The key developments of the 1,080th day of the full-scale invasion of Russia in Ukraine are:
The situation for Saturday, February 8th is as follows:
Fineting:
Ukrainian President Voldimia Zelenkie said North Korean forces have returned to the forefront of Russia’s Kursk region after reports were revealed that Moscow had withdrawn them due to major losses. “There was a new attack in the Kursk operational area. Russian troops and North Korean soldiers were brought in again,” Zelensky said in a speech Friday evening. He said, “We’re talking about hundreds of Russian and North Korean soldiers,” adding that “a considerable number of opposition forces have been “destroyed.” Moscow’s troops seized the mining town of Trettok in eastern Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on Friday. Kiev denied that Russia had full control of the city. The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Friday that attacks on the Zaporilla Zhia nuclear power plant had increased. Tas, a Russian state news agency, quoted Grossi after meeting with Alexei Rikkhachev, the head of Rosatom of the Russian Atomic Energy Corporation. The Russian army ruled plants in eastern Ukraine shortly after the outbreak of war in 2022. Three people were killed in a Russian guided bomb attack on the Smie region of northeastern Ukraine, Kiev prosecutors said in a statement. The late attack on Thursday destroyed a residential building in the village of Myropillya, the prosecutor’s office said.
Diplomacy and politics
Lithuania has disconnected its power system from Russia as part of a plan to integrate three Baltic countries with the European Union network to increase energy security. Latvia and Estonia follow suit. The grid was the final energy link to Russia of the three former Soviet countries. US President Donald Trump on Friday said he would “probably” meet Zelensky next week. The Ukrainian president said he is grateful for his work with Trump. When asked where the meeting would take place, Trump replied, “Maybe it’s Washington – well, I’m not going there.” Zelenskyy said “consultations” were planned but did not confirm the meeting. He writes to X: “We are also planning meetings and lectures at the team level. Currently, Ukraine and the US teams are giving details,” the European Foreign Minister discussed the war at a conference held in Paris next week. France’s Europe and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. Ministers from France, Germany, Poland, the UK, Spain and Italy said they will be taking part in Wednesday’s meeting in reports that US envoys can also attend, as they celebrate the third anniversary of the US invasion. The conference aims to “show its continued support for Ukraine.” The Kremlin said on Friday there were many inaccurate reports of the US plan to end the Ukrainian war, and it called for patience. Ukraine said it hopes the International Criminal Court (ICC) will continue to indict Russian war criminals despite sanctions announced by Trump this week. A spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said, “I hope they (sanctions) will not affect the court’s ability to achieve justice for the victims of Russian aggression.” Ukraine said this month that Trump’s We look forward to a visit by special envoys to the area. “The Ukrainian side is looking forward to the visit of Ukraine and Russia’s Special Envoy of Keith Kellogg in February, writing in the telegram.
