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2024-02-06 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: February 5, 2024
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 22:22 On Saturday, February 3, the Russian media announced the shelling of an alleged bakery in occupied Lysichansk, and the head of the so-called “LPR” Leonid Pasechnik convinced that 28 civilians were killed as a result of the Ukrainian strike. At the same time, local journalists and eyewitnesses on social networks noted that this was not a bakery, but a cafe where the birthday of a local “deputy” was celebrated. And in general, the establishment was popular among the top of the “LPR”. Read more in the article Strike at a cafe in Lisichansk.
21:57 The third round of negotiations with the Netherlands on the issue of bilateral security guarantees took place in Kiev, the Presidential Office reported.
21:01 The FSB of the Russian Federation stated that it allegedly prevented a terrorist attack against the “head” of Crimea Sergei Aksenov. The FSB claims that a group of three Russians was detained who, on instructions from the SBU in Simferopol, were preparing to blow up a car. They confessed.
20:55 Norwegian Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gram called on the country to be prepared for a possible conflict even after the end of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. According to him, the sprouts of democracy were destroyed in the Russian Federation, and “nothing indicates that Russia will become like us.” The Minister stressed the importance of increasing defense investment, exercises and improving the interoperability of the Norwegian armed forces with NATO allies.
20:49 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he and Shmygal discussed strengthening the veterans’ policy: “Steps that will solve existing problems in this area and give confidence to our people. Steps to reset. And not only in this direction. With all due respect to the minister, "This is purely a matter of management. Ukraine needs strength, fresh energy and sufficient leadership in every area." Earlier today it became known that Minister of Veterans Affairs Yulia Laputina wrote a letter of resignation.
The president also said that today he worked in three regions - Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovograd and Cherkasy regions. “The main issues everywhere include strengthening electronic warfare, electronic warfare, and strengthening our air defense. There are several important instructions on this matter today,” the head of state added.
20:18 Disputes and bargaining over assistance to Ukraine continue in the United States. Republicans and Democrats have not been able to agree since last fall. Senators have now agreed on a bipartisan $118 billion supplemental funding bill that combines aid for Ukraine, Israel and to shore up the U.S. southern border. But it’s too early to rejoice. For more details, see the material: The Senate is ready, the Congress is not.
19:47 The head of the European Foreign Service, Josep Borrell, said that the EU is not fulfilling plans to supply artillery shells to Ukraine not because the bloc countries do not have enough production capacity, but because they export ammunition to other countries. According to the diplomat, the best option is for exporting countries to reach an agreement with their buyers and redirect products to Ukraine.
19:34 The Russians fired from the MLRS at the city of Vorozhba, Sumy region - one person was killed, two were wounded, the OVA reported.
19:30 Ukraine could disappear if Republicans do not support the Senate bill and wait for Donald Trump to return to the White House, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said: “Too many Republicans, including Speaker Johnson, are deathly afraid of Donald Trump, who says - let's "Let's wait until I become president, which will take at least a year. Ukraine could disappear."
Schumer also said that without help from Kyiv, Putin “could break through Ukraine and even into Eastern Europe.”
18:46 Two more children were evacuated from the occupied part of the Kherson region, said the head of the OBA Alexander Prokudin.
18:39 The commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Alexey Neizhpapa, believes that the Crimean Bridge is not worthy by the end of the year. He answered the question in the affirmative whether the Crimean Bridge could be considered potentially “dead,” and added that he knew how to do it. “I think we won’t have to wait long. At least this year for sure,” Neizhpapa said.
18:17 Last week, the intensity of Russian shelling increased by almost a quarter - the enemy attacked Ukraine more than 1,500 times, said Interior Minister Igor Klimenko. Attacks were recorded in more than 570 settlements, most of all in the Zaporozhye region. Russian strikes have killed 12 people and injured 60 over the past week.
17:36 Zelensky said that he was on a visit to Kropyvnytskyi and held a meeting on the state of affairs in the region. The President recalled that almost 90 thousand internally displaced persons remained in the Kirovograd region. Separately, the protection of critical infrastructure facilities, strengthening air defense, and building up the electronic warfare system were discussed.
17:24 Russia has requested an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday, February 6, in connection with the attack on Lisichansk, the permanent mission reported.
16:45 The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said that he was going to Ukraine.
16:28 In the Kherson region, the entry of foreign volunteers into a number of dangerous communities was prohibited without coordination with the regional military administration and military command, the OVA reported. Representatives of foreign consulates or representative offices of international organizations will not be allowed into populated areas that are constantly under enemy fire.
15:51 The Netherlands is preparing to send six more F-16 fighters to Ukraine in addition to the 18 aircraft that began to be prepared in December last year. Thus, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will soon receive the first 24 fighters from the Netherlands, said Defense Minister Kaisa Ollongren. In total, the Netherlands promised to transfer 42 F-16 fighters to Ukraine, a small part of which will be training.
15:39 Greek government speaker Pavlos Marinakis denied media reports that Athens allegedly plans to transfer S-300 missiles to Ukraine: “There should be a limit to fake news, especially when they affect the interests of the country and its international image. This does not exist, and I categorically "I deny this. It was not even the intention that Greece would risk the country's defense weapons."
15:03 Over the year, the production of drones in Ukraine has increased 100 times, reports the Ministry of Digital Development. The department also recalled that in 2022, only seven UAVs could receive government contracts, today - 67 samples. In total, there are about 200 Ukrainian companies engaged in the production of UAVs, services and products in the field of drones.
14:42 During the strike on Lysichansk, two local “deputies” were killed - Artem Trostyansky and Ivan Zhushma, the city “authorities” reported.
14:14 In the Belgorod region, near the village of Kozinka, on February 3, a UAV dropped an explosive device, wounding two servicemen of the Russian Defense Ministry. There were no casualties among civilians, the opposition Russian publication Astra reports.
14:10 Portuguese Foreign Minister João Gomes Cravinho said that he arrived in Kiev together with Education Minister João Costa.
13:43 Ukraine expects F-16 aircraft and missiles with a range of 300-500 km in the next assistance packages, said the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergei Naev.
13:38 The Russians shelled the center of Kherson - four people were killed, one was wounded, said the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Igor Klimenko. The regional administration also showed the consequences of Russian shelling of the cathedral in the central part of Kherson:
13:29 G7 countries and the EU are discussing a plan to use more than $250 billion of frozen Russian assets as collateral to help finance the reconstruction of Ukraine, Bloomberg writes. The plan is being discussed at a technical level, meaning a political decision has not yet been made. At the same time, one of the publication’s interlocutors noted that some countries want to move on this issue “faster than others.”
12:51 A new scandal regarding mobilization is breaking out on social networks. Employees of the special forces of the National Police in the Dnepropetrovsk region refused to transfer to the Lyut assault brigade. The corresponding video of the “meeting” on this issue went online. Read more in the article Police riot in the Dnieper.
12:15 Zelensky said that he was in the Dnipropetrovsk region, visited the training center where mobile fire groups are training, and presented awards.
12:11 During the attack on Lisichansk on February 3, “Minister of Emergency Situations of the LPR” Alexey Poteleschenko was killed, said the leader of the “LPR” Leonid Pasechnik.
11:58 The Georgian State Security Service stated that it had discovered a cargo of explosives, which were allegedly planned to be transported from Odessa to Voronezh for carrying out terrorist attacks. Citizens of Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia were behind the transportation. The State Security Service claims that the organizer of the transportation was allegedly Ukrainian deputy Andrei Sharashidze.
11:49 The French Foreign Ministry summons Russian Ambassador Alexei Meshkov due to the death of two French volunteers during the shelling of Berislav, Kherson region on February 1, BFMTV reports citing a source. They will protest against Meshkov and condemn the invasion and the disinformation campaign that the Russian Federation launched against Paris.
11:14 Zelensky’s press secretary Sergei Nikiforov claims that in the president’s interview with the Italian TV channel RAI there was no talk about the stalemate at the front: “Speaking about the results of the summer actions, Vladimir Zelensky said that their naval part gave a positive result: Ukraine was able to restore "an independent grain corridor, but the land part of the operations ended in stagnation. We are talking specifically about counter-offensive actions in the south."
According to Nikiforov, this does not give the right to describe the overall situation at the front as a stalemate. He also quoted Zelensky’s answer: “I would say this: the naval part of the operation had a positive effect - we ousted their ships, Russia lost many ships, and most importantly, it lost influence in the Black Sea, and we built a grain corridor independent of Russia. Therefore, this part, the pragmatic part of the operation, which influenced the economy, the budget of Ukraine, we carried it out positively. As for the land line, you are right and there is stagnation there. And this is a fact, because something was missing. Sometimes you think, that this date is here, they will move forward. I believe that in terms of the amount of appropriate ammunition there were delays. And delays are a miscalculation. But, frankly speaking, we are not just fighting a terrorist organization - we are fighting terrorists who are one of the largest armies in the world."
11:03 At night, the Russians launched a missile attack on Pokrovsk, Donetsk region - four infrastructure facilities were damaged. In Avdeevka, two people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling, in Toretsk one person was killed and two were wounded, a house and an infrastructure facility were damaged, said the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
10:56 The head of the Avdeevka State Military Administration, Vitaly Barabash, said that the Russians entered the dacha area in the outskirts of the city, but there are no street battles in the city itself.
10:42 Zelensky introduced bills to the Verkhovna Rada to extend mobilization and martial law for 90 days - until May 13.
10:36 Poland takes worst-case military scenarios seriously and does not exclude the possibility of an attack from Russia, said Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysh. According to him, the situation throughout the world is extremely serious: “this is not only Ukraine, but also the Black Sea and Pacific Ocean region.”
10:21 NATO does not see “an immediate threat” to any of the Alliance members, despite the war in Ukraine, said Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. According to him, the Alliance has invested a lot in its security in recent years, and Germany has made a particularly large contribution.
09:57 The Norwegian-Finnish company Nammo Lapua will increase the production of ammunition five times against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine. The company's regional director, Ilkka Heikilä, said that the increase in production at the plant in Sastamala (Finland), which produces casings for artillery shells, "is related to the war in Ukraine, since artillery shells play a key role in Finnish assistance to Ukraine."
09:10 In the Kharkov region over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling, a substation in the village was damaged. Vasilyevka, Kupyansky district, administration buildings and the central administrative center in Volchansk, as well as an agricultural enterprise in the village. Goryanoe, Kupyansky district, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the local government agency. No people were hurt.
08:46 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of February 5:
- personnel - about 389,560 (+810) people,
- tanks - 6348 (+5),
- armored combat vehicles - 11,822 (+4),
- artillery systems - 9349 (+18),
- MLRS - 979 (+0),
- air defense systems - 664 (+1),
- aircraft - 332 (+0),
- helicopters - 324 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 7173 (+0),
- cruise missiles - 1848 (+0),
- ships/boats - 24 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 12,412 (+19),
- special equipment - 1486 (+7).
08:19 Over the past 24 hours, 78 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 31 enemy attacks in the area of Novobakhmutovka, Stepnoy, Avdeevka and another 13 attacks near Tonenky, Severny, Pervomaisky, Nevelsky, Donetsk region. In the Maryinsky direction, 14 attacks were repelled near Georgievka and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region.
In the Liman direction, Ukrainian forces repelled three enemy attacks in the Ternov area of the Donetsk region; on Bakhmutskoye - three attacks near Bogdanovka and Kleshcheevka, Donetsk region; on Zaporozhye - four attacks north of Priyutnoye and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region. The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Kupyansky and Shakhtarsky directions. In the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces hold their positions and repelled three assaults by Russian troops.
05:11 The US Senate presented a compromise bill on border security, assistance to Ukraine and Israel. In particular, it includes the allocation of over $60 billion to Kyiv, while providing $20 billion for the replacement of warehouses in the United States. Biden supported the bill and called on Congress to pass it as soon as possible. And House Speaker Mike Johnson said the Senate bill is doomed to failure because "it's worse than Republicans expected."
00:24 Zelensky said in an interview with the Italian channel Rai 1 that he is “reflecting” on a change of leadership, and not only the military one. Answering a journalist’s question about Zaluzhny’s possible resignation, the president noted that Ukraine needs a “reset,” which means a change of leadership: “When we talk about this, I mean the rotation of a number of government leaders, not just in one sector, such as the military... I'm thinking about this replacement, but we can't say that we replaced one person here... If we want to win, we have to push everyone in the same direction... That's why I talk about a reset, about a replacement, I mean something serious that It’s not about one person, it’s about the direction of the country’s leadership.”
In addition, Zelensky admitted that the situation at the front had reached a dead end. According to him, “as far as the war on the ground is concerned, there is a stalemate here, that’s a fact,” because “there were delays with equipment, and delays mean mistakes.” At the same time, the president noted that the naval operation “brought positive results.” He also added that the Russian army is not capable of making significant progress and has been stopped.
“For two years, it is important that we managed to protect our state. About 26% of the country’s territory is still under occupation, but we see that the Russian army is not able to move forward significantly. We stopped them,” Zelensky emphasized.
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