Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for January 2, 2023: – Fighting continues around Bakhmut and across the wider Donbass region; – Russian missile and drone strikes continue for several days now; – Ukrainian sources claim “all” drones were downed but damage to infrastructure proves otherwise; – Ukraine claims to have hit Russian troops with a HIMARS rocket attack; – The attack is only in the news because it happens so infrequently; – Russia carries out similar attacks nearly daily with its much larger number of guided-rocket launchers and ballistic missile systems; – NATO admits Russia can fight on long-term and that Ukraine requires long-term support; – EU begins training 1,100 Ukrainians for 2 months and plans to train up to 15,000 over the next 2+ years; – 200-300 Ukrainian perish in fighting daily at a minimum with fighting around Bakhmut raising deaths and injuries to around 1,000 daily; – Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterates that the West is using Ukraine as a proxy to harm Russia, a fact stated in US policy documents like RAND’s 2019 “Extending Russia” paper;
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