This is the case on Thursday, February 6:
struggle
- Ivan Fedorov, head of the military administration department of the Zaporizhia region, said that Russian troops carried out nearly 400 attacks on nine settlements in the Zaporizhia region in southeastern Ukraine within 24 hours. About 13 reports of damage to residential buildings, vehicles and infrastructure were recorded.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kiev brought back 150 soldiers from Russian captivity, some of whom were captured for more than two years. This effort is part of the mutual exchange between the two countries jointly established by the United Arab Emirates.
- Kiev's army said 57 of the 104 drones launched overnight were shot down, while 42 people failed to reach the target. The military said Moscow also fired two Iskander-M ballistic missiles in Ukraine.
- Russian state news agency Tass reported that the country's defense ministry said Moscow troops occupied Baranivka and Kharkiv Regions in eastern Ukraine. Novomlynsk settlement.
- Ukrainian troops said Kiev's troops attacked the Bashneft oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar region, causing fires. According to the military, the refinery is involved in supplying gasoline and diesel to Russian troops.
- Ukrainian media reported that local police said one person was killed and four others were injured in an explosion near a military recruitment office in the Khmelnytskyi region in the western part of the country.
- Kiev Emergency Service said the Russian attack killed two people near the front line in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, and one person near the Black Sea port in Odesa.
- Ukrainian state news agency Interfax reported that the country's national police chief Ivan Vyhivskyi accused Russian spy agencies of being responsible for the explosion at the Kiev military draft office.
- Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said the country's military is launching a project to develop robotic vehicles that will "expand the use of unmanned ground systems in the military."
Russian gases and oil
- Igor Babushkin, the governor of the Astrakhan region of Russia, told residents not to panic after the Ukrainian attacks. He also assured residents that gas is not dangerous in open spaces.
Humanitarian Aid
- Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to allocate $1 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine, specifying funds to purchase and deliver energy equipment.
Politics and diplomacy
- Zelenskyy signed two bills on extending martial law and mobilization for three months, which lasted until May 9.
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said he welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's view that Ukraine's NATO painting is a concern of Moscow.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the country is in contact with Washington at the ministerial level between various departments and that the ties have been "intensifying" but refused to provide more details.
- Lithuania's Energy Minister Zygimantas Vaiciunas said the three Baltic countries were disconnected from the Russian power grid on Saturday and joined the Western European power grid, which would eliminate "Russia's ability to use the power system as a geopolitical ransomware tool".
- Reuters reported that British Foreign Minister David Lammy will announce £55 million (US$68.7 million) as Kyiv announced, helping the country in the "strongest position."
- The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) delayed the rotation of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhzhia nuclear power plant due to Moscow's lack of security assurances. The ministry said this was not the first time the Kremlin “used blackmail as a tool to intimidate international experts”, warning that it would “not allow Russia to undermine the independence of the institution.”
- The Russian state news agency RIA quoted Mikhail Ulanov, a senior diplomat in Moscow, accused Ukraine of lying that Russia lacks guarantees. Instead, Ukraine tried to formulate new regulations for the rotation of IAEA personnel, he said.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Zelenskyy's comments show he is ready to go straight with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin Negotiation, but just "empty talk".
- Peskov also called Zelenskyy's demand for nuclear weapons "bordered with madness" and added: "There is a system of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, among other things."
- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said that Ukraine's purchase of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States has "huge" potential and invited American companies to participate in the reconstruction of Kiev.
- Zelenskyy reiterated his willingness to hold elections in Ukraine, but said that in the war, the task was still impossible, citing legal and logistical reasons.
- Norwegian Intelligence Agency said Russia "probably" attempts to sabotage the country in 2025, which could be a target for energy infrastructure or aid sent to Ukraine.