Russian army intensifies offensive activity along front line - UK intelligence

The UK Ministry of Defense said this in its intelligence update published on social platform X, Ukrinform reports.

As noted, on January 19, 2024 the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the number of Russian assaults on the front line increased by 27% compared to the previous day.

Additional data from the Ukrainian General Staff, which compares the period of January 14-18, 2024 with the previous five-day period in January 2024, also confirms this uptick in the number of assaults.

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According to analysts, during this period, the number of military vehicle losses by Russia increased by 88% and the number of Russian tank losses increased by 95%. The number of Russian casualties over the same period also increased by 15%.

"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," the report says.

As reported by Ukrinform, the Defense Forces of Ukraine eliminated about 376,030 Russian invaders from February 24, 2022, to January 21, 2024, including 760 occupiers over the past day.