Key Takeaways from the ISW:

  • Ukraine and Moldova continue to offer solutions to Transnistria’s energy crisis as Moldovan President Maia Sandu met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on January 25.
  • The Kremlin is continuing to leverage the prominent Kremlin-linked Rybar Telegram channel to cultivate increased Russian influence in Iraq.
  • Russian forces recently advanced near Toretsk, Pokrovsk, Kurakhove, and Velyka Novosilka.
  • The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on January 25 that the Russian government will allow veterans of volunteer formations (dobrovolcheskie formirovaniya) to receive “combat veteran status” without submitting a formal application.

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

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