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[00:13:01] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Defense minister acknowledges flaws with military procurement. Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov on Jan. 31 promised to improve military procurement through reforms after his ministry was caught in a corruption scandal.

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[00:58:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Reuters: Poland aims to reduce training time for Leopard 2 tank crews to 5 weeks. Poland will try to reduce the time it takes to train Ukrainian soldiers to use Leopard 2 battle tanks to five weeks, reported Reuters.

[01:28:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Russian forces attack 5 communities in Sumy Oblast. Russian forces attacked the communities of Shostka, Seredyna-Buda, Krasnopillia, Bilopillia, and Yunakivka, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported on Jan. 31. People were injured in the attack on Shostka.

[04:13:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Delfi: Latvia may boycott Olympics if IOC allows Russian, Belarusian athletes to compete. President of the Latvian Olympic Committee Zorzs Tikmers said Latvia won't take part in the Olympics alongside Russian and Belarusian athletes while Russia's war against Ukraine continues

[05:27:58] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️General Staff: Ukraine repels Russian assaults near 8 settlements over past day. Ukraine's rocket and artillery forces also struck one control point, 13 temporary bases of Russian troops, and one ammunition depot, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported.

[06:42:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ISW: Russian forces retain initiative on Bakhmut frontline. The arrival of Russian forces to Bakhmut in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk Oblast has allowed Russia to retain the initiative near the city and offset the culmination of the Wagner Group's offensive in the area.

[07:12:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Russian attacks kill 4, injure 6 in Donetsk Oblast on Jan. 31. Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast killed four civilians and wounded six others over the past day, Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported on Jan. 31.

[08:12:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️UK Defense Ministry: Russian shelling of Kherson aims to deter Ukrainian counteroffensive across Dnipro river.

[08:13:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: Russia's shelling across the river is some of the most intense of the entire war, but the rationale behind the expenditure of strained ammunition stocks remains unclear, the U.K. Defense Ministry said on Feb. 1.

[08:57:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️El Pais: Spain prepares to supply 4-6 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. The quantity will depend on the condition of Kyiv’s long-sought heavy weapons kept in storage and how many Leopards its allies are preparing to send to Ukraine, according to the sources cited by El Pais.

[09:12:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Feb. 1, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/qvMtPOt5tL

[09:13:01] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️New Czech President: Ukraine should be let into NATO ‘as soon as the war is over’.

[09:13:03] Twitter KyivIndependent: In a BBC broadcast interview, Pavel also said that Western nations should have “almost no limits” to what they should send to equip the Ukrainian military, which is set to receive dozens of advanced Western tanks in the coming months.

[09:27:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️New Czech president: Ukraine should be let into NATO ‘as soon as the war is over’.

[09:28:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: In a BBC broadcast interview, former NATO general Petr Pavel also said that Western nations should have “almost no limits” to what they should send to equip the Ukrainian military, which is set to receive dozens of advanced Western tanks in the coming months.

[09:42:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: As of August, the majority of Ukrainian refugees said in a poll they were planning to return after hostilities end. But experts say that as time goes by and refugees build new lives abroad, Ukraine may not be able to expect most of them back. https://t.co/PuFfIsBfoG

[09:43:00] Twitter DefenceU: RT @oleksiireznikov: I was pleased to meet my colleague @SebLecornu in Paris. Discussed needs of #UAarmy. Grateful to the French President, government and nation for providing AMX-10, more CAESARs, ammo for Crotales, for training our soldiers and for supplying fuel and equipment. https://t.co/cc420CNtEN

[09:43:01] Twitter DefenceU: Sport is beyond politics, do you have doubts? https://t.co/qLCjdIjRjZ

[09:57:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukrainska Pravda: Law enforcement raids house of powerful oligarch Kolomoisky. The Dnipro-based oligarch, who was present at the raid, is allegedly accused of evading customs payments in “enormous amounts” and embezzling oil products worth $1 million. https://t.co/sJotXdphNR

[09:58:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: Photo: Ukrainska Pravda

[10:27:58] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Law enforcement raids controversial ex-interior minister's home over helicopter crash that killed successor.

[10:27:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: Arsen Avakov told Ukrainain media that the State Bureau of Investigation and Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) came to his house specifically concerning the Jan. 18 helicopter crash near Kyiv that killed Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky and nine other people on board.

[10:42:59] Twitter DefenceU: The gunners of the 28th Brigade, together with the air reconnaissance of the 4th brigade of the National Guard, have destroyed the command post and ammunition depot of the occupiers. 1/2 https://t.co/UM2nAUJcEZ

[10:58:02] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Japan to give $170 million for emergency reconstruction work in Ukraine.

[10:58:04] Twitter KyivIndependent: “The undoubted priority at this stage of reconstruction is the restoration of critical infrastructure necessary to ensure the basic needs of citizens,” Ukrainian infrastructure minister Oleksandr Kubrakov commented on the aid pledge.

[11:12:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Law enforcement raids house of pro-Kremlin lawmaker.

[11:13:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: Vadym Stolar served as MP in the banned pro-Kremlin political party Opposition Bloc "For Life" who fled the country a few days before Russia’s full-scale invasion and lived in France – not attending the Verkhovna Rada for months, according to an Ukrainska Pravda investigation.

[11:57:59] Twitter DefenceU: Planes, Trains and Automobiles… In this episode, ruscists escape from the gunners of the 28th Brigade on a motorcycle - leaving their weapons and their brothers in arms behind. 2/2 https://t.co/4ISrT3Obqb

[11:58:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️SBU: President of Motor Sich cooperated with, paid taxes to Russian proxies.

[11:58:01] Twitter KyivIndependent: The SBU found that in the course of their relationship with Motor Sich president Viacheslav Bohuslaiev's Russian proxies in Donetsk Oblast received more than 290 million Russian rubles ($4 million) in the form of taxes placed on the sale of aircraft products.

[12:27:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Anti-Putin Russian activists invited in place of Kremlin to Munich Security Conference. According to head conference organizer Christoph Heusgen, Russia was not invited due to Moscow's unwillingness to negotiate an end to war in Ukraine.

[12:28:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: Instead, the invitation was received by two high-profile exiled Russian activists: former chess champion and Human Rights Foundation chairperson Garry Kasparov and exiled oligarch and Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Heusgen said in a radio interview with MDR on Feb. 1.

[12:57:59] Twitter DefenceU: Three Dogs in a Helmet (To Say Nothing of the Soldier) @vyshebaba https://t.co/fyB09SDn9T

[13:27:58] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Boris Johnson: West must give Ukraine the weapons it needs as fast as possible. “Whether it’s the tanks or the long artillery, give them what they need,” ex-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said, adding that Ukraine needs to “kick Putin out of the whole of the territory.”

[13:27:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: Critics argue that allies' reluctance to supply F-16s and ATACMS to Ukraine will prevent Kyiv from launching a major offensive. Ukraine's lack of advanced aircraft and missiles is also likely to prolong Russia's war of aggression and result in thousands of deaths.

[14:13:10] Twitter ZelenskyyUa: I am thankful to the Bulgarian Parliament for recognizing the 1932-1933 Holodomor as a genocide of the Ukrainian people. This step commemorates millions of Holodomor victims and restores historical justice. Bulgaria’s gesture of solidarity will always be remembered in Ukraine.

[14:27:58] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Media: Cabinet fires heads of customs, tax agencies amid corruption cases. The Cabinet of Ministers on Feb. 1 dismissed the acting head of the State Customs Service, Viacheslav Demchenko, according to Cabinet sources cited by online newspaper Ekonomichna Pravda.

[14:27:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: The Cabinet also fired Demchenko's deputies Oleksandr Shutsky and Ruslan Cherkassky and Tetiana Kiriyenko, acting head of the State Tax Service, according to sources cited by Yevropeiska Pravda and Forbes Ukraine.

[14:58:00] Twitter DefenceU: .@ZelenskyyUa We fight every day to protect our people, our borders and our values. Now we can confidently say that we are able to overcome Russian aggression on Ukrainian soil.

[15:43:03] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Israeli PM says he'll consider sending military aid, including Iron Dome, to Ukraine. “Well, I’m certainly looking into it,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CNN when asked about sending the Iron Dome air defense system.

[15:43:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Israel has provided humanitarian aid to Ukraine. However, the Israeli government has come under fire for refusing to send weapons to Ukraine in an apparent effort to keep good relations with Russia.

[16:12:59] Twitter DefenceU: “Hate it or love it, the underdogs come out on top.” Curtis Jackson Total combat losses of the enemy from Feb 24 to Feb 1: https://t.co/V0LMXZWnpf

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[16:57:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Putin asks Russia's Defense Ministry to prevent shelling of Belgorod. Russia has been shelling the Ukrainian regions bordering Russia, and Russian regions along the border have been shelled as well. Ukraine has not commented on whether it was responsibe for the attacks.

[17:27:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Bulgarian parliament recognizes Holodomor as genocide against Ukrainian people. The Bulgarian Parliament adopted a resolution recognizing Holodomor, the man-made famine of Ukrainians ordered by the Soviet authorities in 1932-1933, as genocide against the Ukrainian people.

[17:28:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: Any “denial, justification and trivializing of this genocide shall be regarded as an act of dishonoring the memory of the millions of people” who were killed in the Holodomor, according to the resolution.

[17:28:06] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Media: EU to train 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers. The European Union plans to train 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers in total, double the initial 15,000 goal, some EU officials announced on Feb. 1, according to German media Redaktzions Netzwerk Deutschland.

[17:57:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: We launched a joint merch collection with @saintjavelin to support the mission of @HospitallersU, a Ukrainian voluntary organization of paramedics who save lives at the front line of Russia’s war. https://t.co/bzX2vvqVJY

[17:58:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: We didn't expect to raise $13,500 in net profits in only a month – this money was used to purchase 720 CAT tourniquets for Hospitallers. But we did it together with you, and we can do more.

[17:58:01] Twitter KyivIndependent: Check out our collection – which includes items featuring Archangel Michael, the protector and one of the main symbols of Kyiv, and the Kyiv Independent’s brand merch – and contribute to the vital cause of Hospitallers. https://t.co/5BuwYR8o6r

[17:58:02] Twitter DefenceU: RT @oleksiireznikov: Together with my colleague @SebLecornu signed Memorandum with @thalesgroup on supply of MG-200 radars for Ukrainian air defenders. This equipment will help us to spot enemy drones & missiles, including ballistic. Our skies will be protected from russia’s deadly attacks. https://t.co/BYOse4oCbo

[18:12:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: Law enforcement agencies on Feb. 1 searched the houses of several incumbent and former top officials and an oligarch in what appears to be the largest anti-corruption raid since the beginning of Russia's invasion in February 2022. https://t.co/snvt5i5vpN

[18:13:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️General Staff: Russia prepares offensives in several areas. Russian forces are “actively” conducting reconnaissance operations on the battlefield to prepare new offensives in several areas, the General Staff reported on Feb. 1. The military didn't specify the areas.

[18:28:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ex-deputy minister of culture, 6 others suspected of dubious asset takeover. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau said that the seven suspects, including two former Culture Ministry officials, allegedly took over 14 buildings and structures near Kyiv worth over $1 million.

[18:43:01] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️US uncovers global sanctions evasion network helping Russia’s defense sector. The U.S. imposed blocking sanctions against 22 individuals and entities across multiple countries allegedly involved in the network, which supplied Russia with high-tech devices after Feb. 24.

[19:13:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Lithuania to train 1,600 Ukrainian soldiers in 2023. Lithuania has allocated 4 million euros to help train a total of 1,600 Ukrainian soldiers over the course of 2023, the country’s Defense Minister Arvydas Anušauskas said on Feb. 1, as reported by the European Pravda.

[19:13:01] Twitter DefenceU: RT @oleksiireznikov: Had the honor to meet with the President @EmmanuelMacron . A very frank&productive conversation took place regarding #UAarmy urgent operational needs for self-defense from the rus aggressor. is with us!Thank you to President & people for their leadership&unwavering support

[19:13:03] Twitter DefenceU: With the support of modern tanks and aviation, these guys will be able not only to defend Bakhmut, but also to liberate the entire Ukrainian Donbas. 3rd Assault Brigade https://t.co/bvU2nUF8Oj

[19:28:08] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelensky: Georgian government is killing Saakashvili. Saakashvili, who is now serving a six-year sentence on charges of abuse of power, has been transferred to the intensive care unit due to his deteriorating health, his press secretary Giorgi Chaladze said.

[19:42:58] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Security Service detains Ukroboronprom employee suspected of collaborating with Russia. The Security Service of Ukraine detained a 48-year-old employee of Ukroboronprom, Ukraine's state defense concern, who was suspected of collecting data on Ukraine’s military for Russia.

[19:42:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: The suspect had allegedly collected data on Ukrainian weapons, which are used by the Armed Forces in the east and south, and prepared "reports" on the aftermath of Russian missile strikes on Kyiv. The man allegedly sent this information to a Russian Defense Ministry official.

[19:58:01] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Governor: 4 killed, 1 injured in Russian attack on Yeline, Chernihiv Oblast. Four people were killed and one injured in the village of Yeline, Chernihiv Oblast, when Russia's 120mm mine hit a cellar of a private house on Feb. 1, said the oblast governor, Viacheslav Chaus.

[20:28:01] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️El Pais: Borrell says sending fighter jets to Ukraine not on EU’s agenda. European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell dismissed the idea of sending fighter jets to Ukraine, calling it a “highly controversial” issue, as reported by the El Pais newspaper on Feb. 1.

[20:28:03] Twitter ZelenskyyUa: Просто зараз повільно вбивають громадянина , колишнього Президента Грузії @SaakashviliM. Ганебним є навіть сам факт, що досі доводиться боротися проти такої спроби де-факто публічної страти людини у Європі у XXI столітті! 1/2 https://t.co/HwbuELr9HW

[20:28:11] Twitter ZelenskyyUa: Right now, citizen, former Georgian President @SaakashviliM is being slowly killed. The very fact that we still have to fight against such an attempt at de facto public execution of a person in Europe in the XXI century is a disgrace! 1/2 https://t.co/WDWQgjAUG3

[20:28:15] Twitter ZelenskyyUa: Given the threat to his life, I urge authorities to recall their obligations under the European human rights protection norms, stop the abuse and set Mikheil free! offered solutions. I urge the world to help save Mikheil's life and prevent his execution. 2/2 https://t.co/wZCLyf4xPY

[20:43:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Court exempts MP from Zelensky's party from criminal responsibility for lying in asset declaration due to 'repentance'. Watchdogs say Ukraine's asset declaration system has been destroyed because officials are allowed not to file asset declarations at all under martial law.

[20:43:01] Twitter KyivIndependent: This is a sneak peak into how the National Opera of Ukraine keeps putting out performances amid Russia's war against Ukraine. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to not miss our reportage about the opera's work on Feb. 2. https://t.co/6pI0I1LNUB

[20:43:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Investigators expose $1 billion embezzlement scheme at Ukrnafta, Ukrtatnafta. The Economic Security Bureau said the scheme was organized by the "previous management" of the companies. Oligarch Ihor Kolomosiky used to control the management of the two companies.

[20:58:00] Twitter DefenceU: Stop scrolling, and get a good night's sleep! Danylo Pavlov https://t.co/lnUmrLUJ4h

[21:13:04] Twitter KyivIndependent: Spain will send 20 M113 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine on Feb. 6, Defense Minister Margarita Robles announced on Feb. 1, as reported by Spanish media outlet Europa Press. https://t.co/U6cPV7T7hj

[21:27:58] Twitter KyivIndependent: Law enforcement authorities detained 15 people suspected of setting up a large-scale network of brothels in Kyiv, allegedly led by a top police officer, on Feb. 1. https://t.co/7AjheDdmZR

[21:27:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Russian missile reportedly hits a residential building in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast. Telegram channels report that a Russian missile hit a residential building in Kramatorsk in the late evening of Feb. 1, causing severe destruction. Lachentyt/Telegram https://t.co/7z8DgsfWPA

[21:43:02] Twitter KyivIndependent: A Russian missile strike on a residential building in Kramatorks killed at least two people and injured seven in the late evening of Feb. 1, Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported. https://t.co/3RMowJ9RZT

[22:13:01] Twitter DefenceU: This evening, a russian missile almost completely destroyed an apartment building in the center of Kramatorsk. Two dead and 7 wounded have already been found. Rescue operations are ongoing. People's cries for help can be heard from under the rubble. https://t.co/mcHQPdZ102

[22:27:59] Twitter ZelenskyyUa: Kramatorsk. Russian terrorists have hit the city with a ballistic missile leading to civilian casualties. Some people are still under the rubble. No goal other than terror. The only way to stop Russian terrorism is to defeat it. By tanks. Fighter jets. Long-range missiles. https://t.co/jYlltDDl1G

[22:28:01] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelensky on anticorruption crackdown: ‘Justice will be ensured.’ President Zelensky said in his evening address on Feb. 1 that the government wouldn’t “allow anyone to weaken” the state following the largest anti-corruption raid since the beginning of Russia’s all-out war.

[22:28:03] Twitter KyivIndependent: Zelensky added he would replace officials as many times as necessary until they do not abuse their positions. https://t.co/YWKK2JGNJe

[22:57:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Police: Over 5,000 civilians still in Bakhmut. At least 5,990 civilians, including 200 children, are still living in the front-line city of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, local law enforcement reported.

[22:58:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: Russian regular forces, along with the Kremlin-controlled Wager Group, have been attempting to capture Bakhmut for months.

[23:12:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: Russian-controlled proxies in Donetsk Oblast claimed on Feb. 1 that Russian forces were closing in on Bakhmut, a city Moscow has been trying to occupy over the past six months. https://t.co/fqhuaA0swG

[23:13:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️First responders continue working in Kramatorsk following Russia’s missile attack. At least two people were killed and seven were injured in a Russian strike on a residential building in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said on Feb. 1. Video: @ArmanSoldin https://t.co/aOCiCQHSWR

[23:13:02] Twitter KyivIndependent: Much of the apartment building was reduced to smoldering rubble, and officials said people might be trapped in the debris. Photo: @ArmanSoldin/AFP https://t.co/gsPRGIcYHy

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