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Wagner financier Yevgeny Prigozhin’s star has begun to set after months of apparent rise following his failure to make good on promises of capturing Bakhmut with his own forces. Russian President Vladimir Putin had likely turned to Prigozhin and P
Key inflections in ongoing military operations on January 22:
• Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin made uncredible threats of nuclear escalation as part of an ongoing information operation aimed at deterring the Western provision of further military aid to Ukraine.
• Russian milbloggers on January 22 continued to discuss the potential of a pending major Russian or Ukrainian offensive and speculated as to which areas present the highest priority targets.
• Russian forces continued limited counterattacks to regain lost positions along the Svatove-Kreminna line on January 22.
• Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces struck an industrial facility in Kadiivka, Luhansk Oblast with HIMARS rockets.
• Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Bakhmut and the Donetsk City-Avdiivka areas.
• Russian sources claimed on January 22 that Russian forces continued offensive operations in two directions in Zaporizhia Oblast, with their main efforts focusing on Hulyaipole and Orikhiv.
• Russian occupation authorities continued commandeering civilian infrastructure in occupied territories at the expense of civilian health and safety on January 22. (a war crime)
Interactive Map: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
This interactive map complements the static control-of-terrain maps that ISW daily produces with high-fidelity.
Invasion Day 333 – Summary
The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 22nd January 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). includes the area of between Oskil and Aydar river Svatove…
militaryland.net
The Ukrainian defense forces eliminated about 121,480 Russian invaders from February 24, 2022, to January 23, 2023, including 720 soldiers over the past day.
In the spotlight.....
America in Decline? World Thinks Again.
Bolstered by a strong response in Ukraine, the U.S. is once again the talk of Davos.
Nearly 3,000 Russians killed in last four days of war: Ukraine
The death toll keeps escalating while fighting in the harsh winter continues.
"Deaths of Russians during the war keep mounting at a rate higher than earlier in the war."
Over 100 Russian soldiers buried under rubble after strike on base—Ukraine
Ukraine said on Sunday it had launched strikes on a hospital in Luhansk which housed Russian soldiers.
"The former dispensary of a machine-building plant was struck with high-precision weapons that killed mostly Chechen soldiers."
Ukraine may get "huge add" to military that could level Russia's advances
A Dutch official said Thursday that his country would consider giving F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked for them.
"The Netherlands on Thursday said it would consider supplying F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine if Kyiv made such a request."
Ukraine's battlefields look like World War I but with a new and terrifying addition that leaves troops with almost nowhere to hide
Ferocious fighting in Ukraine has opened a fresh and deadly chapter in the history of warfare.
"The incessant buzzing of drones, harbingers of death and destruction that are constantly watching from above."
When will Putin give up Ukraine? Only when his inner circle forces him to stop | Olga Chyzh
Unlike western leaders, the Russian president does not answer to voters or the media. Which means he plays a much, much longer game, says political science academic Olga Chyzh
"Putin’s continuity in power is only predicated on the support of a handful of trusted elites."
Will Putin survive his 'catastrophic' Ukraine war?
There are really only three ways the war can topple Putin himself: He could die, resign, or be involuntarily retired
Putin's war of expansion in Ukraine has turned Russia into a failed state.