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[LB] Residents of other regions were also injured. The enemy also fired at Chernihiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, and Zaporizhia regions.
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As a result of yesterday's shelling, civilians were killed in the Donetsk and Kharkiv regions, - OVA
Last day, the Russians shelled the Chernihiv region with mortars four times . They hit the Novgorod-Siversky district, all the shelling took place at night. Without losses and destruction, says the summary from OVA.
In the Sumy region yesterday, during the day, the enemy shelled three territorial communities: Krasnopilska, Seredino-Budska, Glukhivska. There were 55 "arrivals". Without victims and destruction.
In the Zaporizhzhia region , the occupiers shelled civilian infrastructure in the area of the settlements of Mala Tokmachka, Malynivka, Novomykolaivka, Preobrazhenka, Zaliznychne, Gulyaipole, Kamianske, Novodanilivka, Olgivske, Mali Shcherbaki, Charivne, Poltavka, Zeleny Gai, Novoandriivka, Zatyshsha, Shcherbaki. , Orihiv, Stepove, Pavlivka. A total of 22 reports were received about the destruction of houses (apartments) of citizens and infrastructure objects as a result of shelling. Details are being clarified.
In the Dnipropetrovsk regionat night, the occupiers ransacked Marganets, damaged the power line and cut off the power to the pumping station, as a result of which 60,000 families from 9 settlements are currently without water. After midnight, the enemy hit one of the villages of the Marganets community with barrel artillery, and then with "Hrads". Two private houses, a utility building and a power line were damaged. No casualties.
The past day seemed to be restless for the Nikopol and Synelnyk districts of the region. Yesterday afternoon, after shelling from heavy artillery in Myrivska hromada, Russian shells hit three private houses and farm buildings, cut several power lines and damaged a gas pipeline. In the Synelniky district, the aggressor targeted the Velikomykhailiv community. Rescuers are still working there and investigating the consequences of the attack.
In Mykolaivska, at night, the enemy struck a settlement of the Ochakivska community with salvo rocket systems, as a result of which there was no electricity in part of the settlement. Damage information is being updated. No victims. Also at night, as a result of enemy shelling of the Black Sea community, an infrastructure object was damaged. There are no casualties. Details are being clarified.
In the Kharkiv region, in the Slobozhansk direction, the areas of the settlements of Strelecha, Hlyboke, Krasne, Gatishche, Vovchansk and Dvorichna were hit by shelling. In the direction of Kupyansk, the enemy shelled Kupyansk, Ivanivka, Kucherivka, Kislivka, and Kotlyarivka from tanks, mortars, and artillery. In Vovchansk, Chuguyiv district, an enemy projectile hit the city hospital, the roof was on fire. No casualties. Nearby houses were also damaged as a result of the shelling.
In the Kupyan district, three private houses, farm buildings and a car were damaged by shelling. Yesterday afternoon near the village The recruiting station of the Izyum district was blown up by civilians riding a motorcycle. According to the Regional Emergency Medical Center, a 44-year-old man died. His 31-year-old friend was injured and hospitalized in moderate condition.
In the Luhansk region, during the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the districts of Novoselivskyi, Kreminnaya and Dibrova. In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy fired tanks, mortars and artillery in the areas of Novoselivskyi and Stelmakhivka. In the Lymansky direction, Ploschanka, Chervonopivka, Kreminna and Dibrova were affected by fire. The situation in the region remains difficult.
In Kherson , according to the information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the districts of 19 settlements were subjected to mortar and artillery shelling. In particular, Gola Prystan, Zolota Balka, Kachkarivka, Mylove, Antonivka and the city of Kherson. Detailed information on the consequences is being clarified. The situation remains tense. In total, two people were injured in Kherson Oblast during the day due to Russian aggression. 59 people were evacuated from the de-occupied territories, six of them children.
In Donetsk during the day, there were four shellings of Kurakhovo, Kurakhivka and Uspenivka of the Kurakhiv community. Private houses were damaged. During the day, Maryinka was also heavily shelled. In the evening – mortar shelling of Mykolaivka village of Kostiantynivska community. Private houses were destroyed. Constant active hostilities near Bakhmut, Soledar, Vugledar. In one day, at least six houses were destroyed in Ugledar. Avdiivska VA: the city was shelled yesterday evening.
At night, isolated shelling of the old part of the city. In the morning, there was a shelling from the 122mm BM-21 "Grad" rocket artillery system - the old part of the city, the industrial zone, the outskirts of the city, the center were shelled. The consequences of the shelling are being investigated, and information about the injured civilians is being clarified. One dead, five wounded in a day.
It will be recalled that during the past day , the enemy launched six missile and 24 air strikes . It carried out 75 attacks from rocket salvo systems, in particular, on civilian objects in the Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions, there are victims among the civilian population.
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[Vesti] February 7 is the 349th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that is happening in the country on this day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, losses, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
08:00 . The Russians are regrouping in separate directions, says the General Staff. The main efforts are focused on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions. Over the past day, Ukrainian defenders repulsed attacks by invaders in the areas of ten settlements: Novoselovskoe, Kremennaya and Dibrova in the Luhansk region and Verkhnekamenskoe, Veseloe, Zheleznyanskoe, Krasnaya Gora, Bakhmut, Ivanovskoye and Paraskovievka in the Donetsk region.
Dnepropetrovsk region. From heavy artillery and MLRS, Russian troops fired twice at night on the Nikopol region - about four dozen shells on the Marganets community. Power lines were damaged - one of the pumping stations was de-energized, 9 settlements were left without water.
Donetsk region. On February 6, it became known about another resident of the region killed by the Russians - in Bakhmut. Another five people in the area were injured.
Kharkov region. Throughout the day, the Russians continued to fire from tanks, mortars and artillery at the settlements of the Kupyansky, Chuguevsky and Kharkov regions bordering the line of contact. In Volchansk, Chuguevsky district, an enemy shell hit the city hospital. Eight people were evacuated from the bomb shelter of the hospital.
11:00 am . The Verkhovna Rada appointed Vasily Malyuk as head of the SBU.
Igor Klymenko has been appointed Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
12:00 . The Russians fired at the Kherson region 31 times from artillery, MLRS, mortars and tanks. Kherson was attacked by the Russian army 7 times - residential buildings were damaged in the city. Two people received injuries of varying severity.
Donetsk region. In the sky over Bakhmut, border guards shot down a Russian attack aircraft . He covered the infantry from the air, which was advancing on the line of defense of the defenders. 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 from a missile hit, the fate of the pilot is still unknown.
15:00 . Donetsk region. Explosions thundered in Mariupol. The "clap" occurred in the Primorsky region, where the Russians recently brought military equipment and air defense systems. After the explosions, a large number of Russian aircraft appeared in the sky over Mariupol.
16:00 . The government supported the new leaders of the OVA:
Dnipropetrovsk region - Sergey Lisak;
Zaporozhye region - Yuriy Malashko;
Kherson region - Alexander Prokudin.
17:40 In the occupiedMakiivka (Donetsk region),a gas pipeline is on fire. Local publics write that the fire started after the shelling.
18:18 The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a Russian Su-25 fighter and an Orlan-type UAV. This is reported by the General Staff.
18:39 At the request of the prosecutors, 170 wagons with a batch of mineral fertilizers of Russian and Belarusian production have been seized. It is reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General.
19:00 Explosions are reported in the border areas of theSumy region.
19:33 Thereare now about 9,000 Russian military in Belarus, and the Belarusian territory "today is such a hub for renewal, training, for preparing orcs for the war in Ukraine." This was told by the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Yusov.
19:59 The Netherlands, together with Germany and Denmark, will supply Ukraine with about 100 Leopard 1 tanks and ammunition, - Dutch Defense Minister.
20:23 They didn’t get to Romania: Ukrainian border guards detained 13 men aged 22 to 52 who planned to cross the border on foot in one of the mountainous sections of the Carpathians.
20:45 Ukraine does not strike on the territory of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, said. According to him, Western weapons are used exclusively for defense.
21:13 Leopard 2 tanks will arrive in Ukraine at the end of March as part of military assistance. This is stated in the official statement of the Bundeswehr on Twitter.
21:30 Explosions are reported in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk.
21:55 In Melitopol, the occupiers are forcing employees of state institutions to renounce Ukrainian citizenship in writing, threatening with dismissal. Summary of the General Staff.
22:21 "Gazprom" creates its own private military company, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The corresponding order was signed by the head of the government of the Russian Federation Mishustin.
22:43 China and Ukraine - these are the two countries that Biden will focus on in the foreign policy block of his today's speech in the US Congress. This is reported by "Voice of America" with reference to representatives of the White House.
23:10 In Latvia, the Edge Autonomy factory, which is engaged in the production of drones, is on fire. About 50 firefighters are reported to be on the scene.
23:36 The Russian military shell Kharkiv and Kherson. In addition, explosions are heard in Donetsk, it is reported that the BC of the occupiers is on fire.
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[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.
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[RIA] The fifth of February is nothing special in the calendar, but for the world energy market this day has become another not the most pleasant milestone in history. It was on this day that the sixth package of EU sanctions against the Russian oil industry began to operate. After almost a year of internal squabbling, behind-the-scenes fuss and a fight against common sense, Europe introduced a complete ban on the import of not only Russian oil, but also products of its processing. However, the unfriendly citizens did not have time to finish reading this news, as the joy was replaced by the usual disappointment.
At the same time, a meeting of representatives of oil-producing countries was held in Saudi Arabia . Behind the scenes, representatives of Goldman Sachs , one of the world's largest investment banks, were actively negotiating behind the scenes with the participants and published a forecast that was extremely disappointing for the Western world. The participants of the meeting and market analysts are practically sure that in just a month, that is, already in the second quarter, the world oil market will face a painful deficit.
It is connected with a complex of factors, where the NWO, anti-Russian sanctions and the reactively soaring demand for oil in India and China are heavily involved.. In addition, the past year was marked by a sharp decline in investment in the exploration of new fields and production at existing ones. That is why, although during 2021 Brent oil was traded on average within the range of $75-80 per barrel, experts expect the price to rise to $100 or more.
It's funny how people, who decide the fate of the world without exaggeration, are squeezed into the framework of a merciless Western agenda and are afraid to call a spade a spade. Goldman Sachs sources, echoed by the Saudi energy minister, are afraid to say bluntly that the global underfunding of the industry as a whole is due to a suicidal attempt to wrest Russia , one of the largest exporters, from established supply chains, as well as the ongoing sabbat around renewable sources.
Hundreds of billions of dollars have already been pumped into this pit, but the return is scanty, unreliable, which is iron proof of record numbers in utility bills and the constantly growing volume of imports of coal, oil and gas to the EU and the UK.
As for Russia, just last week the American analytical company Wood Mackenzie warned Western politicians that it is not worth counting on the collapse of the Russian economy as a result of sanctions. The sale of Russian crude oil will bring at least a small, but profit, even at a price level of $30 per barrel. The bar of 70-80 dollars, taking into account the discount from the forecast price of Brent, will completely fill Moscow 's financial bins.
It should be added here that the US forced the EU to impose a total embargo on Russian oil and oil products, although they were well aware of the dependence of the Old World in the amount of twenty percent. This is the share of our domestic diesel, kerosene and fuel oil in the consumption structure of Europe, that is, every fifth gallon or liter traces its lineage to the snowy wastelands of the Russian North. What will fill the hole below the energy waterline, no one can say yet. However, simultaneously with the speech of Abdulaziz bin Salman, prices for Saudi oil went up. It is reported that the most popular Arab Light brand for buyers in Asia and Europe instantly rose in price by two dollars.
Characteristically, for US importers, the cost rose by only thirty cents.
We would like to draw the attention of readers: we operate with data and opinions from sources extremely unfriendly to our country, so as not to be accused of bias.
The difference in price fluctuations reflects the global geopolitical trend. The American Bloomberg writes that the sanctions and price ceilings introduced by the stream will not be able to kill the supply of Russian oil products to Europe. At this point in history, that is, a year after the start of the NWO, the EU still needs 600,000 barrels per day of diesel fuel alone, excluding other processed products. The main buyers until February 5 were expectedly Germany, France, Greece and the Netherlands, which from now on have assumed voluntary obligations to tighten their belts.
Much has been said that it will be difficult for Europeans to find alternative suppliers of the same scale. The fact that the Western economy did not collapse during the cold weather and sanctions gives skeptics a reason to scoff — they say, they did just fine without Russian supplies.
This seems to be an amazing and wonderful truth, if you do not know who exactly replaced Russian companies in the export market. These are China and India, which have multiplied their purchases of Russian raw materials and have been selling oil products allegedly of their own production without blinking an eye for almost half a year.
The bitter sarcasm for Europe lies in the fact that its American friends, while demanding radical measures, do not even think of giving up Russian imports themselves. The same Bloomberg reports that the city of New York daily buys a record 90 thousand barrels of gasoline and diesel straight from India. Moreover, according to the Kpler agency for January and February, that is, when Washington pressed Brussels for a complete embargo, the volume of fuel imports supposedly from India doubled.
It is these processes that determine the difference in the rise in the price of Saudi crude oil - for the Americans, who will use black gold for domestic needs, and for the Asian countries, which will process it at their own refineries and send it back to Europe, not forgetting to fasten selfish interest.
In the dashing nineties, a saying was popular among Russian criminals that a fool pays twice, and a sucker always pays. The overseas descendants of Al Capone and John Dillinger are obviously well acquainted with her, but apparently not their European friends, pampered by decades of a satisfying life on Russian supplies.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:11 Kyiv's losses in January amounted to more than 6,500 servicemen, Shoigu said. 22:27 The RF Armed Forces are "grinding" all weapons and equipment supplied to Ukraine both on delivery routes and in combat positions, Shoigu said.
21:52 Attack aircraft of the Airborne Forces with the support of artilleryreleasesettlements
Military personnel of the assault detachment of the Airborne Forces, together with detachments of volunteers, destroy enemy firing points during offensive operations.
The assault on the strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is carried out with massive fire support from artillery crews and crews of BMD-2 airborne combat vehicles.
To destroy enemy armored vehicles, units of the RF Armed Forces use anti-tank missile systems.
When carrying out assault operations, the Airborne Forces interact with UAV crews, which identify positions and firing points of the enemy from the air, and also correct the direction of attack of our assault groups.
20:30 Soldiers of the 90th Tank Division of the RF Armed Forces took position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the shooting battle
As a result of the clash, the Ukrainian military lost several people killed.
19:43 Problems with the operation of water supply pumping stations arose in the city of Nikolaev, a regional center in southern Ukraine, residents were urged to stock up on water. The enterprise "Nikolayevvodokanal" reported about it on Tuesday.
“There are again problems with the functioning of the water pumping stations,” the utility says in its Telegram channel. - Now water is still supplied to the city, but with reduced pressure. While there is an opportunity, we recommend stocking up.
18:44 Blown upon anti-tank mines T-64BV and T-72AV of the Ukrainian army
18:44 The offensive on the Zaporozhye Front continues
Russian military occupy positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, squeezing the enemy out of the equipped and fortified trenches.
17:43 Squad clearance from among the specialists of the engineering troops of the Eastern Military District, he cleared the territory of the tram depot and tram tracks in the city of Mariupol from explosive objects.
The Mariupol tram fleet is now completely immobilized and is still de-energized. City services have begun to restore the infrastructure of urban electric transport - they are pulling wires, checking the contact network.
In turn, the sappers examined every centimeter of the tram depot and about 25 kilometers of tram lines for the presence of explosive objects. The found military arsenal is destroyed in a specially designated place at a safe distance from residential buildings.
It is planned that the first ten-kilometer tram line in Mariupol should be launched this year. Most of all, the first tram is waiting for local residents, who are now forced to change their usual route. Since many have decided to return to Mariupol, buses alone can no longer cope.
16:42 Destruction of infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by dropping ammunition from a quadrocopter
16:41 An air alert has been announced in the Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava and Kharkiv regions of Ukraine and the part of the Kherson region controlled by Kyiv, data show online maps Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.
15:42 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
◾️The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction per day amounted to more than 50 military;
◾️The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansk direction per day amounted to over 100 servicemen;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces hit four ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR;
◾️Russian troops in the Kherson direction destroyed up to 20 Ukrainian soldiers and a 152mm 2S3 self-propelled howitzer "Acacia";
◾️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed more than 90 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction in a day;
◾️The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 80 military men, twp 152mm D-20 howitzers, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, as well as the 122mm Gvozdika howitzer in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions in a day;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and equipment of the 1st Tank and 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Ugledar and Vodyany in the DPR;
◾️The RF Armed Forces hit 86 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions;
◾️Russian air defense systems shot down nine UAVs and seven HIMARS and 220mm Uragan MLRS shells.
14:41 Artillerymen from the DPR destroy strengthening of the Ukrainian military
Artillerymen of the 132nd Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps covered the enemy positions. The Armed Forces suffered losses in killed and wounded.
13:47 Preparation of mobilized military personnel at the training ground of the Western Military District
Firing, tactical maneuvers, providing first aid to the wounded - these skills are brought to automatism.
Some of the mobilized already have combat experience. Most of them voluntarily returned to service when the country needed them again.
The fighters will go to the NWO zone only after they complete combat coordination.
12:41 Against the backdrop of Zelensky's adoption of law No. 8271, the lawlessness of the officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is gaining new momentum.
Ukrovoin tells the story of his brother, who was ordered by the commander of one of the units to go for five liters of cognac, he refused, after which threats followed that if he did not comply with the order, he would be imprisoned
12:40 Ukrainian drawsto Zelensky.
“Mr. Zelensky, looking at how you and your jackals plunder all the humanitarian aid, all the aid from the West, all the money in the country, now you are talking about motivation! Nobody will fight for you, you bastard!”
12:40 The Verkhovna Rada decided to appoint acting. the head of the SBU, Vasily Malyuk, the head of the special services.
11:56 Under the onslaught of Russian troops in the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) area, the Armed Forces of Ukrainecontinuerush out of one's position
11:55 The column of forced distribution of subpoenas continues, for cadres of Ternopil
10:57 Crews of helicopters and fire support groups of army aviation continue to perform tasks in the special operation zone.
Requests for support from Russian motorized riflemen or tankers from the front line come several times during the day or night shift.
The riflemen of the fire support groups of the army aviation of the Western Military District are tasked with escorting military convoys and humanitarian cargo along public roads. They cover army aviation helicopters from the air, observe objects and vehicles on the ground, and identify enemy firing points while patrolling the area.
The servicemen, risking their own lives, help to evacuate civilians from the liberated settlements from the front line of defense, cover them when approaching and loading on board helicopters, and carry out fire impact in case of emergency situations during the evacuation of personnel from the ground. Groups change several times a day in order to carry out their tasks in the sky without interruption.
While some crews are just returning from a combat mission, others are already preparing to take off. In the take-off and landing mode, the airfield operates non-stop. Each combat mission is preceded by scrupulous pre-flight preparation.
“We have a fire cover group. We are engaged in the evacuation of the wounded, and we also support with fire during the evacuation of our pilots from the ground. When our stormtroopers attack, we are also nearby. In which case, we will evacuate our pilots, ”said a soldier of the fire support group with the call sign Khan.
09:50 Helicopter crews and army aviation fire support teams continue to perform tasks in the special operation zone.
09:20 Artillery 132 Brigade destroys fortifications of the enemy.
Artillerymen of the 132nd Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly the 3rd Brigade of the NM DPR) covered the positions of the enemy with well-aimed fire, which has losses in killed and wounded.
08:15 Russian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction are moving towards the settlement. Sinkovka, located seven km from Kupyansk.
To the west of Kremennaya, our troops are advancing in the Yampolovka area, near Makeevka (LPR) there are battles.
To the north of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), they report on the success of the Wagner PMC in the Krasnaya Gora area. There is information about the liquidation of a significant number of enemy personnel from the Nazi battalion "Aidar."
In Artemovsk, the zone of control of our troops is expanding from the north and east, there are reports that the enemy is trying to withdraw the remnants of artillery and equipment from the city. To the southwest, attack aircraft are fighting in the area of the settlement. Krasnoye (Ivanovka), the capture of which will make it possible to take under practical control the road to Chasov Yar and Konstantinovka.
From Marinka, front-line soldiers reported the capture of the main street of the settlement. The advancing units bypassed the enemy from the south, caught him by surprise, destroyed up to a company of enemy paratroopers defending the settlement.
In the Belgorod region, the governor announced the death of an elderly woman in the village. Kazinka of the Valuysky urban district as a result of the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the DPR, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 97 rounds of ammunition at the civilian population. Under enemy fire Donetsk, Gorlovka, Wide Beam, Yasinovataya, Makeevka. A civilian who came under fire on February 4 in Gorlovka died of wounds.
03:36 Russian Ministry of Defense showed footage of the combat work of attack helicopters and aviation fire support groups.
Ukrainians have started using chemical weapons and bragging about it over social media. Dropping nerve agents from drones. Saw an ukr drone drop a nerve agent on two russians crossing a creek. One went into spasms and drowned after the nerve agent detonated nearby.
There's talk about moving these munitions to the Bakhmut theatre.
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Interesting interpretation unconnected with events. The two were first hit by a drone dropped frag grenade. One seemed to killed outright. Second wounded. The video then cuts to a later scene where the second Russian is already flailing and drowning. I'm positive there were more grenades that dropped during the cut scene and further wounded him, possibly a broken back or such.
A VOG (30mm) grenade is dropped. It clearly detonates in the water and throws up water and smoke. It is far enough away that the Russian was probably not even hit with any fragments. Russian flails further and drowns before injuries killed him.
Wishful thinking among the tankies that it is a chemical warhead. The Russians are the only one to use banned weapons when they launched massed rocket artillery with incendiary bomblets on cities and towns. That is, when not threatening to nuke Ukraine, Great Britain, Germany, France, Poland and the USA. Did I leave anyone out?
Link to video will be posted on request or search "Two Russian soldiers fall into a creek while being chased by a Ukrainian drone and get hit with grenades, both end up drowning.". It is NSFW.
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Not much difference between the ROC and ISIS, this is exactly what ISIS preaches. The ROC might still have real Christians outside Russia, not inside, this proves it(plus their archbishop preaches this as well):
BTW, the Ukrainians were attacked and we all know of the Russian mass rapes and massacres, if Ukraine uses chemical weapons or nuclear weapons( it's bs to say they have) to preserve their lives, it is intrinsic good to do so.
They have more right to than the USA did to Japan.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:17 Suppression of the firing point of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the schools of Bakhmut
By building worked Russian armored personnel carrier. After that, it came under the control of the RF Armed Forces.
20:13 Ukrainian military shelled Yasinovataya
According to the JCCC, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at Yasinovataya from the MLRS, firing 10 rockets.
19:10 As a result of the artillery attack of N. p. Pokrovskoye damaged the hangars and equipment of the agricultural enterprise.
19:02 Stronghold on a dairy farm in smoke - tanks and artillery of the 5th Brigade crushed fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Marinka.
Tanks and artillery of the 5th brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps continue to smash the enemy fortifications in Maryinka, ensuring the success of the assault groups that are liberating the city from the invaders.
18:49 Ukrainian troops shelled the village of Yasinovataya. The APU militants fired ten rockets from the MLRS, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
18:20 Ukrainian troops fired at Mayorsk, firing six mines with a caliber of 120mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
18:05 Offensive on Ugledar: TOS-1A burn out enemy positions
Our troops continue to break through the enemy's defenses, using TOS-1A to destroy manpower in positions.
17:51 Evening summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on February 7, 2023.
17:26 Ukrainian troops at 13.30 shelled the village of Pokrovskoye in the Troitsk region of the LPR, firing six rockets from the HIMARS MLRS, the LPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
16:55 Artillerymen of the Russian Armed Forces in the Artymovsk direction continue to destroy the positions of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
16:10 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, firing six rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported on Tuesday.
15:45 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
-Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansk direction per day amounted to over 100 servicemen;
-Russian Armed Forces hit four ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR;
-Russian troops in the Kherson direction destroyed up to 20 Ukrainian soldiers and a self-propelled howitzer "Acacia";
- The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed more than 90 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction in a day;
- During the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 80 soldiers, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, as well as the 122mm Gvozdika howitzer in the YuzhnoDonetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
-The Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and equipment of the 1st Tank and 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Ugledar and Vodyany in the DPR.
15:34 Ukrainian troops fired at the village of Novobakhmutovka, firing six mines with a caliber of 120mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported on Tuesday.
15:01 APU inflicted hit in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk - several people were seriously injured, one of them died in the hospital
Arrival fell on Semashko Avenue, near the bus stop. The scattering of fragments was in both directions - to the stop and to the store opposite.
At the bus stop, three women were wounded, on the contrary, the driver of the minibus, who received the most severe injury. The man died on the way to the hospital.
14:38 Air defense has been worked out in the sky over Donetsk.
14:10 VFU attacked the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, five people were injured – Headquarters of TerO DPR
13:37 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.
13:20 Soledar, Kleshcheevka, Podgornoye, Krasnopolye, Blagodatnoye, Lobkovoe, Nikolaevka were liberated as a result of offensive operations by the Russian troops, Shoigu said. He added that the fighting in the area of Ugledar and Artemovsk are developing successfully.
13:05 As a result of the artillery attack of the village of the mine. Gagarin (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka), boiler house No. 15 was damaged by Ukrainian militants.
12:47 Russian T-90M tanks destroy Ukrainian servicemen near the village of Novoselovskoye in the LPR.
12:25 On Avdeevskoye the direction is carried duty combat helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces. They identify and destroy the enemy.
12:17122mm MLRS BM-21 "Grad" of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit accumulation of infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Seversk direction.
12:10 In the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, a civilian was blown up on a prohibited anti-personnel mine PFM-1 "Petal" dropped earlier by the VFU.
12:03 Footage of work calculation of ATGM "Kornet" near Avdievka. The Russian military managed to hit the Ukrainian firing point and the dugout.
11:55 In the battles near Artemivsk, the Wagner PMC unit liquidated:
11:45 Artemovsk direction. In these minutes, the operation to encircle the entire Artyomovskaya grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues. In the south, the assault on Krasnoye (Ivanovsky) continues. There is a promotion directly in the residential area of Artemovsk from the southeast side and from the north. Today, in several places, the Slavyansk-Artemovsk highway is under the control of Russian troops.
11:40 Yesterday in the area of n.p. Lemanets (Kherson region) 152mm was destroyed by artillery strike. howitzer 2S3 "Acacia" with ammunition, from the crew: Three military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, one was seriously injured.
Also in the area of N. p. Prydniprovske (Kherson region) was destroyed by an artillery strike of 120mm. mortar crew and ammunition for it, three servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were disposed of, four were injured of varying severity.
10:55 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, firing three rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported on Tuesday.
10:50 Afternoon summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on February 7, 2023.
10:34 Tense fights in Maryinka DPR.
Despite the fact that not a single whole house remains in the village, Ukrainian militants continue to defend these ruins. The dead and wounded are practically not taken away, because the Ukrainian command no longer sees the point in this.
Due to high losses, the Ukrainian command was forced to withdraw the 79th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, changing it to other units, which also suffer losses due to the precise work of our artillery and tanks.
10:03 The Kyiv regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the left bank of the Kherson region - emergency services.
Yesterday, Ukrainian fighters fired a total of 58 barrel artillery rounds at Aleshki, Gladkovka, Peschanovka, Korsunka, Hola Pristan and Kakhovka.
At night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued artillery attack- 32 rounds were fired at the civilian infrastructure of Nova Kakhovka, Tavriysk, Vasilievka and Cairo.
09:40 Ukrainian troops on Tuesday began artillery attackthe city of Pervomaisk in the Lugansk People's Republic, Mayor Sergei Kolyagin said.
"The territory of the city is again under fire from multiple launch rocket systems. Information about the damage and victims is being specified," Kolyagin wrote in his Telegram channel.
09:03 Ukrainian troops fired at the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka, firing five rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported on Tuesday.
08:59 At night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the New Kakhovka electrical substation. Because of this, NK itself and ten other settlements were left without electricity, water supply and sanitation. There are also communication interruptions. The authorities promise to fix everything in the near future.
08:10 During the day, one person died on the territory of the DPR, two more were injured.
Over the past 24 hours, from 00:00 on February 6 to 00:00 on February 7, as a result of artillery attackof the VFU on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, one person was killed and two more civilians were injured.
08:02 Front-line summary for the morning of 02/07/2023:
Artillery cannonade in the Kherson direction, Russian guns sound louder. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted a massive artillery attackof the regional center. Also under fire were Goncharnoye, Dneprovskoye, Chernobaevka, Antonovka, Nikolskoye, Ivanovka, Kozatskoye, Berislav, Mylovoe, Kachkarovka, Gavrilovka and Zolotaya Balka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine responded with strikes to Nova Kakhovka and Kakhovka.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops attacked in the Novomikhailovka area. Slightly to the north, assault operations were carried out in the direction of Pobeda. There is an advance in the southwestern part of Marinka. A section of the brocade was cut, which connects to the H-15 highway.
Also, Russian troops carried out offensive operations against the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Krasnogorovka. And to the north - in the direction of Nevelsky and Pervomaisky. The Ukrainian army counterattacked at Vodyany.
To the north-west of Kleshcheevka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted a counteroffensive and returned some positions. PMC "Wagner" advanced on the eastern outskirts of Bakhmut already in the city. She also conducts assault operations from the north from Podgorodny and attack Paraskovevka south of Krasnaya Gora.
From the north, they advanced from Blagodatny towards the village of Zheleznyanskoye. Thus, they are trying to break through to the M-03 highway and encircle the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Krasnaya Gora. To the north of Soledar PMC "Wagner" attacks in the direction of Vasyukovsky and Rozdolivka. In the area of the second of these settlements, they managed to advance. And the Russian troops again conducted offensive operations on Verkhnekamenskoye.
In the Lugansk direction, the RF Armed Forces are attacking southwest of Kremennaya in the Serebryansky forest area. There is a promotion. And much to the north they are fighting for Dvurechnoye. This village is located on two banks of the Oskol River. It's about the left side. The attack comes from Tavolzhanka. This village was in the "grey zone". Now it is under the control of Russian troops.
06:30 Russian troops successfully are moving forward at Spornovo. With the help of anti-aircraft installations, they clear the sky and strike at the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
We need to be extremely careful - Ukrainian militants tried to attack our positions at night. The entire territory of the forest belt is strewn with mines "Petal" under a layer of snow. But the Russian military does not give the Armed Forces a "breath" - as soon as an enemy tank comes out of hiding, it is destroyed by anti-tank missiles. Then the mortars bombard the retreating Ukrainian soldiers with fire, the correspondent said. iz.ru D. Kulaga.
[IMEMO] The conflict in Ukraine has already become a reason for the revision of many concepts and constructions that were born in the interim period from the collapse of the USSR to the resumption of confrontation between the great powers. The view of the world of the future, as a world of exclusively local low-intensity wars that do not require significant stress on the economies and mobilization of industry, turned out to be too optimistic, and major powers are revising their production programs, including in anticipation of full-scale conflicts using conventional weapons.
The American Center for Strategic and International Studies ( CSIS ) released a report " Empty Bins in a wartime Environment : The Challenge to the U. _ S. _ Defense Industrial Base " (hereinafter - "Empty Bins") 1 with an attempt to comprehend what is happening in the context of the readiness of the US defense industry for war.
A number of provisions and conclusions of this report directly relate to Russia and may be of interest in the context of ongoing large-scale hostilities and escalation of confrontation with the United States and its allies, including, but not limited to NATO.
The report notes the chronic underfunding of the US defense industry and many of its allies. It is noted, in particular, that it may take many years to increase production and replenish spent stocks of weapons and ammunition, and even more time will take the construction of new industrial and infrastructure facilities, which makes it necessary to promptly make appropriate decisions. At the same time, the long-term cuts in military spending not only reduces the amount of weapons purchased in itself, but also entails the degradation of industrial capacities, which are reduced and liquidated in the absence of orders.
One of the consequences of this is the impossibility of achieving an increase in production by simply increasing the volume of purchases - such an increase sooner or later runs into a shortage of industrial capacity. The report notes, however,
This topic is not entirely new. A statement of the threat of a long, large, high-intensity war and the need for mobilization training for the defense industry resulting from this threat is also present in another CSIS 2 report prepared in 2020 and released in January 2021 under the leadership of one of the leading contemporary American military theorists Mark Kansian.
The need for a large stockpile of precision-guided weapons to wage large-scale conventional warfare against a major power is also articulated in a report released in November 2021 by the Mitchell Institute 3. As the author of this report, Mark Ganzinger, notes, in the event of a collision with Russia or China, the US Air Force will face the task of hitting a huge number (from 100 thousand) of targets at various distances, which will require a large arsenal of various precision-guided weapons, the production rate of which should be from several thousand to tens of thousands of units annually for each of the species.
Ganzinger states that at present this potential is not sufficiently developed in the United States, primarily because of the long period after the collapse of the USSR, during which new equipment was ordered in sharply reduced quantities compared to Cold War plans.
Returning to the " Empty Bins " report, one can see a statement of some of the consequences of this period. Thus, the authors of the report note that during the conflict in Ukraine, the United States transferred to this country stockpiles of weapons and ammunition in many positions, exceeding the total volume of their production over the past 20 years or more, which led to a sharp reduction in the stocks of the corresponding funds.
The problem is not exhausted by the Ukrainian crisis as such. The authors of " Empty Bins " note that the United States may face an even greater shortage of more sophisticated and expensive types of weapons and weapons in the event of a conflict with a major power, in the form of Russia or China. Thus, there is a particular shortage of long-range weapons that make it possible to influence from afar objects protected by air defense and the air defense systems themselves, which is especially important in the initial period of the war.
The authors of the report believe that the stock of conventional long-range missiles of the JASSM type , and then JASSM - ER and LRASM , accumulated since the end of 1998 , which by 2025 will be about 6500 units, will be exhausted within eight days of the conflict against a major power.
The authors of "Empty Bin" cite the absence of long-term contracts for the supply of ammunition as one of the reasons for this situation , while such contracts exist for ships and aircraft 7 . This leads manufacturers to limit investment in the relevant production facilities, not being sure that these investments can be justified by large enough contracts. This situation applies not only to weapons as such, but also to a number of components, from batteries and electronic components to casting and rolled products.
Turning to the foundry industry, the authors of the report state its importance for the defense industry and note the leadership in this area of China, whose annual volumes of casting of ferrous and non-ferrous metals are almost five times higher than those of India and the United States, and more than an order of magnitude - Russia, which ranks fourth in the list. the largest powers in the production of castings.
Slightly digressing from today's events, one can notice that a comparison of the military-industrial potential of the largest powers through casting brings us back to the logic of comparing potentials before the world wars, where foundry production was one of the most important indicators of the power of the economy and its ability to meet the needs of the country during a major war, along with with energy.
Speaking about the consideration of the problems posed in the report " Empty Bins ", the following should be noted. Thus, the probable shortage of high-precision long-range weapons in the event of a conflict with an equal or close enemy ( near - peer ) was noted in the report of the US Aviation Industry Association 10 in July 2009. It is very interesting in itself - it notes the growing gap between the requests of the armed forces and the possibilities of their implementation in a reasonable time for reasonable money. This gap leads to a sharp rise in the cost of modern projects of weapons and military equipment and an increase in the expected timing of their implementation. The US Navy is in a similar situation. In January 2021, the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Michael Gilday, stated the fallacy of the approach to designing new warships with an emphasis on the highest possible manufacturability.
In examining the capabilities of the US defense industry in the anticipated confrontation with the major powers, one cannot help but wonder what the level of military spending will be if mobilization training is deployed on a proper scale. At present, it is about 3.5% of the US GDP and, as follows from the above, is insufficient to meet the needs of preparing for a major war.
If we take examples when the United States was preparing for a big war using conventional weapons, then in the 1980s this level exceeded 6.5% , reaching 6.81%, and in the 1950s it could exceed 10% of GDP .
It should be noted that the development of the military industry during the Cold War was largely built on the most powerful foundation laid during the Second World War, starting with a number of fundamental inventions from radar to a jet engine and a nuclear bomb, and ending with production facilities that were operated many decades later. Currently, these capacities have been reduced or eliminated, and the resource of fundamental developments, which ensured the long-term development of weapons and military equipment, has been exhausted. This is already leading to fundamental changes in the development of new types of weapons and the search for opportunities for progress in other areas, such as unmanned systems, means of control and information exchange, weapons based on new physical principles, etc.
The question of how much this will be enough to prepare for a new confrontation, as well as what forms this confrontation will take, remains open.
[Jpost] Rare Russian air defense systems have been shot down by Ukrainian forces.
A rare Russian Arctic TOR-M2DT air defense system was destroyed for the first time in the platform's service history by Ukrainian artillery, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
Ukrainian artillerymen hit the TOR-M2DT with shells after the location of the system was scouted by a drone, the ministry said, posting a video mocking how the anti-air platform had been extolled in Russian media.
"The Arctic TOR-M2DT air defense system became the star of Russian television when it was sent to Ukraine," said the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. "It burned brightly, the fire extinguisher did not help."
WAS THIS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT?
A second TOR-M2DT was destroyed on Friday, claimed Ukraine Weapons Tracker, an open-source intelligence project of Calibre Obscura arms research. It claimed that these incidents were the first confirmed kills of the systems.
The project said that both Tor-M2DT were destroyed in Kherson using M982 Excalibur-guided projectiles. Excalibur rounds are GPS-guided 155 mm projectiles that were provided to Ukraine in US defense packages.
The Tor-M2DT is the arctic version of the Tor-M2 surface-to-air missile system. The Tor-M2 was designed to intercept attacks from cruise missiles, gliding bombs, aircraft, helicopters and drones, according to Russian state media outlet TASS. It has a range of 12km and altitude range of 10km.
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US military intelligence finds them, does everything for Ukraine but pull the trigger.
US troops would do a much better job and clear out the Russians in a short time. In fact, ignore Ukraine entirely and drive for Moscow. It's the mistake we made in Gulf War I. We should have totally ignored Kuwait and removed Saddam Hussein in Baghdad. We didn't and paid for our mistake on 9/11.
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#1 "Meanwhile, I'll sit here behind my keyboard, and criticize the slow pace of the killing"
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02/08/2023 6:40 Comments ||
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#1, did you ever consider that the Russians might just shoot back?
Posted by: Bill Greans6336 ||
02/08/2023 6:58 Comments ||
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The Russians have transferred 75-80% of their artic army and marine forces to Ukraine, where it is getting destroyed. Meanwhile NATO adds Finland and Sweden to the club. Genius!
South Africa said today that its soldiers had killed some Soviet army officers and captured a warrant officer during its eight-day operation in Angola against black nationalist guerrillas.
A statement issued here by Defense Minister Magnus Malan said South African forces had made contact during the fighting of the last week with Soviet officers working with Angola-based guerrillas of the South-West Africa People's Organization.
''In the skirmishes, some of these officers, among others, were killed,'' General Malan said. ''A Russian warrant officer was also taken prisoner.'' A warrant officer ranks between an enlisted man and a commissioned officer.
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Three, of those whose circumstances were at least somewhat clear, appear to have been caught by guys who knew where they were.
This should be a worry.
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[Jpost] Russia’s decision to send its top diplomat to Iraq is symbolic and important in the Middle East.
Russia’s Foreign Minister is in Iraq after an important trip to South Africa last month, which may be part of Russia’s attempt to carve out a new world order where Russia believes it can confront the US.
The US occupied Iraq after 2003 and many Americans died in Iraq fighting an insurgency. The US does continue to partner with Iraq against ISIS.
Russia’s decision to send its top diplomat to Iraq is symbolic and important in the Middle East, but in the 1980s and 1990s, Russia was a key partner of Iraq and the old regime of Saddam Hussein.
Lavrov is expected to "meet with President Abdul Latif Rashid, Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani, speaker of the House of Representatives (parliament) Mohamed al-Halbousi and his Iraqi counterpart, Fuad Hussein," Russia’s state media TASS reported, citing the foreign ministry.
The Russian Foreign Ministry also stated that “the upcoming meetings are expected to focus on key areas of the progressive development of comprehensive Russian-Iraqi ties, including the expansion of political dialogue, the invigoration of trade-and-economic, military-technical and cultural-and-humanitarian cooperation."
WHAT DO IRAQ AND RUSSIA WANT FROM EACH OTHER?
What are the Iraqis talking about to the Russians? The reason is largely due to just business and energy, according to Russian media. They will talk about Russia’s Lukoil and Gazprom and “large-scale projects.” Trade with Iraq is growing, Moscow says.
“It is also planned to discuss ways to preserve the positive dynamics in bilateral trade, including through the implementation of the corresponding resolutions of the Russian-Iraqi commission on trade, economic and scientific cooperation, which held its ninth meeting in Moscow in August 2022,” TASS says. Russia will support the new prime minister of Mohammad al-Sudani “to ensure stability and security in the country.”
There is more to this than just economics and trade though. Russia and Iraq are talking about an exchange of views about Syria “with a focus on the tasks of promoting a comprehensive political settlement in conformity with the UN Security Council resolution, encouraging the country’s post-conflict revival and expanding international humanitarian aid to Damascus.
"It is planned to discuss in detail the situation in the Gulf area, including in the light of Russia’s concept of collective security in the Gulf," the ministry noted.
THERE IS MORE ABOUT UKRAINE
"Amid the unprecedented pressure from Western countries, the Iraqi side holds a balanced position on Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine," the Russian ministry said.
Clearly, Russia wants Iraq not only to be on its side and be a source of energy trade, but it wants to show it can swoop into a country where the US was deeply invested for many years and show that Iraq is basically taking Russia’s side in the war on Ukraine.
While the US has friends in Iraq, it is also the case that Iran has deep influence in Iraq.
Iran supplies Russia with drones. There have been many attacks by pro-Iran militias on US forces in Iraq, although those have been reduced in the last year. The US is building a large consulate in northern Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region.
At the same time, Russia wants energy ties with the Kurdistan region, but also has close ties with Turkey and wants to work with them, Iran and the Syrian regime. If Russia can somehow undermine the US in Iraq and Syria, it can achieve a major victory in this strategic corridor.
So far, Iraq has not achieved this victory, but it is slowly working towards its goals. It has been working on this goal for thirty years since the decline and fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Lavrov's visit is not in a vacuum. Moscow knows the history and it hopes to work its way back to where it was in the 1980s in Iraq.
The reference to Syria by the Russian state media is also not an accident. Recently, TASS also had an article highlighting Israel’s views on Syria.
“Israel does not want confrontation with Russia and incidents between military aircraft of both countries in the Syrian airspace, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview with France’s LCI TV Channel,” according to the report.
Russia's state media further noted that "the compromise is satisfactory for Israel and not violating Moscow’s interests was found in relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Netanyahu said.”
Moscow’s goal is to show that it is getting what it wants in Syria and Iraq. Syria is a historic Russian client state, and in 2015 Moscow intervened in Syria to back the Syrian regime.
Since then, it has deconflicted with Israel in Syria and also held talks with Iran and Turkey. Russia’s goal is to get Turkey back to normalization with the Syrian regime. Then, its goal is to get the US out of Syria. And then, its goal is to work with Iran to eject the US from Iraq. It is in that context, that the Lavrov visit to Iraq should be understood.
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Lavrov in South Africa as well, "Russian and South African FMs speak to media in Pretoria
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his South African counterpart, Naledi Pandor, are holding a joint press conference following talks in Pretoria. The two are expected to exchange views on a broad range of bilateral and international issues.
Jan 23, 2023 10:19 " RT news.
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Since the Iraqi body politic is essentially directed by the Shia hierarchy in Iran, this is not surprising.
A quick google search indicates that both President Rashid and PM al-Sudani are protégés of Maliki. Look for more of Iraq/Russia business development in the future.
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