Key Takeaways:
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Prominent independent Russian milblogger Andrei Morozov reportedly
committed suicide on February 21 after refusing the Russian military
command’s orders to delete his reports about high Russian casualty rates
around Avdiivka.
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A Ukrainian official denied a recent New York Times (NYT) report that
Russian forces may have captured “hundreds” of Ukrainian soldiers during
Ukraine’s withdrawal from Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast.
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Russian Chief of the General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov
claimed that Russian forces seized Avdiivka within a “fairly short
time.”
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A Ukrainian HIMARS strike against an undefended Russian training ground
near occupied Volnovakha, Donetsk Oblast likely inflicted significant
casualties, triggering a point of neuralgia for the Russian
ultranationalist milblogger community.
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Zaporizhia Oblast occupation governor Yevgeny Balitsky openly admitted
that Russian authorities are forcibly deporting Ukrainian citizens who
oppose Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or “insult” Russia and possibly
alluded to Russian occupation forces’ summarily executing Ukrainian
citizens.
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Iranian sources told Reuters on February 21 that Iran provided hundreds
of short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) to Russia in early January.
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Russian authorities detained a dual US-Russian citizen in Yekaterinburg
on suspicion of raising money for the Ukrainian war effort.
• Russian forces made confirmed advances near Avdiivka, Donetsk City, Robotyne, and Krynky.
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Belarusian and Kazakh companies are reportedly helping Russia
circumvent international sanctions intended to deprive the Russian
defense industrial base (DIB) of Western components and machines.
• Russian occupation administrations continue to foster patronage networks with Russian federal subjects.
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