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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 18 JAN 2024 23:59* PST - O for Orwellian

Added 2024-01-19 11:03:14 +0000 UTC

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SITREP 584 is 60 pages and a full report.

What's Happening

What's the big story? 127 attacks and 81 airstrikes - Russia has started a new offensive.

What's the second story? It's the end of the road for Igor "Girkin" Strelkov, and Russia is becoming naked in its Orwellian ways.

Bonus Story: Russia is really stirring the pot in Moldova and poked Poland and Sweden. The inaction of a particular nation that shall not be named is making Russia bolder every day.

Summary

There are map updates
There are assessment updates
There are rumor updates
Fighting increased significantly in the Kupyansk AO
Ukrainian forces destroyed a platoon of Russian mechanized infantry near Pershotravneve
Fighting restarted in the Svatove AO
Fighting continued in the Kreminna AO
Fighting continued in the Lysychansk AO
A Russian milblogger called the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic “wild territory and lawless”
Russia claims it captured Vesele in the Soledar AO without evidence
Fighting continued in the Bakhmut AO
Fighting continued in the Klishchiivka AO
Fighting continued in the Avdiivka AO
Fighting continued in the Marinka AO
Fighting continued in the Vuhledar AO
Fighting continued in the Staromlynivka AO
Fighting continued in the Orikhiv AO
Fighting continued in the Kherson AO
A Russian soldier milblogger with 12K Telegram followers was killed in Krynky
At least two Iranian-sourced Shahed-136 one-way drones hit the city of Kherson
Two missile carriers of the Black Sea Fleet are on patrol
Power was knocked out in many areas of occupied Crimea
A captured Ukrainian Project 205P anti-submarine ship sunk at its mooring in occupied Sevastopol
ATESH confirmed that Russia has a new supply of P-800 Oniks missiles and launchers in occupied Crimea
The Israel-Hamas War is interfering with grain shipments from Odesa
Russian military drills jammed GPS signals in Poland and Sweden for the second time in less than a month
An oil depot in the Bryansk region of Russia was hit by a drone sparking a large fire
A Ukrainian one-way drone flew 1,250 kilometers and struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg, Russia
Partisans disabled railroad infrastructure in the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia
Ukrainian hackers stole 1.2 terabytes of data from the Main Military Construction Directorate for Special Objects of Russia
Russian forces held unauthorized military drills on the DMZ in Transnistria
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said that President Putin has never threatened to use nuclear weapons
How many fingers am I holding up Winston
There were 127 combat classes and 81 Russian airstrikes, signaling a new offensive has started
For the first time, Russia used a 1960s-era P-6 antiship cruise missile
Ukraine wants to restore commercial air service in Kyiv and Lviv
Ukraine is now one of the top three drone-producing countries in the world
U.K. Secretary of Foreign Affairs made a not so subtle Putin – Hitler comparison, warning the world has to react to the threat
The Minister of Defense of Ukraine told allies that the ammunition supply is critically low
Canadian instructors completed training two Ukrainian companies of tank operators
France will provide Ukraine with 78 Ceasar 155 mm SPGs in 2024 and 50 AASM bombs a month
President Joe Biden still has $4 billion in 2023 Presidential Drawdown Authority funds, but the Pentagon is reportedly against using it
The first member of the Russian A-50U AWACS that was shot down has been identified
Former PMC Wagner mercenaries broke up a drug trafficking ring in occupied Luhansk and have been detained for their actions
Lavrov declared the “special military operation” has helped “purge” Russia
One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship
A Moscow court asked for Igor “Girkin” Strelkov to be jailed for 4 years 11 months
Human rights activist Gregory Winter asked a Moscow court to kill him after he was sentenced to 3 years in prison for violation don’t say war laws
Over 1,000 security forces were required to end riots in Russia
The Federal Theaters in Russia can only have performances that adhere to “traditional spiritual and moral values”
Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing

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