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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 04 FEB 2024 23:50 PST - Avdiivka: Situation Critical
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SITREP 595 is 54 pages long and is combat only.
What's Happening
What's the big story? Russia made significant advances on the north flank of Avdiivka, taking advantage of the poor weather. The situation is critical.
What's the second story? President Zelenskyy goes to the front in Zaporizhzhia and in a TV interview, hints that he's thinking about making changes to the government.
Summary
- There are map updates
- There are assessment updates
- There are rumor updates
- High winds across all of Ukraine will create unfavorable conditions for drone operations
- Fighting continued in Kupyansk AO
- Forbes reported that Russia was preparing a large-scale offensive in Kharkiv
- Ukrainian officials reported that the number of Russian fire missions in Kharkiv has almost doubled
- Fighting continued in the Kreminna AO
- Russian forces advanced toward Yampolivka
- Fighting continued in the Lysychansk AO
- Rockets fired by HIMARS hit a café in occupied Lysychansk, killing 28, including Russian officers
- There was another report of fighting north of Soledar
- Fighting continued in the Bakhmut AO
- Ukrainian forces advanced east of Klishchiivka
- Fighting has been ongoing on the edge of Horlivka
- Russian forces make significant advances on the north flank of Avdiivka, creating a critical situation for Ukrainian troops
- Russian forces were pushed back from Novobakhmutivka
- A Russian attack on Stepove failed
- Russian forces advanced south of the terrikon through the dachas, captured the sewage treatment plant, and advanced to the north edge of the sand quarry south of Vesele
- A Russian forward operating base for drone operators west of Kashtanove was destroyed
- Fighting continued near the Zenith air defense station and for control of Tsarska Okohta
- House-to-house fighting was ongoing in Pervomaiske
- Fighting continued in the Marinka AO
- Fighting continued in the Vuledar AO
- In the Staromlynivka AO, Russian forces made additional gains north of Pryyutne
- In the Orikhiv AO, President Zelenskyy visited with Ukrainian troops in Robotyne
- A second Russian T-55 medium tank, designed 65 years ago, was destroyed
- In occupied Berdyansk, Ukrainian insurgents located a drone-building factory
- After the IAEA said that landmines should be at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Russian officials said bite us
- In the Kherson AO, Ukrainian forces advanced south of Kyrnky
- The exact location where the Ivanovets was sunk was determined by some stunningly good OSINT
- The hulk of the large landing ship Novocherkassk was raised off of the sea floor in occupied Feodosia
- Repairs have not started on the Russian Black Sea Fleet missile corvette Askold, which was severely damaged on November 4
- Satellite images confirm that last week, two Ukrainian missiles hit a command and control center at Belbek Military Airfield
- The city of Kryvyi Rih suffered the largest attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure during the 2024 winter season
- Russian missiles and drones destroyed four grain storage facilities, damaging crops
- In the Sumy region, Russian and Ukrainian forces engaged in a firefight
- Russian claims five drones were shot down near Bryansk
- On February 3, a Ukrainian drone strike completely destroyed the distillation unit at the Lukoil ELOU-AVT-5 primary oil processing facility in Volgograd, Russia
- Poland appears poised to take direct action if its airspace is violated again
- On February 2 – 3, Russia launched 14 Iranian-sourced Shahed-136 drones, and nine were shot down
- Ukraine confirmed it shot down a Russian Kh-22 cruise missile near Kharkiv
- President Zelenskyy said he was “thinking” about firing General Zaluzhnyi
- Zelenskyy agreed that the Russia-Ukraine war was in a stalemate
- Ivan Fedorov was confirmed as the new governor of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast
The podcast for February 4, 2024, is live, with David Obelcz taking the microphone.
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Comments
Valery at swiss consulate in Turkey or Twitter BS?
AR
About time Poland gets some courage. Now lets hope they actually live up to it.
