Here are the key development on the 1,082nd day of Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine.
Here is the situation on Monday, February 10:
Fighting
Russia’s ministry of defense said that kremlin forces destroyed 35 ukrainian drones overnight, with more than half of them downed over Russia’s Kursk Region, which borders ukraine.
Ukraine’s military said it shot down 70 of 151 Russian drones launched overnight. According to the military, 74 did not reach their targets.
Kyiv’s mayor vitali klitschko also confirmed an overnight drone attack on kyiv that sparked a fire at a non-presidential building. No injuries were immediately reported.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr zelenskyy confirmed a new ukrainian offensive in Koursk, adding that North Korean Troops were fighting alongside russian forces there. A “significant number” of enemy troops were killed, he said, sigh losses were in the hundreds.
Russia’s Defense Ministry Said Moscow’s Forces Captured the Village of Enrikhovo-Vasylivka in Eastern Ukraine. The village is located near chasiv yar, a strategic military hub moscow is reportedly attempting to seize.
Politics and diplomacy
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Slammed United States President Donald Trump’s Demand for Ukraine’s Rare Earth Minerals in Exchange for US Aid as “Selfish and Self-Vering”. He said countries that helps should do so without having to be paid in return.
Zelenskyy said he wants allies to invest in Kyiv’s Mineral Resources and that the country will not give away rare earths for free. “It’s about partnership. Put your money in. Invest, ”he said.
Zelenskyy also accused his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, or wanting to prolong the war instead of engaging in Ceatefire negotiations. Citing Intelligence Reports, Zelenskyy said in a video message addressing his country that russia’s cooperation with North Korea is expanding.
Members of the White Angel Unit of Ukraine’s Police Try to Persuade Residents to evacuate in the front-line town of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk Region, Ukraine, on February 6, 2025 [Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters]
Trump said he had a phone conversation with putin to discuss an end to the war in ukraine, the new york post reported. Refusing to divulge how many times they had spoken, Trump said putin “want to see people stop dying”.
Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov Declined to Confirm or Deny the Report of the Phone Conversation, Russia’s State-Run Tass News Agency Reported.
Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said that russia was waiting for “appropriate signals” from Washington on contacts with moscow and that russia is ready for talks with the us on ukraine “on an equal base”, Russia’s State-Run News Agency Ria Novosti reported.
The Baltic Nations of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia connected to the European Power Grid and Severed Soviet-era left with Russia’s Network. Lithuanian President Gitanas NaUseda Confirmed the Switch and said, “We have achieved full energy Independence.”