Cover photo: An American F-16 fighter jet during an exercise near Lask, Poland, October 2022. RADOSLAW JOZWIAK / AFP
- The Ukrainian army is in action a “fierce” confrontation with the Russian forces attempting to capture Vouhledar, located 150 kilometers from Bachmout, in Donetsk Oblast. Both sides have claimed victory, but Kyiv says the city remains contested.
- A Russian attack on Kostyantynivka (Donetsk) killed at least three civilians and wounded at least two on Saturday, according to the head of the region’s military administration. Four residential towers, a hotel, garages and civilian vehicles were damaged, he added.
- For its part, Moscow blamed the Ukrainian army 14 dead and 24 injured in strike at hospital in Lugansk region. On Saturday morning, “Ukrainian forces deliberately hit the local hospital building with Himars rocket launchers in the city of Novoaidar, Luhansk region,” the Russian army said in a statement.
- Ukraine was promised 321 heavy tanks from several Western countries, stated on Friday on BFM-TV the Ambassador of Ukraine in France Vadym Omelchenko.
- Kyiv and its western allies are now engaging “Accelerated” negotiations on the supply of long-range missiles and military aircraft to Ukraine, according to an adviser to Ukrainian President Mykhaïlo Podoliak. According to him, “the Allies understand how the war is developing” and the need for Ukrainians to receive aircraft capable of protecting the light armored vehicles promised by the United States and Germany in early January.
- A A new Russian offensive is in preparation for February 24th, exactly one year to the day since Russia invaded Ukraine, said Oleksi Danilov, secretary of the Defense and National Security Council of Ukraine. According to the Institute for the Study of War, Russia is trying to “disperse” Ukrainian forces to “create the conditions for a decisive offensive operation.”
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