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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,054: North Korean casualty rates high from deploying large assault groups [1]

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Date: 2025-01-11

Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of January 10 to 11.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 74 Shaheds, along with other strike and decoy drones from Millerovo, Rostov Oblast; Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai; and Oryol and Bryansk oblasts.[69] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed 47 drones over Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Kirovohrad, Kherson, and Mykolaiv oblasts and that 27 decoy drones were "lost," likely due to Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) interference.[70] Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Head Serhii Lysak reported on January 11 that Russian forces damaged farm and residential buildings in Samarivskyi Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[71] Chernihiv Oblast authorities reported that Russian forces struck a residential building in Prylutskyi Raion, Chernihiv Oblast likely with a Shahed drone.[72] Zaporizhia Oblast Administration Head Ivan Fedorov reported that Russian Shaheds damaged civilian infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia City.[73] www.understandingwar.org/... Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed 47 drones over Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Kirovohrad, Kherson, and Mykolaiv oblasts Ukrainian forces may have conducted a drone strike against an oil refinery in the Republic of Tatarstan on January 11, but details of the possible strike remain unclear at this time. Russian opposition media outlet Astra reported on January 11 that authorities at the Tanevo plant at the Tatarstan Oil Refinery Complex in Nizhnekamsk, Republic of Tatarstan evacuated the facility due to the risk of drone strikes and that locals reported smoke coming from the plant.[12] Russian sources published footage on January 11 purportedly showing a fire near the facility, but one source later claimed that there was no fire and that authorities conducted evacuations as part of exercises.[13] Republic of Tatarstan Head Rustam Minnikhanov's press service refuted reports of a fire, claiming that footage shows a glow after the facility switched to using an intense flare as part of planned changes to the facility's equipment operations.[14] Russian authorities issued a drone threat warning in the Republic of Tatarstan and stopped operations at the Nizhnekamsk Airport, citing unspecified safety concerns.[15] www.understandingwar.org/...

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Key Takeaways: Ukrainian forces reportedly captured the first North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) in Kursk Oblast.

North Korean forces are reportedly deploying large assault groups to combat operations despite frequent Ukrainian drone strikes, which is likely contributing to North Korea's high casualty rates and will likely affect the lessons that the North Korean military command will learn from fighting in the war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin maintains his maximalist pre-war demands to isolate Ukraine and weaken NATO and reportedly aims to enforce these demands in any possible talks with Western leaders about ending the war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian forces may have conducted a drone strike against an oil refinery in the Republic of Tatarstan on January 11, but details of the possible strike remain unclear at this time.

Ukrainian forces recently advanced in Kursk Oblast.

Ukrainian forces recently advanced in the main salient in Kursk Oblast amid continued fighting in the area on January 11. Geolocated footage published on January 10 indicates that Ukrainian forces recently advanced in northern Pogrebki (northwest of Sudzha).[16] ...[18] Russian sources claimed that fighting continued north of Sudzha near Cherkasskoye Porechnoye and Russkoye Porechnoye; northeast of Sudzha near Pogrebki; and southeast of Sudzha near Makhnovka.[19] ...Russian sources noted that weather conditions in Kursk Oblast are improving for drone operations but that the ground is still muddy, so a new phase of Russian offensive operations may begin soon when the ground freezes again.[21] Elements of the Russian 1427th Motorized Rifle Regiment (formed during the 2022 partial reserve call up) are reportedly operating near Russkoye Porechnoye, and elements of the 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment (72nd Motorized Rifle Division, 44th Army Corps [AC], Leningrad Military District [LMD]) and 34th Motorized Rifle Brigade (49th Combined Arms Army [CAA], Southern Military District [SMD]) are reportedly operating near Pogrebki.[22] The Washington Post reported on January 11 that a Ukrainian soldier operating in Kursk Oblast stated that Russian forces attacked from different directions simultaneously and advanced in some areas after Ukrainian forces recently intensified their offensive operations in the Kursk Oblast salient.[23] The soldier stated that Russian forces also crossed the international border into Ukraine in a "few" unspecified areas, but that Ukrainian forces retook these positions. www.understandingwar.org/... www.understandingwar.org/... www.understandingwar.org/... images-ext-1.discordapp.net/... www.understandingwar.org/... www.understandingwar.org/... x x YouTube Video

@rshereme Garry Kasparov, chess grandmaster and a Russian dissident, is one of the very few Russians who actually gets it. "The war in Ukraine has shown us that when we celebrated the fall of communism in 1991, we failed to grasp that communism was merely a facade for an underlying imperialist matrix. Whether it's the tsars, the Bolsheviks, or Putin, this imperialism always finds a way to emerge. I've been saying for the past three years that there's only one way to dismantle this imperial matrix: the Ukrainian flag has to fly over Sevastopol again. What they fail to recognise is that you cannot negotiate with this kind of evil for a simple reason: Putin views this as a war of destruction, not a war for territorial gains. Giving him a piece of Ukrainian territory won't change his calculations — it will only whet his appetite. His ultimate goal includes the destruction of Ukrainian statehood because Ukrainian statehood is one of the pillars of this world order he seeks to dismantle." Source: Kyiv Independent

x x YouTube Video President Biden sanctioned 183 vessels that are part of Russia’s Shadow Tanker Fleet and two major Russian oil companies Around 20% to 30% of the entire shadow fleet was included in these sanctions Russia’s Shadow Tanker Fleet consists of 600 to 1,500 vessels x ⚡️Russia condemns new US sanctions on energy sector, says it will continue oil and gas projects. Russia's Foreign Ministry argued the U.S. sanctions represented "an attempt to inflict at least some damage to the Russian economy, even at the cost of the risk of destabilising world markets."



[image or embed] — The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) January 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM

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