WAR IN UKRAINE: February 6, 2023
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Day 348
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov is being replaced by General Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the country's military intelligence agency, according to the leader of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's faction in parliament - RFE/RL
Meanwhile, Reznikov said the country is anticipating a new Russian offensive later this month. At a news conference, he said not all Western weaponry will have arrived by then, but Ukraine had enough reserves to hold off Russian forces. President Volodymyr Zelensky has said troops are fighting fiercely in Bakhmut, Vuhledar and Lyman, in east - BBC
Two Russian S-300 rockets hit the center of Kharkiv Sunday morning. One of the strikes was on a residential building. Five injuries have been reported so far in Ukrainian media channels. The second rocket has caused serious damage to a university building
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says the situation is "very difficult" in the eastern region of Donetsk and elsewhere as Russia intensifies its war effort as the first anniversary nears of its full-scale attack on Ukraine.
In the near future, the schedule in Odesa and the region will be 2 hours with light and 8 hours without light. DTEK reported that they had handed over 15 powerful generators to Odesa for critical infrastructure, but so far the power for ordinary consumers is only enough for such a schedule. The situation with the light in Odessa should improve after February 10.
Ukraine's military says 131,290 Russian military personnel have been killed in Ukraine since the Kremlin invaded in February last year.
Zelensky representative: Military installations in Russia are legitimate targets. "Russia attacks peaceful Ukrainian cities from its territory, just like from Belarus," Venislavsky, a member of parliament's security and defense committee, told Bild, a German newspaper. "Are the places where Russia stores its missiles legitimate military targets? Of course, without question” - Kyiv Independent
Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges (Ret.) tells CNN's Fareed Zakaria why the Russian-occupied region of Crimea could be a decisive area for the Ukrainian military in the next phase of the war. Watch here
