Key Takeaways from the ISW:

  • Ukrainian forces struck Russia’s state-owned Kombinat Kristal oil storage facility near Engels, Saratov Oblast on the night of January 7 to 8.
  • Ukrainian forces struck a command post of the Russian 8th Combined Arms Army (CAA) (Southern Military District [SMD]) on January 8 in occupied Khartsyzk, Donetsk Oblast.
  • Russian forces advanced in Kursk Oblast, in Toretsk, and near Kurakhove.
  • Russian forces are increasingly using drones attached to fiber optic cables in Ukraine.

Authors: Christina Harward, Grace Mappes, Nate Trotter, William Runkel, Angelica Evans, and Frederick W. Kagan.

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