Bob Homans February 6 & 7
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Ukraine – 2/7 & 2/6 Sitreps
Compiled by: Robert Homans
February 7, 2023
NOTE: In addition to this sitrep, February 7th, I will be including both today’s Sitrep and my colleague’s update of February 6th. Yesterday, I was sidetracked by my “day job.”
2024 Olympics
In response to the announcement by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that they will allow athletes from the Russian Federation and Belarus to compete under their respective national flags, both countries have released their version of the Olympic flag, consisting of 5 bloodstained interlocking rings, with the words “rape,” “torture,” “terrorism,” “kidnapping,” “murder” inside of each ring along with the names of Ukrainian cities, Bucha, Kharkiv, Borodyanka, Kherson and Mariupol. I found the image of the flag on LinkedIn.
The Head of the IOC, Thomas Boch, is a worthy successor to Avery Brundage who, as Head of the United States Olympic Committee and later the IOC, prevented Marty Glickman, who was Jewish, from running in the 4x100 meter relay anchored by Jesse Owens, to appease Hitler and obtain construction concessions in Nazi Germany that were conditioned on his barring Glickman from competing alongside Jesse Owens. An interview with Marty Glickman is here.
In November 1956, at the Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, just after the Soviet invasion of Hungary, there was the famous water polo match between Hungary and the Soviet Union. Ervin Zador, one of the members of the Hungarian team and who, during the match, was punched in the face by a Soviet player, later emigrated to the United States where he became a swimming coach. One of his pupils was Mark Spitz.
If Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to compete in the 2024 Olympics under their respective national flags, I hope Ukraine decides to boycott. Let Thomas Boch be the worthy successor to Avery Brundage.
Anne Applebaum – Seymour Martin Lipset Lecture
Her lecture, entitled “Autocracy Inc: How the World’s Authoritarians Work Together,” can be found here. In her lecture she talks about how Western professional services firms often aid and abet the authoritarians, a subject I have visited and revisited in my emails, going back to the beginning in 2013, when I began sending these emails, at a time when Paul Manafort was weaponizing U.S. law firms in the service of his client, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich.
News From the Battlefield
“Reporting From Ukraine” and the “Latest Denys” seem to have complementary views about the progress of the fighting around Bakhmut. Reporting From Ukraine describes Ukraine’s strategy as an effort to frustrate Russia’s effort to take the city and, without taking Bakhmut, he believes that Russia cannot launch their planned offensive. The Latest Denys has a broader view of Russian deployments along the Donbas contact line, whereas Reporting From Ukraine focused on Bakhmut.
The latest update from the British Defense Ministry states that Russia may have already started their offensive in Donbas, but they stated that “Russia now lacks the munitions and maneuver units required for successful offensives. Senior commanders likely make plans requiring undermanned, inexperienced units to achieve unrealistic objectives due to political and professional pressure.”
The primary “weapon” Russia is relying on to undertake their offensive is lots of people, in the form of recent conscripts and prisoners, leavened by regular Army troops, regular troops from the Wagner Group, and other groups including the Chechens. Therefore, the immediate need for Ukraine should be weapons designed to kill lots of people in the shortest possible time. Perhaps this will be subject of discussion at the upcoming Munich Security Conference.
2/7 Sitrep
Russian Invasion of Ukraine 12:00 noon February 6 to 12:00 noon February 7, 2022
Abbreviations:
RMA = Regional Military Administration SBU = Security Service of Ukraine
RASHISTS = russian Facists/all russian invaders
INTERNATIONAL
February 7
11:44 Kyodo News: A rally is taking place in Tokyo demanding that Russia return the Japanese Kurill islands and withdraw troops from Ukraine.
· In the video, protesters gathered outside the Russian embassy, accompanied by police, and some brought the Ukrainian flag by car.
11:01: Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a decree on the provision of humanitarian assistance to Turkey.
10:19: The Ukrainian Embassy has searched for 6 Ukrainians who did not get in touch after the earthquake in Turkey, said the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleg Nikolenko:
· "Their condition is satisfactory, there are no threats to life. Some citizens destroyed housing. They settled with Turkish relatives."
· He added that the total number of appeals about citizens in the disaster zone, with which there is no connection, has increased to 27.
08:02: Switzerland is approaching a decision to lift the ban on the transfer of Swiss-made weapons to Kyiv, although this is contrary to the centuries-old tradition of neutrality, - Reuters.
08:00: Russia's unleashed aggression against Ukraine has prompted NATO members to renew their perceptions of warfare, seeking a balance between "traditional" weapons and modern digital age-era technologies. This was stated in Oslo at the Leangkollen security conference by NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană.
00:55: Tel Aviv City Hall building is illuminated with the colors of the Turkish national flag in memory of the victims of the devastating earthquake that occurred in Turkey.
00:40: The New York Times published a report on the production of shells for the Armed Forces at factories in Pennsylvania and Iowa.
00:10 Reuters: The U.S. military is looking for wreckage of a downed Chinese balloon to study China's spy technology.
· "The U.S. Navy is working to collect the wreckage of the balloon and its payload, and the Coast Guard ensures the safety of the operation," Gen. Glen Van Herck, commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, told the media.
February 6
23:22 Polish Defense Minister: Poland has consistently formed a coalition of countries that help Ukraine in the war.
· "Today I discussed a coalition of countries that help Ukraine with British Defence Minister Ben Wallace," the minister wrote.
21:38 Iltalehti: Finland is ready to join NATO without Sweden.
· "We must recognize the facts: we are Russia's border neighbor. Sweden's geopolitical position is significantly different from ours," sources on Finland's foreign and security policy said.
21:12: Volodymyr Zelenskyy will arrive in Brussels for the summit of EU leaders, which will be held on February 9-10, says Belgian news agency Belga.
· For security reasons, the specific program of the visit is kept secret.
19:56: Recep Tayyip Erdogan announces a 7-day mourning in Turkey.
19:16: A court in Georgia has denied Saakashvili's release for health reasons.
· The relevant decision was announced at the hearing by Judge Georgiy Arevadze.
18:00 Bloomberg: The United States is preparing to impose a 200% duty on Russian-made aluminum this week.
· The publication notes that such large tariffs will stop the import of metal from Russia to the United States.
17:33 Yonhap: On January 5, a DPRK weather zone entered South Korean airspace but left it a few hours later.
· "The military did not take specific air defense steps because they believed that the meteozond was not intended for espionage activities," the report said.
16:59: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will appeal to Georgia regarding the need to immediately transfer Mikheil Saakashvili for treatment abroad.
· This was reported by MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak. This decision was supported by 311 parliamentarians.
14:44 Financial Times: American General Dynamics will produce Abrams tanks for Ukraine.
· The plant in Lima, Ohio, can produce about 12 tanks per month. The company is waiting for instructions on whether it should prioritize Ukraine over other orders.
14:08: A group of Ukrainian soldiers arrived in the UK to study at the AS90 self-propelled guns, — the British Ministry of Defence.
13:49 Snack Syrian: In Syria, prime minister's sister, Nessum Arnus, was killed in an earthquake.
· Also, the victims of the cataclysm were 11 of her children and grandchildren.
13:39: The Norwegian government wants to allocate more than 6 billion euros to help Ukraine within 5 years, according to NRK.
· The assistance package will include both monetary assistance and assistance with weapons, as well as assistance to other countries affected by the consequences of the war.
13:28: IAEA chief Rafael Grossi will arrive in Moscow this week. This was stated by Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Ryabkov.
13:13: The Times of Israel: Ukraine calls on Israel to publicly condemn Russian aggression and provide a $500 million loan.
· According to the Israeli portal, Kyiv handed over the wish list to Tel Aviv on the eve of the visit of the new Foreign Minister Eli Cohen.
13:02: Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says Ukraine is ready to send its rescuers to Turkey to help those affected by the strong earthquake.
12:54: Since February 6, Estonia has banned the purchase, import and transport of Russian petroleum products, including gasoline in cans.
· This is stated in the message of the prohibition service of the Tax and Customs Department of the country.
12:06: The U.S. Transportation Command posted a video of the Bradley BMP tipping into Ukraine on Twitter.
· "U.S. Transportation Command is delivering more than 60 Bradley Ukraine as part of the $2.85 billion U.S. Military Assistance Agreement announced earlier this year," the statement said.
NATIONAL
February 7
07:18 Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
· "Over the past day, the enemy has inflicted 6 missile and 24 air strikes. He carried out 75 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems, in particular, at civilian targets in Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions, and there are civilian casualties."
· The Russians continue to regroup in certain areas. The main efforts are focused on the conduct of offensive operations in the Kupyansk, Liman, Bakhmut, Avdievsky and Novopavlovsk directions
· Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repulsed Russian attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoye, Kreminna and Dibrova in the Luhansk region and Verkhnekamenskoye, Vesele, Zaliznyanske, Krasnaya Gora, Bakhmut, Ivanovo and Paraskovievka of the Donetsk region.
· The Russians continue to suffer losses. To rehabilitate the wounded and hide behind civilians, they set up another military hospital in the Kherson region - the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
· On the ground floor of the Cairo Psychoneurological Boarding House, servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were placed, and civilian patients were transferred to other floors. They seized and transported medical equipment from the district hospital of the village of Velyka Lepetykha
· During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces inflicted 9 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the Russian Federation and 2 strikes on the positions of anti-aircraft missile systems, - the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
· And Ukrainian units of rocket troops and artillery hit 8 areas of concentration of enemy manpower.
February 6
23:55: Ukraine began to import gas through Moldova, - press service of GTS.
· It is reported that at the beginning of the year, the Moldovan government approved a decision on the necessary changes to the legislation, which opened up the possibility for all companies to use the backhaul service (virtual reverse) at connection points with Ukraine.
· This step unblocked gas imports to Ukraine from the south through the Trans-Balkan route.
23:43 p.m.: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy may visit another country during the Russian invasion under two conditions.
· According to Dmytro Kuleba, this visit should bring concrete results if the current situation at the front allows it.
23:31: After the tragedy in Brovary, ministers were temporarily banned from flying helicopters, acting Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.
· "We check all the helicopters that were in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This process will be delayed for a month or two until we establish with foreign experts that they are safe," Klymenko said.
23:03: Former head of the Department of Public Procurement of the Ministry of Defense Bohdan Khmelnytsky increased the amount of bail to get out of custody from UAH 26 million to UAH 40 million.
· This was announced by Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin on the air of the national telethon.
22:38: Ukraine plans to raise three priority topics at the Munich Security Conference. One of them is the supply of fighters for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
· "This year we will promote priority topics for Ukraine at the Munich Security Conference. The key is the supply of long-range missiles and the opening of the supply of combat aircraft... We will also talk about Ukraine's membership in NATO and the future of Russia in general," the minister said.
18:32 Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00 on February 6:
· "During the day, the enemy inflicted 5 missile and 12 air strikes.
· He carried out 36 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems, in particular, at civilian objects in the settlements of Hola Prystan and Kherson. Enemy shells damaged residential buildings, there are civilian casualties.
· The threat of further Russian air and missile strikes throughout Ukraine remains high."
· "The enemy continues measures for forced passportization of the population in the temporarily occupied territories.
· Thus, in the city of Kreminna, Luhansk region, employees of the so-called "state-owned enterprises of the LPR", who are not in line to receive a Russian passport, reduce their salaries by 30%."
· "In the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson region, the occupiers are intensifying filtration measures.
· To conduct inspections of the local population with a pro-Ukrainian position, FSB officers of the Russian Federation arrived in Novotroitske."
· "To compensate for losses in manpower, in addition to mobilization, the occupiers also conduct propaganda and agitation work among young people.
· Thus, cadet classes with enhanced military training are being created in schools of the Skadovsk district of the Kherson region.
· The Russian invaders promise that graduates of these classes will allegedly be granted benefits when entering contract military service in the form of appointment to sergeant positions."
· "During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces inflicted 9 strikes on the areas of concentration of the occupiers and 2 strikes on the positions of anti-aircraft missile systems.
· Our rocket launchers and artillerymen, in turn, hit 2 areas of concentration of enemy manpower.
18:16: Ukraine has nationalized the assets of Russian oligarchs for UAH 2 billion, the SBU said.
· We are talking about enterprises that belonged to Russian oligarchs Mikhail Shelkov and Sergei Chemezov.
· After the Russian invasion, the owners tried to transfer formal control of the companies to controlled commercial structures, but SBU officers exposed the relevant agreements in time.
17:13: Drones, collimators, night vision sights, walkie-talkies and thermal imagers were exempt from VAT and import duties into Ukraine.
· The relevant decision was made by the Verkhovna Rada.
16:38: Within three days, 3 BC warehouses, 2 bases/headquarters/KP and an oil depot of Russians were demilitarized.
16:26: The Verkhovna Rada received a proposal from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to appoint Vasyl Malyuk as head of the Security Service of Ukraine.
· The relevant document is published on the parliament's website.
15:05: The Verkhovna Rada supported the early termination of powers of the people's deputy from OPFL Abramovich, mp Yaroslav Zheleznyak said.
14:34: According to the SBU and BEB, 170 cars of Russian and Belarusian goods worth almost UAH 100 million were arrested, the press service of the Security Service of Ukraine was arrested.
· Foreign products were found in 170 wagons located in Mykolaiv on the territory of the Sea Specialized Port, which is part of the business structure of the sanctioned oligarch Dmytro Firtash.
· It was established that railway containers with fertilizers arrived in Ukraine even before the start of a full-scale invasion and were in "transit" mode.
12:17: The SBU reported the suspicion to the head of the Russian railways, who facilitated a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
· As a result of investigative and operational actions, an evidence base was collected on the head of OJSC Russian Railways, who contributed to and continues to contribute to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
· He organized the delivery by rail of Russian armored vehicles and personnel in the direction of the state border of Ukraine and to the temporarily occupied territories of our state.
MORDOR (russia)
February 7
11:32: Russia is already begging for negotiations, - NSDC Secretary Alexei Danilov.
· "They are now trying to understand that to achieve those (goals that they set for themselves to capture our country, they do not have any abilities. Therefore, today they plead. They take a whole pool of negotiators. They are now doing a lot of work with certain groups to get them into negotiations). "Already Brazil, and who is not in the mediation - "let's negotiate to somehow resolve this issue", - said the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council.
11:18: In the city of Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region of the Russian Federation, a fire broke out at an oil refinery - the prosecutor's office of the region.
10:44: The SBU exposed that the companies of Medvedchuk's wife financed the Rosgvardia and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. The total amount of payments made is more than 50 million in hryvnia equivalent
· Oksana Marchenko is the ultimate beneficiary of the network of Kyiv companies and enterprises in Yalta, which transferred millions of sums to the accounts of the Russian Guard and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in the occupied Crimea.
· It was established that these companies paid rashists allegedly for "protecting Medvedchuk's real estate" on the territory of the peninsula, and Marchenko's business structure regularly replenished the Russian budget in the form of paying "taxes and fees".
09:21 Institute for the Study of War: Russia wants to conduct a new large-scale offensive as soon as possible.
· According to analysts, they plan to do this before the Armed Forces receive heavy equipment from Western partners.
· In Tajikistan, there is a plant for the production of Iranian drones.
o Analysts believe that Russia can use its ties with Tajikistan through the CSTO and the EAEU to "launder" UAV components or purchase manufactured drones for use in Ukraine, bypassing international sanctions.
· Putin promotes corruption to appease his political supporters
· On February 6, he signed a decree on February 6 that allows Russian deputies and senators not to publish their income in the public domain.
· Earlier, Putin approved a decree of December 29, 2022, which exempted all Russian officials, including the military and law enforcement officers, from publicly declaring income.
February 6
22:04 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council: The Russian army began to receive weapons of reduced quality and accuracy due to the imposition of sanctions.
· Oleksiy Danilov said that Ukraine currently has a completely different strategy.
· "The focus is on the quality of advanced technologies, and not on the mass of mobilized", - NSDC Secretary said.
15:17: Putin does not want to risk his status, so it is unlikely that he will be able to go to a nuclear escalation or war with NATO.
· This was reported at the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
13:58: Russia's Prosecutor General's Office demands that the Russian Freedom Legion be recognized as terrorist (and banned).
· "The legion was created to undermine the foundations of the constitutional order of Russia, to overthrow the power in the country, including by committing terrorist acts that pose a threat to the security of society and the state," the Prosecutor General's Office said in a statement.
12:36: In Russia, the heavy nuclear submarine TK-208 "Dmitry Donskoy" (project 941 "Shark") was withdrawn from the Northern Fleet.
· Russian media write that he will be cut into metal at a naval base in Severodvinsk, along with two other boats of Project 941. Thus, the Russian Federation will get rid of all boats of this type.
KHARKIV
February 6
22:54 Ministry of Health: Russian troops shelled Vovchansk, Kharkiv region. As a result of the attack, a fire broke out at the local clinic.
· According to the ministry, during the shelling, fragments of Russian shells damaged buildings and two cars.
LUHANSK
February 6
15:56 Social Networks: Bilohorivka, Luhansk region, remains under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
DONETSK
10:09 Donetsk RMA: On February 6, it became known about 1 more resident of Donetsk region killed by Russians — in Bakhmut
Another 5 people in the region were injured.
February 6
12:56 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region.
ZAPORIZHIA
February 6
14:20: Loud explosions sounded in the temporarily occupied Berdyansk at about 13:00, said the head of the Berdyansk military administration Victoria Galitsyna.
· "At this time, it is known that there were three explosions. Two — it seems that the enemy air defense system worked. One has achieved his goal," she added.
DNIPRO
February 7
08:36 Dnipro RMA: With heavy artillery and MLRS, the Russians hit the Nikopol region. That night, Russian troops attacked the area twice, firing about 40 shells at the Marganets community.
· The shelling damaged power lines, de-energized one of the pumping stations. 9 settlements were left without water, which is about 60 thousand people.
KHERSON
February 7
10:00: According to the Kherson OVA, the Russians attacked the Kherson region 31 times.
· The Russian army attacked Kherson 7 times – residential buildings were damaged in the city. 2 people were injured of varying severity.
February 6
15:38 Operational Command South: On the night of February 5-6, the Defense Forces destroyed two sabotage groups of Russians and two enemy boats in areas of the islands on the Dnieper.
· Two enemy strongholds on the Kinburn Spit were also destroyed.
17:22 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Kherson.
14:50 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Kherson.
February 6
ODESA
February 6
21:26 Prime Minister: 82 generators have been sent to Odesa to provide electricity to critical infrastructure.
· According to the Prime Minister, at the next meeting of the government, the issue of allocating funds from the Odessa OVA for the purchase of fuel for these generators will be resolved.
KYIV
February 6
Comparing Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to Russian invasion of Ukraine using Wikipedia and Ukraine Ministry of Defense Daily Bulletins. Soviet and Russian military losses not including captured equipment.
Soviet Afghanistan
Duration
9 years and 9 months
After 342 days
After 346 days
After 347 days
After 348 days
After 349 days
Military Personnel Losses
14,453
128,420
130,590
131,290
132,160
133,190
Material Losses
Tanks
147
3209
3218
3220
3231
3245
Armored Personnel Carriers
1,314
6382
6394
6405
6415
6443
Artillery, Mortars, and Ballistic Rocket launchers
433
2665
2680
2686
2692
2693
Cruise Missiles
796
796
796
796
796
Fighters Bombers
118
293
294
294
294
294
Helicopters
333
284
284
284
284
284
Drones
1951
1956
1958
1958
1958
Anti Aircraft Missile Batteries
221
225
227
227
227
Cargo/Fuel/other transport
11,369
5061
5081
5091
5104
5107
Naval Vessels
18
18
18
18
18
Specialized mobile electronic communication and jamming, ballistic radars
200
203
203
203
208
SOURCES
● https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/
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https://euromaidanpress.com/
● https://cutt.ly/Blyskavka
2/6 Sitrep
Russian Invasion of Ukraine 12:00 noon February 5 to 12:00 noon February 6, 2022
Abbreviations:
RMA = Regional Military Administration SBU = Security Service of Ukraine
RASHISTS = russian Facists/all russian invaders
INTERNATIONAL
February 6
10:58: Japan joins the restriction of prices for Russian petroleum products, – Japanese Foreign Ministry.
10:11: The first Canadian Leopard 2 for Ukraine has already arrived in Poland
· According to the Minister of Defense of the country Anita Anand, in the near future the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will begin training in the use of equipment.
10:03: Homes in Turkey continue to collapse after the earthquake.
· Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said the death toll in Turkey had risen to 284.
· More than 230 people have been killed in Syria, according to state media.
08:39: President Zelenskyy expressed condolences to President Erdogan and the people of Turkey over the tragic earthquake
· "We are with the people of Turkey this difficult time. We are ready to provide the necessary assistance to overcome the consequences of the disaster," Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
08:25: More than 100 people have died, about 500 have been injured in a powerful earthquake in southern Turkey.
· He has already been named one of the strongest in history. Dozens of multi-storey buildings collapsed. The authorities have declared the highest level of anxiety, which includes international assistance.
· Also, tremors were felt in Syria. There, the number of victims increased to 237, 639 people were injured. They felt an earthquake in Lebanon.
· 08:00Norwegian biathletes condemned the IOC's initiative to return the Russians to the competition. This is reported by the publication Nettavisen with reference to the statement of biathletes.
00:35: Poland deploys Patriot air defense system at Warsaw airport
· According to Polish Defense Minister Blaszczak, the missile systems were relocated from a training ground in the city of Sokhaczów to Bemowo airfield to Warsaw.
· He stressed that this step is "an important element in the training of soldiers of the 3rd Warsaw Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade". We are talking about the Patriot air defense system, which Poland had previously purchased from the United States.
February 5
22:51 Corriere della Sera: Pope Francis says he is open to meetings with the presidents of Ukraine and Russia to resolve the conflict.
· "I am open to meetings with the presidents of both Ukraine and Russia. I didn't go to Kyiv, because at that time there was no way to go."
· He also said that he was going to go on a visit to Moscow to meet with Putin, and at the same time Sergey Lavrov promised to consider such an opportunity, but the trip never took place.
19:29: Georgia has been threatened with sanctions if it resumes air traffic with Russia.
· This was stated by the spokesman of the External Relations Service of the European Commission Peter Stano in response to a request from the Georgian publication Netgazeti.
· The European Parliament reminded that they could impose secondary sanctions if someone helped Russia circumvent restrictions.
18:02 SonntagsZeitung: Patriarch Kirill in the 70s spied for the KGB in Switzerland.
· The French-language Swiss newspaper Le Matin Dimanche and the German-language newspaper SonntagsZeitung, citing declassified archives, claim that on the territory of the Swiss Confederation, the future Russian religious leader worked for the USSR State Security Committee and carried out intelligence activities.
16:40 The New York Times: A secret report for the U.S. Congress last month mentioned incidents involving foreign aerial surveillance against the U.S.
· According to the publication, the incident was not attributed to any state in the report, two US officials familiar with the study said the observation was probably carried out by China.
16:00 Reuters: SpaceX may try to launch the Starship rocket system in March.
· "If other tests are successful, we will try to launch Starship next month," Musk said.
· Since last year, SpaceX has been trying to launch its giant Starship ship into orbit for the first time, which will be a key demonstration flight as it aims to send NASA astronauts to the moon.
14:55 Polskie Radio: Poland will soon begin building barriers on the border with Russia.
· Lieutenant of the border service Anna Michalska said that the electronic system in the area with the Kaliningrad region should cover about 200 km of the land border.
1:12: Czech goalkeeper Dominic Hasek called the appearance in the NHL All-Star Game the son of Russian hockey player Alexander Ovechkin a spit in the face of wounded and dead Ukrainian children.
· Thus, he reacted to the appearance during the All-Star Game of the 4-year-old son of Russian hockey player Alexander Ovechkin, who took a symbolic part in the bull contest.
· "The NHL has reached the day! To release Ovechkin's son on the ice of the NHL All-Star Game is to spit in the face of about 500 killed, thousands wounded and tens of thousands of abducted Ukrainian children. The NHL and Gary Bettman must pay for this heinous act," Hasek wrote.
12:52 El País - Head of the EU Foreign Policy: EU countries have never considered or considered sending their troops to Ukraine to participate in the conflict
NATIONAL
11:44 Ukrenergo: Electricity consumption is growing. The reason for this is not only the beginning of the working week, but also a significant cooling. There is a shortage of power.
· Emergency outages continue in Odesa and the surrounding areas.
· Due to network restrictions, emergency outages are also used in Kyiv and Kyiv region.
10:27: Ihor Abramovych, a deputy from the former OPFL, resigned his mandate. This was stated by the head of the "Servant of the People" faction Arakhamia.
· Thus, 406 deputies remain with 450 declared in the constitution.
11:44 Ukrenergo: Electricity consumption is growing. The reason for this is not only the beginning of the working week, but also a significant cooling. There is a shortage of power.
· Emergency outages continue in Odesa and the surrounding areas.
· Due to network restrictions, emergency outages are also used in Kyiv and Kyiv region.
10:27: Ihor Abramovych, a deputy from the former OPFL, resigned his mandate. This was stated by the head of the "Servant of the People" faction Arakhamia.
· Thus, 406 deputies remain with 450 declared in the constitution.
09:29 DTEK: Emergency power outages continue to operate in Odesa and Donetsk regions
· In the Dnipro and the region, stabilization schedules for blackouts will be applied from 06:00 to 24:00.
· In Kyiv and the region, stabilization schedules for shutdowns will be valid all day.
07:16 Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
· "The occupiers are focusing their main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansk, Liman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Novopavlovsk directions.
· Over the past day, our units repulsed attacks by the occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnekamenskoye, Vasyukovka, Paraskoviivka, Bakhmut, Ivanovskoye, Kamyanka, Severne, Pervomaiske, Vesele, Nevelskoye, Krasnohorivka, Marinka, Pobeda and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk region"
· During the fighting in the area of the city of Bakhmut, there is a complete lack of coordination and interaction among the servicemen of the Russian occupation forces and mercenaries of the so-called PMC "Wagner", - the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
· The Russians launched 4 missile strikes on the civilian infrastructure of Kharkiv and Druzhkivka in Donetsk and carried out 56 attacks from MLRS, in particular, on civilian objects of Kherson. There are dead and wounded. The threat of further Russian air and missile strikes throughout Ukraine remains high, - the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
· In the village of Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye region, the Russians set up a local children's hospital for a military hospital for wounded servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The admission of children to the hospital has been suspended, - the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
· Over the past day, Ukrainian aviation has inflicted 9 strikes on areas of concentration of Russian troops and a strike on the positions of their anti-aircraft missile systems. And units of the missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit the control point, 8 areas of concentration of Russian manpower and ammunition depot, - the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
00:58: For the second time, medics successfully retrieved a VOG grenade from the body of a wounded soldier, which did not explode. This was reported by the Command of the Medical Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
In the near future, the patient is evacuated for further rehabilitation.
February 5
22:30 DTEK: In Kyiv, as well as in Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions, electricity consumption will not be limited at night.
· But in Odesa region, as a result of the accident at the Ukrenergo substation, the situation with the light is still difficult.
23:11: Arakhamia explains rotation in Ministry of Defense: war dictates personnel policy
· "War dictates personnel policy. Time and circumstances need to be strengthened and regrouped. This is happening now and will happen in the future," said the head of the CH faction.
· He reminded that Alexey Reznikov was being transferred to the post of Minister for Strategic Industries. Kirill Budanov will become Minister of Defense, Igor Klymenko will become Minister of Internal Affairs, and Vasily Malyuk will head the Security Service of Ukraine.
21:50: The Servant of the People faction will vote for the dismissal of Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov and Minister for Strategic Industries Pavel Ryabikin.
· This was announced by Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence Mariana Bezuhla.
· "A closed meeting of the Servant of the People faction was held. We dismiss the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Strategic Industries. They are submitted to the permanent heads of the Security Service of Ukraine and the Ministry of Internal Affairs," she wrote.
20:09 Center for National Resistance: Russians burn Ukrainian books in the temporarily occupied territories.
· Books are removed from the collections of general and school libraries. In Rovenki in the Luhansk region, cases of mass burning of Ukrainian literature in local boiler houses were recorded.
20:30: Israeli authorities will provide Ukraine with rocket warning technology and drones, according to Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov.
· "It's true. They promised us this," the minister answered the journalist's question whether Ukraine would receive technology from Israel.
19:09: Training of Ukrainian crews on Leopard tanks begins tomorrow, Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said, without specifying in which Western country this will take place.
· According to him, it is already quite clear from which country it is worth waiting for "Leopards" and in what quantity.
· "We continue to talk with our partners - and soon there will be a visit of distinguished guests, we will talk about spare parts for Leopard, their repair, maintenance, etc.," Reznikov added.
18:20 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: The enemy continues to regroup in certain areas.
· The main efforts are focused on the conduct of offensive operations in the Kupyansk, Liman, Bakhmut, Avdievsky and Novopavlovsk directions.
· During the day, Russian troops launched 4 missile strikes, 2 of which on the civilian infrastructure of the city of Kharkiv, as a result of which a five-story building of a higher educational institution was completely destroyed, and there are five wounded among the civilian population.
· 2 Russian missiles arrived in the city of Druzhkivka, Donetsk region. There were damaged 4 high-rise buildings and a kindergarten, 4 civilians were injured of varying severity.
· In addition, Russia carried out more than 40 shellings from MLRS, in particular, at civilian targets in Kherson. Enemy shells damaged residential buildings, there are dead and wounded.
· Russian troops are conducting searches in the village of Krynki, Kherson region, in order to steal boats, water engines and other equipment from civilians to move water.
· In the city of Tokmak, Zaporizhia region, Russian troops forcibly evict civilians from their homes in order to settle local collaborators.
· Owners are ordered to leave their homes and move out on the street.
· General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: During the day, the Aviation of the Defense Forces inflicted 9 strikes on areas of concentration of Russian troops, and Ukrainian units of rocket troops and artillery struck 2 areas of concentration of manpower and ammunition depot of the Russian Federation.
18:00: In Ukraine, two more children who were illegally taken to Russia were returned, the Ministry of Reintegration said.
· The girls were taken into care and taken home by their older sister.
17:40 Defense Minister: Ukraine is ready for a possible major Russian offensive this month.
· According to him, the offensive is explained by the approaching anniversary of the full-scale invasion and the importance of symbolism for Russia.
· The Minister assures that Kyiv has reserves to deter Russia, even though not all recent Western support will arrive on time.
17:20 Head of the Ministry of Defense: A public anti-corruption council will be established under the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, which will check the agency's purchases.
· According to the Head of The Department, in this regard, amendments to the legislation are planned to regulate procurement in the security and defense sector in such a way that important information is protected, but so that these purchases become more public.
17:10 The Guardian: A secret Ukrainian battalion of special forces conducts operations on the territory of the Russian Federation
· It is noted that the reporters talked to three volunteers of the Ukrainian secret battalion "Brotherhood", which conducts operations in the rear of the Russian Federation. The interview was conducted with 23-year-old Taras, 21-year-old Vladislav and their commander, 39-year-old Alexey.
· The Guardian writes that their work ranges from kidnapping high-ranking Kremlin officials to destroying key military infrastructure and shooting down enemy aircraft in Russia.
· In particular, Taras said that we could enter the territory of Russia and act there... After the Russians learn that saboteurs are working on their territory, they need to transfer a lot of soldiers to find them. This is very demoralizing to the enemy. The helicopter was used by the Russian leadership. And the very fact that Ukrainian saboteurs are firing at Russian commanders for Russians is already a point of tension," the defender said.
16:58: Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov spoke about Ukraine's use of longer-range weapons.
· "Ukraine will not use the longer-range weapons promised by the United States to strike Russian territory. It will be used to strike only Russian units in the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine," Reznikov said.
16:21: Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov says he is ready to resign if such a decision is made by the President of Ukraine.
· "No official is eternal in the chair. At any moment it can happen. I will do everything for our victory," Reznikov said.
14:40 Air Force Commander: Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile forces have left for training in controlling the SAMP/T-Mamba air/missile defense systems to be delivered by France and Italy.
12:37 Ministry of Internal Affairs: A certificate of registration of a place of residence in Ukraine is no longer required. Now an extract of the place of residence can be obtained in the Diia application.
· In order to generate an extract, you need: go to the program and click "Services", select the item "Certificates and extracts", then - "Statement of residence" and click "Order statement".
12:20 Operational Command South: Up to 5 Russian ships are on alert in the Black Sea.
· According to the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russians deployed 1 ship in the Sea of Azov, and 10 in the Mediterranean, of which 5 are carriers of Kalibr cruise missiles, the total volley of which is 72 missiles.
MORDOR (russia)
February 6
09:38 Governor of Kaluga Region: In the morning, a drone exploded in the air in the forest near Kaluga in Russia at an altitude of 50 meters, there is no damage to civilian and social facilities.
February 5
23:59: Russian revenues from oil and gas exports decreased by about $8 billion in January
· This was stated by the chairman of the International Energy Agency Fatih Birol.
23:38 Financial Times: "Ukraine has received 'very reliable intelligence data on Russia's intentions' to launch a new offensive."
· According to the publication, the attack can occur within ten days.
· Experts call the western part of the Luhansk region near the cities of Kreminna and Lyman a likely place for a new offensive, where Russia has been gathering troops for several weeks.
23:21 SonntagsZeitung: Patriarch Kirill was a KGB agent in Switzerland.
· According to the publication, in the period from 1969 to 1989, Cyril worked for the KGB and was an intelligence officer whose main task was to influence the World Council of Churches.
· After that, he returned to the USSR and began to grow rapidly in the church hierarchy.
21:10: Volodymyr Zelenskyy: "Today, the decision of the National Security and Defense Council on sanctions against the nuclear industry of Russia has been put into effect.
· Russia is the only state in the world that allows its military to shell nuclear power plants and use nuclear power plants as a cover for shelling. Russian missiles have repeatedly followed trajectories over Ukraine's nuclear facilities."
20:49 Interception of the DIU: The wife of a Russian soldier complained in a telephone conversation with him that he was not allowed to go home for rotation.
· According to her, the military leadership does not care about Russian soldiers. She calls them "inhumans" and advises complaining about the command.
19:50 The Wall Street Journal: Moscow and Tehran are pushing plans to build a new plant in Russia that could produce at least 6000 Iranian-designed drones for the war in Ukraine.
· It is claimed that the UAV production plant itself will be built in the Russian city of Yelabuga, 1100 km from the border with Ukraine as part of an agreement between Russia and Iran for $ 1 billion.
19:16: Putin's entourage is already planning Russia's future without him, - Yakovenko, an ex-deputy of the Russian Duma,
· Russian opposition politician in exile, sociologist Igor Yakovenko spoke about the prospects of a mafia war in the middle of Russia
15:43 National Resistance Center: Russia is going to send Ukrainian children living in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region to Karelia.
· The Center explains that such trips by the leaders of different regions of the Russian Federation with the intention of "bargaining" a certain number of children for "recovery" have both a purely practical goal – the write-off of budget funds for these events, and a more terrible one – more and more evidence of juvenile abductions and human trafficking appears.
13:57 Social Networks: In the Belgorod region, the sounds of explosions are heard.
KHARKIV
February 6
09:19 Kharkiv RMA: Yesterday at 8:20, the Russians launched two missile strikes with S-300 missiles in the center of Kharkiv. The building of one of the universities and residential buildings were damaged. 5 civilians were injured. A 54-year-old woman is in hospital in a state of moderate severity. The rest have minor injuries and are treated on an outpatient basis.
· Also, during the past day, Russian troops fired artillery and mortars at the settlements of Kharkiv, Kupyansk and Chuhuiv districts of the region located near the contact line.
February 5
12:05 Kharkiv RMA: Oleg Sinegubov published the aftermath of two Russian rocket hits an apartment building and a university in the Kyiv district of Kharkiv.
17:20 52 children and about 2 thousand children remain in Avdiivka. Adults
· "The Russians are continuously hitting Avdiivka. There is not a single surviving house left in the city, there is no water supply, electricity, gas, heating. Before the full-scale Russian invasion, 32 thousand people lived in Avdiivka, now - about two thousand, including 52 children," the national police said in a post.
12:59 Social Networks: Reports of explosions in Sloviansk in the Donetsk region.
LUHANSK
February 6
09:47 Luhansk RMA: announced the preparation of a full-scale Russian offensive after February 15.
· "The training of the newly mobilized, two months, is already coming to an end. But it still takes 2 weeks to bring them from different bases in Russia and Belarus. After February 15, you can expect at any time," he said.
DONETSK
February 6
10:38 Donestk RMA: There are no casualties in the Donetsk direction, but there is destruction. Kurakhivska community suffered missile strikes: 7 houses were damaged in Hirnyk, a house and a shop in Kurakhivka
· Kurakhove came under shelling and the house was damaged. A house in Krasnohorivka of the Mariinsky community was also damaged, and the next morning Avdiivka came under massive shelling.
· In the Horlivka direction, 1 person was killed and 1 wounded in Bakhmut. The residential building was damaged in Druzhba Toretska community.
· In the Lysychansk direction, it was loud in Seversk and Serebrianka of the Severska community, as well as in the Torsk and Zarechny Liman communities — without casualties.
08:57 Donetsk RMA: On February 5, Russians killed 1 resident of Donetsk region — in Bakhmut.
· Another 1 person in the area was injured.
DNIPRO
February 6
10:18 Chairman of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council: At night, the Russians again shelled the Nikopol region. They beat with heavy artillery at the Marganets community, firing more than two dozen shells at it.
· Now the survey of the territories is ongoing, the consequences of the attack are being clarified. No one was injured.
08:01 Explosions were heard in the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
KHERSON
February 6
11:55 Kherson RMA: Russians shelled a civilian car in the temporarily occupied Hola Prystan
· Due to the Russian artillery strike, the car was engulfed in flames. There were three people in the cabin, including an 8-year-old boy. It is known that the child died on the spot.
11:18 Kherson RMA: Russians opened fire 37 times on peaceful settlements of the Kherson region. They were fired from artillery, MLRS, mortars and tanks.
· Kherson itself was attacked by the Russian army 7 times. 4 people were injured of varying severity.
11:07: SBU detains two Russian agents preparing missile strikes on Odesa and Kherson railway junctions and power facilities
· At the behest of the Russians, they collected intelligence on the basing and movement of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Tauride direction. In addition, they handed over to them the locations of critical infrastructure in Odessa and Kherson.
· The henchmen of the Russians turned out to be two local residents who were in constant agent contact with a personnel officer of the FSB department in the Rostov region with the pseudonym "Buba Kastorsky".
10:43 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the temporarily occupied Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region.
February 5
22:57 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Kherson.
15:40 Social Networks: Explosions are heard again in Kherson.
15:27 Kherson RMA: Russians massively shelled Chornobaivka in the morning, one person was wounded
· Enemy shells damaged 6 residential buildings. The power lines, gas pipeline and water supply system were also damaged.
13:23: This morning in Kherson, the building of the lyceum, the State Emergency Service, came under fire.
· On the ground floor there was a fire on an area of about 100 square meters, without casualties.
12:26 Social Networks: The sounds of explosions are heard in Kherson.
MYKOLAIV
February 6
February 5
12:10 Social Networks: In Ochakiv, Mykolaiv region, the sounds of explosions are heard.
ODESA
February 6
February 5
14:11 Prime Minister: 40% of consumers are still left without power supply in Odesa, but in the evening and night we managed to resume supplies to more than 200 thousand subscribers.
· "In fact, 90% of the centralized supply boiler houses have already been launched, work is underway to connect local boiler houses to generators. Repairs are underway around the clock at the substation, where a technological accident occurred the day before," Shmyhal said.
KYIV
February 6
February 5
13:41: Wladimir Klitschko and the volunteer headquarters "Ukrainian Team" handed over helmets for pilots to the 18th separate brigade of army aviation named after Igor Sikorsky.
· The "Ukrainian team" helped the pilots thanks to Wladimir Klitschko. At the request of the pilots, he delivered the most modern aviation helmets from abroad. There are prophetic friends helping with our military weapons and ammunition. And volunteers are doing everything necessary to accumulate support and help defenders on the front lines.
Comparing Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to Russian invasion of Ukraine using Wikipedia and Ukraine Ministry of Defense Daily Bulletins. Soviet and Russian military losses not including captured equipment.
SOURCES
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/
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