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☆ Delays in promised Western military aid to Ukraine are costing lives, the defense minister says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Half of promised Western military support to Ukraine fails to arrive on time, complicating the task of military planners and ultimately costing the lives of soldiers in Russia's war, the Ukrainian defense minister said Sunday. Year 2024" forum in Kyiv, stressed that each delayed aid shipment meant Ukrainian troop losses, and underscored Russia's superior military might. Commemorations to mark the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Saturday brought expressions of continued support, new bilateral security agreements and new aid commitments from Ukraine's Western allies. The defense minister also said that a "strong" military strategy is already in place for the coming months, but didn't disclose details. A Russian drone on Sunday morning struck an unspecified facility in Ukraine's western Khmelnytskyi region, the regional military administration reported without giving details.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ursula von der Leyen, Giorgia Meloni, Alexander De Croo, Justin Trudeau, Rustan, Umerov, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Syrskyi, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Valerii Zaluzhny Organizations: Belgium's, Canada's, Russia, U.S . Congress, Sunday Locations: Italian, Hostomel, Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Avdiivka, Moscow, Russia, Kherson, Kostiantynivka, Russian, Khmelnytskyi, Belgorod

☆ After Retreat, Ukraine Digs in to Repel New Russian Attacks in East
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

The Latest Photos From Ukraine View All 91 Images"The Ukrainian military has established itself on new lines of defence and is successfully repelling attempts by the Russian invaders to develop an offensive," Brigadier-General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi wrote on Telegram messenger. The capture of Avdiivka pushes Ukrainian forces further from the Russian-held bastion city of Donetsk, an important logistics hub used by Moscow to support its operations across partially-occupied eastern Ukraine, a region known as the Donbas. Serhiy Zgurets, director of the Kyiv-based Defence Express consultancy, predicted Russian forces would try to "straighten out" the front line around Mariinka and launch a fresh push around the town of Vuhledar, which is held by Kyiv. Pavel Mogila, commander of an armoured unit in a Russian militia force fighting for Ukraine, said they helped evacuate forces from the city using three vehicles. Moscow unilaterally declared it had annexed the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in 2022 despite not fully controlling any of them.

Persons: Pavel Polityuk, Tom Balmforth, Avdiivka's, Republicans scupper, rearm, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Dmytro Lykhoviy, Avdiivka, Serhiy Zgurets, Zgurets, Chasiv Yar, Vladimir Putin, Maksym Zhoryn, Pavel Mogila, Taran, Oleh, Putin, Yuliia Dysa, Peter Graff Organizations: Tom Balmforth KYIV, Kremlin, U.S, Republicans, Ukrainian, Defence Express, Kyiv, Third Assault Brigade, 110th Brigade Locations: Avdiivka, Russia, Bakhmut, Mariinka, Kyiv, Russian, Donetsk, Moscow, Ukraine, Vuhledar, Chasiv, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia

☆ The Russian advance into the ruins of the city of Avdiivka was a matter of time
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Analysis Tim Lister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

In December, US officials estimated that the Russian military has suffered more than 13,000 casualties along the Avdiivka-Novopavlivka axis in just a few weeks. The Ukrainian military acknowledged in December that the concentration of Russian forces would ultimately prevail. And ISW warns that “Ukrainian forces may have to stabilize the frontline by counter-attacking in the area where Russian forces are trying to close the encirclement of Ukrainian forces in Avdiivka in order to conduct an orderly withdrawal.”Much of Avdiivka now lies in ruins. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko via ReutersThere are already indications that not all Ukrainian units were able to escape an ever-tightening noose. The Ukrainians are adapting swiftly to a new stance of active defense that will continue to bleed Russian forces.

Persons: General Valery Zaluzhnyi, Maksym Zhoryn, Ukraine’s, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Nuzhnenko, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Zhorin, laud, Bakhmut, Volodymr Zelensky, ” Zelensky, Avdiivka Organizations: CNN, Kyiv, Ukrainian Armed Forces, Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade, Institute for, Radio Free, Radio Liberty, Reuters, Russian Defense, Munich Locations: Avdiivka, Donetsk, Radio Free Europe, Kharkiv, Mariinka, Russia, Europe

☆ Ukrainian troops withdraw from Avdiivka as ammunition shortage bites
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Ukrainian troops withdrew from the devastated eastern town of Avdiivka, Kyiv's military chief said on Saturday, paving the way for Russia's biggest advance since it captured the city of Bakhmut last May. Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, who took command of the Ukrainian military in a major shake-up last week, said Ukrainian forces had moved back to more secure positions outside the town, which had a pre-war population of 32,000. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy praised his troops for "exhausting" Russian forces in Avdiivka and said he agreed with the decision to withdraw in order to save lives. U.S. President Joe Biden warned earlier this week that Avdiivka could fall to Russian forces because of ammunition shortages following months of Republican congressional opposition to a new U.S. military aid package for Kyiv. The Russian defense ministry did not single out the battle for Avdiivka in a statement on Saturday, but said that Russian forces had "improved their positions" on the Donetsk front.

Persons: Oleksandr Syrskyi, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin, Syrskyi Organizations: Kyiv, Munich Security, Avdiivka Locations: Russian, Avdiivka, Ukraine, Russia, Donetsk Region, Ukrainian, Bakhmut, U.S, Donetsk

☆ Russian forces push into Ukraine’s Avdiivka, piling pressure on new army chief
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Andrew Carey | Maria Kostenko | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Avdiivka, to the northwest of Donetsk city, remains the scene of some of the heaviest fighting as Russian forces continue their push from the north into the center of town. Even so, the DeepState mapping site suggests Russian forces are perhaps no more than several hundred meters away from the main supply route into town. Serhii Tsekhotskyi, an officer with the 59th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade, told Ukrainian television that Russia was deploying large numbers of troop into the battle for Avdiivka. Lying just a few kilometers north of Donetsk airport, captured by Russian forces in early 2015 after months of periodically heavy fighting, Avdiivka has been firmly in Moscow’s crosshairs ever since. East of Kupiansk and the Oskil river, along the northernmost stretch of the battle, an army spokesman told Ukrainian television on Saturday that Russian forces were pressing.

Persons: Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Serhii, “, ”, Boris Rozhin, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Moscow’s crosshairs, Volodymyr Zelensky, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Syrskyi, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Chasiv Yar Organizations: CNN, Russian, Motorized Infantry Brigade, Avdiivka, Presidential Press Service, Reuters, Land Forces, Storm Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Donetsk, Russia, Avdiivka, Kharkiv, Ukrainian, Kupiansk, Bakhmut

☆ Ukraine's military says Russia is intensifying its attacks and that in some sectors, there are as many as 50 'combat clashes' a day
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Ella Sherman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewRussia has been ramping up its attacks in various sectors of the front, and there have been numerous clashes in the last few days, according to Ukrainian military officials. Gen. Oleksandr Tarnavskyi wrote in a Telegram post Saturday that in his area, "for the second day in a row, the enemy has conducted 50 combat clashes daily." Other Ukrainian military officials have emphasized the frequency of Russian attacks. A military spokesperson repeated the 50 attacks figure in a separate discussion of Russian activities, highlighting the intensity in certain sectors. "The invaders are very active, they have increased the number of offensive and assault operations," said Ukrainian military spokesperson Oleksandr Shtupun, according to a Sunday CNN report.

Persons: —, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Oleksandr Shtupun, Oles, Tarnavskyi, Shtupun, Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, Business, Ukrainian, CNN, 92nd Separate Brigade, Kupyansk, Force, Republican Locations: Russia, Ukrainian, Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, Tavria, Zaporizhia, Ukraine

☆ Russia's daily casualties in Ukraine are likely higher now than at any other time in the war, says UK intel
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia may be losing more soldiers in Ukraine now than at any other time in the war, per UK intel. The UK Ministry of Defence put it down to those killed and injured in Russia's attacks on Avdiivka. Russian casualties in November are outpacing those of its March offensive in Bakhmut, Ukraine said. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Russia's military has suffered heavy losses in the region because of its reliance on Soviet-era military tactics, according to military analysts.

Persons: —, Mark Cancian, George Barros, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Ukraine's Organizations: intel, UK Ministry of Defence, Service, Russia, Ukrainian, Staff, US Marine Corps, Center, Strategic International Studies, Institute for, AFP, Strategic Group Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Bakhmut, Donetsk, Ukrainian

☆ Ukraine troops face 'difficult defence' in east as bitter cold sets in - Zelenskiy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A view shows a hospital heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Selydove, Donetsk region, Ukraine November 21, 2023. REUTERS/Alina Smutko/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 22 (Reuters) - Ukrainian troops face "difficult" defensive operations on parts of the eastern front with bitter winter cold setting in, but forces in the south are still conducting offensive actions, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday. Russian troops launched offensives on different sections of the front line in Ukraine's east this autumn, trying to advance on the devastated town of Avdiivka and in the northeast between the towns of Lyman and Kupiansk. After one such lull the day before, the head of the "Tavria" military command said on Wednesday that Russian troops had "dramatically increased" the number of assaults and airstrikes. Ukrainian forces continued the offensive on the southeastern Melitopol front, he added.

Persons: Alina Smutko, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Kupiansk, Zelenskiy, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Yuliia, Tom Balmforth, Bernadette Baum Organizations: REUTERS, Lyman, Kyiv, Staff, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Selydove, Donetsk region, Ukraine's, Avdiivka, Lyman, Bakhmut, Donetsk, Russia, Kyiv, Dnipro

☆ Footage shows a graveyard of Russian armored vehicles in Avdiivka, where Russia has mounted its biggest attack in months
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Video shared by Ukraine shows the scale of Russian losses at Avdiivka. AdvertisementNew video shows the battered remains of Russian vehicles in an area where Russia has launched its biggest attack against Ukraine in recent months. Aerial footage shared by General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, commander of Ukraine's Tavriia Operational Strategic Group, on Monday showed destroyed and smoking Russian vehicles in fields near Avdiivka, along with what appear to be dead Russian soldiers. Ukraine has claimed that Russia lost more than 6,000 soldiers and over 400 armored vehicles there in just one week last month. The 53rd Separate Mechanized Brigade on Sunday described it as a "mass suicide" action by Russia and said hundreds of Russian soldiers had been killed.

Persons: —, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Ukraine's, Russia's, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Riley Bailey Organizations: Service, Strategic, Ukraine's, Mechanized Brigade, UK Ministry of Defence, MOD, Institute for Locations: Ukraine, Avdiivka, Russia, Russian, Bakhmut

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Kyiv said to be considering dismissal of army commanders; Russian troops punished for drink and drugs
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense is considering dismissing three commanders of the armed forces, Ukrainian news outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported Tuesday, citing unnamed sources in Ukraine’s military and political leadership. According to the sources, Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov is preparing to dismiss Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, who is in charge of one of the fronts of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, and Serhii Naiev, commander of Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, along with another army chief. Ukraine's presidential office did not confirm or deny the report to the outlet. If the dismissals do take place, they are likely to partly reflect criticism of Ukraine's counteroffensive, which has seen few gains since it was launched in June.

Persons: Rustem Umerov, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Serhii Naiev Organizations: Ministry of Defense, Ukrainska Pravda, Ukraine's, Joint Forces of, Armed Forces of Locations: Ukrainian, Armed Forces of Ukraine

Meanwhile, a blast in Russian-occupied territory in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, killed a pro-Moscow official, with a Ukrainian intelligence agency taking credit for the assassination. The Black Sea frontUkrainian Defense Intelligence (GUR) claimed it hit two small Russian naval vessels in the Black Sea on Friday, its latest display of Ukraine’s ability to hit Russian targets in occupied Crimea. “Two Russian landing craft have been hit with Ukrainian sea drones near Chernomorske, Crimea,” Andriy Yusov, a representative of GUR, said in comments to CNN. Ukraine Defence Intelligence released grainy, grayscale video showing what it claims is the moment of its srikes on Russian navy vessels in the Black sea. Kyiv has also focused on breaking Russia’s dominance in Ukraine’s territorial Black Sea waters.

Persons: GUR, ” Andriy Yusov, Vlada, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Mikhail Filiponenko, Igor Kornet, Ursula von der Leyen, John Thys, Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, Ursula von der, “ Organizations: CNN, Moscow, Ukrainian Defense Intelligence, CNN . Defence Intelligence, Ukraine Defence Intelligence, Ukrainian Ministry of Defense CNN, Liberian, Operational Command, UN, Police, Getty, Tavria, Forces, Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence, People’s Militia, Luhansk People’s, Defense Intelligence, Russian, European Union, EU, NATO Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Ukraine’s, Crimea, Luhansk, Ukrainian, “, Chernomorske, ”, Russian, Kyiv, Moscow, Odesa, Avdiivka, Donetsk, Luhansk People’s Republic, AFP, Europe

☆ Ukrainian forces hold line in shattered eastern town of Avdiivka -military
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/file photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 8 (Reuters) - Russian forces, their numbers swelled by reserves, tightened their vise around the shattered eastern city of Avdiivka on Wednesday, but Ukrainian forces are holding defensive lines, Ukrainian military officials said. Anton Kotsukon, spokesperson for the 110th separate mechanised brigade, said Russian forces were massed on three sides of the town. Russian forces, he said, were "playing cat and mouse", sending up "huge numbers" of drones while deploying artillery forces to secure a better picture of the town's defences. It was seized briefly in 2014 when Russian-backed separatists captured chunks of eastern Ukraine, but Ukrainian troops retook it and built up fortifications. Ukrainian forces regard Avdiivka as a gateway for future advances to recapture territory in the east - the large Russian-held town of Donetsk is 20 km away.

Persons: Alexander Ermochenko, Anton Kotsukon, They've, Kotsukon, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Avdiivka, hasn't, Denys Popovych, Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Grant McCool Organizations: REUTERS, vise, Thomson Locations: Avdiivka, Russia, Ukraine, Donetsk, Russian, Kyiv, Bakhmut

[1/3] Police officers inspect a postal distribution centre of Nova Post company hit by Russian missiles, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Korotych, outside of Kharkiv, Ukraine October 22, 2023. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Six people have been killed and at least 14 injured in a Russian missile attack that hit a postal distribution centre in the war-devastated northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials said. Those killed and injured were employees of the postal centre, Synehubov said on Telegram. Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, was devastated in the early days of Russia's full-scale invasion. "(Russian forces) need heavy artillery and anti-tank missiles to destroy every stronghold."

Persons: Sofiia, Volodymyr Zelenksiy, Oleh Synehubov, Synehubov, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Pavel Norozhnyi, Ron Popeski, Maria Starkova, Lidia Kelly, Alistair Bell Organizations: Police, Nova Post, REUTERS, Rights, Nova, Telegram . Police, Russia's Defence Ministry, Thomson Locations: Nova, Russian, Ukraine, Korotych, Kharkiv, Ukrainian, Russia, Ukraine's, Avdiivka, Bakhmut, Donetsk, U.S

☆ Ukraine says it downed 3 Russian Su-25 fighter jets in just one week
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine said it destroyed three Russian Su-25 aircraft in a single week. The jets fly low to give air support, making them vulnerable to antiaircraft attacks. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine said it shot down three of Russia's Su-25 fighter jets in a single week. AdvertisementAdvertisementTarnavskyi said that Ukraine, over the past week, had destroyed multiple Russian ammunition depots, dozens of tanks, antitank missiles, and antiaircraft missiles, and killed thousands of Russian soldiers in the region. This included 797 Russian soldiers between Friday night and Saturday night, he said.

Persons: —, Russia's Su, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Ukraine's, Tarnavskyi Organizations: Service, Strategic Group, Military Today Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Ukrainian, Donetsk, Ukraine's, Russia, Avdiivka

☆ Ukrainian forces make headway in east, south - officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 9 (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces are making some headway in both the eastern and southern theatres of their four-month-old counteroffensive, military officials said on Monday. Russian accounts of the fighting said Moscow's forces had repelled Ukrainian attacks near the devastated eastern city of Bakhmut and inflicted heavy casualties in strikes on Ukrainian positions outside the city. In the south, Kyiv wants to advance to the Sea of Azov to sever a Russian land bridge linking areas it occupies in the south and east. Ukrainian prosecutors in Donetsk region, the focal point of Russia's campaign in the east, said Russian forces had shelled areas east of the Russian-held town of Donetsk, killing one person. Nineteen months after Russia's invasion, its forces about 18% of Ukrainian territory, according to Western estimates.

Persons: Ilia Yevlash, Yevlash, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ron Popeski, Leslie Adler Organizations: Russian Locations: Bakhmut, Kyiv, Azov, Andriivka, Klishhiivka, Klishchiivka, Donetsk, Russian, Avdiivka, Verbove, Ukraine, Tokmak

☆ Video appears to show a Russian tank hitting a mine and running out of control before sinking into water
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A new video appears to show a Russian tank hitting a mine, catching on fire, and sinking into water. AdvertisementAdvertisementA new video shared on Telegram appears to show a Russian tank hit a mine, catch fire, and crash into a body of water. Insider reporter Alia Shoaib previously wrote that US-supplied remote anti-armor mines fired in shells were being used to destroy Russian tanks. The incident reportedly occurred during battles to liberate the settlement of Novoprokopivka.In the video, a Russian tank is seen driving over a mine. On September 27, Euronews reported that a Kremlin-affiliated military blogger had claimed that Ukrainian forces had reached the northern outskirts of Novoprokopivka.

Persons: —, Alia Shoaib, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Euronews Organizations: Service, Fighters, Armed Forces, Euromaidan Press, Institute, Group of Forces, Kremlin Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Robotyne, Novoprokopivka, Verbove, Russia, Zaporizhia

☆ Ukrainian troops repel Russian attacks on eastern front -officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Sept 27 (Reuters) - Ukrainian troops held off determined attacks on Wednesday by Russian forces trying to regain lost positions on the eastern front, military officials said, while analysts suggested Kyiv's forces were also making progress in the southern theatre. Ilia Yevlash, a spokesperson for Ukraine's eastern group of forces, told national television: "We continue to repel intense enemy attacks near Klishchiivka and Andriivka. There had been 544 Russian shelling incidents in the past 24 hours in the area, seven combat clashes and four air attacks, Yevlash said. Tarnavskyi referred to the village of Verbove, which other officials have said Ukrainian forces are poised to seize. Ukrainian forces are targeting several other villages as they progress through Zaporizhzhia region towards the major town of Tokmak.

Persons: Ilia Yevlash, Yevlash, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Roman Svitan, Ron Popeski, Maria Starkov, Jamie Freed 私 Organizations: Russian, Ukraine's, Staff, Russia's Defence Ministry, CNN Locations: Ukrainian, Bakhmut, Azov, Russia, Crimean, Klishchiivka, Russian, Donetsk, Nevelske, Verbove, Tokmak

☆ Ukraine says it gains foothold in strategic southeastern village
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Tuesday its troops had entered the strategic southeastern village of Robotyne, a potentially significant advance in its counteroffensive against Russian forces. "Our soldiers in the village of Robotyne," General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, commander of Ukrainian forces in the south, wrote on Telegram under a picture of a soldier in a tank. Tokmak's capture would be a milestone as Ukrainian troops press southwards towards the Sea of Azov, a military push intended to split Russian occupying forces. The Institute for the Study of War, an American research group and think tank, has described the Ukrainian attacks on Robotyne as "tactically significant". Russia, which sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, did not immediately comment on the reports from Robotyne.

Persons: Hanna Maliar, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Anna Pruchnicka, Timothy Organizations: Russian, Deputy, Reuters, Robotyne, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Robotyne, Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia, Tokmak, Russian, Azov, American, Ukrainian, Russia, Kyiv

☆ Ukraine military reports progress in south
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

A church ruined after a Russian missile attack on Aug. 9, in Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine. Ukrainian military officials said on Saturday that Kyiv's forces had made progress in the south, capturing unspecified territories and claiming partial success near the key village of Robotyne. "Tavria direction," General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, commander of Ukrainian forces in the south, wrote on Telegram, referring to the southern front. He did not specify where or when the advances were made. Separately, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said they had "partial success in the Robotyne area of the Zaporizhzhia region."

Persons: Oleksandr Tarnavskyi Organizations: Staff of, Armed Forces, Reuters Locations: Russian, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Robotyne

☆ Why Russia's defenses are so effective: Deep minefields, adaptable drones, and electronic warfare are proving formidable in Ukraine, experts say.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Russia's defenses are proving effective in frustrating the Ukrainian counteroffensive. Its use of mines, adaptable drones, and electronic warfare are particularly formidable, experts said. He said there were often more than four rows of minefields in front of the Russian defensive lines. A retired Australian general Mick Ryan appears to agree with Lewis, telling The Economist on Monday that Russia's defensive lines are "much more complex and deadly than anything experienced by any military in nearly 80 years." Justin Bronk, a senior research fellow with RUSI, told Newsweek that Ukraine's "Beaver" drones appear to be vulnerable to Russia's electronic defense systems.

Persons: Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Maxar David Lewis, Mick Ryan, Lewis, it's, Steve Wright, Wright, ALEXANDER NEMENOV, Justin Bronk, RUSI, Russia doesn't, Mark Milley, Birmingham's Jaroslava Barbieri Organizations: Service, BBC, Royal United Services Institute, Storm, Ukrainian, Police, Moscow International Business, Getty Images, Newsweek, Moscow Sunday, Reuters, Associated Press, University, Birmingham's, Ukraine's Ministry of Defense Locations: Russia, Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Russian, Kherson, Dnipro, Russia's, Australian, RUSI, AFP, Ukrainian, Kyiv

☆ The 5 deadliest Western-provided weapons Ukraine is using to fight Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The West has been sending Ukraine weapons and armed vehicles since the start of the war. Now, as Ukraine is in the midst of its counteroffensive to regain crucial territory from Russia, many of these weapons are proving useful. Insider spoke to three military experts about which of the Western-provided weapons have been the most effective for Ukraine in the war. Only time will tell how useful the weapons really areIt is still unclear how Ukraine's counteroffensive will unfold, and how long the Western weapons will hold until Ukraine will need more. A top Ukrainian general told the BBC on Thursday that because Russia has littered the frontlines in south Ukraine with multi-layered minefields, Western tanks are proving ineffective.

Persons: Serhii, Ben, that's, Zelenskyy, Fabrizio Bensch, Oleksii Reznikov, Huseyn Aliyev, Javelin, of, Cave, Lewis Joly, Marina Miron, Bradley, Hanna Maliar, Aliyev, Alivey, Alivey said.It, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Tarnavskyi Organizations: Shadow, Service, Leopard, US, Patriot, Challenger, Ukraine, High, Artillery, Getty, High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, RAND Corporation, Patriot Missile Systems, Army MIM, Defense, Research Center, East European Studies, Patriots, Ukrainian Defense Ministry Press Service, Javelin, AP, Military Times, Kyiv, Paris Air, Department of, King's College London, Soviet, Bradley Infantry Fighting, Bradley, BBC Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Germany, Russia, Donetsk Oblast, Ben Caves, Russian, Kherson, Rzeszow, Jasionka, Poland, Moscow, of Ukraine, Le Bourget, Paris, France, Ukrainian, Europe

☆ Western tanks are proving ineffective against Russia's multilayered minefields, top Ukrainian general said
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ukraine is struggling to break through Russian minefields, a top Ukrainian general told the BBC. This is despite having Western battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, he said. Some troops are now using Soviet-era tanks to clear the minefields, the BBC reported. Russian troops have shown "professional qualities" by stopping Ukrainian forces from "advancing quickly," Tarnavskyi told the BBC, adding: "I don't underestimate the enemy." Many Western-made vehicles — including several Leopard tanks and US Bradley fighting vehicles — had already been badly damaged, the BBC reported.

Persons: Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Tarnavskyi, —, Bradley, Tarnavsky Organizations: BBC, Service, Bradley Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Wall, Silicon

☆ Russian defenses in Ukraine are 'likely brittle' as they lack the reserves to relieve frontline troops, think tank says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russian defenses are "likely brittle" amid the ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensive, the ISW said. The think tank noted that Russian forces likely lack the reserves to rotate frontline units. Popov reportedly claimed that he had appealed to his superiors to rotate troops and relieve those who had fought on the frontlines for a long time. The think tank said that without any reserves to rotate in, Russian forces would have to rely on "already degraded forces" in the event of a Ukrainian breakthrough. Ukrainian troops train with heavy weapons near the frontline in Zaporizhzhia on April 20, 2023.

Persons: Ivan Popov, Popov, Muhammed Enes Yildirim, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi Organizations: Service, Institute for, Russian, Anadolu Agency, Getty Images Ukraine, BBC, Sky Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian, Donetsk

It called on the Wagner private military company forces to ignore his orders and arrest him. Wagner fighters had entered the southern Russian city of Rostov, Prigozhin said in an audio recording posted on Telegram. Prigozhin earlier said, without providing evidence, that Russia's military leadership had killed a huge number of his troops in an air strike and vowed to punish them. 'OBEY PRESIDENT,' GENERAL SAYSThe deputy commander of Russia's Ukraine campaign, General Sergei Surovikin, told Wagner fighters to obey Putin, accept Moscow's commanders and return to their bases. Tarnavskyi said Russian forces had lost hundreds of men and 51 military vehicles in the past 24 hours, including three tanks and 14 armoured personnel carriers.

Persons: Wagner, Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner fighters, Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin, Hanna Maliar, Sergei Surovikin, Surovikin, Russia's, Sergei Shoigu, Valery Gerasimov, Vladimir Alekseyev, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Tarnavskyi, Cynthia Osterman, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Kremlin, TASS, White, GENERAL, Friday, Guardian, British, Defence Forces, Reuters, Thomson Locations: MOSCOW, KYIV, Russian, Russia, Ukraine, Prigozhin, Rostov, Moscow, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Bakhmut, UKRAINE, Kherson, Tavria

☆ Ukraine says Russia taking heavy losses in south
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, June 16 (Reuters) - Advancing Ukrainian troops are facing "desperate resistance" from Russian forces around the eastern city of Bakhmut, and are inflicting big losses on Russian troops in the south, Ukrainian military chiefs said on Friday. Russia has not officially acknowledged Ukrainian advances in the early stages of a counteroffensive, and said it had inflicted heavy losses on Kyiv's forces in the previous 24 hours. The Ukrainian military said last week it had started to push Russian forces back around Bakhmut. Syrskyi said Ukrainian forces were also advancing in the south. Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, commander of Ukrainian troops in the southern Tavriia sector, said there had been 36 combat engagements and 578 attacks in the past 24 hours in the sector.

Persons: Oleksandr Syrskyi, Syrskyi, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Olena Harmash, Timothy Organizations: Reuters, Russian, ., Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Bakhmut, Russia, Ukrainian, Kyiv

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