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[LB] The Russians also attacked Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Donetsk and Sumy regions.
The enemy carried out 12 shellings (48 explosions) in the Chernihiv region during the day. Fired the Novgorod-Siversky district, used artillery, mortars and FPV drones. No information was received about losses among the local population or damage to civil infrastructure. The data is being verified, says the summary from OVA as of this morning.
In Sumy at night, the Russians carried out seven shellings of border territories and settlements. 53 explosions were recorded. The communities of Velikopysarivsk, Putivlsk, Esmansk, Seredino-Budsk came under fire. In advance - without consequences. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 41 shelling of the border territories and settlements of the Sumy region. 251 explosions were recorded. Khotinsk, Yunakivsk, Myropilsk, Bilopolsk, Vorozhbyansk, Krasnopilsk, Velikopysarivsk, Krolevetsk, Esmansk, Shalyginsk, Seredino-Budsk communities came under fire.
In Donetsk , the villages of Avdiyivka, Kurakhove, Selidove, Ocheretyne, Rai-Olexandrivka were under fire. 75 residential buildings (of which 63 are multi-apartment buildings), a school, three kindergartens, the building of SE "Selydivvugillia", "Ukrposhta", 21 civilian cars, an official car, two trucks, a bus, a hotel, a car wash, a parking lot, a shop, a sports facility were damaged. Kurakhiv Vocational Lyceum. In Donetsk region in a day: two dead and seven wounded.
In Mykolayivska, air defense forces and means destroyed one Shahed-136/131 UAV. Yesterday, during the day, the enemy attacked Dmytrivka of the Kutsurub community. An ambulance was damaged. An ambulance doctor was injured. Currently, the condition of the victim is stable, they are providing assistance. Also, yesterday evening, enemy artillery shelling was recorded in the water area of Ochakivsk community. At night, the enemy attacked the BpLA Oleksandrivka of the Horokhiv community. As a result of the impact, a fire broke out at the farm and three trucks, a bus and warehouses were damaged. As of morning, the fire was extinguished. There are no casualties.
In Luhansk, Nevske, Bilogorivka, as well as the territory of the Serebryan Forest were hit by enemy shelling. Belogorivka withstood another air strike. During the day, the enemy fired 151 shots (570 shells).
In Kharkiv, more than 15 settlements were hit by enemy artillery and mortar attacks, in particular: Dvorichna, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka, Berestov, Udy, Strelecha, Vovchansk, Budarky, Chugunivka, Topoli. The occupiers carried out airstrikes on the settlements of Staritsa, Ivanivka, and Kislivka. In the Kupian direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled five attacks near Synkivka and Ivanivka, where the enemy tried to break through the defense of our troops. At night, an enemy shelling of the Shahed BpLA took place in Koropovoy Zmiyiv district. Hitting the territory of the recreation center, setting fire to the hotel building, the restaurant's summer area, and three cars. The total area of fires is 600 square meters. A civilian man, a security guard, was injured. Medical assistance was provided on the spot. The second and third hits were in private houses, without casualties. The fourth and fifth hits are on the territory of another recreation center. A three-story building was partially destroyed, structural elements caught fire, and the canteen building caught fire. No casualties. As a result of the shelling of Ivashok, a two-story residential building, a private house, the premises of the "Ivashkiv Incubator" enterprise, and the gas network were destroyed. No casualties.
In the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian military personnel struck 156 strikes on 24 settlements in the past day. The occupiers hit Orikhov and Novodarivka with five aerial shells, and shelled Gulyaipilske, Temyrivka, and Pyatikhatka with salvo rocket systems. 58 enemy UAVs attacked Gulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Novodanilivka, Novoandriivka, Charivne, Chervone, Malynivka, Levadne, and Poltavka. 90 artillerymen arrived on the territory of Gulyaipol, Olhivsky, Shcherbaki, Charivny, Malynyvka, Biloghirya, Priyutny, Preobrazhenka, Robotyny, Stepnohirsk, Lobkovy and other front-line towns and villages.
In Khersonska, the enemy fired 82 rounds (342 shells) during the day, of which 13 rounds (43 shells) were fired at Kherson. The attackers targeted the districts of 27 settlements of the region, a medical institution and two objects of critical infrastructure in the Kherson district. A local resident was injured due to the Russian shelling of Romashkovo in the Kherson district. A 58-year-old man was hit in the yard of the house. He was taken to the hospital with a blast injury and a wound to the temple. In the Beryslav district, on the Maryanske-Beryslav highway, on the side of the road near Shlyakhovo, a VAZ 21114 car was hit by an FVP drone. Two people died. In a day in the region: two people died, one person was injured.
In Dnipropetrovsk : seven attacks on Nikopol district during yesterday. Artillery shelling, kamikaze drone strikes. The district center, Chervonogrigorivska and Pokrovska village communities suffered from Russian terror. 17 private houses were damaged. 11 farm buildings were mutilated, two more were destroyed. Damaged cars, several gas pipelines and power lines. The sky defenders shot down a rocket over Kryvorizky district. No victims. Late in the evening, the enemy struck the Nikopol district. Heavy artillery shelled one of the villages of the Marganets community. There are no dead or injured.
During the past day, 65 combat clashes took place . In total, the enemy launched 13 missile and 66 air strikes, fired 96 salvo rockets at the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of the Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population, among whom are children. High-rise and private buildings, as well as other civilian infrastructure, were destroyed and damaged.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 22:57 The West reacted to the propaganda cliches that Putin said in an interview with American propagandist Tucker Carlson. What politicians talk about and the press writes about - in the material Manipulation and Paranoia.
22:36 According to American officials, without new supplies, Ukraine will have enough air defense systems until next month, writes The New York Times.
21:49 Advisor to the head of the OP, Mikhail Podolyak, said that the country’s leadership expects an “audit” of military personnel from the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Alexander Syrsky, since out of a million mobilized, only up to 300 thousand people participated in real hostilities. According to Podolyak, it is also necessary to clearly understand who and how will replace the military personnel who have been on the front line for almost 24 months.
21:38 Zelensky said that, at the suggestion of Syrsky, he appointed Anatoly Bargilevich as the new chief of the General Staff instead of Sergei Shaptala. Today Syrsky also identified candidates for deputies. “All the guys are combative, professional, each with a clear knowledge of the front and the real needs of Ukrainian soldiers. And it is very important that the commander-in-chief, together with the Minister of Defense, held conversations with partners - Germany, France, the United States. I know that everything is as detailed as possible: supplies, filling shortages, shells, weapons,” the president said in an evening video message.
He also said that today he met with a bipartisan delegation of congressmen from the United States: “We discussed primarily three issues: the need for support this year and a new American package, which is still under discussion. A critical issue... Also air defense - specifically Patriot. And the third key question - emphasized the importance of the range of our weapons, including ATACMS at 300 kilometers, for which, unfortunately, there is no solution yet."
21:29 The Russian army fired at a house in Belozerka, Kherson region - one person was seriously wounded, the OVA reported.
20:21 Scholz said that the overall content of Putin’s statements in an interview with Tucker Carlson makes it even more convincing why allies should continue to support Ukraine: “The President of Russia mocks what Russia is really doing in Ukraine and gives completely confusing explanations for the reasons for this war. For For us, this makes the question even more obvious: we remain completely on the side of Ukraine.”
19:54 Debate continues in the United States about further support for Ukraine. Bipartisan negotiations, which lasted for several months, have not yet brought the desired result. The day before, the Senate supported the part of the bill that focused on external support - then the decision was up to the House of Representatives, where Republicans have a majority. To find out whether congressmen will be able to agree, see the article Help for Ukraine.
19:12 The Russian army launched an air strike on Berislav, Kherson region - residential buildings and critical infrastructure were damaged, one person was injured, OVA reported.
19:05 The death toll as a result of today's air bomb attack in the Sumy region has increased to three, four people were injured, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. One of the bombs hit the workshop of an agricultural company, killing and wounding were civilian workers of the enterprise.
18:58 Member of the US House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Jason Crow, who is on a visit to Kiev, commented on Zaluzhny’s dismissal from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The congressman emphasized that the United States and Ukraine share a common value - civilian control of the armed forces: "This is a time-tested value and very important for any democracy. And within this framework, civilian leaders have the right and responsibility to choose those leaders who will advance."
Crow thanked Zaluzhny on behalf of the American people, who has led efforts to defend Ukraine over the past two years, supported his soldiers and "done it impressively."
18:27 Zelensky said that he met with representatives of the International Working Group on the Environmental Consequences of War. A draft Environmental Treaty for Ukraine was presented.
18:20 Defense Minister Rustem Umerov held the first working meeting with Commander-in-Chief Alexander Syrsky. They discussed the detailed action plan of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for 2024, the Ministry of Defense reported. In particular, Umerov highlighted the issues of establishing a logistics system and timely meeting the needs of the troops. In addition, there will be a focus on an effective system of rotations and rest for units. The Minister and the Commander-in-Chief also discussed improving the quality of training, provision of training centers, training of new instructors and taking into account modern experience. Special attention was paid to a new branch of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - the Unmanned Systems Forces.
17:44 The Russian Army dropped seven KAB-type aerial bombs on the Yunakovskaya, Khotynskaya and Nikolaevskaya communities of the Sumy region, the prosecutor’s office reported. The attack killed two civilians, and another person may be trapped under the rubble. Four people were injured. Private residential buildings, farm territory, and storage facilities were damaged.
17:13 The American congressmen who arrived in Kiev today promised to continue to support Ukraine in its struggle for freedom, since this is in the interests of the United States itself. "For less than 5% of our annual defense budget, we helped Ukraine secure a stable and prosperous Europe, destroy more than half of the Russian army. We helped Ukraine protect our allies and NATO, ensure stable food prices and a stable food supply around the world. All these things in the interests of the American people. The American people see this, and we will go back with this message," said Democratic Congressman Jason Crow.
17:06 A pilot recruitment project for the Ukrainian army is starting in Lviv, the Ministry of Defense reported. The goal of the project is to build a transparent and effective model of recruitment into the army. The first recruiting center will open in Lviv CNAP at the address: st. Kostya Levitsky, 67. At the center, recruiters will provide information about vacancies, provide advice and conduct career guidance tests, and also accompany candidates on the path to appointment to a chosen post in the army.
16:38 On February 8, Zelensky signed a decree appointing General Alexander Syrsky as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine instead of Valery Zaluzhny. It is expected that after this the entire military team of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be renewed. About who can be appointed, see the material New Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
16:19 A bipartisan delegation of the US Congress led by the head of the Intelligence Committee Mike Turner arrived in Kiev, Ambassador Bridget Brink said.
15:42 The Cabinet of Ministers allowed the TCC to operate around the clock. Now, during mobilization and martial law, Recruitment Centers can review cases of administrative offenses around the clock and impose fines for them, organize medical examinations and psychological examinations of military personnel and reservists by military medical commissions, and also keep records.
15:11 Finland has provided a new package of military assistance to Ukraine worth about 190 million euros, the country’s Ministry of Defense reported. The package contents and delivery period are not announced for security reasons. It also became known today that Ukraine received a new package of military assistance from Lithuania - equipment necessary for the winter season and tens of thousands of sets of warm clothing.
14:53 The Norwegian government proposed to the parliament to order ten more launchers and four fire control centers for the NASAMS air defense system from Kongsberg Defense and Aerospace for Ukraine. This is being done in addition to the repurchase of equipment that has already been transferred to Ukraine. The order is proposed to be made for 3.45 billion Norwegian kroner (more than 300 million euros).
14:28 The head of the Danish Ministry of Defense Troels Lund Poulsen said that Russia could attack NATO within three to five years: “It cannot be ruled out that within three to five years Russia will test the strength of Article 5 and NATO solidarity. This has not happened in NATO assumptions in 2023. This is new data that has become known now.”
13:55 The United States continues to supply Ukraine with air defense weapons, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said: “There are some weapons that are being supplied under a contract under the USAI program, which includes certain air defense capabilities.” At the same time, he refused to answer the question of how long the United States will provide Ukraine with air defense missiles.
13:32 In the Tavria direction, the enemy has intensified the use of drones of various types: on February 8, the Defense Forces neutralized or destroyed 224 unmanned aerial vehicles - the most this week, said the commander of the Tavria operational-strategic group of troops, Alexander Tarnavsky.
12:59 Romania has allowed the prompt deployment of NATO forces on its territory in the event of serious threats - this will help quickly resolve the crisis and prevent its escalation. President Klaus Iohannis sent a corresponding letter to the country's parliament.
12:17 Syrsky named the main tasks in the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
Clear and detailed planning of actions of all military command and control bodies, formations, formations and units, taking into account the needs of the front for the latest weapons coming from international partners.
Fast and rational distribution and delivery of everything necessary for combat units.
The task of headquarters at all levels is to know all the needs of the front without exception and to control the situation in each of its sectors.
Maintaining a balance between carrying out combat missions and restoring units and subunits with intensifying education and training of personnel.
Introduction of new technical solutions and scaling of successful experience - such as the use of unmanned systems and modern electronic warfare systems.
12:08 By his decree, Zelensky awarded Zaluzhny the title of Hero of Ukraine with the award of the Order of the Golden Star. Also, the title of Hero of Ukraine was awarded to the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov.
12:06 SBU drones hit two oil refineries in the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation at night - Ilsky and Afipsky, Ukrainian media reported, citing sources. A large fire occurred at the Ilsky Oil Refinery, damaging a primary processing unit with a capacity of 3.6 million tons per year. Without it, the enemy will not be able to produce diesel fuel for military needs. As for the Afipsky plant, the consequences are still being clarified.
11:35 Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson released his interview with Putin. The two-hour conversation was the first meeting between the Russian President and representatives of Western media since the invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022. The Russian dictator, in a conversation with Carlson, demanded new negotiations from Ukraine and named the conditions. For more details, see Putin's Interview.
11:09 The first tranche to Ukraine from the EU under the program for 50 billion euros will arrive in the first half of March, said the European Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi. Once this payment is made, work will move on to creating a more formalized "cash for reform" plan, under which Ukraine will receive 50 billion euros in quarterly payments, writes the Financial Times.
11:02 The situation in Avdeevka is very difficult, the Russians are trying to cut off the coke plant from the city, they are entering the outskirts and are in the private sector, said the head of the city military administration, Vitaly Barabash. At the same time, according to him, “it’s still a long way from everything being lost.”
10:54 The Italian Parliament has finally approved the government’s decision to extend military assistance to Ukraine in 2024. With this decision, the government extends Rome's permission to transfer military assets to Kyiv until December 31, 2024, in accordance with international obligations.
10:26 The US National Guard still has enough money to complete the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighters, despite the fact that Washington has run out of funds to send additional weapons and assistance to Kiev, said the head of the Guard, Dan Hokanson.
09:45 NSDC Secretary Alexey Danilov said in an interview with Babel that there were no Ukrainian prisoners of war on board the Russian Il-76 that crashed in the Belgorod region: “Were our prisoners there, I can tell you for sure - no... They had everything prepared this story. So let's wait, we just have to wait. If this had happened, then, believe me, Lavrov would have shouted like that at the UN, and they would have shown it all. They have nothing to show, because if this had actually happened, then there would have been It would be a completely different picture."
09:21 At night, the Russians carried out drone strikes on the civilian infrastructure of the Zmievsky community of the Kharkov region, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. A fire started in the hotel building, one person was injured. As a result of other attacks, private residential buildings, a three-story building of a recreation complex, and a canteen were damaged.
08:47 In the Nikolaev region, the Russians carried out drone strikes on the village on February 8. Dmitrovka Kutsurubskaya community. As a result of one of the strikes, an ambulance was damaged and a doctor was wounded, said Vitaly Kim, head of the OVA. In addition, during a night attack as a result of a UAV hitting the village. Aleksandrovka, Gorokhovskaya community, Bashtansky district, a fire broke out on a farm, three trucks, a bus and warehouses were damaged.
08:29 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of February 9:
personnel - about 393,290 (+910) people,
tanks - 6385 (+2),
armored combat vehicles - 11,921 (+22) units,
artillery systems - 9435 (+24),
MLRS - 981 (+1),
air defense systems - 666 (+0),
aircraft - 332 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 7209 (+18),
cruise missiles - 1881 (+1),
ships/boats - 24 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 12,551 (+38),
special equipment - 1509 (+4).
08:03 Air defense at night destroyed ten of the 16 attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type, which Russia attacked from Cape Chauda and the Kursk region, the Air Force command reported. The drones were destroyed within the Nikolaev, Kherson and Kharkov regions.
07:32 Over the past 24 hours, 65 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 19 enemy attacks in the Avdeevka area and seven more attacks near Pervomaisky, Nevelsky, Donetsk region. In the Maryinsky direction, 16 attacks were repulsed near Georgievka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled five attacks in the Sinkovka and Ivanovka areas of the Kharkov region; on Limansky - four attacks near Ternov, Donetsk region; on Bakhmutsky - four attacks near Ivanovsky and Kleshcheevka, Donetsk region; on Zaporozhye - one attack west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region. The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Shakhtarsky direction. In the Kherson direction, Ukrainian forces hold their positions and repelled two assaults by Russian troops.
06:37 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense systems allegedly intercepted and destroyed 19 drones over the territories of Kursk (2), Bryansk (5) and Oryol (4) regions, Krasnodar Territory (2) and the Black Sea (6).
02:59 In the Seversky district of the Krasnodar Territory, the Ilsky oil refinery is on fire, Russian public pages write. Local residents report that they heard the sounds of explosions before the fire.
02:48 Putin, in an interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson, said that Ukrainians allegedly feel like Russians, and what is happening in Ukraine is an element of “civil war.” He also once again retold his version of history, according to which the Ukrainians as a people were allegedly invented by the Austrians and Poles, and “the entire left bank of the Dnieper, including Kyiv, is historically Russian lands.” According to Putin, after the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine “dragged with it” everything that it received “from the master’s shoulder” of Russia.
Putin also said that he supposedly wants to “achieve a resolution of the situation in Ukraine through negotiations.” But Zelensky is not ready for this, who has prohibited such negotiations at the legislative level. At the same time, he admitted that he has not yet achieved the goals of the war in Ukraine, namely “denazification,” which, in his interpretation, means “the ban on all neo-Nazi movements.”
00:22 The United States has introduced new sanctions against the Russian Federation, which include, in particular, restrictions on Russian diamonds and oil, the country’s Ministry of Finance reported. In particular, the import of non-industrial diamonds mined in Russia is prohibited, regardless of whether they were processed in a third country. The import of diamond jewelry and ungraded diamonds that originate from or are imported from Russia is also prohibited.
In addition, the US Treasury imposed sanctions on three UAE-based companies, as well as an oil tanker registered in Liberia. Sanctions were imposed for violating the oil price limit.
The Russian ministry of defense failed to post their daily briefing. This comes from a NewFront.ru website, which is a summary of the Russian Mod briefing.
[NewsFront] Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of February 9, 2024)
In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces repelled five attacks by assault groups of the 30th, 44th Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 18th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Kharkov region and Terny, Donetsk People's Republic. The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 185 military personnel, two pickup trucks and a US-made M119 gun.
In the Krasnolimansky direction, Russian fighters improved the situation along the front line and, with the support of artillery, repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 63rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the 5th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova LPR and Grigorovka DPR. Enemy losses amounted to up to 290 military personnel, three armored combat vehicles and seven vehicles.
In the Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions, inflicted fire damage on manpower and equipment of the 3rd, 5th Assault, 17th tank, 81st Airmobile, 93rd Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of settlements Krasnoe, Kirovo, Belogorovka, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka of the Donetsk People's Republic, and also repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 79th Air Assault and 24th Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The enemy lost up to 300 troops killed and wounded, five vehicles, a 152mm D-20 howitzer and a 122mm D-30 gun. Two control points for unmanned aerial vehicles, an electronic warfare station and two ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were also hit.
In the South Donetsk direction, fire damage was caused to the manpower and equipment of units of the 31st Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 105th Terrestrial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Priyutnoye, Zaporozhye region and Staromayorskoye, Donetsk People's Republic. Enemy losses amounted to more than 190 military personnel, two tanks, six vehicles and an Msta-B howitzer.
In the Kherson direction, units of the 37th Naval Infantry Brigade and the 121st Terrestrial Defense Brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Tyaginka and Mikhailovka, Kherson region. The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 50 military personnel, five vehicles and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
Two launchers and a radar of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system were destroyed, and manpower and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in 118 regions.
During the day, air defense systems intercepted 15 rockets from the HIMARS, Uragan and Alder multiple launch rocket systems. In addition, 97 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Maloryazantsevo, Zhitlovka of the Lugansk People's Republic, Marinka, Volodino of the Donetsk People's Republic, Kopani, Lyubimovka and Novofedorivka of the Zaporozhye region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 570 aircraft, 265 helicopters, 12,137 unmanned aerial vehicles, 464 anti-aircraft missile systems, 14,953 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,218 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 8,000 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 18,404 units of special military vehicles.
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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 02/08/2024 to 00:00 02/09/2024.
A total of 40 facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Four civilians were reported injured.
DAMAGED:
Eight residential buildings.
A total of 14 artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction
A total of 24 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction
One artillery attack in the Yasinovat direction
One artillery attack in the Volnovakha direction
A total of 134 units of various ammunition were produced.
23:00 The front bird is broadcasting: South of Ukraine. Geraniums work. 09.02 22:50
Information is being received about the work of our flying flower Geraniums on enemy positions. Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in the Odessa region were hit.
The work of enemy air defense is also reported.
21:01 Strike on Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in a boat reset projectile from a UAV somewhere in the area. Tyaginka village
19:50 Avdievka. Frontis selected to a block of high-rise buildings. Russian troops continue to move deeper into the city, and there are fierce street battles in the southeastern and northern parts of the city.
18:40 One of the victims of the artillery attack of a bakery in Lisichansk died - Minister of Health of the LPR Pashchenko.
A man wounded in an APU strike on a bakery died in hospital. The 36-year-old man was in extremely serious condition and could not get out - the nature of the injuries he received as a result of the artillery attack turned out to be incompatible with life, said LPR Health Minister Pashchenko.
Thus, as a result of the Ukrainian strike on Lugansk, 28 people were killed, including a child. Three victims remain in the Lugansk hospital - their condition is stable.
18:20 A missile strike on positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was carried out in the area of Volchansk, Khar'kov region
Iskanders were launched from the territory of the Belgorod region.
18:05 Over the past week, the armed formations of Ukraine produced artillery attack of populated areas of the Donetsk People's Republic using UAVs and artillery, including cluster warheads. Weapons supplied by NATO countries were predominantly used. In addition, the enemy continues to terrorize the citizens of the DPR by dropping explosive objects from UAVs.
As a result of the criminal actions of Ukrainian militants among the civilian population, one person was killed and eight people were injured, including five employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
In total, more than 320 cases of armed attacks by the UFU using UAVs and artillery were recorded.
In total, 22 residential buildings were damaged, as well as six civil infrastructure facilities.
17:47 Tankers of the Southern group of troops they smash enemy in the Donetsk direction
Using the terrain, the crews of modern modernized T-90M Proryv tanks advance to the line of opening fire, destroy the manpower of Ukrainian formations in shelters, and also suppress their firing points, allowing our assault troops to advance deeper into the enemy’s defenses.
16:58 From the Khar'kov direction they report successes in battles:
Berestovoe, Peschanoye, Kislovka - there are advances of the RF Armed Forces.
16:19 Another cache of ammunition discovered by fighters of the Russian Guard in the LPR.
The cache was found in a basement in one of the settlements based on information from local residents. 2,500 cartridges, 40 grenades with fuses, grenade launcher rounds and powder charges were seized.
16:12 Two explosions were heard in the city of Nikolaev in southern Ukraine. This was reported by the RBC-Ukraine agency. No details provided. Local authorities did not comment on the situation.
15:40 Our military, with the help of an ATGM, destroys a Nazi tank in the Donetsk direction -video.
15:00 Explosions in the Yunakovka area ofthe Sumy region. The Russian Aerospace Forces used guided bombs against Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities.
14:51 It is reported that at night in Zmiev (Khar'kiv region) the Ukrainian Armed Forces again arrived at the location with foreigners.
Among the dead were Italians and French, and presumably several Germans were also caught. The ambulances were loaded with 15-20 bags of corpses. The number of wounded is still unknown.
At the same time, it flew into some building like a hostel. In it, ordinary Ukrainian military personnel were targeted.
14:40 Situation in the Avdeevsky direction
Avdievka north:
The situation for the enemy continues to deteriorate; our troops are fighting on 50 Let AKHZ Street. Fighting also continues on Lesi Ukrainka Street, Sapronova Street, and Independence, Zheleznodorozhny lane and st. Donetsk
Our army managed to gain a foothold west of the railway and create a bridgehead for advancing to the main supply line on Industrialnaya Street.
Our powerful fire impact on enemy fortifications continues. Active work continues: aerospace forces, MLRS and heavy artillery.
The so-called enemy “military analysts” say that if the situation cannot be reversed within a few days, then the threat of complete encirclement of the enemy’s Avdeevka garrison will be realized
14:20 Statement of Head of the press center of the Vostok group:
Units of the Vostok group of troops continue to carry out combat missions in the South Donetsk direction.
Bomber aviation strikes, artillery fire, and heavy flamethrower systems hit strongholds and places where manpower accumulated in the 58th motorized infantry brigade, 72nd Mechanized Brigade and the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Urozhainy, Ugledar, Vodyanoy and Staromayorsky, two temporary points were destroyed deployments and four control points for unmanned aircraft.
During the day, five enemy attempts to carry out rotations at forward positions in the areas of Novodonetsk, Staromayorsky and Ravnopol were thwarted.
Enemy losses included two armored combat vehicles, three artillery pieces, two pickup trucks, two aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles and more than 155 military personnel.
13:47 It is reported that urban (street) fighting has intensified on the eastern flank of the Avdeevka direction.
Assault units of the Russian Armed Forces continue to actively attack the enemy in the area of the railway bridge and Sapronov and Lesya Ukrainka streets.
Armored units are actively covering the advancing forces of the Russian Armed Forces.
12:41 It is reported that Russian troops in Avdievka have advanced four blocks along Lesi Ukrainka and Sapronov streets.
12:15 Personnel from the village of Veseloye, where our paratroopers stormed an enemy stronghold
The Tula paratroopers spent several weeks practicing the elements of the upcoming assault based on the intelligence data provided; the fighters knew in advance the map of the enemy’s terrain and their routes.
Acting boldly and decisively, showing courage and bravery, the paratroopers completed the assigned task, occupied a strong point, cleared it of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry and handed it over to reinforcement units.
11:49 Statement Head of the press center of the "South" group:
Units of the “Southern” group of forces, supported by artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems, occupied more advantageous lines and positions, inflicted fire damage on the manpower and equipment of the 22nd and 92nd Mechanized brigades in the areas of Kleshcheevka and Andreevka. The enemy in the Donetsk direction lost up to 310 military personnel wounded and killed.
A tank and four vehicles were hit by anti-tank guided missiles and loitering ammunition.
During the counterbattery fight, a 155mm M777 howitzer, a 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery mount, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, a 122mm D-30 gun and a 100mm MT-12 anti-tank gun were destroyed.
Air defense and electronic warfare systems shot down 36 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of Novomikhailovka and Nikolaevka settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic.
11:30 TOS-1A “Solntsepek”. Volley.
Ugledar area.
Another successful reportworkcrews of heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A "Sontsepek" of the RKhBZ troops unit of the 29th combined arms army of the "Vostok" group of forces.
So, as a result of the TOS strike, a strong point and auxiliary equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed.
10:54 Statement of Head of the press center of the Center group.
The troops of the Center group continue to carry out combat missions in the Krasnolimansk direction.
The coordinated actions of units of a motorized rifle regiment, with the support of artillery crews, repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 60th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Yampolovka area. Units of the 12th Special Forces Brigade “Azov”* were hit by fire in the Serebryansky forest area.
In total, during the day, about 140 identified targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit, of which more than 80 areas where manpower, equipment and fire weapons were concentrated, four strong points and about 50 artillery positions.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 230 Ukrainian troops. Five vehicles and three armored combat vehicles were destroyed. Air defense systems shot down two unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Kremennaya, Lugansk People's Republic.
09:47 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Alyosha five rounds;
-- n.p. Staraya Zburevka two rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagerya three rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan four rounds;
-- n.p. Novaya Mayachka two rounds;
-- n.p. Korsunka three rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Aleshki, n.p. Peschanivka, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Golaya Pristan, firing a total of 19 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:32 Operators of the “Zal” drones and the “Lancet” loitering ammunition of the “South” group jointly destroyed the American-made M-777 howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces -video.
08:22 Front-line report from military commander Lisitsyn:
South Donetsk direction:
Russian troops near Mar'inka continue their assault operations, attacking Novomikhailovka from three sides. Interacting with aviation, the Vostok group inflicted fire damage on the manpower and equipment of units of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 128th Air Defense Brigade in the Ugledar and Makarovka regions of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Enemy losses included more than 155 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled gun and a 152mm D-20 howitzer.
Advance from different directions:
The assault on Novomikhailovka continues by Russian forces, with the support of armored vehicles, attacking from the southeast, east and northeast. The breakthrough was made in an area up to 1.3 km wide and up to 620 m deep. Information from the enemy underestimates the success of our breakthrough by half.
During military operations, naval infatry, acting as infantry units, unfurl the Russian flag in the northeastern part of Novomikhailovka, taking assault actions.
Maryinsky direction:
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports 22 attacks by the Russian army in the areas of Pobeda, Novomikhailovka, Georgievka and Krasnogorovka in the Maryinsky direction in one day.
Kherson direction:
In the Tokarevka and Zolotaya Balka areas of the Kherson region, units of the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade and the 121st Terroritorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated. Enemy losses: up to 25 military personnel and three vehicles.
08:20 Over the past 24 hours, the armed formations of Ukraine carried out further shelling territory of the DPR.
As a result of artillery attack using 155mm artillery in the village. Two men born in 1989 were wounded in Verkhnetoretsk. and born in 1990, a woman born in 1953 was wounded in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.
In addition, as a result of a kamikaze UAV attack in the village. Vladimirovka, a man born in 1970 was wounded.
In total, eight residential buildings were damaged by artillery attack in the DPR.
08:16 During the assault on a strong point near the village of Veseloe, Russian paratroopers took possession of two Browning heavy machine guns of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and used them against Ukrainian military personnel—video.
08:05 Mortars of the Vostok group of forces complete combat training in the rear area of the Northern Military District zone.
During the training, servicemen improved their actions as part of crews, honed their shooting skills from 82mm Vasilek mortars and learned the basics of tactics. After completing the full course of training, the mortarmen will go to the front line and begin performing combat missions.
08:00 Summary on the morning of February 9, 2024:
The situation in the Kherson direction has not changed. The Russian Armed Forces are fighting on the ground in Krynki, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to replenish personnel by transporting manpower on boats across the Dnieper. There is a war of drones, electronic warfare equipment, UAV software, and mutual artillery shelling. The Ukrainian Armed Forces carry out strikes with FPV drones on civilians; yesterday such facts were noted in Novaya Kakhovka and near Gornostaevka.On the Zaporozhye front, the enemy is striking with cluster munitions, many drones, gathering equipment and personnel, opposite Verbovoy and Rabotino, preparing for defense. A change of units and an increase in the potential for using UAVs is noted in the Kamensky direction. Our units at the forefront note the low level of effectiveness of counter-battery warfare and electronic warfare.
There is heavy fighting south of Marinka in Novomikhailovka, where the Russian Armed Forces have recently established a foothold on the outskirts and are attacking with the support of armored vehicles from the southeast, east and northeast.
In Avdievka, the most intensive advance of our troops is noted by the Ivushka gardening partnership. The Russian Armed Forces are advancing in Avdievka in the area of Independence Street, Sapronov Street and Zheleznodorozhny Lane. West of the railway bridge, our advanced units are trying to gain a foothold, the enemy is launching counterattacks. The infantry is supported from the air by our aviation; dozens of powerful high-explosive bombs were reported dropped on the heads of the Nazis.
Near Artemovsk there are battles near Ivanovsky (Red). West of Kleshcheevka, our troops recently advanced a little more, the enemy is offering fierce resistance.
Near Belogorovka (south of Kremennaya), the Russian Army occupied an industrial zone and a mill plant in heavy battles; the enemy writes about the cunning maneuver of our assault groups, which took the Ukrainian Armed Forces by surprise.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Gregor Spitzen
The interview of Russian leader Vladimir Putin with American journalist Tucker Carlson, as soon as it was announced, immediately produced the effect of a bomb exploding on the US media and the Western European media closely associated with them. "Propagandist!" Trumpist! Loser journalist! Conspiracy theorist! - whatever unflattering epithet was awarded to Tucker in the recent past by his fellow journalists, who never forgave Carlson for his success.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Denis Davydov
[REGNUM] The candidacy of Alexander Syrsky was considered one of the most likely - if not the most likely - since the possibility of changing the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to be discussed. On February 8, Vladimir Zelensky announced that Valery Zaluzhny was leaving his position and would be replaced by the commander of the Ground Forces, Syrsky. In his address, he summed up this news for three whole minutes, and Ukrainian society was prepared for at least three months.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Sentenced to 27 years in prison for organizing a terrorist attack in St. Petersburg on April 2, 2023, Daria Trepova (listed by Rosfinmonitoring as terrorists and extremists) appealed the sentence, her lawyer Daniil Berman said on February 9.
The lawyer said that he sent a complaint against Trepova’s sentence to the 2nd Western District Military Court. He sent the appeal by mail today, February 9.
As IA Regnum reported, the 2nd Western District Military Court handed down a guilty verdict to Trepova on January 25. She was found guilty of terrorist attack, illegal movement of explosives and using false documents.
Trepova was sentenced to 27 years in a general regime colony with restriction of freedom for two years and to pay a fine of 600 thousand rubles.
The terrorist attack, the organizer of which the court found Trepova to be, occurred in the Street Food Bar No. 1 cafe in St. Petersburg on April 2 last year. During a creative evening, which was conducted by military correspondent Maxim Fomin (pseudonym Vladlen Tatarsky ), a powerful explosion occurred. The military correspondent was killed and 42 more people were injured.
The explosion occurred after Trepova presented the military correspondent with a figurine filled with explosives. During interrogation, she said that she did not know about the explosives in the figurine and, by handing it over to the military correspondent, she was only carrying out the instructions of her Ukrainian curators.
A polygraph test showed that Trepova knew about the contents of the figurine. At the trial, she stated that she regretted what happened, and again asserted that she did not wish the military commander to die. Following the trial, Berman called Trepova’s sentence illegal and unfounded. He called Trepova’s sentence “the harshest sentence against a woman in the history of Russia.”
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] In addition to Zaluzhny, the head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Shaptala, was removed today. Instead, the commander of the Volkssturm troops, Bargilevich, was appointed.
Just in time for the coming total mobilization. The TCC allowed human hunting 24/7.
A new head of the Ukrainian ground forces has also been appointed instead of Syrsky. He became Umerov’s deputy, General Pavlyuk, who previously commanded the 24th Mechanized Brigade and headed the Kyiv military administration.
These are also the consequences of the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Battle of Zaporozhye.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
Note that there are three Ukrainian naval infantry brigades operating in or around the area between Krynki and Kherson, and been for several weeks.
[ColonelCassad] A very remarkable document.
Sheet of the Ukrainian 35th Naval Infantry, which is fighting in Krynki.
In total, from January 21 to February 6, 2024, the brigade irretrievably lost 451 people from all causes, of which 428 were due to combat reasons.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] In general, based on the results of the interview.
1. For the Russian Federation, this was a good opportunity to convey its position through the wall of the Western mainstream. The interview will probably be seen by tens of millions of people in the West. The interest in him in the West is obviously enormous, which is clearly visible today on American social networks.
2. For Carlson, this became a mega-hype interview, which will increase the capitalization of his personal media brand. Shutting him down like Alex Jones won't be easy.
3. This is certainly a blow for mainstream neoliberal propaganda, so in the next 24 hours we will see intensive “damage control” activities.
4. The interview was aimed at a Western audience; for Russian residents there was little that was new. I would focus only on the direct statement that the collapse of the USSR was initiated by the Russian leadership. In this regard, the Yeltsin Center looks even uglier, as one of the symbols of the destruction of one’s own country for the sake of friendship with the West.
In contrast to this interview was Biden, who came out to a press conference almost immediately after the end of Putin’s interview and tried to prove to reporters that he is adequate and not an old man with memory problems, as the US Attorney’s Office calls him. After which he named El-Sisi the president of Mexico.
From comments on Twitter.
Putin just spent over 28 minutes going through 1,000 years of Eastern European history without a single note in his hand, Biden has no idea what he had for lunch. This is terrifying.
1. Be sure to write that you were sick. Immediately, before, during and after.
2. Be sure to write that you would not watch, but you are a specialist, and this is your professional responsibility.
3. Be sure to write that Putin is an empty place, his statements mean nothing and that is why you spent two hours of your life carefully analyzing him with a pencil in your hand.
4. Be sure to write that Putin expresses extremely harmful thoughts that should be banned so that they do not affect people’s consciousness, so you are writing this post now to tell people in detail what exactly he said there.
Everyone does this and you should do it, otherwise they may recognize you as not yours.
Just don’t forget about the fifth point:
5. Go to the mirror, look yourself in the eyes and slowly, separately say:
- I am a fucking, wet prick, unable to simply freely share my opinion without a huge pile of false, contradictory self-justifications.
Arestovich is trying to earn the cancellation of his inclusion on the list of extremists and still get a job on one of the federal television channels.
The Kremlin website did not pull the cat by the tail and from the very morning posted a video of the conversation between Putin and Carlson (the website has occasional glitches, apparently due to the influx of users), as well as a full transcript in Russian and English.
For some it is faster, for some it is more convenient, for others it is more interesting, we watch, we read.
In just seven hours, the interview received almost 2.5 million views on the journalist’s YouTube channel (and YouTube is clearly not promoting this video; even the journalist’s channel itself is not so easy to google right away) and 68 million!!! views on Carlson's page on X (Twitter). The preview of the interview on X (Twitter) has 107 million!!!
The text in Russian consists of 33 pages (Word, 13th font), 13,700 words and more than 90,000 characters. That’s why I personally prefer texts; if you thoughtfully and carefully arrange such a text, you can unhurriedly master it in about 20 minutes, which is six times faster than watching a video. Although the video version has the advantage that you can turn it on in the background and listen while doing the things you need to do.
In the interview with the Russian president, there are very significant historical references that are generally known to us, but which even for us, who know our history, it is interesting to look at and re-read within the framework of the interview.
But for the ordinary Westerner, many of these historical references will be a revelation. And for Svidomo Ukrainians, this will be a reminder of what they are stubbornly trying to forget, erase from historical memory and distort.
This interview has already made big circles in the water. In particular. The British press was most interested in Putin’s words that the peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine was disrupted by Boriska Johnson.
The Daily Mail writes that these are “stunning (jaw-dropping) accusations,” although this is true, these facts were confirmed by the head of the Servant of the People faction Arakhamia, who led the Ukrainian delegation at the negotiations in Istanbul. Johnson himself also mentioned that he had a conversation with Zelensky on these topics.
It's amazing to see an American journalist who asks a question and LISTENS TO THE ANSWER! He ain't wrong...
I watched a lot of interviews taken earlier from VVP in full format and obviously not the versions that were shown to the Anglo-Saxons on their TV. So here it is:
Western journalists always constantly interrupted, pulled out the desired answer, asked the same question in different versions, all clearly with the goal of later editing the necessary one. To be honest, I would have grabbed my face, and Putin continued to answer with an impenetrable face. The most common words in those interviews were “let me finish.” And after that, these corrupt zombified journalists were surprised that Putin refused to meet with them. Why should he waste time listening to monologues from journalists? Even in the USA, few people want to listen to them.
By the way, do you know why no one in the US dares to interview Biden? :))) Because it would not only undermine the credibility of the USA in all countries of the world, but it would beat all the ratings of the comedy show, forcing all other shows to close :)))
Putin spent an hour explaining more than 1000 years of history of Eastern Europe, from 862 to 2022, telling it without a single hesitation or remark.
Imagine Biden telling the story of America continuously for at least 5 minutes? Biden can't even tell you what he had for dinner last night or remember the length of time he was vice president of the country. And how can you interview old Joe if, without listening to the question, he gets up and leaves to talk first with Kohl and then with Mitterrand?
The policy of the information curtain of the Western elites around Russia has failed, and the world is beginning to turn towards common sense. The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, announced this on February 9, commenting onan interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin to American journalist Tucker Carlson on the Telegram channel.
“The policy of the Western elites of the information curtain around Russia has failed. It is becoming increasingly difficult for them to depict a media virtuality based on lies—the demand for truth in the global community is growing,” he wrote.
According to the head of the republic, Carlson turned to Putin with a request to give an interview because he felt this demand.
A searching reader or viewer from Western countries will be able to find answers to many questions in Putin’s conversation with Carlson, Pushilin noted.
He clarified that he had the impression that the American journalist to some extent understood the position of the Russian President.
“At least this is indicated by his (Tucker’s) conclusion after the interview that only an idiot can believe that Russia is engaged in expansion,” explained the head of the DPR.
In the West, according to the “familiar old method”, they will try to slander Putin’s interview, however, obviously, “the turn towards common sense in the world has begun,” Pushilin added.
“And it’s unlikely that anyone will be able to stop this historical process,” he concluded.
As Regnum reported earlier, on February 9 it became known that the interview of Russian President Carlson in less than four hours received more than 50 million views on the social network X. Later that day it was published on the Kremlin website.
During the conversation, Putin pointed out that Russia has not yet achieved the goals of the special operation, one of which is the denazification of Ukraine. The President emphasized that this is one of the problems that the parties discussed during the negotiation process in Istanbul, which did not end on Russia’s initiative.
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The interview of Russian leader Vladimir Putin with American journalist 
[REGNUM] The candidacy of Alexander Syrsky was considered one of the most likely - if not the most likely - since the possibility of changing the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to be discussed. On February 8, Vladimir Zelensky announced that Valery Zaluzhny was leaving his position and would be replaced by the commander of the Ground Forces, Syrsky. In his address, he summed up this news for three whole minutes, and Ukrainian society was prepared for at least three months.
