War

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov has said he thinks that Russia will not use nuclear weapons against Ukraine. He said this at a press conference in Kyiv on Sunday, February 5, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. "There has always been such a risk, but I ask myself the question every time: if they wanted to use it [nuclear weapons], what would be their goal? It seems clear - to make us fall to our knees and stop the West from helping us. However, every time the Russians do something extremely terrible - Bucha, Irpin, Mariupol - the West is starting…

The Armed Forces of Ukraine received several dozen off-road vehicles and ambulances from the European Peace Facility.   The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. "Another concrete example of support to Ukrainian Armed Forces to defend their territory, sovereignty and population: Today new off-road trucks arrived in UA under the EPF. In total - 13 new off-road trucks to transport military forces - 94 off-road trucks - 50 ambulances. And more will come. The EU will continue to support Ukraine as long as needed,” the Armed Forces cited EU High Representative of…

Russian forces struck settlements in the Kherson region more than 60 times on Saturday, February 4. The Kherson Regional Military Administration reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. "The Russian occupiers attacked the settlements of the Kherson region 60 times – they fired artillery, MLRS, mortars, tanks, IFVs and ATGMs. The Russian army attacked Kherson city six times. Enemy shells damaged residential buildings. Yesterday, one person was killed in the Kherson region due to Russian shelling, and one more resident of the region was injured," the report reads. On February 3, the Kherson region was struck 47 times. One person…

Russian troops launched 26 strikes on the Sumy region on Saturday, February 4. According to Ukrinform, the Sumy Regional Military Administration said this on Facebook. "Throughout the day, the enemy carried out three attacks on territorial communities of the region: Bilopillia, Nova Sloboda, Velyka Pysarivka. 26 hits were recorded," the report reads. From 16:30, the Russians fired mortars at the Bilopillia community, with ten hits recorded. The Velyka Pysarivka community also cmae under mortar shelling, with seven hits recorded. In addition, mortar shelling of a village in the Nova Sloboda community was recorded - nine hits. Two private residential buildings…

The enemy struck two communities of Nikopol district, Dnipropetrovsk region, twice today. "Nearly two dozen enemy heavy artillery shells slammed into Chervonohryhorivka and Marhanets communities. As a result of the shelling, the power grid was damaged in one of the villages. Fortunately, there were no casualties," Mykola Lukashuk, Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, posted on Telegram. Read also: Russian troops shell border areas of Sumy region with mortars As reported, Russian troops shelled 26 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region over the past 24 hours. ol

This week, the Russian troops hurled all effort into breaking through defense lines and encircling Bakhmut, Donetsk region. "Summing up all the official reports from the front this week: the Russian-occupation forces hurled all effort into breaking through our defense lines and encircling Bakhmut, they launched powerful offensive operations in Lyman direction," Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Hanna Maliar posted on Telegram. Read also: Border guards stop assault, knock invaders out of Bakhmut suburbs The enemy did not succeed thanks to the resilience of Ukrainian soldiers, she noted. As reported, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated about 130,590 Russian…

The Russian troops are regrouping in certain directions. This is stated in the report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00, February 4, published on Facebook. "The enemy is regrouping in certain directions. The main efforts are focused on offensive operations in Kupyansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Novopavlivka directions," the report reads. During the day, the enemy launched nine MLRS attacks. The situation remains unchanged in Volyn, Polissia, Sivershchyna, and Slobozhanshchyna directions, the enemy continues to maintain a military presence in the border areas with Ukraine, but no offensive groups of invaders have been…

The border guards stopped the assault of the Russian invaders and knocked them out of Bakhmut suburbs in Donetsk region. "Yesterday, aerial reconnaissance detected the enemy's preparations for an assault on Bakhmut. Mortar crews launched a fire attack on an occupiers’ cluster. Having suffered losses, the enemy regrouped for an attack," the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine posted on Telegram. Subsequently, three groups of stormtroopers tried to break through the defense lines. The border guards opened fire from automatic grenade launchers and mounted grenade launchers and forced the invaders to retreat. The assault attempt failed, the invaders lost 4…

Russian invaders obliterated almost the entire Left Bank district of Mariupol, the temporarily occupied city on the coast of the Sea of Azov. Petro Andriushchenko, the adviser to the Mariupol mayor in exile, reported this via Telegram, Ukrinform saw. "The Left Bank district de facto ceased to exist. The civilian occupiers have already reached the central Victory Square (how symbolic!) and are turning it into a part of the boundless desert. The new real limits of the Left Bank district were moved to the outskirts of the conditionally new districts. The historical and administrative part of the district has gone…

The invaders have intensified launches of unmanned aerial vehicles, which suggest they are collecting reconnaissance data, likely in preparation for another strike at Ukraine. This was stated by the spokesperson for Operational Command South, Natalia Humeniuk, who spoke on the air of the national telethon, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "The enemy is gathering maximum information, having intensified launches of unmanned aerial reconnaissance vehicles, which we are quite effectively shooting down. But we see that more and more of them are flying in from the Black Sea, toward Mykolayiv and Odesa region," Humeniuk said. She noted that the enemy gravitates to…