​Secretary of the National Security Council Oleksiy Danilov said that he expects “the most difficult battles ahead” and did not rule out that President Putin will try to attack again from the north, south and east, as was the case on February 24. The year 2022 may even coincide with the anniversary of the invasion.

SUMMARY OF THE DAY

• As a new wave of mobilization approaches in Russia, corrupt officials have reportedly begun offering a new paid service. In the province, the cost of the “loss” of the servicemen’s card file in the commissariat is 400,000 rubles, reports independent researcher Chris Owen.

• Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Tuesday confirmed the organization of a Ukraine-EU summit in Kyiv on Friday, which he said should send a “strong signal” to Moscow almost a year after the start of the Russian invasion, AFP reported.

• The President of Belarus Oleksandr Lukashenko said that his country is “already ready” to provide more aid to Russia in the war against Ukraine, The Guardian reports.

• In Melitopol, Kadyrov gangs raped a Russian journalist and beat a cameraman / Russia allegedly refused to investigate the case / The main suspect is Kadyrov’s nephew. In the Russian-occupied Melitopol of the Zaporizhzhia region, a group of Kadyrivites attacked the Russian journalist Olga Zenkova and the operator of the Russian NTV channel Yepifanov Artem Serhiyovych.

• The realization of Ukraine’s dream of receiving fighter jets from the West is under the sign of uncertainty, the faint hope is connected with the answer of the President Emmanuel Macron that “nothing is prohibited in principle” and the pressure from the Baltic States, who are lobbying for this type. military support. During this time, the US has said a resounding “no”, and the UK says that the decision to send fourth-generation aircraft is impractical.

• Russia has been forced to send home more than 9,000 people who were “illegally mobilized,” Attorney General Igor Krasnov told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, CNN reported.

• The U.S. is preparing more than $2 billion in military aid to Ukraine, which for the first time could include longer-range missiles, two U.S. officials told Reuters.

• President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that he has not completed the “reform” of high-ranking officials and that anyone who does not meet strict standards will be fired.

• Ukraine expects to receive 120-140 tanks in the “first wave” of deliveries from 12 countries, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said. He added that the first tranche will include German Leopard 2 tanks, British Challenger 2 tanks and American M1 Abrams tanks, but Ukraine is “highly counting” on the supply of French Leclerc tanks as well.

• The US has accused Russia of failing to fulfill its obligations under the nuclear arms control treaty by not allowing inspectors to visit facilities where they are produced. Russia’s refusal to allow inspections “prevents the United States from exercising its rights and threatens the viability of US-Russian nuclear arms control,” a US State Department spokesman said.

The latest on the war in Ukraine, day 343:

06:29The Security Service of Ukraine collected evidence regarding two bosses installed by Moscow in the occupied regions, who reoriented the export of energy resources to Russia, writes Ukrinform. “One of the defendants is a citizen of Russia, the former minister of energy and housing and communal services of the Nizhny Novgorod region. He fulfilled the Kremlin’s task regarding the export of Ukrainian coal to Russia in industrial volumes. The “minister” also developed a program to liquidate almost 90% of mines in the Donetsk region. Now Russia is preparing the “privatization” and transfer of three mines on the captured territory to Russian oligarchs, writes Ukrinform.

06:00“Explosive technicians destroyed 200 shells of Russian origin, with which the occupiers were going to bombard the Donetsk region. This is one of the most large-scale destructive operations carried out by the police,” said the message of the Donetsk authorities, transmitted by Ukrinform..

00:30 In anticipation of Russia’s offensive: Ukrainian military practices camouflage methods in Great Britain

The Deputy Commander of the Ground Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavlyuk said that the servicemen of the Ukrainian army practiced the techniques of individual camouflage under the guidance of British instructors as part of military training in Great Britain, reports Ukrinform.

00:10As a new wave of mobilization grows more likely in Russia, corrupt officials have reportedly begun offering a new paid service. In the province, the cost of the “loss” of the servicemen’s card file in the commissariat is 400,000 rubles, reports independent researcher Chris Owen.

Russia is trying to compensate for its losses in Ukraine

23:48Blinken will discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine with Chinese officials

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine with Chinese officials during a trip to China on February 5-6, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday, AFP reported.

23:12Western officials say Russia is trying to make up for losses in Ukraine ahead of a possible spring offensive