It is unlikely that Ukrainian drones were involved in the explosion at Votkinsk Machine Building Plant near Izhevsk, Russia, which produces missiles for Iskander systems, given that it is located 1,200 km from Ukraine, the UK Defense Ministry said in a report on X (Twitter) on Feb. 9.
Russia launched another large-scale attack against Ukrainian cities early in the morning on Feb. 7. Kyiv, Lviv, Mykolaiv, and Kharkiv oblasts were among those targeted, according to the latest information.
A woman with a physical disability was rescued from her apartment on the 12th floor of a damaged high-rise building in Kyiv after this morning’s missile attack, according to Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko on Feb. 7.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged the European Union to step up its efforts to procure artillery shells, as the death toll from a barrage of Russian missiles on the Ukrainian capital rose to 30. "We have the biggest war here in Europe since the Second World War, we need these shells to protect Europe," Kuleba said on Wednesday at a press conference with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in Kiev. "Today we are talking about the defense of Europe, and we need extraordinary measure
Based on the Security Service of Ukraine materials, pro-Russian blogger Yurii Podoliaka, who guided the Russian missiles at Mykolaiv, was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison. Source: Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) report Quote: "Thanks to the SSU evidence base, pro-Russian blogger Yurii Podoliaka was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison.
When asked if Poland is in danger, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said, "(Russian President Vladimir) Putin threatened Poland, Latvia and Finland. When he threatens a country, he is serious. Too often we have not taken him seriously."
Russia and Ukraine say they have exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war, in the first swap since the crash of a Russian military plane that Moscow claimed had 65 captured Ukrainian soldiers on board.