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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 11 JAN 2024 23:59* PST - It's Quiet - Almost Too Quiet

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SITREP 578 is 59 pages and a full report.

What's Happening

What's the big story? No territorial changes, no missile attacks, no drone strikes, and a Russian armored column is ambushed in the Kupyansk AO.

What's the second story? President Zelenskyy issues a rare rebuke directed at Ukraine's partners - well one specific partner when you read between the lines.

Summary

Fighting continued in the Kupyansk AO
A Russian armored column was ambushed near Pershotravneve
In the Kupyansk AO, Russia is forming new Storm-Z companies
Fighting continued in the Kreminna AO
Rockets fired by HIMARS hit a hotel used as a Russian barracks in occupied Makiivka
Fighting continued in the Bakhmut AO
Fighting continued in the Klishchiivka AO
Fighting continued in the Avdiivka AO
Fighting continued in the Marinka AO
Fighting continued in the Vuhledar AO
Fighting continued in the Orikhiv AO
The IAEA inspectors at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant were successfully rotated
Fighting continued in the Kherson AO
Türkiye, Bulgaria, and Romania formalized their agreement to demine the Black Sea
In the last five months, over 15 million metric tons of cargo carried by 500 ships have left Ukrainian ports
In the Chernihiv Oblast, a man was killed by a Russian DRG unit
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine is creating a 5-kilometer security zone along the Russia-Ukraine border due to the increasing number of incidents
A one-way drone struck an electrical substation in the Belgorod region of Russia
The Russian 70th Guards Motor Infantry Regiment headquarters in Shali, Chechnya, burned to the ground
A Ukrainian drone struck the JSC 711 Aircraft Repair Plant in Borisoglebsk, Voronezh, Russia
Moldova has issued economic sanctions against the breakaway Republic of Transnistria
The Verkhovna Rada withdrew the mobilization bill for a second time for rewriting
The Prosecutor General Office of Ukraine confirmed that Russia is using North Korean-sourced Kn-23 SRBMs
The foreign ministers of Ukraine and Hungary will meet on January 29
President Zelenskyy criticized Western partners for their diminishing support
The United States is expected to request more detailed 2024 military plans from Ukraine
The White House confirmed that no further military aid will be sent to Ukraine unless Congress authorizes more funds
A Pentagon report found that 40,000 pieces of military equipment sent to Ukraine were poorly tracked, but there were no signs of abuse
The U.S. Department of Defense and State Department denied any military equipment shipped to Ukraine had been stolen or misappropriated
Ukraine received Stinger missiles that were produced between 1979 and 1989, with some originally earmarked for the Mujahideen in Afghanistan
Russia warned Ecuador not to move forward with a planned transfer of $200 million worth of Soviet and post-Soviet weapons to the United States
The Czech company Isolit-Bravo has provided Ukraine with eight uncrewed land drones that can carry up to 350 kilograms
Estonia announced an aid package of 1.2 billion euros to Ukraine
Latvia announced a new military aid package
Latvia and Ukraine signed a joint agreement to produce military-grade drones
Russian opposition figure Boris Nadezhdin met with the family members of mobiks who criticized President Putin and the Russian Ministry of Defense
The former general manager of a construction firm involved in the building of the Vostochny Cosmodrome, Sergei Volkodav, was beaten to death
Serbian sniper Dejan Berić reported that the situation with Serbian volunteers being abused has been resolved
Abused Serbian volunteers released their own video appealing to President Putin to transfer them to a different military unit
Political opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov has been charged with justifying terrorism and is facing 5 to 7 years in a penal colony
Belarusian state media showed 35 illegally deported Ukrainian children undergoing military training, calling it a “wonderful vacation”
Turkish journalists who were at the Park Hotel in Kharkiv when it was attacked condemned Russia
Finland has extended its border closure with Russia
The Biden Administration supports a draft law that would confiscate up to $300 billion in frozen Russian assets and transfer the funds to Ukraine
If the measure makes it out of committee, is passed by Congress, and signed by Biden, it would only yield $5 billion
South Korea accused North Korea of using Ukraine as a proving ground for their nuclear-capable missiles
The security services of Israel and Egypt have refused to let 29 Ukrainian citizens exit the Gaza Strip
Russia imported $8.7 billion in Western semiconductors and $22.2 billion in dual-use electronics in 2023
Romania has become the largest port of entry for Ukrainian grain
The two largest state-owned refiners in India reportedly have cut a deal with Saudi Arabia to purchase crude oil, snubbing Russia
The sale of Russian coal dropped in 2023 despite steep discounts
Russia had a 3.2 trillion rouble budget deficit in 2023
2023 Russian oil and gas sales revenue fell short of planned targets
The Ministry of Finance of Russia announced it was restarting gold reserve sales to improve liquidity

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