Section: The Centre for Eastern Studies (Poland)
More intensive arms supplies and training for the Ukrainian army. Day 344 of the war
Russian forces are still putting pressure on the Ukrainian positions in Bakhmut and the towns north and southwest of it, making it hard for the defenders to rotate troops and deliver supplies to the town itself. The aggressors have made advances south of Siversk, expanding their area of control over the road connecting that town to Bakhmut; they...
Ukraine: a wave of dismissals against a background of corruption
In the last ten days of January 2023, several corruption scandals were exposed in Ukraine, resulting in a series of top officials being fired from the state administration. On 21 January 2023, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) detained Vasyl Lozynsky, deputy minister for the development of communities, territories and...
Western tanks won’t reach Ukraine before spring. Day 340 of the war
Bakhmut, along with villages north and southwest of the town, is still the site of the heaviest armed clashes. Ukrainian forces have repulsed further attacks on Ivanivska on the road from Bakhmut to Kostiantynivka, but are not able to use it as a supply route. The Russians were also said to have unsuccessfully renewed attacks south and east of...
Leopards and Abrams for Ukraine. Day 336 of the war
On 25 January, the German government announced that it intended to provide Kyiv with a company of 14 Leopard-2A6 tanks from the Bundeswehr’s reserves, along with a package of logistics and ammunition, and had agreed to its other allies donating Leopard-2 tanks to the Ukrainian army. At the same time, it announced that it intends to...
The Russians have surrounded Bakhmut. Day 333 of the war
Communiqués from the Ukrainian General Staff indicate that Russian forces are tightening their grip around Bakhmut. Enemy subunits are being held back on the north-western outskirts of the town (Krasna Hora, Paraskoviivka, Yahidne) and south of the Bakhmut-Kostiantynivka road, including on the western side of the Donets-Donbas canal (Predtechyne,...
Significant deliveries of Western heavy armaments. Day 330 of the war
On 19 January, on the eve of the next meeting of the contact group of countries offering militarily support to Ukraine (the so-called Ramstein group), representatives of 11 countries met in Estonia. Some of them announced new aid packages for the Ukrainian army and reported on their ongoing support projects: …read more Source:: Centre for...
German support for Ukraine: taking the communications initiative
According to a list of the government’s bilateral assistance to Ukraine published by the Chancellor’s Office in late December (Deutsche bilaterale Unterstützungsleistungen für die Ukraine und Menschen aus der Ukraine), Germany estimates the value of its support for this country between 24 February and 21 December 2022 at €12.5...
Another blow to Ukraine’s energy sector. Day 326 of the war
On 14 January, Russia carried out its twelfth missile attack on the enemy’s energy infrastructure, according to the national power company Ukrenerho. Missiles fell on Kharkiv, Khmelnitsky, Dnipro, Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Odesa and Vinnytsia, among other regions. Power facilities were damaged in Kharkiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Lviv, Vinnytsia,...
Ukrainians defending the frontiers of Soledar. Day 323 of the war
Over the past two days, the Russian offensive in and around Soledar has slowed down. The Ukrainian army is still defending itself in localities east of the Bakhmutka river, from the northern suburbs of Bakhmut through Krasna Hora, the western outskirts of Soledar, to the railroad station at Sil. Almost the entire area of the town, except for its...
Ukraine: how the gas sector performed in 2022
The Russian aggression has caused significant changes in the gas sector in Ukraine. Gas consumption fell by a quarter compared to the corresponding period last year, and was the lowest since the country gained independence. Although domestic production also fell, in 2022 it enabled Ukraine to attain almost complete gas self-sufficiency, which in...
