Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 22:26 The US Senate considered amendments to the bill on assistance to Ukraine and Israel, after which it held a procedural vote to move on to the final consideration of the issue.
22:14 In occupied Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region, local entrepreneur-collaborator Alexander Galiya, who was one of the first to cooperate with the Russians, was eliminated, said the head of the city military administration Victoria Galitsyna. He helped the occupiers take away the businesses and property of local residents, and also reported to the occupation authorities about Ukrainian patriots.
22:03 Elon Musk claims that his company SpaceX is not selling Starlink terminals to Russia: “A number of false news reports claim that SpaceX is selling Starlink terminals to Russia. This is categorically false. To our knowledge, no Starlink has been sold directly or indirectly to Russia ".
| Perhaps they were looted from Ukrainians, then. |
According to the Hungarian Prime Minister, the war in Ukraine will not end in 2024, and it is necessary to “at least ensure a ceasefire and achieve a situation in which negotiations can be held.”
20:45 In Ukraine, from the beginning of the year to date, 359 Shahed drones have been shot down, Zelensky said in an evening video message. “We are working to add more efficiency to our mobile fire groups and to ensure that even more regions of Ukraine receive electronic warfare systems. This is one of the key priorities of the year,” the president added.
20:31 Russia has created a specific defense line with a length of 30 km in the Donetsk region, DeepState reports. The structure of freight cars stretches along the line from the railway station in Elenovka to Volnovakha and has about 2,100 cars of various types. Its purpose is to impede the advance of the Defense Forces. It is extremely difficult to damage, move or explode a 30-kilometer mass of metal, and the movement of equipment due to such an obstacle is impossible without breaking through a corridor, analysts say.
20:27 In Moldova, near the border with Ukraine, near the village of Etulia, Vulcanesti district, the Border Police discovered fragments of a Shahed-type UAV. The area where the wreckage of the combat drone was found has been cordoned off. The Moldovan authorities condemned Russia's attacks against Ukraine, which also affect Moldova, - President Maia Sandu, Prime Minister Dorin Recean and Foreign Minister Mihai Popsoi made corresponding statements.
18:15 Ukraine has already caught up with Russia in the number of long-range kamikaze drones, said Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov. He also announced the appearance of an improved version of the MAGURA maritime drone.
17:36 Russia recruited about 15 thousand Nepalese to participate in the war in Ukraine, CNN writes, citing data from Nepalese legislators and human rights activists. At the same time, the country’s government claims that only about 200 of its citizens are allegedly fighting on the side of the Russian Federation and that at least 13 Nepalese were killed in the combat zone. Human rights activists say these figures are greatly underestimated.
| Nepalese in a Russian winter? Should be interesting for all involved, though not as interesting as for the Syrians they signed up. |
16:07 Japan will allocate $106 million for the restoration of Ukraine, including infrastructure restoration and mine clearance, Kyodo reports. According to the publication, the relevant agreements should be signed on February 19 in Tokyo at the Japanese-Ukrainian conference.
13:16 Macron postponed his visit to Ukraine, scheduled for February 13-14, for security reasons, Challenges writes. The publication notes that such a decision “raises many questions both from French civil servants and leaders, and from Ukrainian diplomats.” It was expected that during the visit Macron might announce the signing of a bilateral agreement on security guarantees.
11:05 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense confirms the use of Starlink satellite communication systems by Russian troops at the front. Radio interception of a conversation between Russians indicates that in order to establish access to the Internet, Starlink terminals were installed, for example, in units of the 83rd Airborne Assault Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces operating in the Donetsk region near Kleshcheevka and Andreevka. Representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Moscow Region Andrey Yusov noted that the scale of Russians’ use of Starlink terminals in war is growing.
Previously, SpaceX management claimed that it was not transferring Starlink terminals to Russia.
10:49 Zelensky appointed former First Deputy Minister of Defense Alexander Pavlyuk as commander of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces instead of Syrsky. Also, the president, by his decrees, dismissed Sergei Naev from the post of commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and appointed Yuri Sodol to this post.
In addition, Zelensky replaced the commander of the Air Assault Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces - instead of Maxim Mirgorodsky, he became Igor Skibyuk. A new commander of the Territorial Defense Forces was also appointed - this post was taken by Igor Plakhuta.
09:54 On the evening of February 10, the Russians fired at the village with KABs. Vodyanoye, Kupyansky district, Kharkov region - one person was killed, one was injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Two private houses were destroyed and seven more were damaged. Farming was also damaged.
09:38 Tonight in the Kiev direction, while repelling an attack by a Shahed-type UAV, 50% of the destroyed targets were shot down by mobile fire groups armed with anti-aircraft guns and heavy machine guns, said the commander of the Joint Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Sergei Naev.
09:33 Trump said at a campaign rally in South Carolina that “we have to resolve” the war in Ukraine, “and I will resolve it.” At the same time, he called Zelensky “the greatest salesman in history” and suggested that the United States could “lose hundreds of billions of dollars” if Ukraine makes a deal with Russia without Washington’s participation. Trump also criticized the aid packages being discussed in Congress for Kyiv and spoke out against their “non-refundable” nature, demanding that funds, if given, be given on credit.
In addition, Trump described how, as president, he warned other NATO members that the United States would encourage Russia to “do whatever it wants” in Europe if it did not increase its defense spending: “One of the presidents of a big country stood up and said : well sir, if we don't pay and we get attacked by Russia, will you protect us? I said, you haven't paid, does that mean you're late on payment? No, I wouldn't defend you. In fact, I would advise them to do whatever the hell they want. You have to pay. You have to pay your bills."
09:17 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of February 11:
- personnel - about 395,200 (+930) people,
- tanks - 6406 (+12),
- armored combat vehicles - 11,956 (+14),
- artillery systems - 9475 (+16),
- MLRS - 981 (+0),
- air defense systems - 666 (+0),
- aircraft - 332 (+0),
- helicopters - 325 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 7257 (+22),
- cruise missiles - 1881 (+0),
- ships/boats - 24 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 12,592 (+13),
- special equipment - 1513 (+1).
08:45 In the Kiev region, as a result of drone debris falling on the territory of one of the enterprises, a fire broke out. Warehouses, service stations, hangars, and the administration building of the enterprise were damaged. The fire was quickly extinguished, no people were injured, said the head of the fire department, Ruslan Kravchenko.
08:31 In the Dniprovsky district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, as a result of falling debris from a downed drone, a fire broke out, which was promptly extinguished, one person was injured, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak.
08:19 Over the past 24 hours, 98 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 23 enemy attacks in the Novokalinovo, Novobakhmutovka, Avdeevka areas and ten more attacks in the Severny, Tonenkoye and Nevelskoye areas of the Donetsk region. In the Maryinsky direction, 35 attacks were repelled in the Georgievka and Novomikhailovka areas of the Donetsk region, in the Bakhmutsky direction - 14 attacks in the Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka areas of the Donetsk region.
In the Liman direction, Ukrainian forces repelled six enemy attacks in the Ternov areas, southeast of Vyemka, Razdolovka, Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - two attacks in the Vodyanoy area of the Donetsk region; on Zaporozhye - two attacks west of Verbovoy and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region. The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Kupyansk direction. In the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces hold their positions and repelled two assaults by Russian troops.
07:52 In Nikolaev, during a night attack, as a result of hits, a fire occurred in the open area of an infrastructure facility, which was promptly eliminated. An administrative building, residential buildings, cars, and a gas pipeline were also damaged. One person was wounded, said the head of the OVA, Vitaly Kim.
07:24 Air defense at night destroyed 40 of the 45 attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type , which Russia attacked from Balaklava and Cape Chauda, the Air Force command reported. The drones were destroyed within the Kyiv, Vinnitsa, Zhytomyr, Kirovograd, Nikolaev, Cherkassy, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk and Kherson regions.