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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 19 FEB 2024 23:59* PST - New Defensive Lines Hold
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SITREP 605 is 61 pages long and a full report.
What's Happening
What's the big story? Both Russia and Ukraine reported fighting in Avdiivka has ended as Ukraine's new defensive lines hold.
What's the secondary story? After months of no news or bad news about military aid, there is some good news today.
Summary
- There are minor map updates
- There are assessment updates
- There are rumor updates
- Fighting restarted in the Kupyansk AO
- Russian milblogger WarGonzo embarrassed himself by sharing a video that shows how bad Russia is at war
- Fighting continued in the Kreminna AO
- Fighting continued in the Lysychansk AO
- Russia claims that the illegitimate governor of the LNR, Leonid Pasechnik, was poisoned
- Fighting continued in the Bakhmut AO
- Fighting continued in the Klishchiivka AO
- Fighting continued in the Toretsk-Niu York AO
- Fighting continued in the Avdiivka AO
- Russia and Ukraine reported that fighting for Avdiivka has ended
- A fuel depot in occupied Makiivka was hit by Ukrainian drones or rockets
- Fighting continued in the Marinka AO
- Fighting continued in the Vuhledar AO
- Light fighting continued in the Staromlynivka AO
- A Russian Su-35 was shot down in Mariupol
- Fighting restarted in the Hulyaipole AO
- More intense fighting continued in the Orikhiv AO
- Ukrainian forces took prisoners near Robotyne
- The FSB claims they prevented a car bombing in occupied Zaporizhzhia
- Fighting continued in the Kherson AO
- In the last 36 hours, Ukrainian air defenses went 100 percent, shooting down 27 Shahed-136 one-way drones
- Ukraine received a shipment of “thousands” of 122 mm artillery rounds
- Near Odesa, a car bomb critically injured two members of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army near
- Russian hackers took control of the Ukrainian TV channel Espresso TV
- Ukraine claimed that a Germany-provided Patriot battery had shot down 18 Russian aircraft since May 2023
- Ukraine reported they had worked with Elon Musk and SpaceX to block Russian access to Starlink Internet service
- PM of Estonia Kaja Kallas said the E.U. should issue 100 million euros in bonds to stimulate military innovation and joint cooperation
- Ukraine is reportedly close to establishing security guarantees with Italy
- President Zelenskyy reported that new defense packages will provide artillery and ammunition
- The E.U. Commission is close to releasing interest income from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine
- E.U. diplomat Josep Borrell said that E.U. nations are not restricted from buying ammunition from countries outside the bloc
- Japan announced a $12.1 billion macro-finance aid package for Ukraine, with the first $4.7 billion arriving by the end of February
- Sweden is expected to announce a $683 million military aid package
- Canada is transferring 800 SkyRanger R70 drones to Ukraine
- Russian forces shot down a modified U.K. Banshee Jet 80 target practice drone converted into a one-way attack UAV
- Ecuador will not transfer $200 million in military equipment to the United States after pressure from Russia
- Dmitry Medvedev claimed that Russia added 53,000 troops to its ranks in January
- We have updated information about the death of Russian colonel Magomedali Magomedzhanov
- Russian soldier and milblogger Andrei Morozov had a complete meltdown on Telegram
- Other Russian milbloggers questioned the Russian success at Avdiivka, with some expressing complete rage
- Russian defector Maxim Kuzminov was apparently assassinated in Spain
- Repression in the Republic of Bashkortostan in Russia continues, with dozens facing 8 to 15 years in prison
- Ukraine claims that Russia breached an agreement to treat five wounded Ukrainian soldiers at the Avdiivka Zenith Air Defense Station
- Germany has gathered war crime testimony from 160 Ukrainians
- The International Committee of the Red Cross said they were trying to locate 23,000 missing Ukrainians
- Eleven children were repatriated to Ukraine, just 700,000 more to go
- Hungary snubbed a delegate of U.S. Senators after saying on Friday they would meet with them
- Hungary claims it will support the 13th sanction package
- At the Munich Security Conference, European military leaders discussed a world without the support of the United States
- Polish farmers are poised to start a complete blockade of truck, rail, and seaport traffic
- Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers is increasingly idle as the oil market softens and tougher sanctions make it harder to do business
- The UAE has started restricted banking business with Russian citizens and businesses due to tighter sanctions
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Comments
AnaR737
Thank you. I have faith in what the US stands for, I think they could and should lead the free world. But if they don't, someone else will and Ukraine's cause will remain a just cause regardless of the mean-spirited actions of the small-minded mediocrities that represent us. For all their foibles, which are profoundly human, Ukraine puts us all to shame every single day.
I will say this to Ukraine and all of America's friends and allies around the world. We will not abandon Ukraine, or our obligations around the world. There is a cancer upon the American body politic: at this time it is being excised. Have faith; not since Richard Nixon resigned during Watergate has America been subjected to such rancor and divisiveness. The majority will prevail !
