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[Regnum] A magnitude 4.8 earthquake was recorded off the coast of Crimea. This was reported on Monday, February 2, from data posted on the website of the Eurasian Seismic Center.
The earthquake's epicenter was recorded at a depth of 10 km in the Sea of Azov. It was located approximately 78 km from Kerch and 36 km from Shchyolkino.
There is no data on the consequences of the earthquake.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] The Ambassador of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to Russia reported that Russia and Afghanistan are negotiating the recruitment of Afghan labor migrants to Russia. Afghanistan is interested in sending young people to work in Russia.
Russia's interest is understandable – there is a labor shortage. However, there are also understandable security concerns, as they still need to verify who was doing what before the Taliban's victory over the Americans. We have reported that we are interested in Afghans coming for a limited period – they come, work, and then leave. We are negotiating a similar arrangement with Indians, who are also planning to be involved in the economy.
The labor shortage in industry is estimated at hundreds of thousands. Regarding the issue of recruiting Afghans for the Second Military District, a certain number of Afghans have indeed enlisted for the Second Military District (and are potentially eligible to receive a Russian passport under the general conditions after completing their contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defense). However, there hasn't been any significant recruitment.
And I wouldn't say the Afghans fought particularly well outside of Afghanistan. It's one thing to wage guerrilla warfare in the mountains, but quite another to participate in combined arms operations with large groups.
The Iranians brought their Afghans to Syria in the 2010s, and frankly, they didn't do much there, especially compared to Hezbollah. In this regard, it would be better if the Taliban agreed to give us, in exchange for grain and oil, some of the weapons and ammunition of the old Afghan army.
The Taliban has a ton of armored vehicles, artillery (including stockpiles of 105, 122, 152, and 155mm shells, as well as stockpiles of 82mm and 120mm mortars), trucks, and the like, enough for six full-fledged army corps. That would be a significant contribution by the Taliban to the fight against fascism in Ukraine. But so far, there's been little progress.
As for the labor force, we'll see. If the conditions for arrival and departure, as well as the control system, are tolerable, some of the labor shortage will be covered. But Koreans, Indians, and Afghans alone won't solve this problem.
[FoxNews] Sanctioned Ilyushin Il-76 follows same flight pattern seen before Maduro's capture in Venezuela
A Russian cargo plane typically used to transfer military equipment landed at a military airfield in Havana Sunday night, echoing flight patterns seen ahead of the capture of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela.
The U.S.-sanctioned Ilyushin Il-76, operated by Russian state-linked airline Aviacon Zitotrans, was tracked landing at San Antonio de los Baños Airfield, a Cuban military installation roughly 30 miles south of Havana, according to public flight data.
Flight-tracking records show the aircraft stopped in St. Petersburg and Sochi in Russia; Mauritania, Africa; and the Dominican Republic. Each landing would have required approval from host governments, offering a window into which countries are continuing to permit Russian military-linked aviation activity despite Western sanctions.
The same aircraft conducted flights to Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba in late October 2025, as tensions between Washington and Caracas escalated. That movement preceded U.S. military action in Venezuela that ultimately ended Maduro’s rule — a sequence U.S. officials and analysts have since pointed to as a warning indicator when evaluating similar Russian aviation activity in the region.
Now, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel finds himself under mounting pressure from President Donald Trump, who has sharply intensified U.S. policy toward Havana in recent weeks.
On Thursday, Trump declared a national emergency related to Cuba, asserting that the Cuban government poses an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to U.S. national security and foreign policy interests. The administration also said it would impose penalties on any country that sells or supplies oil to Cuba without U.S. authorization.
Trump confirmed Sunday that the U.S. is engaged in direct talks with Cuban officials.
"Cuba is a failing nation. It has been for a long time, but now it doesn’t have Venezuela to prop it up," Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago, Florida. "So we’re talking to the people from Cuba, the highest people in Cuba, to see what happens. I think we’re going to make a deal with Cuba."
Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have both indicated support for political change in Havana, though the administration has not said whether it would pursue that objective through military action.
Russian military ties to Cuba have repeatedly triggered concern in Washington. While the Soviet Union’s footprint on the island receded after the Cold War, Moscow has steadily rebuilt defense and intelligence cooperation with Havana over the past decade. U.S. officials have warned that renewed Russian activity in Cuba could pose security risks close to the U.S. mainland.
The Il-76 is a heavy transport aircraft capable of carrying roughly 50 tons of cargo or up to 200 personnel, a capability that has drawn scrutiny given the operator’s history. Aviacon Zitotrans has been sanctioned by the United States, Canada and Ukraine for supporting Russia’s defense sector.
"Aviacon Zitotrans has shipped military equipment such as rockets, warheads, and helicopter parts all over the world," the U.S. Treasury Department said in January 2023, when it added the airline to its sanctions list.
It remains unclear what cargo the aircraft carried on its most recent flight. During earlier operations in Venezuela, Russian state media and a Russian lawmaker said the same aircraft delivered Pantsir-S1 short-range and Buk-M2E medium-range air defense systems to Caracas.
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[Korrespondent] 21.48 The Ukrainian Defense Forces have inflicted some of the most significant losses on the Russian army in the past month, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported on its website on Monday, February 2.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy lost more than 31,700 military personnel, which is commensurate with the number of almost three divisions.
20.17 Russian military drones hit a garbage truck in the Verkhnyosyrovatsk community of Sumy region. Three people were injured. The regional prosecutor's office reported this.
"According to the investigation, on February 2, 2026, at about 1:00 p.m., the enemy attacked an unmanned vehicle intended for collecting solid household waste in the Verkhnyosyrovatsk community of Sumy district," the report said.
Three men, aged 48, 55 and 56, were injured in the attack.
19.37 The government has published instructions for Ukrainian military personnel and civilians on how to verify their Starlink satellite system terminals. This was reported on the Ministry of Defense website.
19.02 President Volodymyr Zelensky is holding a meeting with a team of negotiators at the trilateral meetings between Ukraine, the United States, and the Russian Federation before the next round in Abu Dhabi. He posted about this on Telegram.
The Ukrainian side is ready for real steps and believes that it is realistic to achieve a decent and lasting peace, the head of state said.
18.32 Half of the Ukrainians surveyed oppose the so-called "transfer" of Donbas to Russia in exchange for security guarantees - 52%. However, 40% are ready for such a compromise. This is evidenced by the results of a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology.
18.24 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will visit Kyiv on Tuesday. He plans to speak in the Verkhovna Rada. This was reported by MPs Yaroslav Zheleznyak and Oleksiy Honcharenko on Telegram. It is on Tuesday, February 3, that the 15th session of the Ukrainian parliament will open.
17.55 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a telephone conversation with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. They discussed three key issues , the Ukrainian leader's press service reported.
17.23 The court sentenced a Russian military intelligence agent who was preparing a terrorist attack in the center of Zaporizhia to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.
The SBU detained a Russian military intelligence agent in Zaporizhia in February 2024. The attacker tried to blow up a post office in the center of a front-line city with a homemade bomb.
As it turned out, the Russian order was carried out by a recruited 33-year-old employee of a local food processing enterprise. He came to the attention of the Russians through an acquaintance who lives in the temporarily occupied part of the region and works for the Russian GRU.
17.07 Since the beginning of the day, 63 combat clashes between the Ukrainian army and the Russian occupiers have taken place on the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational briefing. The enemy reports the greatest efforts in the Pokrovsky and Hulyay-Pil directions. Currently, 13 battles are ongoing there.
16.30 The second round of talks of the trilateral Ukraine-US-Russia working group on security issues will be held in Abu Dhabi on February 4-5. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said this in a comment to Russian propagandists.
He reported that peace negotiations regarding Ukraine are "a very complex multi-vector process," but there has been "approach" on some issues.
16.11 Russian troops attacked the Osnovyanskyi district of Kharkiv with a drone during the day. This was reported by the city's mayor, Igor Terekhov.
Terekhov later concluded that the market was under attack.
"According to the updated information of our Situation Center, the market in the Slobidsky district has been turned on. There was information about two victims during the day. Several shopping pavilions have also been lowered," he added.
16.11 The Russians dropped an aerial bomb directly on a residential building in Aleksiyevo-Druzhkivka, where a family of five people was staying: a couple and three children. As a result of the drop, a father and an adult son died. The mother, 16-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son were injured. This was reported by the head of the Donetsk OVA Vadim Filashkin in Telegram.
15.55 On Monday night, Ukrainian military units carried out effective strikes on Russian army facilities in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT). Details provided by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On July 15, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree putting into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to synchronize sanctions with the European Union. Restrictions were applied against 10 individuals and six legal entities , the press service of the head of state reported.
14.51 According to the results of a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, 65% of Ukrainians said they are ready to endure the war for as long as necessary. 17% of those surveyed believe that they will ultimately be able to endure it for only six months or a few months.
Compared to previous Ukrainian months, the reserves remain stable: in December and September 2025, those ready to endure war "as long as necessary" were 62%.
Among those who are not ready to endure war for a long time, the most common reasons are: threat to the lives of loved ones and death of people - 29%, shelling and destruction - 17%, economic problems - 17%, interruptions in electricity and heating supply - 15%, psychological fatigue - 10%.
Only 5% of the adult population is not ready to tolerate war due to energy supply problems.
14.36 In Ukraine, 128 searches were conducted in 20 regions as part of the sixth stage of the large-scale special operation Guardian to expose tax evaders. The National Police reported this.
Based on the evidence collected, investigators charged 110 military personnel and civilians.
14.10 Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis, who chairs the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioglu arrived in Kyiv on a visit. Cassis announced this on the social network X.
He reaffirmed the role of the OSCE as a platform for dialogue and its readiness to support efforts aimed at achieving a just and lasting peace in Ukraine.
13:45 President Volodymyr Zelensky held a conference call on the situation in Ukraine. Following the meeting, the head of state reported on Telegram that there had been no targeted Russian attacks on the energy sector over the past 24 hours.
13.24 Five people suspected of supplying goods to Russian industry, in particular the defense sector, were detained in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.
Approximately 16,000 shipments to Russia were organized through a company in Lübeck, circumventing the embargo. The total value of the transactions is estimated at at least 30 million euros.
Among those detained are a German and Russian citizen, the company's managing director, two German citizens, a man with German and Ukrainian citizenship, and a German and Russian citizen.
12:55 Near Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, drones rescued Ukrainian servicemen from Russian captivity. This was reported by the 7th Rapid Reaction Corps of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Four servicemen were captured by a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group during an assault on an observation post. Later, a group of Russians accompanying Ukrainian soldiers was discovered by an aerial reconnaissance patrolling the area. Strike drones from the 25th Separate Airborne Sicheslav Brigade of the 7th Special Forces Regiment, the 68th Separate Jaeger Brigade named after Oleksa Dovbush, and other related units were sent to help.
The approach of a swarm of FPV drones disoriented the Russian invaders and distracted their attention. The Ukrainian military took advantage of this and managed to escape from enemy captivity.
Instead, the Russian military tried to hide in the bushes and trenches, but within a few minutes, more than 10 Ukrainian strike drones fired on the group. As a result, the Russian personnel were destroyed.
12.37 Russian troops shelled settlements in the Donetsk region ten times over the past 24 hours, killing two civilians and wounding four others, the head of the Donetsk People's Republic, Vadym Filashkin, reported.
12.25 The Russian authorities refrain from commenting on the duration of the energy truce between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. The corresponding statement was made by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. It was made against the backdrop of Russian strikes on energy facilities in four regions of Ukraine.
12.00 Counterintelligence officers detained a Russian FSB agent in Sumy who was involved in adjusting enemy attacks. The SBU reported this.
It is about a local store clerk. The 36-year-old woman came into the sights of the racists through her husband, who lives in Kursk and cooperates with the FSB. After remote recruitment, the woman received a task from him to identify and transfer to the occupiers the geolocations of the Defense Forces in the Sumy region.
11.38 As of Monday morning, consumers in Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Cherkasy regions were without power as a result of Russian attacks on energy infrastructure, Ukrenergo reported.
Emergency power outages have been forced in some regions, which will be lifted immediately after the situation in the power system stabilizes.
11.05 The Cabinet of Ministers adopted a resolution on the introduction of a "white list" for Starlink satellite Internet terminals. This was reported by the Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov in Telegram. According to him, soon only verified and registered Starlink terminals will work in Ukraine, and all others will be disconnected.
10:51 Russian forces hit a passenger car on the outskirts of Zaporizhia with a drone. The attack injured the 72-year-old driver and a 70-year-old passenger.
In addition, a Russian drone attacked a diesel locomotive at a station in Zaporizhia. The locomotive crew was in cover at the time of the attack, and no people were injured.
10.30 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has published an interactive 3D model, component database and data of 31 enterprises involved in the production of universal planning and correction modules (UMPK), which Russia is massively using for strikes on Ukraine.
09.10 At night, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 171 attack UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas type and drones of other types, about 100 of them - "Shaheeds".
Air defenses shot down/suppressed 157 enemy Shahed, Gerbera and other types of drones in the north, south and east of the country. A ballistic missile and 12 strike UAVs were recorded in eight locations.
08.43 The Dnipropetrovsk region is experiencing a day of mourning for the miners who died as a result of an attack by Russian troops on a bus carrying company employees the day before.
08.17 Over the past 24 hours, 179 combat clashes have been recorded on the front. The overwhelming number of Russian attacks is concentrated in three directions. In particular, in the Pokrovsky direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 41 assault and offensive actions of the Russian invaders.
07.38 Russian troops carried out a massive drone strike on the Cherkasy region, at least four injured, in the regional center of the fire.
07.20 From February 24, 2022 to February 2, 2026, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,241,530 people (+850 per day).
05.59 The Ukrainian government does not expect that the current negotiations with the Russians and the US peace efforts will bring peace, and is building echeloned defense lines, preparing for several more years of war. This is stated in a large article in the French publication Le Monde.
00.29 Thanks to exports from China, Russia has tripled production of ballistic missiles for the Iskander-M complexes in recent years. Beijing also supplies components for rocket fuel, UAV housings, lithium batteries and fiber-optic cables needed for fiber-optic-controlled drones. Such data was provided by the CSIS think tank, which analyzed cooperation between Russia and China.
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[Korrespondent] The Pokrovsky and Hulyaypil directions remain the most intense. There, the defenders have stopped more than a third of the Russian assaults since the beginning of the day.-
Since the beginning of the day, 150 combat clashes have been recorded on the front. The General Staff reported this in its evening briefing on Sunday, February 1.
Thus, in the North Slobozhansk and Kursk directions today, the enemy carried out 73 attacks on the positions of our troops and settlements, including two from multiple launch rocket systems.
In the South Slobozhansk direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our units in the areas of Staritsa, Vovchansk and towards the settlements of Prylipka, Vilcha, Grafske, Vovchanski Khutory and Kutkivka. Ukrainian units repelled nine attacks by the Russian invaders.
Four attacks were repelled by Ukrainian defenders in the Kupyansk direction, in the Zagryzove area, and towards Kurylivka, Kupyansk.
In the Lyman direction, Ukrainian soldiers stopped six attacks towards Novosergiyevka, Drobysheve, and Dibrova.
In the Slavyansk direction, our defenders repelled 12 attempts by the occupiers to advance, in the areas of Dronivka, Platonovka, Svyato-Pokrovsky towards Zakitne, and Rai-Oleksandrivka. One clash is ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, our defenders stopped one offensive operation in the Pryvillya area.
In the Kostyantynivka direction, the invaders stormed the positions of our defenders 10 times today near the settlements of Kostyantynivka, Kleban-Byk, Shcherbynivka, Stepanivka, Yablunivka, and Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy carried out 31 attacks. The occupiers tried to advance in the areas of the settlements of Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Udachne, Novopidhorodne, Shevchenko, Myrnograd, Kotlyne, Dachne, Filiya and towards Bilytskyi, Vilny and Sergiyevka. In some locations, fighting is still ongoing.
According to estimates, today in this direction our soldiers eliminated 40 occupiers and wounded 27; destroyed 26 unmanned aerial vehicles, four units of automobiles and four units of special transport, an anti-tank missile system, an ATV, two personnel shelters, and also hit a multiple launch rocket system, two units of automobile equipment, and 18 enemy personnel shelters.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, Ukrainian units stopped three attacks by the occupiers, in the areas of Verbovye and Vyshneve.
In the Hulyaipil direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 23 attacks by the invaders, in the Hulyaipil area and towards Staroukrainka, Varvarivka, Zelene, Svyatopetrivka and Zaliznychne. Three more clashes are ongoing. Zaliznychne, Lyubitske, Vozdvizhivka, Barvinivka, Rizdvyanka were hit by airstrikes.
Recall that last day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated 1,090 occupiers. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army has lost 1,240,680 soldiers.
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[NewsFront] 21:28 In the period from 15:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 12 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
Nine UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Three UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region.
20:36 UAV crews in the Center group shot down heavy hexacopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the air in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
Drone operators of the Zapad group of forces destroyed several heavy R-18 quadcopters and Leleka-100 reconnaissance UAVs of the enemy in the Kupyansk direction.
Crews of attack UAVs from the BARS-31 volunteer corps of the Southern Group of Forces burned a US-made Humvee in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkivka area.
Ulyanovsk paratroopers destroyed armored vehicles, robotic systems, lightly armored vehicles carrying personnel, and enemy manpower in the Orekhov area of the Zaporizhzhia region.
FPV drone operators from the Eastern Forces Group destroyed several HMMWV armored combat vehicles and pickup trucks carrying Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Zaporizhzhia region.
19:33 Crew of the 240mm 2S4 self-propelled mortar "Tulip" of the "Center" group of forces destroyed fortified structures of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
18:48 The village of Zelenoye in the Khar'kov region was liberated by forces of the 9th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 11th Army Corps of the North group,video.
17:57 Servicemen of the air surveillance posts of the anti-aircraft missile units of the Center group of forces lead effective combat against unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
16:24 In the period from 11:00 to 15:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 15 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
12 UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Bryansk region.
14:46 Iskander-M missile system crews struck positions of the S-300 air defense missile system and HIMARS MLRS.
An Iskander crew launched a missile strike on S-300 air defense systems near the town of Volnyansk in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
13:13 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of February 2, 2026
Units of the North group of forces defeated formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Terny in the Sumy region and the city of Sumy.🔥
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the territorial defense brigade, the National Guard brigade, and the border detachment of the Border Service of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Revolyutsionnoye, Zybino, and Nesternoye in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost up to 250 troops, an armored combat vehicle, 14 vehicles, and two artillery pieces. Five supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of five mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic, Kutkovka, Palamarevka, Petrovka, Grushevka, Osadkovka, and Novoplatonovka in the Khar'kov Oblast.
The enemy lost over 150 troops, an armored combat vehicle, 15 vehicles, and two artillery pieces. Four ammunition depots were destroyed.◽️
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. Three mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, an assault brigade, and a territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Stepanovka, Lipovka, Nikiforovka, and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 180 servicemen, a tank, four armored combat vehicles, 13 vehicles, and two supply depots.
Units of the "Center" force group have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted casualties on the personnel and equipment of five mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, two airmobile brigades, an airborne assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and four National Guard brigades near the settlements of Belitskoye, Grishino, Svyatogorovka, and Krasnoyarskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novopavlovka and Novopidgorodnoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 410 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, and five vehicles.
Units of the "East" group of forces advanced deep into the enemy's defenses and, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the village of Pridorozhnoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.💥
Formations of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Barvinovka, Vozdvizhevka, Boykovo, Zarnitsa in the Zaporizhzhia region and Kommunarovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The enemy lost more than 320 service members, 12 vehicles, a 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system, and an artillery piece. A supply depot was destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mountain assault brigade and the coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Zapasne, Veselyanka in the Zaporizhzhia region and Nikolske in the Kherson region.
Up to 45 military personnel, six vehicles and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.
11:41 Far Easterners liberated Pridorozhnoye north of Gulyaipole, MAP
11:03 Military personnel of the Vostok group told details of the liberation of the village of Ternovatoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.
10:36 Zaporizhia Oblast. Assault units have taken up new positions west of Dorozhnianka. MAP
08:53 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed31 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
22 UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Four UAVs – over the territory of the Krasnodar region,
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Rostov region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Astrakhan region.
One UAV – over the territory of the Bryansk region.
One UAV – over the territory of Kursk region.
08:43 The Sever group reports progress in the Miropol direction, MAP
07:34 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Zelenoe was liberated.
Movement in the Dvurechanskoye-Ambarnoye area was completed.
Russian Armed Forces entered the settlement of Krugloe
Russian Armed Forces entered Chugunovka
Peschanoye has been cleared
Expansion of the control zone east of Konstantinovka
Adjustment of the zone of control in favor of the enemy in Novodanilovka
Adjustment of the zone of control in favor of the enemy in Malaya Tokmachka
06:02 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crews of the Zapad group destroyed military equipment and strongholds with enemy manpower.
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[REGNUM] A resident of Krasnoarmeysk in the Donetsk People's Republic, who witnessed the fighting, rescued a group of seriously wounded Russian army soldiers. The man had to dig one of them out for three days and then drag him on a blanket across a minefield to shelter. This news, released by TASS on February 2, marked the 1,438th day of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.
A Krasnoarmeysk resident saved a group of seriously wounded Russian Armed Forces soldiers – the 1438th day of the Second Military Operation.
According to a TASS source, three Ukrainian militants took part in the battle, which took place at the end of November, and were covered by approximately 20 FPV drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF).
"Three Russian boys were seriously wounded. One of them was buried. I spent three days digging him out, that guy. I felt sorry for him; I heard him scream," the man said.
According to him, to avoid attracting the attention of nearby Ukrainian soldiers and their drone operators, the wounded man had to be exhumed at night. Once in the basement, where the man had dragged the soldier across the minefield on a blanket, they were able to change his clothes and provide medical assistance.
Two more seriously wounded soldiers came to the man's house on their own. According to him, the soldiers were in such a state that after bandaging their wounds, they had to run to where one of the soldiers had left his machine gun and radio. According to the account cited by TASS, it was a civilian who had to speak to the commander via a radio—the third soldier, who was rescued, was unable to do so due to a concussion.
According to the rescue operation organizer, the entire incident took place just a few dozen meters from Ukrainian Armed Forces militants. All three of our soldiers were rescued thanks to the timely evacuation and additional forces.
The liberation of Krasnoarmeysk (Ukrainian name: Pokrovsk) in the DPR became known in late November 2025. Speaking to journalists on December 2, President Vladimir Putin noted that Krasnoarmeysk is of exceptional strategic importance, including for the fulfillment of the tasks of the Central Military District.
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20:36 UAV crews in the Center group shot down heavy hexacopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the air in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
