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The offensive involved 30 pieces of equipment and a “fairly large” number of enemy troops. Ukraine destroyed 18 pieces of Russian equipment including three tanks, according to the report.

Ukrainian forces repelled a Russian offensive on the southern front following the withdrawal of Kyiv's troops from the devastated eastern town of Avdiivka, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday. Ukraine's army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Saturday that Kyiv's troops withdrew from Avdiivka to avoid encirclement following months of fierce Russian attacks, Moscow's biggest advance since its troops captured the city of Bakhmut last May.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces successfully repelled a Russian offensive attempt in the Zaporizhzhya front on Feb. 17, the Operational Command West reported on Telegram on Feb. 18.

EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell has said that after the Russian presidential "elections" in March, Russia could launch another major offensive in Ukraine. Source: Borrell in his blog after a visit to Kyiv, reported by European Pravda Quote: "Another major Russian offensive could be starting in the months after the Russian 'elections' in March.

Last week, a column of Russian vehicles was destroyed in the Donestk Oblast traversing a Ukrainian minefield. Similar minefields are along the Kharkiv-Luhansk axis.

The war’s conclusion will bring about the “restoration of justice,” Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Ukrainian military’s Main Intelligence Directorate, stated in a recent interview with CNN on Jan. 31.

The liberation of Soledar, Artemovsk (Bakhmut), and Maryinka is significant both for security and for the complete liberation of the Donetsk Peoples Republic (DPR), Denis Pushilin, the DPR head, told Sputnik.

Serhiy Popko, the head of Kiev City Military Administration, said Sunday that some 63% of the citys energy infrastructure was damaged or destroyed in 2023.

A 1% of GDP increase in NATO defense spending is equivalent to a 24% increase in Russia’s.