Russia’s war in Ukraine as seen by the US Department of Defense
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Russia-Ukraine war, all information from the US Department of Defense
Analysts from the Washington Department of Defense on the basis of information obtained by intelligence estimate that, at the moment, Russia has sent 120,000 men of the 160,000 men mobilized for the offensive to Ukraine, about 75% of the total.
According to the DoD, Russia has failed to gain air superiority over Ukraine and airspace over Ukraine remains contested. Ukrainian air defenses, according to the United States, remain intact and operational, both in terms of air and missile defense systems, and are engaged.
DoD analysts record the resumption of the Russian advance towards Kiev (yesterday about 25 km from the city) and a strong resurgence of bombings.
US intelligence reports a significant data, at least 380 ballistic and cruise missile launches carried out by the Armed Forces. Russians against Ukraine.
An important fact is that the DoD, at the moment, excludes the participation of Belarusian forces in the ongoing operations as had been reported by various press organs.
At the end of the fourth day of fighting, Washington intelligence reports serious logistical problems, above all, the lack of fuel that is slowing down the development of Russian action.
To this is added the Ukrainian resistance which had been underestimated by the Russians who, in the absence of air superiority, have increased the bombings and night actions to try to reduce their own losses, which are considered sensitive.
At the moment, the main lines of attack appear to be two; one on the capital Kiev and the other on the city of Kharkiv, the latter did not fall and is at the center of heavy fighting; the Russians seem to have changed tactics and are bypassing it, leaving troops to surround it (at least that seems to be their intentions).
A gigantic column of Russian vehicles that arouses attention has been photographed by satellites and seems to be headed towards Kiev.
Finally, US intelligence points out that the Ukrainian defense is proving to be rather "creative", implementing rather effective tactics with a combined approach to weapons that varies from place to place based on where the Ukrainians are, at the speed with they can get there and what they have at their disposal. The DoD reports that the Ukrainians are using virtually everything they have at their disposal, from small arms to surface-to-air missiles to try to slow the Russian advance.
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Outcome of the first meeting between the Moscow and Kiev delegations in Belarus
After the fateful 96 hours that had been budgeted by the Moscow General Staff to achieve the objectives set in the operations against Ukraine, yesterday was marked by a first meeting between the delegations of Moscow and Kiev in Belarus in a location secret and heavy bombing by Russian artillery and heavy bombers.
NEGOTIATION SET
The first meeting between the Russians and the Ukrainians lasted five hours and served to touch on all the knots of the ongoing dispute between Moscow and Kiev. It is interesting to note that the Ukrainian delegation was transferred by Belarusian helicopter which later brought them back.
Another interesting fact to underline is the announced lack of presence among the Russians of Roman Abramovich, a well-known tycoon, former owner of Chelsea , an English football club, as well as a personal friend of Vladimir Putin.
The "oligarchs", however, have in several cases sent public messages asking for the crisis to be resolved peacefully in some cases by addressing President Putin directly, a sign that the sanctions hurt and frighten the multimillionaires who control the main industrial assets, banking and economic aspects of the country.
The delegations agreed to meet again in a couple of days after reporting to their respective governments, having found common points from which to try to reach an agreement.
HEAVY TERRESTRIAL AND AIRCRAFT BOMBING
There was no shortage of heavy bombings in the main areas where the toughest clashes are recorded.
In this phase, the multiple heavy rocket launchers and heavy bombers of the Moscow Air Force came into action. The latter carried out heavy areal bombardments from high altitudes, probably to avoid the Stinger missiles which caused significant losses to aircraft operating at low altitudes.
Launches of Iskander short-range ballistic missiles have also been reported that have hit and destroyed depots and command centers (at least according to what Moscow claims). Moreover, it is the second day that the Ukrainian TB2 UASs went into action, hitting heavily columns of vehicles, focusing on command post vehicles, tankers and mobile anti-aircraft defense systems; in addition, a freight train was also hit, consisting of several tank wagons, presumably with a load of fuel. In fact, the latter is proving to be an important factor because it seems not to be present in sufficient quantities to fuel Russian operations.
ON THE INTERNATIONAL PLAN
At the international level, in addition to Finland's decision to send military aid to Ukraine, there is the position of Ankara which, on the basis of the Treaty of Montreux, has decided to close the Dardanelles Strait to the passage of military ships to and from the Black Sea. , given the state of war between Ukraine and Russia.
Therefore, Turkey has formally decided to restrict naval movements, albeit unable to prevent Russian warships from returning to their registered base.
ON THE ECONOMIC PLAN
Disastrous day for the ruble which plummeted to historic lows with 106 rubles required to get one dollar; Friday the ratio was 83 to 1 while at the beginning of the year, when there were still no symptoms of the outbreak of war, the ratio was 75 to 1.
The shareholders of the main Russian listed companies are also very bad; the Moscow Exchange remained closed throughout the day in an unsuccessful attempt to stem losses.
Heavy collapses for the main Russian banking and financial groups were registered on the London Stock Exchange with losses of shares ranging from 30% to 60% of the opening value of trading.
To cope with the liquidity crisis, the Moscow government has urgently decreed the obligation for exporters to exchange at least 80% of the proceeds obtained in the transactions into rubles, at the same time prohibiting transfers of currency abroad. Finally, the Russian Central Bank was forced to a heavy hike in the interest rate which went from 10.5% to 22%.
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This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/la-guerra-della-russia-in-ucraina-vista-dal-dipartimento-della-difesa-usa/ on Tue, 01 Mar 2022 10:33:29 +0000.