Bob Homans January 13
20230113
Ukraine – 1/13 Sitrep
Compiled by: Robert Homans
January 13, 2023
Patriotic Beavers
In the memes so enjoyed by Ukrainians, raccoons will need to make room for the beavers. In the Latest Denys, at about 10:15 into his video, he reports that beavers have built dams along many of the rivers in Northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus, increasing the difficulties facing the Russians if they decide to attack Ukraine a 2nd time from the direction of Belarus. According to Denys, it’s the absence of tourists and hunters that explain the increased activity of the patriotic beavers.
The entire border between Ukraine and Belarus is almost one big swamp or, if not, forests with thick underbrush. The result is that possible invasion routes from the territory of Belarus are extremely limited, and Ukraine knows where they are.
The forests and the underbrush near the border with Belarus are prime locations for 2 favorite activities of Ukrainians, especially men, mushrooming and gathering blueberries. During the summer, trains running from towns close to the border with Belarus and Kyiv are full of people with large quantities of blueberries, that they plan to sell in local markets in Kyiv or in favorite locations along the sidewalks of major streets. I am sure that many of these same people are now providing useful intelligence to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
More on Rep. Spartz
After she was first elected to Congress, I happened to see an interview Rep. Spartz gave to Fox News. During the interview she talked about taking her children to Omaha Beach, in Normandy, to show her children the high price of freedom that was paid by American servicemen on D-Day, June 6th, 1944.
In March 1962 my parents took my sister and me to Omaha Beach for the same reason. Even at the age of 15, standing at the edge of the cemetery and looking down on the beach, I understood the price that was paid by our troops for successfully scaling the cliffs in the face of German fire directed down at them, and why naval gunfire support, especially from destroyers going dangerously close to the beach in the face of strong tides and underwater barriers, to provide more rapid and accurate fire against German positions than was possible from battleships and cruisers far offshore. This was complemented by tactical airstrikes against German positions, and strategic bombing of German logistics, going all the way from Normandy back into Germany.
If Rep. Spartz recognized the importance of taking her children to Omaha Beach, perhaps she can draw the following lessons from Omaha Beach, that apply equally to the War in Ukraine today, the country of Spartz’s birth:
· Ukrainian ground forces need improved ability to conduct tactical airstrikes from fixed wing aircraft, along with improved gunfire support.
· Ukrainian ground forces need improved ability to hit Russian bases inside Russia, using longer range ACACMS missiles and drones.
Spartz has established her credibility with her Trump Republican colleagues in the House. Perhaps she is now in the position to educate her Trump Republican colleagues, about what Ukraine is fighting for today, in the same way that she said she educated her children when she took them to Omaha Beach.
Referring back to the analogy I made with Senator Vandenberg and President Nixon in yesterday’s email, it is worth mentioning that, like Spartz, both Sen. Vandenberg and Pres. Nixon were Republicans.
News From the Battlefield
The situation in and around Soledar remains confusing. Both Denys and “Reporting From Ukraine” suggest that fighting in Soledar continues. Reporting from Ukraine covers Ukraine’s establishing of a new defense line along a rail embankment just outside Soledar, and he adds that rail embankments have proven to be a significant barrier in the conduct of the war.
At around 12:20 into his video Denys includes aerial footage of the area around Soledar that I find particularly useful. It appears to show that Ukraine still holds significant territory inside Soledar, but he admits that the only means of exit for these Ukrainians is across fields because the roads are now controlled by Russia. However, he adds that after Prigozhin reported that Russia has taken all of Soledar, contradicted by the Russian Defense Ministry, it will be embarrassing for Prigozhin if this doesn’t turn out to be the case.
Also included are 3 articles from today’s newsletter from Meduza IO. The first is entitled “Bafflement After Battle,” and is about Soledar. The next is entitled “The True War of Attrition Begins,” and is a summary of the fighting in 2022 and what 2023 might bring. The third alleges that seriously wounded Russian soldiers are being sent back to the Front, before receiving physician’s clearance. Taken together, it’s possible to draw the following observations/conclusions:
· Soledar and Bakhmut seem to be accidental battles. Originally, Russia appeared to be using Bakhmut as the southern anchor to a campaign to trap Ukrainians in a pocket around Kramatorsk and Slovyansk, with Izyum and Lyman as the northern anchor. The northern anchor melted away last September & October when Ukraine liberated Lyman in Izyum. Russia kept trying to capture Bakhmut, and Ukraine responded.
· Both sides are running low on ammunition. Elsewhere, there have been reports of Ukraine resuming the manufacture of 120 and 152mm ammunition needed for Soviet-era artillery, in several undisclosed locations.
· Advantage in training new troops, those that are effective, appears to go to Ukraine. Russia has not established their ability to train and equip the thousands of new conscripts upon which they are relying to compensate for dwindling stores of ammunition, what Meduza descirbes as the “people for ammunition” strategy that appears to be the Russian strategy in front of Soledar and Bakhmut.
· If Ukraine is to fight in the same manner as the U.S., a war of maneuver with relatively low reliance on artillery, they need fixed wing aircraft currently not on offer by the West. The U.S. is trying to compensate by providing Ukraine with smart bomb attachments, making their airstrikes more effective, but the fact remains that relies almost completely on Soviet era aircraft, the extraordinary ability of their pilots, and vastly improved Ukrainian antiaircraft capabilities.
· If Russia has such a manpower advantage from the recent conscription, why are they forcing seriously wounded soldiers back to the Front?
Overall, Meduza’s prediction for 2023 gives the advantage to Ukraine.
There is still very sketchy news coming out of Ukraine about the situation around Kremina and a possible Ukrainian counterattack in the South, toward Melitopol. In the past, lack of news means Ukraine is up to something.
1/13 Sitrep
Russian Invasion of Ukraine 12:00 noon January 12 to 12:00 noon January 13, 2022
Abbreviations:
RMA = Regional Military Administration SBU = Security Service of Ukraine
RASHISTS = russian Facists/all russian invaders
INTERNATIONAL
January 13
10:11 Pentagon: Reshuffles in the command of the Russian army speak of systemic problems.
· "This probably reflects the systemic problems that the Russian military faced at the very beginning of the invasion. We talked about some of them — problems with logistics, command, support, morale. And the failure of the strategic goals set by them in the operation," said a representative of the US Ministry of Defense.
08:00 The US Department of Defense called the situation around the Ukrainian city of Soledar, where intense fighting is taking place, difficult, but stressed that the Russians' statements about allegedly gaining control of the city are not confirmed, - US Department of Defense spokesman General Patrick Ryder.
07:59 CNN: Ten Russian oligarchs who are under UK sanctions have previously been granted the right to reside in the country through an "investor visa."
00:20: 225 servicemen from Ukraine will be trained in Madrid. Including 20 of them will be trained in hawk air defense systems.
· The exercises will take place at Torrejon Air Base near Madrid, where our fighters will also be trained in Takmed.
· This is the second group of military personnel to be trained in Spain. 65 defenders were trained in November and December.
January 12
23:49: The U.S. has enough resources to continue to support Ukraine as long as necessary, while maintaining the level of combat capability required for its own defense.
· This was stated by Pentagon spokesman Brigadier Air Force General Patrick Ryder.
23:35: Russian businessman detained in Poland - collecting data on NATO troops
· In Poland, a Russian citizen who had lived in the country for many years was detained on suspicion of espionage and in 2009 received the status of a long-term EU resident. The suspect owned several companies and was engaged in cross-border transportation, - said Deputy Minister-Coordinator of Special Services Stanislav Zharin.
22:37 Deputy Foreign Minister: Ukraine will submit for discussion in 2023 a draft resolution of the UN General Assembly on the establishment of a special tribunal against the Russian Federation.
20:56: The Government of Japan has allocated $95 million to restore Ukraine, the press service of the Ministry for Communities and Territories and Infrastructure Development reports.
· The funds will be directed to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under a partnership agreement.
20:40 Politico: The vast majority of EU citizens support the bloc's continued support for Ukraine. This is evidenced by the results of the latest Eurobarometer survey.
· When asked if they approved of the bloc's position on supporting Ukraine, 74 percent answered yes, and a third said they "resolutely" approved.
· Almost the same number - 73% - said that they agreed with the EU's financial, military, and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, as well as with sanctions against Russia.
19:37: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sets out to hold phone conversations with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Putin January 13-14, - A Haber.
· According to Turkey's Chief Ombudsman Sheref Malkoc, the main topic of the talks will be the opening of a humanitarian corridor for the wounded as a result of hostilities in Ukraine.
17:18: American actor Arnold Schwarzenegger starred in the Kalush Orchestra music video for the song "Bountiful Evening."
· At the beginning of the video, Schwarzenegger addressed the Ukrainian people. "Especially now, at this very difficult time. Everyone can have a dream. And everyone can translate it into reality," he says, and at the end of the clip in Ukrainian he adds: "Generous evening."
15:55 Anadolu - Ambassador of Ukraine to Turkey: The Ukrainian Peace Summit at the United Nations is scheduled for February 24 in New York.
· The Ambassador noted that Ukraine is ready for peace, and therefore, earlier, through the mouth of the President, she proposed an appropriate formula.
12:41 Radio Liberty: Ukraine asked not to punish Belarus on a par with Russia in the latest EU sanctions packages.
· "One of the reasons why Belarus was not subjected to sanctions together with Russia in the latest EU sanctions packages is that Ukraine asked not to include Minsk in them."
12:20 PAP: EU accelerates work on the 10th package of sanctions against Russia. They want to approve it before the Ukraine-EU summit, but Hungary may delay the process.
· According to the publication PAP, the EU will try to impose sanctions on the export of Russian diamonds. The new sanctions should also apply to products that can be used by the Russian military.
· As for restrictions for Belarus, the new package will provide for "synchronization of Belarusian sanctions with Russian, especially sectoral ones, in those areas where Minsk cooperates with Moscow militarily."
NATIONAL
January 13
09:31 DTEK: Emergency shutdowns of electricity in Dnipro and Donetsk regions.
· In Odessa and Kiev, currently there are schedules of stabilization blackouts.
09:11 The Wall Street Journal: The IAEA reported that it intends to place its inspectors at Ukrainian nuclear power plants during the visit of the head of the agency Rafael Grossi to Ukraine.
· According to the publication, the IAEA plans to deploy two or three observers at the Rivne, Khmelnytsky, South Ukrainian NPP and in the Chernobyl NPP zone.
10:30 Ukrainian Military Intelligence: Russia is trying to create a 2 million strong army.
· The Military Intelligence of Ukraine does not exclude that the Russian leadership will announce the next wave of mobilization in the coming days. Another 500 thousand Russians will get into the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which will allow them to create strategic reserves.
08:48 Institute for the Study of War:
· "The alleged capture of Soledar by Russian troops on January 11 is not an operationally significant event, but it hardly foreshadows Russia's inevitable encirclement of Bakhmut”.
07:08 Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
· Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repulsed Russian attacks in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhivka, Makiivka and Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region and Dispute, Rozdolivka, Sil, Krasnaya Gora, Pidgorodne, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Predtechino, Kurdyumivka, Vodiane, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, Marinka and Velyka Novoselka in the Donetsk region.
· At the same time, the Russians launched 5 missile strikes on the peaceful cities of Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk and Zaporozhye. They also carried out 52 attacks from MLRS and 18 airstrikes, -
· In some settlements of the Melitopol district of the Zaporozhye region, Russians carry out filtration measures,
· During the inspection, they pay special attention to telephones, looking for confirmation of cooperation with the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
· It became known about the order of civilian overalls with the logos "Rosneft" and "Elektrostal" for personnel of one of the units of the Russian Federation operating in the Novopavlovsk direction in the Volnovakha district of the Donetsk region, -
· Obviously, for a certain purpose, the Russians are trying to hide their belonging to the Russian occupation forces.
· During the past day, the aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine inflicted 16 strikes on the areas of concentration of Russian troops, as well as 5 strikes on the positions of their anti-aircraft missile systems, -
· At the same time, the Ukrainian military shot down a Russian Su-25 aircraft and an Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicle.
00:35: Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine General Valery Zaluzhny took second place in the 2022 policy poll conducted by the Razumkov Centre.
· Answering the question "Which Ukrainian politician would you call a politician in 2022?", 10% named Valery Zaluzhny.
· In the first place was the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is considered the main politician of the country by 59% of respondents.
January 12
22:56 Forbes: In Ukraine, generators were delivered with a total capacity as one power unit of the nuclear power plant.
· The capacity of all imported devices in general is at least 1 GW
· During the 11 months of 2022, almost 354 thousand generators were imported into Ukraine.
21:11: Ukraine's Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar says the Russians continue to forcibly evict residents from the most habitable private homes and place their military in them.
· Malyar added that now the Russian troops have begun to replace the driver's license with Russian ones and issue Russian-style license plates with a digital designation of the region of the Russian Federation.
· The Russians also reduced the time for issuing Russian passports in the temporarily occupied territories from 30 to 10 days.
23:08: Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets, after talks with his Russian counterpart, said that during the meeting they managed to exchange lists and information about prisoners.
· "There are already cases where those who were considered dead of our citizens and Heroes, the Russian side confirmed alive - 23 of our guys. It's a huge positive," he said.
· The issue of 158 citizens who have been in Russian captivity since 2014 was also raised. Most of them are representatives of the Crimean Tatar people.
19:52 Deputy Defense Minister: The Russian army continues its offensive in the Soledar area.
· According to her, the Russians' goal is to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and seize the city.
· "Attempts to surround Bakhmut also continue. To do this, the enemy uses detachments of Wagnerians and regular troops. Our soldiers bravely hold positions and inflict numerous losses on the enemy," she said.
19:32: Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the Chairman of the Latvian Sejm Edwards Smiltense.
· "Latvia's political, humanitarian and defense support for Ukraine is important for our state," the President said.
6:45: Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had held phone conversations with Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bethel and Kenyan President William Ruto.
18:15 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: During the day, Russian troops inflicted 5 missiles, all on the peaceful cities of Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk and Zaporozhye, as well as 12 air strikes. They carried out 4 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems.
· General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Russia continues to focus its main efforts on attempts to seize the Donetsk region within the administrative border, continues to attack the Bakhmut direction.
· The fiercest fighting continues in the areas of the settlements of Soledar, Paraskoviivka, Bakhmut and Klishchiivka.
· General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Russian troops continue to rob the local population in the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region.
· In one of the settlements of the Kakhovka district, the occupation authorities announced an inventory of movable and immovable property of local private entrepreneurs, followed by the so-called "nationalization".
· Russia does not stop mobilizing the male population, including in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region.
· Thus, in the city of Alchevsk, the beginning of the next wave of mobilization from January 9 this year was marked.
· During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine inflicted 15 strikes on the areas of concentration of Russian troops, as well as 5 strikes on the positions of their anti-aircraft missile systems.
· In addition, Ukrainian soldiers shot down an enemy Su-25 aircraft and an unmanned aerial vehicle of the "Orlan-10" type.
· Ukrainian artillerymen and rocket scientists hit 3 control points, 3 areas of concentration of Russian manpower and military equipment, enemy anti-aircraft missile system S-300 and 3 ammunition depots.
16:41: The SBU has gathered substantiated evidence of the guilt of five other enemy henchmen in the temporarily occupied part of southern Ukraine, the SBU said.
· Being in the "positions" of the "main management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kherson region" created by the Russian Federation, the attackers carried out Moscow's tasks to spread the Kremlin regime and suppress the resistance movement in the region.
17:49 Ministry of Reintegration: Ukraine has returned the bodies of 54 defenders of Azovstal who died in the Olenivka colony. DNA examination is currently underway.
16:41: The SBU has gathered substantiated evidence of the guilt of five other enemy henchmen in the temporarily occupied part of southern Ukraine, the SBU said.
· Being in the "positions" of the "main management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kherson region" created by the Russian Federation, the attackers carried out Moscow's tasks to spread the Kremlin regime and suppress the resistance movement in the region.
13:03 of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff: Soon, Russia will try to reach the administrative borders of the Donetsk region, and in the future — to focus on the seizure of the left-bank part of the Zaporizhia region.
· Gromov also added that during the year the potential threat of a second offensive of Russian troops from the territory of Belarus will remain, while the strike group is not currently being observed for this.
· The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine believes that frequent personnel changes in the leadership of the occupying forces indicate problems in the management of Russian troops.
· "We monitor the fact that personnel changes occur periodically in the leadership of the armed forces of the occupying country. If everything was in order, then personnel changes with such a frequency would not have passed.
· The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is trying to choose the most correct decision from a strategic point of view in Soledar, said the spokesman of the Eastern Group of Troops Serhiy Cherevatyi.
· "In Soledar, heavy fighting is now underway, the enemy is suffering heavy losses. Currently, the issue of Soledar is under the control of the entire command of the Armed Forces, the Commander-in-Chief, the commander of the Eastern Group of Forces," Cherevaty said.
12:53 Deputy Minister of Defense: The Command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is strengthening the grouping of troops on the territory of Ukraine.
· As of January 10, about 280 formations operate in the Russian troops, taking into account the operational reserve. Last week there were 250.
· The Russians are transferring those mobilized from the training grounds of Belarus and Russia to the war zone and border areas. The highest activity of the Russian Federation is observed in the Bakhmut, Liman and Avdiivka directions.
12:11 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council: Ukraine expect a difficult and decisive 2-3 months, the Russian Federation should go all-in.
· "Problems within their country do not allow to stretch the war against Ukraine for a long time. The Kremlin is already preparing for certain events in order to report to its society on February 24," Danilov said.
MORDOR (russia)
January 13
00:51: Russian musician Boris Grebenshchikov in his interview called Russians who support the war "mentally ill fascists."
January 12
21:25: On January 7, an Airbus satellite spotted the S-300/400 air defense system, the Pantsir air defense missile system and other equipment at the Belarusian military airfield "Zyabrivka" in the Gomel region, near the border with Ukraine.
· Monitoring group "Belaruski Gayun" with reference to the analytical center Rochan Consulting, which published the photo.
12:31 SBU press service: The SBU reported suspicion to a Russian State Duma deputy who commanded Kadyrovites during the storming of Azovstal.
· From February to May last year, under his command, the Kadyrovites fought against units of the Defense Forces on the eastern front. It was established that they took an active part in the assault on the Azovstal metallurgical plant.
· In addition, the Russian deputy distributed Kadyrov's propaganda videos through his own Telegram channel, where he justifies Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine.
KHARKIV
January 13
10:01 Kharkiv RMA: The Russians continue to shell the border settlements of the Kupyansk, Kharkiv and Chuguev districts of the region.
· In Kupyansk, a 75-year-old man was injured, hospitalized in a state of moderate severity.
· In the two-year-old Kupyansk district, a 68-year-old man was wounded. Condition of moderate severity.
LUHANSK
January 13
10:21 Luhansk RMA: Russians are transferring additional reserves to the Kremin and Svatovsky directions. Almost all the houses in the surrounding settlements are occupied by the Russian military.
· The Russians are dressing up in the uniform of the Ukrainian military and, through provocations, are trying to break through the defenses.
January 12
15:38 Luhansk RMA: Bilohorivka and Popasna no longer exist as settlements.
· "As a result of constant hostilities and shelling, we had thousands of arrivals of various scales, from mortars to powerful air bombs. All critical infrastructure is broken up there. The water supply structure has been completely destroyed, electrical substations have been destroyed," Gaidai said.
DONETSK
January 13
11:24 Social Networks: Explosions were reported in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region.
11:22 Donetsk RMA: Vuhledar and community villages under fire: 3 houses were damaged in Novoukrainka, 1 in Epiphany. No casualties.
· Shelling of the Kurakhivska community continues. In Avdiivka, there were isolated shellings at night, and in the morning there were shelling from Grad rockets and artillery. The day before, 1 civilian was killed in the city. Houses in Tonenky and Maksimilianivka were also damaged.
· Intense shelling of Soledar and Paraskoviivka continues in the Horlivka direction. In the Bakhmut community, 1 person was injured in Klishchiivka, and a house in Khromove was damaged. In Konstantinovka, Russians targeted the building of the former institute.
· In the Lysychansk direction, more than 30 arrivals were recorded in Torsk and Zarechny, and it was also loud in Seversk and Serebrianka — no one was injured.
10:51 Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine: The night in Soledar was hot, fighting continued.
· "The enemy has thrown almost all the main forces into the Donetsk direction and maintains a high intensity of the offensive. Our fighters are bravely trying to keep the defense".
08:38 Donetsk RMA: On January 12, it became known about 2 civilians killed by Russians in the Donetsk region: in Blagodatne and Avdiivka.
· Another 2 people in the region were injured.
· It is currently impossible to establish the exact number of victims in Mariupol and Volnovakha.
07:48: Shelling of Kurakhove, Donetsk region, is reported.
January 12
16:56: Police have no information about the death of one of the British volunteers near Soledar in the Donetsk region and are continuing their search.
· This was announced by Deputy Head of the Communication Department of the Police of Donetsk Region Oleksandr Polosukhin.
12:56: Explosions are heard in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region.
ZAPORIZHIA
January 13
January 12
18:03 Zaporizhia RMA: Tonight, as a result of a Russian missile strike on Gulyaipol, residential buildings and outbuildings, garages and equipment of a local utility company were burning.
· One woman was killed, he said. Also, rescuers pulled a man out of the rubble. Another person was injured in yesterday's shelling of the city.
12:03: Explosions are heard in the temporarily occupied Berdyansk, Zaporizhia region.
DNIPRO
January 13
08:28 Dnipro RMA: The strikes on the Nikopol region do not stop
· At night, the Russians sent their heavy artillery to the area. The Marganese community was affected. A dozen enemy shells arrived there.
· People are unharmed.
· The consequences of the attack are being clarified.
KHERSON
January 13
11:11 Social Networks:Explosions reported in Kherson.
11:13 Kherson RMA: In Kherson, Russians shelled the base where communal buses were parked at night.
· 16 buses were damaged due to shelling, cars, warehouses and a security building were also mutilated - according to preliminary information, one of the guards was injured. Also, the fragments of shells caused damage to the power grid.
10:39 Kherson RMA: Russians shelled the territory of Kherson region 49 times.
· Russian troops shelled Kherson 7 times. 1 person was killed, 2 residents of the Kherson region were injured of varying severity.
00:05: Explosions are heard in Kherson.
January 12
12:03: Explosions are heard in the temporarily occupied Berdyansk, Zaporizhia region.
16:10 Kherson RMA: A few hours ago, the Russian occupiers attacked Yantarne, near Kherson.
· A Russian shell hit a residential building. A 27-year-old man died from his injuries on the spot. A 47-year-old woman was also injured.
15:45: Explosions are heard again in Kherson.
13:01: Explosions are heard in Kherson.
MYKOLAIV
January 13
08:58 Mykolaiv RMA: Yesterday, at 10:14 and 13:00, the Russians attacked the Ochakov community. As a result, a residential building was damaged. 1 person was lightly injured.
· Also yesterday, January 12, at 22:45, Russian shelling was recorded on the open territories of the Kutsurub community. There is no destruction or casualties.
SUMY
January 12
21:45 Sumy RMA: The Russians shelled the Esman and Mid-Buda communities during the day.
· "The Esman community of the Russian Federation was shelled with mortars, 14 arrivals. She also opened machine gun queues in the direction of our territory. The enemy also carried out mortar shelling and 7 arrivals in the Mid-Buda community," Zhivitsky added.
Comparing Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to Russian invasion of Ukraine using Wikipedia and Ukraine Ministry of Defense Daily Bulletins. Soviet and Russian military losses not including captured equipment.
SOURCES
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/
https://euromaidanpress.com/
https://cutt.ly/Blyskavka