New Year Missile & Drone Strikes Continue Across Ukraine as NATO Recognizes Scale of Conflict

Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for January 2, 2023: - Fighting continues around Bakhmut and across the wider Donbass region; - Russian missile and drone strikes continue for several days now; - Ukrainian sources claim “all” drones were downed but damage to infrastructure proves otherwise; - Ukraine claims to have hit Russian troops with a HIMARS rocket attack; - The attack is only in the news because it happens so infrequently; - Russia carries out similar attacks nearly daily with its much larger number of guided-rocket launchers and ballistic missile systems; - NATO admits Russia can fight on long-term and that Ukraine requires long-term support; - EU begins training 1,100 Ukrainians for 2 months and plans to train up to 15,000 over the next 2 years; - 200-300 Ukrainian perish in fighting daily at a minimum with fighting around Bakhmut raising deaths and injuries to around 1,000 daily; - Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterates that the West is using Ukraine as a proxy to harm Russia, a fact stated in US policy documents like RAND’s 2019 “Extending Russia“ paper; References: BBC - Ukraine claims hundreds of Russians killed by missile attack: BBC - Ukraine must get long-term support, warns Nato chief: RAND Corporation - Extending Russia Competing from Advantageous Ground (2019): Bloomberg - Bloomberg - Ukrainian Troops Begin EU Training as Bloc Expands Military Role: wall Where to Find My Work: Website: Telegram: Twitter: Odysee (YouTube alternative): @LandDestroyer:8 Rumble (YouTube alternative): Weibo: ไบรอัน แฟนคลับ (Facebook): Line Group: Gab: VK (Facebook alternative): How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: Patreon: PromptPay: 0851547235 Cryptocurrency Donations: Ethereum (ETH): 0xee6ed93c3adc474450011e9af22939a0b9b312c7 BitCoin (BTC): 1AfGnbmHxA6cy9YKUSxysXvpJPyecpBKrr Monero (XMR): 845TCXx3pchSBXuDL7FHG679gbWD2wkHS6MJxuq7jFVsVFj7T6xsry747uhhGZUdkaRXbbrMfo5c8RnGfzGZ13KxQUdHVLR