Day 663 [Ukraine War Map] BOOM! Russian Su-25 Shot down by Friendly Fire / Economic padding revealed

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0:00 Introduction
0:57 General matters on the situation in Ukraine
2:00 News on the situation in Ukraine and Russia
2:09 Estimation of Ukrainian Succession Capabilities of Western Intelligence Agencies
3:46 Russian Central Bank Governor Reveals Padding of Economic Statistics
4:51 Wiretap on Commander Sardinny
5:19 War situation in various regions
5:27 Northeast - Luhansk Oblast - Shinkivka and Serebryansky forests
7:40 Eastern Bohdanivka, Klishchiivka and Andrivka in the direction of Bakhmut
9:00 Southeastern Donetsk Oblast, in the direction of Avdiivka and Marinka
11:08 War situation in the south, Belbove, Robotyne, Novoprokopivka, Zaporizha Oblast
11:24 Explosion and fire incident in the rear area
11:56 War situation in the south Krynky, Poima and Pishtchanivka, province of Kherson

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The latest Ukrainian war situation that the media never tells you about, explained clearly with maps! War situation is updated twice a day.
This video is summarized in Japanese with reports from the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the latest ISW, the latest defense studies, the latest defense-related websites, Twitter, and Telegram.
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Red: Russian side Blue: Ukrainian side Orange: disputed
There are squares of 10 km on each side in some places.
Size of the field: about 1kmX1.6km
Distance
Svatovo-Kremina 45km/Kremina-Bakhmut 55km/Bakhmut-Donetsk 65km/Donetsk-Mariupol 100km/Mariupol-Mertopoli 170km/Mertopol-Herson 200km
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Hello everyone.

Today I will continue to bring you the
latest Ukrainian situation in a compact and
easy to understand
format with the use of maps.

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Situation in Ukraine
It's been 663 days since Russia invaded Kyiv,
so let's start with the general situation.

According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,
the losses of Russian troops were,

1090 soldiers
44 tanks
60 armored fighting vehicles
38 artillery pieces
3 multiple rocket launchers
1 air defense system
12 drones
60 other vehicles.

The entire front reported 89 ground battles in a single day.

and
the ratio of the number of losses of Ukrainian equipment to Russian losses,
which can be visually confirmed,
is 1 to 1.5 compared to the number of losses of Ukrainian equipment.

Russian losses are mostly infantry fighting vehicles and
armored fighting vehicles,
with no trend in losses on the Ukrainian side.

Here is a brief news report on the situation in Ukraine.
You can also use YouTube's chapter feature to watch where necessary.

1st.
CNN reported several US and
European officials as saying that
"Ukraine would be defeated or greatly set back without US support."

Negotiations are currently underway in the U.S. Senate between Republicans and
Democrats on Ukrainian aid and
border security,
but the future is uncertain.

According to the article,
Western intelligence agencies are calculating
how long Ukraine can hold out without U.S. and
NATO support,
with one senior U.S. military official saying,
"There will be a serious setback or defeat by summer."

An analysis by the Institute for the Study of War found that
if Ukraine is defeated,
the Russian presence in Ukraine and
the Russian fleet's presence in the Black Sea will grow,
and
the cost to NATO security will be enormous.

Also,
U.S. and
Ukrainian officials have already used one-fifth to one-seventh the number of
artillery shells in Ukraine that
Russia uses,
and
this has led to increased casualties of Ukrainian soldiers,

They assessed that
without future U.S. assistance,
long-range missiles will be depleted first,
followed by air defense missiles,
then artillery shells,
and
then short-range missiles such as Javelins and
Stingers.

A senior U.S. military official interviewed expressed a sense of crisis,
saying,
"Even with U.S. assistance,
there is no guarantee that
we will succeed,
but without U.S. assistance we will definitely fail."

2nd.
The Central Bank of Russia announced that
there was a major error in Russia's trade statistics.

The Central Bank of Russia recalculated trade figures based on settlement data and
found that
of the $37.2 billion in exports in October,
only $34.2 billion was actually settled,
a difference of $3 billion revised downward.

This reduced Russia's trade surplus by two-thirds to $9.4 billion.

This is a significant amount,
as China and
India,
our major trading partners,
have not made the same correction,

Experts say that
such a large amount cannot be called an error,
and
point out the possibility that
the trade statistics were padded from the beginning,
that
the difference could have been back-funded,
and
that
the money from the export of crude oil could not be recovered,
thus "adding one more secret to the Kremlin.

Third.
A wiretap was found in the office of Ukrainian Commander Sardiniy.

According to officials,
when Commander Sarzhny was preparing for work,
he discovered an unknown machine,
which the SBU confirmed was a listening device.

The discovered listening device was unknown and
who installed it was also unknown,
prompting officials to launch an investigation.

Now,
here is the war situation in each area.
I will tell you where the war situation has changed.

Northeast: toward Luhansk Oblast
Eastern part,
toward Bakhmut

We will report on the war situation in the area from Kupyansk to Svatove-Kreminna line and
from Sibersk to the area around Bakhmut.

In this sector,
the Russians attacked 14 times in Shinkivka,
6 times in and
around the Serebryanskiy Forest,
and
12 times in the direction of Bakhmut.

Halkiu area

North of Halkiu,
the "Free Russia" Corps has launched a major invasion operation on Russian territory.

The "Free Russia" forces advanced on the village of Terebreno
in the Krasnoyarsky district and
engaged in a firefight with Russian security forces.

The clashes began around 11 a.m.,
and
200 residents have been evacuated to a nearby shelter.

The governor of Russia's Belgorod Oblast also reported on social networking sites that
"someone has entered the area,
the relevant authorities are trying to figure out what happened,
and
there is a power outage in the area.

This is the first time the "Russian Freedom" Corps has been in this vicinity since September,
when there were clashes in the southwestern settlement of Terebreno.

The official told Khiupost that
"all the Russian troops have been sent to the meat grinder in Avdiivka,
and
the border is full of holes and
out of control."

Northeast,
from the Kupyansk area to the Sibersk area.

There is no information affecting the war situation map in this area,
though,

At a building on the battle map in Shinkivka,
video footage shows a Ukrainian tank bulldozing its way into a building
where Russian soldiers were holed up and
demolishing it,
and
one Russian soldier running away.

The video shows the scene,
with one Russian soldier escaping in the tank's blind spot.

Otherwise,
there are reports that
Russian forces in this area have begun operating a new self-destruct drone in
place of the Lancet self-destruct drone,
which is currently being analyzed by the Ukrainian military.

Eastern Bakhmut direction

In this sector,
Russian forces are advancing on the offensive,
while Ukrainian forces are retreating and
cutting Russian forces' strength.

1st.
At the auto racetrack north of Kromove,
unconfirmed reports indicate that
Russian forces have attacked and
occupied the grassy square southwest of the racetrack,
and
we have updated the battle map to include this area as disputed territory.

2nd.
According to the located video,
Russian troops advanced on Kurdumivka and
re-occupied the entire town.

Previously,
Ukrainian forces had recaptured and
controlled positions in the outer part of the town,
but retreated as Russian forces attacked.

The video,
titled "Ticket to Hell,
" was released by the 3rd Assault Brigade and
shows Russian troops occupying positions outside the urban area of Kurdumivka and
Ukrainian troops.

The war map has been updated to show this vicinity as occupied by
Russian troops from disputed territory.
The area is about 0.5 square kilometers.

Southeast Donetsk Oblast

Weather in Avdiivka is cloudy
The minimum temperature is -4 degrees Celsius and
the maximum is 1 degree Celsius.
Today's weather forecast is cloudy with light snow

The following is an update on the situation in the areas of Avdiivka,
Marinka and
Vuhledar.

Avdiivka area

The Russians have launched an offensive in this area with
additional reserve units of unknown size.

It is reported that
the Russian army is advancing with a loss of 50 soldiers for every 100 meters of
Russian advance per axis of attack.

1st.
In Stepove,
there are numerous dead Russian soldiers in all directions,
according to located video footage.

There is a video,
but it is not something we can show you,
and
it shows many times more dead Russian soldiers lying around than
there are trees growing in the arboretum.

Second.
The Russian army has also carried out a total of 30 attacks in this area,

Unconfirmed reports indicate that
the Russians may have advanced southwest of Severne,
but the picture remained unchanged.

Marinka Area

The Russians launched 12 attacks north of Marinka and
Novomihailivka.

In Marinka,
the Russian attacks were unsuccessful,

In Novomihailivka,
the Russians concentrated one airstrike and
seven multiple rocket attacks to the east of the town,
and
may launch a ground assault in the area in the future.

There is no change in the war picture.

No other information was received that
would affect the war picture in this area.

South,
Zaporizhia Province

In this sector,
the Russians made 12 attacks at Verbove and
Robotyne,
but were repulsed by the Ukrainian army,
leaving the picture unchanged.

Rear Areas

In Rostovnadnou,
there was a large drone attack on the night of the 17th,
apparently on a military airfield,
and
the Russian military said it shot down 33 Ukrainian drones,
but a large flash was visible in the video released by residents.

Regarding damage to the aircraft,
at least one Su34 was confirmed damaged.

South,
province of Kherson.

There was no information affecting the war picture in this area,
though,

In Russian-occupied territory in the province of Kherson,
a Russian BukM3 air defense missile shot down a Su25,
also Russian,
for which a Russian military blogger expressed his condolences,
although the exact location is unknown.

The image is a picture of the fire,
which is shown as a fire coming from the front of the aircraft.
The image shows a fire coming out of the front of the aircraft,
which is not a normal place for a fire to burn,
so I still think it is likely a friendly fire downing.

That's all for today.
Thank you for watching.