Key Takeaways:
- China and Turkey continue to pursue their own
negotiation platforms for a settlement in Ukraine, which the Kremlin is
exploiting to further its own information operations aimed at
discouraging continued international support for Ukraine. - Recent relatively high Russian aviation losses appear to be
prompting a significant decrease in Russian aviation activity in eastern
Ukraine, although it is unclear how long this decrease in activity will
last. - Delays in Western security assistance will likely make Ukraine’s energy infrastructure more vulnerable to Russian strikes.
- Russian forces operating around Avdiivka appear to be
adapting to conducting offensive ground operations with trained and
untrained personnel. - German officials confirmed that the Kremlin is conducting an
information operation aimed at deterring Western states, particularly
Germany, from sending additional military aid to Ukraine. - The Russian Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAK) announced on
March 3 that the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) conducted a
localized counter-terrorism operation in Karabulak, Republic of
Ingushetia. - Positional engagements continued throughout the theater on March 3.
- Russian regional administrations continue efforts to expand the aperture of ongoing crypto-mobilization efforts.
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