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14.05.2022, 00:12

https://twitter.com/DanLamothe/status/15...7921121280

Zitat:Good Friday afternoon. A senior U.S. defense official just concluded a background briefing about the war in Ukraine. It’s Day 79 since Russia’s invasion. Some key points:

Most notable detail today appears to be that for the first time since Russia invaded, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke today with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. The senior defense official said the call was about an hour long and “professional.”

The United States for weeks have been trying to get in touch with senior Russian officials to keep lines of communication open. Russia has rebuffed those efforts repeatedly.

That makes the timing of today’s call with Shoigu interesting. The senior official declined to go beyond a Pentagon readout, which said Austin called for a ceasefire, and added that it “wasn’t for a lack of trying” that the U.S. had not been able to talk with Russian officials.

On the ground, the majority of the fighting is still in the Donbas region. It’s expected to remain that way. There is now “very much an artillery fight back and forth,” the senior U.S. defense official said.

Russian troops have sought to move troops across the Siverskyi Donets River, and been rebuffed repeatedly by Ukrainian artillery, the senior U.S. defense official said today.

Das ukrainische Verteidigungsministerium hat inzwischen eingeräumt, dass sie es an anderer Stelle dann doch geschafft haben und dadurch eine prekäre Lage für die Ukrainer entstanden ist. Entsprechend fällt man auf die nächste bereits vorbereitete Verteidigungslinie nicht weit weg zurück.

There is also still fighting south of the town of Izyum, but Russia has struggled to make gains there. Russia has made some “incremental gains” west of the town of Popasna, the senior defense officials.

The air picture remains about the same, with Russia launching about 250 sorties in the last 24 hours, the senior defense official said. That’s consistent with past practice.

Sei Kriegsbeginn ziemlich konstant immer 200 bis 300 pro Tag. Warum nicht mehr? Warum nicht weniger? Wie betoniert die letzten Tage immer ca 250.

Russian strikes are still focused on Mariupol and the Donbas region, especially the town of Slovyansk, the senior defense official. There are also strikes in the Kharkiv area, the official adds.

Ground fighting continues over Kharkiv, too.

Ukrainian forces previously pushed Russian forces farther to the east outside the city. Now they’ve pushed the Russians farther north, too, the senior U.S. defense official says.

Jomini zählt hier ca. 19 russische BTG, Schlottmann nur 6 Kampfgruppen, in Wahrheit aber meinen beide dasselbe: die Russen sind dort so ausgeblutet, dass ihre 19 BTG dort nur noch die Fahrzeuge und Mannzahl von 6 BTG übrig haben. Ob die Einheiten aktuell zusammen gelegt werden, oder mit neuen Soldaten aufgefüllt ist unklar.

On weapons transfers: All but one of the 90 howitzers the United States has provided Ukraine are now inside the country, the defense official says. The majority are in forward positions, he adds.

Die werden auch schon rege benutzt, gibt bereits reihenweise Filme dazu.

Finally, Russia continues to flow troops into Ukraine after their earlier failures. As of today, the Pentagon assesses that 105 Russian battalion tactical groups are in the country. That's up several from last week.