AUC3I Daily Briefing 01-23-2025 ON the WAR in Ukraine

Understanding The War In Europe _ Analyzing the situation on the ground with by way of an introduction, 3 points, and a conclusion #militaryoperations #modernwarfare #blackops6

COMBAT BRIEFING NUMBER 970

Colonel AC. Oguntoye regarding the progress of the special military operation as of January 23, 2025:

1. "Strategic Advances and Losses":
- Multiple groups of the Russian forces reported strategic advances in various directions, inflicting significant losses on Ukrainian forces, including servicemen, vehicles, and military equipment.
- In particular, high losses were reported in terms of manpower, with hundreds of Ukrainian servicemen reported as casualties across different regions.

2. "Equipment and Vehicle Losses":
- The Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered losses including tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers (both U.S.-made and otherwise), artillery units, and electronic warfare stations. Specific high-value losses include a Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery unit and a French-made 155mm Caesar self-propelled artillery unit.

3. "Geographical Scope of Operations":
- The operations spanned multiple regions including Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, and Zaporizhia within Ukraine, indicating a wide geographical spread of the conflict.

4. "Tactical Positioning":
- Russian forces reportedly improved their tactical positions in several areas, capturing or liberating settlements and taking more advantageous lines and positions.

5. "Aerial and Artillery Strikes":
- The briefing emphasized the use of operational-tactical aviation, strike drones, missile forces, and artillery which targeted Ukrainian military infrastructure, airfields, and concentrations of troops and equipment.

6. "Air Defense":
- Russian air defense systems were active and reportedly successful in shooting down numerous Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles.

7. "Overall Military Equipment Losses":
- Since the beginning of the operation, the briefing claims extensive destruction of Ukrainian military assets, including aircraft, helicopters, drones, anti-aircraft systems, tanks, armored vehicles, artillery pieces, and special military vehicles.

8. "Ongoing Operations":
- The operation against Ukrainian forces continues, with specific focus on repelling Ukrainian advances into the Russian territory in the Kursk region, detailing heavy losses for Ukrainian forces there as well.

This briefing outlines the scale and intensity of the military conflict, emphasizing the tactical advantages and operational successes of the Russian forces while highlighting the heavy toll on the Ukrainian military in terms of personnel and material.