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On January 5, the Russian Ministry of Defense summed up the results of military operations in Ukraine over the past week. The end of 2023 and the first days of 2024 were marked by a number of large-scale strikes against Ukrainian troops and military facilities throughout the country.
From December 30, 2023 to January 5, 2024, the Russian Air Force carried out 41 group and 1 precision strikes on military facilities in Ukraine. The targets included decision-making centers, military-industrial enterprises, airfields, arsenals, fuel bases of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, places of deployment of Ukrainian military units.
Strikes over the past week have destroyed many military and industrial facilities in different regions of Ukraine, including in the capital. Footage of the strikes in Kiev and several other major cities made headlines in the media, and many videos were widely shared online. That’s why it seems that the Russian military has significantly increased the number of daily strikes in the recent days. However, compared to the figures presented in the official reports of the Russian Ministry of Defense weeks earlier, the intensity of Russian strikes remains virtually unchanged:
- From December 23 to December 29, 2023, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 50 group and one massive strike with precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles.
- From December 16 to 22, 2023, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 39 group strikes with precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles.
The figures confirm that the Ukrainian military constantly suffers heavy losses, but Kiev hides the real damage. The Ukrainian authorities are hyping up around Russian precision strikes filmed by residents of large cities, crying about the fake destruction of civilian infrastructure as a result of Russian attacks.
Ukrainian unit surrendered:
The morale of Ukrainian servicemen remains low. During the week, 13 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered, including eight servicemen in the Kupyansk direction.
Amid the ongoing strikes in the Ukrainian rear areas, the Russian military continues destruction of Ukrainian forces and NATO military equipment on the frontlines. Russian forces maintain the military incentive in almost all directions.
- In the Kupyansk direction, the AFU lost more than 485 servicemen, 6 tanks, 11 armored vehicles, 24 cars, 7 Olkha and Vampire MLRS, 8 artillery units.
- In the Krasny Liman direction, Ukrainian losses amounted to over 690 servicemen, 2 tanks, 11 armored vehicles, 24 cars, 5 artillery units.
- In the Donetsk direction, the AFU lost 4 tanks, 17 armored vehicles, 64 cars and 26 artillery pieces in a week. The losses in personnel there are estimated by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation at 1990 servicemen.
- In the South Donetsk direction, the AFU lost over 950 servicemen, 12 armored vehicles, 27 vehicles and 17 field artillery units.
- In the Zaporozhye direction – up to 350 soldiers, 1 tank, 15 armored vehicles, 18 cars and 8 artillery units.
- In the Kherson direction – up to 225 soldiers, 1 tank, 2 armored vehicles, 28 cars, 14 boats, the Buk-M1 air defense system and 11 artillery units were destroyed.
Destruction of HIMARS MLRS:
Losses of the Ukrainian Air Force included Su-27 aircraft and a Mi-8 helicopter. Meanwhile, as a result of Russian strikes and artillery shelling the following equipment was destroyed in Ukrainian deep rear:
- three launchers of the HIMARS and Olkha MLRS,
- a launcher of the S-200 anti-aircraft missile system,
- a radar of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system,
- a radar station for detecting and tracking low-altitude targets ST-68,
- two US-made counter-battery warfare radars.
many people said it before, ukraine attacking russia directly to not be forgotten. bad news for them, the us of snakes can’t help them at all. also, what happened to game changing yanquis tanks in ukraine? lol. the nazis ones burned, oh the yanquis tanks are gay and it would take sometimes for those tanks to come out… i see.
i’m just waiting to hear russia and iran reverse engineering the us and nazi tanks.
don’t forget the challenger 2 tanks supplied by the uk, which are not allowed on the battlefield 🤡
americans suckered the schnook scholz once again
see bojo, you send a couple of challengeders and we promise the german schnook to send abrams so he sends all his leopards, then we sell the germaniums more junk for their pretend army.
all m-1s are out of action, all challengers are out of action, all patriots are out of action all leopards are out of action, a bunch of nato söldnerin sind tot and on top all, die yewden sklaven are getting ficken kicked out of irak and out of syrien. putin and bashar hafez al-assad win again.
biden’s brain went out of action years ago, so it all kinda fits.
no more action for the clan. how long before junior’s found in some seedy philly back ally next to a dumpster with a syringe stuck in his arm?
nah, it’ll more likely be a ritz-carlton, in philly, with some other street person he picked up
it’s not looking good for anglo-american nazi proxies.
not very accurate, is that an efficient method?
cluster munition?
no just lots of shells being fired from multiple guns with rough firing coordinates with the idea of hitting the area har to destroy and damage anything there. got the job done. also even if they spent 400 shells, the cost of the himars greatly out weights the munitions used to destroy it.
i don’t know about that. i hear rhinemeddle charges 50,000 euros for a 155 shell now.
the russians basically saw the launcher and had a minute to react. basically the local commanders said light them up and they spent hundred of shells to saturate the area as the possibility of a precision strike would have taken some time in which the himars would have likely retreated at top speed. a reminder also thay the russians can spare the ammunition. thus usage is nothing they can’t handle. they have a surplus of shells still that ukraine and the west does not.
russian superior humiliate nato
that’s an expensive p[iece of equipment. i’m writing my congressperson!
veľa striel na jeden cieľ. ale ten cieľ stojí za to. treba brať v úvahu aké škody vie himars napáchať. a ak ho vyradili tak to stálo za to. tie fašistické beštie totižto pomocou himars strieľajú na civilistov.
more strategic strikes need to keep happening regularly to smash the xolxols. the tu-95 bears need their next meal. love to mother russia and southfront team from the balkans!