Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited by Sergey Adamov
[REGNUM] Last week, perhaps the hottest direction in the SVO zone was Zaporizhzhia.
Fighters from the Russian Armed Forces' "East" group drove the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the village of Zaliznichnoye (Zheleznodorozhnoye), 8 kilometers southwest of the previously liberated town of Hulyaipole. Earlier, Ukrainian troops were driven out of the village of Staroukrainka in this same area. Following the fighting for these "settlements," the front line near Hulyaipole was straightened and advanced 5 kilometers.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are attempting to reverse the situation. Forces from the 425th Separate Assault Regiment, armed with M1A1 Abrams tanks supplied by Australia, were deployed to the battle near Zaliznychne. However, footage of one of the tanks being destroyed quickly appeared online.
Official sources reported the destruction of several armored vehicles and artillery systems in the area, including a US-made M109 self-propelled gun.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces also attempted to launch a counteroffensive near the village of Ternovatoye on the border of the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions, staging a public demonstration of raising the blue and yellow flag. However, this media "victory" was premature. Currently, Vostok fighters firmly hold the central part of Ternovatoye and are steadily pushing the enemy out of the outskirts.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces also attempted a counterattack from the Vozdvizhevka area toward the village of Yelenokonstantinovka. At the narrows of the Gaichur River, the enemy attempted to break through with armored support. The Ukrainian Armed Forces columns were detected as they advanced and were attacked, but these reinforcements never reached the line of contact.
Fighting continues in the area of Ternovatoye, Priluki, Velikomykhailivka, Orestopol, Tsvetkovoye, Staroukrainka, Zagornoye, Komsomolskoye, and Novoandriyevka. By deploying elite units to this section of the front, the enemy is attempting to prevent Russian troops from breaking through to the road leading to Orekhov.
According to reports from the field, by February 11, not a single Ukrainian counteroffensive had been successful. The enemy suffered heavy losses and was forced to retreat.
At the same time, Russian troops are advancing south of Orekhovo. Capturing this town (35 kilometers as the crow flies from Hulyaipole), which covers the approaches to the regional capital, Zaporizhzhia, is one of the Russian forces' objectives. In an attempt to delay the advance of the "Vostok" battalion, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are relying on attacks by groups of assault aircraft mounted on armored vehicles, followed by infantry landings near Russian positions.
Over the past week, units of the 58th Army have taken up positions in the area of Malaya Tokmachka, Novoandreyevka, and Novodanilovka. To the west, the "Vostok" group is advancing from the Novoyakovlevka area toward Tavriyskoye, seeking to cut the N-08 highway connecting Orekhov and Zaporizhzhia.
KONSTANTINOVKA: THE REALITIES OF AN URBAN ASSAULT
On the front line in the DPR, the main reports come from the area around the city of Konstantinovka. Within the city limits, the most active clashes are along the railway line and the parallel Krivoy Torets River, which divide Konstantinovka into two parts.
Units of the Russian Armed Forces Group "South," advancing along this line, are fighting near the railway station. The control zone near "Shanghaiskoye Stavka," a small lake on the eastern outskirts of Konstantinovka near the T0504 highway leading to Artemovsk, has been expanded.
At the same time, an offensive is underway towards the metallurgical plant in the central part of the city - the plant's industrial zone has been converted into a fortified area for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
There are reports of heavy fighting in the central areas, near the tram line, the Metallurg stadium and along Sobornosti (Telmana) Street.
"It may seem like things are moving very slowly for us, but in reality, this is the reality of an urban assault, " a frontline source explained to Regnum News Agency." The enemy has prepared its defenses very well, especially in the industrial zone. We are currently identifying firing positions, and artillery and aircraft are destroying them one by one. The weather is also playing a role, but we are moving forward. Slowly and methodically."
The interlocutor noted that the key task in this section of the front remains the isolation of the main centers of defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the disruption of communications.
South of Konstantinovka, fighting continues in the Berestok area, with the front line dividing the town roughly into two equal parts. Russian troops are advancing from the south and southeast. Our troops are pushing toward the southwestern outskirts of the town from the village of Ilyinovka, a suburb.
In Novodmitrovka, a northwestern suburb of Konstantinovka, Russian troops have penetrated the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defensive lines, advancing toward the northern city districts with the support of airstrikes and artillery. Clashes also continue near the Molochar Reservoir.
12 kilometers north of Konstantinovka, near the village of Verolyubovka, the contact line shifted toward the village of Alekseevo-Druzhkovka, which is on the key highway connecting Konstantinovka and the city of Druzhkovka.
Yuzhnaya fighters also occupied part of the village of Pavlovka in the Konstantinovsky district; the front line runs along the Lozovaya River.
The overall picture is as follows: Russian Armed Forces are encircling Konstantinovka and Druzhkovka. This opens the possibility of an offensive toward Kramatorsk from the southeast.
Kupyansk direction: the Ukrainian Armed Forces are facing problems with tuberculosis.
In the Kharkiv region, the village of Glushkovka on the banks of the Oskol River, 10 kilometers south of the village of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces "West" group.
This makes it possible to advance in the direction of Kovsharovka, which is used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces as a fortified and logistical hub on the left bank of the Oskol.
There have been reports that the Shkval special forces unit (part of the 43rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and formed primarily from former prisoners) has been withdrawn from its positions in the Kupyansk area “due to a loss of combat capability” due to a tuberculosis outbreak.
Sources also report that SBU Alpha special forces units were deployed to the area, but suffered heavy losses.
Fighting continues in the areas of Petrovpavlivka, Podolovka, Kucherovka, Kurilovka, Boguslavka, and Chugunovka. Ukrainian military claims of advances near the villages of Zagryzovo and Borovskaya Andreyevka (left bank of the Oskol River) have not been independently confirmed.
The situation is characterized by counter-battles with a gradual shift of the line of contact in favor of the Russian Armed Forces.
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[Korrespondent] 22.57 Since the beginning of the day on February 11, 113 combat clashes have taken place on the front. Of these, 22 - in the Pokrov direction, 15 - in the Hulyaipil direction. This was reported in the report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the evening of February 11.
22.35 In the Konotop district of Sumy region, the Russian army attacked the railway infrastructure with a drone. The State Emergency Service reported this on February 11. The depot premises and a carriage caught fire. Due to the threat of repeated attacks, rescuers were repeatedly forced to suspend work and retreat to safe places. Despite the difficult security situation, all sources of combustion were managed to be eliminated.
22.17 On the evening of February 11, Russia struck a store in the city of Barvinkove, Kharkiv region. Seven citizens are known to have been injured. This was reported by the Kharkiv region police. It is noted that as a result of the strike, a two-story store caught fire.
21.13 Near the village of Borshchivka in Izyum region on February 11 at about 13:00 on the Kyiv-Kharkiv-Dovzhansky highway, a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle hit a first aid vehicle. As a result of the impact, the vehicle caught fire. There were five people in the cabin - medical workers and civilians. This was reported by the National Police of Ukraine. It is noted that one woman died at the scene. Others received injuries of varying severity. The injured were provided with the necessary medical assistance.
20.23 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrsky, held a working meeting with commanders of the Special Forces and assault regiments regarding the operational situation in Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions. This was reported by the press service of the General Staff.
"The enemy continues to act aggressively, trying to impose its initiative on us. However, our units maintain stability and control over key lines," the commander-in-chief noted.
He added that the main goal is to keep the Russian aggressor in constant tension, inflict losses on him, and prevent him from advancing forward. According to Syrsky, the chosen tactics are already yielding results.
19.47 The Ministry of Defense officially confirmed that the family of soldier Nazar Daletsky, who returned from captivity after he was previously considered dead, does not have to return state payments.
"The Ministry of Defense has no legal grounds and intentions to review the decision to provide funds to the family of serviceman Nazar Daletsky, and also has no intention of encouraging their return to the state," the statement says.
18.44 The United Kingdom has decided to allocate 150 million pounds sterling (over 200 million dollars - ed.) for the purchase of American weapons for Ukraine as part of the PURL initiative. This was stated by the country's Defense Minister John Healy in a comment for Politico.
18.20 Ukraine has agreed to the US proposal to hold another round of talks next week to end the war with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a telephone interview with Bloomberg.
The US proposal to create a free economic zone as a buffer in the east of Donetsk region will be on the agenda, the head of state noted.
18.05 An FSB agent who installed "video traps" to correct Russian strikes on Zaporizhia received 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. In October 2023, the defendant was detained in Zaporizhia. The SBU reported this.
17.33 Since the beginning of the day, 47 combat clashes have occurred on the front in eight directions. At the same time, a lull is observed in five directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational summary.
17.19 Russia's losses since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine amount to 1.3 million people, 350,000 of them dead. A senior NATO official said this during a briefing, DW reports.
In 2025 alone, 400,000 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded.
17.09 In the near future, Russian aggressors may launch another massive strike on Ukraine. This was reported by the monitoring Telegram channel eRadar.
Meanwhile, the Kyiv City State Administration has already called on Kyiv residents to check and, if necessary, update their water supplies.
16.41 Ukraine's first underground steel training hub, built specifically for cadets of the Military Academy as part of the Metinvest Steel Dream project, began operating in Odessa. The corresponding story was broadcast on TV channels.
16.28 Russian aggressors failed to hit targets with Kinzhal missiles. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The enemy launched the missiles from MiG-31K aircraft that took off from the Savasleika airfield.
16.22 Any elections and referendums are possible only after the end of martial law, and no new documents regarding the organization and conduct of post-war voting have been received by the CEC. This was stated by the Deputy Chairman of the Central Election Commission, Serhiy Dubovyk.
15.58 Russian troops have concentrated significant forces in the Hulyaipil and Oleksandriv directions, but the Defense Forces are conducting active maneuver defense and destroying enemy infiltration groups. This was reported by the spokesman for the Southern Defense Forces, Vladyslav Voloshyn, Ukrinform reports.
"In the Hulyaipil and Oleksandriv directions, the enemy has now concentrated a fairly significant number of its forces and assets... in fact, units of three enemy armies: the 5th, 29th, 36th and even the 35th armies, they are trying to carry out assault operations and push the Defense Forces of Ukraine deep into our defense. Therefore, the situation is quite difficult," he said.
Voloshyn also denied the statements of Russian sources about an alleged counteroffensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, explaining that it was about eliminating the groups that had infiltrated.
15.52 On Wednesday night, Ukrainian military personnel struck important Russian targets in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) of Ukraine and on the territory of the Russian Federation. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this.
The Volgogradsky Oil Refinery in the Russian city of Volgograd, which is involved in supplying the occupation army, was hit. A fire was recorded on the site.
Fuel depots, air defense systems, and places of concentration of Russian occupiers were also hit.
15.48 The Verkhovna Rada adopted a law on holding a nationwide minute of silence every day at 9:00 in memory of those killed in Russian aggression.
State authorities and local governments provide information about the beginning and end of the national minute of silence at enterprises, institutions and organizations under their jurisdiction.
The announcement of a nationwide minute of silence is carried out through the media, regardless of ownership, as well as through notification and information systems in the field of civil protection.
15.22 Russian aggressors hit the city of Lviv with Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles. According to preliminary data, there were two missiles and both were intercepted.
14.42 The European Parliament approved a loan to Ukraine in the amount of 90 billion euros. Of this amount, 30 billion euros will be allocated for macro-financial assistance or budget support, which will be provided through the EU Facility for Ukraine.
Another 60 billion euros will go to strengthen Ukraine's defense potential and support the procurement of military equipment.
13.56 By the end of 2025, Europe had compensated for the cessation of American aid to Ukraine. Germany is now Kyiv's largest donor. This is evidenced by research data from the Kiel Institute for World Economics (IfW Kiel).
13.48 The restrictions on Telegram announced by Roskomnadzor have caused a wave of indignation in the so-called Russian "Z-community" (supporters of the Russian military aggression against Ukraine). The Moscow Times reports.
13.47 The Verkhovna Rada adopted in second reading a law granting a one-year deferment from military service to persons who served under Contract 18-24.
The document establishes that conscripts and reservists who, during martial law, were accepted into military service under a contract for a period of one year from among citizens aged 18 to 25 and were released from military service are not subject to conscription during mobilization within 12 months from the date of discharge from military service.
Such persons may be called up for military service during the specified period with their consent.
13.17 The Main Intelligence Directorate in the “Stolen Heritage” section of the War&Sanctions portal published information about 14 people involved in the appropriation and removal of cultural values from the National Historical and Archaeological Reserve “Kamyana Mohyla”, the Novokakhovsk City Gallery named after A. S. Havzdynskyi, and the museums of Kherson.
13.15 In the city of Bogodukhov, Kharkiv region, February 11-13 were declared days of mourning for six residents who died in the last two days as a result of Russian strikes.
13.00 Active deployment of a military base has been recorded on the territory of the former military airfield Krychev-6 in Belarus. Satellite images show equipment that may belong to the Oreshnik missile complex.
The photo from February 9 shows six vehicles on the territory of the central military camp, which in size and proportions correspond to the equipment of the Oreshnik complex.
In addition, about 25 military vehicles of various types, several earthen embankments, a building of unknown purpose, and the construction of hangars for equipment were recorded on the territory.
12.53 The number of refugees from Ukraine has increased again in the European Union countries. Over 24 thousand people have applied for temporary protection in a month. This is evidenced by Eurostat data. The largest increase in the number of refugees from Ukraine was recorded in Germany, Spain and Romania.
12.42 Counterintelligence of the Security Service detained a Russian agent in the Kyiv region, who was hiding in the capital region after adjusting enemy fire in the Donetsk region.
The detainee was a 32-year-old miner from the temporarily occupied Novogrodivka recruited by Russian special services. Even before the capture of the community, the Russians recruited him into their spy apparatus through the banned social network Odnoklassniki. There, a "contact" of the Russian military intelligence contacted him and offered cooperation in exchange for virtual close relationships.
Having agreed to the "offer", the person in question began to track and transmit to the occupiers the locations of the Defense Forces in the city and its surroundings. The Russians used the intelligence they received to plan air strikes on the community with the aim of attacking in the Pokrovskoye direction.
After the capture of Novogrodovka, the agent left for the capital region, where he hoped to "hit rock bottom" in order to later continue intelligence and subversive activities in the interests of Russia.
12.20 On Wednesday night, Russian invaders attacked the energy infrastructure of three regions of Ukraine. This was reported by Ukrenergo. Emergency restoration work is being carried out taking into account security requirements.
11.25 Soldiers of the 33rd separate assault regiment of the Land Forces of Ukraine have cleared the village of Kosivtseve in Zaporizhia from Russian troops. The settlement is under full control of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
The East Group of Forces reported that the settlements of Nikiforivka and Bondarne in Donetsk region are under the control of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
10.53 A Russian spy was detained in Rivne, who was trying to track down military servicemen of the Special Operations Forces (SSO). The SBU reported this. The Russian citizen arrived in Rivne in 2021 under the guise of an ordinary resident of the Krasnoyarsk Territory of Russia, who has Ukrainian relatives.
10.37 Every Russian strike undermines trust in everything being done in diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote this on Telegram, commenting on Russia's night attacks.
10:34 Russian military shelled a utility company in the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson, damaging 12 trolleybuses. No people were injured.
9.57 In the Main Military Clinical Hospital of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a scheme of evasion of mobilization was liquidated, a high-ranking official of the center for the organization of protection and defense of the facilities of this institution was detained.
The suspect registered acquaintances in his unit, who subsequently did not appear at the state institution and did not begin to perform official tasks.
Among his clients were citizens of draft age who evaded mobilization. After being enrolled in the defense department, these individuals were fictitiously registered for military service.
At the same time, the "workers'" salary cards were in the possession of the person involved, who withdrew money from them. It is documented how, since May 2022, the official "earned" 2.6 million hryvnias in this way.
8.58 On the night of February 11, Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with 129 Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas attack UAVs and other types of drones, about 80 of them Shahed. The Air Force Command reported this on its Telegram channel.
8.50 Over the past 24 hours, 126 combat clashes took place at the front. Of these, 35 assaults by Russian invaders were stopped by the Defense Forces in the Pokrovsky direction. This is evidenced by the morning report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7.52 Germany, the Netherlands, and Norway are the three countries that purchased the largest amount of American weapons for Ukraine under the PURL program. This was stated by US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker during an online briefing with journalists.
7.34 The Ukrainian Defense Forces killed and wounded 820 Russian occupiers over the past 24 hours, according to the morning report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
01.00 Russians hit a private house in Bogodukhiv, Kharkiv region, with a drone at night. The bodies of two one-year-old boys, a two-year-old girl, and a 34-year-old man were found under the rubble. A 35-year-old pregnant woman and a 74-year-old woman were injured.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Korrespondent] The Russian army has reduced the number of attacks, and has not been storming at all in five main directions since the beginning of the day.
Since the beginning of the day, 47 combat clashes have occurred on the front in eight directions. At the same time, there is a lull in five directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational update on Wednesday, February 11.
In the South Slobozhansk direction, the enemy attacked five times in the Vovchansk area and towards Grafske and Okhrimivka. Three clashes are ongoing.
In the Lyman direction, our soldiers repelled three attacks by the invaders towards Lyman and Stavki. One battle is ongoing.
On the Slavyansk direction, the Russians tried five times to advance in the Dronivka area and towards Zakitne and Rai-Oleksandrivka.
In the Kostyantynivka direction, the invaders carried out six attacks on Pleshchiivka, Shcherbynivka, and towards Kostyantynivka, Novopavlivka, and Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the invaders carried out 18 assaults in the areas of the settlements of Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Molodetske, Filiya and towards the settlements of Nove Shakhove, Novopavlivka. The defense forces have already repelled 16 attacks.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the aggressor attacked three times in the Zlagoda area and towards Ivanovka.
In the Hulyaipil direction, our defenders repelled 10 assaults in the areas of Hulyaipil, Dobropil, Dorozhnyanka, and towards Zaliznychny and Tsvitkovy.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy carried out one unsuccessful attack.
The enemy has not yet attacked in the North-Slobozhansk, Kursk, Kupyansk, Kramatorsk and Orikhiv directions.
As a reminder, Russia lost over 800 soldiers killed and wounded in the 24 hours of February 10. The total number of Russian casualties since the beginning of the Great War is approaching 1.3 million.
[IntelliNews] In a major escalation of internet censorship the internet and communication watchdog Roskomnadzor officially began restricting access to Telegram messenger in Russia on February 10, The Bell reported citing anecdotal evidence later confirmed to RBC business portal by the watchdog itself.
[IsraelTimes] Russia threatens to take military “countermeasures” if the West boosts its own military footprint in Greenland.
“Of course, in the event of the militarization of Greenland and the creation of military capabilities aimed at Russia, we will take adequate countermeasures, including military-technical ones,” Moscow’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says in a speech to Russian lawmakers.
[IntelliNews] Two Uzbek companies reportedly feature on a draft European Union sanctions document because they supply cotton pulp to Russian gunpowder plants.
The draft outlines how Fargona Kimyo Zavodi LLC and Raw Materials Cellulose LLC "support Russia's military and industrial complex by being involved in the supply of military technology and equipment," according to a report from RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service, which has seen the document.
The draft is also said to state that the cotton pulp deliveries go to Russian gunpowder plants in Kazan, Perm and Tambov.
Rustam Rakhimdzhanovich Muminov, an Uzbek, Tashkent-born businessman who holds Russian and UK citizenship and controls the companies, has already been sanctioned by the EU, the UK and Ukraine for supplying cotton pulp to serve Russian military production needs. However, this has not stopped the two cotton pulp producers supplying their product to Russia.
The proposed sanctions would also hit two Russian buyers of Uzbek cotton products, Dmitry Malyuta and Denis Shishkin, RFE/RL added, noting: “The EU draft describes them as owners of shares in LLC Bina Invest, through which they control companies importing cotton pulp from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan for Russian gunpowder factories. Both also own shares in LLC Aleksinskiye Kraski-Ural, which delivers goods to Russian gunpowder factories.
“The materials are used in a wide range of military products, including ammunition.”
In January last year, this publication, citing reporting from US public broadcaster PBS Newshour and an article from Talk Finance, reported how much of Russia’s war machine reportedly remains reliant on exports of cotton pulp, or cellulose, from two factories in Uzbekistan.
Muminov is closely tied to Russian military procurement, according to the Council for Economic Security of Ukraine (ESCU).
It is anticicpated that the EU's 20th sanctions package directed at Russia and entities helping the Kremlin overcome sanctions will be formally adopted by the bloc by the end of February.
In the package, Uzbekistan’s neighbour Kyrgyzstan could be hit with an unprecedented set of sanctions that would target re-exports of dual-use radio equipment and CNC machines – computer-controlled tools that cut, drill and shape materials – that are said to reach Russia via the small Central Asian country.
If implemented, the move would make Kyrgyzstan the first country to be targeted with an application of the EU's sanctions anti-circumvention instrument, introduced in 2023.
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