Bob Homans January 24
20230125
Ukraine – 1/24 Sitrep
Compiled by: Robert Homans
January 24, 2023
Two Articles and a Video
Scholz Will Bow to Pressure to Send Tanks to Ukraine, by John Lough/Chatham House – Seems as if this assessment is correct, given that the U.S. now seems to be on the verge of sending Abrams tanks to Ukraine. The article describes how Scholz might be trying to emphasize domestic political concerns, especially in the former East Germany where there is still residual support for Russia, over its international obligations as a leader of Europe.
“Boris Bondarev: Why More Russians Aren’t Defecting,” by Owen Matthews/The Spectator – Bondarev is a former Russian diplomat who quit his job at the Russian Embassy in Geneva. He is now in hiding in Switzerland. Bondarev talks about Russian attitudes toward the war in Ukraine, especially his former colleagues, his relationship with his father who is still in Russia, and how ordinary Russians are handling the changing conditions inside Russia.
Times Radio “Leopard tanks Would 'Make a Mess' of Putin's Army” by Benjamin Tallis/German Council on Foreign Relations – Tallis said of Scholz, “Scholz's Chancellery doesn't really want Ukraine to win. They don't want Ukraine to lose, but they don't want Russia to either win or lose either." He goes on to argue that this isn’t a view held by most Germans, or Scholz’s coalition partners; it’s a view held by Scholz and the Pacifist Wing of the SPD.
I understand Tallis’ assessment of Scholz’s political motives. Hwever, it seems to be quite possible that Scholz was an asset to the East German HvA and Soviet KGB, and later the Russian SVR, just as it’s quite possible that former UN Secretary General and Austrian President Kurt Waldheim was an asset to the Soviet KGB.
Taking away the fact that Kurt Waldheim was a member of the German Army Group E during WW-II, whose commander was executed in 1947 as a war criminal, something that was known to the Soviet KGB before it became common knowledge in the West. The early part of Olaf Scholz’s career exposed him to East German HvA, likely at the highest levels, knowledge likely shared with the Soviet KGB and the Russian SVR. Like Waldheim, who became both Secretary General of the United Nations and President of Austria before his service with the Wehrmacht became widely known, Scholz rose to the position of Chancellor of Germany even though his early career and his visits to East Germany were widely known at the time.
News From the Battlefield
According to “Reporting From Ukraine,” there was a Russian attack in the Zaporozhia Region, Southern Ukraine, but it went nowhere with reportedly large Russian casualties. This is the same area where it is widely expected that Ukraine will launch its own offensive, in the direction of Melitopol with the objective of cutting Russian temporarily occupied territory in half.
I would encourage recipients to look at what my collaborator writes about continuing Russian missile attacks in Eastern and Southern Ukraine, much of it directed at civilian targets. Even though Kyiv and other cities in Central and Western Ukraine haven’t been hit, doesn’t mean that Russian missile strikes aren’t continuing.
I would also emphasize the number of Russian casualties that are listed in the table at the end. They seem to be running consistently at around 700/day. This is more than twice as much as the daily totals last June, during the Russian attack against Sievierodonetsk, where it was “only” 300/day.
1/24 Sitrep
Rashist general Gerasimov, commander of the Ukrainian invasion, complained yesterday that the rashist command was having problems because they were fighting on too many fronts. It appears that the Rashists are only good at fighting civilians which explains their success in Syria, Ukraine 2014 and Georgia 2008. When facing an army, supported by its people, armed by its allies, which shoots back and counterattacks the rashists aren't sure of what to do. That has been the same situation since the start of the Rashist invasion of Ukraine.
Russian Invasion of Ukraine 12:00 noon January 23 to 12:00 noon January 24, 2022
Abbreviations:
RMA = Regional Military AdministrationSBU = Security Service of Ukraine
RASHISTS = russian Facists/all russian invaders
INTERNATIONAL
January 24
11:54: Poland has sent Germany an official request for permission to transfer Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
· This was reported by the Minister of Defense of Poland Mariusz Blaszczak on his Twitter page.
11:32: Western countries will soon reach an agreement on the supply of tanks to Ukraine, said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
· Including, according to him, there will be a German decision on Leopard tanks.
· "All countries that have these tanks can prepare them for shipment to Ukraine," he said.
11:44: Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Ivan Lukeria resigned today.
· He announced this on his Facebook page.
· He was responsible for the Great Construction program and the regional direction.
08:11: Due to cooperation with the sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, former responsible special agent of the FBI's counterintelligence department Charles McGonigal and ex-diplomat of the USSR and Russian Federation Sergei Shestakov, the United States Department of Justice, were detained in the United States.
00:15 The Guardian: EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrell says Germany is not blocking the export of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
· "It seems that Germany is not going to ban the export of these weapons if some EU member states that have them want to send them," Borrell said.
00:00: Denmark has decided to help rebuild Mykolaiv, Danish Minister for International Development Dan Jorgensen said.
· Jorgensen noted that Denmark supports Ukraine with all available means, as it considers its people to be heroes in this struggle and wants to benefit.
January 23
23:45: In the coming days, news can be expected from Germany regarding the situation with the supply of tanks in Ukraine, according to US State Department spokesman Ned Price.
22:26: The European Union plans to hold a summit in Istanbul on February 22, the Turkish Anadolu news agency reports, citing the head of the EU delegation to Turkey, Nikolaus Mayer-Landrut.
· According to him, the meeting will discuss the geopolitical and economic consequences of the war. Representatives of the Ukrainian government and Turkey will be invited to the "big event", as his diplomat called it.
21:56 NewsMaker: Moldova will conduct military exercises at all training grounds in the country from January 24 to February 4.
· "The purpose of the exercise is to assess the capabilities and practical skills of all military personnel - both conscripts and contractors," the statement said.
21:40 CNN: Israel and the U.S. have launched the largest military exercise in history.
· About 6500 U.S. troops and more than 1100 Israeli troops will take part in the exercise.
· 100 U.S. aircraft will reportedly be involved, including fighter jets, bombers, and tanker aircraft. Israel will involve 42 aircraft.
21:25 Financial Times: If Erdogan retains his power in the upcoming presidential elections in May, Sweden's membership in NATO will be at risk.
· According to the publication, Hungary has promised to ratify Sweden and Finland's applications to NATO next month, because of which Turkey will remain the only opponent of the adoption of these countries among the 30 allies.
21:11: Poland intends to hand over Leopard tanks to Ukraine regardless of the decisions of other countries, said Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau.
· "We will keep in touch with the German government on this issue. But regardless of the decision of other countries, we are determined to supply these tanks, as promised," Rau said.
20:42: Sweden will transfer equipment to Ukraine to restore the power system, the press service of the government of the country said.
· "Svenska Kraftnät has identified materials that it could transfer to Ukraine, and which would be useful for the energy supply of this country," the message says.
18:23 CNN, citing the Dutch Ministry of Defence: The Netherlands will deploy eight F-35 fighter jets to Poland to protect NATO's skies.
· "In February and March, four combat aircraft will be available to guard NATO airspace over Eastern Europe, the so-called Air Policing," the statement said.
18:09 Welt: The German edition has published an infographic about the number of Leopard tanks of various modifications that are in service with European countries.
· The largest number of tanks of the first version in Greece is 500. Also in Greece, a large number of Leopard 2A4 – 183 and Leopard 2A6 – 170. Germany has the most modern 2A7 - 98, Denmark - 44 and Hungary - 44.
17:39: Poland has officially appealed to Germany to transfer Leopard tanks to Ukraine.
· This was reported by the DPA with reference to the statement of the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
17:22: Germany began transferring the Patriot air defense system to Poland, the German Defense Ministry said.
· "To protect Polish airspace, a German missile defence task force is being deployed as part of NATO's increased vigilance measures," the statement said.
17:06: Estonia plans to close the Gulf of Finland for Russia, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu said.
· Estonia is going to introduce a coastal "adjacent zone" in the Gulf of Finland, which will block Russian shipping on it and allow the country to look after Russian warships and civilian vessels.
16:53 Reuters: EU Foreign Ministers approve a new tranche of assistance for Ukraine worth EUR 500 million.
· This is the seventh tranche for Ukraine from the European Peace Fund.
15:49 Radio Svoboda: Hungary has decided not to block the EU's decision to provide Ukraine with the seventh tranche of assistance in the amount of EUR 500 million.
15:02: Latvia will reduce the level of diplomatic relations with Russia from February 24 in solidarity with Estonia, the Latvian Foreign Minister said.
14:42: The Russian ambassador to Estonia is due to leave the country on February 7, simultaneously with the departure of the Estonian ambassador from Russia, — the Estonian Foreign Ministry.
14:32: Estonian and Latvian foreign ministers urged Germany not to delay the supply of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
· During today's meeting of eu foreign ministers in Brussels, they said that everything necessary should be provided to stop Russian aggression and restore peace in Europe.
14:21 Punchbowl News: The Pentagon is preparing for U.S. Speaker McCarthy's visit to Taiwan.
· The publication reports that Biden administration officials expect McCarthy to visit Taiwan in the spring.
13:41 Dagbladet: In Norway, at a closed meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, they will discuss the possible transfer of Leopard tanks to Ukraine.
· The meeting, which will take place tonight, will be attended by 20 politicians of the Storting (Norwegian Parliament).
13:27: Hungary opposes the introduction of the 10th package of anti-Russian sanctions, the announcement of which is announced on February 24.
· The country's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said sanctions in terms of economy, politics and security "lead Europe to a standstill."
12:26: If Germany does not give permission and supply Ukraine with tanks, it may find itself in international isolation.
· This was stated in an interview with Polish Radio by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Arkadiusz Mulyarczyk.
12:05 The New York Times: Ukraine and Russia are nearing a bloodier phase of war.
· Both countries are preparing for an offensive in the next few months. Ukraine is a struggle for survival for its people. Russia is because Putin is unable to admit that he is losing and is trying to prepare hundreds of thousands of invaders and new tanks and missiles as soon as possible.
NATIONAL
January 24
10:18: Aleksey Symonenko was released from the position of the prosecutor general's deputy
· Prosecutor General Andrey Kostin signed an order firing Simonenk.
09:59: Deputy Minister of Defense resigns after scandal with inflated prices for the purchase of products for Ukrainian military units.
· Vyacheslav Shapovalov, who was responsible for the logistics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, voluntarily resigned. This is stated on the website of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
08:27: In half an hour of anti-aircraft combat from 00.00 to 00.30 on January 24, 2023, units of the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the eastern direction destroyed three Russian attack helicopters Ka-52, - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
07:13 Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
· "During the day, the Russian occupier launched 9 missile strikes on the settlements of Kharkiv, Donetsk and Zaporizhia regions, as well as 27 air strikes. The enemy also carried out 79 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems."
· The Russians continue to attack the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions, despite numerous losses on their part
· Unsuccessful offensive actions were carried out in the direction, all attacks of Russian troops were repulsed by Ukrainian defenders. In the Liman, Novopavlovsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson directions, the Russians are defending.
· Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repulsed Russian attacks in the areas of settlements: Chervonopivka, Luhansk region; Bilohorivka, Rozdolivka, Sil, Krasnaya Gora, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Novobakhmutivka, Krasnohorivka, Vodiane, Marinka, Donetsk region
· Within 10 days, in some settlements of the Luhansk region, there has been a decrease in the number of Russian personnel,
· In addition, it has become a practice that mobilized Russian servicemen are mostly sent to the forefront. At a time when professional soldiers are trying to stay in the rear.
· According to available information, the Russian occupation administration of Luhansk is evacuating from the city to the territory of the Russian Federation the families of servicemen of the 2nd Army Corps of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, -
· During the past day, the aviation of the Defense Forces inflicted 8 strikes on areas of concentration of Russian personnel, weapons and military equipment, as well as a strike on the position of the anti-aircraft missile system,
· During the past day, our defenders shot down 2 Su-25 aircraft; helicopter Ka-52; unmanned aerial vehicle "Orlan-10" and 2 guided aircraft missiles Kh-59.
· Over the past day, units of the missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit 3 areas of concentration of Russian troops and a logistics warehouse.
January 23
23:15: On the issue of supplying Ukraine with tanks, we have to take the last six months, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.
· According to Kuleba, difficulties during the transfer arose with other German weapons — the Iris-T air defense systems and the Marder infantry fighting vehicle.
· "In the end, we always got the desired result and this time we will get it as well. We are accelerating as much as possible at all levels," the minister added.
22:40: Deputy Head of the President's Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko has written a letter of resignation, according to the UP, citing sources.
· It is noted that instead of Tymoshenko, they plan to appoint the head of the Kyiv OVA Oleksiy Kuleba to the post.
· Also, the heads of the OVA of Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions will resign.
20:58 press service of the HACC: The High Anti-Corruption Court confiscated the assets of Russian billionaire Shelkov.
· According to Transparency International Ukraine, Shelkov is an ex-head of the investment division of the state-owned company Rostec, which controlled military contractors in Russia.
18:51 Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00 January 23:
· "During the day, the invaders inflicted 4 missile strikes on settlements (2 missiles were destroyed by our air defense) and 18 air strikes.
· The enemy also conducted 24 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems.
· The threat of Russian air and missile strikes remains throughout Ukraine."
· "The enemy continues its offensive in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions to seize the entire Donetsk region, despite numerous losses on its part.
· In the Kupyansk direction, he led unsuccessful offensive actions, all enemy attacks were repulsed.
· In the Liman, Novopavlovsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson directions, the invaders are defending themselves."
· "During January 20-21, the enemy conducted offensive operations in the Zaporizhia direction near Malyi Shcherbakov.
· According to the updated data, as a result of a military clash with units of the Defense Forces, the losses of the invaders during this period amounted to more than 50 people, 16 of them were irretrievable."
· "In addition, 9 units of weapons and military equipment of various types (tank, 6 units of infantry fighting vehicles and armored car "Tiger") were destroyed. Another 4 units were damaged."
· "Since the beginning of January this year, the number of wounded enemy servicemen in the temporarily occupied part of the Kherson region has increased significantly.
· Local hospitals in the Kherson Region are overcrowded. All seriously wounded are concentrated in medical institutions in the region. Only a small amount is sent to the temporarily occupied Crimea for further treatment."
· "In a number of settlements in the Severodonetsk district of the Luhansk region, the Russian occupiers are trying in every possible way to isolate the local population, in particular, Ukrainian television and mobile communications are not available."
· "During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces inflicted 5 strikes on the areas of concentration of the invaders.
· Also, our defenders shot down 2 enemy Su-25 aircraft, a Ka-52 helicopter, an Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicle and 2 Kh-59 guided missiles.
· Units of the missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, at the same time, hit 3 areas of concentration of the occupiers and the enemy logistics depot.
16:38: The air force destroyed six Russian air targets eastwards.
· Two Su-25 attack aircraft, a Ka-52 attack helicopter, two guided aircraft missiles Kh-59 and an Orlan-10 UAV - the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
15:59: Head of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov and Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Malyuk held a joint working meeting.
· Its results will soon be seen Ukrainians and felt by the enemy, the DIU said.
15:11 Center to Counter Disinformation: Russian intelligence has spread disinformation about the alleged storage of weapons and ammunition provided by Ukraine's partners on the territory of the Rivne NPP, the CPS informs.
· The "allegation" of Russian intelligence contrasts especially sharply with the message about "the launch of the IAEA mission at the Rivne NPP, which will record any threats that (stations) may have military operations." By publishing such misinformation, the enemy can prepare the ground for concealing future crimes.
14:51 Head of the Ministry of Digital Transformation: Ukraine has signed a memorandum of cooperation with Finland.
· "Finland is consistently in the lead of the European DESI index. It defines the evolution of EU member states into digitalization. It will be useful for Ukraine to study the Finnish experience in more detail. Among the plans is a joint confrontation with cyber threats and modernization of Ukrainian telecom infrastructure," Fedorov said.
13:56 Minister of Culture: Russia has damaged more than 500 cultural monuments in Ukraine.
· Tkachenko also said that the issue of restoring damaged or destroyed objects is being discussed with Western partners.
12:46: Pavlo Khalimon will be dismissed from his post as deputy head of the faction, says David Arakhamia, head of the Servant of the People faction.
· "As for other forms of responsibility, we call on law enforcement agencies to launch an investigation and give a legal assessment of these events. If the law was violated, then it is necessary to be punished for this," Arakhamia added.
· According to media reports, during a full-scale war, Halimon bought an estate for ₴10 million in Pechersk in Kyiv and registered it for another person.
12:36. Institute for the Study of War: Putin used the "Wagnerians" at a difficult time for the regular army but was never going to take steps towards Prigozhin in his desire for additional influence.
· After a series of failures of Russian regular troops in the first six months of the war, Putin began to heed Prigozhin's advice and even fired the commander of the Central Military District in Ukraine, General Lapin. But even though Prigozhin gained some influence over the Russian president, he was never going to satisfy the political and business ambitions of the mercenary leader.
· the risk of a second Russian invasion of Ukraine from the territory of Belarus is currently assessed as very low.
· "Over the past 24 hours, there has been military activity, which indicates that an attack from Belarus remains unlikely," said analysts at the Institute for the Study of War.
12:16: The SBU submitted indictments against 55 deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation who voted for the recognition of "L/DPR" to the court, the SBU press service said.
· On February 15 last year, they supported a resolution on an appeal to the President of the Russian Federation with a request to recognize the "independence" of the temporarily occupied areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
· In addition, on February 22, Russian deputies voted for the ratification of the "treaty on friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance" between the aggressor country and the terrorist organizations "l/dpr".
MORDOR (Russia)
January 24
10:41 Military Intelligence: In Russia, the space industry suffers greatly due to sanctions,
· Joint-stock company "Information satellite systems named after academician M.F. Reshetnev" due to the lack of components of electronics of both foreign and Russian production, was forced to stop several projects at once.
· We are talking about the so-called "big eyes" — the means of conducting space reconnaissance
KHARKIV
January 24
09:24 Kharkiv RMA: This morning, the Russians again shelled Kupyansk. There are hits on residential buildings, large-scale fires have occurred. Information about the destruction and casualties is being clarified.
· Over the past day, Russian troops conducted massive shelling of border settlements in the Kupyansk, Chuguev and Kharkiv districts.
· In Vovchansk, a 52-year-old man was injured. Hospitalized in a state of moderate severity.
DONETSK
January 24
11:00 Donetsk RMA: The day before, the Russians launched a missile strike on Kramatorsk and targeted the industrial zone. A private house was also damaged, but no one was injured. Another rocket hit a school in the Iverskoye Novodonetsk community.
· In the Volnovakha direction, the Russians launched 5 missile strikes on the Velikonovoselkovsky community: 4 on the Spill and 1 on the Bagathir. A house was damaged in the Rich Man. In addition, shelling of Vuhledar, Novoukrainka and Bogoyavlenka was recorded without casualties.
· Avdiivka suffered 5 shelling and 6 shellings from Grad rockets. 1 person was wounded in Kurakhove. In the Mariinsky and Ocheretynska communities there are periodic shelling, without casualties.
· The night before, 1 person was killed and 2 wounded in Chasovoy Yar. Another 1 person died in Paraskoviyivka of the Soledar community. A house was damaged in Bakhmut. About 20 arrivals in the Liman community.
08:49 Donetsk RMA On January 23, Russians killed 3 residents of Donetsk region: in Novopokrovsky, Paraskoviyivka and Chasovy Yar.
· Another 3 people in the region were injured.
00:59 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the Donetsk region.
January 23
23:00 Donetsk RMA: One person is killed and two injured in shelling of Chasiv Yar by Russian troops from MLRS
· "The Russians damaged at least nine high-rise buildings, destroyed the supply networks to the electricity and gas neighborhood. In fact, the entire neighborhood was left without light and heat," he said.
22:10 Mayor: Today's Russian strike came on the industrial zone and the private sector of Kramatorsk.
15:36: The Russians launched a missile strike on Kramatorsk, - the mayor of the city Alexander Goncharenko.
15:32: In Kramatorsk, after explosions in the sky, a column of smoke is visible.
15:13: Explosions are heard in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region.
ZAPORIZHIA
January 24
09:12 Institute for the Study of War: The offensive operation of the Russian troops in the Zaporozhye region, apparently, failed.
· "Russian forces have not achieved any confirmed territorial acquisitions, despite the continuing statements of one representative of the occupation authorities," ISW writes, based on information from open sources on both sides.
· The ranks of pmc "Wagner" quickly thin. Of the 50 thousand mercenaries recruited in prisons at the front in Ukraine, only about a fifth remained — the Institute for the Study of War (ISW)
· Calling this figure, ISW analysts refer to the information of the head of an independent Russian human rights organization and note that the remaining 40 thousand recruited militants have either already been liquidated at the front, or were injured, or deserted from their positions.
January 23
23:30: Russians deploy additional hospitals due to heavy losses in the Zaporizhia region, - Center for National Resistance.
· The central nervous system notes that due to the insufficient number of beds, the Russians turned a hospital in Crimea into a hospital.
· At the same time, Russian doctors were brought to the hospital because they do not trust the locals. Other doctors were transferred to the city hospitals of Sevastopol.
DNIPRO
January 23
14:11 National Police: Of the 46 killed in a Russian missile strike on a residential building in Dnipro, 40 people have been identified.
· "Nine people are considered missing. 6 body fragments were found. Identification of the dead continues," the National Police said.
KHERSON
January 24
11:28 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the temporarily occupied Chaplynsky district of the Kherson region, subscribers report.
10:09 Kherson RMA: Russians shelled the territory of Kherson region 29 times a day.
· Russian troops continue to attack peaceful settlements in the Kherson and Beryslav districts. Last day, 1 person was killed by Russian shelling.
January 23
16:27 Prosecutor General's Office: A resident of Kherson region has been sentenced to five years for participating in the "referendum".
· According to the case file, the convict went to the homes of local residents and handed out ballots to them. After that, the woman handed over the completed forms to the so-called head of the "election committee" for further counting.
15:27 Kherson RMA: Today, the Russians shelled Antonovka, with at least six explosions heard. A shell hit a building in the courtyard, killing a person.
KYIV
January 24
10:29 Kyiv RMA: Destruction of explosive objects is planned in Bucha district.
· In this regard, in Kyiv and some communities of the Kyiv region, the sounds of explosions can be heard.
January 23
16:12. SBU press service: SBU detained intruders in Kyiv who "sold" Ukrainian passports to Russian citizens.
· They introduced themselves as SBU officers and offered foreigners their "assistance" in obtaining a Ukrainian passport.
· The cost of the "service" was 10 thousand rubles. Dollars. It was for this amount that the gang members "guaranteed" the registration of Ukrainian citizenship for a Russian woman who has a temporary residence permit on the territory of Ukraine.
15:18: The sounds of explosions are heard in Kyiv and the region. Previously, this is the planned work of the military.
13:11: In Brovary, schoolchildren were allowed to go home because of the threat of a terrorist attack, according to local media.
· The Department of Education received an e-mail stating that an unknown "graduate of a mental hospital, and now a member of the ISIS terrorist group" plans to open fire on schoolchildren.
SUMY
January 24
00:31 Sumy RMA: Russian military shelled 9 communities of Sumy region.
· According to him, a woman was killed in Vorozhba, in the Esman community, as a result of enemy shelling.
January 23
19:41 Sumy RMA: Russians shelled the house of a large family in the Esman community with barreled artillery.
· "At the moment, it is known that a young woman was killed at the scene of the explosion. Two more wounded are being evacuated to the nearest hospital at these moments. Details later," Zhivitsky wrote.
17:53 Sumy RMA: Russians shelled residential buildings and a railway in Vorozhba with barreled artillery.
· "One of the apartments was destroyed to the ground - a Russian shell flew there. The gas pipeline and electrical lines are interrupted by fragments. The railway and track premises were also damaged. Fortunately, people were not injured," Zhivitsky wrote.
KROPYVNYTSKI
January 24
11:17: SBU exposes Russian agent preparing missile strike on Kropyvnytskyi's electrical substations. Kropyvnyskyi is in the Kirovgrad Region, Central Ukraine.
· He collected information on the deployment of units of the Defense Forces and critical infrastructure facilities in the region.
· First, he was interested in the locations of local energy facilities. Also, at the behest of the Russians, he had to install a GPS tracker near one of the transformer substations in Kropyvnytskyi.
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