Last night and this morning, another large-scale, combined Russian missile and drone attack was carried out on Ukraine.

Missiles launched:

~16 Kh-101 cruise missiles launched from 4 Tu-95MS strategic bombers at their launch lines in Kalachyovksy District, Volgograd Oblast.

~8 Kh-101 cruise missiles launched from 2 Tu-160Ms strategic bombers at their launch lines in Kalachyovksy District, Volgograd Oblast.

~8 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles launched from ground-based installations at Cape Chauda, Crimea.

~6 Iskander-K cruise missiles launched from OTRK installations in Kursk Oblast.

~2 Kh-59/69 cruise missiles launched from a Su-57 fighter near Lgov, Kursk Oblast.

~14 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles launched from OTRK installations near Klintsy, Bryansk Oblast.

~9 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles launched from OTRK installations near Donetsk City, Donetsk Oblast.

~6 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles launched from OTRK installations near Kursk City, Kursk Oblast.

~2 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles launched from OTRK installation(s) south of Pochep, Bryansk Oblast.


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Total missiles launched:

~31 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles.
~24 Kh-101 cruise missiles.
~8 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles.
~6 Iskander-K cruise missiles.
~2 Kh-59/69 cruise missiles.

~71 missiles in total.

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Ukrainian air defence work:

As of the time of writing, it appears that Ukrainian air defence was able to intercept at least 8 Iskander-Ms, 8 Kh-101s, and 1 Kh-59/69.

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The main targets for this strike was Ukrainian energy infrastructure. The following was targeted:

- Trypillya Thermal Power Plant, Kyiv Oblast (50.1339, 30.74764) by ~6 Kh-101s, ~4 Zircons, ~4 Iskander-M/S-400s, 2 Iskander-Ks, and ~1 Kh-59/69.

- CHP-5 Power & Heat and Power Plant, Kyiv Oblast (50.39403, 30.56928) by ~6 Kh-101s and 4 Iskander-Ks.

- CHP-6 Combined Heat and Power Plant, Kyiv Oblast (50.53188, 30.66309) by ~4 Iskander-Ms.

- Kirovohradska Power Plant (48.52900, 32.24572) + "Ukrainka" 330 kV electrical substation (48.50902, 31.97982), Kirovohrad Oblast by ~15 Iskander-Ms.

- "Vinnytska" 750 kV electrical substation, Vinnytsia Oblast (49.16467, 28.72255) by ~4 Kh-101s.

- Unknown target northeast of Kyiv City by up to 4 Zircons.

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Keep in mind, the numbers of missiles launched may be slightly higher than what I've listed, as the number of missiles detected is sometimes lower than actual launches.

Yesterday's Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile strike on Trostyanets, Sumy Oblast, targeted the 'Mondelez' confectionery factory.

Coordinates: 50.48677, 34.94304

Russian forces have captured the village of Minkivka, Rai-Oleksandrivka direction, Donetsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~800.
Total land area: ~2.72 km².

The fighting for Minkivka lasted approximately 2 months, 4 days.

New sentinel satellite imagery reveals that most of the Iskander-M ballistic missiles aimed at Kirovohrad Oblast struck Kanatove Airbase, which is home to Ukrainian Su-24 and Su-27 aircraft.

Judging by the crater sizes, all of these were Iskander-Ms rather than S-400 ground-to-ground missiles. 11 impact craters are visible, and considering the fact that there are no known Patriot batteries operating in Kirovohrad Oblast, the other 4 missiles which were detected flying to the region probably impacted something else.

Coordinates: 48.56321, 32.39035

Ukrainian forces have re-established control over the village of Andriivka, Pokrovs'ke direction, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~753.
Total land area: ~2.47 km².

Ukrainian forces have captured the village of Ostapivske, Pokrovs'ke direction, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~128.
Total land area: ~0.67 km².

Ukrainian forces have recaptured the village of Nechaivka, Pokrovs'ke direction, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~126.
Total land area: ~0.62 km².

Ukrainian forces have recaptured the village of Ternove, Pokrovs'ke direction, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Pre-war population: ~316.
Total land area: ~1.50 km².

The fighting for Ternove lasted approximately 16 days.

Russian forces have largely completed their withdrawal from the salient stretching from Andriivka to Yehorivka in the Pokrovs'ke direction, which was initiated some time around February 12 due to the risk of encirclement from the localised Ukrainian counteroffensive.

As such, Ukrainian forces were able to recapture Andriivka, Ostapivske, and Nechaivka, have likely cleared Danylivka (still requires further confirmation), and are now fighting for Yehorivka.

This action by the Russians was pre-planned, and has been expected to take place for some time. These were some of the last remaining lightly-manned areas of the Pokrovs'ke direction, meaning that from now on, practically all Ukrainian attacks will take place in much more fortified and consolidated areas, which is already resulting in a sharp increase in Ukrainian casualties.

Additionally, once this withdrawal is fully completed, the line of contact will be significantly shortened, simplifying Russia's defensive operation as well as future stabilising counterattacks.

Yesterday evening, 2 Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles launched from near Yeysk, Krasnodar Krai, impacted an unknown target near the village of Olefirivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.