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Fighters from the Akhmat commando unit, together with a brigade from the 2nd Army Corps, have taken a Ukrainian stronghold near the Vesyoloye settlement, Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov said on Friday.
"After a series of effective attacks on the enemy’s forces, they managed to gain a foothold in the Vesyoloye settlement area, taking a strategically important stronghold. Now, the fighters plan to continue advancing as they are in a better position than the enemy," Kadyrov pointed out.
D-30 howitzer crews destroy the armored vehicles, artillery and mortar crews, as well as fortified positions, of Ukrainian militants.
The fire is uninterruptedly adjusted by unmanned aircraft crews, tasked to reconnoiter enemy positions and adjust the precision.
He added that Russian troops had everything they needed to continue their advance, including the trophies they had captured when taking the stronghold.
Former US Marine Killed Fighting in Ukraine - Reports
A former US Marine fighting in Ukraine was killed in the country on February 2, US media reported on Friday.
US citizen Pete Reed was killed working as a "volunteer" in Ukraine, the report said, citing Reed’s family. Reed’s death comes following the killing or capture of numerous other US and western fighters working with Ukrainian forces since the beginning of Russia’s special military operation.
The Biden administration has urged US citizens, including servicemembers and veterans, not to travel to Ukraine to act as foreign fighters.
The Russian Defense Ministry has also warned that mercenaries who arrive in Ukraine are not considered official combatants and risk death or imprisonment.
US Sending GLSDB Bombs to Ukraine But It's Up to Kiev Whether to Attack Crimea - Pentagon
Pentagon decision on whether to use US-Supplied Ground Launched Small Diameter Bombs against crimea is up to Ukraine
The United States will provide Ukraine with Ground Launched Small Diameter Bombs (GLSDB) in the newly announced military aid package but Kiev will decide whether it will use the weapons to target Crimea, Defense Department spokesperson Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said on Friday. "I'm not going to talk about or speculate about potential future operations," Ryder added.
The vast majority in Crimea don't want to be part of Ukraine, PressTV correspondent Johnny Miller, who has been working in Donetsk for a while, says.
"Being in Crimea, if I was to walk around Sevastopol and say ‘this is Ukraine’, you would feel ridiculous because everyone's telling you ‘we're Russian’ and it feels like a Russian place. So when Ukraine and NATO say, we are going to take back Crimea, let me tell you the vast majority in Crimea don't want to be part of Ukraine. They want to be part of Russia and Russia will defend Crimea."
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The Russian military took Ugledar into a semicircle in the DPR, its release is similar to Artemovsk, Pushilin's adviser Kimakovsky said
Podolyak refused to announce the losses in Artemivsk, but said that Ukraine "pays the highest price" for holding the city
A terrorist attack occurred in Energodar - a car was blown up, a police officer died as a result of the explosion, the local GUMVD reported
The United States announced a $2.2 billion military aid package for Ukraine, the Pentagon said. The package includes air defenses, long-range missiles for HIMARS, as well as long-range GLSDB projectiles. They added that the United States leaves to the discretion of Kyiv the possibility of using these shells for strikes on the Crimea.
Peskov, after the US decision to supply long-range shells, recalled that it is important not to forget Putin's yesterday's statement in Volgograd
For the first time during a special operation, the Russian military destroyed the Norwegian NASAMS air defense system, the delivery of which to Kyiv became known in the fall. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the destruction of the complex in its summary
Berlin approved the transfer of 88 Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine, but there are problems with ammunition for them, writes Süddeutsche Zeitung
Poland began to teach Ukrainian soldiers how to handle Leopard tanks, the Ministry of Defense reports, this is the first stage in the transfer of tanks to Kyiv
Sudoplatov Zaporizhia Volunteer Battalion announced a reward of 12 million rubles for each captured Leopard, Abrams or Challenger in good condition
Serbian President Vučić believes that the West's decision to send tanks to Ukraine united the Russians and increased support for the special operation
The IMF and Kyiv aim to agree on a new aid package worth between $14 billion and $16 billion by spring, writes the Financial Times
The air defense system repelled a Ukrainian missile attack on the Starodubsky municipal district of the Bryansk region, four missiles were shot down, there were no casualties or damage, the governor said
The reactors of the Zaporozhye NPP remain in the same state, four units are in cold shutdown mode, two are in hot shutdown, the head of the IAEA said
In Crimea, the property of Akhmetov, Kolomoisky, and other Ukrainian politicians and businessmen was nationalized, about 500 objects in total. All funds from the sale of property will be used to equip participants in the special operation, Aksyonov said
Peskov called the reports of the Swiss press that the United States offered Moscow 20% of Ukraine's territory to end the conflict a "duck". Information about the visit of CIA chief Burns to Moscow in January is also a "duck", the Kremlin noted
The EU is "always open" to talks on Ukraine, but sees no political will to start them from Moscow, Borrell said. Zakharova replied that this was not true, and that the EU itself was investing not in settling, but in prolonging the conflict in Ukraine.
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