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The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has released lists of some of the Syrian mercenaries recruited by Russia for the war against Ukraine. Source: DIU on its website and social media Details: DIU reported on 7 February that Russia was recruiting mercenaries in Syria via travel agencies to take part in hostilities against Ukraine.

The Port Sudan naval base wouldve provided Russia strategic control over the Suez Canal, handling about 10% of global sea traffic.

The Defence Intelligence of the United Kingdom has analysed information about Russia's potential use of the Zircon missile against Ukraine. Source: UK Defence Intelligence review dated 14 February, as reported by European Pravda The intelligence refers to the report of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute for Forensic Examinations, which stated that on 7 February, the Russians used the supposedly hypersonic 3M22 Zircon missile in an attack on Ukraine.

After the destruction of the large Russian landing ship Tsezar Kunikov, only 5 of the 13 ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet remain in service. Source: Dmytro Pletenchuk, Ukrainian Navy spokesman, on Radio Liberty (Svoboda.

Intercepted radio conversations of the Russians at the site of the strike on the Russian warship Tsezar Kunikov, loaded with equipment, indicate the destruction of the vessel. Source: Ukraine's Defence Intelligence (DIU) Details: Visual observation of the ship's flooding was conducted by Russian helicopters Ka-52 and Mi-8, with information relayed by the military transport aircraft An-26 of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

Former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko, leader of the European Solidarity faction, will not attend the Munich Security Conference due to an alleged threat to his life if he travels abroad. Ruslan Stefanchuk, speaker of the Verkhovna Rada (the Ukrainian parliament), has declined to sign an order allowing him to leave the country.

Ukrainian forces released video that appears to show the sinking of yet another Russian ship, continuing a series of attacks on Russia's Black Sea Fleet.

Ukraine's military intelligence says most crew members of the large Russian landing ship Tsezar Kunikov, which was destroyed in the Black Sea, did not manage to survive. Source: Andrii Yusov, representative of the Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, in a commentary for journalists Quote: "Everything went according to plan.

The large Russian landing ship Tsezar Kunikov was sunk with the help of Magura V5 maritime drones, the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine reported. Source: Ukraine's Defence Intelligence Quote: "On 14 February, the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, in cooperation with all components of the Security and Defence Forces of Ukraine, destroyed the large landing ship Tsezar Kunikov of the Black Sea Fleet of the aggressor state of Russia.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has confirmed reports of the destruction of the Tsezar Kunikov, a large landing ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, on the morning of 14 February. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook Quote: "The Armed Forces of Ukraine, in cooperation with units of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence, destroyed the large landing ship Tsezar Kunikov belonging to the occupiers.