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As of February 7, the 349th day of full-scale Russian aggression continues in Ukraine. Our defenders and defenders daily destroy invaders and enemy equipment.
In this material Channel 24 tells all the main events of the day from the front and the international arena.
< p>23:37 Russian invaders shelled Kharkov late in the evening. As Mayor Igor Terekhov said, six arrivals were recorded. The Kyiv district of the city came under fire from S-300 missiles.
22:52 Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed decrees on the appointment of new chairmen of three OVAs:
- Sergei Lysak became the chairman of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA,
- Yury Malashko became the chairman of the Zaporozhye region,
- Alexander Prokudin became the chairman of the Kherson region.
22:14 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced when Ukraine will receive the first Leopard 2 A6 tanks. According to him, they will be handed over to us at the end of March. In the meantime, the Ukrainian military must undergo training in order to master the machines.
22:05Ambassador of Ukraine to Turkey Vasily Bodnar reported good news. He noted that the information about the death of two of our countrymen as a result of the earthquake was not confirmed. Fortunately, they were rescued from the rubble of the house.
21:48 Germany, in addition to tanks, will provide Ukraine with anti-aircraft missiles and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns Gepard by the end of the month. At the same time, the German Defense Minister ruled out the possibility of supplying combat aircraft to Ukraine.
21:40“The “first” Leopard 2 arrived in Kyiv. There will be more of them. Thanks to my colleague Boris Pistorius and the German people. The tank coalition is going … to victory!” – Reznikov emphasized.
Reznikov showed the “first” Leopard that arrived in Ukraine/Photo from Reznikov's Twitter
21:30 The Russians shelled the village of Pavlovka, Sumy region. An artillery shell hit a private residential building, killing a 76-year-old resident. In just one day, the enemy shelled 8 communities in the region.
125 arrivals were recorded, 3 explosive devices were dropped from UAVs and 1 machine-gun burst was fired at the border areas and settlements of the Sumy region.
21:23 The number of victims as a result of earthquakes in Syria and Turkey has increased to 7,200 people.
21:19 The website of the Moscow Helsinki Group has been blocked. By the way, this is the oldest human rights organization in Russia, recently liquidated by a court decision
21:01The Netherlands, together with Germany and Denmark, are buying “at least” hundreds of Leopard 1A5 main battle tanks for Ukraine. They will also provide the necessary ammunition and spare parts. The Netherlands will also help with the training of Ukrainian tankers.
20:54 American General Ben Hodges once again assured that he believes in the liberation of the temporarily occupied Crimea by the end of summer 2023. However, this depends on whether the partners provide enough long-range precision weapons.
20:52The United States decided to show Russia that a new offensive against Ukraine would end badly for it. To do this, a destroyer was deployed to the Black Sea, carrying almost a hundred Tomahawk missiles.
20:30 Russia sent a group of Russians to visit Turkey, which included Kadyrov's commando Daniil Martynov. At the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he oversaw the activities of Kadyrov's groups in the Kiev region.
20:20On February 7, according to the Office of Disaster and Emergency Management, 312 earthquakes occurred in Turkey and Syria, including the largest magnitude of 7.6 in Kahramanmaras.
20:13 Political scientist Oleg Sahakyan believes that one should not expect “breakthroughs” from the new “Rammstein”, which will happen in a week. According to him, there is a serious discussion among the partners. He is skeptical about providing aviation to Ukraine in the near future and believes that, most likely, we will get closer to this step on the Ramstein.
19:57Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, who is visiting Ukraine. During the meeting, a number of practical steps were considered to strengthen the protection of the Ukrainian sky and strengthen the defense capabilities of Ukraine with the support of Germany. They also discussed the importance of implementing the Ukrainian peace formula for restoring peace and stability in Europe and the world, as well as the role of Germany in this process.
Boris Pistorius arrived in Kyiv/Photo OP
19:49 A large-scale fire broke out in temporarily occupied Makiivka. According to available information, it occurred in the Severny microdistrict. One of the versions says that the gas pipeline caught fire. There is also an opinion that the five-story building caught fire. But judging by the video, it has little to do with reality.A powerful flame enveloped the gas pipeline in Makiivka: watch the video
19:37In Melitopol, the invaders are forcing employees of state institutions who have received Russian citizenship to renounce Ukrainian citizenship in writing. In case of refusal, employees are threatened with dismissal from their jobs.
19:23The GUR says that Sergei Shoigu is inventing new tales about the war in Ukraine. In particular, he stated that Soledar, Kleschievka, Krasnopolye, Blagodatnoye, Nikolaevka of the Donetsk region are already under the complete control of Russia, and “successful actions” are underway near Bakhmut and Vugledar. Announcing fictitious successes, Shoigu stressed that this was an “achievement” of the Russian armed forces.
19:22 Ukraine received a General Electric gas turbine plant with a capacity of 25 megawatts from the United States. Denys Shmygal said that Ukraine expects to receive additional such installations to ensure the stability of critical infrastructure.
Shmygal met with USAID representatives/Photo from Shmygal's telegram
19:21Denmark will transfer Leopard 1A5 tanks for the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. We add that these tanks have already been removed from service. Now they will be cleaned of dust and brought to full combat readiness. It is expected that the first Leopard 1A5 will be able to arrive in Ukraine within a few months.
19:16 In the temporarily occupied Mariupol, collaborators massively check the phones of schoolchildren. They were looking for those who support Ukraine. Parents complain that children are in a terrible state after the check.
Children are being “cleansed” in Mariupol/Screenshot from social networks
19:00 The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Agency has reported 3,703 deaths in Turkey. Thus, at the moment, the death toll is 5,415 people.
18:33 In the Latvian city of Marupe, a fire broke out at the Edge Autonomy drone factory. Devices made at this plant were handed over to Ukraine.
Fire at the Edge Autonomy plant: watch the video
18:30 Military expert Oleg Katkov claims that thanks to the Patriot air defense systems that the United States will transfer to Ukraine, our military will be able to shoot down Russian “Daggers”.
18:04 The German government wants to supply Ukraine with much more Leopard 1 tanks than previously known. The country's Federal Security Council has approved the transfer of 178 Leopards.
17:52After the petition to strip pro-Russian MP Yuriy Boyko of the title of Hero of Ukraine gathered the required number of signatures, the president instructed the government to consider implementing this decision. The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a bill that will allow to deprive Boyko of this title.
17:41 As a result of large-scale earthquakes in Turkey, two Ukrainians could die. In addition, four Ukrainians were injured. They received minor injuries. However, there is no threat to their lives, they do not need hospitalization. The victims have temporary housing and food.
17:38Kyiv received another batch of humanitarian aid to Italian partners. It is known that the items received will be handed over to provide heating points in the capital.
16:57 Vasily Malyuk made a powerful speech in the Verkhovna Rada. Malyuk noted that we have already shown the whole world what the Ukrainian character is. Now we must join forces and return our territories. He promised that as head of the SBU he would do everything for our victory.
Vasyl Malyuk's speech: watch the video
16:51 Ukrenergo has published a preliminary schedule, according to which there will be no blackouts in each of the regions for one day. However, this schedule is subject to change if the enemy attacks the power grid again.
- February 8, the light does not turn off in Zaporozhye, Donetsk, Mykolaiv regions;
- February 9 – in Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytsky regions;
- February 10 – in Volyn and Kyiv regions;
- February 13 – in Vinnitsa, Kirovohrad, Chernihiv, Transcarpathian regions;
- February 14 – in Poltava, Cherkasy, Rivne, Luhansk regions;
- February 15 – in Zhytomyr, Ivano-Frankivsk, Sumy, Ternopil regions;
- February 16 – in the Dnipropetrovsk region;
- February 17 – in Kyiv and Chernivtsi region;
- February 20 – in Lviv and Odessa regions .
16:48The Norwegian authorities announced their intention to allocate a new aid package to Ukraine. We are talking about more than 7 billion dollars over 5 years.
16:42 On February 7, the Cabinet of Ministers agreed on the decrees of President Volodymyr Zelensky on the appointment of new chairmen of the three OVAs. Sergey Lysak was appointed the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA, Yuriy Malashko was appointed the head of the Zaporizhzhya OVA, and Alexander Prokudin was appointed the head of the Kherson one.
16:32Zelensky held a telephone conversation with the President of Turkey. The head of state expressed condolences over the terrible tragedy that befell the people of Turkey due to earthquakes.
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16:30The SBU reported the suspicion to a Ukrainian police major general who collaborated with the FSB in the Kherson region. The attacker had to look for “like-minded people” to form the so-called “power bloc” of the occupation authorities and use it to suppress the resistance movement in the region. To do this, he used his connections among former law enforcement officers. While he is hiding from justice in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
16:23 Defense Express editor-in-chief Oleg Katkov suggested that, most likely, the Air Force combat aircraft will be able to receive from the Netherlands. According to him, it is not so important what kind of fighter Ukraine will receive, it is only important that it be Western.
16:16The occupiers fired at civilian facilities in the Kharkiv region. The city of Volchansk suffered from shelling. An enemy shell hit the roof of the city hospital. In addition, private houses were damaged, a car burned down. In addition, on February 6 and 7, the Russian military shelled Kupyansk from artillery and MLRS: private houses, outbuildings and a car were damaged.
Consequences of the shelling of the Kharkiv region/Photo by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office
16:13The GUR reported that Gazprom had decided to create its own private military company. The corresponding document has already been signed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. True, the document calls the new PIK a “private security organization”.
16:00The Kremlin is preparing a new offensive in Ukraine to delay the liberation of the territories seized by Russia, and in parallel with this, it is preparing fortifications in the Crimea, Belgorod and Kursk regions. However, the soldiers of the aggressor country, who are on the territory of the occupied peninsula, do not believe in the success of the campaign at all.
15:42 National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov is sure that sooner or later American-made F-16 fighters.
15:30 The Russian army fired again at the border of the Sumy region. From 13:15 to 13:20, information was received about 21 parishes, probably from the ACS, in the area of Novovasilievka settlements. There are no losses among personnel and equipment.
15:28 In Ukraine, a wave of dismissals of high-ranking officials and personnel changes in power began. Several ministers still have questions about the effectiveness of their work. It is said in particular about the Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine.
15:14 The missile attack on Makiivka caused mass deaths of mobilized Russian soldiers. Then, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 600 Russians were killed. In turn, the GUR explained that such actions are part of the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which began in August.
14:26 According to Ukrainian intelligence, the enemy is accumulating forces on Limansky direction near the village of Kremennaya. This may indicate an attempt to distract the Ukrainian defense forces or an attempt to launch another offensive on this territory.
14:22 The terrorist country handed over to Iran weapons that the invaders seized in Ukraine. The invaders stole it after fighting with the Armed Forces.
13:49 Oleksiy Danilov said that Ukraine has weapons that can destroy targets in Russia. According to the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, no one forbids Ukraine to destroy targets with Ukrainian-made weapons on the territory of Russia.
13:36 prices.
The acting head of the OVA ordered an unscheduled audit regarding the effectiveness of the use of budgetary funds in the purchase of uniforms for territorial defense.
The OVA said that if the information is confirmed, the perpetrators will be held accountable.
< p>13:35 Amid rumors of resignation, Alexey Reznikov said he was not going to give up.
We keep in line. Thank you all for your support and constructive criticism. We draw conclusions. We continue with the reforms. Even during the war. We strengthen the defense, we work for victory,” the Minister of Defense wrote.
11:59 Head of the Joint Coordinating Press Center of the Defense Forces of the South of Ukraine Natalia Gumenyuk said that Russia brought its launch vehicles from the Black Sea to base points. The enemy keeps two ships on combat duty, collecting information about the surface situation.
However, the threat of missile strikes from the Black Sea remains, since hypothetically the enemy can also fire from bases.
< strong>11:53 BUkraine has extended martial law and general mobilization. The Verkhovna Rada approved the corresponding decision.
The action will be extended from February 19, 2023 and will last again for 90 days – until May 20, 2023.
11:47 The Verkhovna Rada appointed Igor Klymenko head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
11:44Ukrenergo reported that electricity consumption is gradually growing, at the same time, light production has also increased slightly. The shortage of power remains, most of all in the evening.
Repairs of damage continue in the Odessa region. Over the weekend, the region may return to the schedules of planned shutdowns that were in effect until February 4.
11:38 Our border guards in the sky over Bakhmut shot down a Russian attack aircraft that was covering Russian infantry from the air. The latter attacked the line of defense of our defenders.
Previously, the Russian Su-25 caught fire and crashed from a missile hit. The fate of the pilot is still unknown.
11:18 The Verkhovna Rada appointed Vasily Malyuk as head of the Security Service of Ukraine. People's deputies voted “for” by a majority vote.
Vasily Malyuk has been acting head of the SBU since July 2022, that is, from the moment Ivan Bakanov was removed from office.
10:59 Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on providing humanitarian assistance to Turkey.
10:51According to the Financial Times, Russia's budget deficit amounted to 1.76 trillion rubles. This is 25 billion dollars. Moreover, Russia's oil and gas revenues fell by 46%, that is, to 426 billion rubles, which is almost half of all revenues.
10:22 Military expert, colonel in the reserve of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergei Grabsky said that the Russians can go on the offensive against Izyum. According to him, in this case, our main task is to wear down the enemy in battles, make him stop and launch a counterattack in order to continue to liberate our territories.
9:39 Russian invaders shelled the Kherson region again. In particular, the Russians:
- artillery, MLRS, mortars and tanks hit the region 31 times;
- 7 times hit Kherson, damaging residential buildings.
Over the past day in the region, 2 people were injured of varying severity.
9:38Companies owned by Oksana Marchenko funded the National Guard and the so-called Russian “MVD” in Crimea. According to the SBU, they are talking about networks of Kyiv companies and enterprises in Yalta.
Marchenko transferred more than 50 million hryvnia equivalent to Russia's accounts.
9:33 The head of the Donetsk OVA, Pavel Kirilenko, said that the Russians continue to attack the region. In particular, the enemies:
- in Ugledar – damaged 5 houses;
- in Kurakhovka – 3 houses and an administrative building, Kurakhovo and Gornyak suffered;
- at night attacked Marinka, and by morning they fired at Avdiivka 6 times from “Gradov”;
- the shelling of Kamenka of the Ocheretinsky community continues.
In addition, the enemies wounded a man in Paraskoveevka, damaged a house in Nikolayevka of the Konstantinovsky community and several houses in the Northern Toretsky community.
In the Lisichansk direction hit Torsky and Zarechny of the Liman community.
The consequences of the Russian attack in the Donetsk region/Photo by Pavel Kirilenko
9:22Aleksey Reznikov said that he received threats when they started working in the direction of demonopolizing the provision of food for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This happened because in 2019, 2020, 2021 the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fed by one monopoly company.
8:54 Alexei Danilov commented on the likely resignation of Alexei Reznikov from the post of Defense Minister. The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council said that there is no point in doing any conspiracy theories.
According to the official, it is possible to talk about the issue of changing the minister as soon as there are documents from Volodymyr Zelensky. However, Alexey Danilov has not yet seen such proposals.
People's Deputy Fyodor Venislavsky said that the Servant of the People faction really discussed the issue of Reznikov's possible dismissal. In particular, due to a media scandal with procurement and questions from members of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence about the procurement of weapons and control from the parliament.
However, Venislavsky also said that no filings by the president Volodymyr Zelensky about the departure of Alexei Reznikov from the post of Minister of Defense was not.
8:29 Pavel Sinegubov, the head of the Kharkiv OVA, said that on February 6, the Russians attacked from tanks, mortars and artillery the settlements of the Kupyansky, Chuguevsky and Kharkiv regions bordering the collision line. In particular, they hit Volchansk, Strelechya, Glubokoe, Dvurechnaya, Kupyansk, and Kotlyarovka. As a consequence:
- in Volchansk, Chuguevsky district, they ended up in the city hospital, in which the roof was on fire on an area of 150 square meters. 8 people were evacuated from the bomb shelter of the hospital. A civilian car burned down there, a private house and a transformer pole were damaged;
- in the Kupyansky district, the enemy damaged two residential 5-storey buildings, a private house and outbuildings.
8:09 The head of the Donetsk OVA, Pavel Kirilenko, said that it became known that Russia killed another person in Bakhmut on February 6, wounded in the region – 5 people.
Losses among civilians in Donetsk region
8:03Russia has lost 1,030 personnel in Ukraine over the past 24 hours. Since February 24, 2022 – 133,190 enemy soldiers.
8:01 The head of the Nikolaev OVA, Vitaly Kim, said that on the night of February 7, the Russians hit a populated area from multiple rocket launchers point of the Ochakovo community. Therefore, there is no electricity in part of the settlement.
The enemies also attacked the Black Sea community, where they damaged the infrastructure.
7:50The American Institute for the Study of War said that Russia could use its significant economic ties with Tajikistan through the CSTO and the EAEU to launder drone components or purchase manufactured drones for use in Ukraine, bypassing international sanctions. After all, Iran built a drone factory in Tajikistan.
7:35The head of the Dnepropetrovsk Regional Council, Nikolai Lukashuk, said that on the night of February 7, the Russians were hitting the Nikopol region with heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems. In particular, they fired 40 shells at the Marganets community. As a result:
- power lines were damaged – the pump station was left without electricity;
- 9 settlements were left without water, that is, approximately 60 thousand subscribers;
- damaged 4 private residential buildings, an outbuilding, power grids and a gas pipeline.
7:13 The Russians advance in 5 directions at once: Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsk.
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 of the Luhansk region and Verkhnekamenskoye, Vesele, Zheleznyanskoye, Krasnaya Gora, Bakhmut, Ivanovskoye and Paraskoveevka of the Donetsk region.
Russian offensive groups on Volyn, Polessky, Seversky and Slobozhansky directions were not detected.
2:07Acting Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Igor Klymenko said that after the tragedy in Brovary, specialists are checking all Airbus 225 helicopters. Moreover, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has banned top leaders from traveling by helicopters.
1:24 NSDC Secretary Alexei Danilov said that Russia lives by dates. That is why it should not be ruled out that the invaders may start another “special operation” on February 24, 2023.
According to Danilov, the Russians have nothing to report on. After all, apart from the capture of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, there are no reports that they once drew for themselves.
00:09 The head of the Servant of the People faction, David Arakhamia, said that so far no one wants to head the State Customs Service. According to the People's Deputy, there are “agreements” on the ground.
I understand customs in its current state as a completely feudal structure. That is, when even the figure of the head of the regional customs does not play such a role as the head of the shift. Therefore, the situation can only be changed institutionally,” Arakhamia said.
