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2024-01-30 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: January 29, 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] 22:47 Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly will visit Poland in the coming days on a working visit, during which she will discuss further support for Ukraine, the Canadian Foreign Ministry said.
22:44 Ukraine and Germany held a two-day round of negotiations to conclude bilateral security obligations. They, in particular, discussed the wording of the key provisions of the document, the press service of the Ukrainian president reports. The topic of long-term support for Ukraine was also raised during the negotiations.
22:26 At the second Global Peace Summit, Ukraine is ready to consider inviting representatives of Russia, said the head of the OP Andriy Ermak at a press conference with the heads of the Foreign Ministries of Ukraine and Hungary in Uzhgorod. However, according to him, first you need to create a general plan, and only after that you can think about conversations with the Russian Federation. He also added that in order to participate in these negotiations, Russia must have the political will for peace.
22:19 The Netherlands is allocating 122 million euros to Ukraine for ammunition, weapons and cybersecurity, the country’s government reported. In particular, 87 million euros are provided for the purchase of artillery shells, another 25 million will be transferred to the International Fund for Ukraine (IFU) for the purchase of weapons. In addition, 10 million euros will be allocated for cyber defense of Ukraine.
21:57 Since the beginning of this month, Russian planes have “dropped” six aerial bombs on the territory of the Belgorod region alone. So far the occupiers are lucky: the bombs fell and did not explode. Read more in the article How Russian planes bomb their own villages.
21:43 EU representatives agreed on a preliminary proposal from the European Commission on the use of income from frozen assets of the Russian Federation, the Belgian representation reported.
21:18 Luxembourg, which is one of the leaders of the IT coalition, also joined the F-16 coalition, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said following an online conversation with Luxembourg Prime Minister Luke Frieden.
20:34 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he held a conference call and listened to reports from all areas of government work: “The military - on the situation at the front, in each area of intense fighting. Intelligence - current issues. Special attention, of course, to what is being done the enemy, how he puts pressure on his satellites. A separate conversation concerns drones: issues of production, supply, security of units. This is one of the main tasks of the year - to stay ahead of the enemy in the quality of work with drones. The more successful Ukrainian drones, from FPV to strategic, the more lives We will save our warriors."
18:50 Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó called for increased efforts so that people in Ukraine can live calmly in peace: “We condemn the war and want peace to come to our neighborhood as soon as possible. We must talk more intensively in international politics about the need peace."
18:29 The Russians fired from the Grad MLRS at the town of Znob-Novgorodskoye, Shostkinsk district, Sumy region - three people were killed, one was wounded, the OVA reported. Six private residential buildings, a New Post office, an industrial enterprise, a store, and a power line were damaged.
17:52 Of the less than 100 Leopard-2 tanks transferred to Ukraine, at least 26 were knocked out, others cannot now be used due to problems with repair and maintenance, writes Foreign Affairs. At the same time, according to the publication, during the summer counteroffensive these tanks “showed good results, but were hardly an invulnerable superweapon.”
17:24 Ukraine has taken a “powerful step” to prepare for the meeting between Zelensky and Orban, said the head of the OP Andriy Ermak following a meeting with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó: “Today both sides absolutely clearly said that there is an interest in holding a meeting at the level of the Prime Minister Hungary and the President of Ukraine, and today we have taken a very powerful step towards this meeting."
17:18 Public accounts write about a blow to the location of Russians in the area of the Druzhba Sports Palace in Donetsk. Eyewitnesses report that military vehicles are burning nearby. Meanwhile, the “mayor’s office” of Donetsk stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired eight rockets from the MLRS at the Kalininsky district of the city, allegedly killing three civilians and injuring one.
16:50 Putin and Lukashenko signed a decree on the creation of a media company of the “union state”. Lukashenko said that a single media holding “will help in the information struggle with the West.”
16:27 In the Donetsk region, a decision has been made to force the evacuation of two more communities from the villages - Maryinskaya (Antonovka, Ilyinka, Zoryanoye, Alexandropol, Zhelannye Second) and Ocheretinskaya (Mezhevoye, Voskhod, Novoselovka Pervaya and Zhelannye), said the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
15:59 Advisor to the Hungarian Prime Minister Balazs Orban said that on January 27, Budapest sent a new proposal to Brussels, which could be a compromise on the issue of providing Ukraine with 50 billion euros. According to him, Hungary is “open to using the EU budget for Ukraine and even issuing common debt to finance it, if other clauses are added that will give Budapest the opportunity to change its mind later.”
15:24 The defense concern Rheinmetall “in record time” will build a new ammunition production plant in Germany to ensure the strategic security of supplies of shells, including to Ukraine, said the company’s general director Armin Papperger.
14:37 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, they discussed the course of hostilities and the current defense needs of Ukraine, especially in air defense and artillery.
14:31 Putin will visit Turkey in February, the topic of “Ukrainian settlement” will be one of the key ones in negotiations with Erdogan, said Russian Presidential Assistant Yuri Ushakov. He added that Moscow is supposedly ready for negotiations, but Kyiv does not want them.
14:26 The head of the EU foreign policy service, Josep Borrell, said that “there is no light at the end of the Ukrainian tunnel”: “The war continues, and the fighting is only intensifying, and we do not see the light at the end of the Ukrainian tunnel.” According to him, European sanctions "have significantly weakened the Russian military machine, but it still exists."
13:44 In the Donetsk region, four people were wounded over the past 24 hours, the National Police reported. Six settlements were damaged, 32 civilian facilities were damaged - 17 residential buildings, a kindergarten, a school, an enterprise, a garage, cars, a gas pipeline, and a power line. In particular, three people were injured in Mirnograd as a result of a strike by three rockets, another person was injured in Ocheretino during artillery shelling.
The Russians hit Konstantinovka with two S-300 missiles, after which they shelled the city with artillery. There is destruction on the territory of the enterprise. In addition, at night the Russian army again hit Mirnograd with three missiles - 19 private houses and two educational institutions were damaged.
13:10 American inspectors arrived in Ukraine to check the assistance provided. US Ambassador Bridget Brink clarified that these are three inspectors general of the Department of Defense, the State Department and USAID. “Their meetings with implementers, partners and the Ukrainian government will contribute to strengthening oversight and accountability with U.S. assistance to Ukraine,” she said.
12:57 The Russians hit Nikopol in the Dnepropetrovsk region with artillery - two young guys, 19 and 21 years old, were wounded, one of them is in serious condition, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak.
12:28 According to British intelligence, Russian ground forces from the beginning of a full-scale war until January 25, 2024 lost about 2,600 main battle tanks and 4,900 other armored combat vehicles in Ukraine. Moreover, in 2023, the Russians lost approximately 40% less equipment than in 2022. Analysts explain this by the positional nature of the war last year, as well as by the fact that the Russian Federation spent a significant part of the year in a defensive position.
12:12 Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto arrived in Uzhgorod with his team. The head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Ermak and Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba begin a meeting with the Hungarian delegation. The OP reported that “a frank and constructive dialogue is expected to improve relations between states.”
11:58 The Western press is again raising the question of introducing a “military Schengen” system by NATO countries. In particular, The Times writes that senior Alliance generals are warning of possible Russian strikes on targets in Europe, so the bloc is rushing to introduce this system. Read more in the article Is War Possible?
11:21 Zelensky said in an interview with ARD that he asked the military and people’s deputies that the new draft law on mobilization would exclude “the chances of the TCC to walk the streets”: “It is very wrong for representatives of the military registration and enlistment offices to walk the streets and look for guys who did not come to the military registration and enlistment offices. But "Here I would like us to be fair and honest. There are such cases, but this is absolutely wrong, they should not do this." According to the president, “today there are opportunities to use the digital format... so there is no problem solving this issue in a modern way.”
11:05 The head of the Bundestag Defense Committee, Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, called on France to supply Ukraine with more weapons. According to her, “there is a big discrepancy between support for Ukraine in the media and what France actually supplies to Ukraine in the form of weapons.” She said France's contribution was "still very small" compared to the country's military capabilities. At the same time, Germany provides up to 50% of all aid to Ukraine received from the EU. Strack-Zimmermann added that Germany "always verbally unjustifiably understates its support, while other countries talk a lot about less support."
10:49 In the Belgorod region, Russian Aerospace Forces planes dropped two more FAB-250 aerial bombs, the opposition Russian publication Astra reported. So, on January 27, an aerial bomb was discovered in the village of Postnikov, Korochansky district. Residents decided not to evacuate. On the same day, the same aerial bomb was found in the village of Streletskoye, Belgorod region. The bomb was found on Lesnaya Street, and authorities evacuated about 150 people living within a 500-meter radius of the bomb site. Both bombs were defused the next day, no people were injured.
10:26 The speaker of the Ground Forces, Vladimir Fityo, denied information from Russian propagandists about the alleged capture of Tabaevka in the Kupyansky direction: “The fact that the enemy is now boasting about Tabaevka in his public pages is not true. There are military operations taking place there, so the enemy did not capture any Tabaevka. Therefore "These minimal advances in this territory are all that the invaders could do. And on our part, the main thing is to save the lives of the military personnel." According to him, if the Ukrainian Armed Forces have the opportunity to retreat to better positions in order to take up defensive positions and then move on to offensive actions and improve the tactical position, then this will be done.
As for the loss of Krakhmalny, according to Fityo, it is not so important for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, because the Defense Forces have moved to more advantageous positions.
09:57 Zelensky said in an interview with the German TV channel ARD that without the United States, Europe will not be able to provide Ukraine with the level of assistance that it received before. The President emphasized that if the processes to support Ukraine in the United States are delayed, this will have an impact on a united Europe: “And there are consistent problems here. The first is the shortage of weapons and finances in Ukraine. The second is the alliance between the United States and Europe will be lost. The third is Europe “she will understand that this is a signal that if Ukraine does not hold out and Putin goes forward, this is a signal from the United States that Europe will remain alone among the NATO countries who will resist Russia.”
Zelensky also announced the size of the Ukrainian army, calling it “millions” and clarifying that we are talking about 880 thousand people. According to him, about 30 million people are now working, and another 6.5 to 7.5 million left after the start of a full-scale war.
09:08 The Financial Times writes, with reference to the draft document, that the EU is preparing a blow to the Hungarian economy if it again blocks aid to Ukraine at the summit on February 1. Thus, in the event of a new demarche from Budapest, EU leaders will have to publicly promise to stop funding it “forever.” This could “scare the markets, trigger a flight of the forint from the country and a sharp increase in the cost of its borrowing,” the publication writes.
The purpose of these measures is supposedly to "target Hungary's economic weaknesses, threaten its currency and cause a collapse in investor confidence." And also “damage jobs and economic growth.”
Hungarian Minister for EU Affairs Janos Boka, commenting on this information, said that “Budapest will not succumb to blackmail.” According to him, Brussels is using access to EU funds to exert political pressure. “Hungary does not see a connection between support for Ukraine and access to EU resources and will not allow others to do so,” Boka said.
08:49 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of January 29:
- personnel - about 383,180 (+1070) people,
- tanks - 6290 (+10),
- armored combat vehicles - 11,696 (+25),
- artillery systems - 9113 (+16),
- MLRS - 972 (+0),
- air defense systems - 660 (+0),
- aircraft - 331 (+0),
- helicopters - 324 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 7049 (+8),
- cruise missiles - 1846 (+1),
- ships/boats - 23 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 12,149 (+46),
- special equipment - 1443 (+7).
08:44 Russian public pages write about a drone attack on the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Yaroslavl. According to them, the UAV allegedly fell near a hydrocracking plant.
08:27 Over the past 24 hours, 74 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 21 enemy attacks near Ocheretino, Novobakhmutovka, Stepnoy, Avdeevka and five more attacks near Pervomaisky, Nevelsky, Donetsk region. In the Maryinsky direction, 22 attacks were repulsed near Georgievka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansky direction, four enemy attacks were repelled near Sinkovka and east of Peschany, Kharkov region; in Limansky - six attacks in the Ternov and Yampolevka areas of the Donetsk region; on Bakhmutsky - four attacks near Bogdanovka and Ivanovsky, Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - one attack north of Priyutnoye, Zaporozhye region. The expansion of the bridgehead continues in the Kherson direction; over the past 24 hours, the enemy has carried out eight unsuccessful assault operations.
07:50 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, during a night attack, fragments of a drone fell on the territory of an agricultural enterprise in the Sinelnikovsky district, no people were injured, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak.
07:36 In the Nikolaev region, during a night attack by drones as a result of falling debris, an administrative building, an educational institution and the private sector in the Arbuzinsky community were damaged, there were no casualties, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
07:28 At night, air defense destroyed all eight attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type, which Russia attacked from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk area. The drones were shot down within the Nikolaev, Dnepropetrovsk, Khmelnytsky and Rivne regions, the Air Force command reported. In addition, the Russian army attacked with one Iskander-M missile from the Voronezh region and three S-300 missiles in the Donetsk region from the temporarily occupied territory of the region.
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