Ukrainian President Zelensky reiterated that Ukraine will not support any agreement without being involved in negotiations, underlining the importance of the country’s direct participation in decisions about its future. All this while Russia has launched a new massive attack on large areas of Ukraine. The incursions hit regions across the country and caused numerous blackouts. New attacks during the night: three women injured in Kherson, 22 Russian drones shot down.
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Il tribunale di Zamoskvoretsky a Mosca hanstabilito la custodia cautelare per Lyubomir Korba, il cittadino russo chengli inquirenti ritengono sia l’attentatore del generale dell’intelligencenmilitare Vladimir Alekseyev, rimasto gravemente ferito in un’aggressionencon arma da fuoco venerdi’. “La richiesta di custodia cautelare presentatandagli inquirenti e’ stata accolta”, ha annunciato il tribunale. L’udienzansi e’ svolta ieri ma e’ stata resa nota solo questa mattina dopo che l’Fsbnha annunciato l’arresto ad Abu Dhabi e l’estradizione in Russia del 65ennenKorba. Gli 007 russi hanno anche identificato i complici del crimine, incittadini russi Viktor Vasin, 66 anni, lui arrestato a Mosca, e ZinaidanSerebritskaya, 54 anni, fuggita in Ucraina.
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Il presidente ucraino Volodymyr Zelenskiy ha dichiarato domenica che sta imponendo sanzioni contro alcuni produttori stranieri di componenti per droni e missili russi utilizzati contro l’Ucraina. “Produrre questi armamenti sarebbe impossibile senza componenti stranieri cruciali, che i russi continuano a ottenere aggirando le sanzioni”, ha scritto Zelenskiy su X. “Stiamo introducendo nuove sanzioni proprio contro queste aziende – fornitori di componenti, così come produttori di missili e droni”. Lo riporta Reuters.
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Secondo il Comitato investigativo russo,nl’autore del tentato omicidio del generale Vladimir Alekseyev – numero duendell’intelligence militare – e’ arrivato a Mosca a dicembre scorso “perncommettere un attacco terroristico su istruzione dei Servizi di sicurezzanucraini”. L’Fsb oggi ha annunciato l’arresto negli Emirati Arabi Uniti enl’estradizione del cittadino russo Lyubomir Korba, sospetto autore delntentato omicidio. Sono stati identificati anche i complici del crimine, incittadini russi Viktor Vasin, detenuto a Mosca, e Zinaida Serebritskaya,nfuggita in Ucraina.
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Oltre al presunto attentatore del generale russo Vladimir Alekseyev – identificato e fermato a Dubai, quindi consegnato alle autorità russe – sarebbe stato catturato un suo complice, un uomo. A darne notizia è la Tass, che cita il servizio di sicurezza russo Fsb. Un secondo complice, una donna, sarebbe invece fuggita in Ucraina, secondo la stessa fonte. Il presunto attentatore, Lyubomir Korba, è nato nel 1960, precisa l’agenzia di stampa russa
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Il Servizio di sicurezza federale russon(Fsb) ha pubblicato un video dell’estradizione del sospettato autore delntentato omicidio del numero due dell’intelligence militare, VladimirnAlekseyev. Nel video, agenti dei servizi di sicurezza aspettano sullanpista l’aereo che trasporta il detenuto a Mosca da Dubai. Il voltondell’uomo non viene mostrato. Viene fatto scendere dall’aereo e portatonvia in manette. L’Fsb ha anche pubblicato un video delle telecamere dinsorveglianza dell’ingresso e dell’interno del condominio del generale dovene’ avvenuto l’attentato. In particolare, il video mostra il ritrovamentondell’arma del delitto: una pistola con silenziatore nascosta nella neve.nL’Fsb oggi ha annunciato l’arresto negli Emirati Arabi Uniti enl’estradizione in Russia del cittadino russo Lyubomir Korb, autore delntentato omicidio. Sono stati identificati anche i complici delcrimine, incittadini russi Viktor Vasin, detenuto a Mosca, e Zinaida Serebritskaya,nfuggita in Ucraina. L’Fsb ha dichiarato che la ricerca degli organizzatorindel crimine e’ in corso.
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Il servizio di sicurezza russo (Fsb) ha arrestato l’uomo che ha tentato di uccidere venerdì a Mosca il numero due del servizio segreto militare, Vladimir Alekseyev. Lo annuncia lo stesso Fsb citato dalla Tass. L’uomo, Korba Lyubomir nato nel 1960 in Russia, è stato fermato a Dubai ed estradato stamani dalle autorità emiratine. Due i complici secondo l’Fsb: Vasin Viktor, arrestato a Mosca, e Serebritskaya Zinaida, fuggita in Ucraina. “Continua la caccia ai mandanti”, precisa il servizio russo.
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L’autore del tentato omicidio del numerondue dell’intelligence militare russa, il generale Vladimir Alexeyev, e’nstato arrestato negli Emirati Arabi Uniti ed estradato in Russia. Lo hanannunciato il Servizio di Sicurezza Federale (Fsb) dopo che ieri eranonuscite indiscrezioni stampa a riguardo. “Il cittadino russo KorbanLyubomir, nato nel 1960, autore diretto del crimine, e’ stato arrestato anDubai e consegnato alla Russia con l’assistenza dei nostri partner deglinEmirati Arabi Uniti”, hanno dichiarato i Servizi segreti di Mosca. Inncollaborazione con il ministero dell’Interno, “a seguito di urgenti misurendi ricerca nell’ambito del procedimento penale avviato dal Comitatoninvestigativo russo per il tentato omicidio del generale VladimirnAlekseyev, sono stati identificati i complici del crimine: i cittadininrussi Vasin Viktor, nato nel 1959, detenuto a Mosca, e SerebritskayanZinaida, nata nel 1971, e fuggita in Ucraina”, prosegue la nota. Lanricerca dei mandanti del crimine e’ ancora in corso, aggiunge l’Fsb.
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L’esercito russo continua a premere lungo ilnconfine settentrionale dell’Ucraina, ma senza progressi significativi enrisultati tangibili a causa delle interruzioni nelle comunicazioninsatellitari di Starlink, pianificate dalle autorita’ con il sostegno dellanSpaceX di Elon Musk. “Ultimamente hanno avuto un problema con il controllondelle truppe dopo che abbiamo disattivato Starlink, quindi l’intensita’ e’ndiminuita un po’, perche’ i russi devono ancora in qualche modo superarenil problema con le comunicazioni radio”, ha dichiarato il portavoce delnGruppo delle Forze Congiunte ucraine, Viktor Tregubov, come riportanl’agenzia Unian. Secondo Tregubov, anche le condizioni meteorologiche nonnsono favorevoli alle operazioni offensive del nemico. I russi hannoncercato di trovare un’alternativa a Starlink, ricorda il militare: “Hannonprovato a lanciare un loro Starlink, ma non ha funzionato. Ce n’e’ unoncinese, ma non e’ ancora pronto per l’uso. Per ora, i russi non hannonalternative”. Il portavoce ha aggiunto che l’assenza di Starlink hanlimitato significativamente la capacita’ del nemico di applicare le suentattiche di base, vale a dire le azioni di piccoli gruppi d’assalto sottonla copertura di droni. Kiev, con l’aiuto di SpaceX, ha bloccato interminali Starlink utilizzati dai russi per collegare alcuni dei droninimpiegati nei raid sul territorio ucraino. Lo ha fatto creando una ‘listanbianca’ di terminali registrati con cui ne monitora l’utilizzo nel Paese.nQuesto registro consente di identificare e bloccare i terminali che hannonservito droni russi e che potrebbero essere controllati in tempo reale innUcraina da operatori sul territorio del Paese nemico, collegandosi appuntona Starlink.
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Nella notte le forze di difesa aerea russe hannonabbattuto 22 droni ucraini. Lo riferisce l’agenzia Tass. “Nella nottenscorsa, i sistemi di allerta della difesa aerea hanno intercettato endistrutto 22 droni ucraini ad ala fissa: 11 nella regione di Bryansk, seinnel Mar Nero, quattro nella regione di Kaluga e uno nella regione dinKursk”, ha riferito il ministero della Difesa di Mosca, citatondall’agenzia.
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Il presidente degli Stati Uniti Donald Trump avrebbe compiuto un passo non convenzionale per la diplomazia americana coinvolgendo i comandanti militari nei colloqui sulla guerra tra Iran e Russia. Secondo Ukrinform, che cita ABC News, il comandante del Comando Centrale degli Stati Uniti, il generale Brad Cooper, ha preso parte ai colloqui tra Stati Uniti e Iran, in Oman sul programma nucleare. Il Segretario dell’Esercito degli Stati Uniti, Dan Driscoll, ha partecipato ai colloqui sulla guerra in Ucraina e ha mantenuto i contatti con i funzionari ucraini tra un incontro e l’altro. Entrambi i percorsi diplomatici sono coordinati dall’inviato speciale statunitense Steve Witkoff e dal genero di Trump, Jared Kushner. Secondo gli esperti, il coinvolgimento dei militari rompe con i tradizionali approcci diplomatici statunitensi e dimostra anche la disponibilità dell’amministrazione a considerare opzioni più dure. Il 4 e 5 febbraio si è svolto ad Abu Dhabi un secondo round di colloqui trilaterali che ha coinvolto delegazioni di Ucraina, Stati Uniti e Russia. A seguito dei colloqui, il capo della delegazione ucraina, il segretario del consiglio per la sicurezza e la difesa nazionale Rustem Umerov, ha dichiarato che nell’arco di due giorni le delegazioni hanno discusso in dettaglio questioni irrisolte, tra cui le modalità per l’attuazione del cessate il fuoco e il monitoraggio della cessazione delle ostilità.
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Missili ucraini hanno colpito le regioni russe di Belgorod e Bryansk, ferendo in totale quattro civili: lo sostengono i governatori di questi due territori, citati dall’agenzia di stampa statale russa Tass. Nell’area di Belgorod, un “massiccio attacco” con dieci missili stamattina avrebbe provocato il ferimento di due persone e danni a due palazzi, 12 abitazioni, 38 auto e altre due strutture, stando al governatore Vyacheslav Gladkov. Secondo il governatore locale Alexander Bogomaz, la regione di Bryansk sarebbe stata attaccata con alcuni missili a lungo raggio Neptune e razzi Himars Mlrs: in questo caso, le autorità locali affermano che due persone sono rimaste ferite e che si registrano black-out in sette quartieri.
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Le autorità ucraine affermano che un vigile del fuoco è morto e un altro è rimasto ferito a causa di “un improvviso crollo strutturale” durante lo spegnimento di un incendio “in dei magazzini” provocato da un raid delle truppe russe a Yahotyn, vicino a Kiev: lo riporta l’agenzia di stampa ucraina Ukrinform citando la protezione civile.
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Tre donne sono rimaste ferite, nel distretto di Korabelnyi a Kherson, in seguito ad un bombardamento russo. L’Amministrazione Militare Regionale di Kherson lo ha dichiarato su Telegram, riporta Ukrinform. “Verso le 23:10, i russi hanno bombardato il distretto di Korabelnyi a Kherson con sistemi di lancio multipli. A seguito dell’attacco, tre donne sono rimaste ferite”, si legge nel comunicato. Due delle vittime, di 86 e 44 anni, sono state trasportate in ospedale. Un’altra residente di Kherson, di 76 anni, ha ricevuto assistenza medica sul posto. Come riportato in precedenza da Ukrinform, nove persone sono rimaste ferite a Kherson durante il giorno a causa dei bombardamenti russi.
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Le difese aeree hanno abbattuto 22 droni ucraini questa notte, ha dichiarato il Ministero della Difesa russo, secondo quanto riporta l’agenzia Tass. Undici droni sono stati abbattuti nella regione di Bryansk. Sei droni sono stati distrutti sopra il Mar Nero, altri quattro nella regione di Kaluga e uno nella regione di Kursk, ha informato il Ministero.
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Russia: precautionary custody for suspected bomber General Gru
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- The Russian Security Service (FSB) has arrested the man who attempted to kill the number two of the military secret service, Vladimir Alekseyev, in Moscow on Friday. This was announced by the FSB itself cited by Tass. The man, Korba Lyubomir born in 1960 in Russia, was stopped in Dubai and extradited this morning by the Emirati authorities. One of his accomplices was also captured. A second accomplice would instead have fled to Ukraine. According to the Russian Investigative Committee, the attacker acted “on the orders of 007 Ukrainians”.
Ukrainian President Zelensky reiterated that Ukraine will not support any agreement without being involved in negotiations, underlining the importance of the country’s direct participation in decisions about its future. All this while Russia has launched a new massive attack on large areas of Ukraine. The incursions hit regions across the country and caused numerous blackouts. New attacks during the night: three women injured in Kherson, 22 Russian drones shot down.
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Read more 19 minutes agoRussia: precautionary custody for suspected bomber General Gru - Zelensky announces sanctions on foreign components for Russian drones and missiles
- Russia: general attacker acted “on orders from 007 Ukrainians”
- Russia, Fsb: “She fled to Ukraine as an accomplice to the attacker, General Alekseyev”
- Russia, FSB releases video of arrest of suspected general attacker
- Russia: GRU general’s attacker arrested
- Russia, Fsb: perpetrator and accomplices of general attack identified
- Ukraine, Kiev: Starlink deactivation slows down Russian offensive
- Ukraine: Russian air defense shoots down 22 Kiev drones
- Media: Trump involves military leaders in diplomatic efforts on Iran and Ukraine
- Russia, ‘Ukrainian missiles in Belgorod and Bryansk, 4 civilians injured’
- Kiev, ‘firefighter dies putting out fire caused by Russian raid’
- Ukraine, Russian attack on Kherson wounds three women
- Russian air defenses shot down 22 Ukrainian drones
The Zamoskvoretsky court in Moscow has established pre-trial detention for Lyubomir Korba, the Russian citizen who investigators believe was the attacker of military intelligence general Vladimir Alekseyev, who was seriously injured in a gun attack on Friday. “The request for precautionary custody presented by the investigators was accepted”, announced the court. The hearing took place yesterday but was only made known this morning after the FSB announced the arrest in Abu Dhabi and the extradition to Russia of the 65-year-old Korba. The Russian 007 also identified the accomplices of the crime, the Russian citizens Viktor Vasin, 66 years old, who was arrested in Moscow, and Zinaida Serebritskaya, 54 years old, who fled to Ukraine.
Zelensky announces sanctions on foreign components for Russian drones and missiles
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Sunday he is imposing sanctions against some foreign manufacturers of components for Russian drones and missiles used against Ukraine. “Producing these weapons would be impossible without crucial foreign components, which the Russians continue to obtain by circumventing sanctions,” Zelenskiy wrote on Reuters reports it.
Russia: general attacker acted “on orders from 007 Ukrainians”
According to the Russian Investigative Committee, the perpetrator of the attempted murder of General Vladimir Alekseyev – number two in military intelligence – arrived in Moscow last December “to commit a terrorist attack on the instructions of the Ukrainian security services”. The FSB today announced the arrest in the United Arab Emirates and the extradition of Russian citizen Lyubomir Korba, the suspected perpetrator of the attempted murder. The accomplices of the crime, Russian citizens Viktor Vasin, detained in Moscow, and Zinaida Serebritskaya, who fled to Ukraine, were also identified.
Russia, Fsb: “She fled to Ukraine as an accomplice to the attacker, General Alekseyev”
In addition to the alleged attacker of Russian general Vladimir Alekseyev – identified and stopped in Dubai, then handed over to the Russian authorities – his accomplice, a man, would have been captured. The news was reported by Tass, which quotes the Russian security service Fsb. A second accomplice, a woman, fled to Ukraine, according to the same source. The alleged attacker, Lyubomir Korba, was born in 1960, the Russian news agency specifies
Russia, FSB releases video of arrest of suspected general attacker
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has published a video of the extradition of the suspected perpetrator of the attempted murder of the number two of military intelligence, Vladimir Alekseyev. In the video, security service officers wait on the tarmac for the plane carrying the detainee to Moscow from Dubai. The man’s face is not shown. He is taken off the plane and taken away in handcuffs. The FSB also published a video from the surveillance cameras of the entrance and interior of the general’s apartment building where the attack took place. In particular, the video shows the discovery of the murder weapon: a pistol with a silencer hidden in the snow. The FSB today announced the arrest in the United Arab Emirates and the extradition to Russia of the Russian citizen Lyubomir Korb, perpetrator of the attempted murder. The accomplices of the crime were also identified, Russian citizens Viktor Vasin, detained in Moscow, and Zinaida Serebritskaya, who fled to Ukraine. The FSB said that the search for the organizers of the crime is underway.
Russia: GRU general’s attacker arrested
The Russian Security Service (FSB) has arrested the man who attempted to kill the number two of the military secret service, Vladimir Alekseyev, in Moscow on Friday. This was announced by the FSB itself cited by Tass. The man, Korba Lyubomir born in 1960 in Russia, was stopped in Dubai and extradited this morning by the Emirati authorities. According to the FSB, there were two accomplices: Vasin Viktor, arrested in Moscow, and Serebritskaya Zinaida, who fled to Ukraine. “The hunt for the instigators continues”, specifies the Russian service.
Russia, Fsb: perpetrator and accomplices of general attack identified
The perpetrator of the attempted murder of the number two in Russian military intelligence, General Vladimir Alexeyev, has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates and extradited to Russia. This was announced by the Federal Security Service (FSB) after press rumors about it came out yesterday. “Russian citizen Korba Lyubomir, born in 1960, the direct perpetrator of the crime, was arrested in Dubai and handed over to Russia with the assistance of our partners from the United Arab Emirates,” the Moscow Secret Service said. In collaboration with the Ministry of the Interior, “following urgent research measures in the context of the criminal case initiated by the Russian Investigative Committee for the attempted murder of General Vladimir Alekseyev, the accomplices of the crime were identified: Russian citizens Vasin Viktor, born in 1959, detained in Moscow, and Serebritskaya Zinaida, born in 1971, and fled to Ukraine”, continues the note. The search for the instigators of the crime is still underway, adds the FSB.
Ukraine, Kiev: Starlink deactivation slows down Russian offensive
The Russian army continues to press along the northern border of Ukraine, but without significant progress and tangible results due to interruptions in Starlink satellite communications, planned by the authorities with the support of Elon Musk’s SpaceX. “Lately they had a problem with troop control after we deactivated Starlink, so the intensity decreased a little, because the Russians still have to somehow overcome the problem with radio communications,” said the spokesman of the Ukrainian Joint Forces Group, Viktor Tregubov, as reported by the UNIAN agency. According to Tregubov, weather conditions are also not favorable for the enemy’s offensive operations. The Russians tried to find an alternative to Starlink, the soldier recalls: “They tried to launch their own Starlink, but it didn’t work. There is a Chinese one, but it’s not ready for use yet. For now, the Russians have no alternatives.” The spokesperson added that the absence of Starlink significantly limited the enemy’s ability to apply its basic tactics, i.e. the actions of small assault groups under the cover of drones. Kiev, with the help of SpaceX, blocked the Starlink terminals used by the Russians to connect some of the drones used in raids on Ukrainian territory. It did this by creating a ‘white list’ of registered terminals with which it monitors their use in the country. This register allows you to identify and block terminals that have served Russian drones and which could be controlled in real time in Ukraine by operators on the territory of the enemy country, by connecting to Starlink.
Ukraine: Russian air defense shoots down 22 Kiev drones
Overnight, Russian air defense forces shot down 22 Ukrainian drones. This was reported by the Tass agency. “Last night, air defense warning systems intercepted and destroyed 22 fixed-wing Ukrainian drones: 11 in the Bryansk region, six in the Black Sea, four in the Kaluga region and one in the Kursk region,” the Moscow Defense Ministry reported, quoted by the agency.
Media: Trump involves military leaders in diplomatic efforts on Iran and Ukraine
US President Donald Trump reportedly took an unconventional step for American diplomacy by involving military commanders in talks on the war between Iran and Russia. According to Ukrinform, which cites ABC News, the commander of the US Central Command, General Brad Cooper, took part in the talks between the US and Iran in Oman on the nuclear program. US Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll participated in talks on the war in Ukraine and maintained contact with Ukrainian officials between meetings. Both diplomatic paths are coordinated by US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. According to experts, the military’s involvement breaks with traditional US diplomatic approaches and also demonstrates the administration’s willingness to consider tougher options. A second round of trilateral talks involving delegations from Ukraine, the United States and Russia took place in Abu Dhabi on February 4 and 5. Following the talks, the head of the Ukrainian delegation, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov, said that over two days the delegations discussed in detail unresolved issues, including modalities for implementing the ceasefire and monitoring the cessation of hostilities.
Russia, ‘Ukrainian missiles in Belgorod and Bryansk, 4 civilians injured’
Ukrainian missiles hit the Russian regions of Belgorod and Bryansk, wounding a total of four civilians: this was claimed by the governors of these two territories, quoted by the Russian state news agency Tass. In the Belgorod area, a “massive attack” with ten missiles this morning resulted in the wounding of two people and damage to two buildings, 12 houses, 38 cars and two other structures, according to governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. According to local governor Alexander Bogomaz, the Bryansk region would have been attacked with some long-range Neptune missiles and Himars MLRS rockets: in this case, local authorities say that two people were injured and that there were blackouts in seven neighborhoods.
Kiev, ‘firefighter dies putting out fire caused by Russian raid’
Ukrainian authorities say that a firefighter died and another was injured due to “a sudden structural collapse” while putting out a fire “in warehouses” caused by a raid by Russian troops in Yahotyn, near Kiev: the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform reports, citing the Civil Protection.
Ukraine, Russian attack on Kherson wounds three women
Three women were injured in the Korabelnyi district of Kherson following a Russian bombing. The Kherson Regional Military Administration declared this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. “At approximately 11.10 pm, the Russians shelled the Korabelnyi district of Kherson with multiple launch systems. As a result of the attack, three women were injured,” the statement said. Two of the victims, aged 86 and 44, were transported to hospital. Another Kherson resident, aged 76, received medical attention on the spot. As Ukrinform previously reported, nine people were injured in Kherson during the day due to Russian shelling.
Russian air defenses shot down 22 Ukrainian drones
Air defenses shot down 22 Ukrainian drones last night, the Russian Defense Ministry said, according to Tass news agency. Eleven drones were shot down in the Bryansk region. Six drones were destroyed over the Black Sea, four more in the Kaluga region and one in the Kursk region, the Ministry informed.
date:2026-02-08 08:42:00
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