🇺🇦🇷🇺💥 Ukrainian drones hit the Syzran oil refinery in Russia's Samara region, resulting in the facility being engulfed in flames.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Rob Lee on X:

The Deputy Head of GUR Major General Vadym Skibitsky did another interview with some useful figures. He noted that the intensity of Russian combat operations and number of assaults has decreased recently, but said "a reduction in combat activity does not mean that the enemy's plans have changed. This time is being used for planning further offensives, training personnel, replenishing ammunition, and preparing for future assaults." He added that Russia is undergoing regrouping and replenishing combat losses, and that weather conditions also directly impact the pace of hostilities.

He says the Russian ground component in Ukraine and Kursk region is 620,000 of which more than 200,000 are soldiers in assault units and 35,000 from Rosgvardia.

He says Russia plans on recruiting 343,000 contract soldiers in 2025 but noted that Russia recruited more soldiers in previous years than was initially planned. He says Russia planned to recruit 375,000-380,000 soldiers in 2024 but ultimately recruited 440,000.

He says Russia fulfilled 107% of its recruitment plan for January, and that the share of contract soldiers recruited from prison or under investigation will increase from 15% in 2024 to 30% in 2025.

He says Russia plans to form new units in the Moscow, Leningrad, Southern, and Central Military Districts, including strengthening brigades into divisions.

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/interview/vadym-skibitskyi-ukrainian-intel-deputy-chief-1741004967.html

https://rbc.ua/rus/news/vadim-skibitskiy-gur-plani-rosiyi-zminilisya-1740949422.html

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