Running Newsticker for the War in Ukraine

Putin will need to form many more armies to occupy and hold the parts of Ukraine Russia can manage to squat on.

https://www.nytimes.com › 2024 › 06 › 27 › us › politics › russia-casualties-ukraine-war.html

Russian Casualties in Ukraine Mount, in a Brutal Style of Fighting ...

May was a particularly deadly month for the Russian army in Ukraine, with an average of more than 1,000 of its soldiers injured or killed each day, according to U.S., British and other Western ...

 

......I'm sure that's not what your parents thought!!!!

 

Ha ha

 

What's this meant to be.

 

well......if this is true.....this would be a real pisser for Russia as they only have 1 S-500 system

 

...his letter to Santa....

Dearwest Santa,
I've been a vewy vewy good wittle boy and for my cwistmas i'd like...

Thank you vewy vewy much Santa

 

The Russians are bogged down while Ukraine's foreign support grows.

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 27, 2024

Click here to read the full report.
Key Takeaways:

• Russian forces have sustained the tempo of their offensive operations in the Toretsk direction since activating in the area on June 18 and likely aim to reduce a Ukrainian salient in the area, but there is little current likelihood of rapid Russian gains near Toretsk. Russian forces have committed only limited forces to this operation so far, which suggests that Russian forces continue to prioritize gradual advances through consistent grinding assaults over operationally significant gains through rapid maneuver.
• Slow grinding Russian offensive operations in the Toretsk direction are in line with Russian President Vladimir Putin's articulated theory of victory that posits that Russian forces will be able to continue gradual creeping advances indefinitely, prevent Ukraine from conducting successful operationally significant counteroffensive operations, and win a war of attrition against Ukrainian forces
• Ukraine signed long-term security agreements with the European Union (EU), Lithuania, and Estonia on June 27.
• Russian officials and information space actors continue to frame migrants as a threat to Russian society amid ongoing efforts to utilize migrant communities to address Russia's force generation needs.
• The Kremlin may be using indirect means to bypass Russian law and codify a state ideology that emphasizes Russia's "traditional" social values while attempting to increase Russia's birth rate.
• There is currently no evidence supporting recent reports that North Korea may be sending engineering forces to rear areas of occupied Ukraine, and ISW has been unable to locate the North Korean confirmation that some Western amplifications allege has been made.
• Russian forces recently marginally advanced near Siversk, Avdiivka, and Donetsk City.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the long-term future of the Russian Navy and Russian shipbuilding on June 26 and noted that the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) plans to introduce more than 40 new ships and vessels to the Russian Navy in 2024. . . .

 

Very significant foreign support, as opposed to the old shells that have been stashed in N. Korea's caves for 70 years.

https://www.usnews.com › news › world › articles › 2024-06-28 › poland-very-likely-to-sign-security-deal-with-ukraine-before-nato-summit-says-pm

Poland Very Likely to Sign Security Deal With Ukraine Before NATO ...

TodayWARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will almost certainly sign a bilateral security agreement with Ukraine before July's NATO summit in Washington, the Polish prime minister said on Friday. [6/28/24]

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/a...-deal-with-ukraine-before-nato-summit-says-pm

 

These are the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in June. The first column is the loss of personnel, the second is the loss of tanks, the third is the loss of armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles, and so on.

 

Is that a wishlist, Dear Santa.........................................

 

Ukrainians continue to hit the Russians.

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 28, 2024
Click here to read the full report with maps
Key Takeaways:

• Russian President Vladimir Putin directed on June 28 the production and deployment of nuclear-capable short- and intermediate-range missiles following the American withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty in 2019, likely as part of the Kremlin's ongoing reflexive control campaign to influence Western decision making in Russia's favor.
• Ukrainian forces reportedly struck an oil depot in Russia on June 28 and reportedly struck a microelectronics plant and a military unit on the night of June 27 to 28.
• The Ukrainian Armed Forces Center for Strategic Communications (StratCom) reported on June 28 that Ukrainian forces have damaged or destroyed more than 30 Russian military aircraft in the first six months of 2024, although ISW cannot confirm this report fully.
• Many Russian elites have reportedly shifted from criticizing Russia's war effort in Ukraine to supporting it because they assess that Russia is prevailing.
• Russian officials called for harsher punishments in Russia's criminal system, likely in response to the recent terrorist attacks in Dagestan.
• Russia may be creating a shadow fleet to transport Russian liquified natural gas (LNG) and circumvent Western sanctions.
• Ukrainian forces recently regained lost positions near Vovchansk and Kreminna, and Russian forces recently advanced near Chasiv Yar.
• Russian opposition outlet Vazhnye Istorii used Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat) data to estimate that over 71,000 Russian men died in the war in Ukraine in 2022 and 2023. . . .

 

A Dumb and Dumber Contest between the "best and brightest" who decided not to conceal and protect their critical weapons systems and the "best and brightest" who refused to allow Ukraine to destroy them while they were exposed and vulnerable on the ground.

FORBES
BUSINESS
AEROSPACE & DEFENSE
Russia’s Most Dangerous Jets Are Parked In The Open A Hundred Miles From Ukraine. But Kyiv Needs Washington’s Permission To Strike Them. Voronezh Malshevo air base is off the target list for now.

David Axe
Forbes Staff


Forbes
https://www.forbes.com › ... › Aerospace & Defense
Russia's Deadliest Jets Are Parked In The Open 100 Miles ...
Forbes
https://www.forbes.com › ... › Aerospace & Defense
20 hours ago — From the base, Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bombers belonging to the Russian air force's 47th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment fly daily sorties lobbing powerful glide ...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davida...-needs-washingtons-permission-to-strike-them/

 

He forgot to put Legos on the list

“CNN —

From the US and Germany to Poland and Ukraine, creators have been volunteering their time and talent to support United24, Ukraine’s official fundraising platform, by recreating Ukrainian monuments as one of a kind Lego sets. These sets aren’t available for purchase; they can only be won through a raffle, by donating $24 or more to United24, with contributions going toward rebuilding destroyed structures and other relief efforts amid the country’s ongoing defensive war against Russia.”


https://www.cnn.com › 2024 › 06 › 29 › opinions › ukraines-new-weapon-against-russia-lego-schwartz › index.html

Opinion: Ukraine's new weapon against Russia? Lego | CNN

In one of the latest projects of United24, Ukraine's official fundraising platform, Lego artists from around the world are helping fight for and rebuild Ukraine, brick by brick, writes Roy Schwartz.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/29/opinions/ukraines-new-weapon-against-russia-lego-schwartz/index.html

 

Russia's training shortfalls will no doubt have battlefield consequences.

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 29, 2024
Click here to read the full report with maps
Key Takeaways:

• Two prominent Russian officials appear to be spearheading divergent paths for addressing religious extremism in Russia as ethnic and religious tension in Russia continues to rise.
• Russian ultranationalists continue to express growing doubt in Russian authorities' ability to prevent another terrorist attack and to address ethnic and religious tensions within Russia following the June 23 terrorist attacks in the Republic of Dagestan.
• Ten Ukrainian civilians whom Russian and Belarusian authorities arrested and held in captivity or prison, including individuals detained before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, returned to Ukraine.
• Ukrainian forces recently regained lost positions near Kreminna, and Russian forces recently advanced near Kupyansk, Chasiv Yar, Toretsk, and Donetsk City.
• Some new Russian military personnel are reportedly receiving insufficient training before deploying to Ukraine. . . .

 

Late is better than never.

Yahoo News Canada
US signals that it has expanded policy to allow Ukraine to counterstrike into RussiaThe US appears to have expanded its agreement with Ukraine to strike over the border inside Russian territory wherever Russian forces are engaging in...

.16 minutes ago [6/30/24]

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/us-signals-expanded-policy-allow-170843722.html

 

He used to be the patriarch of Russia. Let them detach themselves from Ukraine. Like, there was the CPSU, and now the CPRF

 

Putin's goals remain maximalist.

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 30, 2024
Click here to read the full report with maps
Key Takeaways:

• Russian President Vladimir Putin's theory of victory that Russia will be able to make creeping advances in Ukraine indefinitely will incentivize Putin to protract the war and harden Putin's commitment to destroying Ukrainian statehood. The West must hasten to provide Ukraine the support it needs to conduct counteroffensive operations to invalidate Putin's theory of victory and avoid protracting the war more than necessary to secure a peace acceptable to Ukraine and its partners.
• Putin retains his objective of entirely destroying Ukrainian statehood and identity, and all his objectives for territorial conquest in Ukraine are a means to this end.
• The Russian military command appears to be separating some limited elements of airborne (VDV) units and formations into smaller components across different sectors of the front, and the Russian military command may still view VDV units as relatively elite, at least compared with other Russian units and formations.
• Ukrainian forces reportedly struck the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant (NLMK) in Lipetsk Oblast on June 30.
• Dagestan Republic Head Sergei Melikov publicly sided with Chechen Republic Head Ramzan Kadyrov in a recent debate between Kadyrov and Russian Investigative Commitee Head Alexander Bastrykin about responses to religious extremism in Russia amid growing ethnic and religious tension in Russia.
• Military and civilian flights continue to experience GPS interference over Europe and the Middle East, highlighting the role of long-term GPS jamming in ongoing and future conflicts.
• Ukrainian forces recently regained lost positions near Kreminna, and Russian forces recently advanced near Lyptsi, Vovchansk, Kupyansk, and Avdiivka.
• A Russian milblogger claimed on June 29 that Russian military commanders sent about 50 wounded soldiers of the 26th Tank Regiment (47th Tank Division, 1st Guards Tank Army, Moscow Military District [MMD]), who are on leave awaiting medical treatments, to the front against doctors' instructions. . . .

 

Ukraine has stopped Russian imperialism in its tracks with its own troops
The rest of Europe and the free world will be indebted to the people of Ukraine forever.

Euromaidan Press

German Foreign Minister: Ukraine aid is not “charity gesture” but rather “investment” in European securityAnnalena Baerbock stressed that the country is committed to protecting "every square centimeter" of Europe, emphasizing that supporting Ukraine is essential...

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35 minutes ago [7/1/24]


https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/07...e-but-rather-investment-in-european-security/

 

Is this a National Enquirer list?

 

We can look forward to Russian shenanigans in the UNSC this month.

Ukraine Conflict Updates
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 1, 2024

Click here to read the full report.
Key Takeaways:

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  • Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) Head Vladimir Kolokoltsev boasted that Russian authorities have increased detentions and prosecutions related to illegal migration into Russia while calling for intensified Russian government crackdowns against illegal migration.
  • Russia assumed its one-month-long rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on July 1 for the first time since April 2023 and will likely use this position as a power projection base within the international system as it historically has.
  • South Korea's Ministry of Unification announced on July 1 that North Korean state TV channel Korean Central TV switched to transmitting broadcasts via Russian satellites instead of Chinese satellites, reportedly affecting South Korea's ability to monitor North Korean state TV.
  • Hungary assumed the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union (EU) Council on July 1.
  • Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Kreminna, and Russian forces recently advanced near Avdiivka.
  • The Russian information space continues to discuss the mistreatment of wounded and disabled Russian service members in Ukraine. . .

Ukraine continues to take measures to bolster its domestic military equipment production and defense industrial base (DIB) capacity. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense (MoD) reported that between February 24, 2022 and June 29, 2024, Ukraine has codified (the process of registering military equipment with unique identification and in a unique data set) 20 models of sniper and anti-materiel rifles, one third of which are domestically produced.[67] Ukrainian First Deputy Defense Minister Lieutenant General Ivan Havryliuk later noted on July 1 that Ukraine has codified and deployed nearly 480 new types of weapons and military equipment since the start of 2024 alone.[68] The head of Ukraine's state-owned defense enterprise manager Ukroboronprom, Herman Smetanin, noted on July 1 that Ukraine is currently domestically mass-producing drones that can hit targets at a range of over 1,000 kilometers.[69] Smetanin also noted that Ukrainian DIB professionals are already repairing German-made armored combat vehicles at the new Rheinmetall (German automotive and arms manufacturer) maintenance center in western Ukraine.[70]

Ukraine continues to conduct certain force reforms and reorganization in order to strengthen its domestic combat capacity. The National Police of Ukraine announced that it is forming three new combat brigades comprised of 8,000 total policemen and policewomen from the existing Department of Preventative Activities, the "Khyzhak" Patrol Police Department, and the "KORD" special purpose police unit.[71] Ukrainian MoD Spokesperson Senior Lieutenant Dmytro Lazutkin noted on June 27 that Ukraine has increased the number of mobilized servicepeople and that general mobilization dynamics are improving compared to the situation in Ukraine in March and February of 2024. [72] . . . .

 

"'Soon'".


https://www.businessinsider.com › ukraine-first-f16s-from-netherlands-arrive-soon-minister-russia-aircraft-2024-7?op=1

Ukraine's first F-16s from the Netherlands will arrive 'soon,' defense ...

Ukraine has been asking for F-16s since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022, but the US only dropped its opposition to allies sending the US-made planes in May 2023.
https://www.businessinsider.com/ukr...ive-soon-minister-russia-aircraft-2024-7?op=1

 

https://www.nibulon.com/en/we-received-the-newest-gps-system-ptrack-iii/

 

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” Maya Angelou

 

The problem for Americans is that they think that only the American media is true. That they always write the truth.

And vice versa - they think that the Russian media always write lies