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Russian forces have been attacking along the entire front line, especially on the Avdiivka and Marinka fronts. They launched 2 missile strikes and 85 airstrikes, firing multiple-launch rocket systems at the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas 79 times.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated that the Administration of the Russian President had not received a request from Ukraine to hand over the bodies of prisoners of war (POWs) who, according to the Russians, died in an Il-76 plane crash near Russia's Belgorod on 24 January.

The Russian missile corvette Ivanovets sank on the night of 31 January-1 February in the waters off Lake Donuzlav after being directly hit by six Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels (USVs). Source: Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), in a comment to The War Zone project Quote from Budanov: "In the course of special (active) measures in the period from 31 January to 1 February, the department planned and carried out the destruction of the Ivanovets on the raid of L...

The Defence Intelligence of the United Kingdom, in a new review, has analysed corrupt schemes within the Russian army, stating that this undermines the effectiveness of the military, but the likelihood of reducing this corruption level is low.

Kyrylo Budanov, Head of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, has surmised that drone attacks on Russian infrastructure may increase. Source: Budanov in an interview with CNN Deetails: Budanov said Ukraine is maintaining its positions in the air above the front line.

Soldiers of the Group 13 special forces unit of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine destroyed the guided-missile corvette Ivanovets, part of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, on the night of 31 January-1 February 2024.

Satellite images taken by Planet Labs on 31 January have captured the trail left by the Il-76 aircraft during the crash, stretching for approximately 500 metres. Source: Skhemy, an investigative reporting project of Radio Liberty Details: The aircraft crashed near the village of Yablonovo in Belgorod Oblast of Russia on 24 January 2024.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, has not yet signed a decree on the dismissal of Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but this scenario is still possible.

Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have said that as part of the winter-spring 2024 offensive, Russians are unlikely to be able to turn their likely tactical gains near Kupiansk into the wider mechanised manoeuvres needed for an operationally significant advance.

Kyivs military intelligence on Tuesday said that it took down a Russian military server "used for special communications."