Russia launched another massive attack on Ukraine early on Feb. 7, sending 44 missiles and 20 drones at cities across the country. Explosions and anti-aircraft fire were heard in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, and Drohobych.
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
Russia launched 14 Shahed-136/131 attack drones into Ukraine overnight, with air defense forces destroying nine of them, the Air Force reported on Telegram on Feb. 3.
The villages fall under the front-line Marinka and Ocheretyne communities, both in areas where Russian forces have intensified offensive operations in recent months.
The abbot of one of the temples of the Vinnytsia Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) was convicted for praising terrorists. Source: Security Service of Ukraine (SSU); Vinnytsia Oblast Prosecutor's Office; Ukrainska Pravda Details: The circumstances of the case indicate that the abbot in question is Dmytro Tikhov, age 54, whose detention was reported by Ukrainska Pravda in November 2023.