HAS THE NEW RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE BEGUN? | Daily Update 353

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-The New Russian Ground Offensive
-Why Is Russia Draining a Reservoir?
-Moldovan PM Steps Down
-Biden’s Travel Plans and New “Object” Shot Down

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Sources:

The Russians have reinforced positions around the hot spots including Bakhmut, Vuhledar, and Kreminna. “We can conclude that a certain escalation has already begun,” Serhii Haidai
https://www.yahoo.com/news/months-stalemate-looks-russias-long-135851406.html

According to Radio Free Europe, “Western military officials estimate that Russia may now have as many as 330,000 troops -- regular forces, elite units, Wagner troops, convicts, and mobilized men -- on the ground in Ukraine as its winter offensive gets under way.”
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-new-offensive-winter-war-bakhmut-vuhledar/32266536.html

Russia appeared to be draining a Reservoir “imperiling drinking water, agricultural production and safety at Europe's largest nuclear plant, according to satellite data obtained by NPR.”
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/10/1155761686/russia-is-draining-a-massive-ukrainian-reservoir-endangering-a-nuclear-plant
The Pro-European Moldovan Prime Minister, Natalia Gavrilita resigned after 18 months in office. She has moved moldova toward the EU, and Moldova is now a candidate for EU membership.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/10/moldovan-pm-natalia-gavrilita-resigns-blaming-crises-caused-by-russian-aggression
President Biden will be traveling to Poland from Feb 20-22 to show support for Ukraine, according to the Washington Post.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/10/biden-russia-ukraine-poland/

On Friday, Biden ordered an unidentified object off the coast of Alaska to be shot down in an effort not to repeat the Chinese balloon incident.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/11/politics/unidentified-object-alaska-military-latest/index.html
The U.S. Said it would welcome efforts by Indian PM Modi to stop the war in Ukraine.
https://www.rt.com/russia/571324-ukraine-peace-talks-vershinin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin maintained the position that “Russia remains ready for peace talks with Ukraine but these should take place with no preconditions and ought to account for realities on the ground.”

https://www.rt.com/russia/571324-ukraine-peace-talks-vershinin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

RT explained that Zelenskyy “is currently pushing forward with his ten-point “peace plan,” which, among other things, calls for Russian forces to withdraw to borders claimed by Ukraine, to pay reparations and to submit to war-crime tribunals.”
https://www.rt.com/russia/571324-ukraine-peace-talks-vershinin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS