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Editor's Note: Today's Situation Report includes information about sexual assault. You can skip the Russian Mobilization and War Crimes sections if you find this is a sensitive topic.
This morning, after 278 Situation Reports, 543 Flash Reports, and 146 podcast episodes gaining listeners in 196 countries, the Malcontent News Russia-Ukraine War Report passed one-million downloads. In another milestone, Linnea Hubbard became a meme on Twitter. You encouraged us to start the podcast. Over the last 5-1/2 months, the team has pulled all-nighters, cried, argued, chased perfection, and sweat over the details of being right - not first. We wouldn't be here without you.
Today's report is 63 pages and 6,000 words. Shhhhh. Do you hear that? That's Linnea going, "nooooo," so please give her some love in the comments. The team has had a very long day today.
What's the big story? The best way to summarize 45 pages of combat reports is very little change. Across every axis, Russian and Ukrainian forces were fighting with no verifiable movement of the line of conflict. We even have our first ground combat report in the Kherson region since November 10.
The second story? Main battle tanks - the United States and Germany are both poised to announce that Abrams M1 and Leopard 2 tanks will be headed to Ukraine. The total package could represent 164 modern NATO main battle tanks in the coming weeks between German and U.S. commitments and a coalition of ten more nations (the final number will likely be lower).
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