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A Gulfstream G650ER linked to Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Middle East envoy, departed Washington, D.C., yesterday and is now entering Russian airspace, approaching Moscow.
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Grom, you can talk to Democrats all you want. The trick is getting them to listen. They scream and yell, their faces turn red and they leave the room whenever anybody says something factual.
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^On the other hand, you can talk to Russians - to mutual advantage.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22.36 Since the beginning of this day, 127 combat clashes have occurred. Ukrainian defenders continue to decisively rebuff the enemy's attempts to advance deep into our territory, inflicting fire damage on them. This was noted in the General Staff report on Monday, February 10.
22.14 The German arms concern Rheinmetall has transferred five more of the latest Caracal airborne assault vehicles to Ukraine. This was reported by the German Aid to Ukraine project.
20.27 A unit of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck enemy equipment and communications, destroying 14 Russian soldiers, howitzers, self-propelled guns and several vehicles. This was reported by the press service of the Special Operations Forces on Monday, February 10.
19.45 Over the past week, from February 4 to 10, Ukrainian troops stopped 741 attacks by Russian invaders on Defense Forces positions. This was reported by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky and he published a video of the military's combat work.
19.21 Russian troops attacked the village of Tavriyskoye in Zaporozhye with ten guided air bombs. As a result of the shelling, housing and transport were damaged. This was reported by the head of the regional military administration Ivan Fedorov on Monday, February 10.
19.20 Three suspects in the terrorist attack near the TCC building in Pavlograd, Dnipropetrovsk region, have been given preventive measures - detention without the alternative of posting bail.
18.10 The new administration of US President Donald Trump is demonstrating interest in resuming dialogue with Russia, and Moscow is ready for this. A "window of opportunity" has appeared. This was stated by Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov.
17.49 Russian propagandist Sergei Mikheyev has been sentenced in absentia by a Ukrainian court to eight years in prison. This was reported by the SBU. The attacker, who positions himself as a "political scientist", called on the Russian military command to carry out a series of massive missile, bomb and artillery strikes on Sumy. He proposed turning the frontline Ukrainian city into a "dead zone" in which, according to him, "there should be no living people left."
17.37 The number of casualties as a result of shelling by Russian troops in the north of Donetsk Oblast has increased to 17 people. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Monday, February 10.
15.59 Special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense destroyed more than 70 enemy fortifications, dozens of pieces of equipment and 42 Russians in a week. The corresponding video was published by the press service of the Main Intelligence Directorate on Monday, February 10.
15:50 Since the beginning of 2025, 17 Ukrainian citizens have been evacuated from the temporarily occupied territory. Among them are women with limited mobility, a deported grandmother, a persecuted family and others in need of help.
15:29 The Ministry of Defense has codified and approved for service in the Defense Forces of Ukraine the Ukrainian-made BATON unmanned aerial systems. This was reported by the Main Directorate for Support of the Life Cycle of Weapons and Military Equipment on Monday, February 10.
14:35 In the Kherson region, a 60-year-old local resident was injured due to the detonation of Russian explosives in the village of Veletenske, and a 51-year-old man was blown up by a mine in the village of Stoikoe.
12:07 The fifth edition of the basic combined arms training (BOWP) program with an emphasis on psychological stability is being implemented in training centers that prepare mobilization personnel for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense. Based on the results of successful training, servicemen receive a certificate and a class qualification in VOS-100 "shooter".
10:55 The use of long-range weapons is one of the key elements in reducing Russia's military potential. Therefore, the military's task this year will be to create means that can hit enemy targets at maximum range with high accuracy. The details were reported by the Ministry of Defense.
10:22 Russian invaders attacked the cities of Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region. One person was killed and 12 were injured. Significant destruction was recorded in the cities.
9:40 Since the evening of February 9, Russian occupiers have attacked Ukraine with 83 Shahed-type strike UAVs and various types of drone imitators. Air defense forces shot down 61 drones, and another 22 were lost. This was reported by the Ukrainian Air Force.
8:59 Russian troops shelled the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region with Grads and heavy artillery. This was reported by the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak. Two industrial enterprises were damaged, houses, a store, cars, gas pipelines and power lines were damaged.
8:46 Over the past 24 hours, 99 combat clashes between units of the Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded at the front; in the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian troops repelled 33 enemy assaults. This was reported on February 10 by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
8:04 In the Poltava region, as a result of falling debris from a downed Russian drone, damage was recorded in a dacha cooperative. This was reported by the Poltava OVA. It is noted that a car body caught fire. The fire has been extinguished. Also, according to preliminary data, 30 dacha plots were damaged. There were no casualties.
7:24 Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian troops have destroyed 1,170 Russian invaders . In addition, Ukrainian soldiers have also destroyed 9 tanks, 16 armored fighting vehicles, 35 artillery systems, and 3 air defense systems of the enemy. This was reported by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
3:57 Russia is actively improving drones and electronic warfare (EW) systems based on the experience gained in the war against Ukraine. Russia is also using new technological developments in hybrid operations against NATO member states. This is stated in a report by the Institute for the Study of War
2:59 Ukrainian troops recently advanced southeast of Sudzha in the Kursk region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces advanced along the 38K-028 Sudzha-Oboyan highway southwest of Russkaya Konopelka. This is stated in a new report by the American Institute for the Study of War.
The ISW added that the Ukrainian Defense Forces also recently advanced near Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region.
1:54 Several explosions thundered in Kiev on the night of February 10. Before that, the movement of enemy drones towards the capital was recorded. This was reported by Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Driect Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] The General Staff reported 127 clashes on the front since the beginning of the day.
In particular, in the Kursk direction, 27 armed clashes have occurred since the beginning of the day, two of which are still ongoing, and the invading army has also carried out 37 airstrikes, dropping 49 UABs, and carried out 378 shellings.
Since the beginning of this day, 127 combat clashes have occurred. Ukrainian defenders continue to decisively rebuff the enemy's attempts to advance deep into our territory, inflicting fire damage on them. This was noted in the General Staff's report on Monday, February 10.
Russian troops carried out two missile and 77 air strikes, used two missiles and dropped 101 guided air bombs. In addition, more than a thousand kamikaze drones were used to destroy the positions of our troops and populated areas, and more than five thousand shellings were carried out.
In the Kharkov direction, the enemy attempted to storm the positions of our units in the Volchansk area four times.
In the Kupyansk direction, the aggressor carried out offensive actions in the areas of Kondrashovka, Petrovpavlovka, Stepnaya Novoselovka and Zagryzovo, where Ukrainian defenders stopped eight enemy attacks, one clash continues to this day.
In the Liman direction, Russian invaders attacked the positions of the Defense Forces 12 times near the settlements of Kopanki, Novoegorovka, Novolyubovka, Yampolevka, Terny and Kolodezi.
In the Seversky direction, our defenders repelled five assaults by occupation forces near Belogorovka, Verkhnekamenskoye, Serebryanka and Grigoryevka; two clashes are still ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our defenders near Vasyukovka, Belaya Gora and Chasovy Yar. The defense forces repelled five attacks by the invaders, and currently battles are taking place in three locations.
Eleven times, the Russians stormed the positions of Ukrainian units in the Toretsk direction in the areas of Toretsk and Shcherbinovka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, since the beginning of this day, the enemy has attacked in the areas of the settlements of Baranovka, Vodyanoye Vtoroy, Mirolyubovka, Promin, Lisovka, Dachenskoye, Zverovoe, Udachnoye, Uspenovka, Nadeyevka, Andreyevka and Dachnoye. Our defenders have stopped 40 enemy assaults, and seven battles are still ongoing. Sukhoi Yar, Pokrovsk and Bogatyr were subjected to air strikes.
Today, according to preliminary data, 285 Russians have been neutralized in this direction, 130 of them irretrievably. Ukrainian soldiers destroyed a tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, two armored combat vehicles, one MLRS, an artillery system, ten vehicles, five motorcycles and 11 UAVs of the occupiers; three infantry fighting vehicles, two vehicles, four tanks, four armored combat vehicles, two artillery systems and one MLRS were also damaged.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy tried to break through the defense of our defenders 12 times in the areas of the settlements of Zelenovka, Vremovka and Novosyolka. Currently, one combat clash is ongoing. The occupiers struck with UABs at the settlements of Konstantinopol, Shevchenko and Dneproenergiya.
In the Orekhov direction, enemy aircraft struck Tavrichesky, dropping 13 UABs.
In the Kursk direction, 27 armed clashes have occurred since the beginning of the day, two of which are still ongoing, and the invading army has also carried out 37 airstrikes, dropping 49 UABs, and carried out 378 shellings.
The General Staff recognized the soldiers of the 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Konstantin Ostrozhsky, the 102nd Separate Territorial Defense Brigade and the 406th Separate Artillery Brigade, who are effectively destroying the enemy and inflicting significant losses on him.
Let us recall that over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 1,170 Russian invaders. The total combat losses of the Russian Federation exceeded 850 thousand soldiers.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are waging heavy defensive battles in the east and south of Ukraine.
The hottest battles continue in the Pokrovsky direction, where the Russians have carried out 28 assaults in the areas of 12 settlements.
Since the beginning of the current day, 83 combat clashes have occurred on the front in eight directions. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report as of 16:00 on Monday, February 10.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, the enemy tried to advance in the Volchansk area and was rebuffed.
In the Kupyansk direction, Russian occupiers attacked six times in the areas of Kondrashovka, Petrovpavlovka, Stepnaya Novoselovka and Zagryzovoye. The battle is currently ongoing.
In the Liman direction, the invading army carried out nine attacks near the settlements of Kopanki, Novolyubovka, Yampolevki, Ternov and Kolodyazi. Four of the clashes are still ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are repelling five assaults. The enemy is trying to break through in the Vasyukovka and Chasovy Yar areas.
In the Toretsk direction, our defenders repelled three attacks by the occupiers near Toretsk and Shcherbinovka; six combat clashes continue.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the Russians made 28 attempts to push our defenders from their positions in the areas of the settlements of Baranovka, Vodyanoye Vtoroy, Mirolyubovka, Promen, Lisovka, Dachenskoye, Zverevoye, Udachnoye, Uspenovka, Nadeyevka, Andreyevka and Dachnoye. The defense forces repelled 23 enemy attacks. Five clashes are still ongoing.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy tried to break through the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces 10 times in the areas of the settlements of Zelenovka, Vremyevka and Novosyolka. Currently, six battles are ongoing.
In the Kursk direction, 15 combat clashes have occurred since the beginning of the day, six of which are still ongoing. In addition, the enemy carried out 19 air strikes, dropping 31 UABs.
Let us recall that over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 1,170 Russian invaders . The total combat losses of the Russian Federation exceeded 850,000 soldiers.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of one territorial defence brigade and one National Guard brigade near Zhovtnevoye and Sinelnikovo (Kharkov region).
The AFU lost up to 25 troops, one artillery gun, and one electronic warfare station.
The Zapad Group of Forces has improved the tactical situation. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one airborne brigade, one mountain assault brigade, and one jaeger brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and one territorial defence brigade near Zeleny Gai, Petropavlovka, Novoplatonovka, Boguslavka (Kharkov region), Yampol, Serebryanka, and Zvanovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 190 troops, two tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, and four motor vehicles. Three field artillery guns, two ammunition depots, and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station of the enemy were neutralised.
??The Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Three mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were engaged near Minkovka, Seversk, Chasov Yar, and Predtechino (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 160 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, including two U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, and two motor vehicles.
The Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of enemy defences. Strikes were delivered at formations of six mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, two jaeger brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one territorial defence brigade, and two National Guard brigades near Nadezhdinka, Kotlino, Yasenovo, Muravka, Uspenovka, Dimitrov, Petrovka, Grodovka, Peschanoye, and Udachnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost up to 525 troops and three armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M-1117 armoured personnel carrier. Five artillery guns, six motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery warfare station were destroyed.
The Vostok Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one tank brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades close to Vremevka, Novoselka, Burlatskoye, Novopol, Skudnoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Gulyaipole (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses were up to 125 troops, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, three motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns.
The Dnepr Group's units defeated two mechanised brigades, one coastal defence brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades near Novoandreyevka, Kamenskoye, Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye region), and Berislav (Kherson region).
The enemy's losses amounted to up to 80 troops, two artillery guns, three motor vehicles, and one radar station. Three enemy ammunition depots were destroyed.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck infrastructure of military airfields as well as engaged manpower and hardware of the enemy in 142 areas.
Russian air defence systems have shot down three U.S-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, one French-made Hammer aerial bomb, and one 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS projectile, as well as 51 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 653 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 42,851 unmanned aerial vehicles, 592 anti-aircraft missile systems, 21,278 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,514 MLRS combat vehicles, 21,477 field artillery guns and mortars, and 31,438 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
In the course of the offensive actions, the Sever Group's units inflicted fire damage on formations of two tank brigades, one heavy mechanised brigade, five mechanised brigades, three air assault brigades, one naval infantry brigade, two territorial defence brigades, and three assault regiments of the AFU near Gogolevka, Guyevo, Zaoleshenka, Kolmakov, Kositsa, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, Makhnovka, Melovoy, Nikolosky, Novaya Sorochina, Rubanshchina, Sverdlikovo, and Sudzha.
Operational-tactical, army aviation and artillery fire hit enemy manpower and hardware close to Viktorovka, Goncharovka, Kazachya Loknya, Pervy Knyazhy, Kurilovka, Loknya, Martynovka, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, as well as Basovka, Belovody, Vodolagi, Veselovka, Zhuravka, Pisarevka, Sumy, and Yunakovka in Sumy region.
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses sustained losses of more than 380 troops, two tanks, one infantry fighting vehicle, three armoured personnel carriers, seven armoured fighting vehicles, 18 motor vehicles, one artillery gun, seven mortars, seven UAV command posts, and three ammunition depots. Five AFU servicemen surrendered.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 59,250 troops, 357 tanks, 260 infantry fighting vehicles, 207 armoured personnel carriers, 1,833 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,908 motor vehicles, 423 artillery guns, 48 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 18 anti-aircraft missile launchers, eight transport-loading vehicles, 106 EW stations, 15 counter-battery warfare radars, six air defence radars, 38 units of engineering and other materiel, including 18 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, a bridge launcher as well as nine armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the Office for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine from 00:00 02/10/2025 to 00:00 02/11/2025.
A total of 21 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
There were reports of a civilian being injured.
DAMAGED:
Seven residential buildings,
One civil infrastructure facility.
A total of 21 armed attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 64 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:11 Change in the situation south of Pokrovsk –MAP
18:57 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Yampolovka –MAP
17:55 From Dnepropetrovsk direction reports war correspondent Yuri Kotenok
It was possible to advance in the direction of Novopavlovka along the plantings up to 1.6 km, southwest of Nadezhdinka - up to two km. The advanced assault groups came out from the north to Preobrazhenka at 700-800 m.
16:20 FPV drone crews of the 11th Airborne Brigade destroyed weapons, military equipment and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border areas of the Kursk region –video.
12:55 Fighting on the Kursk Front: The 34th Motorized Rifle Brigade destroys the occupiers dug in the forest and their positions –video.
12:30 Around 11:10 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
9:45 Crews of T-72B3M tanks with improved combat characteristics of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army of the "West" group destroyed camouflaged machine gun positions, fortified positions and Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower.
8:25 A crew of the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzer of the Center group of forces destroyed a mortar crew and a warehouse with ammunition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction, –video.
7:30 Russian Ministry of Defense:
During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and 15 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed:
seven UAVs over the territory of Krasnodar Krai;
three UAVs over the territory of Bryansk Oblast,
two UAVs over the territory of Rostov Oblast,
one UAV over the territory of Belgorod Oblast, one UAV over the territory of Kursk Oblast, and
one UAV over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.
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[REGNUM] The Russian Armed Forces continue to advance within the framework of the SVO. Combat operations are taking place along the entire front line in the DPR, LPR, Kharkiv and Zaporizhia regions.
The main event of the past week was the completion of the operation to liberate Toretsk (Dzerzhinsk).
"As a result of active offensive actions by units of the 1st, 9th and 132nd Guards separate motorized rifle brigades of the 51st Army and the volunteer formation "Veterans" of the "Center" group of forces, the city of Dzerzhinsk in the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated," the Defense Ministry reported.
The battles for the city continued for several months. As a result, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were forced to retreat to the area of the village of Konstantinovka.
At the same time, in general, a decrease in the offensive activity of the Russian Armed Forces is observed in Donbass, while the main burden of fighting has shifted to the north - to the Kharkiv region.
The fighting is taking place in the north of the Kharkov region, where the Russian army is building on its previous successes. Ukrainian sources report that the situation on the front in the Kupyansk area is constantly deteriorating, as the Ukrainian Armed Forces command is transferring all combat-ready reserves to the Kursk region and leaving certain sections of the front without cover.
Fighting in the Kharkiv region continues in several directions at once. South of Kupyansk, assault units of the Russian army are expanding the bridgehead on the left bank of the Oskol River near the settlement of Kruglyakovka. At the same time, north of Kupyansk, the Russian Armed Forces crossed the river near the settlement of Dvurechnaya and occupied the nearby settlements of Figolovka and Zapadnoye.
According to information from the front, the enemy's main forces in this direction are concentrated for the defense of Kupyansk and Kovsharovka itself and to the north - in the area of the regional center Velykyi Burluk. Kyiv lacks either reserves or equipment to create a continuous line of defense, as in Donbass, and attempts to prolong the fighting in small settlements do not produce the desired result.
Rare AIFV-B-C25 infantry fighting vehicles, a Belgian modification of the American M113 equipped with a 25mm cannon, were spotted for the first time in the Kupyansk direction. At least two vehicles were destroyed by fiber-optic-controlled drones in a closed position near the village of Kolodeznoye.
There are also reports of the intensive work of the Russian Aerospace Forces, which are carrying out strikes against the enemy’s rear.
The advance of the Russian army creates a real threat for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to lose a large section of the border between the Belgorod and Kharkov regions. At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces can develop the achieved success by launching an offensive on Kupyansk, the front-line sources of the Regnum news agency report.
"Someone says that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have overslept our offensive here, but in fact they see everything, they just can't keep up with everything. Now we can advance along the border, bypassing their main defensive lines, create a new front - without sudden breakthroughs, but effectively. And then develop the achieved success in strategic terms," the source told the publication.
The minimum task on the section of the front north of Kupyansk remains the liberation of the settlements of Kolodeznoye and Velykyi Burluk. Further advancement of Russian troops will complicate the situation for Ukrainian troops in Vovchansk, where fierce fighting has continued in recent months.
Russian troops can reach the rear of the enemy group and force the Ukrainian Armed Forces to leave the city. The Russian Armed Forces can also expand the bridgehead on the right bank of the Oskol River and develop an offensive in the direction of Kupyansk, cutting off the supply routes of the enemy group in the strategically important city.
THE UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES ARE TRYING TO COUNTERATTACK
Success in the Kharkov region may create a serious threat to the enemy group in the Donetsk direction. The day before it became known that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have sharply increased their activity in several sections of the front in Donbass, in some places going on the counteroffensive. This was reported, in particular, by the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.
"Krasnoarmeyskoye direction: here we see that the enemy is trying to counterattack. But the initiative is now completely, 100%, with the troops of the Russian Federation. Also in this direction we see a gradual cutting off of all logistics along the Dimitrov-Konstantinovka-Chasov Yar highway," Pushilin wrote on his Telegram channel.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to slow down the victorious offensive of the Russian army with local counterattacks, notes the French publication Le Figaro. According to journalists, Ukrainian troops have launched a series of attacks in the area of Chasov Yar, Toretsk and Pokrovsk. The commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, Major General Mykhailo Drapatiy, has arrived in Donbas to lead the counterattack and coordinate between individual units.
The authors of Le Figaro suggest that the counteroffensive of Ukrainian troops is intended to fix the existing line of attack in Donbass against the backdrop of reports of peace talks being prepared to resolve the situation in Ukraine. But so far, the actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have not led to significant changes on the line of combat contact, sources of the Regnum news agency note.
"There is some movement, but local counterattacks have been undertaken before. Now, perhaps, the intensity has increased a little, because reinforcements have appeared from the enemy's fresh mobilization. And in general, their formations have become denser. But in strategic terms, the situation has not changed at all, we will continue to press in any case," the agency's interlocutor notes.
Ukrainian sources expect that Russian troops may soon go on the offensive again in one or several directions. It is assumed that the "pause" in Donbass is caused by the regrouping of assault units that are preparing to begin the final stage of the operation to encircle the city of Pokrovsk.
ENCIRCLEMENT BEFORE THE ASSAULT
As the operation to liberate the city enters its decisive stage, the question arises about another major enemy defensive line in the Donbass – the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration.
The day before, it became known that the front had become more active in the area of the settlement of Torskoye northeast of Slavyansk. According to reports from the field, Russian troops were able to advance 500–600 meters deep into enemy positions.
Further advance in this direction will allow Russian troops to advance towards the city of Krasny Liman.
In combination with the success of the offensive in the Kupyansk direction, the advance in the Torskoye area will give Russian troops the opportunity to hang over the enemy's Slavyansk fortified area from the north. Further south, assault units of the Russian Armed Forces have advanced in the direction of Konstantinovka.
The fighting in Chasovy Yar, another city turned into a fortified area by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, is expected to end soon, after which Russian troops may begin to advance on Slavyansk from the east.
Russian troops are confidently completing preparations for the final stage of the battle for Donbass.
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[Regnum] In two weeks, the court will begin hearing the case on recognizing the mass murder of civilians by the Nazis and their accomplices in the occupied territories of the Murmansk region during the Great Patriotic War as genocide. This was reported on February 10 by the united press service of the region's courts.
It is specified that the corresponding statement from the prosecutor's office was accepted by the Murmansk Regional Court.
“The civil case is scheduled to be heard in open court on February 24, 2025 at 14:30,” the press service said in a statement on the VKontakte social network.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on February 7, the Murmansk Region prosecutor's office filed a claim with the court to establish the fact of genocide of the peoples of the USSR by the Nazi invaders during the Great Patriotic War. The agency demanded that the Nazi atrocities be recognized as war crimes and crimes against humanity.
During the war of 1941-1945, the territory of the Murmansk region was partially occupied by Wehrmacht troops. As a result of massive bombings, more than 1,500 houses were destroyed in the region.
Red Army soldiers captured by the Nazis were kept in camps in inhumane conditions and forced to do grueling work. The Red Army soldiers died from exhaustion and cold. The total number of Nazi victims in the Murmansk region exceeds 15 thousand people. The amount of damage caused to the region is 1.3 trillion rubles, converted to the current ruble exchange rate.
In the Kursk region, soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) tortured a veteran of the Great Patriotic War to death, the Telegram channel "Krylatye", associated with the Russian airborne troops, reported on February 10.
The channel's publication contains photographs of a man's body with no signs of life. It is specified that Ukrainian soldiers tortured the veteran and then killed him. The location where the photographs were taken is not disclosed. The authors of the channel noted that the settlement where the veteran lived was captured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"This is far from the first case. Many bodies were found in the liberated territories both in the Kursk region and in the DPR," the publication says.
Earlier, residents of the Kursk region, released from Ukrainian captivity during the exchange, told how the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers deprived them of water and food, including for a careless word. The Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador for Special Assignments for the Crimes of the Kiev Regime Rodion Miroshnik stated that the residents of the Russian region were kept on the territory of a closed institution.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, captured Ukrainian Armed Forces fighter Yevgeny Fabrisenko admitted during interrogation that he and his fellow soldiers had entered the village of Russkoye Porechnoye, where they killed men, raped women, and then killed them. In doing so, the militants were following orders from their command to destroy all residents of the settlement.
The Russian Investigative Committee has established the involvement of five Ukrainian servicemen in the murder of 22 civilians in a liberated village. It was established that Fabrisenko and his fellow servicemen illegally crossed the Russian state border in September 2024 and invaded the territory of the Kursk region.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Trump confirmed that he had already spoken with Putin by phone, but preferred not to disclose the details of the conversation. Obviously, there is nothing to announce yet, so the contacts are taking place without unnecessary fuss. As soon as (if) they agree on something, we can expect contacts along the CIA/SVR and the State Department/Russian Foreign Ministry related to the preparation of a possible meeting between Putin and Trump in a neutral country (not in Europe).
It is also worth noting that today the Russian Foreign Ministry once again announced that the Russian Federation will only contact the legitimate authorities of Ukraine, to which Zelensky no longer belongs. Zelensky himself refuses to hold elections, because for him this is the end. This issue will have to be decided (or not decided) by the Americans.
In any case, the war will continue one way or another even during the negotiations, because Russia has repeatedly made it clear that there will be no new Minsk, during which the war continued. The hostilities will stop only after the conclusion of diplomatic agreements. Not earlier.
The war itself is partially paid for by both sides until 2027, if we consider the long-term orders for the production of equipment and ammunition for the war in Ukraine in the United States, Europe and Russia. Nevertheless, in the last month, the discussion about the possibility of ending the war in the spring-summer-fall of 2025 has noticeably intensified, although in fact there are no agreements between the United States and the Russian Federation at the moment, as the White House and the Kremlin have repeatedly stated.
P.S. In the photo, a gas facility in Ukraine that was destroyed recently, which belonged to the Burisma company and was associated with Hunter Biden.
More from regnum.ru Kellogg Prepares Several Ukraine Plan Options for Trump
US President Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, intends to present several options for ending the conflict in Ukraine in the coming weeks. This was written by the Bloomberg agency, citing its own sources.
It is noted that Keith Kellogg will collect opinions from officials at the security conference in Munich, during visits to Kyiv and European capitals.
According to the publication, such work by the special envoy could pave the way for direct negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the head of the regime Vladimir Zelensky. At the same time, Kellogg does not plan to travel to Russia.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on February 10 that Trump plans to “begin to chart a broad path forward.” According to Rubio, the American president is ready to talk directly with Putin, although the media has repeatedly written that Trump has threatened new sanctions if the Russian leader does not negotiate.
Kellogg is expected to discuss with European officials their willingness to provide a deterrent force to ensure compliance with the peace settlement. The United States is unlikely to provide troops for the effort, but could provide other support.
General Kellogg will urge allies to spend more on defense, something Trump has demanded. Some European officials are advising the United States to step up measures against Russia's energy sector, including lowering the oil price cap and using frozen Russian assets.
Trump and his aides are calling on Europe to step up its support for Ukraine and expect Kyiv to provide access to natural resources and buy more American energy in exchange for support, the authors concluded.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, White House officials have suspended the development of a plan to resolve the conflict in Ukraine; the Trump administration explained this decision by saying that they want to take into account the opinion of the European Union.
Keith Kellogg has said he intends to hold individual talks with NATO allies before finalizing a "peace plan." Kellogg is interested in the views and input of other heads of state.
The special envoy assured the EU that the US wants to strengthen Ukraine's position in any negotiations with Russia.
On January 31, Kellogg said he believed it was possible to achieve peace in Ukraine within the next 100 days. Resolving the conflict was in the interests of the entire world, he added.
The conditions for ending the conflict in Ukraine proposed by Zelensky, whose presidential term expired on May 20, 2024, are a provocation, believes State Duma deputy from the Crimean region (United Russia), member of the security committee Mikhail Sheremet.
Only the complete and irreversible elimination of the root causes of the conflict in Ukraine can open the way to its end, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on February 10.
Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated that Moscow is ready for talks on Ukraine, but the goal of the dialogue should be long-term peace, not a truce. He has emphasized that Russia's legitimate interests must be taken into account.
Even more from regum.ru White House Suspends Development of Ukraine Peace Plan – Media
White House officials have suspended the development of a plan to resolve the conflict in Ukraine — the administration of US President Donald Trump explained this decision by saying that they want to take into account the opinion of the European Union. This was written by the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph.
"The Trump administration has suspended its Ukraine peace plan to give Europe a seat at the negotiating table," the newspaper reported.
It is noted that Trump's special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, said he intends to hold individual talks with NATO allies before finalizing the "peace plan." Kellogg is interested in the opinions and input of other heads of state.
According to the newspaper, the special envoy assured the EU that the US wants to strengthen Ukraine's position in any negotiations with Russia.
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