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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 01 FEB 2024 22:00 PST - Zaluzhnyi Makes His Case - and Drones are the Future

Added 2024-02-02 06:07:24 +0000 UTC

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SITREP 594 is 59 pages and is combat only.

What's Happening

What's the big story? Zaluzhnyi writes his second essay, this one for CNN, as rumors that he will be dismissed continue to swirl. If the screeds written by Russian milbloggers before his essay was published mean anything, it hints that Zaluzhnyi is right.

What's the second story? When it comes to the Avdiivka AO, something's happening here. What it is, ain't exactly clear.

Summary

There are minor map updates
There are assessment updates
Fighting continued in the Kupyansk AO
Fighting continued in the Kreminna AO
Fighting continued in the Lyschansk AO
Occupied Luhansk is facing a critical civilian worker shortage
Fighting continued in the Bakhmut AO
Ukrainian forces made marginal gains northwest of Bohdanivka
Fighting continued in the Klishchiivka AO
Fighting continued in the Avdiivka AO
Russia has significantly reduced attacks on the northern flank and eastern approaches of Avdiivka
Russia has switched to point attacks on the southern edge of Avdiivka with no progress
Significant fighting restarted in the Marinka AO
A Russian attack northwest of Heorhiivka ended with heavy losses, but it confirmed Russia had made marginal gains prior to the attack
Fighting continued in the Vuhledar AO
Fighting continued in the Staromlynivka AO
Light fighting continued in the Orikhiv AO
The IAEA released an alarming update about the status of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
Fighting continued in the Kherson AO
Two French humanitarian aid volunteers were killed and three wounded, along with their Ukrainian contact, in Beryslav
The Kremlin appears to have declared a communications blackout about the sinking of the Ivanovets
One Russian milblogger publicly doom posted after the sinking
The Black Sea Fleet has lost 20% of its tonnage since April 2022, and at least one ship has been sunk in five of the last six months
Pictures confirm that Ukrainian missiles destroyed a communications complex at Belbek Military Airfield
Four Russian SRBMs hit the city of Mykolaiv
The number of Shahed-136 drones used in January was significantly lower, with Russia and Iran unable to develop a steady supply
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, wrote an essay for CNN about Ukraine’s future
Rumors continue to swirl that Zaluzhnyi will be fired in the coming days
Ukrainian troops are making new, incendiary warheads for drones that cost $12 each
Russian milblogger Seymon Pegov doom posted about Ukrainian drone superiority and the lack of electronic warfare solutions
Russian milblogger Andrei Morozov wrote a rant about the lack of electronic warfare solutions for drones and accused Moscow of using empty ERA blocks
Romania warned its citizens the nation needs to prepare for war with Russia
The amount of profits from frozen Russian assets earned in 2023 was 4.4 billion euros
GUR head Budanov said that Ukraine needs the A-10 Thunderbolt
Ukraine expects its first E.U. financial aid payment in March
Hungary received no concessions for its yes vote to approve aid

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