UKRAINE: THE SITUATION 704 - JANUARY 27, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, and representatives of the Kremlin claimed on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad that Russia is in an existential geopolitical conflict with an alleged modern Nazi movement that goes beyond Ukraine.

Anniversary of the liberation of Leningrad. Putin participated in the inauguration of a monument to the Soviet victims of the National Socialist genocide in the Leningrad Oblast on January 27, focusing heavily on long-standing allegations that Russia is fighting "Nazis" in Ukraine. Putin also claimed that certain countries had adopted Nazi ideology and methods, linking this claim to a number of European countries promoting "Russophobia as state policy."

On January 27, Russian forces made further confirmed advances in Kupjansk, Kreminna, and Avdiivka, while positional fighting continued along the entire contact line.

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