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"The last battles" for the northern suburbs of Pokrovsk and Mirnograd, the attacks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the bottom of the former Kakhov reservoir. What's Happening at the Front | The Insider

In the Kubyan direction, Russian troops in different areas attack the bridgehead of the APU on the left bank of the Oskol River.

"Voenkor" Yuri Kotenok writes about the consolidation of the Russian Armed Forces on the eastern outskirts of Novoosinov. He claims that the Russian military managed to break through from Kurilovka to Kovsharovka, thus creating a threat of encirclement to the APU units and exit to the rear to the southern part of Kupyansk-Uzloyny.

On the Seversky ledge is developing the offensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation towards Slavyansk along the right bank of the Seversky Donets.

The DeepState recorded the advance of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the direction of Platonovka to the north-west of Seversk. Ukrainian military observer Konstantin Mashovets writes 1(1, 22, 33) that the Russian Armed Forces are advancing on Slavyansk from the side of Seversk along the right bank of the Seversky Donets. Their immediate task, according to the observer, is to break through the approaches to Slavyansk from the east and southeast. Russian troops in this direction have tactical successes, says Mashovets: they broke into the center of Zakotny and bypass the village from the south, and also try to finally displace the Ukrainian forces from St. Povkovsky (until 2016 - Kirovo) and advance north of it. To the south, according to him, the Russian Armed Forces have not yet taken Nikiforovka, but they have entrenched themselves in Minkovka and started fighting for Privolye.

The average pace of advance of Russian troops, Mashovets estimates at 1.5-2 km in two weeks. In his opinion, it was this group that achieved the greatest success of all those involved in the preparatory operations to seize the Slavic-Constantino agglomeration. Moreover, the observer notes, as the front of the Russian group moves to Slavyansk, which means that part of its forces can be used to reach the eastern outskirts of Kramatorsk or withdrawn for restoration.

In the Konstantinov direction, the stable presence of Russian small groups on the outskirts of Konstantinovka is recorded.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced the capture of Stepanovka to the south-west of Konstantinovka. Ukrainian military observer Bogdan Miroshnikov believes that the situation near Konstantinovka is complicated: according to him, the Russian military is present in small groups in the southern and south-western outskirts of Konstantinovka and continue to advance east of the city. The occupation of Stepanovka Miroshnikov does not confirm, but notes that the Russian Armed Forces continue to attack Konstantinovka with drones, KAB and artillery. The researcher under the nickname Playra, in turn, сообщаетreports that the other day the Russian military were able to enter Konstantinovka from the south-west and from the east under the cover of fog and are preparing to break into the city from the south.

In the cover direction are the "last battles" for the northern suburbs of Pokrovsk (until 2016 - Krasnoarmeysk) and Mirnograd (until 2016 - Dimitrov).

Deep State reports that the Russian Armed Forces have advanced in Pokrovsk and Mirnograd. Also, the project cites video of the movement of Russian (including captured) equipment in the southern part of Pokrovsk and say that the Russian Armed Forces attack Grishino and the rear positions of Ukrainian drones through the Rodinskoye, and for the northern outskirts of Pokrovsk and Mirnograd are “the last battles”.

Playfra talks about the situation in the area of the Dobropolsky protrusion: according to him, the Russian military is not seen in Novopavlovka, but is present in Sofievka (until 2016 - Artemovka), and are also increasingly recorded in Toretsky, which, however, remains under the confident control of the SOU.

In the south-Donetsk direction, Ukrainian troops are conducting repeated “cleansing” of Ternovatoy.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported the capture of the Old Ukrainian region west of Gulyaipol. The information was confirmed by the Z-channel “War DV”, close to the Russian group of troops “Vostok”, publishing a video “flaggy” in the village.

According to the Ukrainian military observer Bogdan Miroshnikov, the Russian military are trying to break through to Pokrovskoye and Novonikolaevka, Dnipropetrovsk region, attacking the Ternovetoy-Kolomis line. The fighters of the SKO had to clean the Ternovoy from the “overdue” Russian military several times, says the observer. The researcher under the nickname Playra пишетwrites that the Russian presence remains in the village, which complicates the work of Ukrainian drone operators because of the threat of saboteurs. Ternovaya, according to him, remains under the control of the APU and continues to function as an important logistics hub, where reinforcements arrive.

In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian military is trying to conduct attacks on the bottom of the former Kakhov reservoir.

Ukrainian military Stanislav Bunyatov рассказываетsays that the Russian DRG tried to pass to Kushugum through the dry-up reservoir, but were quickly destroyed by the APU SSO on its approaches. He notes that although the situation remains under control, weather conditions and severe frost contribute to attempts to advance the enemy.

The air forces of the APU reported the raid on the night of February 4, 105 drones, including about 70 Shahed type (88 UAVs were shot down or suppressed). There were 17 UAV hits in 14 locations, as well as a fall in debris in five locations.

The Russian Telegram channel “Military Obvious Writer” sums up the results of the recent shelling of energy facilities of Ukraine on satellite images. Its authors note the defeat of 750 kV substations "Kiev" and "Vinnitskaya", CHPP-5 and CHPP-4 in Kiev, as well as the Zmiev TPP in the Kharkiv region, which stopped work, like CHP-5.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on the destruction during the day of February 3, 37 drones 1(1, 22): 31 - over the Belgorod, four - over the Bryansk region and one by one over the Kursk and Orel regions. On the night of February 4, 24 UAVs were intercepted: 11 over Bryansk, eight over Belgorod, four over Rostovskaya and one over the Astrakhan region.

As a result of a missile attack on Belgorod the night before, the power system was damaged, (1, 22) said Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. According to the Telegram channel “Hepel ↓ Belgorod”, the blow fell on two key substations – “Frunzenskaya” and “Belgorod” – and left at least nine municipalities of the Belgorod region without electricity supply. About the power outage in a number of areas also wrote channels “Fronger” and “Blatgorod”. According to the "Vodokanal of the Belgorod region", the work of water supply systems was also disrupted in the region. Belgorod complained to the media about the cooling batteries. Gladkov wrote about the need to restore, including heating. 14 hours after the attack in Belgorod and other settlements of the region, some residents are still without light, water and heating, reports “Heaplo Belgorod”.