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).
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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 losses on formations of one territorial defence brigade near Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 30 troops, one motor vehicle, three field artillery guns, and one ammunition depot.
As a result of successful actions, units of the Zapad Group of Forces liberated Novomlynsk (Kharkov region).
Losses were inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and one national guard brigade near Kolodeznoye, Kutkovka, Doroshovka, Kondrashovka, Peschanoye, Novaya Kruglyakovka, Zeleny Gai (Kharkov region), and Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 220 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, nine pickup trucks, four field artillery guns, including two Western-made guns. Four electronic warfare stations and five ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Losses were inflicted on formations of three mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Tikhonovka, Belokuzminovka, Orekhovo-Vasilevka, Chasov Yar, Konstantinovka, and Dachnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 200 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, and two ammunition depots.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces advanced to the depth of the enemy defences and liberated Baranovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of seven mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade of the AFU, and the Lyut Assault Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine near Shcherbinovka, Dzerzhinsk, Vodyanoye Vtoroye, Lysovka, Grishino, Kotlino, Uspenovka, Nadezhdinka, Kotlyarovka, Yasenovoye, and Andreyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 500 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, nine motor vehicles, and two artillery guns.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued active offensive operations. Losses were inflicted on formations of one tank brigade, one mechanised brigade of the AFU, one naval infantry brigade, and two territorial defence brigades near Bogatyr, Razliv, Razdolnoye, Burlatskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Gulyaipole (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 120 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, three motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, including two U.S.-made 155mm M-777 and M-198 howitzers.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, three territorial defence brigades of the AFU, and one national guard brigade near Orekhov, Malye Shcherbaki, Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region), Tokarevka, and Pridneprovskoye (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 60 troops, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, and one artillery gun.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck infrastructure of military airfields, UAV depots and launch preparation sites, drone operators and electronic warfare specialists training centres, as well as engaged the enemy's manpower and hardware in 157 areas.
Air defence systems shot down 10 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 57 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 653 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 42,463 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 21,034 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,513 MLRS combat vehicles, 21,276 field artillery guns and mortars, and 31,218 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.
In the course of offensive operations, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of six mechanised brigades, three air assault brigades, one naval infantry brigade, four territorial defence brigades of the AFU, and one national guard brigade near Bogdanovka, Viktorovka, Gogolevka, Guyevo, Daryino, Zazulevka, Zaoleshenka, Kazachaya Loknya, Kolmakov, Kositsa, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Loknya, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Maryevka, Makhnovka, Melovoy, Nikolayevka, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, Oleshnya, Pogrebki, Rubanshchina, Sverdlikovo, Staraya Sorochina, Sudzha, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, and Yuzhny.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the enemy near Basovka, Belovody, Veselovka, Zhuravka, Ivolzhanskoye, Iskriskovshchina, Mirlogi, Miropolye, Mogritsa, Sadki, Stetskovka, Yunakovka, and Yablonovka in Sumy region.
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to up to 325 troops, three tanks, one armoured personnel carrier, 36 armoured fighting vehicles, 29 motor vehicles, three field artillery guns, and two mortars.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 57,655 troops, 334 tanks, 244 infantry fighting vehicles, 193 armoured personnel carriers, 1,744 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,827 motor vehicles, 409 artillery guns, 45 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 17 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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[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the Office for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine from 00:00 05.02.2025 to 00:00 06.02.2025.
A total of 17 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
A total of 16 armed attacks in the Gorlovka direction,
One armed attack in the Yasinovataya direction.
A total of 34 units of various ammunition were fired.
20:25 Russian Ministry of Defense:
From 19:00 to 20:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyedf ive Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles under the waters of the Sea of Azov.
20:05 Ukrainian prisoner says Ukrainian drone tried to kill his soldiers during surrender, –video.
19:00 Unmanned aircraft crews of the Zapad group destroy enemy UAVs in the skies over the Luhansk People's Republic, –video.
17:45 Artillery units of the "Yuzhnaya" unit uncovered the movement of enemy infantry in the direction of one of the strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, -video.
The 152mm Msta-B howitzer crew dealt a crushing blow to the designated target.
16:50 Russia and Ukraine conducted exchange of prisoners according to the formula 150 to 150
16:00 During air support for units of the Sever group, an army aviation crew on a Ka-52M helicopter as part of a mixed tactical group struck personnel and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region, –video.
15:30 Energodar turned out to be under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to preliminary data, the strikes are hitting the Dnieper coastline.
14:45 The Iskander-M OTRK crew struck the area where manpower and military equipment of the territorial defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were concentrated in the village of Stetskovka in Sumy Oblast, –video.
As a result of the strike, an ammunition depot, as well as over 50 units of armored and all-terrain vehicles, were destroyed.
12:50 122mm BM-21 "Grad" covered positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
A BM-21 Grad MLRS crew from the 9th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Center group struck a concentration of enemy manpower, supporting the advance of our assault groups in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
Having received the intelligence, the artillerymen quickly moved to a firing position, deployed the combat vehicle and fired a salvo of 122mm high-explosive fragmentation rounds at the targets.
11:45 A group of our Mi-28NM helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces did not allow The Ukrainian Armed Forces will conduct a rotation in the Viktorovka area and the Kursk border region.
It is noted that the helicopter crews destroyed armored vehicles and militants of the Kiev regime with a missile strike.
The air controller confirmed the elimination of the targets.
Calculation of the FPV drone of the Rubicon Center destroyed temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces together with personnel in the Pokrovsk direction.
9:54 Russian attack aircraft struck units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces andcame into the settlement of Ivano-Daryevka, DPR.
8:42 A reconnaissance UAV of the Sever group of forces has detected an enemy pickup truck used to transport Ukrainian Armed Forces militants for rotation. The Severyans' FPV drones promptlyworkedby target.
8:25 Administrative building struck in the Khar'kov region, a fire started at the site of the explosion.
8:03 Ivanovo paratroopers destroyed a group of Ukrainian infantry in the area of Chasov Yar. Thanks to the joint work of UAVs and D-30 howitzers, it was possible to disrupt the rotation of Ukrainian personnel. Then, assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces cleared another block in the area of Chasov Yar –Ministry of Defense.
7:40 Last night, Russian reconnaissance aircraft discovered a large concentration of equipment and manpower from the 516th battalion of the 1st Separate Special Forces Brigade of the Territorial Army of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Stetskovka in the Sumy region. According to the identified coordinates worked "Iskander".
An ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces burned down, 23 armored fighting vehicles, 15 units of high-cross-country vehicles, 10 units of trucks were destroyed. Up to 130 Ukrainian servicemen were eliminated.
7:34 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Chasov Yar –MAP.
The Russian Armed Forces entered the village of Zaporozhye in the Novopavlovsk direction, approached Elizavetovka, and advanced towards Dachnoye from the south.
7:22 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles: two UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region and two more over the territory of the Belgorod region. Ministry of Defense.
06:25 The total advance of the Sever Group in the Kursk region was over 350 meters.
In the Volchansk direction, artillerymen destroyed a combat group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the southern bank of the Volchya River.
In the Liptsov direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to build up their forces for a potential counteroffensive.
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy's losses amounted to over 250 people, of which over 220 were in the Sumy direction. Five Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were taken prisoner in the Sudzhansky sector of the front.
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[Regnum] The heavy nuclear missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov, when it returns to the Russian Navy after modernization, will become a significant symbol of the Russian Federation's power. This was stated on February 5 by the American publication The War Zone (WZ).
The authors of the material noted that many years of work on updating the ship have led to tangible results. A deep modernization has been carried out, it is planned that this will be a modern unit with a whole range of the latest weapons and systems.
The publication recalled that Admiral Nakhimov belongs to the 1144.2M Orlan project. The Russian Navy has one cruiser of this project, Pyotr Velikiy. It joined the Northern Fleet after a less extensive modernization.
The Admiral Nakhimov is planned to be equipped with 80 launchers for the Kalibr, Onyx and Zircon cruise missiles. The ship will be provided with S-300FM Fort systems and several Pantsir-M systems to ensure air defense. Many equipment elements are also planned to be replaced.
According to the publication, if the cruiser is equipped with weapons in accordance with plans, it will become the most powerful ship in the Russian Navy.
"But whatever the final configuration of the Admiral Nakhimov once it is back in service, this impressive warship will become a very significant symbol of Russia's naval power and could potentially serve for many years to come," the article says.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, in January, the Admiral Nakhimov underwent a physical launch of its nuclear reactor. According to sources in the military-industrial complex, the cruiser's factory sea trials are planned to begin in the summer of 2025, and it is to be handed over to the customer in 2026.
The cruiser Admiral Nakhimov was built in 1983, previously called Kalinin. It is a 1st rank ship. It has been undergoing modernization since 1999, but the actual work began only in 2013.
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