Germany is only giving Ukraine tanks for the defense of its own territory, stated Chancellor Olaf Scholz #news #war #liga https://news.liga.net/ua/politics/news/sholts-zayavil-o-konsensuse-s-ukrainoy-o-neispolzovanii-zapadnogo-orujiya-na-territorii-rf
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On Jan. 18, Daria Herasymchuk, Ukraine’s presidential advisor for children’s rights and rehabilitation, reported that Russia had abducted almost 14,000 Ukrainian children. Only 125 of them have been returned to Ukraine.

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According to the National Resistance Center, Russian proxies in Luhansk Oblast met with the Republic of Karelia’s Legislative Assembly Chair Elissan Shandalovich. They discussed forcibly sending children in Luhansk Oblast to Karelia for so-called “rest” and “rehabilitation.”

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Russian proxies discuss forcibly sending children in Luhansk Oblast to Republic of Karelia. Russian proxies in Luhansk Oblast discussed sending Ukrainian children to the Republic of Karelia in Russia, the National Resistance Center reported on Feb. 4.

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Russia has “not shown the capacity to sustain the multiple major offensive operations that would be necessary to simultaneously reach the Donetsk Oblast administrative borders and take Zaporizhzhia,” the ISW said.

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ISW: Russia fails to sustain ‘major offensive operations’ required to take Zaporizhzhia. Russia is "unlikely to target Zaporizhzhia" as Russian forces focus their attention on preparing an offensive in western Luhansk Oblast, the Institute for the Study of War said on Feb. 4.

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Russia renames 86 streets named after Ukrainian figures in occupied Melitopol. Occupying Russian forces have renamed streets after Russian and Soviet figures, Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov said on Feb. 4. They also dismantled a monument of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko.

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Russian forces shell 4 communities in Sumy Oblast. Russian troops fired on the communities of Bilopillia, Novoslobidske, Velyka Pysarivka, and Krasnopillia with mortars, the Sumy Oblast military administration reported on Feb. 4. No casualties were reported.

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In non-balloon news (sorry), the situation in #Bakhmut tonight is very intense. Wagnerites claim huge gains were made in the Miasokombinat district: perhaps as far as the river. All unconfirmed as of now.

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