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MILITARY OPERATION IN UKRAINE
28 DEC, 00:40
First F-16 planes possibly already in Ukraine — Newsweek

NEW YORK, The first F-16 jet planes promised to Kiev could have already arrived in Ukraine, Newsweek reported citing its source.

According to the source, the probability that the Ukrainian air force already uses these planes is rather high.

Ukraine has been asking its Western partners to hand over F-16 planes for a long time. However, the West underscored that such handover would be impossible without preliminary training of pilots and ground personnel. On Tuesday, the British Ministry of Defense announced that the first Ukrainian pilots have completed their basic training course for F-16 planes, organized by the Royal Air Force.

In late August, the Netherlands stated their readiness to ship 42 US-made F-16 planes to Ukraine, while Denmark promised 19 planes. US authorities approved this step. Kiev expressed its hope that Ukraine will receive the planes in the first half of 2024. Meanwhile, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said that it will happen no sooner than next spring.
 
Russia warns Japan over Patriot missiles

Tokyo’s decision to export the munitions to the US has negative consequences for global security, the foreign ministry in Moscow has claimed

While the Japanese-made missiles are not expected to go directly to Ukraine, the shipment may enable Washington to send more US-made Patriots to Kiev, replacing them in the country’s stocks with the Japanese-made ones.
 
Hivi Russia ni wa kumtishia F-16 kweli? Ila NATO naona wanaanza kuchanganyikiwa.
 
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Russian forces recently advanced in western Zaporizhia Oblast and retook positions that Ukrainian forces had captured during the summer 2023 counteroffensive, likely after Ukrainian forces withdrew to more defensible positions near Robotyne for the winter.


Geolocated footage published on December 14 and 27 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced west of Verbove (9km east of Robotyne).


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Hivi Russia ni wa kumtishia F-16 kweli? Ila NATO naona wanaanza kuchanganyikiwa.
mkuu F-16 ni mojawapo ya ndege nzuri za kivita ingawa ukweli utabaki pale pale kwamba F-16s hazitakua na uwezo wa kubadilisha balance of power kwenye vita hii, ni kama ambavyo western weapons nyingine zilizopita lakini zinaweza kusababisha uharibifu kwa Russia.

Kwa mda sasa Ukraine imekua inapokea makombora ya AGM-88 kutoka US, mengi yakiwa ni version B (AGM-88B), na baadhi ya version E (AGM-88E).


Wakasaidiwa na mainjinia wa Poland kuweza kuya intergrate yaweze kutumika kwenye Mig-29s na SU 27s za Ukraine ingawa kombora hizi hazikuwa na performance nzuri sana sababu ya limitations kwenye modifications za Mig-29s na SU-27s ili ziweze kuyatumia makombora hayo ukilinganisha na yatakavyotumika kwenye F-16s.


Nadhani ni program ya NATO kufanya modification ya ndege vita za Ukraine ili ziweze kutumia silaha za west, mfano Mig-29 pia waloifanyia michakato iweze kubeba JDAMS.


Recently US ameunda version nyingine ya kombora hizi, version G (AGM-88G) ambazo zina range mpaka ya 300km na ziko faster zaidi.

Sasa kombora hizi zitakua na performance nzuri zikitumika kwenye F-16s kuliko jinsi ambavyo zimetumika kwenye Mig-29s na SU-27s, na zinaweza kuleta uharibifu kwa Russia.

Kama nilivyosema mwanzo kwamba ndege hizi hazitaweza kubadilisha upepo wa vita kwa kiasi kikubwa sababu Russia yuko more superior kwa vitu vingi ukilinganisha na Ukraine, ila uwepo wa F-16s unaweza kuwasababishia hasara kwa baadhi ya vifaa vyao vya kijeshi vya Russia.

Ni wazi kwamba Russia atareplace hizo losses zitakapotokea ila ni vyema zaidi kwa Russia kujipanga kiulinzi ili kuzuia losses kwa sababu kureplace pia ni gharama.

Haya ni mawazo ya sisi tulioko huku mabondeni, think-tanks wa Kremlin wanajua zaidi na wamejipanga zaidi kudeal na tishio hilo la F-16s na pengine wameshazitafutia muarobaini wa jinsi ya kudeal nazo.

Russia amefanikiwa kwa kiasi kikubwa kwenye SMO yake, maana alikua na malengo ya demilitarization na denazification na sio ku occupy Ukraine. Ameendesha SMO yake kwa utaratibu wake tofauti na mawazo ya wengi walivyokua wanafikiria/wanataka iwe.

Demilitarization imefanikiwa kwa kiasi kikubwa kwa kuivunja vunja nguvu ya ukraine kijeshi, ripoti mbali mbali zimeonyesha kwa sasa Ukraine kuna shortage ya wanajeshi na silaha, ukraine imepoteza namba kubwa ya wanajeshi wake na vifaa vya kijeshi na sasa inategemea zaidi misaada ya kijeshi kutoka western.


Odds ziko against Ukraine, hakuna muujiza kwamba Ukraine ataishinda Russia kivita.

Ingawa pia Russia anapaswa kukaa "kitaalamu" maana Ukraine anajitahidi kusababisha losses ili kuwapa morali na kuwapa moyo wapiganaji wake kwamba inawezekana kuharibu military assets za Russia.
 
Kwa jinsi nionavyo, Ukraine inahitaji air superiority na nimejiuliza kwa nini wanahitaji F 16 pekee na si vinginevyo, naona nchi za NATO wana aina hizi za ndege kwa wingi na wapo tayari kuisaidia Ukraine kwa wingi wa hizi ndege.
Lakini hata Ukraine wenyewe wangeulizwa kati ya f35 na f16 ipi wachukue, wangesema F35.
 
Baptism by Fire: Former Ukrainian Soldiers Survive First Fight in Russian.

Ex-Ukrainian soldiers have been incorporated into the opposing side's Kaskad operational-combat tactical group after receiving Russian citizenship. They were previously part of the Kiev forces but laid down their weapons and expressed their desire to fight for Moscow.
Former Ukrainian soldiers from the Bogdan Khmelnitsky battalion have undergone their first battle as part of the Russian Armed Forces, serviceman Kirill Spassky from the detachment told Sputnik.
“[We] endured the first fight with dignity – we didn’t retreat or run, we stormed forward. When [we] reached positions, we entrenched there and had another round of fight. After [we] entrenched, enemy birdies [Ukrainian drones] came. I had an anti-drone gun. I downed two birdies, then they started a mortar attack – with mines, with AGS [grenade launcher] – and I had no opportunity to use my gun anymore, so being in charge, I ordered a retreat,” he said.
 
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Japan's Ambassador Assures Moscow That Patriot Missiles Will Not Be Used in Ukraine


MOSCOW. The Patriot missiles transferred from Japan to the United States will not be used in Ukraine, Japanese Ambassador to Russia Akira Muto said on Thursday.
Last week, the White House confirmed the Japanese authorities' decision to transfer Patriot missiles to the US, saying it would contribute to enhancing Japan's security and peace in the Indo-Pacific region.
"Muto stated that the decision to transfer the missiles was made solely for the sake of Japan's security, peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, and that the use of missiles is not envisaged in Ukraine," Muto said during a meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko, as cited by the Japanese Embassy in Moscow.
 
Ukraine Loses Up to 230 Soldiers in Donetsk Direction in Past Day - MoD
28-december-2023

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine has lost up to 230 soldiers both killed and wounded in the Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Thursday.
Over the given period, the Russian armed forces repelled six attacks by Ukrainian troops in the Kupyansk direction and three attacks in the Krasny Liman direction, the ministry said.
"The total losses of the Ukrainian armed forces in this [Donetsk] direction amounted to up to 230 military personnel, three tanks, two armored combat vehicles, and five pickup trucks," the ministry said in a statement.
 
Russia Has Become Significantly Stronger Over Past Year – Lavrov

28.12.2023

MOSCOW - Russia has become significantly stronger over the past year, with the people opposing the West in the hybrid war it has unleashed, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
"As a result of this hybrid war of the entire collective West against Russia, which was unleashed by the hands, bodies and all other components of Ukrainian society against us ... Russia has become significantly stronger this year, and the unity of our people has increased significantly," Lavrov said.
The top diplomat added that the West's plan to inflict a "strategic defeat" on Russia had failed miserably.
"The West is indeed changing its tactics, probably even thinking about restructuring its strategy. Even if we claim that the 'strategic defeat of Russia' was the strategy, forgive me for repeating, then the strategy has failed miserably," Lavrov stated.
He stressed that since US has labelled Russia as its "enemy", Moscow is ready for any course of events.
 
MILITARY OPERATION IN UKRAINE
29 DEC, 07:37
Russian forces hit four Ukrainian bases near Chervonaya Dibrova

MOSCOW. Units of Russia’s Battlegroup Center, backed by aircraft, hit four Ukrainian bases near Chervonaya Dibrova in the Krasny Liman area, battlegroup spokesman Leonid Sharov told TASS.

"The battlegroup’s army and attack aircraft hit four Ukrainian bases of troops and weapons near Chervonaya Dibrova. Three Ukrainian motor vehicles were destroyed by the well-coordinated actions of special forces units and kamikaze drone crews," he said.

According to Sharov, the enemy lost over 200 troops, a tank, four infantry fighting vehicles, a US-made Paladin 155 mm self-propelled artillery system and a Gvozdika 122 mm self-propelled artillery system in the past day.
 
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