Key Takeaways:
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Russia continues to weaponize its position on the United Nations
Security Council (UNSC) to propagate several long-standing Russian
information operations.
• Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk visited Kyiv on January 22 and announced a new Polish defense package for Ukraine.
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Footage purportedly showing an altercation between a Russian soldier
and Chechen “Akhmat-Vostok” forces in occupied Melitopol, Zaporizhia
Oblast, reignited criticism of Chechen forces for their lack of
contributions to Russian military operations in Ukraine.
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An investigation by a Russian opposition outlet suggests that Russian
elites may have accepted and internalized the domestic consequences of
Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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Russian officials and information space actors are attempting to
further rhetorically justify Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by
misrepresenting a decree that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
signed on January 22 concerning discrimination against ethnic Ukrainians
in Russia. Zelensky’s decree does not establish any territorial demands
upon Russia, as select Russian ultranationalists falsely claimed.
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Russian forces made confirmed advances south of Avdiivka and west of
Donetsk City amid continued positional engagements along the entire
frontline.
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Kyrgyzstan issued a statement against Russia’s continued practice of
targeting naturalized migrants as part of ongoing crypto-mobilization
efforts.
• Russian federal subjects continue to establish ties with areas of occupied Ukraine.
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