ISW: Russia keeps on reinforcing resources to Avdiivka despite heavy losses
Russian forces face difficulties advancing on Avdiivka's static frontline crowded with troops, fortifications and mines
British intel: Russia plans to increase military spending by 68% in 2024
Russia's government is diverting more resources to the military while reducing funding for healthcare and education, and increasing financial pressures on Russian businesses.
Russia attacked Ukraine with 14 drones and one guided missile, one injured
The attacks also damaged one of DTEK's (Donbas Fuel and Energy Company) thermal power plants, and port infrastructure
Germany provides new military aid package to Ukraine
The German defense budget for the following years increase from $6 bl to $11 bl, which would be used "primarily for military assistance to Ukraine."
Romania bolsters border defences against Russian drones
Romania will deploy an advanced anti-drone system on its border with Ukraine following incidents in which wreckage from Russian drones targeting Ukraine crashed inside Romania.
Ukrainian resistance strikes Russian looters in occupied Melitopol
Ukrainian partisans blew up a car, in which Russians were loading the loot from an empty apartment during another night hunt.
ISW: Ukrainian actions on the east bank of Kherson Oblast larger than before
As per a Russian milblogger, Ukrainian forces briefly gained a foothold in the village of Krynky before being pushed back by Russian troops, though the Ukrainians still hold parts of the village.
Croatia transfers its all Mi-8 helicopters to Ukraine as military aid
Croatia has provided its all Mi-8 helicopters to Ukraine as part of military assistance, US Defense Secretary Lloyd…
Biden to request “emergency aid budget” from Congress for Ukraine and Israel
The US President is asking Congress to support the "urgent budget request" for military aid to Ukraine, calling it a "smart investment" in American security.
British intel: Ukraine’s strikes at Berdyansk and Luhansk airfields reduce Russia’s capabilities at the front
Russia’s losses will likely have an impact on its army’s ability both to defend and conduct further offensive activity on this axis.
ISW: Russian milbloggers worried over Ukrainian assaults in Kherson Oblast
Russian bloggers reported that Ukraine seized territory in two villages east of the Dnipro River, in Kherson Oblast, expressed doubts about Russia's strength in that direction.
Ukrainian fashion keeps lights on despite war’s darkness
Despite daily attacks on infrastructure that leave them in the dark, Ukrainian fashion brands carry threads of hope, devising workarounds to keep creating.
US officials: 31 American-made Abrams tanks now in Ukraine
The promised delivery of all 31 Abrams tanks from the US was completed faster than expected, as winter nears
WSJ: Ukraine fires missiles ATACMS at Russian forces for first time
With new secretly deployed American ATACMS missiles in recent days, Ukraine expands its offensive range and can now strike Russian forces from over 100 miles away.