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)
Italy declares war on mass tourism. In order to regulate the rush of vacationers, Cinque Terre has come up with a new rule.
Monterosso – Millions of vacationers are drawn to the Italian coast every year. This is why Italy has taken measures against mass tourism for years. A day trip to Venice now costs five euros. Tourists don't stop at Cinque Terre either. Accordingly, the region issues a new rule for travelers.
Italy is once again taking action against mass tourism
The Cinque Terre region consists of five picturesque villages located on the Ligurian Riviera. Monterosso is the largest town with lemon trees and the only sandy beach. But due to the annual influx of travellers, the quality of life of the approximately 9,000 residents of the Cinque Terre is affected. how South Tyrol News It was reported that about 2.5 million people invaded small villages last year.
The region resists mass tourism and therefore takes certain measures to counter the rush of holidaymakers. This means, among other things, that train tickets are more expensive in high season. In summer, travelers pay twice as much for train trips between villages as before. On the other hand, residents should benefit from the cuts.
New restrictions on travelers to Italy in Cinque Terre
Entrance fees are also required for hiking trails. The national park is also taking countermeasures. A one-way system has now been introduced for a section of the most popular hiking trails. This applies to the “Sentiero Verde Azzurro”, also known as the Green and Blue Route, from April 25 to May 1 between 9am and 2pm. It was reported that the regulation was issued for safety reasons and to improve the use of the route Standard.
What does this mean for holidays in Italy? This restriction affects the second of the four stages of the route, which leads from Monterosso to Vernazza. high Bergwelten.com This stage, covering a distance of 3.7 km, can be completed in just under two hours.
Rule for travelers to „Cinque Terre”: You must check the entrance to the hiking trail
Access to the hiking trail at the entrance to Monterosso must be controlled. Among other things, it is checked whether visitors are wearing appropriate shoes. For the following reasons: Some parts of the road are narrow and steep. In order to avoid overloading the „Sentiero Verde Azzurro”, hikers should also be redirected to alternative routes.
Cheap air travel and large concentrations of hotel complexes are one of the reasons for mass tourism. That is why the residents of the Canary Islands are tired of the influx of tourists. while Amsterdam bans new hotels It wants to take action against tape crawls. (mg/cas)
Biden urges Netanyahu to provide more aid to Gaza – Hamas comments on the hostage deal
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Hostage deal and ceasefire – “hopes are relatively high”
It is possible that there will be a new hostage deal between Israel and Hamas. The release of up to 33 hostages is being discussed. WELT correspondent Max Hermes reports from Tel Aviv on the status of the negotiations.
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Before negotiations on a possible ceasefire in Gaza, which began on Monday in Riyadh, US President Joe Biden telephoned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called for more aid to the Gaza Strip. Hamas also commented in advance on a possible hostage deal.
ShPresident Joe Biden called for expanding humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip before crisis talks resume. The White House said on Sunday that Biden stressed in a phone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that recent progress in aid delivery must continue and increase in full coordination with humanitarian organizations. Biden noted, among other things, preparations to open new border crossings in northern Israel starting this week.
Political observers rated the US President's choice of words in the conversation as less harsh than in a previous phone conversation. At the time, Biden made future US support for Israel in the Gaza war dependent on quick, measurable steps to protect civilians and aid workers.
Israel is under enormous international pressure to allow more aid into the closed area on the Mediterranean Sea, where the Israeli army has been fighting the Islamist Hamas movement since October. The country recently opened border crossings to deliver aid. The United Nations recently confirmed an increase in the number of trucks arriving, but is calling on Israel to take further steps to enable the delivery of more aid.
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At a meeting of a number of Western and Arab foreign ministers in Riyadh on Monday, there are new efforts for a ceasefire in the Gaza war and the release of hostages held by Hamas. Among those expected are US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. In Cairo, a Hamas delegation also wants to deliver its response to the ceasefire proposal on Monday.
A senior Hamas representative on Sunday expressed a generally positive reaction to the latest Israeli proposal for a ceasefire and hostage release in the Gaza Strip. “The atmosphere is positive unless there are new Israeli obstacles,” he told AFP on Sunday. Hamas did not identify “any major problems” in the text submitted by Israel and Egypt.
She added that Biden and Netanyahu also discussed the Rafah issue during the conversation. Biden reiterated his clear position. The United States, Israel's most important ally, has repeatedly warned Netanyahu's government against launching a large-scale attack on the city of Rafah. The city on the border with Egypt is currently crowded with hundreds of thousands of refugees, but it is also the last major stronghold of Hamas.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said that Israel is ready to postpone military operations in Rafah if an agreement is reached regarding the hostages. However, hopes of reaching an agreement in indirect negotiations have been dashed repeatedly so far. In the conversation with Netanyahu, Biden referred to a statement in which he and 17 other heads of state and government called on Hamas to immediately release the hostages in order to achieve a ceasefire and provide relief to the residents of Gaza.
Pressure on Netanyahu is also increasing from within his ranks
Two Israeli ministers are pressuring Prime Minister Netanyahu about a possible ceasefire in the Gaza Strip for various reasons. If Netanyahu decides to “raise the white flag” and cancel the plan for a ground attack in Rafah, “the government you lead has no right to exist,” right-wing Finance Minister Belazil Smotrich wrote on the X online service on Sunday.
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He continued: “The Egyptian deal is a humiliating surrender… It sentences the hostages to death, and above all, it constitutes an immediate existential threat to the State of Israel.”
For his part, former army commander and former Defense Minister Gantz, a member of Netanyahu's war cabinet, said that the Rafah invasion was „important in the long battle against Hamas,” but the return of the hostages was „urgent and extremely important.” “Importance.” If government ministers prevent the implementation of “a responsible plan to return the hostages, supported by the entire defense apparatus and which does not mean the end of the war,” then “the government no longer has the right to continue to exist.”
First hit by a long-range US missile in Crimea: Ukraine uses Atakm again. There is cause for celebration, but it is very restricted.
CAPE TARANKUT – “When thousands of shrapnel fall on an anti-aircraft battery, there is nothing left,” Thomas Thiner said last September. world Tell. The former Italian artilleryman commented on the potential impact of the Atakum (Army Tactical Missile Systems) missile with cluster munitions. Looks like something like this has happened again. Newsweek Reports, citing various sources, stated that Ukraine It is possible that Crimea has been attacked again with Atakum missiles, and perhaps even with cluster munitions again. Vladimir Putin An S-300 anti-aircraft battery was now lost in the final attack. There is also talk of launching a strike against Russian positions in occupied southeastern Ukraine Daily news This is done using Atacms.
Newsweek It refers to Channel Newsweek Very cheerful. As happened last fall, when Ukraine dealt a heavy blow to the Russian air force for the first time; Until the New Zurich Times The topic lit up: “Blistering flames, huge clouds of smoke, and the outline of a combat helicopter against the red night sky: video images of inferno at the military airport in the Russian-occupied city of Berdyansk on October 17, 2023.” He immediately made it clear that the Russian Air Force had suffered a serious blow. It was soon confirmed that a new weapon was being used here: Ukraine fired American Atakum missiles for the first time.
„Putin's Nightmare”: The modern Ataxus symbolizes the principle of hope in Ukraine
Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden I paid for the supply of this weapon. Ukraine will be able to travel long distances because the United States has delivered the current type with a range of up to 300 kilometers. The headline read: “With this weapon, Putin’s nightmare has come true.” world In September, when the first batch of missiles, the older type with a range of less than 200 kilometers, had probably just arrived at the front. It symbolizes the principle of hope, which the defenders of Russian terrorism seem to be using at every straw they have, because the situation in Ukraine is like a nightmare. Even if a battery in the Crimea were destroyed, it would be a drop in the ocean, even though it is world “All Russian facilities are in grave danger,” she responded again animatedly, wanting to know.
Online time It is more realistic – if not quite pessimistic: in their view, it would provide the right weapon – but a year too late: “There is more promise in the missile than it can deliver,” wrote author Alexander Edlin. In fact, the number of Atacms delivered appears to be unclear. The first batch last fall described this Daily news As a “very small number”, it is now reported time according to The New York Times An additional 100 missiles were delivered – their advantage is that they can be launched from HIMARS missile launchers already in use in Ukraine.
Impact in Crimea: There is no tactical value without the use of ground forces
Meanwhile, the US has also reportedly delivered the modernized version with a range of up to 300 km and GPS, perhaps due to Russia's now significant superiority. This certainly gives Ukraine operational opportunities, but on the other hand, this is also an argument Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Caution: With Ukraine's ability to operate over longer distances, it is simply pushing Russian airfields, warehouses, or staging areas into the heart of Russia: a missile attack without follow-up ground forces will therefore not achieve long-term tactical success. .
Even the current attack on the air defenses in Crimea may be a successful event, but it is certainly unique – in contrast to the ongoing drone-assisted attack on the Black Sea Fleet, which has established Ukraine as a regional naval power. But what is more threatening is the war of attrition that Ukraine has been waging with increasing force for months, behind the lines of contact. Attrition is likely to increase with the new delivery of precision American Atakam missiles with a range of up to 300 kilometers. world He was drafted blue late last year. There are still few signs of this.
Time is ticking for Russia, but the clock may be ticking for the Crimean Bridge
The big bang may already be imminent. The Crimean Bridge remains a thorn in the side of Ukraine, which would become more vulnerable again with new missiles. But it is questionable how many missiles Ukraine would have to invest in order to cut off the lifeline of Russian supplies. At least Russia had time to use the months of wrangling the United States has witnessed to prepare itself. Since the successful attack by Ukraine in October, the Russians have had the opportunity to prepare for this threat ISW He writes. The Russians could have moved their warehouses back and better protected them against air raids.
The West remains somewhat concerned about the use of the weapon and Moscow's response in the event of an ATACM strike to the heart of Russia. Weapons are expressly intended for such “use within its territory.” Daily news Quoted by Jake Sullivan, the President's National Security Advisor. Currently – on April 28 – the news agency reported Reuters Based on renewed demand from Ukraine to the USA. In his weekly video address, President Volodymyr Zelensky said he recently spoke with US House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and asked him to hurry up: “In my conversation with Mr. Jeffries, I stressed the need for Patriot systems, and as quickly as possible.” „.
Cutting supplies: Ukraine's chance to stabilize the front
Reuters At the same time, reports indicate that the situation on the front in Ukraine is deteriorating: since the capture of the city of Avdiivka, Moscow's forces have been advancing slowly, taking advantage of the defenders' lack of artillery and soldiers. The Kiev forces were to take up new positions west of the villages of Berdykhi and Semenivka, both north of Avdiivka, and Novomikhylivka, south near the town of Marinka. “In general, the enemy achieved certain tactical successes in these areas, but was unable to achieve operational advantages,” Laut said. Reuters Colonel-General Oleksandr Sersky, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In March, the most famous German military historian Sönke Neitzel said NDR He joked that he was almost accused of defeatism at the recent Munich security conference when he said he would be happy if at least Ukraine didn't lose. Neitzel repeatedly stresses the need to increase Ukraine's ability to attack. According to him, optimism is spread primarily by those who have no idea “how difficult it is to carry out offensive operations,” he said. Atacms can contribute to offensive capability. It seems so too MirrorAuthor Gernot Kramber said he feared the Ukrainians would not be able to withstand Russian pressure much longer.
If it now becomes possible to cut off Russian supplies and strike command structures, Russian offensive momentum will weaken. “This does not mean victory, but the Ukrainians will at least have a chance to stabilize their front.” (priest)
