Main events, official summaries, exclusives
MK conducts an online broadcast of events in Ukraine. The 348th day of the special operation is underway. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation together with volunteer assault detachments were able to liberate the settlement of Nikolaevka in the DPR. The Verkhovna Rada recognized the PMC “Wagner” as an international criminal organization, 333 deputies voted for it. The acting head of the DPR, Pushilin, reported that the facts of the use of chemical weapons by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artemovsky and Ugledar directions were revealed. The first Canadian Leopard 2 for Ukraine has arrived in Poland.
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14:25 Read the material: German “Leopards” were estimated at 12 million rubles, “Tigers” cost like a loaf of bread
14:05 Ukrainian media channels report the sounds of explosions in the Kramatorsk district of Donetsk region. There were no official reports on this.
13:41 Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that a meeting between Vladimir Putin and the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi is not scheduled this week.
13:28 The first Leopard 2, which Canada handed over to Kiev, has arrived in Poland, the training of the Ukrainian military will begin soon, the Canadian Defense Minister said.
13:06 Dmitry Peskov commented on an interview with former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett about talks with Vladimir Putin held in early 2022. “Indeed, Putin and Bennett conducted a very intensive dialogue, there was also personal communication, and telephone conversations,” the presidential press secretary said.
12:48 The volunteers of the assault detachments have gained a foothold in the northern and eastern parts of Artemovsk, Pushilin said.
12:40 The acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin announced the facts of the use of chemical weapons by Kiev in the Artemovsky and Ugledar directions: it is dropped from drones.
12:34 Politico, citing European diplomatic sources, reports that the tenth package of EU anti-Russian sanctions will not include new economic measures, limiting itself to eliminating “gaps” in the restrictions introduced earlier.
12:23 The Council of the European Union until June 2023 was headed by Sweden, which intends to achieve the transfer of frozen assets of the Russian Federation to the authorities of Ukraine. The Swedish Minister for European Affairs Jessica Roswell told about the plans.
11:54 If some states, led by the United States, continue to violate the borders of the assistance provided to Ukraine, the conflict between Moscow and Kiev will get out of control, writes Global Times (GT).
11:35 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov announced the visit of IAEA Director General Grossi to Moscow this week.
11:22 In the fighting on the territory of Ukraine, there are dead among instructors and NATO military personnel. This is reported by the publication Hurseda Haber, referring to the Israeli intelligence MOSSAD. They noted that 234 NATO instructors from the United States and Great Britain were killed.
11:06 The US attempts to unleash a war with its ally the People’s Republic of China, Russia, as well as the Pentagon’s statements about a possible clash between the United States and China in 2025 have intensified the crisis in relations between Beijing and Washington, writes Asia Times (AT).
10:53 Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki did not rule out that the conflict in Ukraine could lead to a Third World War: “we take into account all scenarios”.
10:51 Yan Gagin, adviser to the acting head of the DPR, said that chemical weapons were used by the Ukrainian side near Artemivsk and Soledar.According to Gagin, such messages come from the commanders of the unit.
10:25 Vladimir Zelensky proposed extending martial law and general mobilization for another 90 days from February 19.
10:16 There is no dialogue between the Russian Federation and the United States on Ukraine now, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said, adding that he did not know anything about the alleged contacts of CIA head William Burns with the Russian side.
9:47 President Vladimir Zelensky expressed his condolences to Turkey in connection with the earthquake, and also declared his readiness to provide assistance in connection with natural disasters.
9:42 It is difficult to imagine US officers inspecting military facilities of the Russian Federation when they are a party to the conflict in Ukraine – Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov.
9:40 Estonia has imposed a ban since February 6 to buy, import and transport Russian petroleum products, including gasoline in cans. This is stated in the message of the head of the service of prohibitions and restrictions in the field of social protection of the Tax and Customs Department of Estonia Piret Tinkus.
9:27 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has registered in the Verkhovna Rada a bill on the extension of martial law and mobilization.
9:12 Ukrainian troops attacked Donetsk and Gorlovka on Monday, firing eight shells of the NATO 155 mm caliber at populated areas, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reported.
9:00 Retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andriy Marochko said that at the moment some Ukrainian military are deserting from their positions located near the city of Kremennaya, where the Russian military is advancing.