Ukraine has overcome a tremendous path, stood firm and must defend itself – address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

24 January 2024 – 23:20

Dear Ukrainians!

The 700th day of this war – a very difficult day.

First. I summoned Umerov, Zaluzhnyi, Shaptala, Budanov and Maliuk – they reported on the situation with the aircraft and the exchange.

It is obvious that the Russians are messing with the lives of Ukrainian captives, the feelings of their relatives, and the emotions of our society.

All clear facts must be established. To the extent possible, given that the aircraft crashed on Russian territory – beyond our control.

“Facts” is the key word now.

I heard a report from the Commander-in-Chief and the General Staff on the use of the Air Force. The Main Intelligence Directorate is clarifying the fate of all captives. The Security Service of Ukraine is investigating all the circumstances. I have instructed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to provide our partners with the information available to Ukraine. Our state will insist on an international investigation.

Second. Today there were reports on the situation on the frontline – a key focus area. Special attention was paid to Avdiivka, other positions in Donetsk region, as well as the Kupyansk direction.

We are doing everything to strengthen our warriors.

Third. The U.S. Senate committee has adopted an important decision on the confiscation of Russian assets, which is a completely fair step. Russia must feel the real cost of its aggression the most, and we in Ukraine are truly grateful to all those who are helping to find, freeze and prepare the confiscation of assets of the Russian state and its associates. I thank everyone in the U.S. Congress who cares about protecting justice.

Fourth. I spoke with the German Chancellor. The topics are quite obvious. I expressed gratitude for the relations we have achieved, for the support and cooperation. It is very important that Germany steadfastly and fundamentally defends Europe – freedom and stability on our continent. The democratic system in Europe can only be preserved if Germany continues to be a reliable defender of democracy.

We discussed further cooperation with Mr. Chancellor. In particular, our defense – first and foremost, of course, protection against Russian missiles and drones. Germany has already saved thousands of Ukrainian lives. We are preparing new joint steps as well.

We also discussed the economy and political interaction at the level of the entire European Union. In particular, this concerns the macrofinancial sector.

I am also grateful to Olaf, to Mr. Chancellor, for his willingness to work on a security agreement based on the corresponding G7 Declaration.

One more thing.

700 days of full-scale war – the war of these Russian savages against Ukraine and life itself. Another Russian strike on Odesa – missiles, “Shahed” drones. Shelling of Kherson and the region. Nikopol, Dnipro, other cities of Dnipropetrovsk region. Our Donetsk region.

Ukraine has overcome a tremendous path, stood firm and must defend itself. It must defend our people and the interests of our state.

I have just signed a decree to honor our warriors with state awards. 243 of our servicemen from different brigades – combat brigades. In total, more than 69 thousand of our defenders from the Defense and Security Forces of Ukraine have been awarded: Armed Forces, National Guard, border guards, intelligence, police and other elements of our defense forces. I am grateful to each and every one of them for their fortitude.

Glory to our people! 

Glory to Ukraine!

The cost I:

Colonel Oleg Babii, the Hero of Ukraine and scout of the @DI_Ukraine.

Together with his group, they destroyed three russian Tu-22M3 bombers in the deep rear of the enemy. Ukrainian scouts passed more than 600 km of enemy territory on foot. Returning from the task, the… pic.twitter.com/IppuVsYHFM

— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) January 24, 2024

Colonel Oleg Babii, the Hero of Ukraine and scout of the @DI_Ukraine.

Together with his group, they destroyed three russian Tu-22M3 bombers in the deep rear of the enemy. Ukrainian scouts passed more than 600 km of enemy territory on foot. Returning from the task, the reconnaissance group was ambushed and engaged in an unequal battle with the Russian invaders. Covering the departure of his brothers in arms, Oleg Babii was killed.

For his heroic feat, Oleg Babii was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine with the “Golden Star” order. Posthumously. Glory to Heroes!

The cost II:

In his evening address, Zelensky updated the death toll from yesterday’s Russian air attacks across Ukraine: 18 people killed when 40 missiles struck residential buildings in several cities. https://t.co/OPvZ999GfR

— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) January 24, 2024

Here’s a little good news:

GREAT NEWS!
The 15 RQ-35 Heidrun reconnaissance drones that we have been raising funds for are already in Ukraine!
Thank you ALL for your constant support of Ukraine and its defenders. 🇺🇦🇺🇸
Join me in the fight of light against darkness: https://t.co/MnfXssFGLY pic.twitter.com/qVlpL6NV4o

— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) January 23, 2024

A bit more:

German Defense Minister Pistorius announced that Germany will deliver six Sea King Mk41 helicopters to Ukraine. They will be delivered in the 2nd quarter of this year, including spare parts, accessories and training.

Source: Deutschlandfunk #Germany #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/AqUa4jnh6D

— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) January 23, 2024

More:

During the #Ramstein18 meeting, Minister of @NationalDefence of Canada, @BillBlair, announced a new donation of 10 Multirole Boats from Zodiac Hurricane Technologies, valued at approximately $20 million.
Canada will also provide civilian instructors, planes, and support staff… https://t.co/YgyQHV4IZJ

— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) January 23, 2024

During the #Ramstein18 meeting, Minister of @NationalDefence of Canada, @BillBlair, announced a new donation of 10 Multirole Boats from Zodiac Hurricane Technologies, valued at approximately $20 million.
Canada will also provide civilian instructors, planes, and support staff within the F-16 Training Coalition.

Thank you, friends!
We appreciate your staunch support!
🇺🇦🤝🇨🇦

And a bit more:

Denmark donates DKK 91 million ($13 million) to support the development of Ukrainian cyber defense and IT. The donation is made under the auspices of the IT coalition.

We are grateful to our Danish partners for their unwavering support!
Thank you, friends!
🇺🇦🤝🇩🇰

— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) January 24, 2024

And even more:

The United Kingdom is a true friend of Ukraine.
Thank you for your unwavering support and significant contribution to our defense capabilities.
🇺🇦🤝🇬🇧 https://t.co/XNxNiBS8Sf

— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) January 23, 2024

So Russia claimed that Ukraine shot down a Russian IL-26 carrying Ukrainian POWs headed for a prisoner exchange.

For those who haven't seen this yet, the Ukrainska Pravda backtracked from this claim regarding the Ukrainian military's role.
The Ukrainian military says they're looking into the situation.

— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) January 24, 2024

Here is the statement from Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence:

The statement by HUR is quite ambiguous. Reads like Russians have purposefully set up a trap knowing Ukraine would attack a plane in the vicinity that has not been designated as carrying pows. I'm not sure if Russia normally flies planes in this area.https://t.co/nCyYtOejsK pic.twitter.com/Zkr8MeWbhV

— WarTranslated (@wartranslated) January 24, 2024

It appears that several of the names of the POWs supposedly killed on the plane that went down over Belgorod today have already been returned back to Ukraine.

Fourth: Where are the 74 bodies? pic.twitter.com/5u2r2dZjqK

— Sofia (@SlavaUk30722777) January 24, 2024

Sixth: Here is the President of Somalia giving putin his condolences

"I heard about the crash of the plane, and I would like to express my sincere condolences on behalf of myself and the people for the death of the Russian soldiers" pic.twitter.com/CKAXF5DBQR

— Sofia (@SlavaUk30722777) January 24, 2024

Seventh: Here is more footage from the crash site. No bodies. I have unfortunately seen footage of when russia shot down the Dutch MH17, and there were bodies everywhere pic.twitter.com/QjmKFnqpN8

— Sofia (@SlavaUk30722777) January 24, 2024

So far, I find it doubtful that the downed Russian aircraft was transporting 65 Ukrainan POWs 'for prisoner swap' conveyed by just 3 Russians.

It's also not highly probable that Ukraine's military had no idea that a certain Il-76 was carrying POW. Especially now that Russians…

— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) January 24, 2024

So far, I find it doubtful that the downed Russian aircraft was transporting 65 Ukrainan POWs ‘for prisoner swap’ conveyed by just 3 Russians.

It’s also not highly probable that Ukraine’s military had no idea that a certain Il-76 was carrying POW. Especially now that Russians even claim there were suddenly other POW aircraft, too.

You know, prisoner swaps between Ukraine and Russia are complex and highly sensitive operations in which every breath is reconciled between the two sides for weeks, if not months.

I find it doubtful that in such a major swap involving more than one aircraft full of Ukrainian POWs, the Ukrainian military had no idea about the massive air transfer to Belgorod.

Possible, but not likely.

Lastly, if I understand the situation right, the Il-76 was downed shortly after takeoff near the town of Yablonovo northeast of Belgorod.

So it was supposedly leaving Belgorod, not arriving (I am not sure about this). Was it really about a major prisoner swap?

But… let’s wait and see what really happened.

Either way, any word coming out of the Russian military’s mouth deserves ZERO trust.

Now we wait to see what new evidence comes to light.

Kharkiv:

Heart of Kharkiv is bleeding. To all those talking about negotiations and not provoking Putin, I invite you to witness the reality in Kharkiv. pic.twitter.com/G5np6ftKDn

— Maria Avdeeva (@maria_avdv) January 24, 2024

Avdiivka:

Situation taking a turn for the worse in Avdiivka. https://t.co/6cSw6B5CQ0

— Michael Kofman (@KofmanMichael) January 24, 2024

Here’s the rest of Tatarigami’s assessment from the Thread Reader App:

2/ While the northern part of Avdiivka is shielded by the AKHZ (industrial buildings), the southern area is comprised of one to two-story houses susceptible to artillery fire. If unable to capture the area, russians erase it with artillery, deploy infantry, and seize the rubble. 

3/ The visible artillery strikes, moving from the outskirts to residential areas, indicate the shift. Eventually, the damage makes defense challenging. The same problem extends to nearby multi-story apartment buildings targeted by previous Russian FAB hits.

4/ The situation on the flanks remains more stable, enabling Ukrainian forces to defend Avdiivka. Sattelite imagery shows a continued shift of artillery fire north of Avdiivka, targeting areas near Stepove, Berdychi, Novobakhmutivka, and Novokalynivka

5/ In summary, Avdiivka’s situation has worsened due to limited artillery ammo, a decrease in counter-battery fire, and a lack of reinforcements. Russia exploits these gaps, leveraging its personnel and ammo numbers advantage. 

6/ Resurgence of Helicopter Operations

Our team previously identified a FARP (Forward Arming and Refueling Point) helicopter base in Strilkove. Following Ukraine’s ATACMS strikes on airfields in Luhansk and Berdyansk, the base was abandoned and remained unused until recently.

7/ Recent imagery from January 2024 reveals the presence of Russian helicopters at the base. Analysis over multiple days indicates that Russians keep no more than 3-4 helicopters at a time. Additionally, the helicopters appear to be more dispersed

8/ We continue to emphasize the need for a sufficient supply of weaponry to Ukraine to achieve a shift in the balance of power. Small numbers provide a short-term advantage, with operational success possible under the right conditions, but the enemy uses this time to adapt. 

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Ukrinform has the details of what the Russian Navy is doing off the coast of Russian occupied Crimea:

As of 08:00 Monday, January 22, Russia has deployed 13 warships in the Black Sea, including two Kalibr cruise missile carriers, with a total salvo of up to 14 missiles.
That’s according to the Ukrainian Navy Command, Ukrinform reports.

Russia also retains one warship each in the Sea of Azov and the Mediterranean, with no missile carriers among them.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, as of the morning of January 21, Russia had eight warships on combat duty in the Black Sea, including a Kalibr carrier.

Mariupol:

Incredible. Russian realtors lead potential buyers through destroyed apartments in Mariupol. Owners have left or got killed. Realtors recommend to invest in “razrushka” (a new word derived from “razrukha”, ruins).

Vultures… Disgusting vultures. #StandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/Ot5rXaa1VB

— olexander scherba🇺🇦 (@olex_scherba) January 24, 2024

Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai, Russia:

/2. Another video from Tuapse as well as geolocation of the fire.
(44.1082456, 39.1026676) pic.twitter.com/yA3YHm5qaa

— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) January 24, 2024

Tuapse, Special Military Operation Zone. pic.twitter.com/hxMF0jcQl4

— WarTranslated (@wartranslated) January 24, 2024

I see that Watergirl covered the news that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee had moved a bill out of that committee to allow for the US government to seize frozen Russian assets and transfer them to Ukraine. A companion bill was moved out of the equivalent House committee months ago. While it is unclear if Schumer and McConnell can pull enough GOP votes to get the Senate version past the 60 vote cloture threshold, the bill is DOA in the House. It will never be brought to the floor for an up or down vote. It will die somewhere between the House Foreign Relations Committee and the House Rules Committee. Senator Cardin gets an A for effort and enthusiasm. Unfortunately, this will never become law.

Which brings us to what I think this is a very good question:

https://twitter.com/EHunterChristie/status/1748632564678451526

Illia Ponomarenko has some thoughts on the matter:

This chronic lack of resolve, leadership, and strategic vision will bury the free world.

Systemic fear of responsibility and historical decisions, trying to hold on to the comfort zone as hard as possible — this is why we are where we are now. And the free world is at its…

— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) January 23, 2024

This chronic lack of resolve, leadership, and strategic vision will bury the free world.

Systemic fear of responsibility and historical decisions, trying to hold on to the comfort zone as hard as possible — this is why we are where we are now. And the free world is at its weakest throughout the entire post-1991 era.

That’s the endless procrastination, security escapism, and over-compromising at any cost (upon someone else).

It’s painful to realize that in February 2022, much of the Western decision-making elite was generally ready to come to terms with Russia’s complete takeover of Ukraine, which seemed hardly preventable. But a lot of things on the Russian side suddenly went very wrong.

Ukraine unexpectedly (for some) prevailed at the Battle of Kyiv and effectively derailed the central axis of Russia’s blitzkrieg.

The ‘special military operation’ failed, and Russia’s full-scale, protracted war on Ukraine followed. And as you know, the entire history of the war is Ukraine and its friends beating their heads against the wall of the ‘don’t-provoke-Putin’ attitude.

Again and again. It started working only as late as springtime and summertime 2022, when the Battle of Donbas was at its horrific peak and when it became apparent that Russia was not stopping and Ukraine was not going down just like that.

First, it’s tank killers, then artillery, then armored vehicles, radars, ammo, rocket systems, radars, tanks, air & missile defense, now it’s F-16. And with every single weapon and hardware class and type, there has been generally the very same scheme:

1. “Ukraine will never get X and Y, that’s a major escalation, that’s too complicated and too expensive for Ukraine to use”
2. Months-long deliberations, denial, and discussions
3. Ukraine eventually ends up getting X and Y many months late and demonstrates outstanding results on battlefields
4. Russian ‘red lines’ end up being empty threats, and Russia’s military gets a painful punch in the gut
5. *repeat with another weapon*

Do I need to tell the story of a handful of HIMARS systems that effectively derailed Russia’s frontline logistics and its late summer 2022 campaign? Do I need to remind anyone how long Ukraine was denied getting MIM-104 Patriot systems that are now demonstrating the most excellent results in their entire operational history?

Again and again, with every weapon type and class that Ukraine asked for, there was the need to break through the obsession with “escalation management” (that was again and again proven totally inconsistent) and move forward.

With all due respect to President Biden (who has done a lot for Ukraine!), when POTUS spends more than a year saying no and then eventually gives up to the green light on European F-16s for Ukraine and authorizes the transfer of just 20 outdated ATACMS missiles (that nonetheless immediately wipe out key Russian airfields) – that doesn’t look like a way to resolve the problem.

And that’s in the middle of the worst European war since Adolf Hitler in which Ukraine defends itself against one of the world’s biggest military powers with one of the world’s biggest military budgets.

Things have gone pretty absurd by now.

As a result of Ukraine’s successful campaigns in 2022, we all were too quick to optimistically declare that “Putin has already lost,” that what needed to be done had been done, and that the worst European war since Adolf Hitler would somehow go away.

In reality, endless deliberations and obsessive 5D chess to save Putin’s ass from falling entirely into Chinese hands effectively saved the Kremlin from a proper and resolute military defeat in Ukraine that could have disabled the Kremlin from new acts of aggression for decades to come.

Putin was given almost two years to recover from his disastrous early failure. The Kremlin rebooted its economy, adapted it to international sanctions, found new markets to sell gas and oil on, relaunched its military production industry, and made an alliance with Iran and North Korea to get drones, missiles, and ammo and replenish its emptied Soviet stocks. And you know what?

They ended up being very fine with this war. Russian people, being what it is, are silent or widely supportive. The poor and destitute are happy to kill Ukrainians and die for an equivalent of a U.S. blue-collar salary.

The rich and powerful are now having a cut in the giant black hole of budget spending that any war is, and entire Russian industries are thriving thanks to a massive war. Nobody gives a shit about Russia’s insane loss of life not seen since World War II.

From the Western side, we have a historically unique situation. Not a single American or European soldier now has to die in the worst European war since Adolf Hitler. Western defense industries have prospects for gargantuan, long-term contracts to support Ukraine in war and its subsequent post-war defense development.

Ukraine, having as little as it has, demonstrates outstanding battlefield results thanks to the exceptional heroism and dedication of its military. Ukraine asks for money and arms to deal with the greatest European security threat of the 21st century all alone.

But no, the free world keeps impeding itself and fearing getting out of its long-ingrained comfort zone.

And yeah – while the West is just dreaming of getting back to normal, Russia’s propaganda meta-world is having a full-scale war on the entire West. Try and watch Russian TV for five minutes if you don’t trust me.

The Kremlin has recovered from the initial shock of the early setback in Ukraine and has made this “civilization war with the West” a cornerstone of its ideology. It’s now their foremost instrument of holding power over Russia.

They’re not landing on the Moon, or building a quantum computer, or making Russia home to the world’s top five universities. They’ve been investing billions for decades to propagate hatred, revanchism, Soviet Stalinism, domination, and territorial expansion based on “taking what’s ours.”

Poor, destitute, and revenge-seeking, Russia gets back to the state of the besieged fortress of Eurasia that will always be at war with Oceania. They need triumphant victories over the heinous West that owes it everything, they need “new territories” (even in the form of senselessly desolated cities turned into mass graves, you know).

They need war as such.

So of course, why would Moscow want a real ‘ceasefire’ and ‘peace’ in Ukraine at the present status quo — if they obviously see that they can intimidate and wear out the West into giving up on Ukraine completely?

As @FRHoffmann1 very correctly points out, Russia’s main conclusion behind this war is that the West is critically short of resolve.

The Kremlin quite expectedly sees weakness in this endless drama over the Ukraine aid. That’s a pleasant invitation for more aggression because this works. What they’ve seen and are seeing makes them believe NATO will very likely back off first for the sake of a short-living illusion of its peace of mind and safety.

And yeah, they basically don’t even need to reinstate their military power decimated by Ukraine — seeing how weak the West may be, they know that nuclear threats and blackmailing may work.

And yeah, again, there will be a lot of galaxy brans yelling “Send not a single rifle round to Tallinn/Riga/Vilnius/Chishinau/Helsinki/Warsaw and roll back to 1997/1989/1945/1913 for peace!!”

This reminds me of a situation in which a sick person continuously ignores his or her increasingly dangerous symptoms. Until he or she just can’t anymore. Or until it’s too late.

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Here’s the thread that he’s referring to via the Thread Reader App:

In this thread, I will explain why we are much closer to war with 🇷🇺 than most people realize and why our time window for rearmament is shorter than many believe. In my opinion, we have at best 2-3 years to re-establish deterrence vis-à-vis 🇷🇺. Here’s why 👇 1/20

One common mistake in analyzing the threat posed by Russia is falling into the trap of ‘mirror-imaging’. This means assuming that Russia views a potential conflict with us in the same way we view a potential conflict with them. Nothing could be further from the truth. 2/20 

In addition, it is important to be cautious about extrapolating too many lessons from Ukraine & assuming that a war with 🇷🇺 would unfold in a similar manner, albeit on a larger scale. In reality, a war between NATO & Russia would likely take on a different form altogether. 3/20 

🇷🇺 does not plan for the type of large-scale conventional war with NATO that we are currently seeing in Ukraine & for which we are primarily preparing. Already before taking substantial losses on the 🇺🇦 battlefield, 🇷🇺 knew that it would be inferior in such a scenario. 4/20 

Russian thinking on a war with NATO revolves around the concept of escalation control and escalation management. Russia’s primary objective in a war with NATO is to effectively manage escalation and bring the war to an early end on terms that are favorable to Russia. 5/20 

Terminating hostilities early is necessary, given that 🇷🇺 must secure a victorous outcome before NATO’s conventional superiority comes to bear, most notably that of the United States. Two key concepts play a crucial role: de-escalation strikes and aggressive sanctuarization. 6/20 

Rather than comprehensively defeating NATO in a prolonged ground war, similar to what we see in Ukraine, Russian doctrine suggests that Russia would attempt to coerce NATO into submission by signaling the ability to inflict progressively greater amounts of damage. 7/20 

This would entail, in particular, long-range strikes against critical civilian infrastructure across European NATO countries early on. The message to NATO governments: Don’t come to the support of your Eastern European allies, unless you want to see your population suffer. 8/20 

Simultaneously, Russia would extend its nuclear umbrella over any NATO territory it managed to capture in an initial assault. This sends a second message: Any endeavor to retake that territory, particularly by external NATO forces (USA), will result in nuclear escalation. 9/20 

The psychological fear of escalation, which may ultimately result in unacceptable damage, is supposed to open the door for negotiations about the future of NATO and the security architecture in Europe – of course, on Russia’s terms. 10/20 

This type of warfighting scenario is not a contest of forces, but primarily a risk-taking competition. The question becomes: Who will be the first to back down when confronted with the prospect of largescale war, including potential exchanges of strategic nuclear warheads? 11/20 

As Cold War historians know, the balance of military power is not deterministic of outcomes in risk-taking competitions. Instead, they are often determined by the balance of resolve; i.e., the relative willingness to remain steadfast even as risks are increasing. 12/20 

This is why Russia pursues this type of strategy. Russia does not need to match NATO’s conventional power. As long as NATO gives in first amid mounting psychological pressure due to a lack of resolve, Russia can walk away with a victory. 13/20 

Here’s the thing: The ongoing war in Ukraine is teaching Russia a crucial lesson – that the West lacks resolve. Domestic disunity and endless discussions about escalation only reinforce Russia’s belief that NATO will back down when push comes to shove. 14/20 

This means Russia does not have to wait until its conventional power is reconstituted. Scenarios where we have 5-10 years to rearm following the end of the war are way too optimistic, in my opinion. 15/20 

I am with the Eastern European states that we have at best 2-3 years from today to re-establish a credible deterrence posture vis-à-vis Russia. Otherwise, we run the grave risk that Russia is going to challenge us, sooner rather than later. 16/20 

NATO must credibly deny Russia the ability to seize any substantial part of NATO territory or to threaten strikes against NATO critical infrastructure. This is needed to escape the coercive conundrum that aggressive sancturization and de-escalation strikes pose. 17/20 

We must also have a serious discussion not only about how to deter a war with 🇷🇺 but also about how to fight one. Are we prepared to retaliate against Russian critical civilian infrastructure in case Russia strikes ours first? How do we react to Russian nuclear first use? 18/20 

Our lack of preparedness, both in the physcial space but also in terms of our cognitive ability to think through these scenarios, is encouraging 🇷🇺. Since 2014, Russian intellectuals have debated extensively and publicly how to win a war against NATO. Where is our debate? 19/20 

What we need, especially in Europe, is whole-of-society effort to get our affairs in order. There’s no denying that this will come with a significant cost, but I fail to see any other viable option. Considering worst-case scenarios, as we should, time has already run out. 20/20

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