Key Takeaways:
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US Senate negotiators unveiled their proposed supplemental
appropriations bill on February 4 that — if passed — would provide
roughly $60 billion of security assistance for Ukraine, the overwhelming
majority of which would go to American companies and US and allied
militaries.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on February 4 that
Ukraine needs to replace a “series of state leaders” across the
Ukrainian government who are “not just in a single sector” such as the
Ukrainian military.
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The Kremlin is intensifying rhetoric pushing for the hypothetical
partition of Ukraine by seizing on innocuous and unrelated topics,
likely in an attempt to normalize the partition narrative in Western
discussions about Ukraine.
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Delays in Western security assistance continue to exacerbate Ukraine’s
shell shortage and undermine Ukraine’s ability to use high-value Western
counterbattery systems.
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The Kremlin may not allow Boris Nadezhdin, the only anti-war Russian
presidential candidate, to run in the March 2024 presidential election
due to Nadezhdin’s larger-thananticipated popularity.
• The Kremlin is reportedly nationalizing private enterprises in Russia quietly.
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Russian forces made confirmed gains near Kupyansk, Kreminna, Avdiivka,
and northeast of Bakhmut amid continued positional fighting along the
entire frontline.
• The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) may expand the list of courses available to women at the FSB Academy.
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Russian occupation administrations continue efforts to indoctrinate
Ukrainian children into Russian culture and nationalism through
patronage networks with Russian federal subjects (regions).
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