Zelensky's visit to Britain, new sanctions against the Russian “elite”: chronology of the 350th day of the war

Ukrainian defenders continue to offer heroic resistance to the invaders. As of February 8, the 350th day of our struggle continues.

In this material,Channel 24 tells all the main events of the day from the front and the international arena.

23:55 The media reports that an explosion has thundered in the Dnieper. As of now, air raid alerts have sounded in a number of regions of Ukraine.

23:47 Note that Portugal agreed to transfer Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. According to Prime Minister António Costa, our state will receive three heavy combat vehicles. They plan to provide them in March.

23:30Anthony Blinken noted at the briefing that the list of military supplies for Ukraine is constantly changing. It is influenced by the course of events at the front. As for the F-16 aircraft, according to the Secretary of State, not only equipment is important. Our military must also be able to use it effectively.

23:00 After his visit to the UK, Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in France. In Paris, he met with President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

22:57The Berdyansk city military administration reported that four loud explosions thundered in the occupied city at once. The department ironically noted that the Russian “air defense did not work.” At the same time, they added that the arrivals took place in the center of Berdyansk. A fire broke out there.

22:21 It became known that another people's deputy, but already from the “European Solidarity”, Artur Gerasimov refused to take the case file on non-declaration of real estate in Spain. The video shows that he first discards the relevant documents. Later, he simply closed the car door and left.

21:52Natalia Korolevskaya and her husband Yuri Solod were spotted in Dubai. According to journalists, the couple wanted to get a driver's license. Note that, despite the fact that Korolevskaya and Solod wrote statements about the resignation of deputy mandates, they still have not lost them.

21:50 According to The Guardian, Volodymyr Zelensky , February 8 visited the UK, went to France. Zelensky flew from London to Paris in the evening.

The President of Ukraine is due to arrive at the Elysee Palace for dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

20:56 Rishi Sunak said that the UK will train the Ukrainian Air Force on NATO standard platforms. The Prime Minister of Great Britain said that in matters related to the help of Ukraine, “everything is possible.” However, he did not name any terms.

20:31 Volodymyr Zelensky and Rishi Sunak visited the Ukrainian military who are training in the UK. Our fighters are trained on Challenger 2 tanks at the British military facility Bovington Camp in Dorset.

19:57 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced that the first battalion of Leopard 2 tanks will be handed over to Ukraine in the spring of 2023. We are talking about March-April of this year.

The Minister also announced the “Tank Summit”. We are talking about a meeting with Poland next week, to which those states that will form the “tank coalition” Leopard will be invited.

19:48 Rishi Sunak said that the combat Challenger 2 tanks will arrive in Ukraine in March 2023.

19:24 Mikhail Podolyak said why Volodymyr Zelensky left for London now. We are talking about speeding up the process of negotiations on providing us with weapons, in particular aircraft.

19:05 As a result of air missiles in the Chernihiv region, a man died. According to OK “Sever”, 2 civilian rescuers got out of the rubble, another one is under the rubble.

18:55The head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov said that in the urban-type settlement of Dvuhletnaya, Kupyansky district, residential buildings were under artillery fire during the day. In addition, unfortunately:

• two civilians died from wounds: a 48-year-old man and a 45-year-old woman;
• in the Chuguevsky district – 5 wounded;
• In Volchansk, the enemy damaged at least 7 apartment buildings and 2 private houses with artillery.

18:07A recording of a telephone conversation, during which Putin is talking to Luhansk collaborator Igor Plotnitsky, is being circulated online.

Obviously, it was thanks to the Kremlin dictator that the militants received the Buk anti-aircraft missile system from Russia, which hit a Boeing passenger plane over the Donetsk region 777 July 17, 2014

17:40British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak responded to Volodymyr Zelensky's request for aircraft for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In particular, the prime minister asked Defense Minister Ben Wallace to investigate what kind of aircraft the UK can provide to Ukraine.

According to Rishi Sunak, London is considering the possibility of providing jet fighters to Ukraine. However, the final decision has not yet been made.

17:35Ukrenergo announced that in the Odessa region, by the end of the day on February 8, the duration of power outages will be reduced. The area will save limit schedules and act according to the area's calculated consumption limit. After all, repair teams managed to provide additional electricity to the region.

16:59 Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with King Charles during his visit to the UK. This is the first meeting between a Ukrainian president and a British monarch. It was held at Buckingham Palace.

Met with King Charles III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I congratulated you on your recent ascension to the throne and wished peace and prosperity to the British people,” the President said.

Volodymyr Zelensky added that it was an honor for him to be the first president of Ukraine in the history of Ukrainian-British relations, who was honored by the British monarch with his audience.

Zelensky met with King Charles/Photo twitter of the Royal Family

16:26Deputy Attorney General of the Netherlands Digna van Butzelaer announced the suspension of the investigation into the downing of MH17 in the skies over the Donbass in July 2014. The reason is that the investigation has reached its limit, but this is not yet.

According to published materials, Vladimir Putin personally decided to provide the terrorists with the Buk air defense system, which shot down the plane.

< strong>16:24 According to media reports, Vladimir Zelensky may visit France on the evening of February 8 and hold talks with Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

The press also wrote that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz got on board bound for France.

Moreover, it is known that the President of Ukraine will make a speech in the European Parliament, which is located in Belgium.

16:21 The head of the Chernihiv OVA, Vyacheslav Chaus, said that an enemy air arrival was in Semenovskaya community. Russia used two air-to-ground missiles.

According to the head of the regional military administration, data on casualties and damage are being specified. Vyacheslav Chaus urged people to respond to air raid signals and go to cover.

Operational command “North” reported that at approximately 15:45 two jet aircraft were observed over Chernihiv region, which made launches in the area of ​​Semenovka.

Information about losses among the local population and destruction is specified. Preliminary – 1 civilian wounded. Another 3 are under the rubble of the building, the military said.

16:17 Russian invaders attacked the center of Kherson. Unfortunately, as a result of the attack by the Russians, an elderly man died, who was on the street during the shelling.

In addition, the Russian invaders damaged the children's rehabilitation center. This is the fourth time his enemies have attacked.

16:02 Media reports that Zelensky will visit Paris in the evening and meet with Macron.

15: 07 Zelensky spoke in the UK Parliament. He thanked the British for their support, stressing that London has been close to Ukraine since the first days of the invasion. The rest of the countries did not even know how to react then.

In addition, the Ukrainian leader called for the transfer of fighter jets to Ukraine, stressing that Ukraine has freedom, but needs wings to protect it.

How Zelensky was welcomed in parliament: video

14:52 Dmitry Kuleba said that he used the services of Royal Air Force, adding that soon Challenger tanks would fly to Ukraine on this or a similar aircraft.

14:14Today, at about 11 o'clock, the invaders fired at the Chuguevsky district of the Kharkov region. Five civilians were injured, including a 69-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman. At 12:00 the enemy again hit Volchansk. As a result, a 10-year-old boy was injured – the child was hospitalized. A 47-year-old woman was also injured. The victim was taken to the hospital with a mine-explosive injury.

13:47In an annual report, the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service stated that Putin is deliberately prolonging the war in Ukraine. According to them, the Russian president hopes that Ukraine and its partners will weaken, and then Russia will be able to win.

13:24 In the Kyiv region, an 11-year-old boy fell through the ice and died . The tragedy occurred in Belogorodka, Andriy Nebitov, head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Kyiv region, said.

13:18 After his visit to the UK, the President of Ukraine will leave for Belgium. On February 9, he will deliver a speech to the European Parliament. The president is also likely to attend a meeting of the European Council.

13:16The UK has announced new sanctions against Russia. Many “Russian military and Kremlin elites” were included in the list. In particular:

• Boris Titov, Presidential Commissioner for the Protection of Entrepreneurs' Rights,
• Owner of the pro-Kremlin newspaper Regum,
• Svetlana Bank Rossiya shareholder Krivonogikh,
• Viktor Myachin, owner of the Aerostart aircraft maintenance company,
• Yevgeny Shkolov, former Putin aide,
• companies and factories Moscoms LLC, Topaz, Universalmash, Rostekhkomplekt, Oboronlogistics and drone developer ZALA Aero.

12:40 Vladimir Zelensky February 8 arrived in the UK. At 12:40 p.m. Kyiv time, the plane carrying the President of Ukraine landed at Stansted Airport, north of London. The President was personally met by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Rishi Sunak met Zelensky/Photo from British Prime Minister's Twitter

12:26About half past one, there were reports of explosions in Sumy. They sounded against the backdrop of an air raid alert that spread to some eastern regions.

12:06 Oleg Klimenchukov, deputy head of the Sumy OVA, was removed from his post for 2 months, he is suspected of embezzlement of public funds. The decision was made on February 8 at the Zarechny District Court of Sumy.

12:04The head of the Lugansk OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, spoke about the situation near Kremennaya. According to him, there is now a lot of shelling, but Ukrainian defenders repel enemy attacks. The occupiers are intensively trying to break through the defense line, but they are not succeeding.

11:59 In Sevastopol, for the first time, the court found guilty 2 Russian soldiers who refused to participate in the war against Ukraine. They were sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.

11:22 It became known that the day before, the National Guards “landed” an enemy Mi-24 helicopter near Bakhmut. The fate of the pilot is still unknown.

11:15According to foreign media reports, the UK may offer Ukraine long-range weapons. Probably, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will discuss this issue with Volodymyr Zelensky today at a meeting.

11:00 The Polish Ministry of Defense called the condition for the transfer of fighters to Ukraine. According to Polish Deputy Minister of National Defense Wojciech Skurkiewicz, the provision of F-16 or MiG-29 combat aircraft is possible only within NATO or a narrower coalition.

10:58The investigation into the former head of the SBU, Ivan Bakanov, has ended. Fyodor Venislavsky announced this and noted that the results of the investigation have limited access. The public will be informed about them “when necessary”.

10:54Employees of the Office of the Prosecutor General seized the corporate rights and property of a strategic enterprise controlled by Russian citizens, as well as sanctioned persons. In particular, we are talking about the corporate rights of a metallurgical enterprise with a total value of more than 40 million hryvnias, more than 250 real estate objects and land plots with an area of ​​​​more than 40 hectares.

10:52 Rishi Sunak said, that Britain will expand military exercises for Ukrainians. In particular, the country will begin training fighter pilots and marines.

09:50Ukrainian Konstantin Shiring died in Crimea, whom the invaders convicted of “espionage” and illegally imprisoned for 12 years. According to human rights activists, Shearing needed a heart operation: he sought medical help, but the invaders did not let him do the operation.

09:30The SBU detained a Russian agent who corrected the missile strikes on Kharkiv on February 5. Recall that then, as a result of enemy arrivals, civilians were killed and the civilian infrastructure of the city was destroyed. The spotter turned out to be a local resident who recorded the locations of the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, checkpoints and critical infrastructure facilities in the Kharkiv region and transmitted data about them to the enemy.

09:13 The prosecutor's office announced suspicion of the captain Russian vessel “Nadezhda”, involved in the transportation of looted Ukrainian grain through Crimea. According to the investigation, in 2022 the captain made 3 calls to the closed commercial sea port “Sevastopol” to transport the stolen goods.

09:00A new earthquake of magnitude 4.0 has struck off the southern coast of Turkey. According to the Turkish Disaster Management Authority (AFAD), the epicenter of the tremors is located 71.61 kilometers from the coast. Inter”, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Pavel Timoshenko. The defender lost his life on February 5, as reported by the National Council for Television and Radio Broadcasting. He has 3 children left.

08:23The head of the joint press center of the Defense Forces of the South of Ukraine, Natalya Gumenyuk, said that the counter-battery fight against the enemy was going well. In particular, it was possible to destroy 7 watercraft that the enemy had prepared for the DRG. The Ukrainian forces also damaged Grad-type installations, with which the invaders fired at Kherson from Oleshki.

08:17The head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, said that over the past day, the enemy had massively shelled Volchansk, Kupyansk, Dvorechnaya, Strelechya, Veterinarnoye and other settlements close to the collision line in the Chuguevsky, Kupyansky and Kharkov regions. In Volchansk, the city hospital was again damaged by shelling, a fire started there. One of the fragments hit the ambulance that was carrying the patient. In a car with no injuries. Among the townspeople, a 16-year-old girl was injured – she was hospitalized. In addition, a 74-year-old woman died in Volchansk. At the same time, 10 garages were damaged by shelling in Kupyansk, and 6 were completely destroyed. A fire broke out at the scene.

Consequences of shelling in Kharkiv region/Photo Oleg Sinegubov

08:15 Detectives of the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine arrested 170 thousand tons of iron ore of the Russian oligarch Usmanov, who he kept in the Odessa ports and planned to smuggle to Russia. The approximate cost of the ore is UAH 1.8 billion.

08:14The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court extended the suspected ex-People's Deputy Maxim Nikitas' term of detention until April 7, 2023. Also, the former deputy was reduced alternative collateral from 100 to 85 million hryvnia. Note that Nikitas was detained on an attempted bribe of 22 million euros. He tried to “negotiate” with Dnipro Mayor Boris Filatov on concluding a contract for the construction of a metro in Dnipro with firms controlled by him out of competition.

08:07As of February 8, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 134,100 invaders have already been eliminated in Ukraine. In particular, over the previous day, the defenders of Ukraine destroyed 910 enemies.

Actual losses of the enemy as of February 8/Infographics of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

07: 59 On the night of February 8, the invaders terrorized Kharkov. They again hit the Kyiv district of the city. In total there were 6 arrivals, fortunately no one was hurt. The head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov said that 4 enemy missiles, probably S-300, hit a civilian industrial facility and landed on the territory of the city's Central Park.

Park in Kharkiv after enemy arrivals/Photo by Igor Terekhov

07:34 The main thing about criminal groups:

In Odessa:

• Members of a group who committed crimes on behalf of a sanctioned thief in law nicknamed “Avto” were detained Kopal”. The thief, while in jail, coordinated the actions of his henchmen.
• The attackers were arrested when they tried to “knock out” money from a local businessman. Now they are in custody.

In Kharkiv:

• A criminal gang demanded money from people under various artificially created pretexts. For example, they created conflict situations, and then offered to resolve them for money.
• The SBU managed to detain 4 bandits trying to “knock out” a fictitious debt.

Sumy region:

• They also detained a gangster group that demanded money from people.
• They carried out their criminal activities in the city of Akhtyrka and Sumy.
• According to the investigation, the suspects acted according to this scheme – one of them remained in the car to watch that everything around was calm, while others, armed, went into people's apartments.
• They demanded from 10,000 to 30,000 hryvnias for “quiet living in the city” and threatened people with physical violence.
• The SBU had to catch all the gang members and even their organizer, who was just trying to flee abroad. A total of 5 people were detained.

Criminal gangs were exposed in Kharkiv, Odessa and the Sumy region/Photo by the SBU

07:33< /strong> Yulia Usenko, Head of the Department for the Protection of the Interests of Children and Combating Violence of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, said that Ukraine was able to return 128 children. Their identities are not revealed for security reasons.