The key developments of the 1,081st day of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine are:
The situation for Sunday, February 9th is as follows:
Fineting:
Russian air defense units intercepted and destroyed 35 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on Sunday. About half of the drones were destroyed in Ukraine and adjacent Kursk region, the ministry added. On Saturday, the Ukrainian Air Force said 67 of the 139 Russian drones had been released, with a further 71 disappearing from the radar without reaching the target. Russian Tas News Agency cited the country’s state-owned enterprise Rostelecom, saying that underwater communications cables in the Baltic Sea had been damaged by “outside influences.” Repair work was underway and the incident had no impact on subscribers. The Ukrainian forces said they had defeated a Russian SU-25 attack aircraft near the town of Torretsk in Donetsk Oblast on Saturday.
Diplomacy
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will connect to the European Union’s power grid on Sunday after seamlessly cutting Russian networks and Soviet-era relations. US President Donald Trump has spoken to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over the phone and said he had discussed the end of the war in Ukraine, the New York Post reported on Saturday. “He (Putin) wants people to stop dying,” Trump added. Russia said it has yet to see positive steps from the US administration, according to Geneva Gatyrov, a permanent representative of the United Nations in Geneva. However, he added that Russia is “prepared to maintain a smooth relationship of cooperation with the US administration.” North Korean leader Kim Jong said in line with the treaty between Moscow and Pyongyang that the military and people “continuously support and encourage the Russian military and people to defend sovereignty, security and territorial integrity.” I will.”
