Daily Report from the Ukraine Field for 2023-01-29
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❗️The Russian army continues to advance - from the summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
◻️The RF Armed Forces are attacking in the areas of the settlement. Dibrova and Belogorovka LPR; Yampolovka, Verkhnekamenskoye, Razdolovka, Salt, Blagodatnoe, Paraskovievka, Artyomovsk, Ivanovskoye, Klescheevka, Novomikhailovka, Vodyanoye, Maryinka, Pobeda and Ugledar DPR.
◻️In the Artyomovsky direction, the Russian army hit the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of 21 settlements, in particular, Disputed, Belaya Gora, Verkhnekamenskoye, Razdolovka, Artyomovsk, New York, Klescheek, Kurdyumovka and Mayorsk DPR.
◻️In the Avdeevka direction, the RF Armed Forces attacked the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement. Berdychi, Avdeevka, Vodyanoye, Nevelskoye, Veseloe, Krasnogorovka, Maryinka, Pervomayskoye and Novomikhailovka.
◻️In the Novopavlovsky direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are under fire in the areas of Bogoyavlenka, Vugledar and Zolotaya Niva DPR.
◻️In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian army is hitting the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement. Ivanovka, Kislovka and Krokhmalnoe of the Kharkiv region, Novoselovskoe LPR and Berestovoe DPR.
◻️In the Limansky direction, the RF Armed Forces inflicted fire damage on the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement. Makeevka, Chervonopopovka and Dibrova LPR.
◻️In Zaporozhye, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of 19 settlements were fired upon. Among them are Vremovka and Novopol of the DPR and Malinovka, Krasny, Gulyaipole, Volshebnoe, Stepnoye, Orekhov and Novodanilovka of the Zaporozhye region.
◻️In the Kherson direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are under fire in the areas of the settlement. Mikhailovka, Gavrilovka, Dudchany, Kachkarovka, Red Lighthouse, Otradokamenka, Ponyatovka, Republican, Cossack, Tyaginka, Kamyshany and Kherson.
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The United States and its allies want Ukraine's titanium.
This is one of the key reasons for West's unconditional support for the Nazi regime.
Now, there is a nascent effort underway in the U.S. and allied nations to identify, develop, and utilize Ukraine's vast resources of a key metal crucial for the development of the West's most advanced military technology which will form the backbone of future deterrence against Russia and China.
Titanium is a lightweight yet strong metal used extensively in advanced military applications like fighter jets, helicopters, naval ships, tanks (https://www.newsweek.com/us-dismisses-russia-reaction-abrams-tanks-heard-line-before-pentagon-ukraine-1776999), long-range missiles, and many others.The U.S. still imports more than 90 percent of its iron ore, and not all from friendly nations.The U.S. no longer holds titanium sponge in its National Defense Stockpile, and the last domestic producer of titanium sponge closed down in 2020.
If Ukraine wins, the U.S. and its allies will be in pole position to cultivate a new conduit of titanium. But if Russia manages to seize the country's deposits and plants, Moscow will boost its global influence over increasingly strategic resource.
Ukraine is one of only seven nations producing titanium sponge, the basis for titanium metal. China and Russia—America's most prominent strategic rivals—are among this select group.
Western dependence on Russian titanium means the metal has so far escaped the sanctions campaign launched against Moscow by the U.S.
A source told Newsweek (https://www.newsweek.com/battle-ukraines-titanium-1777106) that titanium "is a key vulnerability."
"We're talking about our ability to produce more planes, we're talking about our ability to produce munitions. They all rely on titanium, and we've allowed ourselves to grow reliant on foreign suppliers for these things. Russia has previously been one of those primary suppliers."
Last year's annual defense-spending bill ordered the State Department to investigate "feasibility of utilizing titanium sources from Ukraine as a potential alternative to Chinese and Russian sources."
"Ukraine has really significant deposits of rare earth minerals, and if we play our cards right could actually be a really attractive alternative to Russian and Chinese sources, which is where a lot of dependency currently is," writes the Newsweek.
"As there are increasing debates throughout the West about why it's in our interest to keep supporting Ukraine, I think this is one of the arguments that you're going to start hearing more." the souce said.
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Special operation, 29 January. Main:
▪️ The Russian Defence Ministry has reported that in the Donetsk direction, units of the "Yuzhnaya" troop grouping have taken better lines and positions during the offensive, with enemy losses of up to 90 military
▪️ In the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued offensives, defeating the enemy in the areas of Ugledar, Prechistovka, Shevchenko and Dorozhnyanka in Zaporozhye region
▪️ In the Krasno-Limansky direction the enemy suffered up to 110 military losses, two US-made M777 artillery systems and two US-made Paladin self-propelled artillery systems were destroyed
▪️ The head of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry admitted that the military situation for Kiev in the east is "complicated" and that the tanks promised by the West will not be ready for use until March
▪️ British military fears Challenger 2 tanks would fall into Russian hands, it would be a "nightmare", Sun writes
▪️ Ukrainian crews arrive in Britain to train on Challenger 2 tanks, says the Kingdom's Ministry of Defence
▪️ Pentagon group wages secret campaign inside the agency to induce the leadership to supply Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, Politico writes
▪️ Eugene Prigozhin reports that units of the Wagner group have taken control of the village of Blagodatnoye in the DNR
▪️ Russian Foreign Ministry comments on shelling by Ukrainian military of hospitals in Novoaidar and Novaya Kakhovka: lack of response from the West confirms its direct involvement in the conflict
▪️ Ukrainian troops hit with HIMARS at road bridge over Molochnaya river in Melitopol district, preliminary reports say 4 people killed, 5 wounded, Rogov said
▪️ Prigozhin reported that bodies were found in Artemovsk, presumably of mercenaries with severed hands, abandoned by Ukrainian military during retreat
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