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Ukraine Invasion Day 338: series of missile and drone strikes [1]

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Date: 2023-01-26

Russian forces launched another massive series of missile and drone strikes across Ukraine on January 26.

Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief General Valery Zaluzhnyi stated that Russian forces launched 55 air- and sea-based missiles, including Kh-101, Kh-555, Kh-47, and Kh-95 Kalibr and Kinzhal missiles at Ukraine from Tu-95, Su-35, and MiG-31K aircraft from the waters of the Black Sea.[1] Ukrainian air defense shot down 47 of the 55 missiles and all 24 Shahed 136 and 131 drones.[2] Several missiles struck critical infrastructure in Vinnytsia and Odesa oblasts.[3] Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov notably reported that Russian forces had 90 Iranian-made drones remaining as of January 7.[4] Russian forces have enough drones for only a few more large-scale strikes unless they have received or will soon receive a new shipment of drones from Iran. Russian Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran on January 23 to expand bilateral cooperation efforts, conversations that may have included discussions on the provision of Iranian-made weapons systems to Russia.[5]

ISW said [ #Russian ] attacks on #Bakhmut appeared to have stalled as #Russia directed conventional forces to the north, trying to complete the seizure of #Ukraine 's #Luhansk province. https://t.co/H0dk2O6P6m

In an interview published by Russian news site RIA Novosti, Rogozin said the Marker would “be able to automatically detect and hit the ‘Abrams’, ‘Leopard’ and other vehicles due to the electronic catalog in the control system with images of enemy equipment.”

“Everyone agrees that our strike [version] of the Marker, before the arrival of the Abrams and Leopards in Ukraine, should be prepared for their destruction,” Rogozin posted .

Dmitry Rogozin, a former head of of the Russian space corporation Roscosmos and current head of the “Royal Wolves” group, which advises the Russian government, took to Telegram on Wednesday to announce that his group was working with the Advanced Research Foundation and a company called Android Technology to develop a combat version of Android’s Marker ground reconnaissance robot .

Disinformation example: A Russian manufacturer says it is adapting one of its ground robots to target Abrams and Leopard tanks—the types heading to Ukraine from the United States, Germany, Poland and other countries.

x A move by #Russia to engage in "limited spoiling attacks across most of the frontline" ... is probably an attempt to “distract #Ukrainian forces and set conditions to launch a decisive offensive operation” in the #Luhansk region, ISW said.https://t.co/2IcYMWOPWc — ISW (@TheStudyofWar) January 26, 2023

Eastern Ukraine: (Eastern Kharkiv Oblast-Western Luhansk Oblast)

Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian troops relaunched counteroffensive operations near Kreminna on January 26. A Russian milblogger claimed that Ukrainian forces launched offensive operations against 144th Motorized Rifle Division (20th Combined Arms Army, Western Military District) positions near Kreminna on the night of January 25.[27] The milblogger claimed that the 144th Motorized Rifle Division repelled the attack and forced Ukrainian troops to retreat to their original positions, but that Ukrainian troops re-initiated attempts to attack Russian positions from the direction of Torske (14km west of Kreminna) on the morning of January 26.[28] Russian sources posted footage reportedly of Russian strikes on Ukrainian positions near Kreminna.[29] Geolocated combat footage posted by the Luhansk People‘s Republic (LNR) 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade originally posted on January 12 allegedly shows LNR forces shelling a Ukrainian vehicle in a forest area near Kreminna.[30] The Ukrainian General Staff stated that Russian forces carried out a limited ground attack in Chervonopopivka (6km north of Kreminna).[31]

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x In Donetsk region, in the Avdiyivka direction, the rashists shelled Berdychi, Avdiyivka, Vodyane, Pervomays'ke, Nevel's'ke, Krasnohorivka, Mar'yinka and Novomykhaylivka.



In the Novopavlivs'k direction they shelled Bohoyavlenka, Prechystivka and Zolota Nyva.



2/2 pic.twitter.com/nTagQVx9aK — Michael MacKay (@mhmck) January 26, 2023

Russian Subordinate Main Effort—Donetsk Oblast (Russian objective: Capture the entirety of Donetsk Oblast, the claimed territory of Russia’s proxies in Donbas)

Russian forces continued ground attacks around Bakhmut on January 26. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian troops repelled Russian attacks on Bakhmut itself; northeast of Bakhmut near Verkhnokamyanske (30km northeast), Blahodatne (8km northeast), Spirne (27km northeast), and Rozdolivka (15km northeast); and south of Bakhmut near Klishchiivka (7km southwest).[32] Geolocated footage posted on January 25 shows that Russian forces have made incremental advances on the southeastern outskirts of Bakhmut.[33] Russian milbloggers continued to discuss fighting within Bakhmut itself.[34] Ukrainian Eastern Grouping of Forces spokesperson Serhiy Cherevaty reported that Russian forces conducted 39 combat clashes in one day in the Bakhmut direction and that Russian forces lost almost an entire battalion in combat clashes on January 25 alone.[35] Ukraine’s Joint Forces Task Force noted that the Wagner Group is using small unit tactics and squad-sized assault detachments of four to five people to attack and infiltrate urban areas of Bakhmut.[36]

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Supporting Effort—Southern Axis (Russian objective: Maintain frontline positions and secure rear areas against Ukrainian strikes)

Ukrainian officials reported on January 26 that Russian forces in Zaporizhia Oblast are not conducting offensive operations at the size or scale necessary for a full-scale offensive, supporting ISW’s previous assessment.[46] Head of the Ukrainian Joint Press Center of the Tavriisk Direction Defense Forces Yevhen Yerin stated that Russian forces have not massed a powerful enough strike group to conduct an offensive in the Zaporizhia direction but warned that Russian forces have somewhat strengthened their manpower presence in Zaporizhia Oblast at the cost of other units and directions of advance.[47] Yerin noted that the Russian troops continue to conduct ground attacks with 10-person (squad-sized) formations and to fire on Ukrainian forces with tube and rocket artillery.[48] Yerin also stated that Russian forces may intend to fix Ukrainian forces along the Zaporizhia Oblast frontline. These efforts are inconsistent with the continuing Russian information operation of an ongoing and successful Russian offensive in Zaporizhia Oblast.[49]

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x The announcement by Germany and the U.S. to donate dozens of their Leopard 2 and Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine is being heralded as a game changer by Kyiv. But the logistics of moving the fleets of heavy armor and how they will be used, are unclear https://t.co/H7GvFQDiq6 pic.twitter.com/REHb43puvw — Reuters (@Reuters) January 26, 2023

x "Lockheed Martin has said it stands ready to meet demand for its F-16 aircraft as some of Ukraine’s closest European allies revive efforts to provide fighter jets to Kyiv."https://t.co/iEGPQHhKdQ — Chip Gibbons (@ChipGibbons89) January 26, 2023

x At night, the enemy used 24 Iranian "Shakhed-136" attack drones. All of them were destroyed by Ukrainian defenders.



Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operational information at 06:00 on 26 January 2023 regarding the Russian invasion



2/2 — Michael MacKay (@mhmck) January 26, 2023

x Ukraine's Defence Forces repelled Russian attacks in the vicinity of 10 settlements over the course of 25 January.



Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 26 January 2023 pic.twitter.com/zztTJbtlqM — Ukrainian News24 (@UkrainianNews24) January 26, 2023

north residential area near pidhorodne.

x MIG-31 take off from Machulyshchi airfield in Belarus now — Ukraine Front Lines (@EuromaidanPR) January 26, 2023

Why Is Putin Building Correctional Colonies in Ukraine? The Russian government issued an important, though little noticed, decree on January 23 ordering the construction of 27 “correctional colonies” and “correctional centers”—or penitentiaries--in the four Ukrainian territories Russia illegally annexed last year.

Twelve such colonies are to be set up in the self-styled Donetsk People’s Republic, seven in the self-styled Luhansk People’s Republic, three in the occupied Kherson province, and two in the occupied Zaporizhzhia province.

The decree also foresees the construction of three “correctional centers,” one in the DNR and two in the LNR.

The “main goal” of the correctional colonies is “the carrying out of a criminal sentence in the form of deprivation of freedom.”

In turn, the main goal of the centers is “the carrying out of a criminal sentence in the form of forced labor.”

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x An analysis looks at how defense spending among the nations with the highest expenditures has changed since 1992 and what may have driven the changes https://t.co/3ln08vOKAo pic.twitter.com/yqK6MqwQUm — St. Louis Fed (@stlouisfed) January 22, 2023

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