After one month of the Ukrainian war, it is analyzed that the available strategies for the Russian army are less than 90% of the time when the invasion started, and the ammunition, food, fuel, etc. are insufficient enough to survive for three days.
According to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine on the 22nd, Ukrainian forces recaptured Makario, a strategically important point west of Kiiu, and regained control of a key highway leading to Kiiu.
According to CNN, the Russian military said that “soldiers suffering from frostbite due to the cold and lack of supplies are being evacuated from battle.”
The Russian Air Force possesses ten times more military aircraft than Ukraine, but it does not seize air supremacy. According to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the Russian military sorties new fighters about 200 times a day, while the Ukrainian military scrambled older fighters developed in the 1980s less than 10 times a day. .
According to the New York Times, the Ukrainian military is conducting an operation to lure Russian fighter jets into anti-aircraft defenses and then shoot them down with anti-aircraft missiles.
Efforts to retake the northern and northeastern parts of Ukraine are paying off, but fighting continues in Mariupol, a key point in the south.
Mariupol has been under intense attack from Russia since the 24th of last month. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said that more than 2,500 civilians were killed as of the 22nd as the Russian military bombed art schools where civilians were evacuated, obstetrics and gynecology hospitals and theaters.
According to CNN, Mariupol has been bombed by Russian forces since the 1st, destroying more than 80% of residential areas.
The Russian army is besieging Mariupol and forcing it to surrender, but the Ukrainian army is desperately resisting. In response, the Mariupol city council said that the Russian army dropped two large bombs on Mariupol.
“There is nothing left in Mariupol,” Ukrainian President Zelensky said in a video address to the Italian parliament on the 22nd. There are only ruins,” he said.
Meanwhile, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who was nominated as the successor of President Vladimir Putin, is said to be on the verge of being fired.
Colonel Sergei Beseda, the head of the Russian Federal Security Agency, and Roman Gavrilov, deputy commander of the Russian National Guard, were arrested on the pretext of operational failure, causing a rift in the Russian leadership.
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