Russian milbloggers have increasingly been rejecting the alternate battlefield reality that Russian President Vladimir Putin and senior Russian military commanders are trying to create, but the Russian military command appears to remain committed to this alternative reality.[34]

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The commander added that the Russian forces’ shortage of mechanized vehicles has forced Russian forces to rely on drone-supported infantry assaults to seize positions. The commander noted that Russian infantry carries anti-tank mines to destroy Ukrainian fortified positions.

A non-commissioned officer (NCO) of a Ukrainian brigade operating in the Lyman direction reported on January 24 that Russian fireteam infiltration tactics have lost effectiveness in recent months as Ukrainian drone operators have extended the “kill zone” in the brigade’s area of responsibility (AoR) to strike Russian infantry on the approaches to Ukrainian positions as well as mortar crews and drone operators in the Russian near rear.[56]

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Ukrainian 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Air Assault Forces Commander Brigadier General Yevhen Lasiychuk reported on January 23 that Ukrainian forces maintain full control over northern Pokrovsk, northern Myrnohrad, Svitle, and Rivne (all east of Pokrovsk).[79] Lasiychuk stated that Ukrainian forces maintain fire control beyond the line of contact in both Myrnohrad and Pokrovsk.

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The chief sergeant stated that the Russian offensive against Hulyaipole has culminated and that Russian forces have been unable to bring artillery and other combat support elements from the rear into Hulyaipole.