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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 05 FEB 2024 23:50 PST - As Long As It Takes Meant Until September 2023

Added 2024-02-06 10:05:19 +0000 UTC

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SITREP 595 is 64 pages long and a full report.

What's Happening

What's the big story? Future U.S. aid to Ukraine is 99.9999% dead. Putin's strategy of waiting it out worked.

What's the second story? Brutal and chaotic fighting in Avdiivka.

Summary

Future U.S. financial and military aid to Ukraine is 99.9999% dead
There are minor map updates
There are assessment updates
There was a sharp increase in combat clashes
Fighting continued in the Kupyansk AO
A Russian missile struck a hotel in Zolochiv, Kharkiv
Fighting continued in the Kreminna AO
Fighting continued in the Lysychansk AO
The rocket attack on occupied Lysychansk killed the illegitimate Minister of Emergency Situations and two city council deputies
The U.N. condemned Ukraine for the attack with a straight face as Russia calls for an emergency Security Council meeting
Renewed fighting was reported in the Siversk AO
Fighting continued in the Bakhmut AO
Fighting continued in the Klishchiivka AO
The situation in Avdiivka is chaotic as Ukrainian forces struggle to reestablish defensive lines
Russian forces made a small gain in southern Avdiivka, and the 47th lost a now irreplaceable Bradley IFV
Fighting continued in the Marinka AO
Fighting continued in the Vuhledar AO
Fighting continued in the Staromlynivka AO
Light fighting continued in the Orikhiv AO
Fighting continued in the Kherson AO
France summoned the Russian ambassador after two humanitarian volunteers were killed in Ukraine
Foreign volunteers will not be allowed on the right bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson without special permission
There is a shortage of civilian workers in occupied Kherson
There is one Kilo-class sub of the Black Sea Fleet on patrol
Russian DRG unit activity is increasing in northern Ukraine, and they’re elite forces
Belarusian dictator Lukashenko made it legal for the military to shoot civilians
Elite GUR forces are hunting down the remains of PMC Wagner in Sudan
President Zelenskyy’s press secretary tries to explain the “stalemate” comment from yesterday
Zelenskyy asked for martial law and mobilization to be extended another 90 days
The Minister of Veterans Affairs for Ukraine was dismissed as part of the “reboot of the governing apparatus” of Ukraine
215,000 Russians have asked Ukraine if they know where their family member is
11,000 have been confirmed KIA in the last 78 days, with Ukraine holding their remains
Ukraine has developed another new drone
France has provided Ukraine with Ottawa-compliant antitank mines
France vowed to continue to support Ukraine militarily and financially
The Netherlands has increased the number of F-16s it will send to Ukraine to 24
Ukraine has asked Canada for more than 80,000 70 mm unguided rockets set for disposal
The Norwegian-Finnish company Nammo Lapua has requested to join the E.U. ASAP Program, which supports Ukraine
E.U. head of diplomacy, Joseph Borrell, said that the reason Ukraine won’t get the promised 650,000 155 mm rounds is they were sold to other countries
Greece denied they planned to send S-300 air defense missiles to Ukraine
President Putin discredits the Russian Federation Armed Forces and its drone efforts
Russian vowed to allocate 100 billion roubles for drone development and production over the next three years
Russian propagandists celebrated a new state-of-the-art anti-drone technology
Russian Tu-95 bomber pilot Major Oleg Stegachev survived an assassination attempt
Russia lost two Mi-8 helicopters due to accidents
Russia is having to cannibalize Ka-52 helicopters to keep the remaining fleet airworthy
Russian troops who complained about their commander were handcuffed to a handrail for days as punishment
Wounded Russian troops complain about hospital conditions
The former head of the fuel and lubricants service for the Russian armed forces was arrested for stealing diesel fuel
State Duma Deputy Andrey Kartapolov said that Russia doesn’t have enough air defense systems to protect St. Petersburg
Russian propagandist Solovyov called for the arrest and destruction of Russian milbloggers who share information about battlefield failures
Russian milbloggers hit back
Chechen Akhmat is creating a children’s battalion
Igor “Strelkov” Girkin may return to Ukraine in a Storm V penal unit
Russia will outlaw the use of VPNs on March 1
Former PMC Wagner leader Anton Elizarov has disappeared after being arrested by Russian officials
Almost two dozen journalists covering a protested at the Russian tomb of the unknown soldier in Moscow were arrested
Russian politician Yulia Galyamina is ending all activity due to threats
Books written by Russian author Lyudmila Ulitskaya have been pulled and she is under investigation
A woman in Nizhny Novgorod was arrested for having seven colored frog earrings
A pensioner in Moscow was arrested for wearing a jacket that said, “Russia without Putin”
Hungary did not vote on the accession of Sweden to the NATO Alliance
An aid to German Bundestag Delegate Evgeniy Schmidt resigned after being accused of working with the FSB
Finland plans to keep its border closed with Russia
An appeal by Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson to continue funding Ukraine was rejected

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