Moscow is trying to attack one of its bitterest enemies, the head of Ukrainian military intelligence Kirilo Budanov, poisoned his wife Marianna Budanova, apparently high on “heavy metals” and hospitalized. The same fate befell several other employees of the Kiev secret service.
The intelligence war runs parallel to that at the front, where bombs continue to fall and at least four civilians are killed in the Sumy and Nikopol regions.
Meanwhile, OSCE problems erupt at the height of the NATO foreign ministers meeting. The three Baltic countries and Kiev announce that they will cancel the summit in Skopje in protest against the invitation to Russian Sergei Lavrov
The war in Ukraine, what is there to know?
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Live news from the Ukraine-Russia conflict
06:41
Massive Russian attack repelled with drones and missiles
Russia launched 21 drones and three cruise missiles over Ukraine overnight, but all were destroyed before reaching their targets. The Iranian-made Shahed drones were aimed at the Khmelnitsky region and the missiles at southern Ukraine: the Kiev Air Force reported this via the messaging app Telegram
06:35
Russian drones destroyed in Zaporizhia
Five Russian kamikaze drones were destroyed in the Zaporizhzhia region tonight, reports the Ukrinform agency, citing the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. (
06:01
Ukrainian drone destroyed near Moscow
Russian air defense forces destroyed a Ukrainian aerial drone over the Podolsk district of the Moscow region. This was announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense. Tass reports it. The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, wrote on Telegram that, according to preliminary information, there were no injuries or people.
03:18
Two Russian submarines in the Black Sea: “High missile threat”
Two Russian submarines capable of firing Kalibr cruise missiles remain in active service in the Black Sea, the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a Telegram message.
Bad weather conditions caused by a winter cyclone have forced Moscow to withdraw some naval units in recent days, Ukrainian media recalls. Kyiv military says level of missile threat in region still ‘high’