Russian invaders tell residents of Donetsk Oblast that they have orders to capture the cities of Vuhledar [Donetsk Oblast – ed.] and Zaporizhzhia in February.
Source: Petro Andriushchenko, advisor to the legally elected mayor of Mariupol, on Telegram
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Four people were killed and six more received injuries after Russian attacks on Donetsk Oblast on 31 January 2023.
Source: Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram
Quote from Kyrylenko: “The Russians killed four resi…
Last week (January 23–29) saw a distinctive turning point in strengthening Ukraine’s defense capability. Our Armed Forces will receive German Leopard tanks and US Abrams tanks. Germany also allowed other countries to re-export tanks of their production…
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Russia is trying to drag the war, and Ukraine should speed up the events and supply of weapons.
Source: Zelenskyy’s evening address
Quote: “We are doing everything to ensure that our pressure outweighs …
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has reported that conventional Russian forces are likely to be replacing exhausted Wagner Group forces to maintain the offensive in Bakhmut.
Source: ISW report from 28 January 2023
Quote from the ISW: “Wagner Gr…
Two people have been killed and five others wounded as a result of a Russian attack on the city of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, in the morning of 17 January.
Source: Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram
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Russian units have probably conducted local, probing attacks near Orikhiv and Vuhledar [the settlements that are closest to the “border” of Russian-occupied territories – ed.], but it is highly unlikely that Russia has actually achieved any substantive…
Ukraine knows the immediate plans of the Russian occupation army, and at the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief meeting, we discussed what to prepare for in the coming months.
Source: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in evening address 26 January
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Hanna Maliar, Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine, has reported that as the occupiers increase the pressure, the battles become more intense on Bakhmut and Vuhledar fronts.
Source: Maliar on TelegramQuote: “The enemy is intensifying pressure on the B…