Ukraine War Update NEWS (20240801b): Military Aid & Geopolitical News

Here is today's UWU NEWS giving you all the nuggets you need to add to your understanding of events.

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Russian losses open-source data set (from Del):

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[Bob-px]

Thanks JP your hard work and tireless research is much appreciated. 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇱🇷

[sunflower-tz]

Wonderful update JP & team, thank you so much. This is my favourite one-stop-shop for Ukraine & international news, analysis, humour & rants 💙💛

[Peter-orwl]

Hy JP, you do a very good job with your team

[LadaGaga]

Thanks JP, much appreciated reporting. I was quietly holding my breath that DJT would be perceived as the “deal maker” in Evan’s release. Glad to see he was full of hot gas again.

[Nick-pqri]

Glad to hear Paul Whelan is amongst those released finally, I can’t imagine what it has been like for him and his family so good luck Paul ✌️🇬🇧

[johncromwell]

You definitely still got your wits and then some JP
How bout another nickname for the Legend??
I was thinking Sharp as a tack Union Jack 🇬🇧!

[richardbennett]

Good Afternoon Jonathan and the ATP team

[markb]

Bill Browder will b happy to hear about the prisoner swap. I'm glad our NYT journalist will b freed as well.

[alandoherty]

Great video thank you for the information provided glory to Ukraine slava Ukraine pryvit keep smiling and be happy

[KevinForst-nt]

Hello everyone. Interesting article from Jade McGlynn on CSIS called Crossing Thresholds: Ukrainian Resistance to Russian Occupation. Lots of information about the types and levels of Ukraine resistance behind russian lines in the occupied territories. Well worth reading.

"The performative terror so characteristic of the Putin regime in
Russia has acquired an even grislier turn in the occupied territories,
as reflected in the words of this former resident. Across all
Russian-occupied towns and cities in Ukraine, torture chambers
function in plain sight, as a demonstrative form of intimidation"

[harveybrown]

Evening Jonathan at al. Great that Vladimir Kara-Murza, a dual Russian-British citizen and longstanding opposition voice, who was sentenced to 25 years for high treason, has been released.

[Finnishguy]

Hello people again, thank you Jonathan

[RickFromTheNetherlands]

Hi Jonathan, thanks for keeping us up to date!

9:04 A small side note: this statement is based on a even distribution of drones among the frontline. I cannot see that ever being the case. It would not make sense. Most drones would likely go to the hotspots where they needed the most. I cannot imagine there to be a difference between Russia and Ukraine there. Hence the statement that 4, 000 drones would mean 1 drone per operator, resulting in 2 drones per mile has no meaning. That is just a missusage of statistics.

But like the article also states, and what I find more interesting/important is the quality, type and performance of the drones used. We have seen how effective Ukrainian drones can be, so don’t get me wrong. Russia can never beat the drone armsrace against Ukraine and The West. Russia will continue to to suffer under the use of drones by Ukraine and I think their suffering will only get worse when time passes by.

But if Russia truly produces 4, 000 drones a day, that is significant and we should not downplay that to 2 drones a kilometer. That is not how it works. But maybe I did miss something. More important, also here, is how is the quality of the drones and how effective are they used (as you mention in your video). Russia has very effective drone units, there is plenty of video evidence for that, but in the end, in my opinion, they will always lose from Ukraine and The West on the long run.

Cheers, Rick

[brotherbuddha]

There is a difference between peace and quiet. There are many—Orban, Fico, etc.—who currently claim to be proponents of the former in Ukraine while actually supporting and working towards outcomes that embrace the latter. They seek a future in which Ukrainians are made to suffer in silence under repressive Russian subjugation.

[adrianthomas]

Big prisoner exchange happening today!! Keep an eye on news gang!

[surpriseitsus]

I heard 20 f-16s by years end.
Hello team and JP ❤

[tommarney]

I'm agog that Putin agreed to this without an explicit role for Trump. I'll be anxiously awaiting informed commentary on the subject.

[darrencorrigan]

Hi, Jon & Team. They must have the explosives for those attacks. Yes to F-16s.

[jeffree]

The oil hasn't evens topped flowing, they just need to buy it of a company other than Lukoil.

[RichardKrom-ulzo]

Drone operator! "Sounds"! Safer? "MORE", DRONES.👏👏👏👏