Ukraine/Russland/NATO – der Sammler am 7. April 2022 (Updates)

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Im russischen Angrifsskrieg gegen die Ukraine konzentrieren sich die Kampfhandlungen weiterhin auf den Osten und Südosten des Landes. Die Debatte über die Kriegsverbrechen in Bucha und möglicherweise anderen Ortschaften rund um die Hauptstadt Kiew hält an. Der Sammler am 7. April 2022:

• Eine Meldung des Spiegels zu den Kriegsverbrechen von Bucha sorgt auch international für Aufsehen: Der Bundesnachrichtendienst soll Funksprüche russischer Soldaten abgefangen haben, die geplante Gräueltaten belegen:

Im Einzelnen sollen dazu Funksprüche gehören, die zu Auffindeorten von Leichen passen, die entlang der Hauptstraße gefunden wurden. So soll in einem Funkspruch ein Soldat einem anderen schildern, er und seine Kollegen hätten eine Person von ihrem Fahrrad geschossen. (…) In einem anderen Funkspruch soll ein Mann sagen: Man befrage Soldaten zunächst, dann erschieße man sie.
Aus dem Material soll auch hervorgehen, dass Bedienstete der russischen Söldnertruppen wie der »Wagner Gruppe« maßgeblich an den Gräueltaten beteiligt waren.

Der Bericht steht (inzwischen hinter Paywall) hier; die (offene) englische Version hier.

Dass der russische Funkverkehr – sei es aus Nachlässigkeit, wegen fehlender Ausbildung oder wegen Mangel an modernem, verschlüsselten Kommunikationsgerät – seit Beginn dieses Krieges nicht nur von Nachrichtendiensten, sondern selbst von Funkamateuren abgehört werden kann, hatte die New York Times bereits an einem Beispiel ausführlich gezeigt.

• Das britische Intel Update:

Progressing offensive operations in eastern Ukraine is the main focus of Russian military forces.
Russian artillery and air strikes continue along the Donbas line of control.
Russian strikes against infrastructure targets within the Ukrainian interior are likely intended to degrade the ability of the Ukrainian military to resupply and increase pressure on the Ukrainian government.
Despite refocussing forces and logistics capabilities to support operations in the Donbas, Russian forces are likely to continue facing morale issues and shortages of supplies and personnel.

• Das Morgenbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs:

The forty-third day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military invasion continues.
The russian federation continues to conduct full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine. The main efforts of the occupiers are focused on preparations for the offensive operation in eastern Ukraine, which aims to establish full control over the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.
The russian enemy continues to be active in the Slobozhansky, Donetsk, Pivdennobuzsky and Tavriya directions.
In the Slobozhansky direction, the russian enemy continued to blockade the city of Kharkiv and carry out artillery shelling.
In the Donetsk and Tavriya directions the russian enemy continues artillery shelling of the settlement of Popasna. The goal is to set fire to units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and resume the offensive on Rubizhne, Nyzhne and Novobakhmutivka. The russian occupiers also tried unsuccessfully to break through the defences of our troops in the area of the settlement of Novotoshkivske.
In the South Buh direction, the russian enemy is defending previously occupied borders, taking measures to restore the combat capability of its units. Continues to carry out strict filtration measures in the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson region.
Some of the withdrawn russian units are located in tent camps in a number of regions of the russian federation bordering Ukraine. The russian servicemen refuse to take part in further hostilities on the territory of Ukraine. The moral and psychological condition of these personnel is low and tends to deteriorate.
The Command of the Armed Forces of the russian federation continues to look for ways to solve the problem of replenishing its units with human resources. russia’s military commissariats have stepped up work with conscripts who have been discharged from military service since 2012 and have military specialities of driver, mechanic-driver, scout, and junior commanders. The official reason for the call to the military registration and enlistment offices is to hold a training meeting on the specified military specialities for a period of 3 months. Also, on the territory of the so-called transnistrian-moldavian republic, appropriate propaganda work is being carried out with the population who has russian citizenship.
The russian occupiers continue to use violence against civilians in the temporarily occupied territories. The population of Mariupol is being forcibly deported to the temporarily occupied districts of the Donetsk oblast.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has hit three air targets in the previous day: a cruise missile, a UAV and a fighter jet. The Air Force continued to launch missile and bomb strikes on the occupying forces.

• Das Morgenbriefing des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums:

Units of Donetsk People’s Republic troops, continuing their offensive, have completely cleared Sladkoe of nationalists.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation strike at the assets of the military infrastructure of Ukraine.
During the night, high-precision air- and sea-based missiles destroyed 4 fuel storage bases near Nikolaev, Zaporozhye, Kharkov and Chuguev from which Ukrainian forces were supplied with fuel near Kharkov, Nikolaev and Donbass.
Operational-tactical aviation hit 29 military assets of Ukraine. Among them: 2 command posts, 1 radar for target detection and guidance of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system near Kurakhovo, 7 artillery batteries, 1 missile-artillery weapons and ammunition depot, as well as 10 strong point and areas of Ukrainian military equipment concentration.
Russian air defence means shot down 6 unmanned aerial vehicles near Novoselovka II, Chervonaya, Novogradovka, Ilovaisk, Khartsizsk.
In total, 125 Ukrainian aircraft and 93 helicopters, 413 unmanned aerial vehicles, 227 anti-aircraft missile systems, 1,987 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 218 multiple launch rocket systems, 866 field artillery and mortars, as well as 1,894 units of special military vehicles were destroyed during the operation.

• Am (heutigen) Donnerstag wird möglicherweise das Treffen der NATO-Außenminister in Brüssel bedeutsam – abhängig davon, ob dort weiter gehende Entscheidungen zum Beispiel zu Waffenlieferungen für die Ukraine getroffen werden. Aus einem Bericht von AP dazu:

Ukraine on Thursday appealed to NATO for more weapons in its fight against Russia to help prevent further atrocities like those reported in the city of Bucha, and urged Germany to slash red tape so that more supplies can get in.

Nach den Worten von NATO-Generalsekretär Jens Stoltenberg werden die Mitgliedsländer der Allianz – aber nicht das Bündnis insgesamt – weitere und auch andere Waffen an die Ukraine liefern. Details vermied Stoltenberg jedoch sorgfältig:

I fully understand that you’re asking specific questions about specific types of weapons. But at the same time, I think it’s important to understand that Allies believe it is better often to not be specific exactly about what kinds of systems, but rest assured Allies are providing a wide range of different weapons systems, both Soviet era systems but also modern equipment and I think that this distinction between offensive and defensive is a bit strange, because we speak about providing weapons to a country which is defending itself and self defence is a right which is enshrined in the UN Charter.
So everything Ukraine does with the support from NATO Allies is defensive because they are defending themselves. And of course, they need different types of weapons. And Allies are providing them with different types of weapons and we see the impact of these weapons on the battleground every day. Because the Ukrainians have been able to inflict severe losses on the invading Russian forces.

• Das Abendbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs:

A russian enemy continues to prepare for the offensive in eastern Ukraine. The russian occupiers are regrouping troops in order to complete the formation of the offensive group. A russian enemy takes measures to increase the aviation component and C2 system, continue to conduct reconnaissance.
A russian enemy’s main efforts are focused on capturing the city of Mariupol, conducting an offensive near the city of Izyum and trying to break through the defences in the Donetsk direction.
In the South Buh area, the russian enemy is trying to prevent further advance of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and to improve the tactical position of russian units in some areas.
In the Volyn direction, there is a possibility of russian enemy missile strikes on military and civilian infrastructure from the territory of the republic of belarus.
In the Polissya direction, the enemy did not take active action, and the russian occupying forces deployed to the territory of the republic of belarus are carrying out demonstration actions in order to prevent the transfer of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from this area to others.
Separate units of the russian occupiers from the Eastern Military District and the airborne troops of the russian Armed Forces, which are recovering and regrouping on the territory of belarus after leaving Ukraine, are likely to be sent to strengthen enemy troops in Slobozhansky direction.
In the Siversky direction, the russian enemy completes the regrouping and restoration of combat capability of units of the Central Military District in certain areas of the Bryansk and Kursk regions. The possibility of further sending these units to other operational areas, including for combat operations in the Donetsk and Luhansk areas, is not ruled out.
In the Slobozhansky direction, russian enemy is taking active steps to increase control and communication in the interests of the offensive group.
In the Kharkiv oblast, up to five battalion tactical groups of the russian enemy continue to blockade the city and fire at it from multiple rocket launchers, artillery and mortars.
The russian occupiers held the city of Izyum, trying to continue the offensive in the direction of Slоvyansk and Barvinkove.
In the Donetsk and Tavriya directions, the enemy continues to carry out fire and assault operations, inflicts rocket and bomb strikes, conducts artillery fire on the civilian infrastructure of settlements. The port of Berdyansk is used by the russian occupiers to transfer weapons, military equipment and personnel.
The russian enemy also intensified efforts in the Severodonetsk direction. A russian enemy is trying to continue the offensive in the areas of Donetsk, Novotoshkivske and Popasna.
The russian enemy also tried to launch an offensive in the areas of Marinka, Borivske and Solodke, where attempts to attack were unsuccessful.
It is likely that the russian occupiers will soon try to break through the defence of our troops in the Severodonetsk, Avdiivka and Kurakhov districts.
The russian enemy fired artillery in the South Buh direction and used army aircraft in some areas. A Russian enemy is trying to continue the offensive in the direction of the settlement of Oleksandrivka.
A russian enemy naval groups in the Black and Azov Seas continue to carry out missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine, isolate the area of hostilities and conduct reconnaissance.
The russian occupying power continues to restrict the rights of Ukrainian citizens in the temporarily occupied territories. Thus, in the Zaporizhzhia region, the russian occupiers banned men from leaving for the territory controlled by the Ukrainian authorities. There is also a growing shortage of basic necessities, especially food, which could further complicate the humanitarian situation in the region occupied by the russian occupiers.

• Das Abendbriefing des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums:

The grouping of troops of the Russian Armed Forces, developing an offensive, completely blockaded Novomikhailovka and began to mop- it up of nationalists.
In pursuit of retreating units of 54th Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, units of the Russian Armed Forces have also blockaded Ugledar and are now fighting to liberate it from nationalists.
During the day, up to a reinforced motorised infantry company and a tank platoon of Ukrainian troops were destroyed in this area.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation strike at the assets of the military infrastructure of Ukraine.
During the day, high-precision air-based missiles struck a cluster of Ukrainian military equipment at Novograd-Volynskii railway station in Zhytomir Region. This strike destroyed reserves meant to move to grouping of Ukrainian troops in Donbass.
Operational-tactical aviation hit 42 military assets of Ukraine.
Among them: command post, 2 field ammunition depots, 2 multiple launch rocket systems, and 12 strong points and areas of Ukrainian military equipment concentration.
Russian air defence means shot down 2 Ukrainian military helicopters in the air: Mi-8 and Mi-24 near Kherson, as well as 3 unmanned aerial vehicles, including 2 Bayraktar TB-2s near Krivoi Rog and Trudovoi.
In total, 125 aircfaft and 95 helicopters, 416 unmanned aerial vehicles, 2,003 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 220 multiple launch rocket systems, 869 field artillery and mortars, as well as 1,902 units of special military vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed during the operation.

• In einem Interview mit dem britischen Sender Sky News hat Kreml-Sprecher Dmitry Peskow erhebliche russische Verluste in der Ukraine eingeräumt – das meldete sogar die russische Nachrichtenagentur TASS als gesonderte Nachricht.

Das komplette Interview mit Peskow zum Nachhören: