This Monday marks 376 days since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia already controls the northern, southern and eastern flanks around the Ukrainian city of bakhmut And despite the destruction of two important access bridges to the city, Ukraine maintains its defense and insists that it still has the capacity to deliver ammunition, food and medicine, as well as to collect the wounded. Control of the city is a priority for both Moscow as for kyiv and achieving that goal can influence the future of war. The head of the Wagner Group warns that if his men fall in Bajmut, the whole world will fall. Donetsk front.
Germany says there will be ‘consequences’ if China helps Russia
Asked by if he could imagine sanctioning China for helping Russia, Scholz replied: “I think there would be consequences. but we are now at a stage where we are making it clear that this should not happen, and I am relatively optimistic that we will be successful with our application in this case, but we will have to look at it and we must be very, very cautious.”
Ukraine calls on the UN to prevent Russia from assuming the presidency of the Security Council in April
Ukraine’s representative to the United Nations, Sergei Kislitsia, has called on UN members to try to prevent Russia from assuming the Presidency of the Security Council on April 1.
“On the night of the Russian invasion (the UN Secretary General) Antonio Guterres described it as ‘the saddest day of his tenure‘. It will be the saddest day in the history of the UN until April 1, 2023, when, if justice does not prevail, Russia will start presiding over the Security Council,” Kislitsia said.
Poland to sue Russia for disruption of oil and gas supplies
The president of the Polish state energy company Orlen, Daniel Obajtek, announced on Monday that will ask Russia for compensation for unilaterally cutting off oil and gas exports to Poland.
In an interview on Polish radio, Obajtek pointed out that the cessation of the export of Russian oil occurred “following the visit of (United States) President Joe Biden to Warsaw” and which coincided with the announcement that the first “Leopard 2” tanks ceded by Poland had arrived in Ukraine.
Wagner denounces before Moscow that the lack of ammunition can condition the fall of Bakhmut
The head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgueni Prigozhin, denounced this Monday that a representative of his was has denied access to the headquarters of the grouping of Russian troops in Ukraine after urgently asking for ammunition in a letter.
“On the 5th I wrote a letter to the commander of the group of the special military operation about the urgent need to allocate ammunition. This Monday at 8 in the morning, my representative at the headquarters had his pass canceled and access denied,” Progozhin detailed on his Telegram channel.
Wagnerians are the main assault force attacking Bakhmutan important communications hub, linked by roads to Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, the largest cities in the Donetsk region controlled by Ukrainian forces.
Russia declares Transparency International activities “undesirable”
The Russian Prosecutor’s Office declared on Monday “undesirables” the activities of the organization Transparency International for considering that it “interferes in the internal affairs” of the country.
“Based on the results of a study on the materials received, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation has decided to recognize that the activities of International Transparencywhose headquarters are in Berlin, are performed by citizens of foreign countries and are therefore undesirable on Russian territory,” the entity said in a statement.
Thus, it has established that these activities “clearly go beyond the objectives set and declared by the NGO,” according to information from the TASS news agency.
Ukraine reinforces its defensive positions in Bakhmut
The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenskyhas led this Monday a meeting with high commands of the Army after which it has established to continue with the defense operations in the city of bakhmutone of the main scenarios in which a war that is already in its first year is settled.
Those present at that meeting, which included the participation, among others, of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valeri Zaluzhni, and the Prime Minister, Denis Shmigal, addressed “in particular detail” the current situation in Bakhmut, informs the Presidency in a statement. “They have spoken in favor of continuing the defensive operation and further strengthening the positions in Bakhmut. In addition, the issue of the supply of weapons and equipment, as well as their distribution, was discussed,” the text states.
The US considers that the loss of Bakhmut will not mean a “strategic setback” for Ukrainian interests
He United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, has defended this Monday that the fall of the city of Bakhmut into Russian hands will not mean an “operational or strategic setback” for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. “I want to dismiss the tremendous work that Ukrainian soldiers and leaders have done to defend Bakhmut, but I think it has more symbolic value than strategic and operational value,” Lloyd Austin said, according to the television network. .
Map of the situation in Ukraine from British Intelligence
The illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is continuing.
The map below is the latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 06 March 2023.
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Russia denounces a Ukrainian attack in Kursk and damage to energy facilities
Russia has denounced this Monday bombing by the Ukrainian Armed Forces against a town in the Kursk region, bordering Ukraine, where power supply facilities have been damaged, according to the governor, Roman Starovoyt. The Russian region borders the Ukrainian province of Sumy and has been the target of frequent attacks since the start of Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine.
Data update of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
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The head of the Wagner Group warns that if his men fall at Bakhmut, the entire Donetsk front will fall
“If the Wagner private military company withdraws from Bakhmut, the entire front will collapse,” said its boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin, in a video posted on YouTube, adding that the collapse could come “to the borders of Russia and, perhaps, beyond”.
UK says Russia deploys old tanks with “many vulnerabilities” to Ukraine
British Intelligence has indicated on Monday that the Russian Army is deploying old battle tanks that “present many vulnerabilities” to try to compensate for their battlefield losses since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine. “The Russian Army has continued to respond to heavy losses in armored vehicles with the deployment of T-62 main battle tanks, from 60 years ago. There is a realistic possibility that even the units of the First Tank Army, supposedly the main Russian force in tanks, will be re-equipped with T-62s to make up for the losses,” British Intelligence has indicated. Thus, it has stressed that the First Army of the Tanks planned to have received T-14 Armata MBT tanks in 2021 and they have emphasized that in recent days BTR-50 vehicles, used for the first time in 1954, have been located on the battlefield. “Since the In the summer of 2022, some 800 T-62s have been taken out of storage and some have sight systems installed that will most likely improve their effectiveness at night. However, these older vehicle types will present many vulnerabilities on the modern battlefield, including the lack of adequate shielding to modern explosives”, has settled.
Latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 6 March 2023
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Russian anti-aircraft defense shoots down three missiles in the Belgorod border region
The Russian anti-aircraft defense has shot down three missiles in the belgorod region, bordering Ukraine, according to what the governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, assured this Monday. “Our air defense system has worked in Novy Oskol. Three missiles shot down,” the politician said on his Telegram channel. In addition, he has affirmed that a man has suffered shrapnel wounds in the hand and that fragments of the missiles have caused damage to various facades and power lines in different villages. the russian region it borders the Ukrainian province of Kharkiv and has been the target of frequent attacks since the start of the Russian military campaign in Ukraine.
Russian Defense Minister inspects reconstruction work in Mariupol
The Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoiguhas inspected the reconstruction work in Mariupola city in the south of the self-proclaimed Republic of Donetsk that last year was the scene of fierce fighting, as reported by the press office of his portfolio on Monday.
Ukraine announces the destruction of two Russian bases in Melitopol with hundreds of deaths
Ukrainian military forces destroyed two russian military bases in the Ukrainian town of Melitópol and caused hundreds of deaths among the occupying soldiers, the city’s mayor, Ivan Fedorov, reported on Sunday night. “Two powerful explosions were heard in the northern districts of the city. We have information that two objects, where the Russianiststhey were destroyed,” said the mayor. According to preliminary information, hundreds of occupying soldiers “were killed,” added the mayor.
