The key developments on the 1,079th day of the full-scale invasion of Russia in Ukraine are:
The situation for Friday, February 7th is as follows:
Fineting
Three people, including minors, were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack that collided with a car in the village of Rogachyovka in the Russian border area of Belgorod. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said a man, an 18-year-old woman and a 14-year-old girl, all passengers, were killed in the attack. The Ukrainian forces said Kiev’s troops attacked the airfield overnight in the Krasnodar region of Russia. This was located in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, causing explosions and fires. According to the military, Moscow’s troops use airfields to store and launch drones, attack Ukraine and maintain aircraft that run missions in southern Ukraine. The army also fired down 56 of the 77 Russian drones fired overnight in Ukraine, but 18 people did not reach the target. The Russian Ministry of Defense said Moscow’s air defense system destroyed 28 Ukrainian drones in one night. Russian prosecutors said the 52-year-old man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for “treason.” He was convicted of spying on the movements of Russian forces in Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Defense said Ukraine had tried to fight back in the Kursk region of western Russia, located on the border with Ukraine. Kiev’s troops were repelled by Russian troops, the ministry said. Turkiye’s Anadoru news agency reported that Moscow’s troops will recapture control of Kursk villages of Ukanok and Cherkaskaya Konoperka, located about 8 km (5 miles) from Russia’s border with Ukraine. He quoted the Ministry of Defense.
Humanitarian assistance
The AFP news agency quotes Ukrainian presidency, saying that if Ukraine makes an official request from Moscow, hundreds of Russian civilians return to Russian-controlled territory in the region of Kursk, controlled by Kiev, He reported that he was happy to allow it.
Politics and diplomacy
France will deliver the first shipment of its 2000 Mirage 2000 fighter jets to Ukraine, helping Kiev protect itself from Russia in the ongoing war, Ukrainian defense minister Sebastian Recorne said. Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said the Netherlands had delivered US-made F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. These will soon begin to carry out combat missions with the French Mirage Jets, he said. The RIA, a Russian state news agency, quoted Senior MP Leonid Slatsky saying that preparations for a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are at a “high-level stage.” . Slutsky reportedly has a meeting likely to take place in February or March. The British Foreign Ministry said Moscow had summoned the Russian ambassador to London to revoke the recognition of Russian diplomats after Moscow did the same to British diplomats in November. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakhalova responds to media reports that the European Union could limit Russian diplomats’ travel in EU member states, if the EU imposes restrictions on diplomats warned the bloc that Russia would retaliate. Ukrainian US ambassador Oksana Markarova said he had “a thorough discussion” with Trump’s envoy over Ukraine and Russia at his first meeting since Kellogg’s appointment.
