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2023-02-01 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: January 31st, 2023
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 23:13 The United States said that Russia is violating the new strategic nuclear arms control treaty, Reuters writes, citing a State Department spokesman. In particular, the Russian Federation refuses to allow inspection activities on its territory.
22:57 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the current week should be "to the full extent of this word - European integration." In particular, preparations are being completed for the Ukraine-EU summit scheduled for this week.
"We are waiting for news for Ukraine. We are waiting for the decisions of our partners in the European Union, which will correspond to the achieved level of interaction between our institutions and the EU and our progress. We are working on the situation in all major operational areas and in the future. What the occupier is preparing for, and with which we are already responding to Russia's preparation for an attempt at revenge," the president said.
He also said that today he had a long meeting with the international block of the government and the Office: "We are preparing Ukrainian positions for negotiations with EU representatives. And very importantly, we are preparing new reforms in Ukraine. Reforms that will change the social, legal and political reality in many aspects: make them more human, transparent and efficient."
22:29 Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, there has been a general mobilization, to which citizens from 18 to 60 years old are subject. They call Ukrainians into the Armed Forces by serving subpoenas. In accordance with the adopted rules of military registration in Ukraine, they began to issue summonses of a new type. Now those liable for military service need to bring more documents to the recruitment center to clarify their data. Read more in the material New agendas and booking conditions .
22:01 France will purchase the latest radars for the Armed Forces of Ukraine - an agreement on the acquisition of GM 200 (Ground Master 200) radar systems at the expense of a special fund to support Ukraine should be concluded on Wednesday, February 1, Defense Minister Sebastian Lecornu said at a joint briefing with Reznikov in Paris .
21:46 Poland wants to reduce the training period for Ukrainian troops on Leopard 2 battle tanks to five weeks, which is half the standard, Reuters reports, citing Major Maciej Banashinsky, commander of the Polish Leopard training center. According to him, Polish instructors will conduct training courses for tank crews and drivers, as well as for mechanics.
21:40 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that a "prolonged stalemate" in the war between Russia and Ukraine will only benefit Moscow. He also noted that there is an opportunity to accelerate British support for Ukraine. According to the prime minister, this would give Kyiv "the best chance of success." Sunak added that this new UK strategy to speed up support will include more active diplomatic efforts.
20:43 In Shostka, Sumy region, an explosion occurred on the territory of one of the state enterprises - according to preliminary information, a rocket hit the industrial building. Two people were injured, OK Pivnich reported.
19:56 Boris Johnson will lobby for assistance to Ukraine among representatives of the US Republican Party, Reuters reports. In particular, this week he will meet with a group of Republican senators to convince them to continue supporting Ukraine.
19:54 Reznikov said that public control over the procurement of the Ministry of Defense of clothing, fuel and lubricants and food, taking into account the restrictions of martial law, will be returned. In addition, it was decided to create a working group to change the food system for military personnel.
19:50 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo: "Thanked for the powerful previous package and discussed the continuation of defense cooperation. Also support for our initiatives in the UN, accelerating the next sanctions package of the European Union. We count on Belgium's principledness in the issue of preventing Russian athletes for the 2024 Olympics.
19:37 The United States plans to soon announce a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, said First Deputy Press Secretary of the White House Olivia Dalton.
19:06 Reznikov said that the US refusal to provide Ukraine with fighter jets should be understood as a position only at this particular moment in time, and Kiev went through such "stages of refusal" with all Western weapons.
19:04 Greece will not supply Leopard tanks to Ukraine due to tense relations with Turkey, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said: "We cannot provide Leopard 2 tanks for the simple reason that they are absolutely necessary for our own defense strategy."
19:01 The United States does not see any signs that the funds allocated by Washington are being used in Ukraine for other purposes, Megan Upper, a spokeswoman for the US Treasury, said.
18:48 After the decision of the Western allies on the supply of battle tanks to Ukraine, the negotiations smoothly turned to the topic of modern aircraft. Kyiv has renewed its request for fighter jets to bolster air defense capabilities. Read more in the material The New Arms Debate .
18:40 The enemy continues to conduct offensive operations in the Liman and Bakhmut directions, suffering heavy losses. Conducts unsuccessful offensive operations in the Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions. In the Kupyansk and Zaporozhye directions, it is defending previously captured lines, the General Staff said in an evening summary.
In the Kherson region, the occupiers have stepped up their filtration and counter-sabotage measures: in particular, they have restricted entry and exit from the settlement of Ulyanovka, they are conducting searches of local residents and checking mobile phones.
In Donetsk, among the military personnel of the Russian troops and mercenaries of PMC Wagner, the number of infections with especially dangerous infections has significantly increased, which may be due to the lack of normal sanitary and hygienic conditions at the locations of enemy units.
18:21 Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda called on NATO countries to cross the red lines and provide Ukraine with fighters and long-range missiles: "I have seen many red lines that have been drawn, and sometimes I even get the impression that these red lines were not drawn by us, Western countries , democracies, but the terrorist state of Russia, which is trying to lead them through fear and threats."
Long-range fighter jets and missiles are an important military aid to Ukraine, Nauseda said, and at this crucial juncture in the war, when a tipping point is about to occur, action must be taken without delay.
17:48 Politico writes that Biden's answer to the question of providing fighter jets to Ukraine may not be the final position of Washington, since this topic has not yet been discussed at a high level.
17:25 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: "I informed him in detail about the state of affairs at the front and Ukrainian defense needs in armored vehicles, artillery, aviation. We agreed on common diplomatic steps, including on the implementation of the peace formula."
17:22 Kuleba said that Kiev is actively negotiating to unblock decisions on the transfer of fighters and long-range missiles: "First of all, we are talking about jet fighters and long-range missiles that can hit targets at a distance of up to 300 km. This is not an escalation weapon, it is weapon of defense and deterrence of the aggressor".
17:00 France will give Ukraine 12 additional Caesar self-propelled guns , Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said at a joint press conference with Alexei Reznikov. In addition, Paris will send 150 of its troops to Poland, where they will train Ukrainian defenders. Until the summer, a total of 2,000 Ukrainian servicemen will be trained.
Lecornu also stressed that there is no taboo for Paris on the issue of possible deliveries of fighter jets to Ukraine.
16:52 The Crimean movement ATESH stated that the partisans liquidated two "very important" officers of the National Guard who were traveling from Sevastopol to Simferopol - their car burned down.
16:13 The Russians fired cannon fire at a residential area in Bakhmut today - two people were killed, including a 12-year-old child, five were injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
15:41 Kuleba said that Ukraine will receive from 120 to 140 Western tanks in the first wave of assistance - these are German Leopard 2, American M1 Abrams and British Challenger 2. In the future, Kiev is also counting on the supply of French Leclerc.
15:24 Budanov said in an interview with The Washington Post that about 326,000 Russian soldiers are now fighting in Ukraine. He also said that the Russians had about 9% of the reserves of Caliber sea-based cruise missiles.
15:03 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the enemy has stepped up the activities of its sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the area of the islands at the mouth of the Dnieper. Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Defense Forces have destroyed at least five light-engine boats from enemy DRGs.
14:58 Wagnerites were probably transferred to the front line in the Zaporizhia region, spokesman for the Defense Forces of the Tauride Regiment Yevgeny Yerin said: “There are no attempts to attack and attack in large groups in the Zaporizhia direction yet. mercenaries from Russian PMCs in this direction. As we know, where Wagner appears, activation is underway. Therefore, we are also preparing for this, taking all necessary measures."
14:46 The British government said that it would be "impractical" to send British fighter jets to Ukraine now, writes the Evening Standard. The reason is that the Typhoon and F-35 fighters are extremely complex and take months to learn how to fly them. At the same time, the British government assured that they would continue to provide and accelerate military support to Ukraine and listen carefully to the requests of Kyiv.
14:08 The Ukrainian counter-offensive in the Limansky direction has been suspended because the weather conditions and resources are not conducive to it yet, said Serhiy Cherevaty, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: "A number of factors influence. Firstly, we are not Russians, we do not abandon our units when there are no reserves, sufficient fire support. Therefore, we act as adequate modern military science ascribes. When we had these capabilities, we advanced - weather conditions, reserves."
14:05 Lavrov, following the results of negotiations with the Egyptian Foreign Minister, said that he gave him a "certain message" from Blinken. He also said that the Russian troops "are taking all measures so that the plans of the West in Ukraine are not destined to come true, and they will not come true."
14:02 Austrian and Hungarian defense ministers Claudia Tanner and Christoph Salay-Bobrovnicki said they had agreed not to send weapons to Ukraine in order to prevent "further escalation" of the war. They also stressed the close cooperation between Vienna and Budapest.
13:59 From February 1, 2023, the procedure for paying additional monetary remuneration to the military personnel of the Defense Forces of Ukraine and employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs system is changing, the security and defense forces said in a joint statement. Now payments will directly depend on the areas where the military personnel are stationed, the complexity and specifics of the combat or special tasks they perform.
At the same time, the amount of additional monetary rewards for military personnel directly participating in hostilities does not change. The changes will affect exclusively military personnel and employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who are outside the combat zone in different regions of Ukraine, conscripts and cadets, officers of departments and headquarters, as well as some other categories.
In addition, from February 1, the size of the basic monthly monetary allowance (without additional remuneration) of military personnel will be increased so that its minimum level for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine is at least 20,100 hryvnia, for private and commanding personnel of the State Emergency Service and policemen - at the level at least 17,000 hryvnia.
13:45 During the fighting in the Bakhmut area, the Russians lost more than 500 people killed and wounded over the past day, said Sergey Cherevaty, spokesman for the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He also assured that the occupiers could not cut the route along which the APU grouping in Bakhmut is being provided. All the necessary ammunition, equipment, food, ammunition are delivered to Bakhmut, he added.
13:17 Budanov said in an interview with The Washington Post that dozens of attempts were made on his life. According to him, the assassination attempts began from the moment when an FSB lieutenant colonel was killed in the occupied Crimea in August 2016, and the Russians blamed "Ukrainian saboteurs" for this.
13:12 In Russia, prosecutors have returned more than 9,000 illegally mobilized citizens, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Igor Krasnov said at a meeting with Putin.
13:10 Putin ordered to sign an agreement with Minsk on the creation of "combat training centers for the joint training of the military."
13:07 Podolyak announced direct signs of escalation by the Russian Federation: "The systematic shelling of front-line cities, the concentration of equipment and shells, the transfer of troops to different directions, additional forced mobilization in the Russian Federation do not exactly indicate Russia's readiness for peace. These are direct signs of a significant escalation. Therefore, weapons, weapons and once again weapons for Ukraine."
12:22 Scholz said that the condition for starting negotiations with the Kremlin is the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. According to him, no agreements can be reached without the participation of Ukrainians: "There can be no peace concluded with Russia behind the Ukrainians' backs. Therefore, peace negotiations are primarily related to the condition for Russia to withdraw its troops."
12:16 Peskov said that the Kremlin is confident in the correctness of the start of the "special operation" - in his words, it was necessary "to save people in the Donbass."
11:57 Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Kirill Budanov said in an interview with The Washington Post that this year Russia will focus on the occupation of more territory in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. He called the resumption of the offensive from Belarus unlikely - in his opinion, such a step can only indicate an intention to divert and divide the defense forces.
Budanov also stressed that Ukraine must "do everything to ensure that Crimea returns home before the summer." When asked whether Putin would use nuclear weapons if Ukrainian troops entered Crimea, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry replied: “That’s not true. And Crimea will be returned to us. I’ll tell you more: it all started in Crimea in 2014, and everything will end with it. ".. This is a scare tactic. Russia is a country from which you can expect a lot, but not outright idiotic. Sorry, but this will not happen. A nuclear strike will not only lead to a military defeat of Russia, but to the collapse of Russia. And they know this very well ".
11:34 Croatian President Zoran Milanovic said that Crimea will never again be Ukrainian, and also warned against confrontation with Russia, which has nuclear weapons. In addition, he called the Revolution of Dignity "a coup" and Western support for Ukraine in the war against Russia "deeply immoral."
Foreign Ministry Speaker Oleg Nikolenko recalled that in the 1990s, when Croatia was fighting to preserve its statehood, the country could lose a third of its lands due to external aggression, but thanks to the heroic struggle, the Croats were able to defend the independence of their state.
"We consider unacceptable the statements of the President of Croatia, who actually called into question the territorial integrity of Ukraine. At the same time, we highly appreciate and thank the government of Croatia and the Croatian people for the unwavering support of Ukrainians in the fight against Russian aggression," Nikolenko stressed.
11:18 Speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat said that in order to protect the sky, Ukraine needs to replace morally and physically obsolete Soviet aircraft of various types with a single type of multi-role fighter, which can be the F-16, in the amount of up to 200 aircraft.
11:02 Electricity consumption in Ukraine continues to grow due to a cold snap, a significant deficit remains in the energy system, Ukrenergo reported. All oblenergos have been notified of daily consumption limits. As of the morning of January 31, no limits were exceeded, but such a danger exists.
10:43 Reznikov went to Macron to discuss the transfer of F-16 fighters, Reuters writes. The agency notes that while the United States is categorically not ready to take such a step, France and Poland seem to be ready to satisfy any request from Ukraine.
10:18 The international human rights organization Human Rights Watch said that the Ukrainian military bombarded the Izyum region with thousands of prohibited anti-personnel mines, which affected civilians. The organization demands an investigation into the use of PFM mines (so-called petal mines). At the same time, the report says that Ukrainian troops have mined areas near Russian military installations, while the Russians are actively using anti-personnel mines everywhere.
Ukraine is a state party to the 1997 Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, which completely prohibits the use of such weapons. Russia refused to sign this treaty.
09:43 British intelligence reports that Russia over the past three days has likely shifted its reconnaissance attacks in the Pavlovka and Vugledar areas into a more coordinated attack. Analysts note that in November, the Russian Federation used the 155th Marine Brigade in an unsuccessful attack on the same area. Units of the 155th Regiment are again deployed as part of a force no smaller than a brigade. They probably advanced several hundred meters beyond the small Kashlagach River, which marked the front line for several months.
According to intelligence, there is a real possibility that Russia will continue to make local gains in this sector, but it is unlikely that the Russian Federation has enough idle troops in the area to achieve an operationally significant breakthrough.
09:20 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, three people were injured - in Konstantinovka, Kurakhovo and Bakhmut, the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko said.
08:56 Johnson wrote in his column for The Washington Post that if the West had been "brave and consistent enough" to bring Ukraine into NATO, a Russian invasion could have been avoided. According to him, for decades, Western countries have only verbally pursued a policy of open doors in NATO for Ukraine. For Moscow, this was a signal: Kyiv will never join the alliance, and as a result - the most destructive war in Europe in the last 80 years.
08:35 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy as of the morning of January 31.
- personnel - about 127,500 (+850) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3201 (+0),
- armored combat vehicles - 6378 (+9),
- artillery systems - 2197 (+1),
- MLRS - 454 (+1),
- air defense systems - 221 (+0),
- aircraft - 293 (+0),
- helicopters - 284 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1951 (+4),
- cruise missiles - 796 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 5048 (+7),
- special equipment - 200 (+1).
08:24 The enemy continues to conduct offensive operations in the Liman and Bakhmut directions, suffering heavy losses. He is conducting unsuccessful offensive operations in the Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions, and in the Kupyansky and Zaporizhzhya - he is defending the previously captured lines, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled attacks by invaders in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoe, Belogorivka, Luhansk region and Yampolevka, Spornoe, Krasnaya Gora, Paraskoveevka, Bakhmut, Klescheevka, Ivanovskoye, Avdeevka, Vodiane, Pervomaiskoye and Vuhledar, Donetsk region.
In Luhansk, in the maternity hospitals of the city hospital No. 3 and the regional hospital, the occupiers set up a "field hospital" where Russian servicemen are treated. Therefore, in the city you can only give birth in the Lugansk Regional Perinatal Center, where there is a catastrophic shortage of places.
05:23 The International Olympic Committee called "slander" the criticism of the organization by Ukraine because of the IOC's intention to allow the Russians to participate in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. "The IOC strongly rejects these and other slanderous statements. They cannot form the basis for any constructive discussion," the committee said in a statement.
04:19 Biden, answering the question whether the United States will supply fourth-generation combat aircraft to Kiev, said "no", without specifying the reasons. In turn, White House spokesman John Kirby said that the US administration is already supplying Kyiv with large volumes of weapons.
03:24 Norway plans to deliver Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine at the end of March, Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gram said. At the same time, he added that the number of tanks is still being discussed. Norway is known to have 36 Leopard 2 tanks in total.
01:48 The Transport Command of the US Armed Forces announced the dispatch of the first batch of more than 60 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine.
01:20 Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte said that his country is ready to consider Ukraine's request for the supply of F-16 fighters, but so far no such request has been received.
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