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Below are the main developments on the day of 1081 of Russia’s widespread invasion of Ukraine.
This is the situation on Sunday, February 9:
Fighting:
- The Russian Ministry of Defense said on Sunday that Russian air defense units intercepted and destroyed 35 Ukrainian drones overnight. The ministry added that about half of the drones were destroyed on the Kursk region, which borders Ukraine.
- The Air Force in Ukraine said on Saturday that they had shot down 67 of 139 Russian aircraft, while the other 71 of the radar disappeared without reaching their targets.
- The state -owned by the country’s TASLOCOM company, the country, said. The restoration work is ongoing and the accident did not affect the participants.
- The Ukraine Army said it shot down a Russian Su-25 attack plane near the city of Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast on Saturday.
diplomacy
- Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will connect to the Energy Network in the European Union on Sunday after it has seized relations during the Soviet era smoothly with the Russia Network, which is motivated by security concerns.
- US President Donald Trump said he spoke to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, by phone to discuss the end of the war in Ukraine, the New York Post reported late on Saturday. “Putin wants to see people stop death,” Trump added.
- Jenny Gatilov, the permanent representative of Russia in Geneva in Geneva, said Russia has not yet seen any positive steps from the new American administration about disarmament. However, he added that Russia is “ready to maintain smooth relations to cooperate with any American administration.”
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said in line with the treaty between Moscow and Pyongyang, and its army and people will always support the issue of the Russian army and people to defend their sovereignty, security and regional safety.
