War

As a result of Russia’s full-scale armed aggression, 461 children were killed and 923 more were injured in Ukraine. “As of the morning of February 14, 2023, more than 1,384 children were affected in Ukraine as a result of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation. According to the official information provided by juvenile prosecutors, 461 children were killed and more than 923 received injuries of various degrees of severity,” the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office wrote on Telegram. It is noted that these figures are not final, as work is underway in the areas of active hostilities, in the…

Over the year of the war against Ukraine, the Russian army has failed to tackle the key problems both on the battlefield and in the rear – even despite the constant change of military command. That’s according to the White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby, who spoke at a briefing on February 13, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “They’re still suffering some of the same problems they were a year ago: logistics, sustainment, integration of joint fires, manpower, personnel, unit cohesion,” Kirby told reporters. “The Russian military is still struggling.  They have not surmounted these problems,”…

In Great Britain, Finnish instructors conduct shooting training for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “Instructors of the Armed Forces of Finland have been delivering training to practice methods of apply fire from different positions, grouping and bore sighting and zeroing at ranges for servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who are undergoing training in Great Britain as part of an international training operation for basic military training,” the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine posted on Facebook. As reported, the British government launched military basic training in 2022. It is part of the UK's ongoing commitment totaling…

In Bakhmut town, Donetsk region, Ukrainian border guards eliminated eight Russian invaders and a grenade launcher. "The enemy started shelling the positions of our defenders with an anti-tank grenade launcher. In response, the border guards opened fire from mortars and destroyed the enemy grenade launcher along with three occupiers," the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine posted on Telegram. Also, the border guards eliminated five and wounded seven Russian stormtroopers who tried to approach the positions of the defenders at night. As reported, on Sunday, February 12, border guards shot down another enemy aircraft in Bakhmut, Donetsk region.

On the eve of the ninth meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in the Ramstein format, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi held a phone conversation with NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander of the United States European Command, General Christopher Cavoli.

Russian troops have shelled the Kherson region’s village of Inhulets. As a result, a woman was killed, and a man was injured. The relevant statement was made by Kherson Regional Military Administration on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. Russian projectiles struck civilian yards, where local residents were busy with routine tasks in the evening. One of enemy shell fragments hit a woman who was near her house. She received deadly wounds and died at the scene. Additionally, a man was taken to hospital with a mine-blast trauma and shrapnel wound in his back.

Part of Snake Island defenders, as well as a significant part of those who defended Mariupol and the Azovstal steelworks, are still in Russian captivity. Work on their release continues. During a briefing at the Ukraine-Ukrinform Media Center on the occasion of the presentation of a series of three documentaries "Military intelligence of Ukraine: at sea, in the sky, on the ground", GUR spokesman Andrii Yusov, said this while answering a question about the fate of Snake Island’s defenders. "Indeed, part of the defenders of Snake Island, a significant part of the defenders of Mariupol and Azovstal are in Russian…

Commander of the Naval Forces of Ukraine, Oleksiy Neizhpapa, has to decide when the two Sandown-type minesweeping vessels purchased in Britain should be deployed in the Black Sea. This was stated by Ukraine’s Ambassador to Great Britain, Vadym Prystaiko, in an interview with LIGA.net, Ukrinform reports. The diplomat recalled that the memorandum on the purchase of the two Sandown-type ships had been signed even before the large-scale war, in June 2021. "It was our idea how to strengthen our armed forces. A trawler with a plastic hull (made of fiberglass to reduce magnetism - ed.) is not a combat ship…

In the morning of February 13, 2023, Russian troops again shelled the Kharkiv region’s city of Kupiansk, having caused damage to the housing stock. The relevant statement was made by Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Head Oleh Syniehubov on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Residential houses were hit in the city, and fires broke out. Fortunately, no casualties were reported,” Syniehubov wrote. Over the past day, the enemy has launched artillery and mortar strikes on at least 10 border settlements in the Kharkiv region’s Chuhuiv and Kupiansk districts. Such settlements as Kupiansk, Vovchansk and Dvorichna suffered the most. The damage was…

On February 12, 2023, Russian troops opened fire on the Kherson region 42 times. Casualties among civilians were reported. The relevant statement was made by Kherson Regional Military Administration on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. Russian invaders used multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), tanks and mortars. The enemy also launched a missile strike on the region. The city of Kherson came under enemy fire nine times. Russian projectiles hit a cinema and concert hall, warehouse facilities, residential houses and the adjacent area of Kherson Regional Military Administration. Three civilians have been killed in Russia’s shelling of the Kherson region over…