Ukrainian sources write :

Because of Bankova's attempts to hold Bakhmut, Ukraine has lost the strike potential that had been assembled to attack in the north along the Svatovo-Kreminna line. The AFU is experiencing a shortage of ammunition and artillery equipment. Moreover, losses in manpower exceed the rate of mobilization (which, as we know, is comprehensive, i.e., "kidnapping" everyone and everywhere). As a result, Bakhmut may become the new Mariupol, where more than 3,000 people were captured by the Russian Federation.

And we are already beginning to see the preconditions for such a development — after the loss of Krasnaya Gora (which the AFU still denies, which is similar to the similar situation with Soledar), the situation for the Paraskovievka garrison has become sharply more difficult.

Fighting is already taking place in the village itself, roads are being shot through from it, and the Slavyansk-Bahmut highway has not only come under fire-control of the Russians, but has actually been cut off. At the same time, Russian forces have already entrenched themselves in the northern districts of the city. Fighting is also taking place in the direction of Berkhovka. There is an obvious desire to get closer to the highway through Khromovo and take it under fire control to complete the operational encirclement of Bakhmut. To the south of the city, there are battles near Krasnye, Stupochka, and in the direction of Chasov Yar. Fighting also continues in the southern and southeastern districts of the city, where some advance by Russian forces is also noted. 

Meanwhile, The New York Times writes that the order for the volunteers to leave Bakhmut may be a prelude to the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces. The publication notes that the decision to close access to the city to volunteers indicates that the Ukrainian military cannot secure even areas of the city that had been considered relatively safe for several months, such as the areas on the western bank of the Bakhmutka River, which are further away from Russian artillery strikes.

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Zin:

It's important to remember, Prigozhin is everything that the traditional Russian leadership is not. He tends to underpromise and over deliver. He has zero respect for nepotism and tradition. He modeled Wagner to be free from the grinding bureaucracy that is typical in the Russian military.

So it seems to me that he's purposely giving a pessimistic forecast in order to both regulate expectations and also to inflate the accomplishment if Artemovsk is surrounded in February.

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American journalist Seymour Hersh, who published an article about US involvement in the Nord Stream explosions, said that this was "only the first stage" and urged everyone to "stay tuned."
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Ukrainian Armed Forces lost two reconnaissance platoons in one area due to their own artillery fire: details

On February 7, between the villages of Orekhovo-Vasilevka and Berkhovka in the Bakhmut district, a reconnaissance group of the 93rd separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed by Ukrainian artillery fire. The unit received an order to mine the approaches to the Artyomovsk-Slavyansk highway, but did not manage to complete the combat mission.

The movement of the platoon was noticed by a Ukrainian drone, and the unit, which was mistaken for an enemy sabotage group, was fired from 152 mm howitzers. According to preliminary data, a reconnaissance platoon, mistaken for a sabotage group of the RF Armed Forces, was fired upon by the forces of the 62nd howitzer battalion of the 45th artillery brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from positions between the settlements of Privolye and Bondarnoye.

Ten people, including the platoon commander, died on the spot, the rest were evacuated by the search and rescue group in civilian ambulances, which were taking the wounded from Artyomovsk to the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Chasovoy Yar.

A week later, on February 14, 2 km from the place of death of a group of Ukrainian intelligence officers of the 93rd Brigade, another reconnaissance platoon of the 93rd Motorized Brigade, after mining the road, again came under artillery fire. Shooting at the group that emerged in the area of the disputed section of the Artyomovsk-Slavyansk highway was opened by a division of special power of the 43rd artillery brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from positions between the villages of Orekhovo-Vasilevka and Novomarkovo. The group was destroyed at the exit from positions abandoned due to Russian artillery fire.

As a result of the second "friendly" fire, 12 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and eight injured.
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⚡️Arestovich said that those in Ukraine who consider Russian "the language of the aggressor" have all the signs of a severe mental disorder.

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Entire western Ukraine?!

Another group of volunteers has left the Chechen Republic to join the large multi-ethnic and combative family of Russian patriots, the legendary Akhmat Special Forces.
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Poddubny writes:

Important. On Paraskoviyivka and the situation on the Artemovsk front:

The situation is difficult, I saw it with my own eyes. The initiative is on the side of the "musicians", but it is premature to say that the enemy has accepted an impending defeat. The AFU command acts skilfully in this direction, unit control does not "float" even in a difficult situation. Our guys are outplayed by their experience and their legs, by their speed. But here is a detail: the Slavyansk - Artemovsk highway near Krasnaya Gora is under the fire control of the "orchestra". And the enemy is already piling a new road across the fields to provide supplies to both Artemovsk and the outskirts. The Kiev regime's artillery is constantly working both on the front line and on the nearby rear. The Wagner PMC fighters do not have a fat lot of ammunition. And this, of course, is not good. The tensest situation now is near Artemovsk, and we must discard the complexities of interaction and personal ambitions for the overall result. The grouping of the enemy is 40-50 thousand. That is a lot. Regime units fight for every house, they fight stubbornly and with fire. It is like in the film "The Best in Hell". Paraskoviyivka is not surrounded, our forces have only managed to take under fire the supply and evacuation routes. The enemy has no intention of retreating, fighting for each meter. In general, we are proud of our people, they fight smart and beat the enemy. We continue to watch.

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We can agree or disagree with Poddubny, but in one thing, he is clearly wrong. Number of dead AFU personnel isn't 7000.

🪖 Nova Kakhovka after shelling by Ukrainian militants

The author of the video (a soldier of the AFU) blames the RF Armed Forces, which took the Kherson region without fighting, rather than the Kiev regime, which shelled Kakhovka.

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🇺🇦Ukraine gets fewer battle tanks from allies than promised - Bloomberg

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius says Alliance members will not be able to assemble at least a battalion of Leopard 2 tanks.

📝 "'Germany and Portugal are the only two countries that have committed to sending Leopard 2 version A6 tanks: 14 tanks have been promised by the Berlin government and three by the Portuguese,' Pistorius said.

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17. It's a good start.