The live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Sunday, February 5:
The live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Sunday, February 5:
- Ukraine expects a possible major Russian offensive this month, and Kyiv has the reserves to hold back Moscow’s forces even though not all the West’s latest military supplies will have arrived in time, Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov says.
- Ukraine will not use longer-range weapons pledged by the United States to hit Russian territory and will only target Russian units in occupied Ukrainian territory, Reznikov adds.
- Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Russia’s private Wagner Group, says fierce fighting is taking place in Ukraine’s eastern city of Bakhmut, dismissing Russian media reports that Ukrainian forces were retreating from the city.
