Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 20:36 Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that the Ukrainian Defense Forces are launching a revolutionary project called "Drone Line," which should radically strengthen the brigades and scale up the experience of effectively destroying the enemy. The head of the department reported this on Sunday, February 9.
18:34 The German Defense Ministry is investigating possible espionage after six sightings of unknown drones were recorded over the Schwesing air base near Gusum in January. Ukrainian troops are training on Patriot systems at the base, Welt reports.
17.49 The intensity of attacks by the Russian army on the Zaporizhzhya Front has decreased, the occupiers are acting in small groups, not having sufficient forces for a long offensive. This was reported by the head of the communications department of the 118th separate mechanized brigade, Senior Lieutenant Dmitry Pelikh on air at Suspilne.
16:59 As of April 2022, the area of ​​mine-contaminated territories was about 174 thousand square kilometers. This was reported by First Deputy Minister of Defense Lieutenant General Ivan Gavrilyuk.
The Ministry of Defense noted that thanks to the joint work of mine action operators and demining units, this figure was reduced to 139 thousand square kilometers, and the work continues.
16.33 During the week from February 3 to February 9, the air defense shot down more than 546 enemy air attack vehicles. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Sunday, February 9.
12.41 In Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, two men aged 41 and 39 were injured as a result of an attack by a Russian attack drone. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Serhiy Lysak. According to him, one of the victims received a mine-explosive injury and a shrapnel wound to the face. He is being treated on an outpatient basis. The other was hospitalized.
11:18 Fighters of the RUBpAK Phoenix unit of the Revenge brigade of the State Border Service of Ukraine destroyed two tanks and five more enemy armored vehicles in the Kramatorsk direction using drones. The video was released by the State Border Service
10.53 Over the past 24 hours, 133 combat clashes between units of the Defense Forces and Russian invaders have been recorded at the front; in the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian troops have repelled 54 enemy assaults. This was reported by the General Staff. Over the past 24 hours, aviation, missile forces, and artillery of the Defense Forces have hit six areas of concentration of personnel and equipment, three artillery weapons, and two radar stations of the Russian invaders.
10:16 Kyiv region was attacked by Russian drones on the night of February 9, the alarm lasted for more than 11 hours, there are enemy targets shot down. This was reported by the Kyiv OVA. In the Obukhovsky district, debris from a shot down target fell on the territory of a multi-story building construction. The facade of an unfinished residential building was damaged.
In other places in the region, debris from shot down targets fell on open areas.
9:50 On the night of February 9, the Defense Forces shot down 70 Russian drones, and another 74 drones were lost. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result of the Russian attack, the Kyiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Zhytomyr and Volyn regions suffered.
8.52 Russian troops attacked Nikopol region in Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery on the night of February 9. Private houses and a gas pipeline were damaged. This was reported by the head of Dnipropetrovsk OVA Serhiy Lysak.
7.45 Over the past 24 hours, the Defense Forces have destroyed 1,460 occupiers. The total combat losses of the Russian Federation from 24.02.22 to 09.02.25 amounted to approximately 849,320 people. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7.23 Last night, 35 drones attacked 7 regions of the Russian Federation and occupied Crimea. This was announced by the Russian Defense Ministry. Restrictions on the arrival and departure of civilian aircraft were introduced at three Russian airports due to threats of attacks by attack drones.
03.10 Ukrainian defenders from the 3rd separate assault battalion destroyed a column of Russian tanks and infantry fighting vehicles that tried to break through the Ukrainian Armed Forces defense in the Kharkiv region. During the combat clash, 10 units of Russian armored vehicles were destroyed, 10 occupiers were eliminated, and 30 more were wounded.
00.48 Ukrainian laser weapon Trezub successfully passes tests and can burn through metal and shoot down aircraft. Soon the military will be able to shoot down Russian "shaheeds", said the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces Vadim Sukharevsky.