Mariupol

197 defenders were returned to Ukraine, including 31 defenders of Mariupol, including 18 defenders of "Azovstal". 22 seriously wounded soldiers were also released.

Military medic Valentina Zubko, who went through captivity, will take part in a charity race in Cherkasy. The goal is to support the 118th Brigade of the Territorial Defense and prisoners of war.

On the site of the destroyed "Orlyonok" camp in Mariupol, the occupiers are building a "Warriors" military training center. This is another step towards the militarization of children, who are being recruited into the "Youth Army" and taught to shoot.

Overnight, a fuel and energy complex facility in the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation was attacked. A fire was reported, and there is one injured person. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the downing of 22 drones over various regions.

In temporarily occupied Mariupol, the invaders have not paid salaries to employees of public utilities and doctors for months. People complain that the delays started back in January.

"Ukrposhta" announced the release of postage stamps "City of Heroes. Mariupol" with pieces of steel from "Azovstal". The stamps are dedicated to the defenders of the city and the victims of the bombing of the Drama Theatre, with a print run of 400 thousand copies.

In the temporarily occupied Mariupol, a monument "Mariupol - City of Military Glory" is being built near Petrovsky Park. The stele with a granite column and the emblem of the Russian Federation is planned to depict the Russian occupiers of 2022.

The Old Crimean Reservoir, the only source of water for occupied Mariupol, is rapidly becoming shallow. The occupiers are planning to blow up the dams on the Malyi Kalchyk River to fill the reservoir, which could lead to an environmental disaster.

A Dacia SuperNova car used by the Russian occupier exploded in occupied Mariupol at about 1:30 am. According to preliminary data, the invader is in intensive care.

In the Primorsky district of Mariupol, guerrillas blew up the car of an FSB officer, who was seriously injured. The occupiers have tightened security measures and started mass checks of the local population.

In occupied Mariupol, water supply is restricted to 6 hours a day due to the critical shallowing of the Starokrymskoye reservoir. The city needs 150,000 cubic meters of water daily, while the reservoir can only provide 40,000.

Lieutenant Colonel Bohdan “Tavr” Krotevych is completing his service as Chief of Staff of the 12th Azov Brigade. In 10 years, he has risen from infantryman to chief of staff and participated in key operations, including the defense of Mariupol.

On February 24, it will be three years since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. During this time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed over 800,000 occupiers, liberated significant territories, but have lost over 12,000 civilians.

88 railcars of Ukrainian coal stolen by the occupiers arrived at the port of Mariupol. The invaders are planning to expand the port to 25 rail cars to increase the volume of stolen property.

Russians are building the Rostov-Mariupol railroad for military logistics. Local residents are forced to work for free under the threat of reprisals.

Dmitry Pevtsov, an actor and deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, has been convicted in absentia to 10 years in prison in Ukraine. He was found guilty on three articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, including propaganda of war and encroachment on the territorial integrity.

In occupied Mariupol, the situation with flu and ARVI is deteriorating. Due to the lack of children's infectious diseases departments, sick children are forced to be taken to Nikolske or Donetsk.

The Russian occupiers are destroying historic buildings in the center of Mariupol, planning to build a new housing estate for IDPs from the Russian Federation. Local residents are not provided with the promised compensation apartments, and construction is frozen due to lack of funding.

At night, drone attacks were recorded in several regions of russia, including the krasnodar Territory and rostov Region. According to the aggressor, more than 50 drones were shot down, while the actual number may exceed 60 units.

The documentary The Porcelain War won a Director's Guild Award and was nominated for an Oscar in 2025. The film tells the story of three Ukrainian ceramic artists who left Crimea due to the occupation and now work in Kharkiv.

Russians have built 65% of the new building of the drama theater in occupied Mariupol, destroying the authentic look of the building. The invaders plan to complete the construction by the end of 2025.

The HACC upheld the claim of the Ministry of Justice and seized Vyacheslav Zanevsky's assets for the benefit of the state. The confiscated property includes a company, 12 land plots, apartments and cash.

15 kilometers of the coastal strip of the Azov Sea are polluted with fuel oil after a Russian tanker accident. The oil slick is moving toward Mariupol.

Mstyslav Chernov won the Sundance Film Festival's Director's Award for his film 2000 Meters to Andriivka. The film tells the story of the liberation of a Ukrainian village from Russian occupation.

ROA carries out repair work on the roads of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. The restored roads are used for military logistics, transportation of ammunition and equipment.

The Russian occupation authorities are introducing a scheme of forced confiscation of apartments of Ukrainians who have left the occupied territories. Pushilin announced the creation of a “maneuverable fund” of confiscated housing.

a Russian drone attacked a civilian enterprise in the Novobavarsky district of Kharkiv, causing a fire on 1500 square meters. Two people were injured - a woman born in 1955 and a child born in 2015, who suffered an acute stress reaction.

The Russian army attacked Kharkiv on the night of January 28. As a result of the shelling, a fire broke out in the Kholodnohirsky district of the city, details of the attack are being clarified.

The President of Ukraine noted that the war had made Ukrainians tougher and less emotional. According to him, the conflict took lives, time and positive emotions, leaving only negative ones.

According to the latest data, about 20,000 people died in Mariupol, and 19,500 children were taken from southern Ukraine. The President explained that the occupiers were rebuilding the city to hide the traces of crimes.