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UK Defence Intelligence has assessed the current weather conditions in Ukraine and their impact on the battlefield, pointing out the complications of conducting operations for both the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Russians in worsening weather conditions.

UK Defence Intelligence has noted that the Russian Guard (Rosgvardia) is strengthening its resources and personnel against a background of turmoil in the internal security of Russia caused by the war against Ukraine.

Russia’s forces have become “a low quality, high quantity mass army” the UK Ministry of Defense said, and on course to have lost half a million soldiers by the end of the year.

Ground combat operations in Ukraine over the past week have featured either a static front line or very gradual, localised advances by Russian forces in critical areas. Source: UK Defence Intelligence review dated 5 January on Twitter, as reported by European Pravda Details: The Western group of Russian forces has pursued a large-scale but unsuccessful offensive near the town of Kupiansk.

UK intelligence has spoken about the role of a special "security" structure created by the Moscow authorities on instructions from the Kremlin, which has been gaining more and more signs of a paramilitary structure since the summer of 2023.

UK Defence Intelligence has stated that in recent weeks, Ukraine has mobilised efforts to improve its fortifications as it switches to a more defensive position along much of the front line. Source: UK Defence Intelligence review on Twitter (X) on 20 December Details: UK Defence Intelligence pointed out that this change has been carried out in response to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's calls made at the end of November 2023 to speed up fortification work on key fronts.

Russian President Vladimir Putin once said the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missiles were ‘undefeatable’ systems. In Ukraine, they’ve often been defeated, the UK Ministry of Defence said.

Russia’s defense industry is scrambling to develop naval drones in a lagging effort to bridge the technological gap with Ukraine, the UK’s Defense Ministry reported on Dec. 1.

The Ukrainian military eliminated 28,550 Russian invaders in November 2023, the First Deputy Defense Minister, Oleksandr Pavlyuk, said on Dec. 1.

UK intelligence has reported that Russia began deploying a newly formed division of airborne troops in the occupied part of Kherson Oblast. Source: UK Defence Intelligence review on Twitter dated 30 November, as reported by European Pravda Details: The intelligence suggested that Russia has begun deploying the newly formed 104th Guards Airborne Division in Ukraine, particularly in occupied Kherson Oblast, for the first time.