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Russia has intensified attacks in several areas of the frontline over the past week, likely to disperse Ukrainian forces, according to the UK Ministry of Defense's intelligence report published on Feb. 21.

Sounds of explosions were reported in Russian-occupied Makiivka in Donetsk Oblast on Feb. 19, with local Telegram channels publishing footage of black smoke rising above the city.

Ukraine's Defence Intelligence has said that Russian occupation authorities in Ukraine are endeavouring to exert more information and psychological influence on Ukrainian citizens under Russian occupation, for example by connecting local TV viewers to Russian World TV, a Russian satellite television service.

Moscow is planning to use Ukrainian schoolchildren in the temporarily occupied territories to campaign for Vladimir Putin ahead of the so-called "elections" in Russia, the press service of the Defense Ministry’s National Resistance Center reported on Feb. 16.

The Security Service of Ukraine has served a notice of suspicion to Roman Khytushchenko, an associate of the Kremlin-appointed head of Crimea, who ensures the mass production of drones for the Russian occupation army.

A 16-year-old girl and her caretaker have escaped Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast to Ukrainian-controlled territory, Kherson Oblast Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported on Feb. 11.

Sources close to the Russian President administration have reported to the Russian opposition outlet Meduza that the interview of Russian President Vladimir Putin with American journalist Tucker Carlson was not intended for the Russian audience, but the Kremlin has wanted to create informational effects and hysteria in the West.

Russian occupation forces reported a series of hits in occupied Tokmak and other villages in the occupied part of Zaporizhzhya Oblast on Feb. 9, the Telegram channel Berdyansk Today writes.

Over 10,000 people were buried in Mariupol from March 2022 to February 2023. Of them, at least 8,000 lost their lives due to the Russian aggression. Source: Radio Liberty, citing Human Rights Watch report Quote: "Despite the challenges of investigating war crimes in areas rendered inaccessible due to Russian occupation, we and our partners have spent nearly two years uncovering the truth about the horrific crimes committed by Russian forces in Mariupol.

A former official from a pension fund service center in Kherson Oblast is facing trial for collaborating with the Russian occupation administration, the Kherson Oblast Prosecutor’s Office reported on Feb. 6.