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2024-01-20 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: January 19, 2024
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 22:09 Zelensky, in an interview with the British television channel Channel 4, invited Trump to Ukraine: “Donald Trump, I invite you to Ukraine, to Kiev. So if you can stop the war in 24 hours, I think that will be enough to come.” At the same time, he called Trump’s intentions to “end the war” in Ukraine in 24 hours “very dangerous.”
20:38 The European Commission predicts that the Russian Federation may intensify attacks on Ukraine before the presidential elections on March 17. "In the run-up to these elections, there will be an increase in Russia's actions in aggression against Ukraine. Putin showed this at Christmas or New Year's holidays, and he shows it every day with his escalation, deployment of weapons, deployment of drones, missiles, striking more and more civilian infrastructure, civilian targets ", said Peter Stano, Speaker of the European Commission for Foreign Affairs and Security.
20:03 For the second day in a row, Russia is being attacked by drones. At gunpoint are oil terminals and the largest gunpowder plant in the Russian Federation. The flight range of drones is also interesting. Thus, UAVs flew to the Leningrad region for the first time, covering more than 1,200 km. Read about where the Ukrainian drones flew in the article Hot in Russia.
18:35 Four American parts were found in the Iskander-K missile that Russia hit the drama theater in Chernigov on August 19, the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption reported. We are talking about components from the block of the global navigation satellite system CH-99. Experts also determined that this missile was manufactured no earlier than March 2023.
18:29 The Ministries of Defense of Ukraine and France signed a technical agreement in Paris on the mutual acceptance of state guarantees of the quality of goods, works and services for defense purposes. The Ukrainian department noted that this agreement, in particular, will reduce the financial costs of the Ministry of Defense when purchasing goods, works and services for defense purposes.
18:13 Ukraine received a large batch of generators from the UAE - more than 1,500 units, Zelensky said following a telephone conversation with the President of the United Arab Emirates Muhammad bin Zayed Al Nagayan. He also thanked for assistance in the prisoner exchange. In addition, the parties discussed the possibility of long-term financial support from the UAE and cooperation in the implementation of the Peace Formula.
18:04 The Cabinet of Ministers has allocated a record amount for the development of defense lines - 17.5 billion hryvnia, which will be used for the construction of engineering and fortification structures, related equipment and a system of non-explosive barriers. The funds were allocated to relevant departments and regional state administrations, Shmygal said.
17:20 Germany currently does not have the opportunity to provide Ukraine with long-range Taurus missiles, since this requires increasing production, said Bundestag deputy from the government Social Democratic Party of Germany, member of the defense committee Johannes Arlt.
16:48 The Baltic countries are going to build 600 bunkers and a defense line on the border with Russia in the coming years, the Estonian Ministry of Defense reported. The corresponding agreement was signed in Riga by the defense ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The ministers also signed a memorandum on the joint use of HIMARS and the Latvian Lielvarde airbase for air defense needs while the runway at the Estonian Ämari airfield is closed for repairs.
16:29 Russian troops broke through the defenses of Avdeevka, Donetsk region and entrenched themselves in private houses on the southern outskirts of the city. Information about how exactly the enemy was able to enter the populated area varies. More details about the situation can be found in the material The enemy broke through to Avdeevka.
15:57 The Russians hit residential buildings in the Dnieper district of Kherson - one person was killed, a 16-year-old was wounded, the OVA reported. In addition, the Russian army shelled Beregovoe, Belozersk community, wounding two people. Over the previous day, three people were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
15:15 The Financial Times writes, citing Western officials and sources in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, that Russia may be preparing to launch a large-scale offensive in the summer, while Ukraine plans to switch to an active defense strategy - it will hold the front line, look for weak points and launch long-range air strikes. Sources note that Russia may be planning a large-scale offensive in the summer to completely capture the Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. However, experts doubt that either side has “prospects for an operational breakthrough.”
14:43 The EU has begun discussing new sanctions against Russia and plans to adopt them by February 24, Bloomberg writes, citing sources. Measures may include trade restrictions and expansion of sanctions lists.
14:08 Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Ermak discussed by telephone with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó the preparations for the meeting, which will take place on January 29 in Uzhgorod. From the Ukrainian side, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba and the head of the OP plan to take part in it. “We are committed to an open dialogue to discuss bilateral relations between our states,” Ermak noted.
13:51 The Russian volunteer corps, fighting on the side of Ukraine, and Russian public pages write about the DRG ambush in the Suzemsky district of the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, which borders the Chernigov region. It is reported that the Ural Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was attacked, there were dead and wounded. Immediately after the attack, the DRG allegedly retreated.
13:16 The West must prepare for a “comprehensive war” with Russia, said the head of the NATO Military Committee Rob Bauer: “We must realize that it is not a fact that we live in peace. And therefore we are preparing for a conflict with Russia. But the discussion is much broader "It's also the industrial base and the people who need to understand that they have a role to play." According to him, “not everything can be planned and not everything will work out without problems in the next 20 years.”
12:30 Along the northern border of Ukraine, Russia holds a group of about 20 thousand people, said the commander of the Joint Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Sergei Naev. According to him, as of today, the situation in the Northern operational zone remains under control, but enemy units are constantly conducting reconnaissance, shelling border areas, and increasing the area’s engineering and fortification equipment.
Meanwhile, on the Belarusian side, in addition to border service units, about 1,800 members of the armed forces are being held along the border. They carry out combat training activities, strengthen the surveillance system and engineering and fortification equipment of the area. Naev also said that Belarus continues to provide assistance to the Russian Federation by supplying and repairing weapons and military equipment. In particular, Belarusian enterprises produce new and recycle obsolete ammunition, which they then transfer to Russia.
12:02 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius admits the possibility of a war between Russia and NATO: “We hear threats from the Kremlin almost every day, recently again against our friends in the Baltic countries. Therefore, we must take into account that one day Russia could even attack the country NATO".
At the same time, the minister agreed with the opinion of German experts that Russian aggression against an Alliance country is possible in 5-8 years. Pistorius added that with his statement he wanted to “wake up society” and call on the German armed forces to be ready for war.
11:57 In Russian Klintsy, which was attacked by Ukrainian drones at night, four tanks with oil products are burning, the fire has been assigned an increased level of complexity, 32 people have been evacuated from nearby private houses, said the governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz.
11:23 Hybrid air defense systems are not long-range, said Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat: “These systems that we are talking about now, they are not long-range. They can operate somewhere up to 15 km. Therefore, we can count on the fact that we can shoot down at over long distances, there is no need. But to use them locally to cover infrastructure facilities, military facilities or something else - why not."
10:54 Moscow considers the crew of the downed Russian A-50 plane “missing.” The command of the unit where the pilots were based is not yet planning any mourning events, and the relatives of the pilots say that they find themselves in a “suspended” situation, writes the VChK-OGPU telegram channel. Among the “missing” is the commander of the flight, Vyacheslav Levchenko, his wife said.
10:18 On the night of January 19, the Main Intelligence Directorate conducted another special operation on Russian territory - Ukrainian drones attacked the Tambov powder plant and an oil depot in Klintsy, Bryansk region, the UP reports citing a source in the special services. According to him, the consequences of the attack on the gunpowder factory are being clarified, and in Klintsy there is “significant damage to a military facility.”
09:47 Russian public pages write about a drone attack on the Tambov powder plant in the city of Kotovsk. In particular, the target was workshop No. 3, where products are mixed. An aircraft-type drone allegedly fell next to a building on Truda Avenue, “without consequences.”
09:03 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense confirmed a successful cyber attack on a Russian state-owned enterprise that carries out all construction contracts for the Russian Ministry of Defense - the Main Military Construction Directorate for Special Facilities. The operation was carried out by hackers from the Ukrainian organization Blackjack - they penetrated the database of a Russian state-owned company and obtained 1.2 terabytes of valuable data. Among the resulting array is technical documentation for more than 500 objects of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Information about Russian military facilities was transferred to the Security and Defense Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, all data was deleted from the servers of the Russian enterprise, which temporarily paralyzed the construction of new facilities.
08:45 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of January 19:
- personnel - about 374,520 (+920) people,
- tanks - 6167 (+20),
- armored combat vehicles - 11,445 (+35),
- artillery systems - 8854 (+19),
- MLRS - 966 (+0),
- air defense systems - 654 (+1),
- aircraft - 331 (+0),
- helicopters - 324 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 6929 (+4),
- cruise missiles - 1818 (+0),
- ships/boats - 23 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 11,831 (+37),
- special equipment - 1384 (+4).
08:16 The Russian design bureau Stratim has launched a budget analogue of the Iranian Shahed drone called the Hawk with a flight range of 350 km and a warhead of 800 kg, reports the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW). According to analysts, Russian troops will use the Yastreb UAV as a decoy to divert the attention of Ukrainian air defense. It is planned to begin flight testing of the finished product in the first half of 2024.
07:51 Governor of the Bryansk region Alexander Bogomaz said that electronic warfare equipment suppressed the drone, and when it was destroyed, “an ammunition was dropped” at the Klintsovsk oil depot. According to him, according to preliminary information, there were no casualties, but “there is a fire in the tanks in the embankment.”
07:29 Over the past 24 hours, 127 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 27 enemy attacks in the areas of Novokalinovo, Novobakhmutovka, Avdeevka and another 17 attacks near Pervomaisky and Nevelsky, Donetsk region. In the Kupyansky direction, 18 attacks were repelled near Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Tabaevka, Berestovo, Kharkov region; on Limansky - 15 attacks near Ternov, Yampolevka, Donetsk region, and eight more attacks in the areas of Serebryansky forestry, Belogorivka, Luhansk region; on Maryinsky - 15 attacks near Krasnohorivka, Maryinka and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region.
In addition, in the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian forces repelled two enemy attacks near Bogdanivka, Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - four attacks west of Staromayorsky and south of Urozhayny, Donetsk region; on Zaporozhye - five attacks west of Verbovoy and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region. The expansion of the bridgehead continues in the Kherson direction; over the past 24 hours, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to storm the positions of the Defense Forces 11 times.
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