Key Takeaways:
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Russian officials and state media largely refrained from publicly
discussing the two-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of
Ukraine on February 24, likely in an effort to avoid addressing Russia’s
failure to achieve its stated war aims at significant human costs.
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Russian officials and state-run and state-affiliated TV channels likely
refrained from commenting on the two-year anniversary of the start of
Russia’s fullscale invasion to avoid drawing attention to Russia’s
failures to achieve its stated strategic goals in Ukraine and its more
immediate goals of seizing all of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, while
also suffering high personnel losses.
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Ukrainian officials discussed Ukraine’s goals and priorities for 2024
on February 25 and highlighted the need for continued Ukrainian
innovation and Western aid to accomplish Ukraine’s objectives.
• Drone footage posted on February 25 shows Russian forces committing apparent war crimes near Bakhmut.
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The Russian information space continues to be highly sensitive to the
recent losses of A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft, suggesting
that the issue of deploying and defending these aircraft is of great
concern.
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Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) Head Lieutenant
General Kyrylo Budanov stated that Russia has not received any
long-range missiles from Iran as of February 25.
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Russian forces recently made confirmed advances near Bakhmut and Krynky
amid continued positional engagements along the entire line of contact
on February 25.
• Russian authorities continue efforts to recruit Ukrainian citizens in occupied Ukraine into the Russian military.
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Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets stated
on February 25 that Russia is holding over 28,000 Ukrainian citizens
captive in Russian prisons.
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