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Chronology of the war in Ukraine: Wednesday, February 8 (updated)
2023-02-09
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Vesti] February 8 is the 350th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that is happening in the country on this day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, losses, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .

06:00 . Nikolaevkskaya area. Russia launched artillery strikes on the coastline and waters of the Ochakovo community. No casualties. The Kutsurub community was under fire -outside the settlement, there were no damages and no casualties.

Dnepropetrovsk region. At night, the Russians fired artillery at the Chervonogrigoryevsk community - they fired about 20 shells. The aftermath of the attack is under investigation, no casualties were reported.

08:00 . Donetsk region. During the day, the Russians wounded 2 people in Bakhmut.

In the Black Sea due to the storm, the danger of mines is increasing. There is a high probability of sea mines breaking from anchors and nailing to the shore, as well as their drifting along the coast.

08:40 . Kherson region. Explosions are heard in Kherson.

09:30 . Kherson region. Explosions are heard in Kherson.

10:30 am . It became known that President Zelensky will visit the UK today, February 8, and meet with Prime Minister Sunak.

12:00 . Great Britain. The plane with Vladimir Zelensky has already landed at London airport. It became known that King Charles III will receive the President of Ukraine. Zelensky is scheduled to speak in the British Parliament, meet with the British Prime Minister, and visit the Ukrainian military, who are being trained in Britain.

12:30 pm Great Britain. Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

13:00 . The UK has announced new sanctions against Russia, according to the website of the UK government. The list includes 15 individuals and legal entities: business ombudsman Titov, Rostekhkomplekt, Oboronlogistics, the Universalmash plant, Moskomsvyaz, the Russian company developing drones ZALA Aero, Alexei Repik, chairman of the board of directors of the R-Pharm group of companies, several politicians and businessmen. Six firms supplying military equipment to Russia fell under the influence of the sanctions.

13:30 . Great Britain. President Volodymyr Zelensky and Rishi Sunak are already at Downing Street.

14:00 . Kharkov region. The Russians shelled the village of Varvarovka and the city of Volchansk. Five people were injured in Varvarovka. In Volchansk, a 52-year-old oblenergo employee and a 10-year-old boy received shrapnel wounds.

Donetsk region. New York came under Russian shelling - the 9-story building was damaged. The flights of stairs between the 9th and 6th floors were completely destroyed, the wall was broken, the glass was broken in most apartments.

14:30 . Kherson region. During the next shelling of Kherson, two employees of the city water canal were seriously injured.

15:00 . Great Britain. President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived at the Palace of Westminster, where he will meet with King Chuck of Great Britain. He thanked the British for supporting Ukraine in the fight against Russia from day one.

15:30 . It became known that President Zelensky will arrive in Paris on the evening of February 8, where he will meet with French President Macron.

16:20 . Chernihiv region. Russian missiles hit an industrial building in the Semyonovka area. Two wounded were taken to hospitals. Previously, three more remain under the rubble.

17:00 . Great Britain. President Zelensky met with King Charles III of Great Britain for the first time.

18:00 Explosions were heard in Donetsk. This is reported by the Russian media.

18:28 German Chancellor Scholz will meet Zelensky in Paris, NTV reports.

18:55 Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak announced "good news" for Ukraine after Zelensky's speech in the British Parliament. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian president said that he "will leave parliament today, thanking him in advance for the powerful aircraft."

19:19 There were “arrivals” in Russian-controlledIlovaisk, at the moment there are no victims. This was stated by the "mayor" of Khartsyzsk Viktoria Zhukova.

19:51 During the day, the Russian Federation launched one missile strike (on the civilian infrastructure of Slovyansk) and 37 air strikes, and the enemy also fired more than 40 attacks from the MLRS. Operational summary of the General Staff as of 18:00.

20:10 An air strike was inflicted on the Chernihiv region

20:31 London has not made a decision on the supply of fighter jets to Ukraine, but will explore this possibility. This was stated by the representative of Prime Minister Sunak.

20:57 Odessa City Council plans to allocate 14.7 million hryvnia to repair the facade of the draft board. A number of local deputies consider this amount to be unreasonably high.

21:21 As a result of the shelling of the village ofDvurechnaya in the Kharkiv region, 2 people were killed: a 48-year-old man and a 45-year-old woman. This was announced by the governor of the region Sinegubov.

21:45 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba discussed the supply of F-16 fighters with his Dutch counterpart.

"I thanked for the latest decision on tanks. I also raised the issue of the F-16. We continue our dialogue with the Netherlands and other countries about combat aviation," he said.

22:22 Germany has handed over another batch of aid to the front to Ukraine, as evidenced by the updated list of aid on the website of the Federal Government of Germany Bundesregierung.

22:47 Two people wounded as a result of a strike in the Chernihiv region were taken to the hospital, three more people remain under the rubble, the Sever command reports.

23:11 Poland will receive a total of 506 charging modules of American HIMARS missile systems, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense of the Republic Mariusz Blaszczak said.

23:41 As a result of a new strike on Kherson, an elderly man was killed, whom the shelling caught on the street - OVA. A children's rehabilitation center was allegedly damaged by the impact.

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