Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 22.01 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky stated that Russian troops have significantly limited the use of heavy equipment during the assault operations. He published a video of the combat work of the Defense Forces.
20.51 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky approved a plan for the transition to a new organizational structure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the creation of corps. He spoke about this in his address on February 3.
20.27 A civilian was injured as a result of a Russian airstrike on Kupyansk. This was reported by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office on Monday, February 3.
19.15 Anton Spitsyn, commander and co-founder of the combat group Sharp Cartridges-2 of the Separate Detachment of the Special Forces Center Omega of the National Guard, died of wounds in the war in Ukraine. This was reported on February 3 by the Special Forces Center of the NGU Omega. It is noted that Anton Spitsyn fought from the first days of the full-scale invasion. During the performance of a combat mission, the special forces soldier was wounded. Doctors fought for his life, but were unable to save him.
18.33 Law enforcement officers detained two terrorists in Rivne. This was stated by the representative of the regional department of the SBU Anna Svintsitskaya-Savchuk, the local publication Rivne Vecherne reports. According to preliminary information, unknown persons tried to bring explosives to the police.
17.10 Ukrainian military has laser technologies that can already hit certain targets. This was stated by the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces Vadim Sukharevsky in an interview with Radio Liberty.
16.47 Since the beginning of the day, 53 combat clashes have occurred on the front. The Russian army continues to concentrate its main efforts on the Pokrovsky direction, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational report as of 16:00.
16.11 Russians killed six civilians in Donetsk region. Five residents of the city of Chasov Yar and a resident of Pokrovsk were recently killed as a result of shelling by the Russian army. This was reported by the head of the Donetsk OVA Vadim Filashkin.
15.39 The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has recorded 79 cases of Russians executing captured Ukrainian soldiers in 24 incidents since the end of August last year. Their number has increased sharply, the mission reported.
15.01 In January, the Russian army's irretrievable and sanitary losses amounted to 48,240 soldiers, which is roughly equivalent to more than three motorized rifle divisions. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense.
14:55 Russian troops in Kupyansk attacked an ambulance with a drone while it was transporting a patient. The strike damaged the vehicle. There were no casualties.
In addition, an enemy drone hit a police service car outside the village of Kantsedalovka in the Kupyansky district. No one was hurt.
14:49 Thanks to the measures taken, it was possible to preliminarily establish the identity of the Ukrainian serviceman with a severed head, depicted in photographs distributed on the Internet. This was reported by the Commissioner for Persons Missing in Action under Special Circumstances, Artur Dobroserdov, on Monday, February 3.
14.40 During a combat mission, 24-year-old fighter pilot Ivan Bolotov died. This was reported by the 831st tactical aviation brigade.
"We are sad to report an irreparable loss... Our brother, a great patriot of his country, Air Force fighter pilot Captain Ivan Bolotov, did not return from a combat mission," the statement reads.
13:56 Ukrainian serviceman Igor Kostik died in hospital after he was poisoned by an unknown substance while on a combat mission, the Brody City Council reported.
12:59 The Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office has submitted to court an indictment against 11 employees of the Russian Interior Ministry, accused of violating the laws of war, torturing civilians and organizing forced voting in a pseudo-referendum. This was reported by the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office on Monday, February 3.
12:49 In January, 5,381 people applied to Recruitment Centers, which is almost 80% more than the average monthly figure last year. This was reported by the press service of the MOU on Monday, February 3.
12:32 Nine oil facilities were hit on Russian territory in January 2025 alone. This was reported by StratCom of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
12:10 Estonia will support Ukraine's maritime industry with a 600 million euro package. This concerns the implementation of the Ukrainian Maritime Industry Restoration Plan, which includes means to protect infrastructure during a war with Russia. This was stated by Estonian Infrastructure Minister Vladimir Svet in an interview with Ukrinform.
11:50 As a result of a drone strike on the Astrakhan Gas Processing Plant, a combined gas condensate processing plant was damaged. The plant has suspended operations.
10:48 Counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine detained an FSB agent who tried to blow up the tracks in front of a freight train in the Rivne region. The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) reported that, according to the investigation, in the fall of 2024, a resident of Stryi established contact with representatives of the Russian special services. To carry out their tasks, the man conducted reconnaissance of air defense positions, a military airfield and other facilities of the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the Lviv region.
9:31 At night, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 71 Shahed attack drones and drone imitators of various types.
Air defense managed to shoot down 38 Shahed attack drones and drones of other types in the Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia and Khmelnytsky regions. Another 25 enemy drone imitators were lost.
9:27 The Russian medical system appears to be working at the limit of its capabilities, because soldiers on crutches are increasingly being spotted on the front lines. This was reported by the publication Business Insider, citing British intelligence.
8:57 The hottest areas over the past 24 hours were the Pokrovsky, Kupyansky and Toretsky directions. In total, there were 97 combat clashes on the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
8:46 The Russian army attempted to storm the positions of the Ukrainian military near Velyka Novosilka, but the occupiers' equipment was damaged by fire. This was reported by the OSGV Khortytsya.
7:59 Drones attacked several regions of Russia on the night of February 3. A gas processing plant near Astrakhan was attacked. This was stated by the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation Andrey Kovalenko.
7:47 Russian losses in the war over the past 24 hours in killed and wounded amounted to 1,300 soldiers. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7:28 Drones attacked fuel and energy facilities in the Astrakhan and Volgograd regions of Russia on the night of February 3. This was stated by the Governor of the Astrakhan Region, Igor Babushkin.
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian Armed Forces repel Russian attacks in eastern and southern Ukraine.
The enemy is most active in the Pokrovsky direction. There are currently 11 combat clashes going on there.
Since the beginning of the day, 53 combat clashes have occurred on the front. The Russian army continues to concentrate its main efforts on the Pokrovsky direction, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational report as of 16:00 on Monday, February 3.
Thus, in the Kupyansk direction, the enemy carried out seven assaults in the areas of Petropavlovka, Peschanoye and Zagryzovo. Six attacks were repelled, and another clash continues.
In the Liman direction, the invading army attacked twice near Terny. One clash continues.
In the Kramatorsk direction, our defenders repelled one attempt by the occupiers to advance forward in the area of Chasovy Yar.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked nine times near the settlements of Krymskoye, Toretsk and Shcherbinovka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the occupiers made 25 attempts to attack in the areas of the settlements of Malinovka, Novopoltavka, Zelenoe Pole, Tarasovka, Mirolyubovka, Yelizavetovka, Promin, Lisovka, Udachnoye, Nadeyevka, Uspenovka, Novoaleksandrovka and Dachnoye. The defense forces repelled 14 attacks, 11 clashes are still ongoing.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy attacked four times near Constantinople, Razdolnoye and Novy Komar.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction, the occupiers attacked twice without result near Novoselka.
In the Orekhov direction, the enemy twice attempted to advance in the direction of Novodanilovka and Shcherbaki. They were unsuccessful.
In the Dnieper direction, the Russian invaders attacked four times without success near Antonovka and Dnieper.
In Kursk Oblast, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled five attacks. The enemy also carried out 26 airstrikes, dropping 37 UABs.
Let us recall that in January the Russian army lost 48,240 servicemen, which is roughly equivalent to more than three motorized rifle divisions. In just one day on February 2, Russian losses amounted to 1,300 people.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on formations of two territorial defence brigades close to Udy and Okhrimovka (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 35 troops and three field artillery guns.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Manpower and hardware of one tank brigade, three mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one assault brigade, one airborne brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade were hit close to Borovaya, Kupyansk, Zagoruykovka, Zeleny Gai (Kharkov region), Novoyegorovka (Lugansk People's Republic), and Yampol (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 300 troops, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, seven pickup trucks, and five field artillery guns, to include two of Western-made. One Anklav electronic warfare station was eliminated.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Formations of four mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, one naval infantry brigade, and two territorial defence brigades suffered losses near Dronovka, Verkhnekamenskoye, Orekhovo-Vasilevka, Predtechino, Chasov Yar, Dachnoye, and Ulakly (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 220 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, and four motor vehicles. Two ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued to engage in active offensive operations. Manpower and hardware of six mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one jaeger brigade of the AFU, one naval infantry brigade, two national guard brigades, and the Lyut Assault Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine were hit near Dzerzhinsk, Lysovka, Kotlino, Dimitrov, Uspenovka, Yasenovoye, and Andreyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 520 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, to include one Swedish-made Viking armoured personnel carrier, three motor vehicles, and two artillery guns.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of the enemy's defences. Formations of one tank brigade, two mechanised brigades of the AFU, and three territorial defence brigades suffered losses near Razdolnoye, Burlatskoye, Novoselka, Vesyoloye, Novopol, and Dneproenergiya (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 150 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, and four field artillery guns, to include one French-made 155mm Caesar self-propelled artillery system. One electronic warfare station was eliminated.
The Dnepr Group of Forces have engaged personnel and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one infantry brigade, and three coastal defence brigades of the AFU near Malye Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region), Dneprovskoye, and Otradokamenka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses were up to 70 troops, eight motor vehicles, and two field artillery guns. One ammunition depot was wiped out.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, strike drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the power facility that support the actions of the AFU, the infrastructure of military airfields, UAV workshops, depots, and launch sites as well as clusters of enemy manpower and hardware in 146 areas.
Fighter Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down one Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.
Air defence systems shot down four French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, seven U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 199 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles, with 124 of them out of the special military operation area.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 653 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 42,338 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 21,007 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,513 MLRS combat vehicles, 21,190 field artillery guns and mortars, and 31,149 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
During the offensive, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on formations of seven mechanised brigades, four air assault brigades, and one territorial defence brigade of the AFU close to Viktorovka, Gogolevka, Goncharovka, Guyevo, Daryino, Zazulevka, Zaoleshenka, Kazachya Loknya, Kolmakov, Kositsa, Kubatkin, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Loknya, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Maryevka, Makhnovka, Melovoy, Mirny, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, Pogrebki, Rubanshchina, Sverdlikovo, Staraya Sorochina, Sudzha, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, and Yuzhny.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery hit manpower and hardware of the AFU close to Barvinkovo, Basovka, Belovody, Veselovka, Zhuravka as well as Miropolye in Sumy region.
During the day, the enemy lost up to 210 troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, two armoured personnel carriers, nine armoured fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, four mortars, and one ammunition depot.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 56,980 troops, 329 tanks, 243 infantry fighting vehicles, 191 armoured personnel carriers, 1,681 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,774 motor vehicles, 402 artillery guns, 45 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 16 anti-aircraft missile launchers, eight transport-loading vehicles, 106 EW stations, 15 counter-battery warfare radars, five air defence radars, 33 units of engineering and other materiel, including 14 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, nine armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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More justice tracking down these murderous Russians and executing them in Moscow. Pathetic that Putin cannot protect them in Moscow and I suspect Putin might eventually meet God this way as well. Be an awesome day if so:
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[NewsFront] 21:06 Russian Army liquidated one of the founders and commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces drone operator unit "Sharp Cartridges" Anton Spitsyn. 21:02 Russian army units attack in the direction of the Pokrovskoe mine administration from the Dimitrovo (Kotlino) - Udachnoye area. The enemy is trying to hold the mine, counterattacking. In Udachnoye, our assaults have consolidated their positions in the southeastern part and to the south in the landing.
To the south, units of the Russian Armed Forces are attacking in the direction of Novosergeevka, bypassing the Uspenovka-Novoandreevka area from the north, where fierce battles are taking place for Uspenovka. Our forces are holding the northeastern part of the village.
Northeast of Kotlino, our assault units are making their way along the railway in the direction of the western outskirts of Krasnoarmeysk and Grishino.
In Zverevo and northeast of Peschanoye, our forces are attacking in the direction of the waste heap of mine No. 20.
20:52 Fire tornado burns accumulation of occupiers in Kursk Pogrebki.
+Russian Aerospace Forces support the assault on the village, destroying Ukrainian Armed Forces militants along with their positions.
+34th Motorized Rifle Brigade and other units continue their offensive in Kursk Oblast.
20:13 In the Kursk border area, the reconnaissance UAV GV "Sever" discovered accumulation of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower. The FPV operator of the Rubicon Center sent a kamikaze drone to the target.
20:11 Published footage of today's attack on Sumy Oblast.
According to information from the source, the situation was as follows:
Reconnaissance drones discovered a large concentration of armored vehicles and personnel of the 36th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a forest belt near the settlement of Ivolzhanskoye. The decision to strike was made instantly, after which the entire area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces concentration was covered with cluster munitions from the 220mm BM-27 Tornado MLRS.
As a result of the strike, only a few units of equipment were able to get out on their own, so the following were preliminarily destroyed: 15 vehicles, 20 armored fighting vehicles. About 200 Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel were affected.
19:36 Control has been expanded in the Ivanovka area in the Krasnolimansk direction –MAP
19:35 Sappers of "Dnepr" conduct humanitarian demining of populated areas in the Orekhovo direction.
Sappers of the motorized rifle regiment of the Dnepr group of forces found unexploded rounds from an artillery gun and a mortar, as well as grenades dropped by the Ukrainian Armed Forces from drones. After seizing the dangerous finds, the group commander decided to destroy the ammunition on the spot using a charge.
19:19 The Russian Armed Forces have driven the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of Sribnoye, a cleanup operation is underway –MAP
18:35 Armed Forces of Ukraineare losing positions near Pokrovsk amid a catastrophic shortage of manpower and supply problems
Ukrainian troops are retreating from the strategically important city, which is located at the intersection of several major highways leading to key cities in the east of the DPR, as well as to a significant railway station.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces report that they do not have enough reserves to maintain defensive lines, and new infantry units are not coping with operations.
18:33 They hit at the enemy with large caliber munitions.
The crew of the 120mm 2S4 "Tulip" self-propelled mortar of the "Center" group of forces destroyed a reinforced concrete command post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction. This allowed the control of enemy units to be disrupted and facilitated the successful offensive of the attack aircraft.
18:19 According to operational data, our troops released the village of Sribnoe (Serebryanoe) from the presence of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
At the moment, the Nazis are being driven out of the neighboring village of Zaporozhye, which is adjacent to Serebryane. The fighting is taking place directly in Zaporozhye in the center of the village. It will be taken soon.
18:05 From 15:00 to 16:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Belgorod region.
17:44 Against enemy UAVs works "Thor"
The crew of the Tor-M1 anti-aircraft missile system of the Zapad group of forces destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces' aircraft-type reconnaissance UAVs: Valkyrie and Fury.
17:03 Pokrovskoe (Krasnoarmeyskoe) direction. Right flank
+ In this area, the units of the RF Armed Forces are directedachievedsignificant results.
+ Our assault groups have almost completely taken control of Vodyanoye Vtoroye and Baranovka, and continue to develop the offensive in the direction of Tarasovka and Zelenoye Pole.
+ Elizavetovka has been taken under control. It has not yet been consolidated, but it is occupied by our assaults. The enemy is throwing reserves into counterattacks. We are waiting for our units to consolidate in this settlement.
+ The area up to the ravine between Elizavetovka and Novotoretsky is occupied.
16:34 Kherson direction. The presence of Russian Armed Forces fighters at dachas near Kherson on Bolshoy Potemkin Island has been confirmed –MAP
16:00 RF Armed Forces liquidated commander of the Ukrainian UAV detachment "Peaky Blinders" Anton Spitsyn.
15:43 Defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces assault group –Ministry of Defense
Aerial reconnaissance of the 20th Combined Arms Army of the "West" group of forces detected armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces delivering an enemy assault group to the front line in the DPR. The target coordinates were promptly transmitted to the artillerymen.
The military equipment and most of the Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen were destroyed by precise hits from cannons and mortars. The combat UAV operators destroyed the remaining Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.
15:30 About explosions in the buildings of the shopping mall in Ukraine
An explosion occurred near the TCC building in Pavlograd (Dnipropetrovsk region), as reported by local resources. According to preliminary information, there is a victim, and the perpetrator managed to escape, now the security forces are looking for him.
The day before, a similar event occurred in the city of Rivne in Ukraine as a result of an explosion in the TCC building, one person died, and six more were injured. And before that, incidents were noted in Dnepropetrovsk, Khar'kov, Kyiv, and Piryatin.
And all this in a relatively short period of time. All this testifies to one thing - in Ukraine, civilians are tired of the ongoing arbitrariness of the TCC and the authorities, so they are taking such steps.
Thousands of Ukrainians have lost tens, hundreds of thousands of their relatives and friends over the past year to please Mr. Zelensky, and in the near future, children may come under attack. So there is reason to believe that the explosions in the TCC will not end there, and their quantity, as well as quality, will increase.
14:52 From 12:00 to 14:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles: two over the territory of the Belgorod region and one over the territory of the Kursk region.
13:33 In the area of the Yuzhny farm in the Sudzhansky district, the operator of the reconnaissance UAV of the Sever Guards Forces discovered a T-72 tank of the Ukrainian fascists. The target was quickly destroyed by loitering munition "Lancet".
13:31 From 11:00 to 12:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of Belgorod and Kursk regions.
13:30 Bogatyrskoe direction
Our assault units are in Andreevka to control about half. The fighting is in the center. Our assaults reach the road to Constantinople.
+ Attacks in the direction of Constantinople from the southeast have not yet yielded results.
+ Our units are advancing in the direction of Bogatyr and Razliv.
+ The battles for Zelenovka continue.
+ In Dachnoye, assault groups continue to gnaw through the defense. Fierce fighting is underway. Most of the village is behind us.
+ Units of the Russian Armed Forces continue to advance through the plantings, picking out the enemy north of the ravine in the direction of Ulakly.
+ The Ukrainians in Dachnoye are starting to get nervous, fearing that they will be cut off in the area of the H15 highway.
Dnepropetrovsk direction
+ In Serebryanoye, the Ukrainians are retreating to Zaporozhye (DPR).
+ Zaporozhye and Serebryanoye are territorially one village.
+ Our units in this direction are concentrating their main efforts in the area of Serebryanoye (Sribnoye) - Zaporozhye (DPR). At the moment, battles are already underway for Zaporozhye.
+ To the south, our units continue to attack in the areas of the Sarannaya and Stavkovaya ravines.
+ To the north, fierce battles continue for Uspenovka, in the areas of Novoaleksandrovka and Nadezhdinka, where our assaults have advanced south and west in the direction of Kotlyarovka and the farms.
13:22 Ukrainian channels report on the advance of the Russian Armed Forces towards Krasny Liman
11:59 Attack drone under the control of specialists from the Rubicon Center struck a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen in the Kursk direction.
11:37 Lightning strike
Crew of the Molniya-2 UAV aircraft type of the Tula paratroopers destroyed an enemy infantry fighting vehicle in one of the border areas of the Kursk region.
The aircraft-like design of the UAV allows it to reach greater speeds than a typical FPV drone.
11:26 From about 09:00 to 10:30 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles: one over the territory of the Kursk region and two over the territory of the Belgorod region.
11:06 In the area of the Yuzhny farmstead in the Sudzhansky district, Russian intelligence detected movement of the Stryker armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The operator of the Lancet loitering munition hit the target, destroying both the enemy equipment and personnel.
10:38 Specialists from the Southern Group of Forces’ communications battalion maintain uninterrupted communication channels between the brigade’s support units and advancing forces around the clock, and also ensure the coordination of their actions –Ministry of Defense
09:51 Around 07.50 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the Caspian Sea.
09:51 The Iskander OTRK hit at the underground command post of the Kursk OTG of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Barvinkove in the Sumy region.
According to the source, losses amounted to 40 Ukrainian servicemen.
09:18 Dnepropetrovsk direction
In Serebryanoye, the Ukrainians are retreating to Zaporozhye (DPR). Zaporozhye and Serebryanoye are territorially one village.
09:06 Destruction of the Ukrainian T-72 FPV tank by a fiber-optic drone –VIDEO
08:42 In the Khar'kov direction, kamikaze drone operators of the 6th Guards Army of the "North" group of forces inflicted fire damage on an armored repair and recovery vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and destroyed the target.
07:14 Russian Ministry of Defense:
During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted anddestroyed70 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:
27 UAVs over the territory of the Rostov region;
25 UAVs over the territory of the Volgograd region;
seven over the territory of the Astrakhan region,
five over the territory of the Voronezh region,
four over the territory of the Belgorod region
and two over the territory of the Kursk region.
06:05 The Strela-10 air defense missile system of the 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade shoots down an enemy UAV –MAP.
05:11 120mm BM-21 Grad covered the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Grad MLRS crew of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army of the West Forces Group operates around the clock are destroying military facilities, positions, fortifications and concentrations of manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
05:03 220mm BM-27 "Tornado" of the "East" group of forces destroyed the temporary deployment point of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -MAP.
04:00 TOS-1A "Solntsepek" operation against Ukrainian Armed Forces positions Heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A "Solntsepek" of the 51st Guards Army are working on enemy positions, supporting the advance of our units.
03:23 The crew of the Garmoshka radar of the Sever group are actively working on identification of enemy targets in the Volchansk direction. As part of the counterbattery fight, they determine the exact location of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' gun, after which it is attacked with fire.
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[REGNUM] While Kyiv is putting forward conditions for potential peace talks, the Russian Armed Forces continue their successful offensive along the entire front. By the end of January, assault units had liberated 325 square kilometers of territory in the DPR and Kharkiv Oblast.
In Donbass, Russian troops continue their offensive with the aim of completely encircling Pokrovsk, a strategic hub for enemy defense. Fighting is taking place simultaneously to the east and west of the city.
According to reports from the field, the assault units have achieved another success, liberating the settlement of Vodyanoye Vtoroye. The settlement is located in close proximity to the road junction where the Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka highway and the Druzhkovka-Novosyolovka highway intersect.
The success achieved allows us to consolidate control over the key supply route for the Ukrainian Armed Forces by disrupting communications between two enemy defensive nodes – Pokrovsk and Konstantinovka.
Previously, the defense in this area was held by units of the 47th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which tried to hold the front even at the cost of heavy losses. But later the brigade was transferred to the Kursk region, and the strategic direction was left without cover.
The Russian Armed Forces also advanced west of Pokrovsk, expanding the bridgehead in the area of the village of Kotlino. Our units advanced along the T-0406 highway, approaching the western outskirts of the city to a distance of five kilometers.
There are also reports of military actions in the area of the village of Udachnoye. Ukrainian sources believe that in the near future the captured bridgehead will be used to break through to the M-30 Pokrovsk-Pavlograd highway, a key supply route for the enemy group in the western part of Donbass.
At the same time, the units of the Russian Armed Forces located to the south and west of Pokrovsk will not begin the assault on the city until it is completely surrounded. In turn, the Ukrainian Armed Forces command is aware of the threat hanging over the city, but does not plan to give the order to retreat, says a source of the Regnum news agency in the Pokrovsk direction.
"There is no point in waiting for them to leave. The city will be defended, even against common sense. Many have already written in Telegram channels that the assault has either begun or is about to begin. In fact, the real assault will happen when aviation and artillery (artillery. - Ed.) begin to knock out their observation posts, strongholds. It will be noisy, so everyone will hear. The decisive battle is coming soon," the source predicts.
Simultaneously with the operation to encircle Pokrovsk, Russian troops continue to conduct additional reconnaissance of targets in the city itself and the enemy's operational rear in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Ukrainian sources report the activity of reconnaissance drones identifying targets for airstrikes.
KYIV THROWS RESERVES INTO BATTLE
The Ukrainian Armed Forces Command in Donbass has almost no combat-ready reserves left, since the most experienced units have been scattered in other directions. Therefore, units from among the mobilized troops who have not undergone the necessary training and do not have heavy weapons are increasingly being sent to the Pokrovsk area, Ukrainian Armed Forces officer Anton Cherny said in a comment to the media.
"The Pokrovsk direction is hot right now. And they're sending unprepared people there. Without ammunition, without knowing how to disassemble machine guns, without weapons, without equipment," Cherny states.
It was previously reported that Kyiv is patching holes in its defense with 150th series brigades formed in 2023–2024. The fighters of the “fresh” units, caught during mobilization, are not distinguished by high fighting spirit and often abandon their positions. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are also faced with incompetence among the command staff at the company-battalion level, with officers fleeing their positions even earlier than ordinary fighters.
The 155th and 157th brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces faced similar problems, suffering heavy losses in the vicinity of Pokrovsk. And the enemy's combat-ready 59th brigade repeatedly attempted to counterattack in the Novoelizavetovka area, but suffered losses and retreated to its original positions.
BRIDGEHEAD IN KHARKIV REGION
As Russian troops advance in Donbass, the media increasingly talk about the Russian Armed Forces preparing for a new large-scale offensive on Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. In recent months, this region has been actively preparing for defense, especially against the backdrop of the rapidly deteriorating situation in the Pokrovsk region.
In the context of the upcoming battles for Slavyansk, control over a section of territory located at the junction of the territories of the DPR, LPR and the Kharkov region, as well as in the Kupyansk area, is of strategic importance.
The Russian Armed Forces are expanding their control zone near the village of Dvurechye on the right bank of the Oskol River and north of Kupyansk. As a result of a series of successful offensive operations, the bridgehead has been expanded to 65 square kilometers.
In the long term, success in the Kharkov direction could allow a breakthrough into the rear of the enemy group in Slavyansk, cutting off the enemy’s supply routes, IA Regnum sources note.
"The assault on Slavyansk may begin after we reach Izyum and Balakleya again in order to break through to Donbass from the north. There is no need to rush things, but the assault on Kupyansk and the crossing of the Oskol River are very promising, so to speak, events that may allow us to break through to the rear of the enemy group in Donbass," the source added.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces Command in the Kupyansk region is trying to secure the front line in the area of the villages of Doroshovka and Kutkovka in order to prevent a breakthrough to the city from the north.
As in Donbass, the Ukrainian army in this area is facing a shortage of reserves and logistical problems.
BET ON THE WEATHER
The abnormal winter complicates logistics at the front. Too warm weather has turned the black soil into a real swamp, in which heavy wheeled and even tracked armored vehicles get stuck. Ukrainian sources are placing special hopes on the coming cold snap. It is expected that in the middle of the week the temperature in the Kupyansk region will drop to minus 10 degrees, and in Pokrovsk - to minus 5.
In muddy conditions, control over highways becomes key. After Russian troops intercept the enemy's logistics routes, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lose the ability to supply the garrisons of the "fortress cities" by roundabout routes.
Ukrainian troops are counting on the cold weather, hoping to create reserve supply routes for troops in Pokrovsk, Kupyansk and other areas. But, forecasters predict, the winter cold will not last long in Donbass. By the end of February, full-fledged spring will come to the region, so control over the roads will again become critically important.
At the same time, the very fact that Kyiv is betting on the weather indicates that the Ukrainian Armed Forces simply have no other hopes left. In the long term, the Ukrainian command can only try to prolong the battles in the "fortress cities" that are fighting in complete encirclement. But Kyiv has no real trump cards that could change the situation on the front.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[ColonelCassad] The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service reports:
1. NATO headquarters is increasingly thinking about a change of power in Ukraine;
2. The Alliance plans to make public information about Zelensky's appropriation of $1.5 billion allocated for weapons to Kiev;
3. NATO leadership wants to expose the scheme by Zelensky and his entourage to withdraw abroad the salaries of 130,000 dead Ukrainian soldiers who are still listed as alive;
4. The Alliance would like to get rid of him with the help of pseudo-democratic elections, which may take place in the fall;
5. NATO headquarters wants to publicize the fact of Kiev's involvement in the sale of weapons to various groups in Africa;
6. The Alliance considers it necessary to preserve the remnants of Ukraine as an anti-Russian springboard, it is supposed to freeze the conflict.
At the current stage, Zelensky's gang is an obvious obstacle to freezing the war, so the scenarios of physically eliminating Zelensky and replacing him through elections (with Zaluzhny) have been considered for quite some time. The US and NATO have enough leverage to completely destroy Zelensky publicly, simply by confirming the already known accusations of theft and corruption.
There is a problem with the legitimacy of power in Ukraine. And now this is a problem for the US and NATO.
NATO is increasingly thinking about the need for a change of power in Ukraine and is preparing a campaign to discredit the head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky. This was stated in a statement by the press bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of the Russian Federation on February 3.
"According to information received by the SVR, NATO headquarters is increasingly thinking about a change of power in Ukraine. Brussels is proceeding from the fact that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will very soon be unable to contain the growing onslaught of the Russian army," the report says.
It is noted that with the coming to power of Donald Trump in the United States, uncertainty is increasing regarding the continuation of military assistance that the West will be able to provide to Ukraine.
The department added that in the run-up to the election campaign, NATO headquarters is preparing a large-scale operation to discredit Zelensky. In particular, it is planned to publish information about the embezzlement of more than $1.5 billion by the head of the regime personally and members of his team only from funds intended for the purchase of ammunition.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier the head of the GUR of Ukraine Kirill Budanov (an individual included in the list of terrorists and extremists in the Russian Federation) stated that if peace talks do not begin before the summer, the "very existence" of Ukraine could be under threat. Later, representatives of the GUR denied the authenticity of these words, and some deputies of the Verkhovna Rada confirmed them, indicating that the words were taken out of context.
On January 27, State Duma deputy Alexey Chepa, commenting on Budanov's words, said that the failures of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the front could lead to confrontation within Ukraine, including attempts at a coup d'etat. Many of Ukraine's Western partners consider Zelensky "unnecessary" and could take it out on him if peace talks do not begin, he noted.
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