He directly listened to commanders' reports at command posts and held operational meetings during which “possible scenarios of enemy operations were considered taking into account intelligence findings.”
The main priorities, the Ukrainian commander said, are effective reconnaissance, coordinated use of all means of artillery fire, electronic warfare protection and the preservation of the lives of our soldiers.
On Wednesday, January 31, the US think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that an expected Russian offensive on the border of Kharkiv and Luhansk regions in eastern Ukraine is underway and that the Russians will achieve some tactical gains. This may not translate into operationally significant improvements.
ISW also reported that Russian troops have made a tactical advance southeast of Kupiansk along the P07 (Kupiansk-Swatowe) road near Krokhmalny, and Russian forces are making intensive attacks west and northwest of Krokhmalny towards the Oskol River.
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