On January 19, 2024 the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that there was a 27 per cent increase in russian assaults on the front line over the previous day with 81 air strikes and 45 multiple rocket attacks, the UK Defense Intelligence reports.
Additional data from the General Staff comparing the 14-18 January 2024 period with the previous five-day period supports this uptick in russian assaults. Over these five-day periods the number of military vehicle losses by russia increased by 88 per cent and the number of russian tank losses increased by 95 per cent. The number of russian casualties over the same period also increased by 15 per cent.
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This data points towards a steady increase in the intensity of russian offensive activity across the front over the past two weeks. A key enabler for this is highly likely the freezing ground conditions, which allows cross-country movement of armoured vehicles.
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