Donetsk

The head of the Avdiivka city military-civilian administration said that while the Russian occupiers are on the outskirts of Avdiivka, Donetsk region, the Ukrainian military are bravely holding them back and repelling attacks.

russian occupants are trying to encircle Avdiivka from the south and north, continuing frontal attacks in the area of the Avdiivka Coke Plant to cut it off from the city, the head of the Avdiivka Military-Civilian Administration said.

More than 500 Ukrainian children have been killed and more than 1,200 injured as a result of the ongoing Russian invasion.

65 combat engagements took place along the frontline as Ukrainian troops repelled Russian attacks in many regions, according to a morning report from the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Thanks to cooperation with the UAE and other friends of Ukraine, Ukraine has brought home another 100 defenders from Russian captivity, bringing the total number of returnees since the beginning of the war to 3135.

President Zelenskiy announces that a total of 3,135 Ukrainians have been released from Russian captivity, including 100 soldiers in the latest exchange, most of whom were defending Mariupol and Azovstal.

The SBU demonstrated footage of Ukrainian defenders returning home as part of the 51st prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia, during which 100 Ukrainians were released, including 84 defenders of Mariupol and Azovstal.

Ukraine brought home another 100 defenders from Russian captivity, including 84 defenders of Mariupol.

According to President Zelenskiy, Ukraine gained control of the Black Sea and won the winter, but failed to achieve its goals on the ground in the second year of full-scale war.

An elderly woman died in Avdiivka, Donetsk region, after Russia fired two rocket attacks on the city.

Ukraine does not recognize the illegal sentences handed down to Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia and is working to protect their rights and return them from captivity.

The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine has filed a lawsuit with the High Anti-Corruption Court demanding to impose sanctions on Russian propagandist Dmitry Kiselyov for spreading Kremlin propaganda justifying Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The prosecutor's office found fragments of 4 North Korean ballistic missiles and 4 Russian S-300 missiles that were used during the Russian attack on the town of Selidove, which killed 1 woman and wounded 7 civilians, including a child.

Donetsk police reported that the Russian attack on Selydove on February 8 was carried out with North Korean-made KN-23 ballistic missiles, killing one woman and injuring seven others.

British intelligence reports that Russian troops have intensified attacks around Avdiivka and rotated additional troops to the front line in the city, which remains a key target of their offensive.

Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets sent official letters to the UN and ICRC to document violations of international humanitarian law after more than 30 Ukrainian prisoners of war were sentenced to 27-29 years in prison by a so-called "court" in occupied Donetsk.

The Russian army is trying to break through Ukrainian defenses in the Chasovyi Yar area of Donetsk region, using drones, artillery and small assault groups.

Three people have been rescued from the rubble of damaged buildings in Selydove, Donetsk region, after a nighttime Russian shelling.

Russian shelling of Selidove in Donetsk region killed at least 1 person and wounded 7 others, including a child, after the town was shelled 7 times overnight.

Occupants shelled Selydove in Donetsk region at night, injuring one person who was trapped under the rubble of damaged buildings.

According to the General Staff, Ukrainian troops repelled 92 firefights in various sectors over the past day.

Three residents of Dnipro and Dnipro region are accused of organizing a brothel in Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad, Donetsk region, which involved eight women aged 14 to 40 to provide intimate services for a fee of UAH 12,000 to 20,000.

Despite constant shelling, which complicates the restoration, DTEK is working to restore electricity supply in the regions along the contact line.

The russians sentenced more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen to long prison terms of 27 to 29 years in a maximum security colony.

The Security Service of Ukraine detained an informant of the Russian military intelligence who adjusted the enemy's fire, which killed 6 civilians, including children, during a missile strike on a residential area in Pokrovsk district of Donetsk region.

An early morning Russian missile attack caused blackouts in Kyiv and Kharkiv, damaging local power grids, while Ukraine's national grid remained stable and no power shortages were expected.

Two residents of Donetsk region were injured as a result of Russian shelling of eight communities.

russia fires 1,500 to 2,500 shells daily in Donetsk region, targeting critical infrastructure to make life more difficult for locals as winter approaches.

74 settlements on the contact line in the Donetsk region are almost completely de-energized and difficult to repair due to shelling by Russian troops. In two years, 116 thousand damaged and destroyed housing in Donetsk region, including 353 schools, 301 kindergartens, and 286 hospitals.

Ukrainian troops neutralize only small subversive groups of Russians infiltrating Avdiivka, continuing to hold the line despite the difficult conditions.