[Vesti] February 7 is the 349th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that is happening in the country on this day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, losses, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
08:00 . The Russians are regrouping in separate directions, says the General Staff. The main efforts are focused on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions. Over the past day, Ukrainian defenders repulsed attacks by invaders in the areas of ten settlements: Novoselovskoe, Kremennaya and Dibrova in the Luhansk region and Verkhnekamenskoe, Veseloe, Zheleznyanskoe, Krasnaya Gora, Bakhmut, Ivanovskoye and Paraskovievka in the Donetsk region.
Dnepropetrovsk region. From heavy artillery and MLRS, Russian troops fired twice at night on the Nikopol region - about four dozen shells on the Marganets community. Power lines were damaged - one of the pumping stations was de-energized, 9 settlements were left without water.
Donetsk region. On February 6, it became known about another resident of the region killed by the Russians - in Bakhmut. Another five people in the area were injured.
Kharkov region. Throughout the day, the Russians continued to fire from tanks, mortars and artillery at the settlements of the Kupyansky, Chuguevsky and Kharkov regions bordering the line of contact. In Volchansk, Chuguevsky district, an enemy shell hit the city hospital. Eight people were evacuated from the bomb shelter of the hospital.
11:00 am . The Verkhovna Rada appointed Vasily Malyuk as head of the SBU.
Igor Klymenko has been appointed Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
12:00 . The Russians fired at the Kherson region 31 times from artillery, MLRS, mortars and tanks. Kherson was attacked by the Russian army 7 times - residential buildings were damaged in the city. Two people received injuries of varying severity.
Donetsk region. In the sky over Bakhmut, border guards shot down a Russian attack aircraft . He covered the infantry from the air, which was advancing on the line of defense of the defenders. The MANPADS of one of the border units opened fire and shot down a Russian combat aircraft, previously a Su-25. The plane caught fire and crashed from a missile hit, the fate of the pilot is still unknown.
15:00 . Donetsk region. Explosions thundered in Mariupol. The "clap" occurred in the Primorsky region, where the Russians recently brought military equipment and air defense systems. After the explosions, a large number of Russian aircraft appeared in the sky over Mariupol.
16:00 . The government supported the new leaders of the OVA:
Dnipropetrovsk region - Sergey Lisak;
Zaporozhye region - Yuriy Malashko;
Kherson region - Alexander Prokudin.
17:40 In the occupiedMakiivka (Donetsk region),a gas pipeline is on fire. Local publics write that the fire started after the shelling.
18:18 The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a Russian Su-25 fighter and an Orlan-type UAV. This is reported by the General Staff.
18:39 At the request of the prosecutors, 170 wagons with a batch of mineral fertilizers of Russian and Belarusian production have been seized. It is reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General.
19:00 Explosions are reported in the border areas of theSumy region.
19:33 Thereare now about 9,000 Russian military in Belarus, and the Belarusian territory "today is such a hub for renewal, training, for preparing orcs for the war in Ukraine." This was told by the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Yusov.
19:59 The Netherlands, together with Germany and Denmark, will supply Ukraine with about 100 Leopard 1 tanks and ammunition, - Dutch Defense Minister.
20:23 They didn’t get to Romania: Ukrainian border guards detained 13 men aged 22 to 52 who planned to cross the border on foot in one of the mountainous sections of the Carpathians.
20:45 Ukraine does not strike on the territory of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, said. According to him, Western weapons are used exclusively for defense.
21:13 Leopard 2 tanks will arrive in Ukraine at the end of March as part of military assistance. This is stated in the official statement of the Bundeswehr on Twitter.
21:30 Explosions are reported in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk.
21:55 In Melitopol, the occupiers are forcing employees of state institutions to renounce Ukrainian citizenship in writing, threatening with dismissal. Summary of the General Staff.
22:21 "Gazprom" creates its own private military company, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The corresponding order was signed by the head of the government of the Russian Federation Mishustin.
22:43 China and Ukraine - these are the two countries that Biden will focus on in the foreign policy block of his today's speech in the US Congress. This is reported by "Voice of America" ​​with reference to representatives of the White House.
23:10 In Latvia, the Edge Autonomy factory, which is engaged in the production of drones, is on fire. About 50 firefighters are reported to be on the scene.
23:36 The Russian military shell Kharkiv and Kherson. In addition, explosions are heard in Donetsk, it is reported that the BC of the occupiers is on fire.