Key Takeaways:
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Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief General Valerii Zaluzhnyi presented an
overarching strategy to seize the theater-wide initiative in Ukraine and
retain it to facilitate Ukrainian battlefield victories despite
Russia’s numerical advantages in manpower and materiel. Zaluzhnyi’s
strategy aims to offset Ukraine’s existing challenges and pursue
advantages over the Russian military through widespread technological
innovation and adaptation.
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Ukrainian forces successfully struck and sunk a Russian Black Sea Fleet
(BSF) vessel in the Black Sea near occupied Crimea on the night of
January 31 to February 1.
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Russian milbloggers continued to voice frustrations about Russian
forces’ continued tactical blunders during offensive operations in
western Donetsk Oblast.
• The European Union (EU) unanimously approved a financial support package for Ukraine for 2024 – 2027.
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EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Joseph
Borrell stated that the European Union (EU) will not be able to send the
promised one million shells to Ukraine by March 2024, but is planning
to fulfill this promise by the end of 2024.
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Chechen Republic Head Ramzan Kadyrov appointed another one of his
children to a senior position in the Chechen government as of January
31.
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Russian forces recently made confirmed advances near Kupyansk,
Avdiivka, and Donetsk City amid continued positional engagements along
the entire line of contact on February 1.
• Turkish banks have reportedly started closing Russian companies’ accounts due to the threat of US secondary sanctions.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin highlighted Russian plans to integrate
occupied territories of Ukraine into Russia over the next six years.
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