The live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Monday, February 6:
The live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Monday, February 6:
- Donetsk Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko says the battle for the eastern Ukrainian region is “heating up” with Russian forces “throwing new units into the battle and eradicating our towns and villages”.
- Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov, whose ministry is embroiled in a corruption scandal, is to be replaced with the chief of the military spy agency, a senior legislator says.
- According to Russian state media, Russia’s Ministry of Defence has claimed control of Mykolaivka, a village in the Donetsk region.
- Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy says repair crews are working around the clock to restore power in the Black Sea port of Odesa after a fire left hundreds of thousands of residents without electricity.
