TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org

The impeachment will come crashing down.

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/the-republican-impeachment-merry-go-round/54330/

"FROM THE ANALYST"

ANOTHER RUSSIAN SHIP SUNK BY DRONES

A Russian missile corvette, the Ivanovets, was sunk in the past few hours by Ukrainian rocket armed naval drones. The drones hit the vessel a number of times with rapid fire rockets that effectively stopped it dead. The Russian ship rolled to its port side stern and sank.
Part of the attack hit the area the ships P-270 Miskito anti-ship missiles were stored and they promptly detonated, leading to the rapid flooding of the vessel.
The Ivanovets was a Project 1241 Molniya class corvette.
Another good day for Ukraine!

🟡 That is the grenade that was thrown into the courtyard of the Israeli embassy in Stockholm Sweden.

Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson condemned “an attempted attack” against the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, after an object found outside it was destroyed by the bomb squad on Wednesday.

“This is very serious. An attempted attack on an embassy is an attack both on those who work there and on Sweden” Kristersson said. Ulf added that surveillance of the embassy and of Jewish institutions in Sweden had been tightened.

The Israeli ambassador to Sweden, Ziv Nevo Kulman, said the embassy and its employees had been subject to an “attempted attack”. “We will not be intimidated by terror,” Kulman added.

In early December, Kristersson took part in a march against antisemitism in Stockholm. Swedish police said at the time they had received 120 reports of anti-Semitic crimes since the outbreak of the war.

Source

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Joe Biden did good in a reliable survey

https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/more-good-news-for-joe-biden-6/54337/

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/30/new-us-made-longer-range-bomb-expected-to-arrive-as-soon-wednesday-in-ukraine-00138566

🔱 Operational information as of 06.00 on January 31, 2024 regarding the Russian invasion

❗️ The main summary:

➡️ During the past day, 88 combat clashes took place. In total, the enemy launched 9 missile and 99 air strikes, carried out 129 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.

➡️ In the zone of responsibility of the "Khortytsia" anti-aircraft missile defense system in the Kupyan direction, 5 enemy attacks were repelled near Synkivka, Kharkiv region.

➡️ In the Lyman direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 7 attacks by the occupiers in the Terni and Yampolivka districts of the Donetsk region.

➡️ In the direction of Bakhmut, the Defense Forces repelled 6 enemy attacks near Bohdanivka and Klishchiivka, Donetsk region.

➡️ In the zone of responsibility of the "Tavriya" anti-tank missile defense system in the Avdiivka direction, Ukrainian defenders continue to restrain the enemy, who does not stop trying to surround Avdiivka. Thus, during the past day, the Defense Forces repelled 26 attacks in the Avdiyivka area and another 11 attacks near Pervomaiskyi and Nevelskyi in the Donetsk region.

➡️ In the Mariinsky direction, Ukrainian soldiers continue to hold back the enemy near Georgiyivka, Pobieda and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk region, where 16 attacks were repelled.

➡️ The enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) actions in the Shakhtarsky and Zaporizhzhya directions.

➡️ In the area of responsibility of the "Odesa" air defense system in the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces will continue to hold positions and repulse assaults by the occupying forces. So, during the past day, the enemy carried out 15 unsuccessful assaults.

➡️ At the same time, Ukrainian soldiers actively inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying troops, exhausting the enemy along the entire front line.

🔥 During the past day, the aviation of the Defense Forces struck 11 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment and 2 anti-aircraft missile complexes of the enemy.

🔥 Units of the missile forces struck 1 area and of concentration of weapons and military equipment, 2 ammunition depots, 9 artillery units and 1 enemy radar station.

Support the Armed Forces! Let's win
together!✊

Glory to Ukraine!🇺🇦
AFU

🇺🇦@ukraine_report🇺🇦🔱Liz

Valery Zaluzhnyi was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces even before the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation.

An Excellent student and doctor of philosophy
In 1997, Valery Zaluzhnyi graduated from the combined military department of the Odesa Higher Command College with honors.

In 2007, he obtained a second higher education at the National Defense Academy . He received a gold medal for studying the combat use of mechanized and tank units.

In 2014, Zaluzhny graduated from the National Defense University of Ukraine named after Ivan Chernyakhovsky, also with distinction.

He was awarded the transitional sword of the Queen of Great Britain - as the best graduate of the operational-strategic level.

In 2020, Zaluzhny received a civilian master's degree in international relations from the Ostroh Academy .

During the war, Valery Zaluzhny defended his doctoral thesis at the "Odessa Law Academy" and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

🇺🇦@ukraine_report🇺🇦🔱Liz

Among the exchanged Warriors are Defenders of Mariupol, Kherson, fighters from Zmiinyi Island, marines, and combat medics:

▪️ 95 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
▪️ 56 National Guard members,
▪️ 26 Border Guards,
▪️ 29 Territorial Defense warriors,
▪️ one serviceperson of the National Police of Ukraine.

180 Defenders are privates and sergeants, another 27 are Ukrainian officers. At least 36 of them have injuries or serious illnesses. The oldest of the liberated Defenders is already 61 years old, and the youngest will soon turn 21.

🇺🇦@ukraine_report🇺🇦🔱Liz

Journalists discovered that three Moldovan companies sold aircraft spare parts to Russia, totaling about 15 million dollars during 2022-2023.

The supply of spare parts to Russia via Moldova commenced a few months after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Parts from Western countries were sent to major Russian airlines such as "Pobeda" and S7 Engineering.

The investigation suggests that Moldova's non-adherence to certain EU sanctions against Russia, specifically related to the supply of aviation parts, might be the reason for this situation.

The commander of the Azov National Guard brigade, Denys "Redys" Prokopenko, emphasized the enduring significance of infantry in warfare, despite advancements in modern technologies. Speaking at the EstMil.tech 2024 military conference in Tallinn, he stated, "Our experience shows that when we are dealing with a sufficiently strong enemy, the concept of modern warfare without well-trained and disciplined infantry is false."

Prokopenko highlighted a key conclusion drawn by the Azov brigade, shaping their training concept: the most effective weapon is a motivated, well-prepared, and disciplined soldier, with the latest modern technology serving as their valuable assistant. He expressed the belief that the future of warfare hinges on a comprehensive system that prioritizes the development of infantry, acknowledging them as a crucial resource alongside advanced weaponry and technologies.

Over the past year, 67 UAV models were codified, and 58 received government contracts. Overall, more than 200 Ukrainian companies are operating in the UAV or drone services and products market, — Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Mykhailo Fedorov.

The minister said that a few days ago he met with more than 120 drone manufacturers and emphasized that in 2024 companies need to scale up to meet the growing needs of the frontline.

According to Fedorov, the government is adapting the laws and working to facilitate contracting.

"The key thing is that we need to standardize the requirements and tactical and technical characteristics for drones. It is also important for manufacturers to understand the forecasting of contracts and the needs of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces — we are working on this as well.

I believe in the potential of Ukrainian manufacturers and their ability to create revolutionary technologies for the battlefield," the minister said.

He added that UAV technology is now a priority for development:

▫️Ukrainian "Lancet";

▫️AI for automatic target acquisition;

▫️guided munitions;

▫️targeting and striking electronic warfare;

▫️anti-drone solutions, etc.

"Last year, we launched the Brave1 cluster for the development of military technologies, which supports manufacturers of innovations, provides grants, and helps with approval and codification. We plan to increase the size of the grants to $200 thousand so that inventors can make a high-quality prototype," summarized Fedorov.

The Russian boat Ivanovets is now part of Davy Jones's fleet

https://t.me/United24media/18088

Before the extraordinary EU summit, where €50 billion of aid for Ukraine was finally agreed, there were long negotiations that took place in the background

Prime minister Orbán of Hungary previously blocked the decision in December and leaders were negotiating even at the last minute to avoid the use of a veto by Hungary.

Charles Michel, the president of the European Council, shared a picture half an hour before the start of the summit, as Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, is negotiating with Viktor Orbán in the company of French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

Meanwhile Prime Minister Tusk of Poland stated that the leaders of the 26 member states do not have a plan B, so it is up to Viktor Orbán to decide "whether Hungary wants to be a member of our community or not."

Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar also spoke about the importance of a unanimous decision, and said that they cannot leave the European Council building today without an agreement, as only one person would be happy with that, Vladimir Putin.

The details of the background negotiations are not known at this stage, but it is believed to relate to EU funding for Hungary, which is frozen due to concerns about human rights and the rule of law in the country.

From "The Analyst":

EU UKRAINE AID APPROVED!

Victor Orban, pressed hard to stop it but it was made clear to him that if he continued to blackmail the EU to get his way over issues, ‘other means’ would be implemented to change his mind. It’s largely accepted though nobody wants to admit it (and Orban certainly won’t or would make him look weak), that financial and economic measures would be used to undermine the Hungarian Florint currency and cause economic hardship for the Hungarian government if they continued down this path.
Orban said he couldn’t be blackmailed but they gave him a face saver - the right of any nation to revue the budget every four years - which pretty much happens anyway.
The deal includes €50 billion ($55b, £43b) spread over four years , that will support Ukrainian institutions and government expenditure.

GUR MO destroyed an enemy missile boat

On the night of January 31 to February 1, 2024, soldiers of the special unit "Group 13" of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine destroyed the missile boat "Ivanovets" of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation. The enemy ship was on a raid of Lake Donuzlav in the temporarily occupied Crimea.

As a result of a number of direct hits to the hull, the Russian ship suffered damage incompatible with further movement - the "Ivanovets" rolled to the stern and sank. The value of the ship lost by the aggressor state is approximately $60-70 million.

According to preliminary information, the search-and-rescue operation of the Russian occupiers on the Donuzlav was not successful, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported.

From "The Analyst":

UKRAINE’S CRIMEA STRATEGY REVEALED

During early January, following on from last years success in taking out Russia’s much vaunted Niobium mobile radar complex near the northwestern coast, Ukraine began multi-stage plan to render Crimean air defences inoperable.
Using combinations of air and naval drones they pushed what remained of the naval forces out of Sevastopol.
They also began hunting down open air space and, using drones, found pathways to the remaining radar at Yevapatatoria. This site also contained a primary command centre and communications hub, and it’s largely regarded that the Russians just didn’t think it was targetable.
Ukraine disabused them of that theory in mid January and destroyed it.
With the only other Niobium system radar gone - these have very long range (550km high 150km low) dual band phased array capabilities, that can see high and relatively low targets in 3D - allegedly even capable of spotting an F-35 at a reasonable range, Russia was faced with a real problem.
Ukrainian missiles and drones started to make their way across the Crimean peninsula from Kherson and Odesa, all the way into Russia itself. Striking at Tuapse and Rostov along with several other key sites in southern Russia.
The shooting down of the A50 was part of this campaign. The Russians brought the aircraft into the field to plug the gap left by the loss of the two very expensive Niobium radars. Realising that with it flying it would likely reduce their opportunity to reach into southern Russia, the Ukrainians managed a remarkable and highly secret operation to get a Patriot battery far enough to the front line to engage it and also took the opportunity to strike the accompanying Il-22 SIGINT aircraft in the area. The success of that strike caused the Russians to lose one of only ten A50’s - but also one of only four that had been modernised for 21st century operations. The others are severely dated if even operational.
A second aircraft has since been deployed but it has to operate so far back from its ideal point of operations it’s become almost useless.
Just to emphasise how little effect it has had and how weak Crimean air defences are, yesterday Ukraine launched a multi-drone and missile strike on the airbase just north of Sevastopol, destroying the underground command facility and severely damaging the runway and support equipment.
These operations began before December with the destruction of the first Niobium complex - it was that lack of early warning radar that caused the injudicious use of the Su-34’s and the loss of 3 in a day and 5 that week overall. They just don’t have the capability to see threats the ground radars could pick up. Without the ground radars, the S-400 systems are limited in their capabilities to coordinate or even detect lower flying drones and missiles. Niobium systems were designed to work with 300 simultaneous targets and coordinate a response. Without them Crimean air defences are royally screwed. They are not easy to replace - three year build times are not unusual and they require very high tech processors, currently sanctioned.
So now the full picture has been revealed, we can see that Crimea is basically defenceless from the air right now. Russia is only doing what it can to protect the Kerch bridge. Meanwhile its logistics and infrastructure are under continuous pressure from drone strikes and missiles.
Another interesting phenomena came to light yesterday. The increasing number of Shaheed drones just landing without exploding. Video of multiple drones from across Ukraine just flat on the ground, almost undamaged (though they lose their
engines on impact). This is apparently
caused by an increasing number of
updatable EW ‘systems in a box’ that can
stop them functioning and lands them, more
and more of which are being deployed
around Ukraine.
So while not everything is brilliant on the front lines right now, Russian pain is high when it comes to Crimea and beyond. They
certainly aren’t winning this battle and they
aren’t getting their own way by any means.

@72mz. It would. But Hungary is a member so they do their best with that impediment.

🔴 IDF: IDF troops continue to operate in the northern and central Gaza Strip; the troops are conducting targeted raids on terrorist infrastructure and eliminating dozens of terrorists in the Gaza Strip

Over the last day, IDF troops operating in the northern Gaza Strip killed more than 15 Hamas terrorists during battles in the area. In a significant targeted raid on terrorist infrastructure embedded inside a school in the area, approximately 10 Islamic Jihad terrorist operatives, who were using the school as a hideout, were apprehended by IDF troops. In addition, the troops located and destroyed five ready-to-fire rockets in the area.

In the central Gaza Strip, IDF troops struck and killed over 10 armed terrorists in less than an hour. In the outskirts of Al-Shati in the northern Gaza Strip, IDF and IAF troops eliminated armed terrorists who were operating nearby the troops, posing an immediate threat to the forces. Moreover, the troops conducted searches of military sites in the area in which they located large quantities of weapons, as well as documents and military equipment belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization.

During operational activity in western Khan Yunis, IDF troops identified a terrorist who was connected to an armed terrorist cell that was maneuvering near the troops. Following the identification, IDF troops directed an aircraft to strike and kill the terrorist cell. During additional activity in the area, IDF and IAF troops struck a military site used by a Hamas terrorist cell to carry out ambushes on IDF troops.

Attached is video footage of the IDF strikes in the Gaza Strip: https://bit.ly/3OqrEVQ

Attached is video footage of the IDF operational activity in the Gaza Strip: https://bit.ly/4beHzQV

Attached are photos of the IDF activity in the Gaza Strip: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC310120246374

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Good morning Resisters

Won't actually hit
A million shells
https://t.me/liveukraine_media/17736