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☆ Counting the 'colossal' cost of capturing Avdiivka: Russia could have suffered 30,000 casualties and lost over 400 tanks, IFVs
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

At least 30,000 Russian soldiers had been killed or wounded, say Ukraine. AdvertisementRussia suffered huge losses in the battle for the strategic town of Avdiivka before ultimately capturing it. Russia lost more than 400 tanks and armored vehicles and "likely thousands of personnel," per the UK Ministry of Defense. He also said that at least 30,000 Russian soldiers had been injured in the battle, per The Telegraph. AdvertisementThere are no figures on the losses Ukraine has suffered in the bloody battle, though they to could also be significant.

Persons: Avdiivka, —, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Wes, Tim, bec Organizations: Service, Armed Forces of, Facebook, Russia, UK Ministry of Defense, Latest Defence, Ukraine –, Defence, kr Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Avdiivka, Donbas, Armed Forces of Ukraine

☆ Russia has 'clearly lost its control' over the Black Sea with its navy moving to safer ports, expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Russia's move of its Black Sea Fleet to safer waters signals its waning power there, experts told Insider. AdvertisementAdvertisementRussia's withdrawal of ships from a key Crimean base to safer ports shows it has "clearly lost its control" over the Black Sea in naval and geopolitical terms, a top naval expert told Insider. Pointing to those attacks, James Heappey, a UK defense minister, said during a defense event in Warsaw last Tuesday that the move signaled the "functional defeat" of the Black Sea Fleet. As of Sunday, multiple ships carrying grain, sunflower oil, and metals had sailed out of Ukraine's ports in the northwestern Black Sea, The Guardian reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementHardline pro-Kremlin Telegram account Rybar wrote on Friday that it's "difficult to accept" that "the Black Sea Fleet cannot fully ensure its security now."

Persons: —, Basil Germond, Germond, James Heappey, Heappey, Armed Forces @JSHeappey Organizations: Fleet, Service, Lancaster University, Montreux Convention, UK's Ministry of Defence, Black, Armed Forces, Warsaw Security, — Ministry of Defence Locations: Sevastopol, Russia, Ukraine, Turkish, Novorossiysk, Crimea, Warsaw, Ukrainian

☆ Putin's pick to lead the Wagner Group is likely considered a 'traitor' by his own men, UK says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The new head of Wagner is likely seen as a "traitor" by his men, per a UK intelligence assessment. AdvertisementAdvertisementRussian President Vladimir Putin has picked someone to lead the powerful Wagner paramilitary group who is likely viewed as a "traitor" by his own men, according to a British military intelligence assessment published Saturday. A Kremlin spokesperson later described Troshev, a veteran of Wagner operations in Syria, as an employee of Russia's defense ministry. As a result, "Many Wagner veterans likely consider him a traitor," stated the Sept. 30 assessment. And that future, it continued — in contrast with the Prigozhin days — will likely entail "greater oversight from the Kremlin."

Persons: Wagner, Andrei Troshev, Vladimir Putin, —, Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin, iva, ann Organizations: Service, Kremlin, Ministry of Defense, Ukraine –, Defence Locations: Ukraine, Syria, osh

☆ Russia's air force has lost 90 planes in Ukraine and is becoming less formidable by overworking its jets, UK intel says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia's air force has lost 90 planes in Ukraine since February 2022, British intelligence said. Despite this, Russia still has the ability to fly missions over occupied Ukraine, the update said. AdvertisementAdvertisementRussia's air force has lost 90 planes since the start of the war in Ukraine and is becoming less formidable by overworking its jets, UK intelligence said. Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 28 September 2023. Its air force has managed to maintain its overall front-line strength by restoring old, grounded airframes and acquiring from NATO countries 18 Su-25s and 27 MiG-29s.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, British Ministry of Defence, Latest Defence, Ukraine –, Defence Locations: Ukraine, Russia

☆ Ministerul rus al Apărării anunță că o navă militară rusă a tras focuri de avertisment asupra unui distrugător britanic în Marea Neagră. Autoritățile britanice neagă
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-23 | by ( Buzdugan Loredana | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +2 min

Într-o postare pe Twitter, Ministerul britanic al Apărării a negat incidentul. Nava de patrulare de frontieră a efectuat un incendiu de avertizare, iar bombardierul Su-24M a efectuat bombardamente de avertizare, a declarat miercuri Ministerul Apărării din Rusia. “La 12:06 și 12:08 nava de patrulare de frontieră a efectuat un incendiu de avertizare. La 12:19, aeronava Su-24M a efectuat bombe de avertizare (4 OFAB-250) de-a lungul cursului distrugătorului URO Defender”, a subliniat departamentul militar. După cum a specificat Ministerul rus al Apărării, la ora 12:23, distrugătorul URO Defender a părăsit granițele mării teritoriale ale Federației Ruse.

Persons: waters, June, Defender Organizations: HMS, Marinei Regale, NATO, Apărării, Defender, Royal Navy, HMS Defender, Defence Press, Marinei Britanice Locations: Ucrainei, HMS, Mării Negre, Rusiei, ruse, Cape Fiolent, Rusia, Federației Ruse

☆ В Черном море российский корабль открыл предупредительный огонь по британскому эсминцу. Что говорят в минобороны Великобритании?
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-23 | by ( ) newsmaker.md time to read: +2 min

Российский сторожевой корабль в Черном море открыл предупредительную стрельбу по британскому эсминцу с управляемым ракетным оружием Defender, а самолет Су-24М сбросил бомбы по курсу его движения. Об этом сообщило 23 июня министерство обороны России, передает ТАСС. Как сообщили в ведомстве, инцидент произошел в Черном море в районе мыса Фиолент. Мы полагаем, что российская сторона проводила артиллерийские учения в Черном море и заранее предупредила об этом морское сообщество», — говорится в заявлении ведомства в Twitter. Именно поэтому я подчеркиваю, что необходимо качественно новое взаимодействие НАТО с Украиной в Черном море», — написал в Twitter Кулеба.

Persons: HNLMS, СуМ, Эсминец, Валерий Герасимов, Дмитрий Кулеба, Кулеба Organizations: Twitter, HMS, Royal Navy, — Ministry of Defence Press, ТАСС, ВМС, РБК, Генеральный штаб, Вооруженные силы, НАТО, ВВС Locations: Черное море, Россия, Фиолент, Великобритания, Украина, Москва, США, Черное, Азовское моря, Крым

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