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[00:28:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelensky: 'Ukraine and the UK will go all the way to our common victory.' Ukraine and the U.K. signed the Declaration of Unity on Feb. 8, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, adding that the two countries are becoming "true allies."

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[03:13:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukraine's envoy to UN calls Roger Waters ‘another brick in the wall’ of Moscow propaganda. Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters addressed the UN Security Council at Russia's invitation on Feb. 8, condemning Moscow's invasion of Ukraine as illegal.

[03:13:01] Twitter KyivIndependent: Rogers added, however, that it "was not unprovoked" and condemned "the provocateurs in the strongest possible terms."

[03:13:03] Twitter KyivIndependent: Ukraine's UN ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya rebuffed the statements, playing on the title of one of Pink Floyd's most famous songs: "How sad for his former fans to see him accepting the role of just a brick in the wall, a wall of Russian disinformation and propaganda."

[03:13:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: Russia's dictator Vladimir Putin often justified his full-scale invasion of Ukraine by saying Russia needed to "defend itself." However, there is no case of defense since Russia is waging a war of aggression in Ukraine.

[04:13:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Russian forces shell 6 communities in Sumy Oblast. Russian troops fired on the communities of Krasnopillia, Bilopillia, Esman, Nova Sloboda, Yunakivka, and Seredyna Buda using mortars and artillery, the Sumy Oblast military administration reported on Feb. 8.

[04:57:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Biden: Aid to Ukraine is 'open-ended.' U.S. President Joe Biden also said in an interview with PBS NewsHour on Feb. 8 that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has “already lost Ukraine,” adding that Putin believed wrongly that NATO would not respond to Russia's invasion.

[05:57:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ISW: Russia regains initiative, begins next major offensive in Luhansk Oblast. According to the Institute for the Study of War, the pace of Russian operations along the Svatove-Kreminna line in western Luhansk Oblast has significantly increased over the past week.

[06:13:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Macron awards Zelensky with Legion of Honor during Paris visit. "Honor to Ukraine and its people. Honor to you, dear Volodymyr, for your courage and devotion," French President Emmanuel Macron wrote on Twitter with a video of Zelensky receiving the award on Feb. 8.

[06:28:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Governor claims Russian air defense shot down Ukrainian drone in Bryansk Oblast. Governor of Russia's Bryansk Oblast Alexander Bogomaz said Russian air defense had repelled two drone attacks in the Starodubsky and Bryansky districts. Kyiv has not commented on the allegations.

[06:43:00] Twitter DefenceU: RT @RishiSunak: Volodymyr, it was a privilege to have you here in the United Kingdom today. We know Ukraine will ultimately defeat tyranny, and the UK will continue to train and arm Ukrainian forces with the equipment they need. We will always be your staunch and unwavering friends https://t.co/srMtmJBvfU

[06:43:01] Twitter DefenceU: RT @Bundeskanzler: Ukraine is fighting back heroically - with courage, bravery and perseverance - against the brutal Russian aggression. Together with @EmmanuelMacron, I personally assured @ZelenskyyUa today in Paris: We stand closely by Ukraine's side - for as long as necessary. #SlavaUkraini https://t.co/T0F6L5jfbt

[06:43:02] Twitter DefenceU: RT @DefenceHQ: Prime Minister @RishiSunak met with President @ZelenskyyUa today and announced that they have agreed to strengthen and expand the package of support to Ukraine. 'We will always be by your side, your staunch and unwavering friends.' #StandWithUkraine https://t.co/LN6VTSbczb

[06:43:04] Twitter DefenceU: RT @NATO: ❝This shows how much we can do when Europe and North America stand together❞ #NATO Allies have provided around 120 billion dollars in military, humanitarian and financial assistance for Ukraine over the past year ️ @jensstoltenberg

[06:57:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Reuters: SpaceX curbed Ukraine's use of Starlink Internet for drones. Elon Musk's SpaceX has put measures in place to prevent Ukraine from using the company's Starlink satellite internet service for controlling drones, SpaceX's president said on Feb. 8, Reuters reports.

[07:13:00] Twitter DefenceU: Wings for Ukraine. Wings for Freedom. https://t.co/DUZ7dUvz7q

[08:12:59] Twitter DefenceU: These are photos of future Olympic athletes, not rapists, murderers and looters. Just so there isn’t any confusion. https://t.co/v82lfKYhoG

[08:13:01] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️UK Defense Ministry: Both sides likely to avoid major offensives in March due to muddy conditions.

[08:13:02] Twitter KyivIndependent: The weather continues to play “a significant role” in the war, with the movement of vehicles expected to get more complicated as the temperature rises and the snow melts, the ministry said in its daily intelligence update on Feb. 9.

[08:58:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Media: Zelensky and Macron head together to Brussels for EU summit. The pair’s Paris-Brussels flight was scheduled for 8:30 a.m. local time, though due to a a minor delay they are now set to land at 10 a.m., according to French broadcaster BFMTV.

[08:58:01] Twitter KyivIndependent: These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Feb. 9, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/62PyQgua3Q

[08:58:02] Twitter DefenceU: RT @a_anusauskas: Day in was spent in conversations with DefMin @oleksiireznikov and representatives of army forces. We discussed the security situation, actions of russia and upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius. highly values support, which is becoming more and more diverse. https://t.co/O8Kxo8E8Xe

[09:13:00] Twitter DefenceU: "I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings." Gustave Flaubert #wingsforfreedom Total combat losses of the enemy from Feb 24 to Feb 9: https://t.co/lq7NaEVp29

[09:43:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Wagner Group claims to have stopped recruiting prisoners for war against Ukraine. Russia’s Wagner mercenary group has “completely stopped” recruiting prisoners to fight alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, Wagner founder Evgenii Prigozhin said on Feb. 9.

[09:43:01] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelensky, Macron arrive in Brussels for EU summit. The Ukrainian and French presidents flew together from Paris on the morning of Feb. 9 as part of Zelensky's second international trip since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Photo: Charles Michel/Twitter https://t.co/b3A5MJG8hQ

[10:12:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️EU calls on Russia to stop ‘absurd' claims of victimhood in war against Ukraine.

[10:13:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: “There is no doubt that this Russian aggression is illegal under international law,” the EU delegation said in a statement during an Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe meeting in Vienna, as quoted by Ukrinform on Feb. 9.

[10:43:01] Twitter DefenceU: RT @KpsZSU: Good morning world https://t.co/v9yvNJgLfC

[10:43:02] Twitter DefenceU: "Winter" in the Donetsk region. The artillery part is performed by PzH 2000 of 43rd Artillery Brigade. https://t.co/iJW8Q9PHaZ

[12:42:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: Receiving a huge round of applause at the Parliament as he finished up his 15-minute speech, Zelensky emphasized that Ukraine was fighting for the “European way of life” and vowed that his country would keep fighting as long as it takes. https://t.co/UQvlqm2AxY

[13:43:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Foreign Ministry: 5 Ukrainians could be trapped under the rubble. Five Ukrainian citizens could still be trapped under the rubble in Turkey after deadly earthquakes occurred this week, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said on Feb. 9.

[14:13:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: Join us this Friday for a Q&A with our reporter @francisjfarrell about civilian life in Bakhmut, a city in eastern Donetsk Oblast, and now the center of the war's heaviest fighting. https://t.co/11OpbCpPVr

[14:13:07] Twitter KyivIndependent: Read his recent story about spending one night in Bakhmut with civilians, as they live through urban warfare, here: https://t.co/bbXeA3Ww72 Register and submit your questions here: https://t.co/wk3zq95UlS

[14:13:09] Twitter KyivIndependent: This event is exclusive to Kyiv Independent community members. Support our reporting and join the community here:https://t.co/iNjWfwvs1X

[14:28:01] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️President’s Office: Long-range weapons, fighter jets for Ukraine seems resolvable. The issue concerning fighter jets and longer-range weapons “seems like it can be solved,” Head of President’s Office Andriy Yermak said on Feb. 9 without going into further details.

[14:58:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelensky: Several European countries ready to provide Ukraine with fighter jets. President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Feb. 9 that he is due to hold a series of bilateral meetings “where the topic of combat aviation will be given the necessary attention."https://t.co/PgVf10P6t6

[15:28:01] Twitter DefenceU: RT @RishiSunak: Unbreakable friendship Незламна дружба https://t.co/s1mv0kdp4w

[15:42:59] Twitter DefenceU: RT @EP_President: Ukraine is Europe. And Ukraine belongs in the European Union. https://t.co/pvAVvoPUj7

[16:43:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️UK says there won’t be immediate transfer of combat aircraft to Ukraine. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace told the BBC on Feb. 9 that there won’t be an immediate transfer of fighter jets to Ukraine, but did not exclude the possibility of supplying them.

[16:43:04] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Reznikov: Over 600 officials of Armed Forces, Defense Ministry prosecuted after internal audits in 2022. According to Defense Minister, 497 officials were fined, and 124 faced disciplinary liability. Reznikov didn't specify for which violations they were held accountable.

[17:13:09] Twitter KyivIndependent: National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov told the Kyiv Independent Russians mobilized 321,000 people, with roughly 160,000 of them already sent to the front line. "A lot of them were gunned down by our army," he said. https://t.co/U58NkxhIGg

[17:43:02] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️CNN: Iran modifies its drones supplied to Russia to inflict maximum damage on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

[17:43:04] Twitter KyivIndependent: According to a new investigative report cited by CNN, the unexploded warhead of an Iranian Shahed-131 drone discovered in Odesa Oblast was “hastily modified with poorly fitted layers of dozens of small metal fragments” that scatter over a large radius on impact.

[18:43:04] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Mayor: 4 killed in explosion at former factory in Kyiv. Five more people have been injured in the explosion at a former factory in Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, the city mayor, reported on Feb. 9. The rescue operation is still underway. Kyiv City Military Administration https://t.co/OvlsTznc21

[18:58:08] Twitter KyivIndependent: In this week's episode of @PowerLinesPod, co-hosts @lapatina_ and @j_parus discuss rebuilding Ukraine after Russia's war with Slovakia's former minister of finance @Ivan_Miklos and an advisor to the Zelensky administration @Mylovanov. Listen here: https://t.co/UpofzULzAv https://t.co/2CpI0A8WOl

[19:58:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Lithuania to provide Ukraine with 36 air defense systems. Lithuania will hand over to Ukraine 36 portable anti-aircraft systems that can effectively counter Iranian drones Russia is using to attack the country, Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said on Feb. 9.

[19:58:04] Twitter DefenceU: RT @oleksiireznikov: Only a year ago, nobody would have believed that #UAarmy would be armed with Stingers. Lithuania became the first country who sent us these MANPADS. So, can anyone now say that it would be impossible to get warships…? https://t.co/wMHSLzK1vJ

[19:58:06] Twitter DefenceU: RT @oleksiireznikov: Awarded my friend & colleague @a_anusauskas the MoD Medal “For the Development of Military Cooperation”. in turn had the honor to receive a MoD award “Medal of Merit”. Friendship, Trust, Support: these values guide our shared work and bring victory closer. Ačiū, Lietuva! https://t.co/cvobCVM0Rn

[20:42:59] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Governor: Russian shelling of Marhanets injures 4. Russian troops shelled the city of Marhanets in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast three times on Feb. 9, wounding four people, including a child, according to Governor Serhii Lysak.

[21:13:01] Twitter KyivIndependent: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Serhii Lysak and Mykolaiv Oblast Governor Vitalii Kim had earlier warned about possible kamikaze drone attacks on their regions.

[22:13:07] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Official: Ukrainian troops arrive in Belgium for training on underwater drones. A group of Ukrainian soldiers has arrived in Belgium under the European Union's training mission to master underwater drones, Belgian Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder said on Feb. 9.

[22:13:09] Twitter KyivIndependent: These underwater systems, capable of finding various threats such as mines and spy equipment, have already been delivered to Ukraine, according to Dedonder.

[22:28:01] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️International Olympic Committee president criticizes Ukraine's call to boycott the Games. In a letter to Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee, the IOC president, Thomas Bach, criticized Ukraine’s threat to boycott the Games, saying it would violate the Olympic charter.

[22:28:02] Twitter KyivIndependent: Recently the IOC gave the green light for Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

[22:28:05] Twitter KyivIndependent: We asked the patrons of the Kyiv Independent to share the questions they have about the war. Here’s what they asked, and how we answered. https://t.co/xncEojpNYT

[23:13:00] Twitter KyivIndependent: President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Feb. 9 that “certain positive decisions” concerning Western-made fighter jets were made in Brussels, with “several” European countries showing readiness to send them to Ukraine when the time comes. https://t.co/nE2NM4H9yf

[23:43:01] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Ukraine’s military hits airfield in Russian-occupied Berdiansk in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Over 100 Russian troops were killed as a result of the Feb. 8 attack on an airfield in Russian-occupied Berdiansk in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, the city’s military administration said on Feb. 9.

[23:43:02] Twitter KyivIndependent: The Ukrainian army also damaged a warehouse with ammunition, fuel, and lubricants and a radar station, Berdiansk’s city military administration added.

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