Update from Ukraine | Patriot air defense systems delivery to Ukraine | Hard situation in Bakhmut
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Invasion Day 294 – Summary
December 14, 2022
[8 Fronts]
The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 14th December 2022 – 22:00 (Kyiv time).
Briefly:
Situation remains difficult in the area of Bakhmut as Russian troops managed to enter first buildings on the eastern outskirts. Ukrainian forces, despite the recent reinforcements, are unable to stop the endless waves of Russian troops and the air and artillery superiority helps Russians to advance forward.
The amount and intensity of Russian attacks across the whole front seems to be increasing, but Russians so far haven’t found any wunderwaffe to make a larger advance.
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” Patriot air defense systems delivery to Ukraine”
Good news, May they get them asap!
More air defense of any kind is good. I don't know how well Patriots will work on the ballistic missiles, they will work on most other threats. I hope the deployment of laser-guided APKWS rockets will get hurried up. Those should do well on the Shaheed-136 and if true, the An-2 biplanes getting converted to improvised cruise missiles. The sooner the air defenses get increased, the more costly it becomes for Russia to launch weekly to biweekly missile attacks.
As for Bakhmut, I hope Russia does not capture it, if it falls it falls. Ukraine has had months to prepare for this. Now matter how much Russian shills like Alexander Mercouris will crow about it and act like Russia winning, after taking Bakhmut Russia is not going to go anywhere fast.
Map of the Bakhmut situation as posted about 7 hours ago.
https://twitter.com/War_Mapper/status/1603184710087512065?s=20&t=n-QJswrYbP37UDc9lwio4Q
Looks like the Russians are still in the champagne winery on an edge of the city since yesterday. No surprise, if they really got that far. Might take them a while to move on from their intoxication, if they move at all.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) arms stockpile is dwindling due to the Russia-Ukraine war, according to a U.S. ambassador.
Ambassador Julianne Smith, permanent U.S. representative to NATO, made the comments during an interview Tuesday with Dr. Kathleen McInnis, a senior fellow in the Center for Strategic and International Studies' International Security Program.
"This is a very serious challenge, both for NATO allies that are giving serious commitment, significant military assistance/lethal assistance to the Ukrainian military forces, but it is a significant challenge for the Ukrainian military forces themselves that are facing shortfalls and declining stockpiles," said Smith, who was appointed in November 2021.
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"NATO doesn't really plan to fight wars like this, and by that I mean wars with a super intensive use of artillery systems and lots of tank and gun rounds," Frederick Kagan, a senior fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, told the publication. "We were never stocked for this kind of war to begin with."