[Korrespondent] 22:56 Poland will train two battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the same time on a monthly basis, Wojciech Skurkiewicz, Deputy Minister of National Defense of the country, said: "The Polish proposal is distinguished by a declaration of group training. We will monthly start training two Ukrainian battalions simultaneously. This training will be adapted to the actual needs of the Ukrainian army."
22:30 Zelensky appointed new heads of regional military administrations:
- Dnipropetrovsk region - Sergey Lysak,
- Zaporozhye region - Yuri Malashko,
- Kherson region - Alexander Prokudin.
21:31 The first Leopard 2A6 tanks from Germany will arrive in Ukraine at the end of March , Pistorius said.
21:19 The Netherlands, Denmark and Germany have agreed to jointly transfer to Ukraine about 100 Leopard 1 tanks from industrial warehouses in Germany, the three countries say in a joint statement: "In the coming months, Ukraine will receive at least a hundred Leopard 1A5s, including the necessary logistics and training Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands are providing upgraded tanks from industrial stocks, the first will be delivered in a few months ... The initiative includes training on the Leopard 1A5, as well as the provision of spare parts and ammunition.
20:23 Reznikov, during a joint press conference in Kiev with his German counterpart Boris Pistorius, announced a lot of positive news for Ukraine: "We had a fruitful conversation. This is our second meeting after the meeting in the Ramstein format. Soon there will be another one in the same format, "However, there will be a lot of positive news in Brussels. We discussed not only the conditions for protecting our skies, but also cooperation both for the future and after the victory."
For his part, Pistorius said that he had discussed with Reznikov options for accelerating the production of ammunition for Ukraine, including for air defense systems.
20:10 Zelensky said that he had held several meetings with the military, as well as a meeting with the head of intelligence: "We keep maximum attention on what the occupiers are preparing. And on what our soldiers need to effectively resist, and in all directions. Donetsk the region and the east, where it is hotter - I remember them every day in such appeals. The south sounds less often, although the strategic importance of these directions is no less. And we are strengthening the state along the entire perimeter."
The president also said that he met with the German defense minister today: "The topic of the conversation is obvious. We are doing everything to keep our skies clear, so that our soldiers have powerful tanks and our artillery is not inferior to the occupier."
19:29 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius confirmed that the German government approved the supply of Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine: "We have agreed with other European partners on the supply of Leopard 1 tanks. There will be 20-25 of these tanks by summer, about 80 by the end of the year, and during 2024 - more than 100 Leopard 1 tanks. This is a minimum of three battalions, including materials that will need to be purchased, spare parts, ammunition and, of course, training." He added that 600 Ukrainian soldiers have already started training with the German military.
19:13 The Rheinmetall concern plans to deliver the first 20-25 Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine in 2023, Reuters reports citing the company's executive director Armin Papperger.
Meanwhile, Spiegel writes that the German government has approved the delivery of 178 Leopard 1 tanks to Kyiv. According to the publication, the first tanks should be delivered to Ukraine in the summer, but most of them not until next year.
18:36 Shoigu ascribes non-existent victories to himself and activates the conflict with the Wagnerites, reports the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. In particular, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the capture of a number of settlements in the Donbass, as well as the "successful" development of hostilities near Bakhmut and Vugledar, stressing that all these "achievements" are the result of the actions of the RF Armed Forces. At the same time, he deliberately did not mention the fact that the forces of PMC Wagner are actively involved in all the directions he indicated, while the regular Russian army plays only an episodic role of "support forces." This information is hushed up by the Russian propaganda media, which indicates the continuation of the conflict among the military-political leadership of the Russian Federation, intelligence notes.
Shoigu declared full control over the settlements of Soledar, Kleshcheevka, Krasnopolye, Blagodatnoe, Nikolaevka in the Donetsk region and Podgornoe and Lobkove in the Zaporozhye region. The GUR emphasizes that Ukrainian troops were withdrawn from Soledar on January 25, as officially reported by the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As for other settlements, their capture by the enemy is not currently confirmed. The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to defend in each of the mentioned areas.
18:15 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius arrived in Ukraine on an unannounced visit. A photo with him and a model of the Leopard 2 tank was published by Reznikov. "The first Leopard 2 has arrived in Kyiv. There will be more of them," the minister wrote.
17:53 Yermak outlined the task of Ukraine in the war with the Russian Federation: "The task is clear: to break the teeth of the Russians in the East. To destroy their economy with sanctions. To return the borders of 1991 by military means. To ensure the punishment of criminals and the isolation of the Russian Federation. The Ukrainian nation is strong. We will do it."
17:39 The German army began testing the new RCH-155 self-propelled artillery mount. Ukraine, which has already signed a contract, will be the first in the world to receive them, writes Die Welt. The new RCH-155 is similar to the Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled guns that have already been transferred to Ukraine, but it moves on wheels and can fire shells without stopping. The first samples of the RCH-155 will be ready for shipment in 30 months, tentatively in March 2025.
16:58 The Cabinet of Ministers supported the appointment of new heads of the OVA:
- Dnipropetrovsk region - Sergey Lysak,
- Zaporozhye region - Yuri Malashko,
- Kherson region - Alexander Prokudin.
Now these candidates must be approved by the president. Earlier, Zelensky announced that leaders with military experience would be appointed in a number of border and front-line regions.
16:43 Denmark plans to transfer Leopard 1A5 tanks to Ukraine, according to the local edition DR Nyheder. Decommissioned Danish Leopard 1A5 tanks will be cleaned, prepared and sent to Ukraine. The publication notes that these tanks are not used for the defense of Denmark - they were sold in 2010 to FFG in Germany, but are still in Denmark. It is planned that the tanks will arrive in the coming months.
16:29 Ukrenergo announced that from February 8, consumption limits will be changed throughout Ukraine. In each region, on one of the days within two weeks, all restrictions will be lifted, and on other days, changes in the usual shutdown schedules are possible. This is necessary in order to measure the actual consumption in each area. The obtained measurement results will allow adjusting the amount of limits for each region and ensuring a more even distribution of power across the regions.
At the same time, Ukrenergo notes that in the event of new massive rocket attacks and a significant power shortage in the energy system, regime measurements will be postponed.
15:52 Ukrainian defenders use about 5-6 thousand artillery shells per day - this corresponds to the annual order of a small country in Europe, writes the Financial Times.
15:25 The Economic Security Bureau handed over to ARMA almost 170,000 tons of iron ore with an estimated cost of UAH 1.8 billion, which belonged to Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov.
15:23 Russian Gazprom Neft is creating its own private military company - the corresponding order was signed by the head of the government of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Mishustin. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, in this way the "arms race" continues in Russia among the main political players who are actively creating private armies following the example of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin.
15:17 Over the past year, due to Russian attacks, 98 power engineers were killed while performing work, said Andrei Gerus, head of the BP committee on energy issues. According to him, from October 10 to the end of January, Russia fired about 700 cruise missiles and kamikaze drones through the Ukrainian energy system.
14:49 The Russian Foreign Ministry handed over a note to the US Embassy demanding "stop interfering in Russia's internal affairs," Russian media write, citing their "sources."
14:35 NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov ruled out the possibility of a “Korean scenario” in Ukraine: “Ukraine is not Korea. There will be no 38th and other parallels, foreign stories and scenarios imposed from outside. , The Ukrainian Defense Forces are working."
14:33 In the Primorsky district of Mariupol, there were five loud explosions in a row, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city. According to him, sources report explosions in the port area, where the invaders recently brought equipment and air defense. After the explosions, a large number of aircraft appeared in the sky above the city.
14:16 The Lithuanian army conducted a two-week training course for the Ukrainian military on the use of the Swedish L70 anti-aircraft gun, the Lithuanian Armed Forces reported. Soon Lithuania should hand over the L70 to Ukraine.
13:35 Ukraine has weapons that can destroy targets on Russian territory, NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov told CNN: "As for Russian territory, no one forbids us to destroy targets with Ukrainian-made weapons. Do we have such weapons? Yes, we do" .
13:16 The police took away a family with two children from Vuhledar, Donetsk region, one child remains in the city now, the regional police said. The situation in the city is very tense, the enemy is shelling it continuously.
12:41 25 Russian soldiers have already been convicted in Ukraine, Prosecutor General Andrei Kostin said. Also, indictments against 92 Russians were sent to the court, another 260 were reported on suspicion.
12:34 In the sky over Bakhmut, border guards shot down a Russian attack aircraft. According to the State Border Guard Service, the aircraft provided air cover for infantry advancing on the Ukrainian defense line. 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, the fate of the pilot is still unknown.
11:58 The Russian authorities ordered to inspect and repair bomb shelters throughout the country, inspections are taking place even in the most remote regions of the Russian Federation, The Moscow Times writes, citing current and former Russian officials.
11:55 The Rada extended the period of martial law and the general mobilization for another 90 days. This is the sixth parliamentary vote for martial law since the start of the war.
11:53 Electricity consumption in Ukraine on February 7 is gradually growing, at the same time, production has also increased slightly. The power deficit persists, most of all in the evening hours, Ukrenergo reported. All oblenergos have been notified of daily consumption limits. Emergency shutdowns are being applied in Odessa and nearby areas, but if there are no new enemy attacks, the region is expected to return to the planned shutdown schedules that were in effect until February 4 over the weekend.
11:49 The Verkhovna Rada appointed Igor Klymenko Minister of Internal Affairs - he acted as head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs after the death of Denis Monastyrsky in a plane crash.
11:38 The German government will issue permission to two defense companies to supply Ukraine with 187 Leopard 1 tanks, writes Business Insider. According to the publication, 88 tanks will be supplied by Rheinmetall, another 99 by Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft. The first cars will arrive in Ukraine no earlier than the middle of the year.
11:20 In the Bryansk region, a conscript and his commander were injured as a result of a drone attack, ASTRA reports, citing its sources. According to the publication, the night before, a drone attacked the Sevsky district of the Bryansk region. An explosive device was dropped from the drone, two soldiers were injured as a result of the explosion. Both were hospitalized with concussions.
11:16 The Verkhovna Rada appointed Vasily Malyuk as head of the Security Service of Ukraine. Prior to that, he was acting head from July 2022.
10:42 Georgian OSINT analyst Irakli Komakhidze said that on the night of February 6, Russian Airborne Forces Major General Dmitry Ulyanov was eliminated in the Donbass. He commanded a regiment of mobilized from Tatarstan. Previously, he served as chief of staff of the 7th Airborne Division, commanded the 1141st Artillery Regiment and the 98th Airborne Division of the Russian Federation. Ulyanov's death is also reported by some telegram channels, there is no official information yet.
10:10 SBU liquidated a large-scale scheme of underground financing of the Russian Guard and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, in which Viktor Medvedchuk's wife Oksana Marchenko is involved. It is she who is the ultimate beneficiary of the network of Kyiv companies and enterprises in Yalta, which transferred millions to the accounts of the Russian Guard and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in the occupied Crimea. These companies paid the Russians allegedly for the protection of Medvedchuk's real estate on the territory of the peninsula.
In addition, Marchenko's business structure regularly replenished the Russian budget in the form of paying "taxes and fees." The total amount of payments in favor of the Russian Federation is more than 50 million in hryvnia equivalent. Based on the collected evidence, the SBU investigators informed Oksana Marchenko and the head of an affiliated company in Crimea about the suspicion that they could face imprisonment for up to eight years with confiscation of property.
09:41 More than 8,000 volunteers have already applied for the newly created Offensive Guard. All of them will be interviewed and tested, the acting director said. Interior Minister Igor Klymenko. According to him, at the moment, most volunteers have signed up for the National Guard, which has six brigades. In the National Police and the State Border Service - under one brigade. The recruitment will last 60 days. Klymenko stressed that recruiting is based on the principle of an individual approach.
09:19 In the occupied Novopskov of the Luhansk region, the occupiers are building a stationary crematorium, since "there is nowhere to put the corpses of Russian soldiers," said the head of the OVA, Sergei Gaidai. He also said that Russians in the region were storming Ukrainian positions dressed in Ukrainian uniforms. "Such a masquerade is observed along the entire front line. But such a deception does not help the enemy advance," Gaidai added.
09:15 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person died - in Bakhmut. Five more people were injured in the region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
09:07 British intelligence considers it unlikely that in the coming weeks Russia will be able to build up the forces necessary to significantly influence the outcome of the war. Analysts note that since the beginning of January, the Russian army has been trying to resume major offensive operations, but it lacks the ammunition and maneuver units necessary for a successful offensive. The Russian troops managed to recapture the territory by only a few hundred meters in a week.
Intelligence believes that the command of the Russian army is making plans to achieve unrealistic goals due to political and professional pressure. At the same time, Russian leaders are likely to continue demanding big promises.
08:45 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy as of the morning of February 7.
- personnel - about 133,190 (+1030) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3245 (+14),
- armored combat vehicles - 6443 (+28),
- artillery systems - 2232 (+1),
- MLRS - 461 (+0),
- air defense systems - 227 (+0),
- aircraft - 294 (+0),
- helicopters - 284 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1958 (+0),
- cruise missiles - 796 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 5107 (+3),
- special equipment - 208 (+5).
08:27 The enemy continues to regroup in separate directions. The main efforts are focused on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoe, Kremennaya and Dibrova in the Lugansk region and Verkhnekamenskoye, Vesele, Zaliznyanskoye, Krasnaya Gora, Bakhmut, Ivanovskoye and Paraskoveevka in the Donetsk region.
07:23 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russia has managed to acquire components for attack drones in the United States. The reason for this is the ineffectiveness of Western sanctions against Iran and the Russian Federation, experts say. Thus, Moscow and Tehran are promoting plans to build an Iranian UAV production plant in Russia, and earlier Iran opened a drone production plant in Tajikistan.
Russia could also use its significant economic ties with Tajikistan through the CSTO and the EAEU to obtain drone components or purchase manufactured drones for use in Ukraine, bypassing international sanctions, analysts say.
01:52 In Switzerland, more and more voices are heard in favor of changing the policy of neutrality, which would allow the re-export of Swiss weapons and ammunition to Ukraine, writes Reuters. Many politicians believe that by banning the re-export of Swiss arms, the country is helping Russia rather than being neutral.
00:14 The Russian budget deficit in January amounted to about $25 billion due to oil sanctions. This is the largest deficit since 1998, when Russia defaulted, writes Bloomberg. Tax revenues from oil and gas fell to 426 billion rubles in January, down 46% from a year ago. Budget expenditures increased by 59% compared to last year's figures.
In January, the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation sold gold from the National Treasure Fund for the first time to cover the budget deficit. The Russians steadily filled this fund from oil and gas revenues in order to have their own reserves. In January, the department sold 3.6 tons of gold, as well as 2.3 billion yuan. Due to this, the budget received 38.5 billion rubles.