[Korrespondent] 23:54 In Kherson, Russians dropped an explosive device from a drone on a teenager and his father. Both were injured.
22.34 The Russian army has urgently begun to receive new satellite Internet terminals for various front lines. This was stated by the advisor to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine and a specialist in radio technologies, Serhiy Beskrestnov, under the call sign "Flash". According to him, there are several high-speed satellite Internet providers in the Russian Federation that operate on the basis of the Yamal and Express satellites. Their antennas are similar to satellite dishes for television: they are round or oval and have a diameter of 60 to 120 centimeters.
20.54 The crew of a Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopter died while performing a combat mission. The 11th Separate Army Aviation Brigade "Kherson" reported this on February 9.
20.17 Ukrainian military attacked oil facilities on Russian territory almost fifty times in January. The strikes led to a significant reduction in oil refining. This was reported by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky. According to the general, in January, 48 fire missions were carried out as part of long-range strikes to destroy the Russian oil and gas industry.
As a result of these strikes, the total oil refining in the Russian Federation decreased by 19%; in quantitative equivalent, the losses amount to 53.4 million tons per year.
19.03 On Tuesday, electricity outage schedules will be in effect again in all regions of Ukraine. This was reported by Ukrenergo. An improvement in the situation with outage schedules is possible only in the absence of new massive shelling from Russia.
18.42 Estonia has banned 1,073 militants who fought against Ukraine from entering the Schengen area, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal announced.
18.33 According to the results of January, the total losses of the Russian army significantly exceeded the volume of replenishment - almost 32 thousand people against 9 thousand. This was reported by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrsky, on Telegram.
17.55 Soldiers of the International Battalion of the 12th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine Azov cleared the settlement of Zolotiy Kolodyaz, located in the Dobropil community of the Pokrovsky district of the Donetsk region, from the occupiers.
And soldiers of the 33rd separate assault regiment cleared the village of Prydorozhnye, Zaporizhia district, from the Russian occupiers, who were trying to plant their flag there.
17.50 The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets reported that during 2025, the Ombudsman's Office received 6,127 appeals regarding alleged violations of citizens' rights during mobilization measures. He said this during a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada's temporary investigative commission on the investigation of possible violations of Ukrainian legislation in the field of defense, anti-corruption legislation, and observance of human rights and freedoms during martial law, Ukrinform reports.
16:45 Russian troops attacked the Dnipro, a fire broke out. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Oleksandr Ganzha. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties.
16.36 As a result of the attacks on Russian oil refineries, Russian oil companies suffered losses of over 1 trillion rubles. This was stated by Yevgeny Borovikov, Deputy General Director of the insurance broker Mains, TMT reports.
"According to our estimates, direct losses in the oil and gas industry from UAV strikes have long exceeded 100 billion rubles, and together with loss of profit and indirect losses - more than 1 trillion rubles," he said.
16.21 Russian troops struck the railway infrastructure in the Konotop district of Sumy region. The State Emergency Service reported this on February 9. It is noted that as a result of a UAV hitting the territory of the railway station, an electric train caught fire. Rescuers quickly extinguished the fire. Elements of the railway contact network were also damaged.
15.52 On the eve of and during the Munich Security Conference, which will be held in Germany on February 13-15, 2026, the Russian special services intend to conduct a large-scale hybrid campaign involving the so-called “pacifist” movements in Europe. This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine. It is noted that one of the main participants in the campaign beneficial to the Kremlin, which will include street anti-Ukrainian actions and coordinated information activity, will be the Friedensbewegung (Movement for Peace).
14.59 The most difficult energy situation remains in Kyiv - more than 1,400 households in the capital are without heat after swarm attacks. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following the results of the selector on the energy situation.
14.51 Fighting for the cities of Pokrovsk and Myrnograd in Donetsk region continues. The enemy is withdrawing its infantry to the northern part of Pokrovsk. This was reported by the OSINT project DeepState.
14:30 Ukrainian military struck a Russian ammunition depot, a control point and destroyed a UAV depot on Russian territory. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported details.
14.06 A large-scale corruption scheme was exposed in the Dnipropetrovsk region during the supply of products to combat units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Prosecutor General's Office and the State Bureau of Investigation reported this on Monday, February 9.
The organizer of the deal was the head of the food service of one of the military units, a major in the rear of the Airborne Assault Forces (AAF) brigade. He acted in collusion with the founder and commercial director of a company supplying food to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
13.44 The commander of the Arbat battalion, Hayk "Abrek" Gasparyan, was killed in the war in Ukraine. This was stated by the so-called "mayor" of the occupied Ukrainian city of Horlivka in the Donetsk region, Ivan Prykhodko, reports the Russian publication Astra, which positions itself as independent.
13.36 A "breakthrough" in negotiations to end the "Ukrainian conflict" can only be achieved by adhering to the positions agreed upon at the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said this in comments to Russian propagandists on Monday, February 9.
13.08 Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov and his French counterpart Catherine Vautrin signed a letter of intent on joint arms production in the two countries. A Ukrainian government official reported this on Telegram.
12.49 The pace of advance of Russian troops on Ukrainian territory decreased again last week: from February 2 to 9, they expanded the zone of control by 51.81 sq. km, while a week earlier - by 90.29 sq. km. This was reported by analysts of the OSINT project DeepState.
12.40 Counterintelligence of the Security Service detained an agent of the Russian FSB in Khmelnytskyi who was spying on the bases of Ukrainian defenders.
The figurehead was given a hostile assignment to install disguised video cameras in front of local buildings where Defense Forces soldiers might be stationed. Once the devices were activated, she was to provide remote access to them for Russian intelligence officers. Using the "video traps," the Russians hoped to track and adjust airstrikes on Ukrainian defenders online.
SBU officers acted proactively and detained the agent at the first attempt to install spy equipment near a military facility.
The Russian order was carried out by a 60-year-old local resident who came into the sights of the occupiers when she visited Russia before the start of the full-scale war.
12.35 As of Monday morning, energy consumption in Ukraine has noticeably decreased due to massive Russian attacks. This was reported by Ukrenergo.
Due to damage to key high-voltage substations, some nuclear power units are still not operating at full capacity.
12.16 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense published data on 21 Russian enterprises involved in the development and production of drones that the Russian Federation uses in the war against Ukraine.
The data was published in the aggressor's military-industrial complex section of the War&Sanctions portal. The update includes:
Digital Development Agency LLC is the developer and manufacturer of the Svarog line of cargo UAVs, which were used by the Russian Marine Corps units to provide occupation forces on the islands in the Dnieper Delta in the Kherson region;
enterprises of the Aero-hit group - the developer and manufacturer of Veles FPV drones, owned by the so-called Russian senator from the temporarily occupied Kherson region, Konstantin Basyuk, and receiving state funding from the Russian budget;
KB Mikrob is the developer of the eponymous series of FPV drones, as well as JSC Ploshchad, which creates autopilot and machine vision systems for them.
12.14 As part of the Unfair Procurement program, law enforcement officers recorded losses of UAH 3.2 billion during procurement for the Defense Forces. The Prosecutor General's Office reports this.
During 2026, under the procedural guidance of specialized defense prosecutors' offices, 39 individuals were charged in 19 criminal proceedings. The total amount of losses amounted to UAH 3.2 billion.
12.00 Russian troops have begun using Gerber drones to launch FPV drones. The corresponding video was published by Serhiy "Flash" Beskrestnov, an advisor to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, on Telegram.
"The video shows the moment of FPV launch from a Gerber UAV. Remember, I told you about this last week," he captioned the video.
11.57 Over the past 24 hours, Russian aggressors have shelled settlements in the Donetsk region six times. Two people were killed and eight were wounded, the head of the OVA, Vadym Filashkin, reported on Telegram.
Kramatorsk was the worst affected, where 20 high-rise buildings, three administrative buildings, an infrastructure facility, and 20 cars were damaged.
11.50 In the Burshtyn community in the Carpathian region, heat and water supply are being gradually restored after the Russian shelling on February 7.
As of February 9, heat supply, as well as cold and hot water supply, has been restored, but not yet in full. Currently, the pressure parameters in the system are already within normal limits, and the gradual restoration of the temperature regime is underway.
11.44 The Kremlin is continuing its "cognitive warfare campaign," using small cross-border attacks in previously inactive frontline areas in northern Ukraine to convince the West that the front line in Ukraine is supposedly "collapsing," according to a daily report by the Institute for the Study of War.
11.29 In the Kharkiv region, Ukrainian military forces have regained control of the village of Chuhunivka in the Kupyanskyi district. The 16th Army Corps reported this the day before. Some of the Russians who had laid down their weapons were taken prisoner.
11.15 Russia has shown an updated winged glide bomb for combat aircraft. The published photos and video show the development of the UMPK-500 guidance system, which has received a new modification - UMPB-5.
The new development is designed to increase the effectiveness of the use of glide bombs. The UMPB-5 is an improved version of previous modifications and has a modified glider and a changed wing configuration, which allows for an increased range.
10.47 Russian troops struck Novgorod-Siverskyi with "geraniums" on the night of February 9. The attack claimed the life of a 71-year-old man. Four more people were injured - two men and two elderly women. Houses were damaged, some completely destroyed.
10.42 A bank employee was exposed and detained in Kyiv for leaking personal data of Defense Forces soldiers to the Russian FSB. The SBU reported this.
The suspect is a 40-year-old employee of the information security department of one of the capital's commercial banks. The Russians recruited him while he was browsing on one of the banned social networks.
10.32 In Shakhtarske, Synelnyky district, Dnipropetrovsk region, nine people were injured in an attack by Russian drones, including a 13-year-old girl. All the wounded were taken to hospital. The 57-year-old woman is in "serious" condition. The rest are in moderate condition.
A three-story building caught fire, with damaged roofs and floors. Another apartment building had windows broken. A garage was on fire.
The Russians used a drone to target the Vasylkivska community. A fire broke out. Three private homes were damaged. The Russian army also used artillery and FPV drones to attack the Nikopol, Marhanetska, and Chervonogryhorivska communities of the Nikopol district. No people were injured.
9.59 Russian war criminals attacked Ukraine with 11 Iskander-M ballistic missiles from the Bryansk region, as well as 149 Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas attack UAVs and other types of drones. This was reported by the Ukrainian Air Force.
09.55 Russian troops attacked railway infrastructure in Sumy region, damaging a locomotive and a contact network. Because of this, some flights are running with delays.
09.28 Russian troops struck an energy facility in Volyn region. This was reported by the mayor of Novovolynsk, Borys Karpus
"This night, the enemy again struck an energy facility near the Novovolynsk community," he wrote on social media.
The mayor noted that currently water is supplied from the electricity grid, wastewater treatment plants operate on generators, and some boiler houses have also switched to generators.
"The boilers are being fired up. There is fuel. All responsible services have been deployed to work. The situation is under control," Karpus added.
8.47 Over the past 24 hours, 312 combat clashes took place at the front: 72 attacks by Russian invaders were stopped by the defenders in the Pokrov direction. This is evidenced by the morning report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7.53 A woman and a 10-year-old child were killed in Bogodukhiv, Kharkiv region, as a result of a Russian drone strike on the night of February 9. In addition, three more people were injured. The State Emergency Service reported this on Telegram.
7.27 The Russian army lost 1,250 soldiers in the war against Ukraine over the past 24 hours. This is according to the morning report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook.
06.33 On the night of Monday, February 9, Russian troops attacked the Kharkiv region with strike drones. The occupiers targeted one of the villages of the Malodanylivska community. Destruction of residential buildings, outbuildings, cars and other property was recorded. There is no information about casualties.
05.02 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced the creation of special groups of the State Emergency Service for the prompt restoration of power grids after attacks by the Russian Federation, and also launched a "heat package" support program. The new units are designed to fill gaps where local energy services cannot cope with the volume of work. These consolidated teams will work as an additional reserve, promptly responding to emergency situations. Their role is to accelerate the restoration of power supply and heating in the most difficult regions.
01.35 In Odessa on the night of Monday, February 9, explosions were heard as a result of a massive attack by enemy strike drones. Damage to residential infrastructure and fires in the areas of impact are being recorded. Head of the MVA Serhiy Lysak reported one death. According to monitoring sources, the city was attacked by about 15 strike drones.
01.04 Ukrainian intelligence released a radio intercept in which Russian military personnel openly admit to killing civilians near Pokrovsk. The content of the conversation indicates that the Russian occupiers discussed the shooting of local residents and their own escape from positions after this crime.
00.32 In the Russian city of Belgorod, the evacuation of children and pensioners began due to the impossibility of restoring the heating system in almost 500 apartment buildings. This was reported by the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov. According to him, the emergency restoration work carried out in the power system did not yield the expected results. Against the backdrop of the predicted significant cold snap, the authorities decided to drain the water from the heating systems.