Dmytro Lubinets, Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman), will officially appeal to the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross over the "trial" of captured Ukrainian soldiers by the so-called Donetsk People's Republic (a self-proclaimed and internationally unrecognised republic of Russia in the Donetsk Oblast).
Ukraine's top commander Valery Zaluzhny was on Thursday removed from his post, in the biggest shake-up of Kyiv's military leadership since Russia's invasion began almost two years ago.Announcing Zaluzhny's sacking, Zelensky called on his new military leadership to devise a strategy to beat back Russian forces.
Over the course of the past day, Ukrainian forces killed 810 Russian soldiers and destroyed 31 Russian artillery systems and 2 tanks. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook Details: The total combat losses of the Russian forces between 24 February 2022 and 4 February 2024 are estimated to be as follows [figures in parentheses represent the latest losses - ed.
Soldiers of the Territorial Defence Forces engaged in protecting Operational Zone Pivnich (North) have prevented an attempt by a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group (SRG) to cross the state border of Ukraine on the Sumy front, killing some of the Russian invaders.
Russian forces have been attacking along the entire front line, especially on the Avdiivka and Marinka fronts. They launched 2 missile strikes and 85 airstrikes, firing multiple-launch rocket systems at the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas 79 times.