Bob Homans January 16
20230117
Ukraine – 1/16 Sitrep
Compiled by: Robert Homans
January 16, 2023
Africa – Why?
Yesterday a friend of mine said that she had recently gone to a spa in London. The attendant, from a Sub-Saharan African country, asked her where she was from. She said Ukraine. The attendant asked her why Ukraine is taking weapons from the U.S. which, according to her, was causing Russia to blockade Ukrainian ports, thus preventing the export of grains and oilseeds to Sub-Saharan Africa, thus causing food shortages in many African countries.
My friend asked me why African countries seem to be taking the side of Russia in the war with Ukraine. I don’t believe I gave her an adequate answer. I’m giving it another try.
Russia has had a long collaboration with many African countries. The former Soviet Union successfully established itself as being seen as taking the side of African countries in their efforts to shed European colonization. The Russian Federation has continued the engagement with Sub-Saharan African countries started by the former Soviet Union. In recent votes in the UN General Assembly concerning the war, many African countries voted to abstain. Ukraine cannot afford to ignore the position that many African countries are taking, tacitly supporting Russia.
In some cases, African support of Russia may be more overt. Recently, a sanctioned Russian cargo ship appeared at the South African naval base at Simon’s Town. The purpose of the visit, and what the ship was carrying, is unclear.
Although the situation is beginning to change, the United States has largely pulled a vacuum when it comes to Russia’s influence in Africa, among other things letting stand the narrative about Russia that the London spa attendant described to my friend. It may be difficult for some African countries to be seen supporting their former European colonizers, and thereby opposing a country, Russia, that has been a longtime supporter of their interests.
Recently, Ukraine has started to step into the vacuum. Recently Foreign Minister Kuleba made a visit to several African countries, including a meeting the Head of the African Union. Ukraine has designated several grain carriers departing their ports as destined for specific African countries, including Ethiopia which, among other things is a fellow Eastern Orthodox country.
Many African countries, but by no means all, have never called Russia to account, for activities that run counter to African interests, including:
· The Organization of African Unity (OAU) has a long-standing policy against an OAU member invading a neighboring OAU member. The OAU threatened to intervene, when former Ugandan ruler Idi Amin threatened to invade neighboring Kenya for the purpose or reuniting tribal lands. There has never been an instance where one AU Member has invaded another OAU member, but this is exactly what Russia did, when it invaded Ukraine in 2014 and again last February 24th.
· Just before the beginning of the war Martin Kumani Kenya’s Ambassador to the UN gave a stirring speech at a meeting of the UN Security Council that had been called to discuss Russian threats, at the time calling out Russia for its decision to recognize the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts.
· Russia has allowed a Russian private military contractor, the Wagner Group, to operate in several African countries, often on the condition of claiming a significant percentage of that country’s natural resources as compensation, in return for supporting the rulers. Wagner is now conducting the same activities in Ukraine, often with the same people who were active in Africa, assaulting and destroying the town of Soledar, so that the Founder of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, can take control of large deposits of salt located underneath Soledar. I suspect that if Ambassador Kumani gave the speech today, that he made last year, he would be condemning Wagner for their activities in African, and Russia for supporting them.
· Russia has been an oppressive colonial power for hundreds of years. Today, Russia is heavily relying on troops from non-Slavic parts of Russia to fight a war with Ukraine, dedicated to the proposition of “Slavic Unity.” What is the difference, between European countries relying on troops from their colonial possessions to fill their ranks in both World Wars, and Russia relying on troops from non-Russian regions, all of which were forcibly absorbed into the predecessor countries of the Russian Federation?
I have been working in various Sub-Saharan African countries for almost 13 years. Both Ukraine and its European and North American partners, Canada, and the United States, need to continue remind our friends in Sub-Saharan Africa what the Russian Federation really stands for. As Ambassador Kumani eloquently pointed out what Russia stands for, and what Russia is, run completely counter to the values of all the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.
I invite recipients of this email, especially those who live and work in Sub-Saharan Africa, to forward it to counterparts throughout Africa, inside and outside of government. They can read the balance of this email, describing the atrocities Russia undertakes in Ukraine every day, and hopefully ask themselves if this is the country that they choose to support, at the UN or anywhere else.
News From The Battlefield
“Reporting From Ukraine” says that The Russian Defense Ministry has ordered Wagner Group soldiers to withdraw from the front near Soledar, to be replaced by regular Russian airborne troops. The intention may be to allow the regular Russian Army, and not Wagner, to take credit for capturing Soledar. According to Reporting From Ukraine, this has given Ukrainian forces the opportunity to regroup and build defense lines.
Reporting from Ukraine describes 7 distinct groups that make up Russian forces operating in Ukraine, each independent of the other and each blaming the other for defeats and when things go wrong. This includes the regular Russian Army, Wagner, the Chechens, Donetsk People’s Republic, Luhansk People’s Republics, volunteer groups operating independently, and other mercenary groups. It all seems to be becoming a kind of beauty contest among marauders, competing for Putin’s favors.
1/16 Sitrep (my comment in bold face)
Russian Invasion of Ukraine 12:00 noon January 15 to 12:00 noon January 16, 2022
Abbreviations:
RMA = Regional Military Administration SBU = Security Service of Ukraine
RASHISTS = russian Facists/all russian invaders
INTERNATIONAL
January 16
09:47: Ukrainian military arrived in the United States to study how to work with the Patriot air defense system.
08:01 NZZ am Sonntag: Switzerland has begun work on a reform that allows some countries to export Swiss-made ammunition to Ukraine, following international criticism of its restrictive gun export law.
00:27 British Foreign Minister: London recalls ambassador to Tehran for consultations over the execution of an ex-adviser to Iran's defence minister.
· "We are holding the regime accountable. Today, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on Iran's attorney general. Our response to Iran is not limited to this day, we are considering further action," Cleverley wrote.
00:10: Estonian Prime Minister calls for the transfer of tanks and air defense to Ukraine after the Russians' strike on the Dnieper
January 15
22:10: Turkey proposes to use its territory for a humanitarian corridor between Russia and Ukraine.
· This was announced by Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets.
· According to the ombudsman, Turkey's idea is for Ukraine to use their channels of communication with Russia to return military and civilians.
20:02 NATO Secretary General: Normalization of relations between Western countries and Russia will not come even after the end of the war in Ukraine.
17:29: The Japanese Embassy in Ukraine condemned the Russian missile attack and expressed support for seeking to bring the perpetrators to justice.
16:55: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the Russian attack on a residential high-rise building in Dnipro on January 14 and called it "disgusting and unacceptable."
· Trudeau also stressed that Canada would continue to support Ukraine.
16:35 Lithuanian Foreign Minister: The West should look for ways to provide Ukraine with the necessary weapons as soon as possible, and not look for reasons to delay deliveries.
14:00 Spiegel: The German arms concern Rheinmetall will not be able to supply Leopard tanks to Ukraine before 2024, even if the German government decides to transfer them tomorrow.
· Rheinmetall has 22 Leopard 2 cars and 88 cars of the old Leopard 1 model. However, the repair of decommissioned main battle tanks takes "almost a year."
13:51: Russia's brutal war against Ukraine again directly affects Moldova, says Moldovan President Maia Sandu.
· The head of the neighboring state reacted to the detected missile fragments in the village of Larga and condemned another shelling of Ukrainian cities by Russia.
12:29 CNN: The White House says Russia will not be able to demoralize Ukrainians and promised Ukraine air defense in response to massive shelling from Russia.
· "These strikes are another example of the brutal and barbaric war waged by Russia. The United States will continue to provide Ukraine with what it needs for self-defense, including air defense systems. We will continue our work to hold Russian forces accountable for their war crimes and atrocities," a spokesman for the U.S. National Security Council said.
NATIONAL
January 16
10:44: On January 16, Ukraine celebrates the Day of Remembrance of cyborgs who defended the Donetsk airport for 242 days.
· The fighting for the airport lasted from May 26, 2014, to January 22, 2015 and ended after the complete destruction of the old and new airport terminals. Volunteers and doctors also took part in the defense of the airport.
09:56 Defense Express: Russia could use new missiles for its S-400 air defense system to strike Kyiv on January 14,
· "When working with ground targets, such a missile has a range of about 230 km. The use of new missiles "allows you to keep at gunpoint from the territory of Belarus not only the capital of Ukraine, but also such cities as Zhytomyr, Rivne, Lutsk and Lviv," the publication writes.
08:26 DTEK: Emergency blackouts are taking place in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, and Donetsk regions.
· Outage schedules drawn up earlier do not work.
07:11 Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
· "Last day, the enemy launched 2 missile strikes and carried out more than 55 shellings from the MLRS, in particular, on the civilian infrastructure of Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions.
· The enemy is conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions and suffers significant losses in manpower.
· Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repulsed Russian attacks in the areas of the settlements of Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region and Verkhnekamenskoye, Krasnopolivka, Dispute, Sil, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Novobakhmutivka, Velyka Novoselka, Prechystivka, Krasnohorivka, Pobeda, Novomykhailivka, Vodiane, Mayorsk and Marinka in the Donetsk region,
· Over the past day, Ukrainian aviation has inflicted 9 strikes on areas of concentration of Russians and 2 strikes on their air defense systems.
· Units of the missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, at the same time, hit 1 control point, 6 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment, 1 ammunition depot and 1 means of electronic warfare of the Russian Federation.
January 15
21:57 Deputy Minister of Defense: There is still fighting for Soledar.
· Malyar also noted criminal liability for disclosing information about the location and movement of troops.
· "If someone publishes unauthorized information about where our troops went, where they moved from, where they are physically located - it works for the enemy and harms our defenders," Malyar wrote.
21:31: Volodymyr Zelenskyy: "During the time that has passed since this missile attack, Ukraine has heard words of condolences and support from many leaders, public figures, journalists and ordinary people from around the world.
· I thank everyone who did not remain indifferent! It is very important that normal people come together in response to terror."
19:26: Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba had a phone conversation with Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Wopke Hoekstra.
· "They talked about strengthening Ukraine's air defense, sanctions against the Russian missile industry and the Formula for Peace," Kuleba wrote after the conversation.
18:37: Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00 on January 15:
· "During the day, the enemy carried out 8 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems.
· The threat of the enemy's air and missile strikes on critical infrastructure remains throughout Ukraine."
· "The enemy continues to suffer significant losses.
· Thus, due to the lack of beds in the hospitals of the settlement of Horlivka, Donetsk region, all the wounded from the front line in the Donetsk direction are evacuated to Zhdanivka."
· "During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces inflicted 7 strikes on the areas of concentration of the occupiers, as well as 2 strikes on the positions of the enemy's air defense.
· And our rocket launchers and artillerymen hit 2 areas of concentration of manpower of the Russian invaders."
18:13 President's Office: Russians shelled a building in Kherson where Red Cross representatives work.
· "There was a serious fire due to the shelling. Rescuers are working. There is no information about the victims," the statement said.
16:14: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree on sanctions against another 198 cultural figures from Russia.
· Propagandists Boris Korchevnikov, music critic Sergei Sosedov, the so-called Russian warlords Semyon Pegov and Yuri Kotyonok, sports commentator Dmitry Guberniev and others fell under the restrictions.
15:43 Operational Command South: In the Black Sea, Russia holds 16 ships, of which 6 are rocket carriers. Total volley - 30 Kalibr missiles.
· It appears that Turkey has allowed Russian Navy ships to transit the Bosporus and enter the Black Sea, with the clear intention of attacking another Black Sea country. The Montreaux Convention, governing the use of the Bosporus by naval combatants, including both Black Sea and non-Black Sea countries, likely permits Russian Navy ships to freely enter the Black Sea. Where possible, Ukraine should start sinking them. Ukraine already has Harpoon anti-ship cruise missiles, manufactured by the U.S. but supplied by Denmark, but they may be under U.S. restrictions on their use and Russia may be keeping their ships out of range. Regardless, any U.S. restriction on Ukraine’s use of Harpoons should be lifted. Ukraine also has the Neptune missile of its own design and manufacture. Ukraine used Neptunes to sink the “Moskva,” flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Ukraine may not have enough of them. If Ukraine doesn’t have anti-ship cruise missiles with a range long enough to sink Russian Navy ships anywhere in the Black Sea, the West should provide them. Hopefully, this will be on the agenda of Ramstein Conference, to take place this Friday.
13:31: As of 15.01.2023, 11 Russian ships are on alert in the Black Sea, including 5 carriers of cruise missiles "Kalibr", the number of missiles themselves is being specified;
· in the Sea of Azov – 2 ships;
· in the Mediterranean - 9 ships, including 5 carriers of cruise missiles "Caliber", a total volley - 72 missiles.
12:39. Center for Countering Disinformation: Russian media and pro-Russian social networks are actively promoting versions of the tragic events of the destruction of a high-rise building in Dnipro.
· In fact, according to Yurii Ignat, a spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Dnipro was hit by a Russian X-22 missile, which the Armed Forces of Ukraine are unable to shoot down. The mass of the warhead reaches 950 kg, which caused the destruction of almost the entire entrance.
12:12 Air Force Speaker: Reports of X-22 missile downing on official pages that have happened in the past have been false.
· "The information submitted on official resources is generally reliable, but there are several unreliable publications with the X-22 and S-300 "shot down", this is a fact. Errors in the inaccuracy of the data occur due to the rush in the publications," admitted Yurii Ignat.
MORDOR (russia)
January 16
10:35: Local channels publish footage of the re-operation of air defense in Sevastopol.
· The so-called "authorities" of the city report the downing of a drone.
09:08: Joint tactical flight exercises with Russia started in Belarus
· The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus reported that all airfields and training grounds of the Air Force and air defense forces of the Republic of Belarus were used for this purpose.
08:57 Institute for the Study of War: Russia is likely to attack in Luhansk region and defend itself in Zaporizhia and Kherson regions.
· The deployment and transfer of occupation troops to the Luhansk region is a sign that an offensive is being prepared there. Instead, the construction of defensive fortifications and intensive mining of the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhia and Kherson regions indicate that the Russians are not going to attack there, but on the contrary, they will try to keep the captured settlements.
08:01: Russians are increasing the pace of deportation of Ukrainians from the temporarily occupied territories, for this purpose unbearable living conditions are deliberately created there, - the Center for National Resistance.
00:58: Former platoon commander from the so-called "Wagner Group" Andrei Medvedev illegally crossed the Russian-Norwegian border and applied for asylum in Norway.
· Once in Norwegian territory, the former mercenary turned to local law enforcement and asked for political asylum.
· Medvedev claims that he is ready to tell everything he knows about the activities of the "Wagner group", including its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.
January 14
23:48 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol.
· 23:57: Traces of missiles in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol. Photos are published by local residents on social networks.
22:35 Belaruski Gayun: Belarus is in a hurry to build barracks for the Russian military.
· Workers are completing repair work in barracks at a military airfield in Lunynka, in Belarus. It is known that the barracks are intended for Russian soldiers who will arrive for training in Belarus on January 16.
21:45 Ministry of Defense of the Republic: Units of the Russian Aerospace Forces continue to arrive in Belarus to participate in joint exercises.
14:42.: Ten servicemen were injured in an ammunition explosion at a village house of culture on the farm of Tonenke in the Belgorod region, according to Russian emergency services.
· RosSMI reports that on January 14, the platoon commander, a senior sergeant, detonated the RGD-5 in the location. The area of fire was 450 sq.m. Because of this, ammunition that was in the weapons storage room was detonated.
14:11 Institute for the Study of War: путін намагається підірвати зусилля Пригожина щодо підвищення авторитету в росії.
· ISW analysts also believe that the Russian announcement of the capture of Soledar only emphasized the struggle between the Russian Defense Ministry and the Wagner PMC.
13:00 Institute for the Study of War: Pirogozhin is attempting to market the Wagner’s success and the failure of the Russian armed forces
· The head of Russian mercenaries almost daily tries to pass off what he wants as real, talking about the successes of the "Wagnerians" in the area of Soledar, although the fighting there continues to this day. He wants to recruit as many people as possible to the PMC and strengthen his influence in the war against Ukraine, experts say.
KHARKIV
January 15
09:18 Kharkiv RMA: This morning, the Russians once again shelled the city of Kupyansk. A private household and an apartment building were damaged.
· Two people were injured: a 41-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman. The man was hospitalized in moderate condition. The woman was assisted on the spot.
· Over the past day, Russians shelled the border settlements of Kupyansk, Chuguev and Kharkiv districts with artillery, mortars and tanks.
· In Vovchansk, as a result of Russian shelling, an educational institution was damaged, a fire broke out. Private residential buildings and utility buildings were also affected.
LUHANSK
January 15
16:04: Head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai on the de-occupation of the region as of January 15:
· in Bilohorivka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repel all attempts to attack the Russians;
· Russians lose dozens of people and several pieces of equipment every day in the Kremin direction;
· Ukrainian military sometimes has to detect anti-personnel mines with the help of tanks - the enemy mined everything around in the Luhansk region.
DONETSK
January 16
10:06 British intelligence: Ukraine is likely to maintain its position in Soledar. Over the weekend, fierce fighting took place there.
· It is also reported that the fighting around Kreminna was characterized by a complex series of local attacks and counterattacks in the forest area. However, in general, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to gradually move their front line to the east, to the outskirts of the city of Kreminna.
January 15
18:23: In the temporarily occupied Mariupol, Russians continue to demolish the destroyed drama theater building.
17:57: As of 5:30 p.m., Russian assault units occupied the industrial zone near mine number 7 in Soledar, which is its western outskirts, Ukrainian military man with the call sign "Magyar" said.
· "The front will be nearby from now on, but outside the city. On Soledar, the enemy lost a sensitive part of his worms. Pressed meat, sorry. And the hunt is just beginning," Magyar wrote.
15:42: Explosions are heard in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region.
ZAPORIZHIA
January 16
09:37 President's Office: In Zaporizhia, a Russian rocket struck near a five-story building. 5 people were injured, including 2 children, 9 and 15 years old. Windows were broken in the house itself, the supporting structures were not damaged.
· In the Zaporizhia district, a rocket hit the territory of the enterprise. A fire broke out on the spot. There is no information about the victims.
02:51: Three people in the hospital, including two children of nine and fifteen years old: Secretary of the Zaporizhia City Council Anatoliy Kurtev about the night shelling of the city
01:36 Zaporizhia RMA: Russia launched a missile strike on Zaporizhia and the suburbs.
· There is a destruction of civil, residential, and industrial infrastructure. There is information about several lightly injured.
00:51: Explosions are heard in Zaporizhia.
January 15
23:36: The Russian army shells Gulyaipole in the Zaporizhia region around the clock. The enemy uses "Grads", "Hurricanes", self-propelled guns, helicopters, working tanks.
· On January 14, the Huliaipole community was shelled with prohibited incendiary shells. "This ammunition cannot be extinguished with water. When it hits the ground, everything lights up," the military officer comments on the call sign "Aryan".
· Despite the danger, about 2300 people remain on the territory of the Huliaipole district. "These are those who live here and are not going to leave the city, are waiting for victory," explains the head of the police station Alexander Gordienko.
13:19 Mayor of Melitopol: Russians continue to hold hostage the population of the temporarily occupied parts of Zaporizhia, Kherson, Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
· Exactly a month ago, they banned the departure of residents of 4 regions through Vasilyevka towards Zaporozhye. During this time, only 4 people out of hundreds of thousands of residents in the occupation were able to reach Zaporizhia on foot. However, over the past week, the Russians have not released a single person.
DNIPRO
January 16
10:16 Dnipro RMA: The death toll in Dnipro has risen to 36 people, the OVA said.
08:36 Dnipro RMA: At night, the Russians fired several times at the Nikopol district with heavy artillery.
· At least 15 shells arrived in the Marganetska and Chervonohryhorivska communities. People are unharmed.
07:53 Dnipro RMA: The death toll in Dnipro has increased to 35 people, including 2 children.
· 39 people were rescued, 75 were wounded. Among the wounded, 14 children. The fate of another 35 residents of the house is unknown. The search for people under the rubble continues.
· The rescue and search operation in Dnipro has been going on for almost 40 hours.
00:25: Everything that was nearby flew into the soft tissues, one woman tore her stomach completely, died. We carry out severe operations - doctors about the condition of the victims in the Dnieper, because of a Russian missile
January 15
22:24 Nikopol RMA: Residents of Nikopol region are asked to spend the night in a shelter due to the threat of shelling
· The day in the communities of the area passed with alarms, but without shelling and emergencies. However, the hottest thing in the Nikopol region becomes at night. In this regard, the head of the Nikopol RVA Yevgeny Yevtushenko appealed to the residents of the area.
· "I ask residents of coastal areas to spend the night in a shelter, or to use the two-wall rule," he wrote.
18:58: There are currently 30 dead and 75 injured in Dnipro, said Natalia Babachenko, adviser to the head of the OVA.
· According to her, law enforcement officers are checking information on fire adjusters who caused the tragedy in Dnipro.
17:45 Dnipro RMA: The death toll in Dnipro has risen to 29.
· "The firefighters finally extinguished the fire that started in the house from the impact. About half of the structures crushed by the Russian missile have already been dismantled," Reznichenko wrote.
17:13 Dnipro RMA: The death toll from a Russian missile strike in Dnipro has risen to 27.
16:47 Mayor: The analysis of the rubble in Dnipro will last approximately until three o'clock in the morning on January 16.
· Colleagues who worked in Mykolaiv and Borodyanka in the Kyiv region help to eliminate the consequences of the Russians' missile strike to the Dnieper rescuers.
14:56: As of 2:15 p.m., the Armed Forces are holding Soledar. Our Flag flies over the western outskirts of the city, said Ukrainian a soldier with the call sign "Magyar".
15:24 President: Dnipro. As of now, 39 people have been rescued, including 6 children. 25 people died, including 1 child. 73 people were injured, including 13 children. 43 people are wanted.
· Previously, 72 apartments were destroyed and more than 230 apartments were damaged.
· Search and rescue operations and dismantling of dangerous structural elements continue around the clock.
KHERSON
January 16
10:28 President's Office: Russians continue to terrorize Kherson hospitals. This time they fired on the nursery.
· As a result of the impact, about 30 windows were broken in the neonatal (6-storey) building. The case is empty. There is no information about the victims.
09:15 Social Networks: Reports of repeated explosions in Kherson.
08:47 Kherson RMA: Russian invaders attacked Kherson region 90 times.
· Russians shelled Kherson 21 times and attacked residential areas of the city. 3 people were killed, 14 residents of the Kherson region were injured of varying severity.
8:20 Social Networks: Explosions are reported in Kherson.
January 15
15:11 press center of the Tavria Defense Forces: the Russians are preparing to repel the offensive of the Ukrainian military in the Zaporozhye direction, but with the subsequent transition to their own counterattack.
· According to him, the situation in the Zaporizhia direction remains consistently difficult. Currently, the Russians are not taking active actions. At the same time, constant shelling by the Russian Federation continues. Thus, they are shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops and hitting civilian infrastructure.
15:34 Kherson RMA: The Russians have just shelled one of the city's medical institutions in Kherson.
· The building was damaged. Because of this enemy attack, people were not injured.
14:31: Explosions are heard again in Kherson
13:09 Kherson RMA: Near Velyka Oleksandrivka, 2 men were blown up on a Russian mine.
· Due to injuries, both died at the scene.
12:18: The sounds of explosions are heard in Kyiv and the region. Previously, these are planned works of the military.
13:01 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Kherson.
KYIV
January 15
20:52 YASNO (Kyiv): The generation shortage in Ukraine's power system after the attack is huge.
· "A number of TPPs are not operating due to serious damage. It is too early to predict the timing of recovery. How long the repairs will last is still unknown," Kovalenko said.
RIVNO
January 14
12:03 Rivno RMA: The entire border perimeter of the Rivne region is mined.
· In the north, engineering and fortifications, anti-tank ditches are actively being built.
SUMY
January 15
22:50 Sumy RMA: The Russians struck 44 strikes on the border of Sumy region during the day. Under fire were Bilopilska, Khotynska, Seredno-Budska and Krasnopilska communities.
· A school and a garage in the village of Pavlivka were damaged, as well as a kindergarten and a school stadium in Kindrativka were damaged. In all cases, without victims and victims.
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