Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21.40 On the evening of February 5, the occupiers launched a missile strike. An unfinished residential building was hit. One person was killed and another was injured. This was reported by the head of the Odessa OVA Oleg Kiper. According to him, both men were accidentally passing by the unfinished building, which was hit by a Russian missile. The victim was taken to the hospital in serious condition. According to the Prosecutor General's Office, an 11-story unfinished building, residential buildings, a minimarket and a cafe were damaged. It is specified that as a result of the strike, a 39-year-old local resident was killed and a 19-year-old guy was injured.
19.03 The Security Service of Ukraine, together with the National Police, identified 497 people involved in the arson of military vehicles, Ukrzaliznytsia facilities and the planting of explosives near territorial recruitment centers (TRC). This was reported by the First Deputy Chairman of the SBU, Serhiy Andrushchenko, on Wednesday, February 5.
18.56 On February 5, Ukraine carried out the 61st prisoner exchange with Russia, releasing 108 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers, national guardsmen and other servicemen, including seriously ill and wounded. This was reported by the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
18.23 The Ukrainian Armed Forces control the situation in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. The controlled territory of this region may become an important part of the negotiation process. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky at a briefing.
18:06 Defense Minister Rustem Umerov discussed the expansion of defense cooperation with a delegation of the Intergovernmental Agency for Defense Cooperation of the Czech Republic (AMOS). The head of the department reported this on Wednesday, February 5.
17.45 The UK will chair the meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine's defence in the Ramstein format next week in Brussels. This was reported by Interfax-Ukraine, citing its own sources at NATO headquarters.
17.22 A man who brought explosives was killed in an explosion near the TCC and SP building in Kamyanets-Podilskyi. This was reported by the head of the National Police Ivan Vyhovskyi at a briefing in Kiev, Interfax-Ukraine reports .
"A person approached the checkpoint of the TCC and SP with a bag in her hands. She allegedly asked to pass on a parcel and at that very moment an explosion occurred. There are victims. The person who committed this crime died," he noted.
16.54 Since the beginning of the current day, 50 combat clashes have occurred on the front. The enemy has noticeably reduced its activity in the Pokrovsk area. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report as of 16.00.
16.33 President Volodymyr Zelensky signed laws on the extension of martial law and general mobilization in Ukraine. They will be in effect for at least another 90 days. This is evidenced by data on the Verkhovna Rada website.
16.27 The Ukrainian-made ZEUS and HADES unmanned aerial systems have been codified and approved for use in the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported by the Main Directorate for Support of the Life Cycle of Weapons and Military Equipment, the Ministry of Defense reports.
16.17 150 Ukrainian servicemen have returned from Russian captivity. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky. Some of the servicemen had been in Russian captivity for more than two years. All of them are from different directions of the front.
16.09 Russian special services - GRU and FSB, recruiting Ukrainian teenagers and youth for crimes against the military in Ukraine, are simply using them, trying to kill them. This was reported by the head of the Center for Counteracting Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council Andrey Kovalenko.
15.56 As a result of shelling by Russian occupiers over the past 24 hours, a resident of the city of Pokrovsk and a resident of the city of Druzhkovka in the Kramatorsk district of Donetsk Oblast were killed, and four more people in the region were injured over the past 24 hours. This was reported by the head of the Donetsk OVA Vadim Filashkin.
15.31 The death toll from the Russian missile strike on the city of Izyum has risen to six. A 61-year-old man who was hospitalized with a wound has died in hospital. Doctors were unable to save him.
15.22 Five conscripts from the Chelyabinsk military unit were killed in the Belgorod Region. This was reported by the TG channel ASTRA. It is noted that this happened on January 11 in the Nekhoteyevka area. All the soldiers were called up for service in the summer of 2024, in the fall they underwent sniper training and were sent to the border.
15:00 Russia does not refuse to negotiate with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, although it considers him "illegitimate." This was stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. According to him, the Ukrainian leadership must "show interest" and lift the legislative ban on contacts with Putin, Dmitry Peskov noted.
14.17 In the Khmelnytskyi region, in the city of Kamyanets-Podilskyi, an explosion occurred near the building of the local territorial recruitment and social support center (TRC SP). According to preliminary data, one person died, four were injured. Investigators are working on the scene.
14.00 Ukraine will introduce new packages of sanctions against those involved in the export of oil products from Russia, the production and distribution of anti-Ukrainian films, as well as the export of cultural values ​​from the occupied regions of Ukraine. This was reported by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Litvinenko.
13:49 Ukrainian defenders struck Russian targets near the settlement of Hola Prystan in the Kherson region. Enemy boats were destroyed there. This was reported by the Atesh partisan movement on Wednesday, February 5.
13:39 The Ministry of Defense is increasing the purchase of unmanned ground systems (UGS) for the Armed Forces. This became possible thanks to tests that have been ongoing since the summer of 2024. This was reported by the press service of the defense department on Wednesday, February 5.
The organizational structure has already been formed and technical requirements for the integration of these systems into combat units have been determined. Based on the test results, the types of weapons and equipment for further testing in real conditions have been determined.
13.35 Russians used their agent "in the dark" and blew him up in the TCC building in Rivne. This was reported by the SBU. A 21-year-old unemployed man from the Zhitomir region was killed. Eight servicemen were injured.
13.13 Russia and the United States are actively communicating through individual departments on the settlement in Ukraine. This was stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov at a briefing.
12:47 Russian troops continue to attack civilians in the Kherson region. As a result of shelling and drone strikes, a 53-year-old man was killed and seven more people in the region were injured. This was reported by the head of the Kherson OVA Oleksandr Prokudin on Wednesday, February 5.
12.20 On Wednesday night, Albashneft LLC was hit in the Krasnodar Region of the Russian Federation. Units of the SBU and other components of the Defense Forces distinguished themselves, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported . Units of the Unmanned Systems Forces also worked on the Russian Buk air defense missile system in the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhia Region.
11:45 In the Kherson suburb of Antonovka, during a second attack by Russian drones, three police officers were injured and evacuated the victims.
11:33 Law enforcement officers detained a group of Russian agents who detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) near the TCC building in Pavlograd on February 2. At that time, a 24-year-old serviceman received a shrapnel wound, the SBU reported.
11:13 Ukrainian military captured 21 soldiers of the Russian army in the Kursk region. This was reported by the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Among the prisoners are residents of different regions of Russia, as well as from the unrecognized Transnistria and the temporarily occupied part of the Zaporizhia region.
10:53 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has postponed the rotation of the mission at the Zaporizhzhya NPP due to the lack of security guarantees from Russia. This was reported by Foreign Ministry spokesman Georgy Tikhyi.
10:30 European countries have defined key parameters for the creation of a special tribunal that will have the authority to hold accountable political and military leaders of the Russian Federation who bear the highest responsibility for the crime of aggression. This was reported by the Presidential Office.
9:25 At night, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 104 Shahed-type attack UAVs and drone imitators.
Air defense shot down 57 drones, and another 42 enemy drone imitators were lost (without negative consequences).
The enemy attack affected Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Kharkiv and Donetsk regions.
8:40 Four people were injured as a result of a Russian drone attack in Kherson. Four men - 42, 31, 36 and 52 years old - were hit by the enemy drone. The victims suffered blast injuries and shrapnel wounds to the legs and arms.
7:58 In Kharkiv, as a result of a night drone attack, non-residential buildings - architectural monuments and an educational institution - were damaged and burned. One person was injured.
7:25 As of February 5, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine were approximately 844,070 people (+1,140 per day).