Key Takeaways:
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Ukraine’s Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) reported that
elements of Lebanese Hezbollah (LH) and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard
Corps (IRGC) are training Russian drone operators at the Shayrat Air
Base in Syria.
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The Russian State Duma is considering a bill to restrict actors that
the Russian government designates as “undesirable” from entering Russia,
likely as part of ongoing efforts to censor opposition media outlets
and dismantle ties between Russia and foreign and international
nongovernmental organizations.
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Boris Nadezhdin, the only openly anti-war Russian presidential
candidate, filed two lawsuits in the Russian Supreme Court challenging
the Russian Central Election Commission’s (CEC) refusal to register him
as a candidate as the Kremlin continues efforts to suppress popular
opposition while trying to preserve the veneer of legitimacy of Russian
presidential elections.
• The European Union (EU) is beginning to take concrete steps towards possibly using frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine.
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Ukrainian forces recently made confirmed advances near Kreminna and
Donetsk City and in western Zaporizhia Oblast, and Russian forces
recently made confirmed advances near Kupyansk and Kreminna.
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South Korean news outlet Yonhap News Agency reported on February 12
that North Korea has developed 240mm guided multiple rocket launcher
system (MLRS) mortar that North Korea may export to Russia.
• Russian authorities continue to use youth engagement programs to Russify Ukrainian youth.
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