NEW | Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 20, 2025: Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief General Oleksandr Syrskyi reported on January 20 that Russian forces suffered more than 434,000 casualties in 2024 — 150,000 of which were personnel killed in action. 1/6 Full report: isw.pub/UkrWar012025 - ThreadSky

thestudyofwar.bsky.social • 41 days ago

NEW | Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 20, 2025: Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief General Oleksandr Syrskyi reported on January 20 that Russian forces suffered more than 434,000 casualties in 2024 — 150,000 of which were personnel killed in action. 1/6

Full report: https://isw.pub/UkrWar012025

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thestudyofwar.bsky.social•41 days ago

2/ ISW continues to assess that the Russian military command was likely willing to accept record levels of casualties in Fall–Winter 2024, especially from September to November 2024, in order to achieve relatively larger territorial gains from continued infantry-led, attritional assaults.

thestudyofwar.bsky.social•41 days ago

3/ Additional Key Takeaways:

Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated on January 20 that the Kremlin is willing to negotiate with the United States about the war in Ukraine but indicated that he maintains his demands for Ukraine's full capitulation.

thestudyofwar.bsky.social•41 days ago

4/ Ukrainian forces reportedly struck an aircraft production plant in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan on January 20 as a part of an ongoing series of strikes aimed at degrading Russian military capacity.

thestudyofwar.bsky.social•41 days ago

5/ Moldovan & Transnistrian authorities continue efforts to supply Transnistria with European gas.

A Russian milblogger and former Storm-Z instructor repeated on January 20 complaints that Russian milbloggers first issued in May 2024 about insufficient quality controls on Russian artillery shells.

thestudyofwar.bsky.social•41 days ago

6/6 Ukrainian strikes against Russian defense industrial base (DIB) targets are reportedly affecting Russian forces' combat capabilities.

Russian forces recently advanced near Toretsk, Pokrovsk, and Kurakhove.

powerfromspace1.bsky.social•41 days ago

So said the crocodile 🐊 🇷🇺

attyatlawn.bsky.social•41 days ago

That's not a negotiation...

johnnyboy44.bsky.social•41 days ago

Why supply Transnistria with gas? Take the area back from Russia instead.

wiese2154.bsky.social•41 days ago

Now is the time for NATO to step up the pressure. Double that number in 2025. And double it again in 2026.

your-nyan.bsky.social•41 days ago

Ukraine is not in NATO. It defends the whole block on miniscule military aid while constantly hearing, “You can’t defeat russians, hurry up and give up your sovereignty.”

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