strikes and artillery fire, defeated enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of Vesely, Razdolovka, Kleshcheevka, Andreevka and Kurdyumovka.
The enemy lost over 200 military personnel, a tank, three infantry fighting vehicles, an armored personnel carrier, and thirteen vehicles in wounded and killed.
During the counter-battery fight, two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts were destroyed.
Artillery struck a missile and artillery weapons depot of the 46th airmobile brigade in the area of ??the village of Kurakhovo, Donetsk People's Republic.
Air defense and electronic warfare systems shot down 5 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the area of ??the village of Spornoye, Donetsk People's Republic.
12:20 News from the Ugledarsko-Velikonovoselkovsky direction (southwest of Donetsk) is reported by military correspondent Yuriy Kotenok:
“In the Vremevsky sector, the Russian Armed Forces attacked the enemy north of the settlement. Kermenchik (Oktyabrsky) and settlement Staromlynovka and occupied a number of enemy positions in the landings. The fighting is taking place in the area of ??the dominant heights east of Urozhayny. An attempt to counterattack by the Ukrainians in the area of Zabetnovo Zhelanya was unsuccessful. With losses, Ukrainians rolled back.”
11:37 Army aviation strikes blows on the enemy.
An army aviation strike group, consisting of a Ka-52 strike-attack helicopter and a Mi-8 search and rescue support helicopter, carried out a combat mission in the Svatovo-Kreminny direction.
As a result of the Ka-52 Alligator's combat mission, it used airborne weapons against the enemy command post. According to the reports of the forward aircraft gunner, all of the indicated targets were successfully hit.
11:07 Combat coordination of assault units of the Southern Group of Forces is taking place at the LPR training grounds -video.
10:55 Statement of senior officer of the press center of the Center group.
In the Krasnolimansky direction, in the Serebryansky forestry area, an attempt to attack the positions of Russian troops by an assault group of Ukrainian units with fire support from armored vehicles was thwarted.
Thanks to the coordinated actions of the kamikaze drone crews, the American Bradley and Stryker armored vehicles were destroyed, and the personnel were forced to abandon the equipment and retreat into the forest.
The group’s artillery hit more than 100 targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Seversk, Torskoye, and Yampolovka.
Enemy losses per day amounted to more than 160 people, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled gun and a 120mm mortar.
10:35 From the Kupyansk area in the Kharkov direction, the Front Bird reports:
The successful defeat of an enemy infantry fighting vehicle is reported. The ATGM operator hit the ammunition exactly.
10:00 Crews of the Verba MANPADS cover the positions of our troops near Artemovsk
Anti-aircraft gunners of the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Forces daily destroy enemy reconnaissance and attack drones approaching Russian positions -video.
09:37 In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian militants have increased the use of Western armored vehicles, military expert Andrey Marochko reports:
“During the fighting in the areas of the settlements of Sin'kovka, Petropavlovka, Peschanoye, an increase in the use of high-powered units of Western armored vehicles was revealed. In particular, there was a slight increase in the use of German Leopard tanks, a twofold increase in the use of American Bradley and M113 infantry fighting vehicles on the battlefield, as well as Swedish CV90 infantry fighting vehicles.”
09:05 Statement of Head of the press center of the “West” group:
Units of the "West" group of troops, during active operations with the support of aviation and artillery fire, improved the situation along the front line in the Kupyansk direction.
In the defense zone of the combined arms army, motorized rifle formations, in cooperation with artillery and army aviation, repelled an attack by the assault group of the 60th Mechanized Brigade in the Sin'kovka area. The enemy was forced to retreat in a southwestern direction.
During the counterbattery fight, the group’s artillery destroyed three enemy mortar crews in the areas of Stepova Novoselovka and Novovodyany.
In addition, the crew of the 152mm self-propelled artillery mount 2S19 “Msta-S” under the command of the gun commander, senior sergeant Denis Kalinin, destroyed the control center for unmanned aerial vehicles in the Petropavlovka area.
Enemy losses in this direction amounted to up to 20 military personnel, three armored combat vehicles, three vehicles and the 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled gun.
08:58 Over the past 24 hours, armed formations of Ukraine committed further crimes against civilians of the DPR.
Ukrainian militants carried out a targeted drop of ammunition from a UAV in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, as a result of which a man born in 1965 was killed. got injured.
In total, one residential building and four civilian infrastructure facilities, including the Republican Rehabilitation Center in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, were damaged from artillery attack by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces in the DPR.
08:20 Stormtroopers of the “West” group of troops captured enemy positions and captured Ukrainian Armed Forces military personnel in the Kupyansk direction -video.
08:11 Front-line report as of the morning of January 16 from military correspondent Evgeny Lisitsyn:
In the Kherson direction, the width of the Ukrainian bridgehead in Krynki on the left bank of the Dnieper has decreased to less than one kilometer. Over the course of two months, eight to nine thousand Ukrainian Armed Forces militants died in attempts to hold this bridgehead under heavy fire. Now the Ukrainian army has withdrawn all of its elite marines from the beachhead and is only sending back those who have been mobilized.
In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian troops continue to advance in the direction of Rabotino. Our troops are gradually regaining previously lost positions during the so-called Ukrainian summer counteroffensive.
In the Donetsk direction in the Marinka area, fierce fighting is taking place in the Novomikhailovka area. While our guys are bypassing the village from the south and north, fierce attacks are being carried out on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the most populated area and enemy strongholds with the help of artillery and aviation.
In the Avdeevsky direction there has been significant progress in the Opytny and Severny areas. Control in the area of treatment facilities is being expanded, and movement continues along the railway line towards Ocheretino.
In the Artyomovsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces continue to fight in the direction of Chasov Yar. There are also successes at the Seversky site. Ours have entered the southern outskirts of Sporny and are establishing a foothold in the outer streets.
In the Svatovsky direction, east of the village of Makeevka (LPR), the Russian army is in forest plantations. confidently moving towards the village. The advance section is up to 2.2 km wide to a depth of up to 1.7 km.
In the Kremensky direction it is very hot near the Torsky ledge and Serebryansky forestry. The enemy tried to attack the positions of the Russian Armed Forces, but was unsuccessful. Now the fighting continues.
In the Kupyansk direction, fighting continues in the Sinkovka area. Most of this village continues to be in the gray zone. Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have repelled four attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups in this area.
08:00 Ukrainian Armed Forces drone “Fury” is shot down near Artemovsk.
Calculations of man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems (MANPADS) "Verba" of the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Forcesdestroyedreconnaissance UAV of Ukrainian militants "Fury". The drone conducted aerial reconnaissance near Russian positions in the Artemovsk direction.
During combat duty, our soldiers discovered an aerial target and identified it as a Ukrainian Fury drone. The crew tracked the target and destroyed it by launching a missile from the Verba MANPADS.
We wrote extensively in 2016, how the town of Yasinovataya became a front line town due to Ukrainian attacks. (Perhaps the only English language news outlet which did at the time.) by Alena Morozova
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Denis Davydov
[REGNUM] The unprecedented intensity of mobilization taking place in Odessa now even covers public transport. Employees of territorial recruitment centers (TCC) no longer wait for weather from the sea, organizing the capture of future soldiers at the final stops. Mobile teams of 10–15 people stop buses right on the route, shaking out all the men they can find. They pile onto the trams along with the police through all the doors at once. One after another, videos appear on the Internet where passengers are in conflict with people in camouflage, and the minibus, which was just slowed down, is stopped again after a hundred meters by another brigade.
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[Regnum] In the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), a court sentenced Sergei Mikhailenko, a machine gunner of the Ukrainian Azov battalion (an organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation), to life imprisonment. He is guilty of shooting up a car with civilians in the city of Mariupol, the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation reported.
“The Supreme Court of the Donetsk People’s Republic issued a verdict in a criminal case against the 25-year-old senior machine gunner of the separate special forces unit “Azov” Sergei Mikhailenko... The court sentenced Mikhailenko to life imprisonment to be served in a special regime correctional colony,” the statement says.
The court found that Mikhailenko saw a civilian car with white ribbons and inscriptions stating that there were children in the car in Mariupol on March 19, 2022. However, he shot the car, thereby fulfilling the order of his leadership to eliminate the civilian population. Two men, a woman and a three-year-old boy died immediately. The grandmother and the other two children were able to escape.
As Regnum reported, on October 26, 2023, militant of the Ukrainian Azov battalion Sergei Pyurko was sentenced to 26 years for cruel treatment of civilians in Mariupol and attempted murder. Earlier, on October 24, the DPR court sentenced to 25 years in prison the Ukrainian nationalist Alexey Fiklinets, who on March 11, 2022, while intoxicated, shot a civilian resident of Mariupol.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Daria Trepova, accused of committing a terrorist attack, on January 16, during interrogation at the First Western District Military Court in St. Petersburg, said that she carried out orders from Ukrainian curators in the hope of leaving for Ukraine.
The curators of the Russian woman were Ukrainian journalist Roman Popkov (a person included in the list of terrorists and extremists) and his friend nicknamed Gestalt.
“I knew Popkov for a long time, I subscribed to him on social networks in the spring of 2022, and so did he. I was worried about the SVO, I sympathized with the Ukrainians, on a wave of emotions I wrote to him about whether there was an opportunity to go as a volunteer to Ukraine, he replied that he would think about it,” said Trepova, whose words were reported by RIA Novosti.
According to her, six months later Popkov wrote that he was ready to help with the move. After that, he began to give small assignments. So, he asked to buy unregistered SIM cards, transferred money for it, and later introduced him to a friend under the nickname Gestalt. Trepova does not know his real name, but it was he who sent her a parcel with a bust of Vladlen Tatarsky.
As reported by IA Regnum, on April 2, 2023, an explosion occurred in a cafe on Universitetskaya Embankment in St. Petersburg during Tatarsky’s creative evening. Before the start of the event, Trepova presented the military correspondent with a figurine as a gift, which, as it turned out, contained explosives. Tatarsky died.
The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for murder, later the article was changed to a terrorist attack, and Trepova was arrested. As investigators established, her actions were led by Popkov and another citizen of Ukraine, Yuri Denisov. According to investigators, in February 2023 it was he who arrived in Russia and gave Trepova that very figurine.
Later it became known that Ukrainian curators were monitoring her using a regular car GPS tracker placed in the figurine.
Text taken from the Telegram channel of Two Majors, which are field correspondents. Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics
Sage advice for both sides...
[ColonelCassad] Attention!
The enemy is automating algorithms for selecting agents on our territory!
Mass messages are being sent through instant messengers and even dating sites. First, the bot works and asks “neutral” questions.
Then, if there is interest, a living enemy employee enters and begins to scout out and directly recruit our citizens.
And this is already Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, “high treason”.
What to do?
▪️Do not respond to questionable contacts anywhere
▪️Block enemy bots, including using the “stop bot” button.
▪️In the event of a massive attack on your account, set the privacy settings, change the username (which in English with the @ symbol at the beginning)
Do not play counterintelligence agents, but also do not overload the authorities with requests regarding anonymous accounts. The enemy’s tactics are clear to the authorities; the fight is for living people.
Want to help the cause? You are great and thank you! There are military registration and enlistment offices, training camps for the front, volunteers, trench candles (no joke, critically important).
But leave spy games to the guys with tired faces. The war is on. No time for jokes.
Send it to your relatives and friends and warn them.
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[Regnum] The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova condemned the removal of the inscription dedicated to the victims of the US and British bombings against civilians in Dresden.
“In front of the surprised public, the following inscription was erased with a grinder from the monument to the victims of the Anglo-American bombing against the civilian population of Dresden in the very center of the city: “This is a place of memories, remembrance and commemoration. Here lie the burned bodies of thousands of victims of the air raids of February 13 and 14, 1945. Then the horror of war returned to our city, spreading from Germany throughout the world,” Maria Zakharova wrote in Telegram.
In her post, the Russian Foreign Ministry recalled the circumstances under which the bombing of civilians took place.
“Let me remind you that in February 1945, the Third Reich was already living out the last days of its shameful history: the Red Army was liberating the country from the east, and the allied contingent from the northwest. Both in Moscow and in London and Washington there was already a mature understanding that liberated Germany would, at least temporarily, be occupied by the troops of the anti-Hitler coalition. And then a plan matured at the headquarters of the Anglo-American allies: to bomb the cities that would be in the Soviet zone of influence as much as possible,” explained the Foreign Ministry representative.
In this regard, Maria Zakharova called for the restoration of the inscription on the monument in Dresden.
As Regnum reported, the State Duma of the Russian Federation condemned Bulgaria’s intention to dismantle the monument to the Soviet soldier-liberator “Alyosha” in Plovdiv. The corresponding statement says that such an initiative is “an open demonstration of disdain for the history of one’s country, a vile attempt to outrage the common historical memory of our fraternal peoples.” Parliamentarians noted that this initiative would bring an indelible shame to its authors and the authorities of Plovdiv.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] In Davos, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF), officials and businessmen called for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict in Ukraine, The New York Times wrote on January 16.
The article says that the topic of the Ukrainian conflict was noticeable at the event, but it did not become dominant. At the same time, entrepreneurs expressed support for Kyiv and concern about the loss of financial assistance to Ukraine.
“Officials and businessmen are also publicly and privately insisting on a diplomatic cessation of hostilities,” the authors of the material noted.
The WEF annually organizes meetings where current issues of politics, economics and public life are discussed. Russia in 2024 did not receive an invitation to the meeting from the event organizers.
As Regnum reported, on January 14, a meeting of countries was held in Davos on the so-called peace formula, which Kiev had previously put forward. 83 delegations took part in the event. Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said that Russia should be included in the negotiation process for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine, since there is no other alternative.
Russian senator Alexei Pushkov noted that with its statements, Switzerland only admitted something that is impossible not to admit. The media in the West presented this statement by Cassis as a sensation, and in Western countries now everyone is surprised by obvious things. According to Pushkov, such a reaction is due to the fact that the West supports an absolutely false perception of the Ukrainian crisis, since the United States and its allies are only imitating the search for a solution. The absence of Russia at the negotiations will only lead to the fact that no results will be achieved, this has now been understood in Switzerland. Ultimately, the leading Western countries will have to admit the obvious, the senator concluded.
The so-called “peace formula” of the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, is prohibitive requirements for negotiations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on January 16 at a meeting with the heads of municipalities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.
The fourth meeting on Ukraine in the “Copenhagen format” turned out to be a failure for Kiev and “its Western masters,” commented Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
According to her, at the meeting in Davos, Switzerland, the number of countries and organizations represented was said to have increased compared to the previous round in Malta at the end of October 2023 from 66 to 82, but quantity is not a guarantee of quality.
“The Davos event was no exception. Its results, apart from the “family” photo of the participants and the agreement on possible new meetings, again turned out to be a failure for Kiev and its Western masters,” Zakharova’s comment was quoted on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
The Russian diplomat pointed out the traditional refusal of Chinese representatives to participate in the event. It is also difficult to call the full participation of many other countries, since most were present at a reduced level and as observers.
More and more countries in the Global South and East are openly saying that without Russia, any discussion of a possible settlement of the Ukrainian conflict makes no sense, Zakharova stated.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry added that Ukraine and the West failed to achieve either the expansion of the anti-Russian camp or the adoption of the final document. Even the communique of the chairmen (Ukraine and Switzerland) contains a note that the document does not reflect the opinions of all participants in the meeting, the Russian diplomat concluded.
As Regnum reported, on January 14, a regular meeting was held in Davos, Switzerland, with representatives of a number of states to discuss the “peace formula” of the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky. Russia was not invited to participate in the event. Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said that without the inclusion of the Russian Federation in the discussion, agreements on a peaceful settlement will not be achieved.
On January 16, Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with the heads of municipalities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, noted that Zelensky’s so-called “peace formula” is prohibitive requirements for negotiations. He also recalled that the Ukrainian authorities themselves refused to negotiate with Russia. They themselves confirm that if they had agreed to Russia’s conditions, the military conflict would have ended a year and a half ago, Putin said.
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and President of Poland Andrzej Duda met on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
The Polish president noted that the emergence of a new NATO state between Russia and Poland would strengthen the security of his country.
Polish President Andrzej Duda met with Vladimir Zelensky on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. PolskieRadio24.pl reported this on Tuesday, January 16.
During the meeting, they visited an exhibition dedicated to Russian war crimes. It took place at the Ukrainian House in Davos.
Duda assured Zelensky that his country’s policy towards Ukraine “will be stable, it will be a policy of support all the time.”
According to the Polish leader, in a few days the new Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, will visit Kyiv.
He added that he believes in the ability to pursue good policies towards Ukraine together with the Polish government.
Duda also noted that the emergence of a new NATO state between Russia and Poland will strengthen the security of his country. He stressed that Ukraine needs strong support from the West, in particular in terms of weapons.
Let us recall that Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said that the world should tighten sanctions against Russia and provide Ukraine with long-range missiles.
It was also reported that Poland has already transferred 18 Krab self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine ; in general, there are agreements to supply Ukraine with more than fifty such vehicles.
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[REGNUM] American M1A1 Abrams tanks, which have been “missing” in Ukraine for several months, are now undergoing modernization. They are equipped with dynamic protection, also made in the USA. The corresponding video published by the Ukrainian military is spreading across social networks.
The footage shows how the Armed Forces of Ukraine equipped at least one Abrams received from the United States with the ARAT-1 (Abrams Reactive Armor Tiles) onboard dynamic protection of the first generation, as evidenced by the absence of curved plates characteristic of newer versions of the armor.
HOW DOES THE BODY KIT WORK?
Dynamic protection looks paradoxical at first glance. A tank or other combat vehicle is hung with containers, inside of which there is a layer of explosives between two metal plates. When an armored vehicle is shot at, the enemy shell hits the container. A layer of explosives is detonated towards the projectile, and such a counter-explosion protects the vehicle from cumulative damage.
The know-how was invented in the Soviet Union, in the Moscow branch of TsNII-48 (now the Steel Research Institute), in the late 1940s. The technology was borrowed by Israel and the United States.
On each side of the Abrams transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, you can see 32 mounted containers with modules known as M19.
Optionally, the Abrams tank can be equipped with blocks filled with explosives both on the side and front projections of the turret, and on the frontal armor of the hull, which is provided for in the ARAT-1 technical documentation.
Meanwhile, in the United States itself, such a configuration is not used in practice; they are limited to protecting the sides, whose example or instruction the APU decided to follow. The “reactive armor” itself for the M1A1 and M1A2 Abrams was developed taking into account the experience of the military campaign in Iraq.
The BRAT (Bradley Reactive Armor Tiles) dynamic protection system, designed for Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, was taken as the basis. The latter, similar to American tanks, were initially transferred to Ukraine without dynamic protection systems. At the same time, they received their additional BRAT armor modules.
This decision actually coincided with photographs that were filling the network at that time of a large number of destroyed American infantry fighting vehicles standing in immobilized entire columns alongside German Leopard tanks in the area of the village of Rabotino in the Zaporozhye region.
Now they are rushing to equip the Abrams with “reactive protection”, without waiting for losses in the rather small “tank contingent” (a total of 31 vehicles were delivered, as reported by Martin O’Donnell, a representative of the US Army Command in Europe and Africa ).
Although the exact data on dynamic protection is kept secret, it is generally accepted that the ARAT-1 should provide protection against cumulative ammunition at a level of at least 55–65% of the main armor values. Modules known as M19 have been produced for it since 2006.
DEPENDS ON WHERE IT HITS As it does with all armor...
Military experts agree: the installation of dynamic protection in theory will improve the Abrams' survivability after strikes by drones, RPGs, small arms fire and attacks by anti-tank missile systems.
The survivability of the tank increases by about 25%, retired colonel and military expert Anatoly Matviychuk told IA Regnum. The defeat of the Abrams will be more difficult if the side and front projections of the turret and the frontal armor of the hull are supplemented with protective blocks, the expert admits.
A slightly different assessment is given by military expert, author of the Telegram channel “Russian Engineer” Alexey Vasiliev. The durability of additional armor can increase the protective capacity of the main armor by either 5% or 60%, said expert IA Regnum. Depends on what part of the tank armor the container is suspended on and where the projectile hits the container itself.
If it hits the top of the container, the jet stream will be deflected by a plate that is located at an angle inside the container itself, explains Vasiliev. Then part of the cumulative jet is scattered, knocked out to the side, which is why it cannot concentrate on one point, and “ulcers” form on the tank’s armor. If the impact falls on the lower part, then the cumulative jet is more likely to reach the armor of the tank or other vehicle.
But, in general, Vasiliev continues, the ARAT-1 dynamic protection modules will really add cumulative durability to an American-made tank. The latter is especially important because the standard composite armor made of depleted uranium was removed from the tanks sent to Ukraine (as Western publications wrote) and replaced with protection made of conventional armor steel. Such armor is more susceptible to damage from a cumulative jet.
WEAK SPOTS
Dynamic defense has an Achilles heel. They try not to place it on the side and front projections of the tank turret and on the frontal armor of the hull.
This seems to be explained by the fact that the detonation of the explosive filling of the containers can affect the operation of electronics and optical surveillance equipment, explains Vasiliev. But this also makes a tank or armored vehicle more vulnerable.
The question of protecting American-made tanks from drones remains open. Experts suggest that Abrams will have protective visors similar to those previously seen on Israeli Merkavas.
However, notes military expert Sergei Suvorov, anti-drone visors will not change the situation, since improvised armor will have serious gaps. In particular, by installing visors on the Abrams, the APU will partially strengthen the protection of the turret, but will not protect the most vulnerable part of the tank - the engine and transmission compartment.
Thus, experts summarize, what is being done to “body kit” or other methods of protecting the Abrams or the same Bradley infantry fighting vehicles will make it difficult to defeat these targets, but will not make them invulnerable. Relatively speaking, the tank will be hit not with the first shot, but with the third, Matviychuk notes.
"The idea of counterexplosion (kontrvzryv in Russian) in armour was first proposed by the Scientific Research Institute of Steel (NII Stali) in 1949 in the USSR by academician Bogdan Vjacheslavovich Voitsekhovsky (1922–1999)."
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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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
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