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2023-02-03 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: Febuary 2nd, 2023
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 22:59 Konstantin Yefremov is the first Russian officer who agreed to an open interview for the Western press. With the help of photographs and military documents provided by him, the BBC confirms that Yefremov was indeed in Ukraine at the beginning of the war, in particular in the city of Melitopol, Zaporozhye region. What the Russian told about - in the material Torture and theft .
22:45 The Ministry of Internal Affairs began the formation of assault brigades of the Offensive Guard, said acting. Interior Minister Igor Klymenko. According to him, the assault brigades, which volunteers can join, are aimed at strengthening the Defense Forces and liberating the occupied territories.
"Many of our military personnel, who have defended and are defending our country, came out with the initiative to recruit people into such units. Therefore, it was decided that everyone who is a patriot, lost their home or relatives due to the war, be united in such brigades," he explained. Klimenko. He added that the basis of these units will be the current police officers, border guards, and National Guardsmen.
22:32 A district judge in a federal court in Manhattan allowed the prosecutor's office to confiscate $ 5.4 million belonging to the Russian sanctioned oligarch Konstantin Malofeev. This opens the way for the further transfer of these funds to Ukraine, writes Reuters.
22:25 Ukrainian servicemen are being trained on the Patriot air defense system in Oklahoma ahead of schedule and can complete their training in a few weeks, Borys Kremenetsky, Defense Attaché at the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States, told Voice of America.
The Ukrainians arrived at the Fort Sill military base in mid-January - then the Pentagon announced that their training would last several months. According to Kremenetsky, the deadlines were shortened thanks to the experience of the Ukrainian military: “We are talking about weeks, I cannot give an exact answer ... A month has almost passed since they arrived. Usually, if you start teaching from scratch, training can take several months to a year."
22:18 Zelensky said in an evening video message that today for the first time he held a meeting of the Stavka in a dual format: "First, the traditional full composition of the Stavka. We considered the situation at the front, Russia's attempts to increase pressure on the Donbass, providing the army, training personnel and other issues of constant attention. And then, in the afternoon, there will be an additional meeting of the Stavka members in a narrow format for a particularly significant conversation."
According to the president, the enemy is now "in a specific stage - when strategically Russia's loss is already clear, but tactically they still have a resource for attempting offensive actions."
Zelensky also stressed the need to fight the internal enemy and announced new steps in this matter.
21:40 For several weeks now, the topic number 1 has been a possible new big Russian offensive at the front. This is being talked about not only in Ukraine, but also in the West. About the direction in which the main blow should be expected - in the material Where will they strike?
21:34 The Swiss publication Neue Zürcher Zeitung writes, citing sources among German politicians, that in mid-January Biden instructed CIA head William Burns to visit Kiev and Moscow and assess their readiness for negotiations. He was supposed to offer to exchange about 20% of Ukraine's territory for peace. But both Russia and Ukraine refused: Kyiv did not want to give up its land, and Moscow believes that in the long run they will be able to win the war and occupy even more territories.
After that, Biden agreed to Scholz's condition and announced the transfer of Abrams tanks to the Ukrainian army. This forced the German chancellor to also give permission for the supply of Leopard tanks.
According to sources, there is disagreement in the White House over the end of the war in Ukraine. In particular, national security adviser Jake Sullivan and CIA chief William Burns want to end the war as soon as possible and focus on the problem of China. At the same time, State Department chief Anthony Blinken and Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin do not want Russia to destroy the international security system and are in favor of more active military support for Ukraine.
20:56 Ukrainian military personnel will begin training in the use of Leopard 2 tanks next week, the Financial Times writes, citing sources. According to the publication, hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers have already been sent to places in Germany and Poland. The training is expected to last six weeks. According to one official, the officials are now considering how to get the tanks to the front.
20:27 Microsoft will add a model of the Ukrainian An-225 Mriya aircraft to its popular Flight Simulator game. It will be part of the game's paid add-on and will cost $19.99. The money is promised to be transferred to the restoration of the destroyed Ukrainian aircraft.
20:04 In Ukraine, stocks of parts and missiles for Soviet combat aircraft are running out, a Ukrainian pilot with the call sign Dzhus said in an interview with the FT. According to him, the Ukrainian army is in critical need of Western fighters: "The day when we will be left without missiles, without spare parts for aircraft, is getting closer and closer. In the near future, we may be left without tactical aviation at all."
19:55 Putin said that the main task of the Russian Federation is "to create conditions for the preservation of the country."
19:36 The SAMP / T anti-aircraft missile system, which Rome and Paris intend to transfer to Ukraine, can be deployed within two months, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said.
18:49 The enemy continues active reconnaissance and preparation for an offensive in certain areas, reinforcing his troops. Offensive operations continue in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions. The enemy suffers heavy losses, especially in personnel. In other directions, the invaders are on the defensive, the General Staff said in an evening summary .
In the Donetsk region, the Russians are preparing for covert mobilization. In particular, in Horlivka, all budgetary and communal institutions were ordered to submit lists of persons with reservations to the "military commissariat". All these people will be considered by special "commissions" with subsequent conscription for military service in the occupying forces.
In the Tavolzhanka area of the Kupyansky district of the Kharkiv region, the enemy is preparing to destroy the road infrastructure, mine bridges, dams and crossings.
18:28 Explosions again in Mariupol - this time at the Ilyich plant near hospital No. 1. After five loud explosions, sounds of detonation are heard, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city. According to him, in this direction there is a site where the Russians have equipped barracks and warehouses since May.
18:00 Ukraine needs long-range weapons and is ready to provide guarantees that it will not use them on the territory of the Russian Federation, Reznikov said: "If we get the opportunity to hit targets at a distance of up to 300 km, the Russian army will not be able to prevail and will be forced to retreat. Ukraine is ready give any guarantees that your weapons will not be used to shell the territory of the Russian Federation. We have many targets on the temporarily occupied Ukrainian land, and we are ready to coordinate the selection of targets with our partners."
At the same time, the minister added that the priority for today is to obtain air defense systems in order to prevent such tragedies as in the Dnieper. He also stressed that Ukraine needs tanks and armored vehicles, a large amount of artillery ammunition.
17:54 Switzerland is considering the transfer of tanks to Ukraine, despite its neutrality, writes Bloomberg. The country has nearly 100 Leopard tanks that have been mothballed for nearly a decade. Switzerland is not considering shipping weapons directly to Ukraine, but a number of politicians are calling for the Leopard to be handed over for a nominal fee to Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, replacing the tanks they plan to send to Ukraine.
17:39 Russia has lost more than 9,000 pieces of military equipment since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, calculated the Oryx analytical project, which collects information on military losses only from visually confirmed data. Of the total number of Russian equipment lost at the front, 5694 units were destroyed, 242 were damaged, 306 were abandoned on the battlefield, and 2759 were captured. Including confirmed losses of tanks amounted to 1671 units, of which 989 were destroyed, 77 were damaged, 60 were abandoned on the battlefield, 545 were captured.
17:08 An international center to investigate Russia's crimes in Ukraine will be set up in The Hague , Ursula von der Leyen said. According to her, the center will coordinate the collection of evidence and will be integrated into a joint investigation team, which is supported by the Eurojust agency.
17:03 Kiev handed over to European partners a list of Russian companies involved in the production of missiles for inclusion in the tenth package of sanctions, Kuleba said: "The tenth package, according to Ukraine, should include a revision of the price ceiling for Russian oil, blocking sanctions against the production of Russian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles. I sent a letter to my colleague Josep Borrell with concrete proposals from Ukraine and a list of Russian companies involved in the production of Russian missiles."
16:57 The EU Council allocated the seventh package of assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 500 million euros through the European Peace Fund and another 45 million euros for the EU military assistance mission , Kuleba said.
16:46 Putin said that "Russia, when responding to threats, will not manage with armored vehicles alone, everyone should understand this."
16:39 Russians are taking Ukrainian high school students to Russia so that they can take school exams there. According to the Center for National Resistance under the MTR of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 50 students of the 11th grade were recently taken out of Lisichansk to prepare and pass the unified state exam. All of them were sent to Yelabuga (Republic of Tatarstan). In the future, they are promised free education at universities in the Russian Federation.
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16:31 Norway will increase support for Ukraine, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stere said: "Last year we provided Ukraine with more than NOK 10 billion in civilian and military support. Now we are strengthening this support. We will make an even greater contribution to the repair and reconstruction of damaged infrastructure" .
15:22 The European Union will complete work on the tenth package of sanctions against the Russian Federation by the anniversary of the full-scale invasion on February 24, Ursula von der Leyen promised. She also stressed that Russia would be forced to pay for the destruction caused by its aggression in Ukraine.
In turn, Zelensky said that Russia has adapted to the sanctions: "Now we see that the pace of sanctions in Europe has slowed down a bit, and Russia, on the contrary, is increasing the pace of adaptation to sanctions."
15:18 The European Commission will provide Ukraine with another 2,400 generators in addition to the previous 3,000 received since the beginning of the war, as well as 45 million LED lamps, Ursula von der Leyen said during a briefing with Zelensky in Kiev. She also said that Brussels is inviting Ukraine to join its energy platform in order to buy gas together.
15:11 On the eve of the upcoming Ukraine-EU summit, the European Parliament adopted a resolution outlining political tasks for this meeting, expressing solidarity with Ukraine in the war with Russia and supporting Kiev in the process of implementing reforms on the way to EU membership.
The European Parliament calls on tomorrow's summit participants to set a clear path to start negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU, and the European Commission to present a "decisive and ambitious" plan for these negotiations and the rapid integration of Ukraine into EU political activities and programs.
The deputies condemn Russian aggression and welcome the provision of military and financial assistance to Ukraine, and call for work to create conditions for economic growth after the end of the war. The parliamentarians expressed their conviction that the EU-Ukraine summit would provide an opportunity to once again emphasize the urgency of creating a special international tribunal for the crimes of the Russian Federation. The deputies also voted to introduce an additional clause condemning the decision of the IOC to allow Russian athletes to participate in the 2024 Olympics.
14:50 Russians are shelling the village of Kamyshany, Kherson region. Currently, four people are known to have been injured, including a five-year-old child, the IVA said.
14:47 The Russians again hit the center of Kramatorsk with two rockets: at least five people were injured, said the head of the Donetsk Regional Military District Pavel Kirilenko. 13 two-story buildings, three four-story buildings, a children's clinic and a school were damaged.
14:31 The EU will launch a humanitarian demining program on the territory of Ukraine in the amount of 25 million euros, Shmyhal said after a meeting with Borrell.
14:04 The State Bureau of Investigation announced that it had detained entrepreneurs who sold eggs to the military for 17 hryvnias. The criminal group appropriated the funds allocated for the food of the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition to deliveries of eggs to the Ministry of Defense at inflated prices, they entered false data into the financial and economic documents about the receipt of products by the military unit at their warehouse, when in fact nothing was supplied. Then the virtual products were written off, allegedly they were used by soldiers.
The group included five people - representatives of supplying enterprises and military personnel responsible for providing one of the military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. A serviceman was also detained, who kept the black bookkeeping of the fraudsters. The amount of established damage to the state reaches more than 4.6 million hryvnia.
13:17 In the Luhansk region, the invaders have been turning off the mobile Internet since February 11, the local "operator" said. This decision is explained by the recommendations of the antimonopoly service of the Russian Federation.
13:10 The EU will double the training mission for Ukrainians, Borrell said. The EU Military Assistance Mission will train an additional 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers, bringing the total to 30,000.
13:01 Soldiers of the occupying brigade, who were looting in Bucha and Irpen, surrendered, spokesman of the Defense Forces of the Tauride direction Alexei Dmitrashkovsky. According to him, soldiers from the 155th Marine Brigade of the Russian Federation were spotted in the Donetsk region near Ugledar, ten of whom surrendered.
12:27 Yermak and Zaluzhny had a telephone conversation with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley. During the conversation, the parties, in particular, exchanged views on the possible actions of the Russian Federation in the near future.
12:06 Czech President Petr Pavel said in an interview with Deutsche Welle that NATO allies should transfer combat aircraft to Ukraine as soon as possible.
12:03 Mortality among women in childbirth and newborns in the occupied territories has more than tripled compared to the same figures before the start of the Russian military aggression, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar. According to her, this is due, in particular, to the fact that all local hospitals are used by the invaders to treat wounded Russian servicemen, and pregnant women are deprived of the opportunity to receive the necessary medical care.
11:40 Electricity consumption in Ukraine on February 2 slightly decreased compared to the beginning of the week - accordingly, the deficit in the energy system also decreased, although it still remains significant. There is enough generating capacity in the system to cover about 80% of demand, Ukrenergo said. Consumption limits have been brought to all oblenergos, increased due to the reduction in the deficit.
11:37 The European Union will announce an additional 400 million euros in aid package for Ukraine to support the reform process, said Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Budget.
11:30 15 European Commissioners headed by the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kiev to participate in a joint meeting with the Ukrainian government .
10:54 Lavrov called the West's plans to create a tribunal against Russia and reparations "a flagrant violation of international law"
10:45 Lavrov called the thesis that Russia refuses to negotiate on Ukraine a lie. According to him, no one is trying to convince Kyiv to return to negotiations with Moscow, "at the same time, Zelensky himself does not feel like an independent figure, he is being manipulated."
"We all want the conflict with Ukraine to end, but the time factor is not the main one," Lavrov said. He also said that Moscow is preparing materials for the anniversary of the Russian invasion, "so that it does not come down to the anti-Russian coven of the West."
Lavrov believes that the West is now "eying" Moldova for the role of the "next Ukraine" - "its president is ready for almost anything."
10:42 Austria declared four Russian diplomats Persons non grata, two of them are members of the permanent mission to the UN in Vienna, two are embassy employees, the Foreign Ministry said.
10:38 Russia is probably preparing a new missile attack, Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, said. According to her, this is indicated by the actions of the enemy in the Black Sea: “We observe that the total number of the ship group has decreased. At the moment, there are ten units, among which only one surface rocket carrier remains, the rest have entered the base points, which may indicate rather, about a certain preparation."
According to her, this is precisely the sequence of actions that the Russians adhere to when preparing a new missile attack: “They play their muscles in the sea for a certain time, demonstrate their presence and control of the situation, and then enter the base points, as a rule, preparing for maneuvers for a massive missile strike.” .
10:24 Putin gave the order to seize the territory of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions until March, Andriy Chernyak, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said in a commentary to the Kyiv Post. According to him, there are signs that Russia is preparing for a new attempt at a massive offensive and the capture of the east of the country. In particular, the Russian troops will redeploy additional assault groups, subunits, weapons and military equipment to the east.
Chernyak also said that Russia is using the territory of Belarus to train mobilized soldiers, but does not have sufficient forces and means to launch a massive attack on Ukraine from this direction in the coming weeks.
09:59 At night, the invaders brought up to 20 tanks to villages north of Mariupol, said the adviser to the mayor of the city, Petr Andryushchenko. According to him, the Russians quartered around the village. Nikolskoye and in the area in the direction of Volnovakha, frankly tell the locals that they received an order to take Ugledar and Zaporozhye during February.
09:56 Russia is preparing for an offensive in the Luhansk region in February-March, said the head of the OVA Sergey Gaidai: "We are already seeing that a certain increase is beginning - not an offensive, but an analysis. They are trying to find weaknesses in our defense, the number of attacks on We are waiting for the preparation of the occupiers to be completed in February, just 2-3 weeks to complete the training and a couple of weeks - logistically, so that they will be transferred to the Luhansk region." He called the situation in the region "difficult, but controlled, not critical."
09:53 The United States may allow other countries to transfer F-16s to Ukraine, but they are unlikely to do it themselves, writes Politico with reference to a Pentagon representative.
09:51 President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrell arrived in Kyiv. They will take part in the Ukraine-EU summit, which will be held in the Ukrainian capital on February 3.
09:27 British intelligence believes that the war in Ukraine, as well as anti-Russian sanctions, will undermine the role of the Russian Federation as a reliable arms exporter. Analysts note that even before the invasion, Russia's share of the international arms market was declining, and now the country will almost certainly give priority to maintaining its forces in Ukraine, rather than supplying partners.
Intelligence also indicates that the shortage of components is likely to affect the production of armored vehicles, attack helicopters and air defense systems. In addition, Russia's ability to provide support services to existing export contracts, such as spare parts and maintenance, is likely to be seriously undermined for at least the next three to five years.
09:23 Borrell said that sending fighter jets to Ukraine is not on the agenda in Europe. According to him, this issue generates divisions among EU members and is "highly contentious."
09:18 In the Kherson region over the past day, four people were injured due to Russian shelling, the OVA reported. Two people were injured in the Kharkiv region.
09:14 The Pentagon believes that Ukrainian troops are unlikely to be able to recapture Crimea in the foreseeable future. This was stated by four senior officials of the US Department of Defense during a closed briefing for members of the Armed Services Committee of the US House of Representatives, writes Politico.
09:08 After the invasion of Ukraine, the situation with democracy in Russia has deteriorated significantly, the country is acquiring the characteristics of a dictatorship, according to The Economist's annual Democracy Index survey. According to analysts, only 45.3% of the world's population live in a democracy, 36.9% (mainly in Russia and China) live under authoritarian rule. Slightly less than 8% of the population lives in full democracy - this is more than 20 countries, including Canada, Sweden and Uruguay.
Experts note that after the invasion of Ukraine, the democratic indicators of the Russian Federation showed the sharpest drop among all countries in the world. The Russian Federation has been on a path away from democracy for a long time and is now acquiring many of the characteristics of a dictatorship, analysts say.
09:03 Russia has mobilized about 500 thousand people and is preparing for offensives, Reznikov said on the air of the French TV channel BFMTV. "The official number is 300,000, but when we see troops at the borders, according to our estimates, it is much more," the minister said.
According to him, the Russians may try to attack in two directions - Donbass or southern Ukraine: "We think that they live in symbolism and will try to try something around February 24."
08:57 As a result of yesterday's Russian strike on Kramatorsk, three people were killed, said the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko. Another 22 people were injured.
08:50 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy as of the morning of February 2.
- personnel - about 129,030 (+610) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3211 (+2),
- armored combat vehicles - 6382 (+0),
- artillery systems - 2212 (+5),
- MLRS - 458 (+0),
- air defense systems - 222 (+1),
- aircraft - 293 (+0),
- helicopters - 284 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1951 (+0),
- cruise missiles - 796 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 5064 (+3),
- special equipment - 200 (+0).
08:21 The enemy is actively conducting reconnaissance, preparing for an offensive in some areas. Despite heavy losses, it continues to attempt offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
Over the past day, the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoye, Ploschanka, Nevskoye, Chervonopopovka, Dibrova, Kuzmino and Belogorovka of the Luhansk region and Controversial, Belogorovka, Vasyukovka, Blagodatnoye, Krasnaya Gora, Bakhmut and Klescheevka of the Donetsk region.
In the city of Gorlovka, Donetsk region, drivers are forced to obtain new certificates according to the Russian standard, which is impossible in the absence of a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation. The occupiers have set a deadline for employees of transport enterprises until May 1. Those who fail to comply will be fired.
In one of the divisions of the occupiers operating in the Luhansk region, as of January 9, three-month contracts ended. Therefore, about 300 servicemen of this formation do not receive financial support, and they cannot retire from military service due to the announced mobilization.
07:26 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Putin is creating conditions for Russian raids across the border into the northeastern regions of Ukraine in order to divert Ukrainian forces from critical areas of attack, pinning them in the northeastern border regions. At the same time, analysts are sure that an invasion from Belarus is unlikely. In their view, the Kremlin's related information operation appears to be faltering as Ukrainian officials increasingly view the threat of invasion as unlikely.
06:23 The Belgian Ministry of Defense is negotiating with businessman Freddy Versluys to buy Leopard 1 tanks from him for Ukraine, Reuters reports. The arms dealer once purchased 50 decommissioned tanks from the Belgian government and is now ready to sell them back, but at a significant markup.
02:24 Sending fighter jets to Ukraine "would not be the right approach", but there is no final decision on this matter yet, said British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace. "What will get this conflict off the ground this year is the ability of the Ukrainians to deploy Western weapons against Russia," he said.
01:20 Representatives of the European Union at the upcoming Ukraine-EU summit may not justify Ukraine's hopes for the country's early entry into the Commonwealth, writes Politico. According to the publication, the draft statement of the summit will talk about the fact that Ukraine will be admitted to the EU after all the conditions of the European Commission are met. Some EU officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the decision was made because some governments oppose Ukraine's rapid accession to the European Union.
00:48 Wednesday, February 1, became the day of large-scale resonant searches and personnel purges in Ukraine. And thanks to these searches, the country learned a lot of interesting things. More details - in the material Fur coat and a million
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