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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,075: RU war crimes against its own people. Trump remains a motherfighter [1]

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Date: 2025-02-01

Russian forces conducted a large-scale series of drone and missile strikes against Ukraine on the night of January 31 to February 1.The Trumpian position now seems clearer, namely that Putin’s position has been strengthened by Trump’s reelection, with Trump ending US aid and supporting Putin’s positions on Zelenskyy’s legitimacy. Putin’s 2022 invasion triggered martial law in Ukraine, making total mobilization necessary; even Poroshenko agrees despite shifting polls. All Russia has to do is leave Ukrainian territory it took and the war is over.

x National Guard soldiers raised the Ukrainian flag behind Russian lines in Donetsk Oblast. Under the cover of night, pilots from the "Chervona Kalyna" brigade of the National Guard used a drone to place the Ukrainian flag on a tower controlled by the enemy.



[image or embed] — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) January 30, 2025 at 8:16 AM

x Ukraine's General Staff reports that today at 16:54, Russian aviation deliberately struck an internat in Sudzha, Kursk region, with a guided bomb (KAB). Dozens of civilians, including women & children, were inside preparing for evacuation. Another Russian war crime—this time against its own people.



[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) February 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM

The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched seven Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from Voronezh Oblast and occupied Crimea; seven Iskander-K cruise missiles from occupied Crimea and Donetsk Oblast; eight Kh-22 cruise missiles from Tu-22M3 aircraft; eight Kh-101/55 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic bombers; 10 Kh-59/69 cruise missiles from tactical aircraft over Voronezh Oblast; two Kh-31P anti-radiation missiles from the Black Sea; and 123 Shahed and decoy drones from Bryansk, Kursk, and Oryol oblasts; Millerovo, Rostov Oblast; Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai, and occupied Cape Chauda, Crimea.[1] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces shot down 56 Shahed and decoy drones; that 61 drones were "lost," likely due to Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) interference; and that Ukrainian countermeasures prevented an unspecified but significant number of Russian missiles from reaching their targets. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian ballistic missiles had a higher success rate, and ISW continues to assess that Russian forces are likely leveraging ballistic missiles in strike packages since Ukraine only has a few air defense systems suitable for intercepting such missiles.[2] Ukrainian officials, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, reported that a Russian Kh-22 missile struck a residential building in Poltava City; that Russian ballistic missiles struck the historical center of Odesa City, and damaged a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) protected building; and that drones damaged residential areas, warehouses, and private property in Kharkiv and Kyiv oblasts.[3] The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that Russian forces struck an area near where Norwegian diplomats were staying in Odesa City.[4] The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed that Russia's overnight strikes targeted Ukrainian gas and energy facilities that support the Ukrainian defense industrial base (DIB).[5] x Heat up lenin



[image or embed] — 🇺🇦 Toshiba Fella (@toshibafella.bsky.social) January 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM A recent Russian drone strike on a Ukrainian naval drone suggests that Russian forces have developed a new method to offset Ukrainian capabilities in the Black Sea. The Russian MoD reported on February 1 that Russia's Black Sea Fleet (BSF) used a drone to destroy a Ukrainian naval drone in the Black Sea.[6] ... Ukrainian forces have demonstrated their ability to down Russian Mi-8 helicopters operating over the Black Sea using missiles launched from Magura V5 naval strike drones, and the February 1 BSF strike suggests that Russian forces have developed a new method to try to offset this Ukrainian naval drone adaptation.[9] www.understandingwar.org/...

Keith Kellogg had previously stated that his goal is to find a resolution to the ongoing full-scale war within the first 100 days of the new president's inauguration.

He also announced plans to visit key locations to hear the perspectives of both sides involved in the conflict. It was reported that he was set to visit Kyiv in January, but the trip was postponed. www.pravda.com.ua/... Putin has said publicly he does not think Zelenskiy is a legitimate leader in the absence of a renewed electoral mandate and that the Ukrainian president does not have the legal right to sign binding documents related to a potential peace deal. According to the Russian leader, however, Zelenskiy could take part in negotiations in the meantime but must first revoke a 2022 decree he signed banning talks with Russia for as long as Putin is in charge. The Ukrainian government source said Putin was using the election issue as a false excuse to disrupt future negotiations. "(He) is setting a trap, claiming that if Ukraine doesn't hold elections, he can later ignore any agreements," the source said. Ukrainian legislation explicitly prohibits presidential and parliamentary elections being held under martial law. The former Western official raised concerns about the U.S. push for elections, saying lifting martial law could allow mobilized soldiers to leave the military, trigger an exodus of hard currency and prompt large numbers of draft-age men to "run for the border". It could also ignite political instability, the source said, because it would make Zelenskiy a lame duck, diluting his power and influence and fueling jockeying by potential challengers. If Trump pressures Zelenskiy to agree to elections, Washington would be playing into Putin's recent statements questioning the Ukrainian leader's legitimacy, the former Western official said. www.reuters.com/... ...he is not, one hopes, worrying about U.S. hubris. The bigger danger is excessive pessimism about what can be achieved, and a too-sanguine calculation of a low cost of choosing defeat.

x x YouTube Video North Korean soldiers who joined their Russian allies in battle against Ukrainian forces have been pulled off the front lines after suffering heavy casualties, according to Ukrainian and U.S. officials. The North Korean troops, sent to bolster Russian forces trying to push back a Ukrainian offensive inside Russia’s borders, have not been seen at the front for about two weeks, the officials said after requesting anonymity to discuss sensitive military and intelligence matters. The arrival of around 11,000 North Korean troops in Russia in November caused alarm in Ukraine and among its allies in the West, who feared their deployment signaled a significant escalation in the nearly three-year-old war. But in just three months, the North Korean ranks have diminished by half, according to Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky, Ukraine’s top military commander. Ukrainian troops who have fought against the North Koreans have described them as fierce warriors. But disorganization in their ranks and a lack of cohesion with Russian units have quickly driven up casualties, a Ukrainian official said. Since arriving on the battlefield, the North Korean soldiers have been left to fend for themselves, advancing with few armored vehicles and rarely pausing to regroup or fall back, according to Ukrainian officials and frontline troops. www.nytimes.com/...

Key Takeaways: Russian forces conducted a large-scale series of drone and missile strikes against Ukraine on the night of January 31 to February 1.

A recent Russian drone strike on a Ukrainian naval drone suggests that Russian forces have developed a new method to offset Ukrainian capabilities in the Black Sea.

Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Toretsk, and Russian forces recently advanced near Chasiv Yar, Pokrovsk, and Kurakhove.

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