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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Russian forces shell 7 communities in Sumy Oblast. Russian troops fired on the communities of Seredyna-Buda, Bilopillia, Velyka Pysarivka, Esman, Znob-Novhorodske, Hlukhiv, and Shalyhyne, the Sumy Oblast military administration reported on Feb. 10.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Media: Slovakia to consider delivering MiG-29 jets to Ukraine. Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger said Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky asked Slovakia for MiG-29 fighter jets, Slovak newspaper SME reported. Heger added that negotiations will begin now.
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KyivIndependent: According to Heger, these jets have been decommissioned, and Slovakia doesn’t plan to use them in the future. Earlier, Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad said that the transfer of jets to Ukraine could not be decided only by Slovakia but required agreement with NATO partners.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Retired US general: Jets could help Ukraine win within year. Ben Hodges, a former commander of the U.S. Army Europe, told Deutsche Welle that the West should supply Ukraine with fighter jets as the planes could contribute to Ukraine’s victory within a year.
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KyivIndependent: “The sooner we deliver them the capability to achieve a decisive outcome, the sooner that (the war) could be over,” Hodges said in an interview with Deutsche Welle.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️White House: Countries can make their own decision on giving Ukraine jets. “If a NATO nation or even a non-NATO nation wants to provide capabilities like fighter aircraft to Ukraine, that’s certainly their decision to make,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ General Staff: Ukraine repels Russian assaults near 7 settlements. Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian military repelled Russian attacks near 7 settlements in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Feb. 11.
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KyivIndependent: The General Staff also said that the Russian army launched 106 missiles, 59 airstrikes, and over 90 MLRS attacks against Ukraine over the past day.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Russian attacks kill 1, injure 4 in Donetsk Oblast on Feb. 10. Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast killed one civilian and wounded four others over the past day, Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported on Feb. 11.
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KyivIndependent: It is currently impossible to know the actual number of casualties in Russian-occupied Mariupol and Volnovaha, he added.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Air Force: Ukraine downs 20 Russian kamikaze drones overnight. According to the Ukrainian military, the drones were launched from the eastern coast of the Azov Sea and targeted Ukraine’s critical infrastructure. The total number of drones launched at Ukraine was not specified.
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KyivIndependent: These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Feb. 11, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/AgQZMGPQ0W
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️AP: UN draft resolution calls for peace ensuring Ukraine’s ‘sovereignty, independence, unity, territorial integrity.’
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KyivIndependent: According to the Associated Press, the draft resolution, circulated among all UN member nations except Russia and Belarus on Feb. 9, is “broader and less detailed” than President Volodymyr Zelensky’s ten-point peace plan to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, presented at the G20.
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ZelenskyyUa: Had a key meeting with @jpmorgan senior members, took part in the investment summit online. We discussed the creation of a platform for involving private capital to rebuild . Post-war long-term growth steps were discussed. We agreed on cooperation. https://t.co/FFwgqi3fRt
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DefenceU: "This is what you'll get This is what you'll get This is what you'll get When you mess with us" Radiohead Total combat losses of the enemy from Feb 24 to Feb 11: https://t.co/CMdtbrx6vA
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️UK Defense Ministry: Wagner Group likely ended prisoner recruitment due to ‘rivalry’ with regular military.
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KyivIndependent: The U.K. Defense Ministry said in its latest update on Feb. 11 that data from the Russian Federal Penal Service suggested a drop-off in the rate of prisoner recruitment to Russian paramilitary group Wagner since December 2022.
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KyivIndependent: Supporters say Ukraine's new media law is necessary to fight Russian propaganda. But critics argue that it will be used to censor pro-Ukrainian media critical of the government. https://t.co/O93vJFMt39
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Russia conducts 4 air strikes on Snake Island overnight. Two Russian Su-24 aircraft conducted four strikes with air-dropped bombs on Snake Island, a small but strategically important outpost in the Black Sea, overnight on Feb. 11, according to Ukraine's military.
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DefenceU: You don't see this direct connection? Come to Ukraine and find out! It is in your power to stop the promotion of terrorism on the world's premier sporting arena. It is in our power to stop terrorists on the battlefield. https://t.co/zUMj0CXizC
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Emergency service: 12 injured across Ukraine in Feb. 10 Russian mass missile attack.
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KyivIndependent: No civilian deaths were recorded as a direct result of the missile strikes. Overall, emergency workers extinguished 16 fires and provided psychological assistance to 172 people at the sites of Russian attacks, the head of State Emergency Service Serhii Kruk said on Feb. 11.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️The Times: UK could provide Ukraine with missiles capable of reaching Crimea.
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KyivIndependent: Citing unnamed Ukrainian defense sources, The Times also reported that Ukraine would be prepared to use U.K. Harpoon and Storm Shadow missiles to strike Crimea, illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️ISW: Russian failure in Vuhledar shows poor training of the newly mobilized. According to the Institute for the Study of War, recent footage shows that Russian forces fighting near Vuhledar engage in "highly dysfunctional tactics," indicative of the soldiers' poor training.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Pentagon: Russia likely lost about half of its battle tanks in Ukraine. The capabilities of Russia's army, especially the ground forces, have significantly deteriorated, Pentagon official Celeste Wallander said on Feb. 10
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️First batch of Lithuanian anti-aircraft guns arrives in Ukraine. Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said on Feb. 11 that the first batch of L-70 anti-aircraft guns and ammunition has already arrived in Ukraine. He didn't specify the number. Arvydas Anusauskas https://t.co/YKqUd1Slwi
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelensky meets with J.P. Morgan top managers over Ukraine’s reconstruction. President Volodymyr Zelensky met with U.S. largest investment company J.P. Morgan’s top managers and joined the company's online investment summit on Feb. 11. President's Office https://t.co/9K8q4NE2qC
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KyivIndependent: The parties reportedly discussed the creation of a platform to attract private capital to rebuild Ukraine and large investment projects in green energy, IT, and agricultural technologies. https://t.co/vSOlodhlt2
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukraine sent 80 first responders to Turkey. Ukraine sent 80 emergency workers and 16 pieces of engineering equipment to assist Turkey in clearing the rubble after two devastating earthquakes, Oleksandr Khorunzhiy, the spokesman of the State Emergency Service, said on Feb. 11.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelensky honors earthquake victims in Turkish embassy. Zelensky laid flowers, wrote condolences, and met with the Turkish ambassador, honoring the victims of the recent devastating earthquakes during his visit to the Turkish embassy in Ukraine on Feb. 11. President's Office https://t.co/a5zd3ToXm8
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Russian governor: 3 wounded by alleged attack on Belgorod Oblast. Russia's Belgorod Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov claimed that Shebekino, a community in Belgorod Oblast bordering Ukraine, was shelled on Feb. 11. Gladkov blamed the attack on Ukraine. Kyiv hasn't responded.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelensky: We want to be in EU in 2 years, in NATO after victory. President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Feb. 11 that Ukraine wants to be a member of the European Union in two years and should be part of the NATO alliance after the country’s victory over Russia.
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KyivIndependent: We launched this merch as part of a bigger collection created together with Saint Javelin to support paramedics in Ukraine. All net profits from the sales are donated to Hospitallers, a Ukrainian voluntary organization of paramedics who save lives at the front line.
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KyivIndependent: Two months later, we have raised more than $16,500 – we did it together with you, and we definitely can do more. Pick an item you like and help us raise money for the critically important work of Hospitallers.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukraine to create centralized demining hub. The Ukrainian Center for Humanitarian Demining will help improve coordination between ministries, regional administrations, partner countries, and international organizations, and help attract resources, said PM Denys Shmyhal.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Kosovo's president: Wagner mercenaries work with Serbian paramilitaries against Kosovo. Russia's Wagner Group works with Serbian paramilitaries to smuggle weapons in Kosovo for a potential hybrid attack by Serbia to grab Kosovan territory, Vjosa Osmani told The Telegraph.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zaluzhnyi: Ukraine holds defense, regains positions in 'some areas.' Ukrainian troops recaptured previously lost positions and gained a foothold "in some areas" along the front line, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi said on Feb. 11.
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KyivIndependent: The fiercest battles are currently raging in the area of Vuhledar, and Mariinka, towns that sit about 150 kilometers southwest of Bakhmut, where Russia carries out up to 50 attacks per day, Zaluzhnyi reported. https://t.co/w9hh9lJvSH
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KyivIndependent: Ukrainian SOE Weekly is an independent weekly digest based on a compilation of the most important news related to state-owned enterprises and state-owned banks in Ukraine. The Kyiv Independent reposts it with permission. https://t.co/ZvTkaYovol
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️General Staff: Russian forces strengthen presence near Lyman, Bakhmut. The General Staff said Russian forces continue to focus their main efforts on offensive operations in the directions of Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Novopavlivsk in Ukraine's east and northeast.
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KyivIndependent: We launched this merch as part of a bigger collection created together with Saint Javelin to support paramedics in Ukraine. All net profits from the sales are donated to Hospitallers, a Ukrainian voluntary organization of paramedics who save lives at the front line.
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KyivIndependent: Two months later, we have raised more than $16,500 – we did it together with you, and we definitely can do more. Pick an item you like and help us raise money for the critically important work of Hospitallers.
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DefenceU: .@ZelenskyyUa quote on the cover of @derspiegel "Putin is a Dragon, he needs to devour." Dragons eat people. To survive, people must eat the Dragon instead. #UAarmy offers a recipe for "dragon meat à l'ukrainienne". https://t.co/dsKGu3CHmS
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Wagner Group boss says Russia could take two years to capture Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts. “If we have to get to the Dnipro River, it will take about three years,” Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, added.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Der Spiegel: Ukrainian troops to start training on Leopard 2 tanks in Germany next week. German magazine Der Spiegel reported that Ukrainian soldiers have already been brought from Poland to Germany in the past few days.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Danilov: Russia began new offensive but faces major challenges. "They have already started their offensive, they don't say it publicly. And our troops are repelling it," National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov said on television.
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KyivIndependent: ⚡️Governor: Russian missile strike at Kharkiv damages infrastructure site. The governor said that Russia struck Kharkiv with missiles three times late on Feb. 11, damaging an infrastructure facility. Russia allegedly used S-300 surface-to-air missiles for the attack.