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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: February 7, 2025
2025-02-08
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] 22.52 President Volodymyr Zelensky heard a report on arms supplies during a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters on February 7. He reported this in a video address.

22.21 President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine is preparing an initiative to recruit military personnel aged 18 to 24 into the army. A special contract will be in effect for this category. He said this in an interview with Reuters.

21.20 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia has again brought North Korean soldiers into the Kursk region. He reported this in an evening video address .

19.25 Ukrainian military destroyed the enemy TOS Solntsepek multiple launch rocket system . The video was published on the TG channel 412 OPBPS NEMESIS. This system fires incendiary or thermobaric ammunition and can lead to terrible consequences for personnel and our positions. A very rare and important target. This installation will no longer fight - it is going to the scrap yard.

19.00 The Unmanned Systems Forces have carried out more than 220 deep strike operations on Russian territory in the six months since their creation. In total, more than 3,500 long-range strike UAVs were launched, which struck critical military facilities in the Russian Federation.

18:23 Ukrainian Defense Forces are holding back superior Russian forces in Toretsk, where fierce fighting continues in the urban area. The enemy is suffering significant losses, said Nazar Voloshin, spokesman for the Khortytsia Joint Forces Group, in a commentary to Interfax-Ukraine on Friday, February 7.

The speaker denied the information disseminated by the Russian Ministry of Defense about the alleged occupation of the city.

17.31 Russian troops in the Dniprovsky district dropped explosives from a drone on a 37-year-old gas service worker who went to repair damaged networks. This was reported on February 7 by the head of the Kherson OVA Oleksandr Prokudin. The man received injuries incompatible with life.

17:09 The Security Service and the National Police have eliminated new schemes for evading mobilization. As a result of complex measures, 17 organizers of the deals have been detained in different regions of Ukraine. This was reported by the SBU press service on Friday, February 7.

17.05 Lithuania has transferred spare parts for armored personnel carriers and trucks to Ukraine. This was reported on February 7 by the Lithuanian Defense Ministry, LRT reports. The cargo, intended for the Ukrainian military, arrived in Ukraine in the middle of the week.

16.39 The Army+ military application now supports reporting on enemy targets. Damage or destruction is confirmed in the DELTA combat system. The first 100 units have begun reporting. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense on Friday, February 7.

16.19 Investigators of the National Police of Ukraine have announced suspicion to another Russian major general involved in the robbery of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant during its occupation by Russian troops. This was reported by the press service of the National Police on Friday, February 7.

15.29. During the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, more than 1,300 new types of weapons and military equipment have been manufactured and coded, the largest part of which are UAVs and ammunition for them. This was stated in an interview with Ukrinform by the First Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Ivan Gavrilyuk.

14:34 In the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, Russians have banned the sale of insulin and other vital drugs to Ukrainians without a Russian passport. From February 2025, medical care will be available only to persons who have agreed to acquire the citizenship of the aggressor. This was reported by the press service of the Main Intelligence Directorate on Friday, February 7.

12:49 Ukrainian military managed to shoot down a Russian guided aerial bomb (UAB) during an attack on Zaporizhia. This was reported by the Porogi i Pagorbi Telegram channel , citing sources. The enemy target was hit, but the debris fell on a truck in the vicinity of Zaporizhia, causing damage to it.

12:12 Law enforcement officers are investigating the circumstances of the death of a man in Chernivtsi during a military medical commission. This was reported by the National Police Department in Chernivtsi Oblast.

11:23 The Russian army command has begun withdrawing individual anti-aircraft missile units from occupied Crimea to Russia. This was reported by the Atesh partisan movement.

It is noted that some of the systems, including the installations of the 31st Air Defense Division, are already being redeployed from the peninsula to new positions. As a result, airfields, military warehouses and the Kerch Bridge remain vulnerable.

"Attacks by Ukrainian long-range drones demonstrate that the Putin regime is incapable of protecting military facilities in the Belgorod, Kursk, Voronezh regions and other regions of Russia," Atesh noted.

10:30 During a new series of assaults in the Kursk region of Russia, the Ukrainian Armed Forces advanced up to five kilometers southeast of Sudzha. This is stated in a report by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Geolocation footage shows that Ukrainian troops advanced southwest of Makhnovka and northeast of Cherkasskaya Konopelka Sudzha-Oboyan and captured Kolmakov and Fanaseyevka.

9:30 At night, Russia used 112 Shahed-type attack UAVs and various types of drone imitators against Ukraine. Air defense forces shot down 81 drones. 31 enemy drone imitators were lost (without negative consequences).

As a result of the enemy attack, there is damage in the Sumy, Kyiv and Khmelnytsky regions.

8:22 Over the past 24 hours, 101 combat clashes have been recorded at the front. In particular, in the Pokrovsky direction, the defenders stopped 36 assault actions by the Russian invaders.

The missile forces and artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit 14 areas of concentration of enemy personnel and equipment and weapons.

7:25 As of February 7, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 846,650 people (+1,340 per day).

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