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These are the key events as the war approaches its 710th day.
Here we have the Friday, February 3, 2024, scenario.
Diplomacy and politics
Parts of Ukraine’s lawsuit against Russia, which claimed that Moscow falsely accused Kyiv of genocide in order to justify the invasion in 2022, can proceed, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decided.
According to French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne, who verified information from the regional governor and other officials, two French volunteer assistance workers were murdered in a Russian drone assault in the Kherson region in southern Ukraine.
According to French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne, who verified information from the regional governor and other officials, two French volunteer assistance workers were murdered in a Russian drone assault in the Kherson region in southern Ukraine.
The military intelligence spokeswoman for Ukraine, Andrii Yusov, reaffirmed Kyiv’s demand for an international probe into the crash over the Russian region of Belgorod to ascertain whether the cargo jet was carrying passengers or weapons in addition to its crew.
According to his ministry, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov suspended a senior official while investigators looked into possible misconduct in the purchase of weaponry.
According to two sources who spoke to the Reuters news agency, the Ukrainian government notified the White House of its intention to dismiss Valerii Zaluzhny, the nation’s top military commander in charge of the fight against Russia.
Combating
The Ukrainian military’s General Staff reported that its forces had repulsed ten further raids in the surrounding territories and 19 attacks in and around the town in the eastern Donetsk region.
In an operation carried out by the SBU security service on Saturday, two Ukrainian drones targeted the main oil processing plant at the Volgograd oil refinery in southern Russia, a Ukrainian source told Reuters.
The advent of two new air defense systems, which Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine claimed could “shoot down anything,” was welcomed.
