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https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/01/opinions/ukraine-army-chief-war-strategy-russia-valerii-zaluzhnyi/index.html Ukraine’s army chief: The design of war has changed Opinion by Valerii Zaluzhnyi 5 minute read Updated 10:48 AM EST, Thu February 1, 2024

Rybar's report on the Crimean events: https://t.me/rybar/56611

Two majors reported this on the Crimean attack: https://t.me/dva_majors/33763

The Kyiv Post linked to this tweet:

Take out drones at "middle to long range" with a directed microwave weapon? https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2024/01/high-powered-microwave-weapon-may-have-just-passed-critical-test/393821/ https://www.rtx.com/news/news-center/2024/01/29/rtxs-chimera-high-power-microwave-system-excels-during-three-week-field-test

I was wondering about this... from the Politico article:

This seems to be unconfirmed at the moment:

These two updates from ISW are pretty interesting: The Kremlin is reportedly no longer offering pardons to convict recruits and is significantly changing the terms of their service, likely in response to the reduction of the pool of convicts suitable for recruitment into Russian force generation efforts. Bloomberg reported on January 24 that labor shortages in Russia have increased wages in civilian sectors enough to compete with relatively lucrative military salaries, likely making military service even less appealing to Russian citizens.