Key Takeaways:
- Ukrainian Ground Forces Commander Lieutenant General
Oleksandr Pavlyuk stated on March 6 that Ukraine will try to seize the
initiative and conduct unspecified counteroffensive actions in 2024. - Russian forces conducted a relatively larger series of drone
and missile strikes targeting Ukraine on the night of March 5 to 6 and
on March 6, including strikes on Odesa City during Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos
Mitsotakis. - Kremlin officials continue to invoke nuclear threats as part
of ongoing Russian information operations aimed at weakening Western
support for Ukraine and deterring Western aid to Ukraine. - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director Rafael
Grossi and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the security of
the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and nuclear
non-proliferation issues on March 6 in Sochi, Russia. - Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the governor of
pro-Russian Moldovan autonomous region Gagauzia, Yevgenia Gutsul, on
March 6 and emphasized Russia’s support for Gagauzia. - Moldova suspended the Cold War-era Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty on March 6.
- The Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR)
reportedly conducted a drone strike on a mining and processing plant in
Kursk Oblast on March 6. - Armenia appears to be taking limited measures to reduce its
bilateral security cooperation with Russia outside of its reduced
participation in the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization
(CSTO). - Russian forces recently made confirmed advances near Kupyansk and Donetsk City and in western Zaporizhia Oblast.
- The Russian legal system continues efforts to use the Russian criminal justice system to augment Russia’s recruitment base.
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