сегодняшний брифинг американского минобороны(я не знаю, надо ли переводить, на украинский не умею, да и английский вы наверно и так все давно выучили)
We had talked about this town, Izyum, in the east south of Kharkiv .... and what we're seeing today is -- is some significant fighting there by the Ukrainians in an effort to take it back. So I just thought I'd -- I'd note that
Город Изюм - мы видели там серьёзные бои, украинцы явно пытаются его отбить назад
Mariupol. What we observed over the last 24 hours is that the Russians have likely been firing into the city from the sea, from the Sea of Azov, so just to the south of Mariupol. We assess that they've got about five to six ships in the Sea of Azov. Actually, I would count that as more like seven, and we think at least some of the surface combatants have been shelling into Mariupol, and that wasn't the case yesterday.
Мариуполь - русские вроде бы начали его обстреливать с азовского моря. Мы там видели 7 кораблей, некоторые из них surface combatant (корабли с оружием, которые могут вести бои), и они начали обстреливать Мариуполь. Вчера такого не было.
But obviously, we continue to observe a number of Russian forces inside the city. We think at least some of them are separatist forces that came from the Donbas. And again, the Ukrainians are fighting very, very hard from to keep Mariupol from falling.
ну конечно внутри города русские тоже есть. И ещё "сепаратисты" из Донбаса. Украинцы сражаются очень и очень тяжело, чтобы отстоять Мариуполь.
we still assess that naval activity in the northern Black Sea and no sense, no indication that there is an imminent amphibious assault on or near Odesa.
мы видим какую-то активность в чорном море, но нет никаких знаков, что они готовят атаку на Одессу
Some of you are going to ask me about combat power, assess combat power,... we have assessed that for the first time that the Russians may be slightly below a 90 percent level of assessed available combat power.
наверно вы хотите меня попросить оценить кол-во солдат, мы в общем очень осторожно подходим, трудно оценить, я зуб не дам, но вот мы решили первый раз выдать нашу оценку - мы считаем там у них осталось немного меньше 90%
no tangible indications of reinforcements being brought in from elsewhere in the country, no tangible indications of foreign fighters that have flown into the country. We do assess the Wagner Group is active in Ukraine. We think that that activity is largely in the Donbas area, but no indication that they've, you know, moved in foreign fighters from Syria or elsewhere.
совершенно не видим, что они добавляют новых военных, своих или иностранных. Мы видели группу вагнера, они её заслали в Украину, но они действуют в основном на Донбасе. Но каких-то там сирийцев или ещё кого - нетути.
And on resupply, again, no tangible indications that they are making an effort to resupply from outside the theater there, that they're pulling in from elsewhere around Russia. But we do continue to see indications that they are having these discussions, and that they are making those kinds of plan both in terms of resupply, and also reinforcement. It's just that we haven't seen that actually been taking place.
чтоб они подвозили оружие или жрачку - тоже не видим. Но мы знаем, что они об этом треплются, что надо-надо, и оружие, и зомби. Но ничо не происходит.
Q: Hey, (inaudible), I know you said no indications of foreign fighters from elsewhere, but we're hearing U.S. officials saying on other platforms that the Belarusians are preparing to go in. I was wondering if you had anything on that.
A: I don't have anything specifically with respect to Belarusian intentions. We're watching this as closely as we can. But nothing specific to report to in terms of Belarusian activity towards moving in.
Вопрос: вы сказали, нет иностранных военных. А беларусы?
Ответ: мы следим за беларусами, но пока ничо не видно
Q: Hi. There was a Russian media report that was withdrawn after they said it was a hacking incident. But they said Russian casualty numbers of 9,861 Russian troops dead and 16,153 wounded. And these are figures that actually have been out there once before.
Was wondering, does the U.S. believe that these numbers may be credible? Does the U.S. believe that this was actually a hacking attack or was it -- kind of a censorship issue? Is there any insight you can give us on the casualties in this incident? Thanks.
A: Unfortunately, no, Phil. I'm aware of that incident but we can't declaratively say whether it was hacking or whether it was a protester who did it, or whether the outlet was making some sort of statement. And we certainly can't verify the numbers.
As you know we have been very, very careful about not getting into the casualty count. Because even our best estimates are just that, and we have low confidence in them. And so, I'm going to continue to stay away from the numbers.
- а вы видали у них там был инцидент, когда они сначала написали 9000 трупов и 16000 раненых, а потом убрали? Как вы думаете, это правдивые цифры? И кто это ваще сделал? это хакеры или цензура прохлопала ушами?
- мы видели, но мы знать не знаем, кто и зачем это сделал, и не можем подтвердить цифры. Я говорил, мы очень-очень осторожны с оценками. Мы уж как смогли оценили, но зуб не дадим.
Russian resupply... we're on day 27, and we continue to see them have fuel problems, food problems.
We're starting to see them as we've talked about have inventory issues, particularly with respect to precision-guided munitions. I mean, so, it follows that, you know, a month into an operation of a size and a scale that they've never attempted before that they would be exploring replenishment options.
...they were having logistics and sustainment issues less than a week in. So clearly they did not properly plan for it, if they did they they didn't properly execute to that.
насчёт их пополнения. У нас щас 27-й день и мы видим, что у них каких только проблем нет, и топливо, и еда. У них некоторые боеприпасы стали кончаться, например высокоточное оружие. Что тут удивительного, уже месяц операции такого масштаба, какие они никогда не делали, понятно будут проблемы пополнения.
Но вообще проблемы с логистикой и поддержкой у них ещё в первую неделю начались. Определённо они это всё не так планировали, а если и планировали - то облажались.
we have seen clear evidence that over the -- certainly over the last week or so the Russians have deliberately and intentionally targeted civilian infrastructure, hospitals, places of shelter, and we also have indications of behavior on the ground by Russian forces that would likewise constitute war crimes
мы видим факты - да хотя бы за прошлую неделю - что русские намеренно и специально бомбят жилые дома, больницы, укрытия, и поведение русских солдат определённо подходит под определение военных преступлений
we've even picked up some indications that some of their soldiers are suffering from frostbite because they lack the appropriate cold-weather gear for the environment that they're in, in addition to food and fuel, even in terms of personal equipment for some of their troops they're having trouble, and we've picked up indications that some troops have actually suffered and taken out of the fight because of frostbite.
So yes, they are having continued logistics and sustainment issues, and again, because the Ukrainians have done a good job frustrating their efforts to resupply, as well as because we don't think they properly planned for logistics and sustainment on the level that they needed to.
We also still assess that they're having command-and-control challenges of being able to communicate with one another, and without communications, it's hard to get things like logistics and sustainment moving. So they're struggling on many fronts.
мы даже знаем, что некоторые солдаты у них там всё себе отморозили и поэтому выбыли из боя - прикиньте, даже для зимы не подготовились, как обычно неожиданно нагрянула в феврале, ни одежды нормальной, ни жратвы, ни топлива
в общем, у них куча всяких проблем, и украинцы здорово мешают им перезарядиться, ну и до кучи они дебилы и не планировали нормально
к тому же у них проблемы с коммуникацией - это ещё больше усугубляет проблемы с логистикой
