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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 05 JAN 2024 23:59* PST - We Don't Get It

Added 2024-01-06 09:44:41 +0000 UTC

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SITREP 573 is 58 pages and a full report.

What's Happening

What's the big story? Russia has the personnel, the ammunition, and the battlefield initiative - why have the number, size, and intensity of attacks dropped so much?

What's the second story? Ramzan Kadyrov has a new pedophile friend.

What's the bonus story? Winter is coming.

Summary

There are assessment updates
There are rumor updates
A major weather event will bring blizzard conditions to large parts of Ukraine on January 8 and 9
Fighting continued in the Kupyansk AO
There was no reported fighting in the Svatove, Kreminna, Lysychansk, and Siversk AOs
Fighting continued northwest and southwest of Bakhmut
Fighting continued in the Klishchiivka AO
Fighting continued in the Avdiivka AO
Fighting continued in the Marinka AO
Fighting continued in the Vuhledar AO
Ukrainian forces were reportedly on the offensive in the Orikhiv AO
South of Orikhiv, Ukrainian forces destroyed a pair of 2S9 SPGs that were clustered together
Fighting continued in the Kherson AO
A Russian rocket attack struck grain storage in Inhulets
Russia claimed it shot down Ukrainian missiles over occupied Crimea
Ukraine claimed it destroyed a Russian ammunition depot in occupied Crimea
A GUR SSO platoon mined roads in the Belgorod region of Russia and attacked a Russian platoon
Shebekino, Russia, was shelled by Ukrainian artillery
Officials in the Belgorod region of Russia advised residents to tape their windows due to ongoing attacks and offered to evacuate civilians from the region
Russia launched 31 Shahed-136 one-way drones, and Ukraine shot down 23
In 2023, Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 70.3% of Russian missiles and 83.8% of large one-way drones
Also, in 2023, Ukrainian officials issued more than 16,000 air raid alerts
Ukraine provides proof that Kh-47 Kinzhal missiles were intercepted, and Russian milbloggers are not happy
Ukrainian officials are working on confirming that North Korean Kh-23 SRBMs were used to attack Kharkiv
The Freedom of Russia Legion has started training a new group of recruits from eastern Russia
The SBU released new details about their ongoing investigation into Kyivguma and its business leaders
The SBU arrested wannabe Ukrainian Internet edge lord Andrii Uvarov, who is facing life in prison
President Putin signed a decree that will fast-track citizenship for foreign nationals who join the Russian military and survive
Nepal will stop issuing work permits to Russia and Ukraine
Russia has a growing worker crisis
An Israeli defense expert estimates the mortality rate for wounded Russian troops is 33%
A deputy commander of an elite Russian military unit was arrested for drug trafficking
Russia is withholding rehabilitative medical care and vacation for mobiks due to an increasing number of desertions
Video showed dozens of Russian soldiers stuffed in a basement prison cell located in occupied Luhansk
Russian veterans and their family members were attacked in Chelyabinsk, Russia
Russia is believed to be developing a new cluster bomb warhead for the Kh-32 supersonic cruise missile
Russia is now using new 9M333 air defense missiles, indicating the supply of Cold War era 9M37 missiles is exhausted
Film director Artem Burlov was convicted for a third time for discrediting the Russian Federation Armed Forces and is already facing a fourth charge
Convicted pedophile Scott Ritter visited Ramzan Kadyrov in Chechenya
Kadyrov offered to release 20 Ukrainian POWs if the United States drops sanctions against him and his family members
Russians were upset over the publicity stunt, forcing Kadyrov to go, “just kidding”
Investigators still don’t have a full list of the Ukrainian POWs held in Olenivka Prison when it exploded in the summer of 2022
Almost two years in captivity couldn’t break the love between two members of the Ukrainian 36th Naval Infantry Brigade
Another child was repatriated to Ukraine from the occupied territories
The GUR reported 220 Russian soldiers have surrendered through the I Want To Live program
Latvia notified 1,167 Russians they’ll be deported on February 2 if they don’t voluntarily leave
Finland announced the nation will stop buying Russian natural gas

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