Battle of Bashmut:Ukraine defends from a Russian attack on a border post.
Huge losses: Russia lost more soldiers than the United States in World War I.
Editor’s note: Read the latest developments from The conflict in Ukraine in our news ticker. Information is processed here Ukraine war It comes in part from the warring parties Russia and the Ukraine. So they cannot be partially independently verified.
+++ 8.10 pm: According to the evening report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Air Force carried out a total of ten attacks on Russian military camps in the past 24 hours. In addition, a Su-25 fighter jet of the Russian attackers was shot down. „The enemy does not abandon its intentions to seize Donetsk Oblast (…)”, the report continued. Russian forces focus their main efforts on launching attacks on the Bakhmut front.
Meanwhile, an expert from Russia reported on pro-Kremlin state television Public doubts about the conduct of the war TO: The goals set by Putin have not been achieved – quite the opposite. „It is clear that disarmament has not yet succeeded,” he said.
Russia Losses in the Ukraine War: More Soldiers Lost Than the United States in World War I
+++ 1.49 pm: According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia has lost nearly 117,000 Russian soldiers in combat in Ukraine since the start of the invasion of Moscow on February 24. If true, that would mean more Russians killed than American soldiers killed in World War I. that reports Newsweek.
The background is the information from Kyiv that 870 Russian soldiers were killed in one day. This brings the total death toll to 116,950. A total of 116,516 Americans died in World War I. Of these, 53,402 were killed in action, and another 63,114 died from other causes, primarily influenza, while serving in Europe.
Russian losses: Ukrainian border guards repulsed a Russian attack near Bakhmut
+++ 12.42 pm: Ukrainian border guards reported that Ukrainian border guards repulsed a Russian attack on one of the forward bases near Bakhmut. Under the protection of artillery, Russian forces launched several protracted raids on Ukrainian positions.
The soldiers of the border guard unit repelled the Russian attack with pistols, mortars, and grenades launched by drones. In addition, the command of the defense forces on this front provided fire support to the border guards. Portal reports pravda.com.
Russia’s losses in the Ukraine war: the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense with new statistics
+++ 11.19 am: The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense publishes the latest statistics on Russian casualties. As a result, 870 Russian soldiers died in one day.
Soldiers: 116,950 (+870)
tank: 3118 (+3)
Armored combat vehicles: 6204 (+11)
Vehicles and fuel tanks: 4870 (+7)
Artillery systems: 2099 (+5)
Multiple missiles: 438 (+3)
Air defense systems: 220 (+0)
Planes: 286 (+0)
helicopter: 276 (+0)
Drones: 1872 (+0)
Boats: 17 (+0)
(Source: Report of the Ukrainian General Staff of January 17)
Update from Tuesday, January 17, 6:30 a.m.: On Monday (January 16), the Ukrainian defense forces repulsed enemy attacks in areas with more than 20 settlements in Donetsk and Luhansk. “The enemy does not abandon its intentions to fully capture the Donetsk region and is conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdievsky directions,” reports the news portal. Ukraineska Pravda With reference to the Ukrainian General Staff.
Meanwhile, renewed explosions were reported in the Russian city of Belgorod and in the Belgorod region early on January 17. This was announced by the regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov by telegram. Air defense activated. No information has yet been provided about damages or casualties.
Russia’s Losses in the Ukraine War: Suspected Wagner Flee to Norway
+++ 7.20 pm: The Ukrainian General Staff said on Facebook that Ukrainian forces bombed eight temporary military bases, a checkpoint, and a Russian fuel and ammunition depot on Monday (January 16).
+++ 6.45pm: A suspected member of the Russian mercenary group Wagner has fled across the border into Norway and is seeking asylum there. As his lawyer announced on Monday (January 16), 26-year-old Andrei Medvedev fled across the border in northern Norway last weekend. A police spokesman confirmed that a man was arrested on Friday night (January 13) for illegally crossing the border and applying for asylum.
Medvedev’s lawyer, Bryniulf Resens, told the news agency France Press agencyAfter crossing the border, the young man turned to local residents with a request to call the police. He is now in a „safe place” pending a review of his case. In his own words, Medvedev wanted to „talk to people investigating war crimes about his experiences with the Wagner Group”. The 26-year-old stated that he commanded a unit of five to ten soldiers in the mercenary force.
Heavy losses for Russia: Ukraine takes a position in Solidar
+++ 5:04 PM: After news of Russia’s capture of the town of Solidar near Bakhmut, fighting is now said to be going on. So the spokesman for the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on television that „Ukrainian units occupy positions in the city and on its outskirts.” This was reported by the news portal. Ukraineska Pravda. The UK Ministry of Defense also wrote on Twitter that the Ukrainian military was „almost certain” able to hold its position at Solidar over the weekend. Earlier, both a Russian and a Ukrainian commander reported that the city had been captured.
The British Ministry of Defense also reported that Russia suffered losses in the battle for the city of Kremina. This is also near Bashmut in the foreground. According to the ministry, Ukrainian units are gradually advancing on the eastern outskirts of the city.
Russia’s Big Losses in the Ukraine War – Is Putin Planning a New Major Offensive?
+++ 3.12 pm: Russia’s major losses and failures in the Ukraine war may change Putin’s strategy. This writes it Institute for the Study of War From the USA in a recent analysis of the conflict. According to the think tank, Russia failed to achieve most of its wartime goals. Therefore, neither the Kyiv, Donetsk and Luhansk regions, nor the Kharkiv and Chersonese regions could be captured. In addition, it was not possible to demoralize the population by destroying civilian infrastructure or achieving any other strategic effects.
From these observations, along with Putin’s behavior, the institute concluded that Russia may soon change its war strategy. The Russian president had already indicated in December that he wanted to improve Russia’s combat capability. The likely outcome could be another major offensive against Ukraine and especially the Luhansk region.
+++ 12.21 pm: According to Ukraine, Russia still suffers heavy losses on the war fronts. On Monday (January 16), the Kyiv military command spoke of „heavy personnel losses on the Russian side” in the area around the besieged city of Bakhmut. In addition, units of the Ukrainian Air Force, missile forces and artillery were said to have attacked 18 Russian positions in one day, including a command post and two air defense facilities.
Russia’s Losses in the Ukraine War: Kyiv reported in current figures
Update from Monday, January 16 at 10:40 a.m.: In the status report of January 16, the Ukrainian General Staff reported Russia’s losses in the war so far. The death toll of Russian soldiers since the beginning of the war is 116,080. In addition, it is said that Ukrainian forces destroyed 12 tanks within one day.
Losses to Russia: Soldiers blow themselves up with their own ammunition
First report from Monday, January 16th at 8:40 a.m.: Korosha – More than ten months after the invasion began, Russia is still struggling to gain a decisive advantage in the fighting in Ukraine. Especially the increasing losses It makes life increasingly difficult for the Russian armed forces. The insufficient training of the mobilized recruits also plays an important role here.
Three Russian soldiers were killed and 16 others were wounded in a violent explosion in a barracks in the Belgorod region, western Russia. Russia’s state news agency said eight more men are missing since the incident on Saturday (January 14) in the region bordering Ukraine. intrafax On Sunday, citing emergency services.
Heavy losses for Russia: An explosion at a Russian base
According to information, a non-commissioned officer accidentally detonated a grenade, after which a fire broke out in the building. He was seriously injured and taken to hospital. „The initial cause of the explosion was negligent handling of ammunition,” a rescue service representative told the news agency. glass.
Internet portal Baza In turn, the man reported that the man dealt with the bomb in a cultural center that had been converted into a military headquarters near the city of Korosha in order to gain power in front of military personnel under his command. The dead and wounded are said to be conscript soldiers.
Other portals also wrote that a fire also caught fire in an armory and caused ammunition to explode there. It is initially impossible to verify the various data independently. (cs/dpa)
During a meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump verbally attacked his political rival Kamala Harris. „She’s really destructive,” Trump said at his Florida home, with Netanyahu in attendance. „I think her comments were disrespectful. She wasn’t very nice about Israel.”
Earlier, after meeting with Netanyahu, Vice President Harris said: “We cannot turn a blind eye to these tragedies. We cannot allow ourselves to be callous in the face of suffering, and I will not remain silent.”
Trump’s first meeting with Netanyahu in more than three years
trump card He said, referring to Harris, that he did not know “how a Jewish person could vote for her, but that is up to each individual.” He found their behavior “definitely disrespectful to Israel.”
The Republican also assured the Israeli prime minister of his full solidarity, the campaign team said. “If we don’t win, there will be major wars in the Middle East and maybe World War III,” Trump said. It was the first time Netanyahu and Trump had met in person since he left the White House more than three years ago.
Netanyahu praises Trump’s policy toward Israel
Netanyahu praised Trump’s qualities in the meeting Israel She added that during his term from 2017 to 2021, Netanyahu praised Trump’s mediation in the so-called Abraham Accords, the transfer of the US embassy to Jerusalem, the recognition of sovereignty over the Golan Heights, the killing of Iranian General Soleimani, and the termination of the nuclear agreement with Israel. Iran and Trump’s war against anti-Semitism.
Netanyahu is currently on a multi-day visit to the United States. On Wednesday, he defended Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip in a speech to the US Congress. He also reportedly discussed artificial intelligence and its impact on the economy with tech billionaire Elon Musk on the sidelines of the speech. He was welcomed on Thursday by US President Biden and Kamala Harris They were welcomed to the White House for separate talks.
hoping to reach a hostage deal
Asked by a reporter whether his visit to the United States showed progress toward a hostage deal, Netanyahu replied: „I hope so. But I think time will tell. We are certainly keen to reach (an agreement). We are working on it.”
Netanyahu added that Israel would send a team of negotiators to Rome, likely early next week. Regarding the status of negotiations over the release of the hostages still held by Hamas, he said that, in his view, there had been some movement in the talks “because of the military pressure we have applied.” “I hope there will be enough movement to complete the deal,” Netanyahu said.
In Israel, the prime minister is increasingly accused of delaying the conflict in order to avoid the collapse of his far-right government coalition, which is expected if the war ends.
During a meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump verbally attacked his political rival Kamala Harris. „She’s really destructive,” Trump said at his Florida home, with Netanyahu in attendance. „I think her comments were disrespectful. She wasn’t very nice about Israel.”
Earlier, after meeting with Netanyahu, Vice President Harris said: “We cannot turn a blind eye to these tragedies. We cannot allow ourselves to be callous in the face of suffering, and I will not remain silent.”
In an interview, Reinhold Messner, 79, settled scores with his sons. Now the son of the mountaineering star is coming forward – and revealing new details.
Updated as of July 25, 2024 at 2:45 PM: Reinhold Messner caused a stir in an interview last weekend. The mountaineering legend described, among other things, the early inheritance of his sons as “one of my biggest mistakes”. The 79-year-old revealed that “the question of who got more was the main focus”. But now son Simon responds: “It’s unfortunate and sad.” Bavaria Radio His father’s accusations.
He himself greatly values the inheritance he received from his father: two mountain farms in Vinschgau in South Tyrol, and he always passed this on to his father. „That’s why I fundamentally don’t understand this accusation,” says Simon Messner. He sees no similarity between the inheritance and the break in the family, which happened gradually and had other causes, says Simon Messner. Father Reinhold did not want to comment further on this topic.
After inheritance dispute: Mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner 'on the brink’
First report dated July 21, 2024: Bolzano – Mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner turns 80 in September. But things don’t always go well for Messner, especially in his old age – he recently drew attention to himself with a thoughtful Instagram post in which he wrote: “I’m coming to the end.” Now the 79-year-old is talking about the circumstances in his family. In an interview with Pharmacy Journal Miser gives insight into his relationship with his children, which was strained by his decision to leave the majority of his assets to them in his will before his death.
Reinhold Messner talks about the biggest mistake of his life – the 79-year-old was 'on the edge of the abyss’
“One of my biggest mistakes was leaving them the majority of my assets in my will before I died,” Meisner says of his children. “They don’t understand that everything was a gift and don’t appreciate my generosity.” This is very disappointing to him, especially compared to his childhood, when there was nothing to bequeath but respect and gratitude.
Meisner explains to Pharmacy Journal “We were a big family, with many brothers and sisters, and we took care of our parents when they were old. For me, it was the opposite. The moment I distributed my material inheritance to my children and my wife, the family collapsed. The question of who got more was at the forefront and I was on the edge of the abyss when I was 75 years old.
Reinhold Messner
September 17, 1944
Brixen (South Tyrol)
Member of the European Parliament (1999-2004)
Climbing Mount Everest Without Oxygen
Asked if he would like to improve the relationship again, Meisner replies, “What parent wouldn’t want to?” He stresses that each person should find their own path rather than following in the footsteps of others: “Everyone should do it. Follow their own path, go their own way.”
’I’m Coming to the End’: Reinhold Messner’s Fans Worried
Recently, Messner caused concern among fans with his Instagram post: “I’ve reached the end, this is reality,” the mountaineering legend used the words to say. Messner’s post caused great concern among some fans.
“I leave with a clear conscience and the knowledge that I was a good person, did my best, was a loving father, a good friend, and a good brother,” Meisner continued in his post. “Now it’s time to live my last dreams and love the people who mean the most to me, but most importantly, gratitude.”
Many years after his climbing career ended, Messner remains one of the world’s most famous mountaineers. He was the first person ever to climb all eight-thousanders. However, in his native South Tyrol, a different Messner has been in the spotlight in recent months: his younger brother Hubert Messner, 71, a former pediatrician who also took part in numerous expeditions, recently became health minister for the northern Italian region.
Recently, there was also a fuss about the Guinness World Records being stripped of Reinhold Messner’s record. The mountaineer spoke of „conspiracy theories”.
’Symbolic’ Consequences – EU Moves Ministerial Meeting From Budapest to Brussels
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Hungary, led by Viktor Orban, has held the presidency of the Council of the European Union since July 1.
Source: German Press Agency/Alexander Zemlianichenko
There is still a lot of anger in Brussels about Viktor Orbán’s “peace mission”: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell wants to ban Budapest from the next meeting of foreign and defence ministers. But the shot could backfire.
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DrThe European Commission is drawing further conclusions from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s unilateral actions: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday that upcoming meetings of foreign and defence ministers will be held in Brussels – not in the Hungarian capital Budapest.
Borrell said after a ministerial meeting in Brussels that he had taken the decision after a majority of ministers spoke out against Hungary and wanted to impose „symbolic” consequences on the country. According to Borrell, 25 foreign ministers condemned Orban’s behaviour. The Hungarian received support only from Slovakia.
But Borrell has also been heavily criticised for his uncoordinated move to cancel the Budapest meeting. “Spain does not support a boycott in the EU,” Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said. Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel called the idea of a boycott “nonsense”. Bettel said he would rather go to Budapest and express his opinion to the Hungarians. Germany, France and the Netherlands have also voiced opposition to Borrell’s proposal.
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In Brussels, it cannot be ruled out that Borrell’s boycott campaign will ultimately backfire: several ministers are now said to be staying away from the Brussels meeting on 28-30 August in protest.
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Hungary has held the six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union since the beginning of July. Immediately after that visit began, Orbán made a surprise visit to Ukraine, Russia and China on a self-proclaimed “peace mission.” He also met with US presidential candidate Donald Trump. His meetings have drawn criticism from EU member states.
The European Commission had already reached its first conclusions a week ago. A Council spokesman had said that no commissioners would be sent to informal meetings of the Hungarian Council Presidency, but only senior officials. The decision was taken by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. There will also be no customary inaugural visit by the Commission to the new Council Presidency.
