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“Like the Cold War”
: Vladimir Putin’s minister senses confrontation with NATO
Poor chances
on the
Dnipro
for Putin: Russian offensive “limited”
Losses
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Russia
: More than 375,000 soldiers killed or wounded
The information processed here comes from international media and news agencies, but also from the warring parties Russia and Ukraine and their allies.
In particular, the information on losses suffered by the armies involved in the Ukrainian war cannot be independently verified.
Update from January 21st, 10:30 p.m.:
After a series of Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and villages with numerous victims, President Volodymyr Zelenskyj reiterated that Russia must take responsibility for them.
“Russia will be held accountable for all this terror,” the Ukrainian leader said in his nightly video address on Sunday.
“Without Moscow’s decisions to trigger this aggression and this terror, thousands and thousands of people would still be alive today.” Therefore, both the individual responsible parties and the entire Russian state must be held accountable.
“Russia must learn and always remember that the aggressor loses the most through aggression.”
Russia probably receives ammunition from North Korea – otherwise “the situation would be catastrophic”
Update from January 21st, 7:14 p.m.:
According to Ukrainian information, North Korea is currently one of the largest suppliers of weapons to the Russian army.
This was said by the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, in an interview with the Financial Times.
Moscow is receiving a “significant amount” of ammunition from North Korea, Budanov said.
The deliveries would have given the Russian armed forces a breather.
“Without [North Korea’s] help, the situation would have been catastrophic.”
Update from January 21st, 4:14 p.m.:
On Sunday, Russia reported renewed rocket attacks on the Crimean peninsula, which was annexed by Ukraine in violation of international law.
Kiev is said to have launched several attacks.
The Defense Ministry said one of the missiles was fired over the Black Sea.
Moscow-appointed governor Mikhail Razvoshayev reported that another flying object was destroyed over the port area of Sevastopol.
The air alert over Crimea was then lifted.
Ukraine war: 25 dead in attack on market in Donetsk region
Update from January 21st, 3:10 p.m
.: After a serious attack on a market in a suburb of Donetsk, the number of deaths has now risen to at least 25.
The Tagesschau,
among others, reports on this
.
In the attack on Sunday morning, 20 people in Textilshchik were seriously injured, said the head of the Kremlin-appointed authorities, Denis Pushilin.
Two children are among the injured.
The Ukrainian military is said to be responsible for the shelling, which has not yet been independently confirmed.
The government in Kiev initially did not comment on the incident.
News about the Ukraine war: New figures on Russian losses published
Update from January 21st, 2:08 p.m
.: The Ukrainian General Staff has published new figures on Russia's losses in the Ukraine war.
According to this, 760 Russian soldiers were either killed or wounded in the fighting within one day.
The information could not initially be independently verified.
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Soldiers
: 376,030 soldiers (+760 on the previous day)
Tanks
: 6181 (+10)
Armored vehicles
: 11,466 (+11)
Artillery systems
: 8875 (+7)
Multiple rocket launchers
: 968 (+1)
Air defense systems
: 655 (+1)
Aircraft
: 331
Helicopters:
324
Drones
: 6936 (+2)
Cruise missile
: 1818
Warships
: 23
Submarines
: 1
Tanker trucks and other vehicles
: 11,862 (+14)
Special Equipment
: 1392 (+3)
Source:
Ukrainian General Staff dated January 21st.
The information about Russian losses comes from the Ukrainian army.
They cannot be independently verified.
Russia itself does not provide any information about its own losses in the Ukraine war.
News about the Ukraine war: Russia is planning drastic punishments for citizens
Update from January 21, 12:36 p.m
.: Russia will next week discuss a draft law that would allow it to confiscate money, property and valuables from people found guilty of spreading “false information” about the army.
The bill, which according to state media is supported by all major parliamentary groups, will be introduced in the Duma tomorrow.
The measure is intended to punish "scoundrels" who "smear our country, soldiers and officers participating in the special military operation," State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin wrote on Telegram, according to
AFP
.
Accusations of spreading “false information” about the army can already result in prison sentences of up to 15 years.
News about the Ukraine war: Heavy air strike reported in Donetsk
Update from January 21st, 11:04 a.m
.: At least 13 people were killed in a Ukrainian attack on a market in Donetsk.
The large city in eastern Ukraine is controlled by Russia.
Ten others were injured in the “terrible bomb attack,” the region’s pro-Russian governor Denis Pushilin said on Telegram.
His information could not initially be independently verified.
The city of Donetsk is around 20 kilometers from the front.
Already in 2014 it came under the control of pro-Russian separatists.
Ukraine News: Putin's minister senses confrontation with NATO “like in the Cold War”
Update from January 21st, 9:23 a.m
.: Russia has criticized the planned major NATO maneuver as a final throwback “to the times of the Cold War”.
This is reported by the
Reuters
news agency .
Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko complained that such an exercise marked NATO's "final and irrevocable return" to the "schemes of the Cold War."
All of this is prepared for a “confrontation with Russia.”
Grushko told the state news agency
Ria Novosti
in remarks published today.
The transatlantic military alliance NATO is launching its largest maneuver in decades next week.
Around 90,000 soldiers are expected to take part in the “Steadfast Defender 2024” exercise, which runs until May.
Scene from the major NATO exercise “Trident Juncture” in 2018: “Marder” infantry fighting vehicle in Norway © Mohssen Assanimoghaddam/dpa
Suspicion of arms deliveries in the Ukraine war: North Korea invites Putin
Update from January 21st, 7:38 a.m
.: North Korea has invited Vladimir Putin again.
North Korea "is ready to greet the closest friend of the Korean people with the utmost sincerity," North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said at a meeting with Putin in Moscow, according to state news agency
KCNA
.
States such as the USA and South Korea accuse North Korea of supporting Russia with weapons and ammunition in the war against Ukraine.
Ukraine News: British secret service assesses the situation on the Dnipro
Update from January 21st, 6:34 a.m
.: According to British assessments, the Russian armed forces are still making no progress in their attacks on a Ukrainian position on the Dnipro River.
The British Ministry of Defense in London said they had failed in all attempts to drive out the Ukrainians there.
The Russians are most likely superior in terms of strength there.
The British assume that Russia will therefore continue its attacks around the town of Krynky in southern Ukraine in the coming weeks “despite increasing personnel losses”.
The Ukrainians hold a bridgehead on the river.
The ministry in London said yesterday that they had repelled the attacks so far, but had problems with supplies.
News about the Ukraine war: 21 Russian attacks on the Kupiansk Front in one day
Update from January 20th, 11:04 p.m.:
The Ukrainian armed forces repelled 21 Russian attacks on the Kupiansk Front near the Kharkiv and Luhansk regions during Saturday, January 20th.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced this on Facebook.
On the Kupiansk front, Russian forces attempted to break through Ukrainian defense lines.
Russian forces also used mortars and artillery to attack more than 15 settlements, including Dvorichna, Masiutivka, Synkivka, Petropavlivka and Berestove (Kharkiv region).
Ukraine News: Russian offensive on the Dnipro “limited”
Update from January 20, 4:40 p.m.:
Poor training and coordination of Russian troops stationed on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region may prevent them from displacing Ukrainian forces from the area.
“The Russian force has been unsuccessful in all its attempts to dislodge the Ukrainian defenders, although it almost certainly has a significant advantage in the balance of forces on this axis,” the ministry wrote in its latest news update (January 20).
“It is very likely that the poor training and coordination of Russian forces in this area limits their offensive capabilities.”
Ukraine is trying to attack Crimea in its war against Russia
Update from January 20th, 12:25 p.m.:
Kiev repeatedly tries to attack Crimea in the Ukraine war.
This should continue like this in the future.
The head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, promised further attacks in an interview.
It is necessary to maintain pressure on Russia, Budanov told the
Financial Times
.
According to Budanov, this is possible primarily through air attacks, the use of combat drones at sea and covert special operations.
The aim is to destroy the military logistics of the Russian troops.
Zelenskyj complains about the “madness” of the Russian leadership
Update from January 20th, 6:20 a.m.:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has accused the Russian leadership of “madness” and warned of possible new wars in the world.
“Because of the madness of the Russian leadership, all nations of the world are now facing a period of uncertainty and uncertainty,” Zelensky said in his evening video message broadcast in Kiev.
Zelensky once again called on the international community to unite to defeat Russia.
“We have the strength to maintain normal life,” he said.
The world can do it.
“The strength must be used right now to stop Russia.”
Update from January 19th, 8:25 p.m.:
In addition to combat operations on the war fronts of the Ukrainian war in the south and east of the country, Ukrainian military and special forces are also said to be planning further attacks on Russian-occupied Crimea.
Ukraine's military intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, told the
Financial Times
.
According to Budanov, Crimea plays an important role in Russia's military logistics and is therefore an important target for air or drone attacks.
By destroying military equipment, pressure could be built up on the Russian occupiers.
On the brink of the Ukraine war: Baltic states build defenses
Update from January 19th, 7:20 p.m.:
Due to current developments in the Ukraine war, military experts expect another Russian offensive next summer.
This was reported by the
Financial Times
.
One indication of an approaching Russian offensive is Ukraine's “active defensive tactics,” another is the announcements by Russian leader Vladimir Putin that Russia is still pursuing its war goal of “liberating” the regions in eastern Ukraine.
According to official sources, renewed attacks on Kharkiv or Kiev cannot be ruled out.
Update from January 19th, 4:36 p.m.:
Clear signal to Lukashenko and Putin: Estonia's Defense Ministry announced on Friday that the countries' ministers had signed an agreement in Riga, according to which "Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will build defense facilities in the coming years to limit the “Want to build mobility”.
The aim is to “deter and, if necessary, defend against military threats”.
News in the Ukraine war: Russia apparently shakes Kherson with explosions
Update from January 19th, 3:21 p.m.:
The Russian armed forces are apparently bombing one of the districts of Kherson, and explosions are shaking the city.
“Kherson is under attack!
The Russian army carries out an attack from the temporarily occupied left bank of the Dnipro River.
Explosions are heard in the Dniprovskyi district of the city,” said Roman Mrochko.
The head of the military administration of the Kherson Oblat was quoted by
Ukraineska Pravda.
Mrochko said Russia dropped explosives from a drone on the Kherson water supply emergency team on the outskirts of Kherson.
Mrochko added that a utility emergency repair vehicle was damaged in the Russian attack.
Initial reports indicate that no utility employees were injured.
This information cannot be verified.
Ukraine News: Russia reports drone attack on oil depot
Update from January 19th, 1:38 p.m.:
An oil depot is currently burning on a large scale in the Russian city of Klintsy.
The governor of the Bryansk region said that the fire probably broke out after a Ukrainian drone was shot down.
The fire has been extinguished since 12 p.m.
A total of 170 firefighters are on site and part of the nearby residential area had to be evacuated.
This is reported by
Ukraineska Pravda
.
News in the Ukraine war: Russia is apparently planning a major offensive in the summer
Update from January 19th, 12:53 p.m.:
According to a media report, Russian troops could be planning a new major offensive in Ukraine in early summer.
As the
Financial Times
reports, this was suspected by Ukrainian security officials who only spoke to the US newspaper anonymously.
This is one of the reasons why Ukraine is currently focusing on strengthening its defense.
Accordingly, Russia could try to take the remaining parts of the four regions annexed in violation of international law (Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia).
It is possible, it is said, that the Kremlin could also plan a new attack on the capital Kiev or Kharkiv.
Ukraine News: Russia’s offensive in the war apparently “not effective”
Update from January 19th, 10:04 a.m.:
A lot of effort, little return: Despite increased attacks, NATO sees Russia's offensive in the Ukraine war as a dead end.
The current fighting at the front is fierce, said the chairman of the military committee in the defense alliance, Admiral Rob Bauer, according to the broadcaster n-tv.
“The recent attacks are devastating, but not militarily effective,” he added at a press conference, referring in particular to the attackers’ enormous losses.
Bauer assumes there are more than 300,000 Russian deaths and injuries.
The Ukrainian troops also destroyed thousands of tanks and armored vehicles as well as hundreds of aircraft.
Ukraine News: Russian ground troops are stepping up attacks in the east and south of Ukraine
Update from January 19th, 7:00 a.m.:
According to Kiev military information, the Russian ground troops are again intensifying their attacks on the fronts in the east and south of Ukraine.
According to the situation report from the Ukrainian General Staff, there were 114 attempted attacks on eight sectors of the front on Thursday (January 18).
That was significantly more than last time.
The attacks were therefore repelled.
The information cannot be independently verified.
Meanwhile, the sky over Ukraine initially remained calm on Friday night.
The Ukrainian Air Force did not record any of the usual attacks by Russian combat drones.
Soldiers from Russia and Ukraine are engaged in intense ground fighting
First report from January 19th:
Kiev – Ukraine has been defending itself against an invasion from Russia for almost 23 months.
The fighting on the ground increased in intensity again, as shown by the Ukrainian General Staff report for Thursday.
The Russian troops ran most violently against the front-line town of Avdiivka.
36 battles were recorded in and around the city close to Russian-controlled Donetsk.
The Russian army has been trying to encircle the Ukrainian defenders since October.
She suffered high losses of soldiers and material.
Traveling more than 1,000 kilometers: Ukraine uses its own drone against Russia
Ukraine says it successfully used a drone in the northern Russian city of St. Petersburg.
“Yes, this night we hit a target, and this drone flew exactly 1,250 kilometers,” Industry Minister Olexander Kamyshin said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The drone used was produced in Ukraine and cost the equivalent of just over 320 euros.
Ukrainian media, citing military intelligence, reported an attack on a fuel depot in the port of the city with over a million inhabitants.
According to Russian information, three drones were intercepted.
There was no damage.
(talk to agencies)