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2023-01-14 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: January 13th, 2023
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 22:33 Zelensky commented on the situation at the front in an evening video message: "The hard battle for the Donetsk region continues. The battle for Bakhmut and Soledar, for Kremennaya, for other cities and villages in the east of our state continues. Although the enemy has concentrated the largest forces in this direction, our soldiers protect the state."
The president also commented on internal squabbles in Russia: “Three hundred and twenty-four days of a full-scale war, and how everything has changed for Russia ... They are already squabbling among themselves over who to attribute any tactical advance to. This is a clear signal of failure for the enemy. And this is another incentive for all of us to put more pressure on the occupiers and to inflict even greater losses on the enemy."
21:35 Kuleba said that five countries are already ready to transfer Leopard tanks to Ukraine: “Our goal is to assemble a tank brigade from Leopards. This is for starters. Why a Leopard? Because this is a tank that has been produced in Europe for decades and there are in many European armies. Therefore, you can take a little there, take a little here, there are various modifications. But we set ourselves ambitious tasks, and our ambitious task is to assemble a brigade within the framework of a tank coalition."
21:29 The conflict between Wagner PMC leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defense has actually entered an open phase. The defense department of the Russian Federation has recently been ignoring the Wagnerites in their daily reports, to which Prigozhin spoke of "intraspecific struggle and the theft of his victories." For more information about the conflict between the owner of a private military company and the command of the Russian army, see Steal "Victory" .
20:58 Italy decided to supply Ukraine with the SAMP / T air defense system, which is capable of shooting down ballistic missiles, RID reports.
20:20 The Ministry of Defense in 2023 plans to purchase various types of drones for 20 billion hryvnia, head of the department Oleksiy Reznikov said in an interview with UNN. Among the models that are planned to be purchased, including new samples of Ukrainian production, adopted over the past six months.
19:49 The "authorities" of occupied Berdyansk announced a "terrorist attack" allegedly carried out by "Ukrainian special services": the car of the head of the administration of the Kichigin district was allegedly blown up, the "official" was not injured.
19:35 In occupied Berdyansk, in the area of the airfield where the Russian military is based, three powerful explosions thundered, the head of the city military administration, Victoria Galitsina, told Suspіlny. A fire started on the spot.
18:58 The battles for Soledar continue , the General Staff said in the evening summary. The enemy continues to suffer losses. So, to fill the shortage of medical personnel, replenishment from among the military doctors of the RF Armed Forces arrived at the Novotroitsk Central District Hospital in the Kherson region. As of January 12, up to 160 wounded invaders were in the hospital, equipped as a military hospital.
18:46 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the direct assault on the quarters of Soledar was successfully implemented by "the courageous and selfless actions of the volunteers of the Wagner assault squads."
18:42 The government has created the State Agency for the Rehabilitation and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine, which will be created on the basis of the State Agency for Infrastructure Projects and the State Agency for Highways. Shmygal explained that this would optimize work processes and avoid chaos in planning and implementing projects. “We already know the sources of 110 billion hryvnias for restoration this year. We expect to accumulate six times more funds in order to restore more infrastructure and housing for Ukrainians already in 2023,” the prime minister said.
18:40 In the Kherson region, the resumption of electricity supply is a key problem, since the Russians have significantly damaged the power grid, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich. According to him, the Trifonovskaya solar power plant, which was stopped during the occupation, is being restored to provide power to residential buildings.
18:36 Ukroboronprom is finishing testing a drone with a range of 1,000 km, spokeswoman for the concern Natalya Sad said: "We have accelerated the production of the first sample as much as possible, tested it in the air and are preparing for the next stage - demonstrating the capabilities of this complex to the leadership of the Security and Defense Forces of our state."
18:29 Azerbaijan has handed over a second batch of energy equipment to Ukraine - these are 45 backup power plants with a capacity of 94 to 150 kVA, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said.
18:15 The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov, against the backdrop of heavy fighting in Soledar, spoke about the situation in the city, as well as how the reshuffle in the command of the Russian army will affect the front and when to expect a counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. More details in the material Losses and counterattacks .
17:49 Ukraine has already received 30,000 Starlink terminals, said Mikhail Fedorov, head of the Ministry of Digital Development. The last batch - 8,000 terminals - was bought by Poland. Hundreds of Starlinks from this party are already working in Invincibility Points across the country, some have been handed over to power engineers and doctors, the minister noted.
17:44 Shmygal said that Ukraine expects to pass the path of negotiations on joining the EU in less than two years. "The amount of work is colossal. At the same time, we see that our European partners are committed to productive cooperation on the issue of integration," the prime minister stressed. According to him, the visit in the coming weeks of the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will be a clear evidence of this. More than ten European commissioners are expected to arrive in Ukraine with her for intergovernmental consultations.
17:35 The enemy fired artillery from the village of Dvurechnaya, Kupyansky district, said the head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Sinegubov. According to preliminary information, as a result of the shelling of private houses, two people were killed and another was injured.
17:29 The British government is expected to officially announce on Monday, January 16, the decision to transfer Challenger 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, writes The Guardian, citing sources in Kiev. We are talking about sending about ten tanks, which could push Germany to finally allow the re-export of its Leopard 2 tanks.
17:13 Russia has prepared regular recommendations for propagandists on covering the war against Ukraine. The new document, which Ukrainian military intelligence learned about, testifies to a radical change in emphasis in covering the course of events, as well as to the aggravation of the political struggle within the Russian Federation. According to the GUR, the general recommendations contain 11 points, the main meaning of which is:
- focusing on information exclusively from sources agreed by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation;
- emphasis in informational materials and comments of "independent" experts on the leading and positive role personally of Sergei Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov;
- justifying strikes against Ukraine's critical energy infrastructure, citing the "forcedness" of such actions;
- emphasizing the topic of providing Western weapons to Ukraine: in this sense, it is recommended to focus on the fact that "Russia is conducting a military operation not against Ukraine, but against the entire NATO";
- refusal to mention PMC Wagner in a positive context - on the contrary, it is necessary to focus on excessive human losses and senseless attacks by PMCs;
- tracking and citing publications in foreign media about the successes of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the failures of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is proposed to focus special attention on the statements of Western and Ukrainian politicians, which can be interpreted in a similar vein.
16:42 Yermak said that the propagandists of the Putin regime should disappear as a phenomenon - "they are guilty of this war and will pay for it in full." According to the head of the OP, Russian propagandists, cultural figures and comedians are Putin's tools: "These people make money on lies and inciting hatred, on Nazism of the 21st century, but they want to live in the West. They buy real estate among those who are called to hate and kill. "Yes, they say to kill not only Ukrainians. But we know everything about them. We studied their way of life, found property, collected evidence of crimes. And we will do everything to deprive them of everything and punish them."
16:17 The situation on the Kinburn Spit remains difficult due to weather conditions, Pivden Yug speaker Natalya Gumenyuk said: "The operational situation is that the enemy from time to time leaves for positions from which he is shelling the opposite coast, but he constantly prevents him from staying there our counter-battery work. And that is why this work has not yet been completed, since difficult weather conditions ... Therefore, Ochakovites and residents of the Kutsurub community must be very careful and listen to air raid signals. "
15:56 Ukroboronprom is already engaged in the repair and maintenance of Western weapons, said the speaker of the state concern Natalya Sad. According to her, Ukroboronprom was able to increase the volume of repairs by five to eight times for various types of equipment nomenclature, the needs are increasing every month.
At the same time, Sade stressed that the ratio of national and foreign weapons is far from "50/50 and not 60/40": "We still continue to fight with the weapons that are manufactured, modernized and repaired by Ukroboronprom enterprises."
15:25 Ankara has changed its position on the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasily Bodnar said in an interview with Ukrinform. He recalled that Ankara's position began with talks about humanitarian truces and peace at any cost, but now Turkey clearly speaks about the need for the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
"In this context, the proposal was made that Russia should be the first to start a ceasefire, which could become the basis for further withdrawal of troops from the territory of Ukraine. This is an attempt to find ways to dialogue, but not to impose a position. This is one of the proposals of the mediating country" - explained the diplomat.
14:39 Israel is transferring technologies related to smart missile and drone alert to Ukraine, Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevhen Korniychuk said: "Work continues on the transfer of Israeli technologies related to smart missile and drone alert. That is, this technology is officially transferred by the Israeli side . And I think that after a while we will get it completely. "
14:06 The Verkhovna Rada has deprived Viktor Medvedchuk, Taras Kozak, Andriy Derkach and Rinat Kuzmin of their mandates due to the loss of citizenship. In addition, at its own request, the parliament deprived Andrey Aksyonov of his mandate.
Arakhamia said that the Verkhovna Rada is "cleansing itself of Putin's fans": "Today, ten deputies have lost their mandates. Six from the Opposition Platform for Life and four more from their political orbit. There will be even more. But in a legal and constitutional way. It is longer than we ourselves I would like to, but it doesn’t give collaborators a chance to appeal.”
13:42 Zelensky said that he had talked about further defense cooperation between Ukraine and Slovakia with President Zuzana Chaputova.
13:39 The battles for Soledar continue, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are on the defensive , said the speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces Sergey Cherevaty: "Fights are going on in Soledar, our troops are holding the defense against the enemy, who has concentrated the best units of Wagner and other special units ... The enemy is deliberately dispersing the information noise, trying to sow disillusionment in one's own abilities among the Ukrainian population."
He explained that the positional warfare continues and the tactical pattern is breaking down in one direction or another: "The Armed Forces of Ukraine in incredibly difficult weather conditions and under enemy fire keep the situation under control."
13:35 NATO announced that it was sending Boeing E-3 Sentry long-range surveillance reconnaissance aircraft from Germany near Bucharest, Romania. They will fly over NATO territory for several weeks and monitor Russian military activities. Such aviation is capable of scanning a radius of 1612 km, detecting enemy aircraft, positions and targets.
13:26 Zelensky addressed the politicians and people of Lithuania on the Day of Defenders of Freedom: "This year is decisive. Now we need even greater mobilization - in the entire free world. This is the only way to end full-scale aggression, total terror ... And we We are very much looking forward to the Vilnius NATO Summit and we know that it can become a life-changing event for our entire Euro-Atlantic community."
13:17 In the Mariupol region, all mobilized Russians and part of the Russian military corps from the village. Yalta and with. Urzuf was sent to the front, to one of the directions in the north of the Donetsk region, said the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko. In addition, as part of the rotation in the village. Belosarayskaya Spit was placed by units of the "Dnrovtsy".
He also said that entry to Berdyansk is now exclusively with passes. The tightening of control is probably associated with the formation of a base, in particular helicopters, directly near the city.
12:33 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that the capture of Soledar was completed on the evening of January 12. The Russian ministry noted the actions of the Airborne Forces units, without mentioning the PMC Wagner in a word.
11:44 Reznikov said in an interview with the BBC that both Ukraine and Russia are preparing for new offensives in the spring. In particular, the Russian Federation is trying to gather forces for the offensive from the areas that it has already occupied in the south and east. He also noted that Ukraine has already become a de facto member of NATO, as it receives Western weapons and understands how to use them. The minister is convinced that Kyiv will receive "tanks, combat aircraft or jets, as well as long-range weapons to hit targets 300 km away" because the attitude of Western countries has changed.
According to the minister, Russia daily loses 500-600 of its soldiers in battles, while Ukraine loses "a tenth" of this number. Reznikov believes that Prigozhin in Soledar is interested in possible economic benefits from the capture of the city, where the largest salt mines in Europe are located. At the same time, he is not interested in losses.
11:17 As of the morning of January 13, electricity consumption is at the level of yesterday, there is a shortage of power, especially in the morning and evening periods, Ukrenergo reported. At the same time, gradual warming is expected throughout Ukraine as early as the weekend, as a result of which a decrease in consumption is predicted. To ensure balance in the energy system, consumption limits have been brought to all regions, which are valid from 02:00 to 24:00.
11:08 Near Bakhmut, four Russian criminal authorities, released from the zones, have already died. The leaders of organized crime groups are buried as heroes on the Walk of Fame, and their surviving accomplices can be delegated to the State Duma . Lesser status bandits are buried without special honors, and their corpses are transported by truckers.
According to the channel We can explain , among the dead authorities are the leader of the Penza organized crime group, the leader of the Saratov killers, the former leader of the organized crime group from Tatarstan, the killer from the Ossetian gang. All of them were sentenced to 19-25 years, including for murder.
10:47 Russians at night fired at the base in Kherson, where utility buses are parked. As a result of the shelling, 16 buses and cars, warehouses and a security building were damaged. According to preliminary information, one of the guards was injured. Also, fragments of shells damaged the power grid, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich.
10:21 France hopes to deliver AMX 10-RC tanks to Ukraine within two months, Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said after a conversation with Reznikov.
10:15 According to Ukrainian military intelligence, the scale of mobilization measures in the Russian Federation testifies to the Kremlin's plans to create an army of about 2 million people. The GUR recalled that during the first wave of mobilization, 300,000 people were drafted into the RF Armed Forces. After a short training, the mobilized are sent to the war zone in Ukraine.
The military intelligence of Ukraine does not rule out that the Russian leadership will announce another wave of mobilization in the coming days - another 500,000 Russians will get into the RF Armed Forces, which will allow the enemy to create strategic reserves. Russia is already actively preparing for the announcement of the next wave of mobilization. At the legislative level, changes are made to the laws governing the conduct of mobilization. There is also an active preparation of training centers.
09:38 In the Kherson region over the past day, one person was killed due to Russian shelling, two more were injured, the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich, said.
09:33 British intelligence reports that the Russian defense sector is likely resorting to the use of prison labor to meet the needs of wartime production. For example, in November, Uralvagonzavod, Russia's largest tank manufacturer, announced after a meeting with the Federal Penitentiary Service that it would hire 250 prisoners. Russia has a long tradition of prison labor, but since 2017, forced labor as a separate criminal punishment has been re-legalized.
Prisoners represent a unique human resource that Russian leaders can use to support the “special operation,” while willing volunteers are still in short supply, analysts say.
09:25 After the start of the war, 320,000 residents left the Luhansk region, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai: "We can say that until February 24, there were about 720,000 residents in the territory of the Lugansk region controlled by Ukraine. Of these, 320,000 left for evacuation" . According to him, people left for Russia, partly for Europe, but the vast majority settled in those regions of Ukraine that were not directly affected by the war.
09:18 The enemy is moving additional reserves to the Kremenskoe and Svatovskoe directions. Almost all the houses in the surrounding settlements are occupied by the Russian military, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are advancing, so collaborators are gradually moving to cities and villages away from the front line. The Russians, meanwhile, dress up in the uniform of the Ukrainian military and, through provocations, are trying to break through the defense. Gaidai believes that the Red River should not become a serious obstacle to the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:12 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two civilians were killed - in Blagodatnoe and Avdeevka. Two more people were injured in the region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:59 Anna Malyar said that in Soledar, Ukrainian forces are trying to hold the defense: “The night in Soledar was hot, the fighting continued. The enemy sent almost all the main forces to the Donetsk direction and maintains a high intensity of the offensive. This is a difficult stage of the war, but we will win."
08:28 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy as of the morning of January 13th.
- personnel - about 114,130 (+740) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3098 (+4),
- armored combat vehicles - 6167 (+8),
- artillery systems - 2086 (+4),
- MLRS - 437 (+0),
- air defense systems - 218 (+0),
- aircraft - 286 (+1),
- helicopters - 276 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1865 (+0),
- cruise missiles - 723 (+0),
- ships/boats - 17 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 4833 (+7),
- special equipment - 184 (+0).
08:19 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled attacks by invaders in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhivka, Makeyevka and Belogorovka of the Luhansk region and Disputed, Razdolovka, Salt, Krasnaya Gora, Podgorodnoye, Bakhmut, Kleshcheevka, Predtechino, Kurdyumovka, Vodyanoye, Nevelskoye, Krasnogorovka, Maryinka and Bolshaya Novoselka, Donetsk region, the General Staff said in a morning report .
It became known about the order of civilian overalls with the logos of Rosneft and Elektrostal for the personnel of one of the divisions of the Russian Federation operating in the Novopavlovsky direction in the Volnovakhsky district of the Donetsk region. Obviously, for a specific purpose, the enemy is trying to hide his belonging to the Russian occupation forces, the General Staff notes.
05:44 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russian troops likely control most of Soledar, if not the entire city. At the same time, analysts emphasized that the capture of the entire city would not be an important event in operational terms and hardly portends the imminent encirclement of Bakhmut. According to ISW, Ukrainian forces no longer maintain organized defense in Soledar.
04:22 The United States is working to neutralize the activities of PMC Wagner around the world, said State Department adviser Derek Cholle. At the same time, he pointed out that the PMC seeks to recruit mercenaries from different countries, including Serbia, and "this cannot be allowed."
03:27 Italy will hold a conference on the restoration of Ukraine. Presumably, it will take place in March 2023, said the Italian Minister for Enterprise and National Production, Adolfo Urso. According to him, "a big conference on restoration issues is being prepared, which will bring together Italian and Ukrainian institutional authorities and business structures around the same table."
02:33 The US Department of Defense does not confirm that Soledar was captured by Russian forces, Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said: "We are indeed seeing intense and heavy fighting around Soledar, as well as Bakhmut, which is located relatively close. We cannot confirm any reports that Soledar was taken by Russian forces... We know that the Ukrainians continue operations in the vicinity of Soledar and continue to fight back."
More information about what is happening in Soledar, as well as expert forecasts, is in the material Depart or stay .
00:45 Losses of Russian troops near Bakhmut and Soledar can reach 20 thousand military men, Podolyak said in an interview with Channel 24: "It is impossible to say exactly what losses the Russian army has in this direction. But it's not a thousand or two - it's 10, 15 or even 20 thousand for the entire time of the offensive near Bakhmut and Soledar. They don't count losses there."
According to the adviser to the head of the OP, the Russians threw almost the entire combat-ready army at Soledar, including the remnants of the contract army - special forces and landing forces. At the same time, Podolyak stressed that the possible occupation of this Ukrainian city would not give Russia advantages in general: "The only thing I'm sorry about is the number of our guys who, at 17 degrees below zero, have to keep machine guns in their hands for days. It's hard. We are losing our own" .
00:13 Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets spoke about the results of negotiations in Turkey with Ombudsman of the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova: “For the first time, the Russian side left with proposals that we previously discussed. There is no breakthrough, but at least technical work has begun. We are exchanging lists, information. We are working on the missing separately. There are already cases when our citizens and heroes who were considered dead, the Russian side confirmed that they are alive - 23 of our guys. This is a huge positive."
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