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22:13 The Russians struck the village of Tokarevka, Kherson region - one person was killed, one was wounded, the OVA reported.
19:19 Zelensky announced in an evening video message about new appointments to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, “now people who are well known in the army and who themselves know well what the army needs are starting to perform new duties. Combat commanders of this war, whose experience will be useful precisely at the general army level.”
Thus, Colonel Vadim Sukharevsky (his direction is unmanned systems and the development of the use of drones) and Colonel Andrei Lebedenko (his direction is innovation, the technological component of the army and combat systems) became deputy commander-in-chief Alexander Syrsky.
As Deputy Chiefs of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the President agreed on the candidacies of Brigadier General Vladimir Gorbatyuk (his direction is operational work, the work of headquarters, planning, management), Brigadier General Alexei Shevchenko (his direction is logistics), Brigadier General Mikhail Drapaty (will be responsible for training, high-quality training of the military ).
17:55 As a result of a night attack in Kharkov, the prosecutor of the Volchansky department of the Chuguev district prosecutor's office Olga Putyatina, her husband and their three sons aged seven, four years and ten months were killed, the Office of the Prosecutor General reported.
16:37 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Macron - they discussed the situation on the battlefield and the defense needs of Ukraine, including drones, artillery systems and shells, electronic warfare systems and air defense systems, from portable to long-range. He thanked France and the United States for creating an “artillery coalition”, within the framework of which Paris will manufacture and transfer to Ukraine dozens of Caesar artillery systems, as well as shells for them. We also discussed the preparation of a bilateral document on security guarantees within the framework of the G7 Vilnius Declaration.
11:25 German generals secretly visited Kiev on the day of Zaluzhny’s resignation, writes Bild. In one of the hotels in Kyiv, high-ranking generals were spotted - Major General Christian Freuding and Inspector General of the Bundeswehr Carsten Breuer. The first heads the working group for coordinating assistance to Ukraine under the German Ministry of Defense, the second is one of the main military commanders of Germany and a confidant of the Minister of Defense. The publication claims that they arrived in Kyiv secretly at the invitation of Zaluzhny.
The German Ministry of Defense said that the purpose of the visit was “to further exchange information on current defense needs and future military challenges.”
11:19 Stoltenberg said that NATO’s confrontation with Russia could last for decades. At the same time, he emphasized that the Alliance does not seek war with the Russian Federation, but called on the allies to quickly expand their defense industry. “If Putin wins in Ukraine, there are no guarantees that Russian aggression will not spread to other countries,” the secretary general noted.
Stoltenberg emphasized that the best defense now is support for Ukraine and investment in NATO’s military potential, because Putin is preparing his country’s economy for a long war.
10:48 As a result of the night shelling of Kharkov, two families were killed, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Five people died in one house: a husband and wife and three young children. The fire occurred due to a leak of burning fuel along the street where the residential sector is located. In another house, a husband and wife died. The police told Suspilny that the attack was on an oil depot.
10:26 In the morning, the Russians hit a residential building in the village of Veletenskoye, Kherson region - one person was killed, two were injured, the OVA reported. Over the previous 24 hours, one person died and five were injured as a result of Russian islands in the region.
10:14 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of February 10:
personnel - about 394,270 (+980) people,
tanks - 6394 (+9),
armored combat vehicles - 11,942 (+21),
artillery systems - 9459 (+24),
MLRS - 981 (+0),
air defense systems - 666 (+0),
aircraft - 332 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 7235 (+26),
cruise missiles - 1881 (+0),
ships/boats - 24 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 12,579 (+28),
special equipment - 1512 (+3).
09:03 In Odessa, during a night attack by drones, as a result of falling debris from one of the downed UAVs, a technical structure of the port infrastructure was damaged, and one of the company’s employees was injured, the Southern Defense Forces reported. The enemy directed the second and third waves of attacks against the port infrastructure of the Danube region. Port facilities were hit, and three workers were wounded there. Izmail's civilian infrastructure was also damaged.
08:31 Over the past 24 hours, 111 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 21 enemy attacks in the areas of Novobakhmutovka, Avdeevka and another 12 attacks near Pervomaisky, Nevelsky, Donetsk region. In the Bakhmut direction, 22 attacks were repulsed (near Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky and Kleshcheevka, Donetsk region), in Maryinsky - 19 attacks (near Georgievka and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region).
In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled 11 attacks near Sinkovka and Ivanovka, Kharkov region; on Limansky - 14 attacks near Belogorivka, Luhansk region and Ternov, Yampolevka, Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - two attacks south of Zolotaya Niva, Donetsk region and north of Priyutnoye, Zaporozhye region; in Zaporozhye - three attacks west of Novopokrovka, Verbovoy and in the Rabotino area of the Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces hold their positions and repelled four assaults by Russian troops.
08:12 At night, the Russians attacked Kharkov with Shahed drones, hits were recorded in the Nemyshlyansky district of the city, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. Civil infrastructure was damaged and several large fires broke out. 15 private houses were completely burned down. The fires have been localized and liquidation of the consequences continues. As a result of the strikes, seven people were killed, among them three children - seven, four years old and an infant. Three more people were injured.
The mayor of Kharkov, Igor Terekhov, clarified that enemy suicide bombers hit the gas station, resulting in a spill of burning fuel and a fire on an area of 3,700 square meters. m. 50 people were evacuated, including two children.
07:27 Air defense at night destroyed 23 out of 31 UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type which Russia attacked from Balaklava and Cape Chauda, as well as from the Kursk region. The main directions of attack are the Odessa and Kharkov regions, the Air Force command reported.