Ukraine Situation Report: Multiple Russian Attacks On Avdiivka Repulsed

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : No details were provided of the particular weapons used overnight to down the Russian drones and missiles, although the Ukrainian Air Force today also published footage of the U.S.-made HAWK surface-to-air missile system in action, apparently the first time this has been seen.
51% : The ministry posted to X a photo of Lavrov disembarking his plane in Tehran.
50% : In particular, Iran has provided Russia with large quantities of drones, with concerns that Iranian ballistic missiles could be on their way to the battlefield.
43% : As the tweets below make clear, however, getting troops back to the battlefield also poses a severe problem for Russia, with levels of morale understandably chronically low in some units, at least. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has arrived in Iran for talks with regional counterparts, Russia's Ministry of Foreign confirmed today.
35% : Likely most critical for the war in Ukraine will be Lavrov's meeting with Iranian officials, however, with Tehran already established as one of the primary supporters of Russia's offensive in Ukraine.

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