Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 20:51 As of December 31, 2023, 4.31 million citizens who left Ukraine as a result of the Russian invasion had temporary protection status in the EU, the official website of the European Union reports. Most Ukrainians received temporary protection from Germany (29%, or 1.25 million people), Poland (22%, or 955 thousand people) and the Czech Republic (8.7%, or 373 thousand people).
20:00 The European Commission has proposed new trade restrictions against about 20 companies, including three located in China, which are accused of supporting Russia's military actions in Ukraine. It is proposed to add companies from Hong Kong, India, China, Serbia and Turkey to the sanctions list. If approved, Chinese entities will be subject to EU sanctions for the first time for supporting Russian aggression.
19:48 During the day, the Russians carried out 18 strikes with kamikaze drones and fired artillery three times at the Nikopol district of the Dnepropetrovsk region, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. One person was injured, an agricultural firm, almost 20 private houses, outbuildings, gas pipelines and a high-voltage line were damaged.
19:27 During a missile attack on Kiev on February 7, Russia used a 3M22 Zircon hypersonic missile, the KGVA reported, citing the conclusion of the Kiev Forensic Research Institute. “We can say that the weapon does not meet the tactical and technical characteristics declared by the enemy,” the conclusion says.
18:46 The EU Council approved the decision to store profits from Russian assets for their further use in the interests of Ukraine.
18:18 The Russian army, after four months of intense fighting, broke through the defenses of Avdiivka and came close to the main road along which the Ukrainian garrison receives supplies. Our defenders say that the enemy has begun to use new tactics, and the situation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is complicated by the shell hunger. For more information about what is happening there, see the material New tactics of Russia in Avdeevka.
17:55 Zelensky said that he held the first meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Headquarters in a renewed composition: “The priority issues remain unchanged: the front and the protection of front-line regions, people and critical infrastructure from Russian air terror... Avdeevka, Kupyansk, south. Providing the army with everything necessary: shells, drones, electronic warfare. Further development of multi-level protection of electrical, water and heat supply facilities. A decision was made to increase the number and capabilities of mobile fire groups."
17:32 Ukraine’s needs for shells are three times greater than the production capabilities of Germany, said the head of the defense concern Rheinmetall Armin Papperger. According to him, Ukraine needs more than 2 million shells per year, but by 2025 Germany intends to produce only 700 thousand. At the same time, it will take 10-15 years to replenish reserves in Germany itself.
Today a groundbreaking ceremony took place for Rheinmetall's new weapons plant in northern Germany, which they want to build within a year. It is planned to produce up to 200 thousand shells annually.
17:20 The Ukrainian military probably began to shoot down the suicide bombers with Vampire laser anti-drone systems, reports the specialized publication Defense Express. OSINT analysts came to this conclusion after analyzing a video released by the Ukrainian Navy.
16:46 American journalist Tucker Carlson said that Putin is “ready to make a serious compromise on Ukraine.” He said that he spoke with the President of the Russian Federation off the record after the interview, but did not disclose the content of the conversation.
16:07 In Ukraine, there are up to ten companies that produce UAVs capable of flying to Moscow and St. Petersburg, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov.
15:50 Ukraine has created a new shield against drones, which does not depend on ammunition: an electronic warfare system called Pokrova confuses the navigation systems of Russian drones, Forbes writes. Interference overloads navigation systems with noise. The spoofing causes them to indicate the wrong location, generating a fake signal.
15:09 The newly elected President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, said that “it is difficult to have any political dialogue” with Putin while Russia is waging an aggressive war against Ukraine: “Therefore, I do not see any communication with Putin or with the Russian political leadership in the near future. We We all want to find a path to peace, but it seems to me that this path now only passes through the battlefield."
14:41 Vice-President of the German Bundestag Katrin Goering-Eckardt said that she arrived in Ukraine on a visit: “I will travel around the country and Kiev, and it is completely clear to me that the mood in the country is no longer very good.” According to her, this is due to sluggish support and uncertainty with American funding.
14:22 Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Vasily Nebenzya expressed confidence that negotiations with Ukraine will take place: “Real negotiations, sooner or later they will begin, will be conducted taking into account the situation at the front. There can be no negotiations on the topic of new regions with Kiev, they have already begun part of the Russian Federation. The job is done, we are not ready to discuss it."
13:38 Starlink terminals are sold freely in Russia, said Andrey Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense: “Indeed, Russia continues to work through so-called parallel imports, essentially smuggling. And yes, through third countries. We will not name specific countries, and this information requires clarification, but Starlink is freely available in the Russian Federation on open online platforms." According to him, now “work is underway to neutralize this threat.”
12:49 In Kharkov, only this morning it was possible to completely extinguish a fire that arose as a result of an enemy attack on an oil depot on February 9, the State Emergency Service reported.
12:14 Representatives of the IMF arrived in Kiev to discuss the challenges facing the Ukrainian economy, said the Fund’s permanent representative in Ukraine Vahram Stepanyan.
11:23 Zelensky signed laws extending martial law and general mobilization for 90 days, until May 13, 2024. This is the tenth such decision since the beginning of a full-scale war.
10:35 Several damaged HIMARS were delivered to the USA for repairs, writes American OSINT blogger Keystone Intel. One of the vehicles has a cabin and launcher cut by shrapnel, the second is missing its right front wheel and the bottom of the cabin is damaged. Probably, HIMARS will also receive firmware for 150 km GLSDB bombs there, the expert notes.
10:07 Ukraine may have transferred one of its best brigades - the 3rd assault brigade - to Avdievka, Forbes writes. Fresh forces will try to push the Russian army away from the main asphalt road leading to the center of Avdeevka.
09:26 At night, the Russians fired at the private sector of the town of Selidovo, Donetsk region, with three S-300 missiles - three people were wounded, including two children aged ten and 17, the prosecutor's office reported.
09:11 Russia convened a meeting of the UN Security Council on the occasion of the anniversary of the adoption of the Security Council resolution on the Minsk agreements. Moscow accuses Kyiv of allegedly failing to comply with the Minsk-2 agreements. The meeting will begin on February 12 at 17:00 Kyiv time.
08:48 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of February 12:
- personnel - about 395,990 (+790) people,
- tanks - 6416 (+10),
- armored combat vehicles - 11,977 (+21),
- artillery systems - 9481 (+6),
- MLRS - 981 (+0),
- air defense systems - 666 (+0),
- aircraft - 332 (+0),
- helicopters - 325 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 7302 (+45),
- cruise missiles - 1882 (+1),
- ships/boats - 24 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 12,599 (+7),
- special equipment - 1514 (+1).
08:23 Over the past 24 hours, 100 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In the Avdeevka direction, the Defense Forces repelled 23 enemy attacks in the Avdeevka area and another 18 attacks south of Tonenkoye and near Pervomaiskoye, Nevelskoye, Donetsk region. In the Maryinsky direction, 32 attacks were repelled near Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region, in Bakhmutsky - 19 attacks near Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka in the Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled two enemy attacks near Ivanovka and Tabaevka, Kharkov region; on Limansky - three attacks in the Belogorivka area of the Lugansk region; in the Novopavlovsk direction - one attack north of Priyutnoye, Zaporozhye region; in Zaporozhye - one attack in the Rabotino area of the Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces hold their positions and repelled one assault by Russian troops.
08:12 At the Syrian Shayrat airfield, Iranian-made UAV operators are being trained for the war against Ukraine, reports the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. The Lebanese Hezbollah Police and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard are conducting training for the Russian military. The Lebanese-Iranian-Russian training course involves training to control the Shahed-136 and Ababil-3 UAVs, as well as the Raad remotely controlled aircraft.
The military exercises are headed by one of the Hezbollah commanders, Kamal Abu Sadiq, who specializes in the production and maintenance of drones. Together with the Russians, Syrian mercenaries are undergoing training, whom the Russian Federation plans to involve in the war against Ukraine as UAV operators.
07:38 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, as a result of an attack by Russian drones, a fire broke out at an energy facility, which rescuers put out. About 29 thousand subscribers remain without electricity in the Pavlograd region, and 10 thousand subscribers without water in Ternovka, said the head of the Public Administration Sergei Lysak. No people were hurt.
06:49 Ukrenergo reported that at night Russia attacked the energy infrastructure of the Dnepropetrovsk region, the equipment of one of the substations was damaged. In Pavlogradsky and Sinelnikovsky districts, household and industrial consumers are partially de-energized. Power supply to industrial consumers has already been restored, and connection to household consumers continues.
06:37 Air defense at night destroyed 14 of the 17 attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type, which Russia attacked from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk area, as well as the X-59 guided aircraft missile, which the enemy launched from the occupied territory of the Zaporozhye region, the Air Force command reported. In addition, the Russian army attacked with S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the Belgorod region. Air targets were destroyed within the Khmelnitsky, Vinnytsia, Kirovograd, Nikolaev, Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions.