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Weather continues to significantly affect military operations, with worst offensive conditions expected in March – UK intelligence.
Weather continues to play a significant role in the course of Russia's war in Ukraine, according to a defense intelligence statement published on Twitter by the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Thursday morning.
"With the ground frozen, there has likely been little change in cross country mobility (CCM) conditions in eastern Ukraine in recent weeks. On February 8, 2023, surface temperatures were around 0 degrees Celsius; over the coming week, forecasts suggest soil temperature increases and snow melt are likely to deteriorate CCM across Donbas," the defense intelligence said.
At the same time, it is noted that in the middle to the end of March it will most likely be extremely muddy and the CCM will be the worst. "Commanders on both sides will highly likely seek to avoid scheduling major offensives at such times. However, perceived political or operational opportunities can override such concerns, as demonstrated by Russia launching its invasion in late-February 2022," British intelligence said.
Brazil's participation in first Global Peace Summit important for Ukraine – Zelenskyy.
Ukraine is interested in the active participation of Brazil and, in particular, President Lula da Silva in the first Global Peace Summit to be held in Switzerland in June, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with Brazilian...
German Vice Chancellor Habeck visits Mykolaiv region.
A delegation from Germany headed by Federal Vice-Chancellor, Minister of Economy and Climate Protection Robert Habeck visited Mykolaiv region on Friday and held a meeting with head of Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration Vitaliy Kim.
Enemy continues to shell Kherson region, one person killed.
Russian troops continued to shell Kherson region during the day, one person was killed, and there is also destruction of critical and private infrastructure, said head of the Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Prokudin.
Two enemy guided airstrikes, three reconnaissance aircraft eliminated – Air Forces.
At night, the defense forces eliminated two enemy X-59/X-69 aircraft missiles launched from the Black Sea, as well as three reconnaissance drones, the Air Force reported.
SBU, GUR, SOF organize attack on Russia’s energy infrastructure, objects in eight regions hit at night – source.
A large-scale attack by unmanned aerial vehicles on energy facilities in eight regions of the Russian Federation is a joint operation of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the Main Intelligence Agency (GUR) and Special Operations Forces (SOF) ...
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Tory MP investigated over alleged misuse of party funds.
A Conservative MP has been suspended by the parliamentary party while it investigates claims he misused campaign funds. Mark Menzies is alleged to have used thousands of pounds given by donors to fund medical expenses, according to The Times. He i...
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911 outages affecting several states overnight
Potentially thousands of people who tried to dial 911 Wednesday night were left helpless as an outage across parts of four different states — including the entire state of South Dakota — impacted callers. Outages were also reported in Nevada, Texa...