Russian Operations Assessment 29JAN2024

January 31, 2024

Key Takeaways: 

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense (MoD) denied rumors about the
purported resignation or dismissal of Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief
General Valerii Zaluzhnyi on January 29. 

Russia may be retooling aspects of its air defense umbrella in deep
rear areas amid continued Ukrainian drone strikes within Russia. 

Russia appears to be fueling and seizing on neo-imperialist and
nationalist sentiments in Europe in order to drive wedges between
Ukraine and its western neighbors. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander
Lukashenko signed a series of economic and technological agreements on
January 29 advancing the Kremlin’s efforts to further integrate Belarus
into the Union State structure. 
• Russian forces recently advanced near Kreminna and Avdiivka and in the Donetsk-Zaporizhia Oblast border area. 
• Russia reportedly deployed more Rosgvardia troops to occupied Ukraine ahead of the March 2024 Russian presidential election.

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