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2024-01-21 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: January 20, 2024

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 23:01 Biden said in his speech to city mayors that without American help Russia can win in Ukraine: “If we step aside and Russia can maintain its offensive and break Ukraine, what do you think will happen to the Balkan countries? What will happen from Poland to Hungary with its Orban?"

21:55 Swiss President Viola Amherd believes that it is necessary to hold a peace summit on Ukraine with the participation of Russia. In her opinion, without Russia's participation, the summit is unlikely to become a real peace conference. “Over the past few days, I have been told several times how important this is and how glad everyone is that at least someone is able to talk to everyone. We have communication channels and they are open,” Amherd added. She considers the participation of South Africa, India, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and China to be the key to the success of the summit.

20:53 The German company Taurus Systems is ready to quickly replenish the stocks of long-range missiles in Germany if they are supplied to Ukraine, said the head of the company, Joachim Knopf: “We can quickly begin new production of Taurus, integrate the platform and refine the existing missiles. The condition for this is an order from client".

Good lord — place the order already!

19:04 The Internal Audit Service of the Ministry of Defense and representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with representatives of the Department of Defense Cooperation of the US Embassy, conducted the first joint inspection of weapons and property provided by American partners in one of the military units. In particular, Ukrainian and American inspectors checked three main items - serial numbers, technical condition and proper storage conditions. During the joint work, there were no comments from US representatives, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reported.

18:16 Zelensky said in an evening video message that already in January and February there should be results of new agreements with partners on security guarantees: “We are preparing new agreements with partners - strong bilateral agreements. January and February should bring corresponding results. We are already seeing specific dates, when there may be new and strong documents." In addition, according to him, there will be new defense packages “in these weeks and months.”

The President also named the locations of the most intense fighting at the front: “The most severe is in Avdeevka, the Maryinsky direction is Krasnogorovka, the Limansky direction, the Seversky direction, our Kupyansky direction, the Kherson direction is in Krynki.”

16:10 By the end of this year, the EU will be able to produce 1.3 million shells, said Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for the Internal Market. According to him, this is a priority task, since the European Union must help Ukraine with ammunition and replenish stocks. By March or April, production capacity should reach a million shells per year.

15:39 Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico said that Ukraine’s entry into NATO could be the beginning of the Third World War, so he will block it. According to Fico, he is going to announce this at a meeting with his Ukrainian colleague Denis Shmygal on January 24: “I am coming with humanitarian aid, we will confirm that they will not receive any weapons from the Slovak army and from state warehouses... As for their entry into The European Union, we respect that, but they must meet the conditions... I will say that I am against Ukraine’s membership in NATO, that I will use the right of veto and block it, because this will be the foundation of the Third World War.”

14:21 EU member states were presented with a proposal to reorganize the fund , which provides military support to Ukraine. The bloc plans to switch from sending weapons from existing stocks to purchasing new ones, Bloomberg writes, citing the document. The draft sets out the conditions for the creation of a previously proposed Ukraine Assistance Fund with an annual budget of about 5 billion euros, which EU governments could not agree on.

13:52 Ukraine cannot wage a defensive war, since the transition to a defensive position often leads to a frozen conflict, Ermak said in an interview with Le Figaro: “We have seen this since 2014. We will never agree to a frozen conflict with Putin... We must "Be realistic. The situation is certainly difficult, but the motivation of our people, the motivation of our soldiers is very high. We are fighting for our survival, for our land, for the victory that we believe in... Give us weapons and we will do the job."

According to the head of the OP, troops at the front complain about a lack of people and resources and say that they are no longer able to advance. "This is certainly a problem, and there is no point in hiding it. Some soldiers need rest. Many of them have been on the front line for two years. The government and the General Staff are working on a new law on mobilization, which will soon be submitted to parliament. And on a realistic military strategy The transition period is still ongoing,” Ermak said.

12:08 The Russians fired three missiles at Novogrodovka, Pokrovsky district, Donetsk region - two people were wounded, 33 private houses and an administrative building were damaged, said the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.

09:57 Representatives of the White House said at a meeting with congressional leaders that if assistance is not allocated to Ukraine, “Russia could win the war in a matter of weeks - months at best,” NBC News reported, citing sources. Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan and intelligence director Avril Haines told Congress that "Ukraine will exhaust certain air defense and artillery capabilities in the coming weeks."

According to the channel's source, White House officials are "increasingly alarmed by the prospect that Biden will not be able to fulfill his promise to be close to Kiev as long as necessary." White House officials also told congressmen that the lack of aid to Ukraine “could prompt other countries that rely on the United States, including Japan and South Korea, to rethink their alliances.”

A bipartisan group of congressional leaders meeting agreed that providing aid to Ukraine is a national security priority, but acknowledged that "there are disagreements on how to proceed legislatively," NBC reported.

09:18 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of January 20:

personnel - about 375,270 (+750) people,

tanks - 6171 (+4),

armored combat vehicles - 11,455 (+10),

artillery systems - 8868 (+14),

MLRS - 967 (+1),

air defense systems - 654 (+0),

aircraft - 331 (+0),

helicopters - 324 (+0),

UAV of operational-tactical level - 6934 (+5),

cruise missiles - 1818 (+0),

ships/boats - 23(+0),

submarines - 1 (+0),

automotive equipment and tank trucks - 11,848 (+17),

special equipment - 1389 (+5).

09:03 At night, Russia attacked Ukraine with seven attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk region and three S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the occupied Lugansk region in the Donetsk region. Four of the seven drones were destroyed, the remaining three did not reach their targets, the Air Force command said. Air defense operated within the Odessa, Nikolaev, Cherkasy and Khmelnytsky regions.

08:25 Over the past 24 hours, 103 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Avdeevka direction, the Defense Forces repelled 14 enemy attacks in the Avdeevka area and another 19 attacks south of Tonenkoye, Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye in the Donetsk region. In the Liman direction, ten attacks were repelled near Ternov, Yampolevka, Verkhnekamenskoye, Donetsk region, and another 15 attacks in the areas of Serebryansky forestry, Belogorivka, Lugansk region.

In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled 12 enemy attacks in the areas of Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Tabaevka and Berestovo in the Kharkov region; on Bakhmutsky - four attacks near Ivanovsky, Andreevka and Kleshcheevka, Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - 12 attacks near Georgievka, Maryinka and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - one attack south of Zolotaya Niva, Donetsk region; on Zaporozhye - three attacks west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region. The expansion of the bridgehead continues in the Kherson direction; over the past 24 hours, the enemy has unsuccessfully attempted to storm the positions of the Defense Forces ten times.

00:18 The French Foreign Ministry denied the statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense that during the recent attack on Kharkov, “dozens of French mercenaries” who fought for the Ukrainian Armed Forces were allegedly killed there. “France does not have mercenaries either in Ukraine or anywhere else, unlike some,” the Foreign Ministry said and called Russia’s allegations “gross manipulation.”

At the same time, the department admitted that the French are fighting in Ukraine, but we are not talking about professional military personnel: “We cannot ban them, we are still a democracy. By definition, these people have no connection with the French armed forces, do not wear French military uniform and are not associated with French military institutions."

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