Between Moscow and kyiv, the drone war continues and intensifies while on the ground progress is less significant. Last night, the Ukrainian army announced that it had shot down nine drones, out of fourteen launched by Russia. Across the Russian border, a fire hit a major refinery in the Volgograd region (southwest), after a drone attack blamed on Ukraine.
Information to remember
⇒ The Ukrainian army announced that it had shot down 9 of the 14 drones launched by Russia
⇒ The anti-terrorism prosecution opened an investigation after the death of two French humanitarian workers in Ukraine
⇒ In Russia, a fire broke out in a refinery after a Ukrainian drone attack
Ukraine says it shot down nine drones out of 14 launched last night
The Ukrainian Air Force declared this Saturday, February 3, that it had shot down nine of the 14 drones launched by Russia in southern and central Ukraine, during the night from Friday to Saturday. Most of the Iranian-made Shahed drones targeted “energy infrastructure” in the central Dnipro region, where thousands are without power. The power outages mainly affected Kryvyi Rig, the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The governor of the Dnipro region, Sergiï Lysak, said that 15,000 residents of Kryvyï Rig were without electricity after the drone attack.
Fires caused by the strikes affected “two boiler rooms” in the city and “some families find themselves without a water supply”, he added, indicating that “no deaths or injuries” had been reported, but that two homes had been damaged.
Presidential election in Russia: “We must stop the fighting” with Ukraine, argues Boris Nadejdine
Morning guest Franceinfo, Boris Nadezhdine, Vladimir Putin’s sole opponent in the presidential election, calls for an end to the war in Ukraine, declaring that “the government should not try to create more territories for Russia, it’s a bad idea.” He also said “a large part of the Russian people really think that in Ukraine the Russian army is fighting against Nazis and fascists, because of the propaganda that has been going on for years.”
Regarding Crimea, he also said that “we must understand that the final line of the border will not be entirely satisfactory for Russia and for Ukraine. It will be the line of a compromise.”
Russia: fire in a refinery after a drone attack
A fire hit a major refinery in the Volgograd region, in southwest Russia, this Saturday after a drone attack blamed on Ukraine, a local official said. “Tonight, anti-aircraft defense and electronic jamming means repelled a drone attack in the Volgograd region, in the Kalachyovskiy and Zakanalye districts,” Governor Andrei Botcharov said on Telegram.
According to the governor, this attack did not cause any casualties. In a statement, the Russian army announced that air defense had shot down or intercepted with jamming systems four drones in the Belgorod region, two others in the Volgograd region and another in the Rostov-on-Don region. .
Two humanitarian workers died in Ukraine: the anti-terrorism prosecution opens an investigation
The anti-terrorism prosecution (Pnat), requested by AFP, indicated that it was opening an investigation after the death Thursday in southern Ukraine of two French humanitarian workers during a Russian bombing. The investigation is open for war crimes and intentional harm to the life of a person protected by international humanitarian law in particular. Entrusted to the gendarmes of the Central Office for the Fight against Crimes Against Humanity (OCLCH), this is the 10th procedure opened by the Pnat since the start of the conflict in February 2022.
Russia: human rights defender Oleg Orlov classified as a “foreign agent”
Russian authorities on Friday placed Oleg Orlov, veteran defender of human rights and Nobel Peace Prize winner of the NGO Memorial, on the infamous list of “foreign agents”. The Russian Justice Ministry said that Oleg Orlov “opposed the special military operation in Ukraine, disseminated false information about decisions taken by the state authorities of the Russian Federation, and participated in the creation of messages and texts for foreign agents”.
Hundreds of people, human rights activists, opponents or independent journalists have been placed in recent years on this list, the qualification of which is accompanied by strict administrative constraints and the obligation to appear as such in all communication. public.