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Russia has launched new attack on the south of Ukraine: trying to break through the defenses, - Gumenyuk



Russia is storming the south of Ukraine



Russia has again begun active assaults on the south of Ukraine, but now it is using not only Storm-Z units, but also marines and landing forces for the offensive.



“Today we see that they are returning to the level that they approximately held before,” she said during the telethon.

Gumenyuk explained: if previously Russia had carried out from 10 to 13 assault actions per day, then it reduced the level of attacks to 1-3 assaults. Now enemy activity reaches 9 assault actions or more.
 

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During the morning attack, half of the Kinzha did not reach their targets



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Russian missiles are becoming less quality and do not reach their targets.

During the Russian morning attack on Saturday, January 13, half of the Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles launched failed to reach their targets.

This was stated by the speaker of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Yuriy Ignat on the air of the telethon.

“Today we saw six “Kinzhals”, we reported on them... Half definitely did not achieve their goals - that’s 100%,” Ignat said.



In total, more than 20 all air threat targets, (in addition to eight shot down) did not reach their targets. They either fell into a field, were exposed to Ukrainian electronic warfare equipment, or were blown up in the air.
 

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Very interesting development. Ecuador 🇪🇨 and the United States 🇺🇸 have agreed on a deal in which Ecuador will send USA $200 million usd worth of Soviet era weapons to USA, for transfer to Ukraine, in exchange for $200 million usd worth of American made weapons. The specific details of the deal have not yet been released, but Ecuador has the following weapons in its inventories that Ukraine already fields and would love get more of include, but are not limited to...

- 18x BM-21 Grad, 122mm Rocket artillery
- 12x 9K33 OSA-AKM SAMs
- 12x MI-17 helicopters
- 200x Igla and Strela-2 MANPADS
- 100+ ZPU and Bofors anti-aicraft guns
- AGS-17 Automatic grenade launchers
- RPG-7s

 
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No exclude any aircraft



The Air Force Commander explained the situation with the F-16 and other fighters



13:58, 01/14/24





He expressed full support for Syrsky and noted that the priority now is to strengthen combat aviation not only through the F-16.

“I emphasize that we do not exclude any help from partners in multi-purpose aircraft, attack aircraft, helicopters. Of course, the development of each new type of aircraft is a difficult and not quick process, but we will get through it,” Oleschuk emphasized.



He noted that it was impossible to immediately abandon Soviet aircrafts. Therefore, along with the F-16, the MiG-29 will also operate in the sky; it is possible that the combat capabilities of the Su-24M bombers will be enhanced by the Mirage-2000D, and the Su-25-A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft.
 

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Footage of the construction of defensive structures by the Russian army in the Krasnolimansky direction. When creating dugouts, trenches, communication passages and weapons magazines, the engineering troops use the military mobile sawmill complex VMLK-1, more about it in the link to the video in the comments to the video. Since the war in Ukraine in some places turned into positional battles, quite serious defensive structures are being created. In the video you can see a system of trenches, the walls and floor of which are covered with boards, for protection from drones, and the upper part of the trenches is also closed. Along the entire length of the defensive structures, an electrical lighting system was created, drainage systems were installed, dugouts and firing points were created.

 

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❗️The Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down two Russian planes over the Azov Sea

"It happened two hours ago. The A-50 was shot down, and the IL-22 was shot down, but it was in the air and was trying to get to the nearest airfield. Disappeared from the radar in the Kerch area."

We are waiting for confirmation 🔥
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❗️The Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down two Russian planes over the Azov Sea

"It happened two hours ago. The A-50 was shot down, and the IL-22 was shot down, but it was in the air and was trying to get to the nearest airfield. Disappeared from the radar in the Kerch area."

We are waiting for confirmation 🔥

I've seen numerous sources confirming the loss of the A-50. If it is true, which it appears to be, it will mark the single biggest strategic asset loss to the Russian military since the sinking of the Moskva and the destruction of the Rostov-on-Don. Strategic level asset loss is an enormous blow to the Russians. They only have 10 A-50's in their inventory and probably 7-8 that are fully functional at any given time. In terms of air battle space management, this is a huge loss.

Here is the thing. It's likely that given where it was shot down, that this is another example of Russian incompetance and shooting down their own asset. The only other thing it could be is a a sea based drone with AA capability, employed by the Ukrainians. Given the position of the shootdown, this was not a Patriot system's doing, nor is it likely to be some kind of "sneak" attack with fighter aircraft. The Russians either shot down their own aircraft, or Ukraine used a drone.
 

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Per the Institute For The Study of War...

Ukraine produced 50,000 FPV drones in the month of December, 2023. That total is expected to rise to 83,000 per month throughout 2024, with a total of nearly 1 million FPV drones assembled domestically in 2024. 200 Ukrainian companies are now involved in the building of / assembling of FPV drones and more than 50 Ukrainian companies now manufacture explosive ordinance that are paired with drones of various types. Keep in mind that Britain is also set to send Ukraine an additional $220 million usd worth of a mixed variety of drones in 2024. The total number of drones that Britain will send has not been disclosed, however, it has been noted that the number will be in the tens of thousands.

What Ukraine is doing is both obvious, but also extremely effective. They don't have an unlimited supply of artillery shells, therefore, they are saving what they do have for high leverage situations and counter battery fire. Meanwhile, they are mastering the art of drone warfare and using drones in swarms to eliminate Russian armor, harass Russian infantry and penetrate Russian trenches. By producing cheap drones in enormous quantities, they can afford for them to be 80+% ineffective and still do enormous damage to Russian armor with the remaining 15%-20%. It's a fantastic underdog tactic and it's ultra frustrating for the Russians, because every small chunk of land they take costs them the lives of enormous quantities of their men and the destruction of enormous quantities of their equipment.

As artillery shell deliveries ramp up throughout 2024 and the arrival of additional cruise missiles (including those domestically produced), GLSDB and F-16s with longer standoff weapons, it's going to get increasingly difficult for Russians to advance. There will be constant strikes to the rear of their formations, disrupting their already questionable logistics, while their soldiers and armor at the front are met with waves of cheap drones and increasingly available artillery barrages.

Should be an interesting year on the battlefield.

 

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Per the Institute For The Study of War...

Ukraine produced 50,000 FPV drones in the month of December, 2023. That total is expected to rise to 83,000 per month throughout 2024, with a total of nearly 1 million FPV drones assembled domestically in 2024. 200 Ukrainian companies are now involved in the building of / assembling of FPV drones and more than 50 Ukrainian companies now manufacture explosive ordinance that are paired with drones of various types. Keep in mind that Britain is also set to send Ukraine an additional $220 million usd worth of a mixed variety of drones in 2024. The total number of drones sent has not been disclosed, however, it is noted to be in the tens of thousands.

What Ukraine is doing is both obvious, but also extremely effective. They don't have an unlimited supply of artillery shells, therefore, they are saving what they do have for high leverage situations and counter battery fire. Meanwhile, they are mastering the art of drone warfare and using drones in swarms to eliminate Russian armor, harass Russian infantry and penetrate Russian trenches. By producing cheap drones in enormous quantities, they can afford for them to be 80+% ineffective and still do enormous damage to Russian armor with the remaining 15%-20%. It's a fantastic underdog tactic and it's ultra frustrating for the Russians, because every small chunk of land they take costs them the lives of enormous quantities of their men and the destruction of enormous quantities of their equipment.

As artillery shell deliveries ramp up throughout 2024 and the arrival of additional cruise missiles (including those domestically produced), GLSDB and F-16s with longer standoff weapons, it's going to get increasingly difficult for Russians to advance. There will be constant strikes to the rear of their formations, disrupting their already questionable logistics, while their soldiers and armor at the front are met with waves of cheap drones and increasingly available artillery barrages.

Should be an interesting year on the battlefield.

more interesting is what UA have done in kherson left bank. if they can hold the position, n can transfer lot of personels n hardware we should see another big teritorial gains in 2024-2025..plus it show how effectives small attack drones to support stand alone unit like UA marines in those areas
 

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more interesting is what UA have done in kherson left bank. if they can hold the position, n can transfer lot of personels n hardware we should see another big teritorial gains in 2024-2025..plus it show how effectives small attack drones to support stand alone unit like UA marines in those areas
What they need to support the left bank is fairly obvious and it's largely contigent on the U.S. passing it's $61 billion usd aid package.

Additional ATACMS: USA has some 350'ish of the older model M39 rocket with 160km range. They have an additional 1200'ish of the M57 rocket with a unitary warhead and 300km range. They produce 500 additional ATACMS each year, most of which are being sold to foreign buyers at this point.

USA could easily send ALL 350 of their older model ATACMS to Ukraine throughout 2024, and replace them with newly built M57 variants fresh off the production line. There would be NO negative impact on USA's own war inventory and they would keep their totals in the 1500'ish ATACMS range range that they're comfortable with. Furthermore, they're set to receive their first batches of the new PrSM rockets in 2024. They are set to replace the ATACMS all together and make them obsolete in U.S. inventories.

Significant Quantites of GLSDB: Ukraine is set to receive their first couple dozen GLSDB and their first 2 launchers in early 2024. It's specualted that they could received up to 12 launchers and as many as 750 of the low cost, 250lb bombs with 150km of range, by the end of 2024. GLSDB will double the range of the GMLRS their HIMARS currently fire, allowing Ukraine a cost effective, plentiful way of striking Russian supplies lines and weakening the supply effort to the troops defending inland from the bank of the Dnipro.

F-16s with JASSM an HARMS: 60'ish F-16s will make their way into Ukrainian hands in 2024, with the first couple squadrons arriving in the first quarter of the year. What will make these F-16s so effective is their ability to fire deadly American made JASSM cruise missiles, which have nearly 1000 kms of range and can be fired from well in the rear, beyond any SAM system that Russia possesses. While Ukraine will not receive large quanties of JASSM (USA has 2000'ish in their inventory and builds about 500 per year), they will receive enough to replace the capability being lost by the dwindling supply of Storm Shadow / SCALP-EG cruise missiles that they possess. Even 100 JASSMs can do an immense amount of strategic damage.

Meanwhile, if Ukraine wants to be able to consistently provide air support to their troops trying to land / push across the Dnipro, they need to significantly thin out Russian SAMs in the area. That's where the HARM anti-radiation missiles comes in. Ukraine is limited in their use of them right now because they've been hastily engineered to be used by Ukraine's Mig-29s. However, they weren't designed to be used by the Migs and they'll have MUCH more effective range being fired by the F-16s, an aircraft they were designed to be fired from. Russia's short / medium range SAMS don't have a chance against HARMs that have a range of 80km when fired from "medium" altitude, and up to 170km when fired from "high" levels. Russia's BUK, Strela-10, OSA and Pantsir SAMs cannot come close to matching even the medium capability of the HARMS and the Russians are not about to start bringing their S-300 and S-400 systems up closer to the front with any kind of regularity, or they'll start getting whacked by Ukraine's ground based, ranged weapons. USA has thousands of HARMS at their disposal and when launched in volleys, particularly in unison with dummy missiles and longer range attack drones, Russian SAMs will become overwhelmed and destroyed. In order for that to be the case, however, you need enough quality launch platforms to carry out planned attacks. That's where the F-16s come in, both in terms of quantity and capability.

Taurus cruise missiles: I suspect that Germany will cave and start supllying Taurus to Ukraine when USA starts supplying JASSM. It will be similar to when Germany refused to send Leopard 2 MBTs, until USA agreed to send Abrams. Regardless, Germany does not have enough Taurus to send massive quanties, but they can likely spare enough to bolster Ukraine's cruise missile supply throughout 2024 and allow them to wreak havoc on supply structures, command and control nerve centers and key Russian military assets on Russian held bank of the Left bank.

Additional large quantities of GMLRS: Earlier in the war, when U.S. funding was flush, Ukraine was receiving hundreds of GMLRS each month and Russia had no meaningful response to the 70+km, ultra precise weapons. As funding has slowly down, however, Ukraine is probably only receiving about 100 GMLRS per month, forcing them to be more choosy regarding targets. USA is not in short supply of GMLRS. They are ramping production of the rocket up from 6000 per year to 14,000 per year. When additional funding is passed by Congress, expect GMLRS to remain a staple of nearly every military aid package for Ukraine. However, expect monthly totals donated to increase substantially again, in that 300+ per month range, that will allow Ukraine to fire them more frequently and rain hell down on the Russian troops at and beyond the front near Kherson.

As Ukainian's access to quantity and variety of ranged weapons increases throughout 2024, it's going to be a nightmare for Russia to reinforce their Kherson front from Crimea. Inevitably, as Ukraine builds up assault forces and sets conditions for a major river crossing, Russia will lose ground in the area.
 

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❗️The Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down two Russian planes over the Azov Sea

"It happened two hours ago. The A-50 was shot down, and the IL-22 was shot down, but it was in the air and was trying to get to the nearest airfield. Disappeared from the radar in the Kerch area."

We are waiting for confirmation 🔥
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The last information is that ruzzian own air defense system were tricked and they shoot at least 1 of own air plane.
Ukraine army have new military toy. They used this new platform for focus jamming and highlighted ruzzian air plane which lead to show on radar as different object. This is not the first time when we see the same thing happening.
In general ruzzian air defense identifying object in air really sucks.

Question:
So the ruzzian air defence not only failed to IFF own plane, but also failed to shoot down the target. Can they do anything right?
 

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Pictures from a recent Shoigu visit to one of the factories producing smart bombs. Russia is UMPK-ing basically almost all of its iron bombs

FAB 250 with UMPK kit

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FAB 1500 with UMPK glide kit

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The Tu-22M3 whose production line has been re-established, could carry 8 of the massive FAB 1500 M54, more than enough to devastate an entire line of field fortifications in one go. Even if it missed by 10 meters, the amount of earth getting thrown around meant that anyone within a 100-meter radius is guaranteed DEAD and anyone close enough would be disabled.

An FAB-500 crater for illustration purposes, with only 1/3rd the explosive, with a Ukrainian soldier inside

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Note that Russia actually has transitioned into a more military minded approach to bombings compared to last year and not just civilian bombing, according to a recent report by the NYT


Well accustomed to Russian artillery fire, soldiers said that since March they had suffered the additional devastating power of glide bombs, half-ton explosives unleashed from planes that smash through underground bunkers.

“They would send them two by two by two, eight in an hour,” said a 27-year-old soldier known as Kit, of the 14th Chervona Kalyna National Guard Brigade. Like others interviewed, Kit identified himself by his call sign, according to military protocol. “It sounds like a jet coming down on you,” he said, “like hell’s gate.”
The destruction wrought by glide bombs is visible in towns and villages near the front line. The town of Orikhiv, about 12 miles north of Robotyne, once served as a command center for the counteroffensive. Now it is an empty shell, the main street deserted, the school and other buildings split asunder by massive bomb craters.

 

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