Failed Russian assault near Vuhledar demonstrates poor systemic training of Russian mobilized personnel, according to the Institute for the Study of War.
Russian military bloggers likely blame Russian commanders for de-emphasizing that the imperfect systemic training of Russian mobilized personnel will continue in similar collapses throughout Ukraine, according to the ISW.
Russia lost over 100 military vehicles (including 36 tanks) during the three days of its failed offensive on Vuhledar and Avdiyivka in Donetsk Oblast. The Russian losses for February 8-10, when Russian forces tried to advance toward Vuhledar, have been calculated by the Dutch OSINT group of analysts Oryx.
The disparity between the limited but significant Russian advances in the Bakhmut area and the lack of meaningful advances elsewhere in Ukraine may support military bloggers and Ukrainian observations that Russian forces cannot secure rapid advances through traditional mechanized manoeuvre warfare.
Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin is trying to salvage his declining influence in Russia as the Kremlin continues to sideline him and his mercenaries. Russian forces targeted southern Ukraine with air, missile, and aerial and maritime drone strikes overnight on February 10-11.
Russian forces continued offensive operations near Svatove and Kreminna. They continue to prioritize offensive operations in Donetsk Oblast. Russian occupation authorities are likely draining the Kakhovka Reservoir north of the occupied Zaporizhia Oblast.
Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin confirmed that the Wagner Group stopped recruiting inside Russian prisons due to the expiration of an agreement between the Wagner Group and the Russian Defense Ministry.
A State Duma member of Russia demanded increased censorship legislation to protect Russian military figures from criticism.
Ukrainian intelligence also informed that Russian forces might employ Kurdish mercenaries to control Iranian drones in Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR), which released a clip of an intercepted communication featuring Shahed drone operators in Ukraine speaking in Kurdish and Farsi.
According to Russian sources, Russian forces still engage in offensive operations northwest of Svatove. There were reportedly 23 combat encounters in the area as Russian soldiers continued their offensive operations around Kreminna.
According to Russian sources, Russian forces still engage in offensive operations northwest of Svatove. There were reportedly 23 combat encounters in the area as Russian soldiers continued their offensive operations around Kreminna.
Around Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Vuhledar, Russian soldiers proceeded to launch ground assaults.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, a financier for the Wagner Group, asserted that Krasna Hora, north of Bakhmut, had been taken by Wagner Group soldiers. Additionally, Prigozhin wrongly stated that the only Russian forces within a 50 kilometers radius of Bakhmut are those of the Wagner Group.
Russian forces in Kherson Oblast aren’t equipped to launch a full-scale offensive, according to Ukrainian officials, confirming ISW’s earlier estimates.
