Tomorrow is the planned meeting between the Russians and the Ukrainians in Abu Dhabi though there is no confirmation yet that the Ukrainian delegation will attend.

Zelensky has said the meeting might have to be postponed due to conflict between the US and Iran and so the energy ceasefire should be extended as well.

The point of the meeting was for Ukraine to respond to the Russian
and US proposal to halt fighting in exchange for Ukraine handing over the Donbas region to Russia but Zelensky already said no a few days ago.

Much of Ukraine lost power and water overnight, officials said there was a major technical malfunction to the already weakened main grid.

Meanwhile after the lull on the battlefront the Russians are pushing forward again in the Zaparozia region and in Kupiansk.

There is also general expectation that the Russians are about to stage a huge missile attack tomorrow night at the end of the 1 week limited ceasefire.

Zelensky was also claiming there was a major Russian troop build up of 80,000 in the Donbas region though Zelensky often makes such claims around peace talks.

An interesting new development is the Russians using Starlink over Ukraine for First Person View (FPV) drones. The internet connection is allowing precision targeting several hundreds of kilometers into Ukrainian territory.

The Ukrainians are complaining to Elon Musk but I don’t think they want him to turn off Starlink over Ukraine as he has done over Russia, the AFU are totally dependent on it for their comms.

The FPV drones have been targeting radar units and F-16s, that radar units are being targeted is one reason why the Ukrainians think a large drone and missile attack is coming.


Ukraine Loses 5 F-16s in One Day — Russian Strikes Turn the Sky Into Hell

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
4 hours
The estimated total combat losses of the enemy
from 24.02.22 to 02.02.26 amounted to /
The estimated total combat losses of the enemy
from 24.02.22 to 02.02.26
personnel – about 1,241,530 (+850) persons
tanks – 11,627 (+2) units
armored combat vehicles – 23,981 (+1) units
artillery systems – 36,802 (+25) units
MLRS – 1,633 (+1) units
air defense systems – 1,291 (+1) units
aircraft – 435 (+0) units
helicopters – 347 (+0) units
operational-tactical UAVs – 121,217 (+1,083) units
cruise missiles – 4,205 (+0) units
ships – 28 (+0) units
submarines – 2 (+0) units
automotive and fuel tanks – 76,585 (+146) units
special equipment – ​​4,057 (+2) units