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[Korrespondent] 22:47 OK Pivden reported that on the evening of February 10, the Russians again attacked critical infrastructure with drones. Two kamikaze drones were shot down by air defense forces over the sea, on approach to the Odessa region, three more - over the Mykolaiv region. One drone hit a previously hit energy infrastructure facility in the Kryvyi Rih region, and another one was shot down by air defense forces in the same place. According to preliminary data, no victims.
22:03 In the Lugansk region, the number of Russian offensives has significantly increased - they are probing the Ukrainian defense, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repel their attacks and control the situation. Now the Russian troops have pulled back somewhat for further replenishment.
21:56 Biden will visit Poland on February 22, where he will meet with President Duda and discuss bilateral cooperation and support for Ukraine. Biden will also deliver a speech marking the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, White House Speaker Karine-Jean Pierre said.
21:53 Washington sees no signs of a Russian military threat to Moldova or Romania, Deputy State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said: "Now we have no signs of a direct military threat from Russia against Moldova or Romania ... We are in close contact with our Moldovan partners and Romanian allies".
21:47 Under the conditions of a positional war, combat quadrocopters acquire hybrid functions - they can act both as sabotage and reconnaissance groups, as well as snipers and even front-line aviation. For more details, see How the Armed Forces Use Drones .
21:44 Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, Montenegro has allocated military assistance to Ukraine for 10 million euros. It included body armor, helmets, dry rations, Strela-2M MANPADS, 60- and 82-mm mortars, 57- and 76-mm ammunition, 2.3 million rounds of ammunition and spare parts for helicopters, the country's Defense Ministry said.
21:40 Over the Odessa region in the evening, four Shahed kamikaze drones were shot down, which were trying to attack energy infrastructure facilities, said the head of the OVA Maxim Marchenko.
21:04 The time between Russian missile attacks is getting longer and longer, Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "This may indicate a decrease in Russia's missile stock. The occupiers really lack certain types of missile weapons."
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19:59 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, following his visit to Moscow, expressed hope that he would be able to agree on a security zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant: "I still believe that we will be able to establish a security zone, although we should have acted faster on this issue." At the same time, he added that the situation around the largest nuclear power plant in Europe remains "unstable and unpredictable."
19:55 The Pentagon calls on the US Congress to resume funding for two top-secret programs in Ukraine, suspended on the eve of the Russian invasion, writes The Washington Post, citing current and former US officials. If approved, this would allow U.S. Special Operations Forces to hire Ukrainian operatives to monitor Russian military movements and counter disinformation. At the same time, it is not clear whether the Biden administration will allow the return of American special forces to Ukraine, or whether the military will try to do this from a neighboring country.
19:36 USAID is allocating $60 million to strengthen the cybersecurity of Ukraine, Mikhail Fedorov, head of the Ministry of Digital Development, said. This support will help strengthen the protection of critical infrastructure from cyberattacks, as well as ensure the sustainable operation of digital government services.
18:48 Zelensky said in an evening video message that following his European tour, "there are very important agreements, and we received good signals. This applies to both long-range missiles and tanks, and the next level of our cooperation - military aviation."
18:44 Due to constant Russian attacks, almost 20 power units of thermal power plants remain damaged, Shmyhal said. If we add to this the fact of the occupation of part of Ukrainian energy facilities, the country has temporarily lost 44% of nuclear generation, 75% of thermal power plants and 33% of block thermal power plants. Every second Ukrenergo substation was attacked in four months.
18:42 The Cabinet of Ministers will launch open and transparent auctions for the sale of confiscated Russian property, Shmyhal said. At these auctions, Ukrainian or foreign businesses can purchase confiscated objects. Sales will be carried out according to the same principle as the privatization should have been. The State Property Fund will be responsible for them. All proceeds from sales will be used to restore Ukraine, the energy system, people's housing, demining, etc.
18:36 Ukraine will attract $6 billion in grants from the United States, another $165 million from a number of European countries, Shmyhal said. The grants will come through a donor fund administered by the IBRD and the International Development Association. This will allow Ukraine to support the most vulnerable segments of the population, the economy and direct the funds of Ukrainian taxpayers to provide security and defense forces, the prime minister added. Since the beginning of 2023, international partners have already allocated $4.2 billion to Ukraine.
18:19 Zelensky held a regular meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the presidential press service reported. The participants listened to information about the current situation on the front line, paying special attention to the defense of Ukrainian positions in the Donetsk region - in the area of Bakhmut, Vuhledar, as well as in the Kremennaya area in the Luhansk region and in other sectors of the front where active hostilities are taking place. The intelligence leadership reported on the actions of the Russian Federation and its plans for the near future.
They also discussed the provision of the Defense Forces with equipment and ammunition and their distribution among the groups, considered the effectiveness of the air defense. Separately, they focused on preparations for the next meeting in the Ramstein format, taking into account the agreements reached by Zelensky during recent foreign visits.
18:12 The head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, specified that as a result of a repeated strike on one of the energy infrastructure facilities in the Kharkiv region, eight people were injured, who at that moment eliminated the consequences of the previous strike. All the wounded were hospitalized, two of them in serious condition.
He also said that the Russians were shelling Kupyansk, Volchansk and other settlements during the day. In Volchansk, one person was wounded.
17:29 Zaluzhny claims that today Russian cruise missiles violated NATO airspace, flying over Romania. Romania denies this. Details of the incident - in the material Hooked on NATO?
17:05 Italy and France are ready to transfer the SAMP / T air defense system to Ukraine. Italian Prime Minister George Meloni said that this would be announced in the coming days.
17:03 Switzerland refused the request of Spain to transfer Swiss-made anti-aircraft guns to Ukraine. The Swiss government justifies its decision by a law prohibiting the re-export of military equipment to countries where there is an internal or international armed conflict.
16:56 A group of 35 countries, including the United States, Britain, Germany and France, called for the non-admission of Russians to the 2024 Olympics, said Lithuanian Sports Minister Jurgita Shyugzhdinene.
Zelensky today addressed the participants of the virtual summit of sports ministers of the partner states, during which he once again stated that "while Russia is killing and terrorizing, representatives of a terrorist state have no place in sports and Olympic competitions."
16:42 As a result of today's rocket attacks on one of the energy facilities of the Krivoy Rog district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, two employees of the enterprise were injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
16:33 In the Kherson region, a ban is introduced on photo and video recording and the use of DVRs on civilian vehicles. The corresponding order was signed by the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. In particular, the use of fixation devices is prohibited on public roads, checkpoints, infrastructure facilities, locations or movement of military units of the Defense Forces.
In addition, a blackout mode will operate in the area from 18:00 to 06:00. During this period, street lighting, lighting of the territories of objects, buildings and structures, advertising signs, banners, shop windows, residential buildings and adjacent areas, etc.
15:54 The Russian army has already received an order from Putin on offensive operations in Ukraine. The occupiers will intensify their attempts to seize the entire Donbass in the near future, but they are only capable of sending mobilized soldiers to "meat attacks", said Andrei Yusov, spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. According to him, first of all, offensive actions of the Russian army should be expected in the Donbass, because after Gerasimov replaced Surovikin, Putin ordered him to enter the administrative borders of Donetsk and Lugansk regions by the end of March.
“These are not the first deadlines, they have been repeatedly shifted, and this time they will certainly not succeed. But there will be an aggravation, the main goal is the east and the Donbass,” Yusov explained. He also said that full-scale mobilization is continuously going on in Russia, so there are more soldiers, but it is impossible to ensure their adequate training in a short time.
At the same time, Yusov added that one should not underestimate the enemy: “The term “meat attacks” appeared - what we saw around Soledar, near Bakhmut, is not due to the good quality of training. will destroy them."
15:19 The EU countries could not agree on joint purchases of ammunition for Ukraine, Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki said: “Late last night we discussed the supply of ammunition, which Ukraine really needs now. There was no positive reaction from some countries to our proposal... But, just as the discussion about tanks seemed completely impossible at the beginning, just as the discussion about the Patriot was pushed back, so, I think, we will soon return to the topic of ammunition at the next EU summit."
15:00 The Ukrainian air defense radar system recorded the passage of a Russian missile in the sky over Romania, despite the denial of the Romanian Ministry of Defense, Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat told Babel. He insists that two Caliber cruise missiles crossed the Ukrainian border with Moldova and Romania in the direction of Chernivtsi.
"There has been a serious incident. Romania must deal with this before drawing premature conclusions. One thing we know for sure - our data clearly indicate that the missile violated the airspace of the countries mentioned," Ignat stressed.
14:54 People's Deputy from the Opposition Platform for Life Oleg Voloshin was suspected of high treason, the SBU reported. According to the investigation, during 2020-2021, he contributed to the military-political leadership of the Russian Federation in subversive activities against Ukraine. SBU officers, together with the State Bureau of Investigation, under the procedural guidance of the Office of the Prosecutor General, conduct searches at the registration address of Voloshin and his relatives. Voloshin himself is hiding abroad.
14:28 Zelensky also said that several Russian missiles passed through the airspace of Moldova and Romania: "These missiles are a challenge to NATO, collective security. This is terror that can and must be stopped. The world must stop."
14:06 Air defense forces shot down 61 out of 71 cruise missiles fired by the Russians during a massive attack on February 9-10 , Zaluzhny said. From 21:50 Thursday, February 9, to 12:00 Friday, February 10, the Russian Federation launched 43 Kh-101/X-555 cruise missiles, 28 Caliber launches, and up to 35 S-300 missiles. In addition, the enemy used seven Shahed strike UAVs, five of which were shot down.
Air and missile attacks were carried out from TU-95 strategic aircraft from the waters of the Caspian Sea and Volgodonsk and carriers of cruise missiles in the Black Sea. The S-300 missiles were launched from the regions of the Belgorod region and the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporozhye region in Tokmak.
14:02 The situation in the Kremensky direction "remains difficult, but completely controlled," said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, it is in this direction that the greatest number of shelling and attacks is: “There they constantly shoot from heavy calibers, connect heavy equipment, tanks. They are already trying to develop some success there, but at the moment, despite the fact that our fighters are having a hard time They are in complete control of the situation."
According to Gaidai, the Russians are planning to go to Liman. The Ukrainian military is on the defensive, but after receiving Western equipment they will be able to launch a counteroffensive, Gaidai believes.
13:48 The Russians again launched rocket attacks on an energy facility in the Ivano-Frankivsk region today. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties or deaths. The air defense forces also successfully worked, said the head of the OVA, Svetlana Onischuk.
13:39 The main target of Russia during today's missile attack was again power plants and high-voltage network facilities. The geography of strikes is the eastern, western and southern regions of Ukraine, Ukrenergo reported. The most difficult situation is in the Kharkiv region, emergency shutdowns continue there. Network restrictions due to the attack are in effect in the Khmelnytsky region, and also remain in the Odessa and Kyiv regions. The deficit in the energy system is significant. The previously published schedule for measuring actual electricity consumption has been cancelled.
13:17 On February 10, the Russian occupation troops delivered a massive blow to Ukraine. The shelling of the Russian army was carried out in two stages: in the morning it launched Iranian drones, and then - cruise missiles from strategic bombers. Details - in the material Attack of the Russian Federation .
13:10 The Dnipro authorities have decided to stop all electric transport and turn off external lighting, Mayor Boris Filatov said. Shutdown schedules for city residents remain planned.
13:08 British intelligence reported on the success of the Russian Federation in key areas in the area of Bakhmut and Vugledar. In particular, on the northern outskirts of Bakhmut, the Wagnerites advanced 2-3 km to the west, taking control of the area near the main M-03 highway leading to the city. Russia also dominates the northern approaches to Bakhmut. At Vuhledar, the Russians managed to bypass the western outskirts of the city, although they suffered heavy losses and abandoned about 30 armored personnel carriers, intelligence said.
13:05 Russian missile and drone attack damaged four thermal power plants of DTEK. The equipment was seriously damaged, two power engineers were injured, the company said.
12:59 The Romanian Ministry of Defense has not confirmed the information about the passage of Russian missiles in the airspace of the country. According to the Romanian Ministry of Defense, the air surveillance system of the country's Air Force recorded a missile fired from a ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the Black Sea, which passed through the airspace of Ukraine, then Moldova, and re-entered Ukrainian airspace without crossing the border with Romania, 35 km from the border .
12:30 The Moldovan Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador due to a violation of the country's airspace.
12:27 As a result of today's massive missile and drone attacks by the Russian Federation on energy facilities, thermal and hydroelectric facilities, as well as high-voltage infrastructure in six regions, were damaged. Emergency shutdowns have been introduced in many regions, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said. According to him, the most difficult situation is in Zaporozhye, Kharkiv and Khmelnytsky regions. At the same time, thanks to the successful work of air defense and early technical measures, it was possible to maintain the integrity of the Ukrainian energy system.
12:23 Ukraine returned the bodies of 61 fallen defenders, the Ministry of Reintegration reported.
12:18 Peskov said that Putin will announce the message to the Federal Assembly on February 21. He did not rule out that Putin's message would include new categories of invitees, including participants in the "special operation." As for the direct line with the President of the Russian Federation, it "will take place, but there are no deadlines yet." The Kremlin speaker also said that Putin would soon approve the concept of Russia's foreign policy.
12:16 According to the air defense forces, ten missiles were shot down over Kiev. There are damages to power grids, there were no victims, Klitschko said.
12:14 Today, Russia fired a record number of S-300 missiles - up to 35 units in the Kharkiv and Zaporozhye regions, Air Force speaker Yuri Ignat said.
12:10 In the Zolochevsky district of the Lviv region, not far from the village of Kizlov, a Russian rocket fell near a bus stop without exploding, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky. According to preliminary information, there are no victims or injured, the movement of vehicles in that place was blocked.
12:09 In the Odessa region, air defense forces shot down all 13 Russian missiles, said the head of the OVA Maxim Marchenko.
12:08 In the Kharkiv region, the number of people injured as a result of a Russian missile attack has increased to eight people, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said.
12:04 The Ministry of Defense of Moldova confirmed the information about the flight of a missile over its territory and "strongly condemned" the violation of the republic's airspace.
11:58 According to preliminary information, in the Khmelnitsky region, air defense forces shot down one cruise missile and one kamikaje drone, but there is also a hit in the critical infrastructure of the Khmelnitsky community. The fire was extinguished, there were no victims, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Gamaly.
11:54 The head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine, Matti Maasikas, believes that today's Russian attack may be a reaction to Zelensky's successful trip to Europe: "Massive airstrikes on Ukraine since early morning. Like a reaction to the very successful visits of President Zelensky to European capitals in recent days where he was welcomed as a member of the family. As in the case of such strikes before, there is no chance to break the resolve of the Ukrainians."
11:40 The speaker of the Air Force Yuri Ignat, in a commentary to the UP, said that the Air Force could shoot down Russian missiles that crossed the airspace of Moldova and Romania, but they were aware of the risks and threats to the population of a foreign state, so they did not do it right away.
11:29 Two Russian cruise missiles Kalibr on February 10 at 10:18 crossed the state border of Ukraine with Moldova, and at 10:33 - the airspace of Romania. After that, the missiles again entered the airspace of Ukraine at the point of intersection of the borders of the three states. The missiles were launched from the Black Sea, Zaluzhny said.
11:16 According to preliminary information, as a result of the last Russian strike in the Kharkiv region, seven people were injured, two of them in serious condition, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
10:55 In Kiev, in the Goloseevsky district, two cars, a house and electrical networks were damaged by rocket fragments, the KGVA reported.
10:53 The Russians have delivered two more blows to Zaporozhye, said the secretary of the City Council Anatoly Kurtev.
10:49 Khmelnytsky Mayor Oleksandr Simchyshyn reported an explosion in the city and warned of possible power outages and other utilities.
10:31 The head of the Nikolaev OVA reported that one Russian missile transited through the airspace of Molodov. He also announced that there would be a third wave of missiles.
10:27 In the morning, the Russians dealt another blow to the critical infrastructure of Kharkiv, Mayor Igor Terekhov said and warned of possible interruptions in electricity and other utilities. According to Kharkiv heating networks, at 8:00 am, about a thousand residential buildings remained without heating and hot water in the city.
10:16 In the Kherson region over the past day, one person was killed and three wounded due to Russian shelling, the IVA reported.
09:55 Ukrenergo reported that Russian missiles hit several high-voltage infrastructure facilities in the eastern and western, southern regions, which led to power outages in some areas. In addition, at night the Russians attacked the energy infrastructure with drones and missiles, directing them at power plants and transmission system facilities. To minimize the possible consequences of an attack and save the power system, emergency shutdowns are used.
09:33 Zelensky, on his way to Ukraine, drove to Poland to meet with Duda. They discussed the agenda of the upcoming NATO summit, the situation at the front, as well as the provision of weapons to Ukraine, the press service of the Polish president reported.
09:30 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that PMC Wagner has slowed down the pace of recruitment of prisoners, as it ceases to be an important force at the front. According to analysts, despite Prigozhin's statement that his company has completely stopped recruiting prisoners, the Wagner group will continue to do so, but on a much smaller scale.
Over the past few months, the pace of Wagner's recruitment of prisoners has slowed significantly, as evidenced by statistics from the Federal Penitentiary Service. ISW notes that this phenomenon is consistent with the general trend of the gradual replacement of Wagnerians by regular Russian troops in the Bakhmut area. This indicates that the Russian military command, in all likelihood, is gradually abandoning its reliance on Wagner, and hence the use of prisoners as cannon fodder.
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09:27 Zelensky held talks with Orban in Brussels and invited him to visit Kiev, the Hungarian edition Népszava reported.
09:18 Ukraine has sent an official request to the Netherlands for the transfer of F-16 fighters, Defense Minister Kaisa Ollengren said. She added that this request is not easy to fulfill: "We need to discuss the presence of the F-16 with the Americans and other allies. And we need to seriously look at the consequences, this cannot happen overnight. We must be honest in this regard."
09:12 The Russians are launching Caliber from sea carriers, the Odessa RVA reported. OK Pivden reported that three enemy missile carriers with a total salvo of up to 20 Kalibr-type missiles are concentrated in the Black Sea.
09:08 At about 8:30 Russians launched cruise missiles from Tu-95ms strategic bombers , the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
On the night of February 10, Russia launched seven Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones from the eastern coast of the Sea of Azov and six Kalibr sea-based cruise missiles from a Russian frigate in the Black Sea. Air defense forces destroyed five cruise missiles and five attack drones.
The Russians also launched a massive strike with S-300 anti-aircraft missiles from Belgorod and the occupied Tokmak, Zaporozhye region. Up to 35 S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles were launched in the Kharkiv and Zaporozhye regions, which cannot be destroyed in the air by air defense systems.
09:03 The European Union does not know where about 90% of the frozen assets of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation are located, writes Bloomberg with reference to the report of the EU legal service. According to the document, out of the frozen $258 billion, the whereabouts of no more than $36.4 billion are known.
08:58 An air alert has been announced throughout Ukraine, there is a threat of missile strikes. Due to the threat of a missile attack in Kyiv, Kyiv and Dnepropetrovsk regions, emergency blackouts are being applied, DTEK said.
The head of the KGVA, Sergei Popko, said that at night the Russians launched a group of Shahed UAVs into Ukraine. The main goal was reconnaissance of the location of the Ukrainian air defense forces and the destruction of energy facilities. After Shahed, they fired dozens of rockets at Kharkiv, Zaporozhye and the Dnieper, there were hits. At the moment, the enemy has launched Tu-95 strategic bombers into the air, which can carry cruise missiles on board. There is a big threat of a missile attack.
08:53 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed - in Pleshcheevka. Another 11 residents of the region were injured, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
08:34 On the evening of February 9, Russians attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region with kamikaze drones, the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak, said. According to him, the air defense forces shot down all enemy drones. After that, the Russians hit the energy infrastructure facility with a rocket, there is serious damage there, an employee of the enterprise was injured. Rocket fragments fell on the roof of a two-story house, a fire broke out, people were not injured.
08:18 At night, the Russians attacked a critical infrastructure facility in the Shepetovsky district of the Khmelnytsky region with a drone. The fire was extinguished, there were no victims, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Gamaly.
08:06 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy as of the morning of February 10th.
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ersonnel - about 135,740 (+730) people liquidated,
tanks - 3258 (+3),
armored combat vehicles - 6471 (+3),
artillery systems - 2251 (+7),
MLRS - 463 (+0),
air defense systems - 233 (+1),
aircraft - 295 (+0),
helicopters - 286 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1970 (+3),
cruise missiles - 796 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5126 (+5),
special equipment - 211 (+0).
07:57 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions in the areas of Kremennaya, Bakhmut, Avdeevka, Experienced, Maryinka and Vugledar. It actively uses operational-tactical and army aviation to strike at the positions of Ukrainian troops, the General Staff said in a morning summary .
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled attacks by Russians in the areas of the settlements of Gryanikovka and Masyutovka in the Kharkiv region; Stelmakhovka and Dibrova - Luhansk and Fedorovka, Krasnaya Gora, Bakhmut, Ivanovskoye, Avdeevka, Krasnogorovka, Paraskoveevka and Prechistovka of Donetsk region.
In order to make up for losses in the settlement of Mirnoye, Zaporozhye region, the Russians brought PMC Wagner mercenaries from among the recruited prisoners.
In Hola Prystan, Kherson region, the FSB of the Russian Federation checks the documents and personal belongings of local residents, paying special attention to phones.
06:19 The Russians inflicted 17 strikes on Zaporozhye in an hour - this is the largest number since the beginning of a full-scale invasion. The enemy attacked energy infrastructure facilities, information about the destruction and victims is being specified, said Anatoly Kurtev, secretary of the City Council.
05:10 The Russians launched about ten strikes on the critical infrastructure of Kharkiv, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. In some areas of power outages, information about the victims and the extent of damage is being specified.
04:52 The Times writes that Ukraine is ready to use British long-range missiles to strike targets in the Russian rear, including the occupied Crimea. The interlocutor of the publication drew attention to the words of Zelensky about the imminent destruction of Russian military facilities "in the depths of the occupied territories" with the help of long-range missiles. He stressed that "Kyiv is ready for such actions."
Earlier, Rishi Sunak confirmed that the UK is preparing to transfer "more long-range weapons" to Ukraine. The Times suggests that we can talk about Harpoon anti-ship missiles with a range of up to 240 km, which can be modified to strike ground targets. Another option is Storm Shadow air-to-air missiles, the range of which reaches 560 km (about 250 km for the export version).
03:58 Ukrainian military strikes the enemy with missile strikes from HIMARS and other high-precision installations after receiving detailed coordinates of the enemy's location provided by the US military, which is based in Europe, writes The Washington Post, citing Ukrainian and American sources. This process should give Washington confidence in how the longer-range systems will be used if they are transferred to Ukraine.
In this case, only the Ukrainians are responsible for finding targets, prioritizing them, and then deciding which ones to attack. The United States does not approve of the targets and does not participate in the selection or defeat of targets, the American side emphasizes. At the same time, a Ukrainian official told reporters that the US military does not always provide the requested coordinates. In this case, the Ukrainian military does not fire blindly.
00:53 A group of Republicans led by a member of the US House of Representatives Matt Geitz registered a "Resolution on fatigue from Ukraine", in which they called for an end to military and financial assistance to Kiev and to facilitate the conclusion of a peace agreement between Kiev and Moscow.
00:25 During an audience with King Philip I of Belgium, Zelensky presented the monarch with a gift - a piece of a downed Russian Su-25 aircraft, the press service of the Belgian royal palace reported. Ukrainian pilots wrote the words "Together we will win" on it.
00:04 President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach said that the exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes from participation in the Olympic Games would be discrimination against them, which does not comply with the principles of the international Olympic movement. He added that the UN Human Rights Council also spoke out against such a ban.
In addition, Bach reacted extremely negatively to Ukraine's intentions to boycott the 2024 Olympic Games if Russians participate in them. According to him, this is contrary to the foundations of the Olympic movement, "and, as history has shown, previous boycotts did not achieve their political goals and only led to the punishment of athletes boycotting NOCs."
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[KavkazUzel] Kadyrov
...current strongman of Chechnya, he’s Vladimir Putin’s little buddy...
reacted sharply to a video of a conversation with captive Chechens, because this recording received a response on the network, said Ukrainian mufti Ayder Rustemov. He noted that he was not afraid of Kadyrov's threats, although he understood their reality.
As the "Caucasian Knot" has reported, prisoners from Chechnya who talked with the mufti in Ukraine should punish the mufti after their release, Ramzan Kadyrov said. Kadyrov's anger was provoked by the mufti's questions about why the military operation in Ukraine is called jihad in Chechnya.
Mufti of Crimea Aider Rustemov asked the prisoners why they had come to participate in the military operation in Ukraine. He noted that the Koran is one, despite the fact that the countries are different. "Why is it called jihad now in Chechnya, can someone explain to me?" - Rustemov asked.
The prisoners could not tell about the reason for declaring the military operation in Ukraine as a jihad. The mufti's question about whether they were forced to go to Ukraine was also answered briefly. "There was an order - we arrived," one of the prisoners said. "They gave us two or three days, they told us to get ready," another man said, according to a video posted on the YouTube channel.
Mufti of Crimea Ayder Rustemov, who lives in Ukraine, commenting on his conversation with prisoners from Chechnya, said today that they are being forced to go to Ukraine. "These people explain this by saying that they were forced to do it. Propaganda really works very hard there. They are really ordered, they are forced, some may even be blackmailed," he said in an interview with a correspondent for the Ukrainian radio NV. He also indicated that, in his opinion, there are people who go to the military operation in Ukraine "for the sake of money."
According to him, the reticence of the interlocutors is explained by their understanding that "if they say something on the cameras, then during the exchange that will take place in the future, they will be killed or something else will be done."
In his opinion, Kadyrov's sharp reaction to the video recording of the conversation with prisoners from Chechnya is due to the fact that the video received a response (on the YouTube channel of blogger Vladimir Zolkin, the video has gained 1.27 million views since January 28, on the YouTube channel of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Crimea - 60 thousand views - note of the "Caucasian Knot" ). “I do not rule out that it touched his soul,” Rustemov said.
Kadyrov's threat may be real, the mufti pointed out. "These may well be just ordinary Chechens who are here ( in Ukraine - Approx. "Caucasian Knot ") and they have relatives in Chechnya. This relative is taken, they begin to torture him and contact him , they say - you won’t kill such and such a person <...> we will kill your relative, "Rustemov said in a video recording of the conversation, published today on the YouTube channel of the radio station, translated from Ukrainian by the "Caucasian Knot", adding that Kadyrov's threats do not frighten him.
The authorities and religious leaders of Chechnya have repeatedly called the military operation in Ukraine a jihad, urging Muslims to go to it. So, at the end of October, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, declared jihad against "satanic democracy", promising "not to defend, but only to attack."
On February 28, 2022, a few days after the start of the special operation in Ukraine, the Mufti of Chechnya, Salakh Mezhiev, addressed the residents of the republic, in which he stated that those who went to fight in Ukraine "went to jihad", because together with NATO in Russia "will come all the dirt" and everything that is unacceptable according to religion.
On June 23, 2022, Kadyrov published on his Telegram channel a video with a sermon by Adam Shahidov, adviser to the head of Chechnya on religious affairs. "The fight against the henchmen of Iblis must be waged by Muslims always and everywhere, and even the most ardent religious skeptics cannot argue with this postulate," Kadyrov wrote in a commentary on Shahidov's video.
On September 16, 2022, against the backdrop of Ramzan Kadyrov's reports about the next dispatch of special forces soldiers to Ukraine, a video appeared on social networks of an oath that combatants from Chechnya utter, pledging to "lead gazavat in the name of Allah."
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:34 Igor Strelkov announced the capture of the village of Dvurechenskoe in the Kharkiv region by the RF Armed Forces.
“Apparently, the village was taken by an offensive from the territory of the Russian Federation. And this means that the long-awaited offensive has nevertheless begun (the village is located quite deep both from the border and from the positions of the RF Armed Forces in the LPR according to the configuration of the front at the end of November, which I remember from the experience of being in that area).
So far, official reports on the offensive have not been reported, but - if we are to believe the reports of military correspondents - the front is clearly approaching Kupyansk. I don't have any other information yet."
21:19 An explosion was heard in Odessa, while the alarm was not announced in the region, they writeUkrainian media.
“They report an explosion in Odessa. The alarm was not declared, ”the message on the telegram channel of the Ukrainian edition Strana.ua says.
21:16 Yevgeny Prigozhin spoke about the possible timing of the end of the SVO:
"If we need to go to the Dnieper, then for three years. If we need to close the DPR and LPR, then we need to work for another year and a half or two. If we need to reach the English Channel, then I have my own ideal plan," Prigozhin told military commissar Semyon Pegov.
20:30 The sounds of explosions are heard on Friday evening in the city of Chuguev, Kharkiv region of Ukraine. This was reported by the Ukrainian edition of "Strana". No other details are given.
19:35 Coherence at the range - efficiency in battle: work out assault units in the rear area of the special operation
In order to quickly adapt military personnel to a combat situation, all training at the training ground is conducted under the guidance of experienced instructors who share their rich combat experience gained during a special military operation.
“At this range, coordination is being carried out with military personnel. Single training, coordination of squads, platoons, coordination of the company and the detachment itself for offensive operations, and in order to knock out the enemy from fixed positions and thereby inflict fire damage on him, ”said the commander of the detachment with the call sign “Bumblebee”.
One of the stages of the training is the development of the assault on the trenches. Fighters learn to move in twos in a small space. The task is to increase coherence in the work of mobile groups.
19:27 Resident of Severskshowshow Ukrainian militants rob apartments while the owners are evacuated
19:26 An air raid alert was announced for the third time on Friday throughout Ukraine, data show online maps Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.
18:34 Every day of the Ukrainian cemetery replenished fresh graves of those who refused to lay down their arms and raise their hands
17:18Russian air force works for targets in the area of N. p. Robin
Two direct hits hit the location of the enemy's, as well as the warehouse of ammunition and small arms
16:24 Spanish mercenary Pedro Diaz Flores, who sold the embalmed fingers of Russian soldiers, eliminated in Bakhmut on January 6th.
16:22 Russian artillerymen done small "cosmetic" repair of the VSUshnikov pickup truck
15:17 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
🔹In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy’s losses amounted to more than 70 Ukrainian servicemen.
🔹In the Krasnolimansky direction, the RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 100 Ukrainian servicemen. In addition, an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the Kharkiv region.
🔹Up to 125 Ukrainian servicemen were killed in the Donetsk direction. Also, two warehouses of ammunition and rocket and artillery weapons of nationalists were destroyed in the areas of Slavyansk and Avdiivka.
🔹In the South-Donetsk direction, the losses of the enemy amounted to over 60 Ukrainian servicemen.
🔹In the Kherson direction, up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed per day. Also, an ammunition depot was destroyed in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
🔹89 enemy artillery units were defeated in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 122 districts.
🔹Fighter aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Zaporozhye region shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force;
🔹Air defense systems shot down 14 HIMARS shells and destroyed 12 Ukrainian UAVs.
14:44 All electric transport stopped in Dnipro and external lighting turned off after shelling - authorities
14:44 Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko reported damage to the power grid in the city
14:43 The Ukrainian Ministry of Energy reports that heat and hydro generation facilities in six regions have been hit today, emergency shutdowns are being introduced
14:42 In the Glushkovsky district of the Kursk region, the Russian military are firing at the identified points of the location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - Governor Starovoit
14:41 Russian artillerymen transmit ardent greetings to all Ukrainians
14:41 Rubric of forced distribution of subpoenas continues, Kharkiv is in touch
13:06 Ukrainian warrior who has already conquered (disabled), Understood that Zelensky and his henchmen are just doing business in the war
13:05 Rubric forced distribution of subpoenas continues, in touch Odessa
13:05 Personnel consequences of explosions from Khmelnytsky. It is reported that now that there is no water and light.
13:04 Tankers of the Brave grouping destroyed DRG of Ukrainians
As a result of conducting aerial reconnaissance with the help of UAVs in the area of N. p. Svatovo, a group of Ukrainian saboteurs was discovered. With a well-aimed shot from the T-80 tank, the enemy was destroyed.
12:25 Ukrainian media report new explosions in Vinnitsa region
12:25 The mayor of Khmelnitsky confirmed the explosion in the city
The mayor of Khmelnytsky Alexander Simchishin confirmed the arrival in the city. According to him, "for some time there may be problems with the light." Thus, there really was an arrival at the infrastructure facility.
12:24 A series of strikes inflicted on Western Ukraine
According to "Go and look", powerful explosions are heard in several large cities of Western Ukraine at once.
“Explosions in Lvov, Ivano-Frankivsk and a number of other cities,” a channel source said.
According to him, the likely target of the strikes are infrastructure facilities.
11:12 Ukrenergo confirmed arrivals at energy infrastructure facilities
Several high-voltage infrastructure facilities were hit, causing power outages in the eastern, western and southern regions of Ukraine.
11:11 Eyewitnesses report explosions in Krivoy Rog
11:11 Explosions thundered in Kremenchug and Odessa
Presumably, in Kremenchug, a blow was delivered to the thermal power plant.
10:47 A massive rocket attack is underway on the territory of Ukraine
According to Ukrainian media, the Russian Armed Forces fired at least 40 X-101 and Caliber missiles.
Basically, missile launches come from the sea - at least five strategic missile carriers of the Russian Aerospace Forces have been deployed there.
10:45 Regular frames of combat work of Russian artillery in one of the directions, including incendiary ammunition
09:40 The execution of our fighters is ordinary Nazism. Rogueism. Righteous anger overflows from the maximum abomination of death. But these videos need to be uploaded. People need to see and know. And they must understand what awaits them in case of surrender. You cannot be taken prisoner. We must go to the end. Until melted. This is a war crime. We, as Orthodox people, will pray for the repose -video
The Nazis only make things worse for themselves. Militants from the 80th ODShBR of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already ceased to be taken prisoner. They are destroyed on the spot. Because they are precisely those scoundrels who committed the past crime. Definitely with these characters - a Bandera rogul with a Galician dialect - it will be the same.
And we once again understand that we must go to the end. Once again we understand that the entire post-Ukrainian space must be liberated. And no piece with a blue-yellow rag or a black-and-red one should remain. There should be a complete purge from the ideology of Nazism and Satanism.
09:38 Mercenaries from Poland raped a minor in the Nikolaev region, while the police again refuse to investigate, an activist of the Nikolaev underground told RIA Novosti -video
09:36 The Holy Assumption St. Nicholas Vasilevsky Monastery near Ugledar in the DPR was badly damaged by Ukrainian shelling, but still serves as a shelter for the clergymen and refugees who remained there -video
Due to constant shelling, people here do not always have the opportunity to move around the territory, it is often impossible even to go for water.
08:37 The message about today's explosion in Kyiv in the Darnytskyi district on the territory of one plant went almost unnoticed -video
It was at this enterprise that one of the Nazi units kept a rather large number of ammunition and weapons. Apparently they smoked in the wrong place and there was a detonation of ammunition. Servants of the Kyiv regime still remain under the rubble of one of the workshops.
08:36 100% hit - the result of the work of our snipers -video
A selection of videos of the effective combat work of our snipers from the special forces unit.
The Nazis went by express to Bandera.
Good news for our sniper guys is expected today.
08:08 Summary on the morning of February 10, 2023
At night, the Russian Armed Forces delivered blows with "Geraniums" and other means of destruction on enemy targets in Kurakhovo, Zaporozhye, Kherson, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Konstantinovka, Dnepropetrovsk, Vinnitsa region. Ukrainian channels reported that a group of UAVs entered the Cherkasy region along the riverbed of the Dnieper.
In the morning, at least 7 powerful strikes were inflicted on Zaporozhye, in some areas of the city electricity and water supply was lost. Air raid alert in Sumy, Poltava, Kharkiv, Nikolaev and Dnepropetrovsk regions.
PMC "Wagner" continues the offensive in the Soledar direction.
To the north of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), our forces are fighting for Krasnaya Gora and Paraskovievka, the enemy troops are in a semi-encirclement. In Artemovsk, a critical situation is developing for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. South-west of the city "Wagner" break through to the settlement. Mortars.
Fighting continues in Maryinka.
In the Ugledar direction for the day without changes. There is information about the loss of personnel and equipment of the Marines of the Pacific Fleet. The enemy publishes a video with our prisoners. After the breakthrough of the Russian Armed Forces to Vgledar, the enemy strengthened the defense, and the illiterately organized offensive of our armored vehicles “in a column one at a time” without deploying in battle formations along the front led to losses. Measures are being taken to remedy the situation.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out strikes on the Belgorod region. Arrival in the Shebekinsky district, in the Grayvoronsky district, our air defense intercepted three enemy missiles.
The enemy fired 164 rounds of ammunition into the DPR. Golmovsky, Mayorsk, Zaitsevo, Gorlovka, Novobakhmutovka, Shirokaya Balka, Donetsk, Makeyevka were under enemy fire, two civilians were wounded.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:58 Over the past day Representationreported about 36 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 16 attacks from 155mm artillery.
In the Svetlodar direction, one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 18 attacks from artillery 155mm and 152mm, mortars 120 and 82mm.
On Yasinovatsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
Having fired 246 units of various ammunition.
The district of ten settlements of the Republic came under enemy fire: the capital city. Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshev, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Luhansk, Mayorsk, Ozeryanovka, Horlovka (Nikitovsky district), Mikhailovka, Novobakhmutovka, Yasinovataya, Makeivka (Chervonogvardeisky district), Aleksandrovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of a civilian - a man, in Aleksandrovka.
Three housing constructions in Oleksandrivka and Lugansk were damaged, as well as three civil infrastructure facilities.
Previously, 30 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU per day.
21:54 How is the situation in Lugansk LBS? Toldthe fighters themselves.
In short: the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as usual, settle in schools and among civilians. They are trying to advance, but this turns into a bloodbath for them, thanks to our aviation. The warriors say the enemy ranks in their area have thinned by a third.
And signalmen report that they are most infuriated by Western-delivered electronic warfare - but we have something to answer for these systems.
21:53 Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPRconfiscatedmore than 5,300 ammunition caches found in the village of Molodezhnoye, Popasnyansky district, and the urban-type settlement of Chernukhino, Perevalsky district, are the center of public relations of the department.
20:22 A man was wounded during the artillery attack of the village of Aleksandrovka near Donetsk by Ukrainian troops, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
“On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC, on February 10, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic: Alexandrovka settlement: a man born in 1977 was wounded along Shkolnaya Street, 161,” the representative office said in its telegram channel.
18:55 Kherson front: the Russian army with the help of Mavic drones repels attempts to break through the enemy
Our soldiers repelled the landing of the DRG of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. With the help of UAVs, scouts discovered the DRG, making another unsuccessful attempt to approach by boat to the left bank of the Dnieper, which is defended by troops and infantry. The coordinates were transferred to the command post of the battalion -video
The fighters took up their prepared firing positions and destroyed the DRG approaching the shore with small arms fire.
In order to prevent the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from approaching the water, ours periodically conduct harassing fire on the opposite bank.
18:49 View of the steaming Artemovsk. fierce colors outside the city and around the city continue. Ours are pressing. The enemy resists fiercely.
18:15 Soledar direction settingas of 18.00 February 10, 2023
To the north of Bakhmut, Russian units advanced on the northern and southeastern outskirts of Paraskovievka, pushing the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of their positions. In two villages, including Krasnaya Gora, the situation for Ukrainian formations is deteriorating.
Russian troops are actively trying to go around the system of fortifications from the north and reach the Bakhmut-Slavyansk highway, completely depriving the Bakhmut garrison of supplies. In addition, this will allow us to get closer to Berkhovka and, in the future, to take the group in the northern suburbs of Bakhmut into a mini-boiler.
To strengthen the grouping of troops in Bakhmut and the surrounding area, a battalion of the 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade was deployed, as well as separate formations of the newly created 47th artillery Brigade, partially sent to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut. In addition, nationalists from the 24th assault battalion "Aidar" of the 53rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are in the battle zone.
In the Lisichansk direction, the positional offensive of the RF Armed Forces on Belogorovka continues. After a successful assault on the village by Russian servicemen, the Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated to the western outskirts, having managed to regroup and partially hold the settlement. Now the fighters of the RF Armed Forces are storming the Ukrainian fortified area with the support of artillery.
To the south of Belogorovka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the forces of 10 Specialized Rifle Brigade, launched an attack on the positional line of the Russian army in Zolotarevka with the task of penetrating into the defensive ranks. There are no significant successes at this stage, however, attempts will continue to curb the pace of the offensive of the RF Armed Forces in other directions.
In the south-west of Bakhmut, the Wagnerites, with the support of artillery and aviation, advanced in the water canal area and reached the highway from Konstantinovka. Having entrenched themselves there and in the north of Bakhmut, the Russian units actually took control of all logistics routes to the city under fire control.
17:10 Special Forces destroys APU armored vehicles on the move
Spetsnaz scouts found an enemy armored personnel carrier at night. The target was hit in motion by the calculation of the anti-tank missile system.
17:03 Air reconnaissance: Orlan-10 drones help to the crews of the 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled guns of the Southern Military District to deliver accurate strikes against the enemy in the NVO zone
During combat duty, the crews of the Orlan-10 multifunctional UAVs of the Southern Military District launch drones to tactical depth for reconnaissance and search for targets, further adjustment of the fire of various types of weapons, as well as for video recording of fire damage to objects, manpower and equipment of the enemy.
Having received the coordinates of the targets, the Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mounts move into position. Thanks to well-coordinated actions, the personnel of the self-propelled guns were able to strike at the specified coordinates in the shortest possible time, hitting the enemy.
Adjustment of artillery fire and fixing the destruction of targets was carried out with the help of UAV complexes.
16:07 5th brigade in the attack on Marinka: artillery covers assault groups with fire -video
Artillerymen of the 5th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps support the infantry offensive, grinding down enemy strongholds.
15:10 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation (10.02.2023)
In the Kupyansk direction, as a result of offensive operations by units of the "Western" group of troops, the settlement of Dvurechnoye, Kharkov region, was completely liberated. During the day, army aviation strikes, artillery fire inflicted a defeat on manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic, Gryanikovka and Berestovoye of the Kharkov region.
Enemy losses in this direction amounted to more than 70 Ukrainian servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, two vehicles, an M777 artillery system manufactured by the USA and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the group of troops "Center" defeated the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova, Chervonopopovka and Stelmahovka of the Luhansk People's Republic.
Up to a hundred Ukrainian servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, a Grad multiple launch rocket launcher, and a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar were destroyed. In addition, an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the village of Borovaya, Kharkiv region.
Up to 125 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, three armored combat vehicles, five vehicles, a 122mm D-30 howitzer and a multiple rocket launcher combat vehicle were destroyed in the course of offensive operations by the “Southern” group of forces, air strikes and artillery fire in the Donetsk direction 122mm BM-21 "Grad".
Also, two depots of ammunition and rocket and artillery weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Slavyansk and Avdievka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the South-Donetsk direction, the operational-tactical aviation and artillery of the Vostok group of troops inflicted a complex fire defeat on the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Prechistovka and Vuhledar of the Donetsk People's Republic. Enemy losses per day in this direction amounted to more than 60 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, four pickup trucks, three US-made M777 artillery systems, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, and a 152mm D-20 howitzer. In addition, two ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the area of the Ugledar settlement.
In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage to manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, one 152mm MSTA-B howitzer and two 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed per day. Also, an ammunition depot was destroyed near the village of Vyshetarasovka, Dnepropetrovsk region.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated 89 enemy artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 122 districts in a day. The command post of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit near the village of Artemovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic. In addition, in the area of the settlement of Druzhelyubovka, Zaporozhye region, a warehouse of rocket and artillery weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.
Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Ternivka, Zaporozhye region.
During the day, air defense systems shot down 14 rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, and also destroyed 12 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Dobrolyubovka in the Kharkiv region, Zhovtneve, Chervonaya Dibrova, Golikovo in the Luhansk People's Republic, Krasnogorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic and Novoprokofievka in the Zaporozhye region .
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 384 aircraft, 207 helicopters, 3,069 unmanned aerial vehicles, 403 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,812 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,014 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,046 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 8,313 units of special military vehicles.
14:36 Air raid alert announced throughout Ukraine
For the second time in a day, air raid sirens sound throughout the country.
14:30 Starobilsk direction setting as of 14.00 February 10, 2023
In the Kupyansky sector, after a slight advance of the RF Armed Forces near Dvurechnoye and Sinkovka, the situation stabilized. Artillery crews exchange blows, small-sized UAVs are used along the line of contact.
The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine actively uses advanced gunners to guide artillery and mortar units. In addition, two DRGs from the Alpha special forces are operating in the area of Dvurechny and Borovaya.
At the same time, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is increasing its combat and logistical capabilities in the north of the Kharkiv region and specifically in the Kupyansk region. In Kupyansk-Uzlovy and Borovaya, pontoon crossings were built to simplify the supply of troops.
In addition, units of the 16th battalion of the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being transferred from the Zaporozhye direction to Bolshoi Burluk and Kupyansk. The delivery of personnel and equipment is carried out in a combined way - by rail and by road.
Positional battles continue in the Limansky sector. Soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are fixed in the liberated territories, and the formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are accumulating forces for a counteroffensive.
The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine expects the intensification of hostilities: the forces of the 25th air brigade are concentrated at the Yampolovka-Terny line, and units of the 66th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are concentrated in the area of Balka Zhuravka.
In Pesky-Radkovsky, the presence of personnel of the 1st battalion of the newly created 67th Brigade from the 10th Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is noted. The transfer of a newly formed unit to the Liman testifies to the build-up of the group either on the eve of the Russian assault, or in preparation for an attack on Kremennaya.
In the Lisichansk sector, Russian troops continue their positional offensive in the Belogorovka area. About half of the village is under the control of the RF Armed Forces. Ukrainian formations are trying to counterattack.
13:49 Kharkiv gauleiters started to prepare the population for the surrender of Kupyansk
For about a week in the vicinity of Kupyansk, on the eastern bank of the Oskol River, active hostilities have been going on.
At some point, they really could be called a “combat flight” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but after the introduction of foreign mercenaries, the situation changed somewhat - active hostilities began.
Now the fighting is going along the Oskol River, in the Kharkiv OVA they mark the settlement of Masyutovka, which has not previously appeared in the media, and according to our information, Russian forces crossed a natural water barrier and went behind enemy lines near Gryanikovka.
12:32 A unit of Ukrainian militants sent to positions near Avdiivka was destroyed by Russian artillery fire -video
12:20 Assault detachments of PMC "Wagner" continue their offensive north of Bakhmut. Fierce colors they go beyond the village of Krasnaya Gora - it is practically encircled by the Wagnerites.
Wagner operators also work south of Bakhmut. They approached the village of Stupochki - it is here that the road to Konstantinovka passes, along which the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to transfer reserves to Bakhmut. The advance of the Ukrainian units was stopped by the Wagner artillery.
12:18 The situation in Artyomovsk (Bakhmut): what is known at the moment -video
On the night of February 10, assault groups of the RF Armed Forces crossed the E-40 highway and made their way to the settlement of Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, 20 km from Artyomovsk (Bakhmut). According to the military chronicle, the village has not yet been taken, serious battles are going on in the vicinity. Over the past three days, the 2nd separate motorized infantry and tank battalions of the 30th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have suffered significant losses.
The unit requested urgent support, but the nearby formations of the 46th and 77th airmobile brigades, withdrawn to Artyomovsk after the loss of Soledar, could not join the battle due to heavy artillery fire and the work of attack aircraft.
On the afternoon of February 9, all major roads connecting Artemovsk and neighboring cities were taken under fire control. Safe supply and movement along the Artyomovsk-Seversk, Artyomovsk-Slavyansk, Artyomovsk-Konstantinovka, and Khromovo-Chasov Yar routes is impossible. The roads are under the control of attack aircraft, Orlan-30 drones, rocket and self-propelled artillery of the RF Armed Forces.
The railway Chasov Yar - Yagodnoye, through which bulky cargo arrived in Artyomovsk (Bakhmut), is also under fire control of the RF Armed Forces.
In some units of the 109th Territorial Defense Brigade, the 71st Jaeger Infantry Brigade, as well as in other large formations, the situation around Artyomovsk is already being called an operational encirclement. Ukrainian ground forces can no longer move between positions, and cutting off the supply of the Ukrainian garrison deprives the troops of the opportunity to defend themselves.
11:44 According to information from our source from the close circle of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, tonight in the area of the settlement. Belozerka (Kherson region) was an artillery strike destroyed 152mm. howitzer 2S3 "Acacia" with ammunition, from the crew: two servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, two were seriously injured.
11:10 Powerful explosions thunder in Kharkov and Kyiv.
Ukrenergo: there are damages at infrastructure facilities.
11:00 The Russian military has securely entrenched themselves in combat positions near Nova Kakhovka. It is dangerous to be in this zone - one of the fighters told Izvestia correspondent Emil Timashev that a shell from the Armed Forces of Ukraine could arrive at any moment -video
"These are such high trenches, you can even go to the position of the shooter. There are sandbags, and here it is the right bank of the Dnieper - it is clearly visible even from behind the trees," the journalist showed.
The fortifications of the Russian military are quite reliable and fully equipped. There is even a field kitchen with low ceilings, inside of which there is a table, a TV set and a gas stove.
10:58 Explosions thunder in a number of cities and regions of Ukraine.
Explosions thunder in Kharkov, Odessa, Krivoy Rog, in the Nikolaev, Kirovograd, Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk regions.
The Ukrainian railway began to report train delays due to blackouts.
Missiles were seen over the Cherkasy and Nikolaev regions.
10:57 Explosions in the Odessa region and Kremenchug.
10:55 Reported explosions in Kremenchug, Kharkov, Poltava and Kirovograd regions.
10:36 Chronicle of blows and mutual shellingin the NWO zone for the night from February 9 to February 10, 2023
At night, the RF Armed Forces attacked infrastructure facilities on the territory of Ukraine in Kharkiv, Kramatorsk, Zaporozhye, Dnipropetrovsk and Khmelnytsky regions.
Ukrainian media write that another massive attack may be launched in the coming hours.
The RF Armed Forces hit targets in Senkovka and the village of Gai in the Chernihiv region, as well as Bolshaya Pisarevka, Volfino, Studenka and others in the Sumy region.
In Kharkov, Russian troops hit critical infrastructure.
In addition, the gunners worked on targets in Udy, Staritsa and Cossack Lopan in the Kharkiv region.
In the Starobelsky direction, the RF Armed Forces attacked the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kupyansk, Dvurechnaya, Novoselovsky, Sinkovka and Torsky.
On the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) direction, Russian troops worked on targets in Bakhmut, Chasovoy Yar, Bogdanovka, Krasnoy and Toretsk.
In the Donetsk direction, the RF Armed Forces were struck by accumulations of enemy manpower in Avdeevka, Kamenka, Krasnogorovka and Maryinka.
The enemy shelled Donetsk, Lugansk and Yasinovataya.
In the Yuzhnodonets direction, Russian troops worked on targets in Ugledar, Bogoyavlenka, Novomikhailovka and Zolotoy Niva.
In addition to the targets in Zaporozhye, the RF Armed Forces carried out strikes on enemy positions in Olgovskoye, Orekhovo, Gulyaipole and others.
In Dnepropetrovsk and the Krivoy Rog district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, critical infrastructure facilities were hit.
The RF Armed Forces carried out strikes on the locations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kherson and the surrounding settlements.
According to some reports, a critical infrastructure facility was hit in the Shepetovsky district of the Khmelnytsky region.
10:35 Minus "three axes": the operators of the OBTF "Kaskad" liquidated the "Lancet" NATO howitzer M777 in the Ugledar direction -video
09:33 Air raid alert announced throughout the territory of Ukraine.
08:32 From early morning series of explosions in Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye.
08:15 Frontline summaryon the morning of 10.02.2023
On the Zaporozhye direction, Russian troops on the ground attacked in the direction of Novoandreevka. Artillery hit Kamensky, Stepnoy, Shcherbak, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Charovnoye, Gulyapol, Krasnoy, Malinovka and Olgovsky. The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a missile attack on Berdyansk.
In the Uludar sector, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, with fire support, tried to advance towards Prechistovka. And a little to the north, after artillery preparation, they break through to Bogoyavlenka and have already bypassed Ugledar from the west. Thus, the Ukrainian garrison in the city is threatened by envelopment from the north. Artillery works on Ugledar itself.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops are conducting assault operations in the city of Maryinka. To the north they attack in the direction of Peromaisky and from the side of Vodyany. Also, an attempt to attack the fortified area in Avdeevka from Yasinovataya. To the north - a ground attack on Vesyoloye. And from Novoselovka the Second - to Novokalinovoe. In the area of ??the last two named settlements, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are trying to establish control over a section of the H-20 highway.
To the south-west of Bakhmut, Russian troops are attacking towards Chasov Yar, where the second line of defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is located in this direction. The attack on Ivanovskoye continues. The Ukrainian army rounds Ozaryanovka and Kleshcheevka. Also, Russian troops are trying to push through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the eastern outskirts of Bakhmut. To the north they storm Paraskovevka and Krasnaya Gora. PMC "Wagner" attacks in the direction of Fedorovka. Artillery works on Vasyukovka, Rozdolovka and Vesely. The Ukrainian army rounds Nikolayevka and Berestovoye. Russian troops on the ground are trying to advance towards Vyemka.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Evgenia Kondakova
[REGNUM] Annotation The EU summit ended in Brussels. The event was originally scheduled for two days, but in the end one was enough. Participation in the summit of the Ukrainian president lasted only 3.5 hours. There were two issues on the agenda of Vladimir Zelensky: Ukraine's entry into the EU and the receipt of combat aircraft by the Ukrainian army.
From the second trip outside the country since the beginning of the NWO, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky decided to squeeze out the maximum benefit - on the way to Brussels for the EU summit, he managed a few hours a day earlier, on February 8, to hold talks with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London, with the President France Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Paris (where, according to Politico sources at the Elysee Palace, he was invited spontaneously when they saw footage from the United Kingdom).
Zelensky flew to the Belgian capital with one goal: to beg for as much as possible for his country, namely weapons and the speedy granting of membership in the European Union.
"Ukraine will be a member of the EU," the head of state said, speaking in the European Parliament.
Yes, and European officials echoed: "Ukraine is Europe." President of the European Council Charles Michel signed a joint photo with Zelensky: " Welcome home, welcome to the EU."
However, everyone made it clear that before the acceptance of Ukraine into the ranks of the community is still very, very far away.
Even the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, stressed: “Ukraine is advancing on the path to the EU at an impressive pace, but between now and this bright future, the road is still not easy."
The integration into the European space of the country on whose territory hostilities are now taking place was discussed in detail less than a week ago, on February 3, in Kyiv at the Ukraine-EU summit. The Ukrainian side wants to speed up this process as much as possible, but not all members of the union agree with this: if representatives of Eastern Europe insist that at such a difficult moment it is necessary to promise accelerated membership to Ukraine, then large countries urge not to make empty promises.
So, in the final document of the summit, they limited themselves to a vague wording about making a decision after Kiev had completed all the stages prescribed by Brussels. By analogy with the statement of the Bucharest NATO summit in 2008: we will accept you into the alliance sometime later.
In addition, the admission of a new country to the EU is an issue that is accepted unanimously, and Hungary, through the mouth of the head of the administration of the Prime Minister of the Republic, Gergey Guyash, on the opening day of the summit, promised not to ratify Ukraine's membership in the EU until Kiev solves the problem of oppression of the Hungarian national minority in Transcarpathia. The dispute between the two countries on this issue has been going on for more than one year.
So Zelensky did not strongly pedal the topic with the accelerated procedure for Ukraine's accession to the EU in Brussels.
And at the moment, it is much more important for him to get heavy weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and ideally, fighters.
It was not for nothing that the Ukrainian president first raised this topic in London - it was the UK that was the first country to announce its decision to provide tanks to Kiev, thereby provoking a domino effect, soon similar statements followed from other Western capitals, including even Berlin, which until the last refused to share its Leopard 2.
Zelensky did not directly demand fighter jets from the Europeans from the rostrum of the European Parliament, but this call nevertheless sounded.
In response, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola called on the EU countries to explore the possibility of supplying Ukraine with long-range systems and fighter jets as soon as possible.
However, an EU official told Bloomberg: " European leaders have made it clear to Volodymyr Zelensky that they are ready to send more military aid to Ukraine, but so far no one has committed to providing fighter jets."
And indeed it is.
Immediately upon arrival in Brussels, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson did not rule out the supply of fighter jets to Ukraine in the future, but now this issue is not relevant for Stockholm. The heads of government of Belgium and Estonia announced that their countries do not have aircraft that could be provided to Ukraine. Scholz promised a day before the EU summit that Germany would not participate in the discussion of the supply of military aircraft, which Ukrainian officials are counting on so much. And even the head of the Polish government, Mateusz Morawiecki , said that Poland would not be in the forefront of states ready to transfer fighter jets to Kiev.
Zelensky was not supported by the leaders of those countries that he visited before Brussels. British Defense Minister Ben Wallace said in an interview with the BBC Broadcasting Corporation that the kingdom will not transfer fighter jets to Ukraine in the near future, but will focus on supplying other equipment and training the Ukrainian military.
Macron made a similar statement following the EU summit: “Deliveries of fighter jets are not a priority. This is not what the Ukrainian army needs now. Under no circumstances can the fighters be delivered in the coming weeks. In principle, it does not exclude anything, but now this is not the main issue.
As the official representative of the French government Olivier Veran explained , Paris does not supply combat aircraft to Kiev, since this is a means of attack, not defense.
Morawiecki, returning from the summit, told reporters that Warsaw had made a proposal to conduct joint purchases of ammunition for Ukraine, but, according to him, there was no positive reaction from some EU countries.
Zelensky tried to convince European leaders of the need to increase the volume of military assistance to Ukraine in a narrow circle.
According to the Hungarian newspaper Népszava, in Brussels he held a half-hour meeting with the presidents of Bulgaria and Cyprus, the Austrian chancellor, the prime ministers of Hungary, Greece, Slovenia, Croatia and began the conversation by listing the necessary weapons, but Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban immediately stated that they could not comply with this request.
By the way, they were the only ones of all the leaders of the EU countries who did not applaud when Zelensky and Charles Michel approached them for a joint photo.
The participation of the Ukrainian president in the summit lasted only 3.5 hours. In general, the event was originally scheduled for two days, but eventually reduced to one.
“Despite the presence of Zelensky as a participant in the summit and sweet talk that Ukraine is part of Europe, Zelensky returns to Kyiv empty-handed. Ukraine is a candidate country, but the procedure cannot be expedited. What's worse for Zelenskiy is that he's not getting more weapons and he's definitely not getting planes ," said French economist Charles Gave, founder of TV Libertés .
But at a press conference in Brussels, Zelensky said that he had no right to return home without results. But Ukrainians are no strangers to human rights violations.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
From this story from yesterday:
EU doesn't know where nearly 90% of Russia's frozen assets are located Only $36.4 billion of an (estimated) $258 billion is currently known, Bloomberg writes. This estimated amount itself was calculated based on the reports of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation as of January 1, 2022, i.e. almost two months before SVO.
Frozen, reported freezing. And they don't know where they are. And there is no natural mechanism for the confiscation of discovered assets. And by the way, it's no secret to anyone that there are far more Western assets in Russia than there are Russian assets in the West. And that the mutual confiscation of assets will not be in favor of the West. And the West understands this.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Bris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] 1. It is important to understand that not all that the Russian Aerospace Forces launch are missiles - some of the launches come with "tricks" to identify air defense systems that are being targeted by individual strikes.
2. It is beneficial for the enemy to overestimate the number of missile launches (in order to then compose tales about "PPO protsue"). Therefore, Ukrainian statements about the number of launches or missiles can be trusted to the same extent as statements about downed missiles. That is, no way.
3. If you pay attention, the Russian Defense Ministry never discloses the total number of missiles, decoys and additional launches against Ukrainian Air Force fighters and Ukrainian air defense systems and radars.
4. The SBU traditionally intimidates everyone, threatening those who will film arrivals, air defense operations and even discuss arrivals in social networks. This is done with the understandable goal of hiding the damage and then writing tales about "
5. The real effectiveness of strikes should be assessed by the number of affected infrastructure facilities and enemy air defense facilities, as well as the subsequent consequences for the energy structure. For example, the consequences of the last wave of strikes in Odessa are still being felt.
PS. At night, there were mass arrivals in Zaporozhye (the largest for all NVO), Kharkov, Kherson, Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Konstantinovka. Now there will be a sequel.
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[ColonelCassad] Map of missile strikes on February 10, 2023. In fact, they started at night with a Geranium raid. Several thermal power plants and various infrastructure facilities were hit + a number of military targets. In Zaporozhye, the most heavily arrived since the beginning of the NWO.
It is worth noting that today they hit right on the machine rooms of the TPP. A few left the chat.
PS. Also today, the RF Armed Forces liberated Dvurechnoye in the Kharkiv region (near Kupyansk). Also, ours are pressing in the north of Artemovsk. 3 out of 4 roads to the city have already been taken under control.
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[ShafaqNews] Shafaq News/ Moscow would cut oil production by 500,000 bpd (around 5% of output) in March, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said.
In a statement, Novak pointed out that Russia will sell the entire volume of oil produced but not to those who "adhere to the principles of the price cap."
"Russia believes that the 'price cap' mechanism in the sale of Russian oil and oil products is an interference in market relations and a continuation of the destructive energy policy of the countries of the collective West," Novak said.
To restore the market ties, "Russia will voluntarily reduce production by 500,000 barrels per day in March."
The deputy PM clarified that Moscow had no formal consultations as the cuts were voluntary.
The decision to cut oil production came nine days after an OPEC+ panel endorsed the oil producer group's current output policy, leaving production cuts agreed upon last year.
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[ShafaqNews] Shafaq News/ Moscow would cut oil production by 500,000 bpd (around 5% of output) in March, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said.
