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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 22 JAN 2024 23:59* PST - Russia Launches Another Missile Attack

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SITREP 586 is 58 pages and combat only!

What's Happening

What's the big story? Russia launched 41 missiles at Ukraine, killing at least five and wounding dozens.

What's the second story? Ukrainian forces hold their defensive lines, and the situation in southern Avdiivka isn't as bad as reported yesterday.

Bonus Story: Billions upon billions of euros of financial and military aid from the E.U. appears to be poised for approval within the next 4 to 6 weeks.

Summary

There are map updates
Fighting continued in the Kupyansk AO
Fighting continued in the Savatove AO
Fighting continued in the Kreminna AO
Fighting continued in the Lysychansk AO
Fighting continued in the Siversk AO
Reports that Vesele in the Soledar AO was captured were walked backed
Fighting continued in the Bakhmut AO
Fighting continued in the Klishchiivka AO
Fighting was ongoing in the Toresk-Niu York AO
Fighting continued in the Avdiivka AO
Power, water, sewer, hot water, heat, and cellular service remained out for large areas of occupied Donetsk
Russian advances in the southern part of Avdiivka were overstated
Reports that Ukrainian forces were pushed out of the Zenith air defense compoud were false
Fighting continued in the Marinka AO
Fighting continued in the Staromlynivka AO
Light fighting continued in the Orikhiv AO
The Battalion commander for the Chechen Vostok-Akhmat group, Vakha Khambulatov, was recorded attacking a Russian border guard at a checkpoint in occupied Melitopol
Fighting continued in the Kherson AO
The Kerch Bridge was closed for part of the day for unknown reasons
Insurgents in occupied Crimea documented Russian equipment movement
Water service remains unavailable in Sevastopol, and may be out for another week
A FAB-250 bomb fell off a Russian plane in the Belgorod region of Russia and hit a dam
The Novatek Plant in St. Petersburg is crippled after the Ukrainian drone attack and will be offline for weeks
The number of daily Russian ground attacks is down 50% after a brief surge
Russia launched 41 missiles at Ukraine, with air defenses intercepting 20
The number of FAB UMPK glide bombs the Russian VKS is using a month has stabilized around 1,000
There has been a significant drop in the number of Shahed-136 one-way drones used in January
The International Institute for Strategic Studies warned that Moscow is adjusting its nuclear weapon doctrine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov went to the U.N. and claimed Russia was always willing to negotiate for peace
More than 60% of Ukraine’s 2023 state budget went to military spending
The Turkish Parliament is poised to vote on Sweden’s accession to the NATO Alliance this week
The E.U. believes it can produce 1.3 million artillery shells in 2024, mostly for Ukraine, and provide the 650,000 shells delayed from 2023 by April of this year
Hungary and Slovakia have signaled they will not block 50 billion euros of financial aid for Ukraine during next month’s E.U. vote
All 27 E.U. nations have agreed in principle to transfer the profits from investment and interest from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine
Polish President Andrzej Duda and President Zelenskyy announced a new arms agreement and signaled relations were rapidly thawing
Poland joined the G7 security agreement group
President Duda appeared to take a swipe at Washington D.C. over delayed aid
Belgium and Lithuania announced new military aid packages for Ukraine
MBDA Taurus Group announced it could quickly restart production of the German Taurus cruise missile
Ukrainian pilots continue their training to fly the F-16
The White House appealed for Congress to approve military aid for Ukraine as quickly as possible
The U.S. House of Representatives is taking the week off after working only three days last week
The Ramstein Working Group, headed by the U.S., will meet on January 23
Awkward

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