10:54 am: "fierce fighting" in Bakhmout, according to the leader of the Wagner group
"Fierce fighting" is taking place on Sunday in Bakhmout, a hot spot on the front in eastern Ukraine, according to the leader of the Wagner group, Evguéni Prigojine, whose men are on the front line there.
"The Ukrainian armed forces are not retreating. They are fighting to the last man," he said, quoted by his news service on Telegram.
10:50 am: bombings in the east of the country
The Ukrainian general staff announced on Sunday, without detailing, fighting and bombardments in several points in the east of the country.
In Kharkiv, in the northeast, authorities reported two Russian strikes that injured at least five and damaged residential buildings.
"The number of injured has risen to five people. A security officer of a higher education institution was also injured in a second missile strike," said the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, Oleg Synegubov .
He posted photos on Telegram of a building with blown windows and a partially collapsed roof.
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#Kharkiv after russian attack.#russiaisaterroriststate pic.twitter.com/Glzd9jbBGI
— Kira Rudik (@kiraincongress) February 5, 2023
8:05 am: the new European embargo on Russian oil comes into force
From Sunday, refined oil from Russia can also no longer enter Europe.
The previous embargo, dating from December 5, only concerned crude oil.
12:26 a.m.: First Canadian Leopard 2 on its way to Ukraine
Canada shipped the first of its promised Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine on Saturday, Defense Minister Anita Anand announced.
"The battle tanks are on their way to help Ukraine. The first Canadian Leopard 2 is gone. Canada's support for Ukraine is unwavering," the minister proclaimed in another tweet accompanied by a video showing the loading of the tank and the departure of the plane transporting it.
Battle tanks are on their way to help Ukraine.
The first Canadian Leopard 2 is on the way.
Canada's support for Ukraine is unwavering.
pic.twitter.com/gnkOC50yKk
— Anita Anand (@AnitaAnandMP) February 4, 2023
12:23 a.m .: Olaf Scholz assures that no attack on Russian territory will be carried out with Western weapons
There is "consensus" with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that weapons supplied by the West should not be used for attacks on Russian territory, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview with the weekly Bild am Sonntag on Sunday. .
While the allies have taken new steps in military support for Ukraine by pledging to supply, in particular, heavy tanks and longer-range rockets, the latter could almost double the extent of the field of action of the Ukrainian strike force, according to the Pentagon.
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