(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Ukraine Invasion Day 784: closer to a funding deal, closer to RU targets [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-04-16 Russian forces conducted a limited drone strike against Ukraine on the night of April 15-16. Ukraine 🇺🇦 will increase the range of their Neptune Missiles to 1000km and increase production of Neptune missiles by 10 times so they can strike targets deep inside of Russia This will allow Ukraine to hit Russian ships at further distances and reach 59 of Russia’s 99 air bases pic.twitter.com/1VWuTZZdkt The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched nine Shahed-136/131 drones from occupied Cape Chauda, Crimea, and that Ukrainian forces destroyed all the drones over Kherson, Mykolaiv, Khmelnytskyi, Poltava, Cherkasy, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.[72] Ukrainian Southern Operational Command Spokesperson Colonel Nataliya Humenyuk noted that the Russian strike series on the night of April 15-16 consisted of a smaller number of drones than recent strikes.[73] ⚡️ WAR IN #UKRAINE - APR 16, 2024 ■ Highest number of engagements seen in more than two months ■ Casualties above 7-day average but modest equipment losses ■ Fewest 🇷🇺 strikes reported in more than two months resulting in much improved ratios See dashboard for further data… pic.twitter.com/5gAoUl5aIP Ukrainian forces continued to hold some positions in westernmost Ivanivske (southeast of Chasiv Yar). Geolocated footage published on April 15 shows Russian drone operators striking Ukrainian positions in western Ivanivske.[46] ... Positional fighting also continued southeast of Chasiv Yar near Novyi microraion, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, and Andriivka.[49] Elements of the Russian 331st Guards VDV Regiment (98th VDV Division) and 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade (Leningrad Military District [LMD]) are reportedly operating near Chasiv Yar, and elements of the 1486 “Leningrad” Regiment (a unit composed of mobilized personnel) are continuing to operate near Klishchiivka.[50] Ukraine’s nuke: About useful idiots, the fifth column and Budapest Memorandum Almost three dozen years have passed since December 5, 1994, when representatives of four UN member states that owned nuclear weapons at that time, namely: Ukrainian President L. Kuchma, US President B.… pic.twitter.com/2Z3oWEETId "I think the most likely outcome is that Russia will have made gains, but will not have managed to break through. "It will not have forces that are big enough or good enough to punch all the way through to the river [Dnipro]... but the war will have turned in Russia's favour." "At some point this summer," says General Sir Richard Barrons, "we expect to see a major Russian offensive with the intention of doing more than a breakthrough with small successes to perhaps try to break through the Ukrainian positions. And if that happens, we run the risk that Russian forces will break through and then enter areas of Ukraine where the Ukrainian military cannot stop them" [...] The Commander of US Forces in Europe, General Christopher Cavoli, has warned that unless the US rushes significantly more weapons and ammunition to Ukraine then its forces will be outgunned on the battlefield by ten to one. Mass matters. The Russian army's tactics, leadership and equipment may be inferior to Ukraine's, but it has such superiority in numbers, especially artillery, that if it does nothing else this year, its default option will be to keep pushing Ukraine's forces back in a westward direction, taking village after village. www.bbc.com/.… [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/4/16/2235618/-Ukraine-Invasion-Day-784-closer-to-a-funding-deal-closer-to-RU-targets?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/