PoliticsWar Ukraine is making an attempt to achieve a powerful negotiating place earlier than talks start. Monday, February 10, 2025

Six months after the Kursk operation was launched on February 6, Ukrainian troopers started new assaults within the Kursk area, advancing round 5 kilometers from the town of Sudzha in a day and taking management of the settlements of Kolmakov and Fanaseyevka, the ISW reported. On the similar time, troopers from North Korea resumed fight towards the Protection Forces of Ukraine within the Kursk area. Nevertheless, Ukraine continues to strain the enemy with assaults on navy and gas amenities. On February 8, Ukraine struck an oil switch station in Chortkovo, Rostov area, and an oil switch station within the Volgograd area. Drones additionally attacked Rostov-on-Don, the place a number of vital navy amenities are situated. Furthermore, the headquarters of the Southern Navy District of the Russian Federation, which coordinates navy operations in southern Ukraine, is situated there. Based on Ukrainian intelligence, Ukrainian drone strikes have severely broken 46% of Russia’s oil refineries. Kremniy El, a missile system and UAV microelectronics producer, has suspended its operations.