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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

07:11. The Russian rocket flying towards Poland changed direction

A Russian rocket flying towards Poland changed direction and flew towards Lviv, said Maksym Kozycki, head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration. On Wednesday morning, Russian forces carried out a major offensive against targets in Ukraine.

The rocket flying towards the Polish border changed direction and moved towards the peripheral center (Lviv)

— wrote Kozycki Telegram on. 7.16 local time (6.16 in Poland).

In another entry, the official reported that Russian cruise missiles were moving between the Lviv, Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. He also reported an explosion in Drohobych in the Lviv region.

06:32. Russian Attack! One of the rockets flew towards Poland

Russia launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine early Wednesday, striking with cruise missiles launched from aircraft. An air alert was announced across the country. One of the missiles flew towards the border with Poland.

In the center of Kiev approx. At 7am local time (6am in Poland), a PAP correspondent heard two loud explosions.

Explosion in the city. Air defense is working. Stay in the shelter!

— appealed to the mayor of the capital, Vitali Klitschko.

A cruise missile in the Lviv region is moving towards the border with Poland

— warned the Ukrainian Air Force.

Russian missiles were then reported to be maneuvering on the borders of Lviv, Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk oblasts.

The head of the military authority of the Kharkiv region, Oleh Syniehubov, announced that the rocket hit a target in one of the districts of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, damaging infrastructure facilities.

There are no injuries at this time

— he wrote on Telegram.

03:04. Baykar has started building a drone factory near Kiev

Haluk Bayraktar, director of Turkish defense company Baykar, announced that a new factory is being built near Kiev that will produce Bayraktar TB2 or TB3 drone models, Reuters reported on Tuesday.

The factory is planned to employ around 500 people. The company says it is currently exporting TB2 drones to 30 countries. According to the SIPRI think tank, these include: Ukraine, Ethiopia, Libya and Azerbaijan.

It will take us about 12 months to complete the construction, then we will take care of the interior, equipment and organizational structure

– said Haluk Bayraktar.

He added that the factory capacity is around 120 drones per year.

00:01. Zelensky: we created a new type of troops – Unmanned Systems Troops

Ukraine is starting to build a new, separate type of military: the Unmanned Systems Army, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Tuesday. Drones are not weapons of the future, their use must bring real results today, he said.

I have just signed a decree initiating the creation of a separate type of troops in our Defense Forces – Unmanned Systems Troops. And this is not a matter of the future – this is something that will bring very specific results in the near future

– he stated in the daily summary of his activities.

Zelensky said this year should be a decisive year in the fight against Russia.

Drones – unmanned aerial systems – have proven effective in combat on land, in the sky and at sea. Ukraine has completely changed the security situation in the Black Sea thanks to drones. Countering ground attacks is largely the job of drones. Massive destruction of invaders and their equipment is also a result of drones

– he explained.

The President explained a list of tasks related to the formation of the Unmanned Systems Army. He mentioned, among other things: creating special staff to work with drones, effective training, systematization of experience, increasing production and attracting the best ideas and the best specialists in this field.

In the near future, the creation of the Unmanned Systems Army will be discussed at a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Zelensky said.

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