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At 9:55 PM EST/4:55 AM local time in Ukraine all of north central and southeastern Ukraine are under air raid alerts. Drone swarm alerts are up for the north central oblasts.

From an hour ago:

Russian planes are in the air and likely on their way to bomb Ukraine‼️
Yet another sleepless night ahead waiting for the missiles and hoping for the best.

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM

As of 10:20 PM EST/5:20 AM local time in Ukraine all of eastern and central Ukraine is now under air raid alert as Russia once again increases its attack tempo just before dawn.

Here is President Zelenskyy’s address from earlier today. Video below, English transcript after the jump.

It Is Crucial that We All Work Together to Bring About Real Peace and Effective Security Guarantees – Address by the President

10 February 2025 – 19:57

I wish you health, fellow Ukrainians!

Today, several decisions are almost finalized – we’ve already set a clear path to their implementation. First, a meeting was held with the Prime Minister, First Deputy Prime Minister Svyrydenko, and Health Minister Liashko regarding medicine prices. The current prices are absolutely unreasonable. Pharmacy chains and manufacturers must offer more affordable conditions for our people. We are preparing a National Security and Defense Council meeting on this issue – with concrete proposals in the interest of our people to bring prices down.

Second, I just had a meeting with the head of the European Investment Bank. This is about supporting Ukraine – another $2 billion for Ukraine – funds for our energy sector, our housing programs, and infrastructure projects. I am grateful for the assistance!

Third, we are already actively preparing for negotiations with our partners – both European and American – starting on Wednesday. This includes the Ramstein meeting, meetings in Kyiv, and later, participation in the Munich Security Conference. It is crucial that we all work together to bring about real peace and effective security guarantees: security for people, security for our state, security for economic relations, and, importantly, our resilience in terms of resources – not just for Ukraine but for the entire free world. All of this is being decided right now, by Ukraine and our partners. Peace is always a collective effort.

Thank you to everyone standing with Ukraine!

Glory to Ukraine!

President Zelenskyy sat for an interview with Britain’s ITV news. Here is that video:

Georgia:

Fireworks are back on Rustaveli.

#GeorgiaProtests
Day 75

📸 @takotolordava.bsky.social

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— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM

My phone died immediately after the road was blocked. After I celebrated my lungs out, I went to The Museum cafe right there that has been offering us free tea all this time – to charge my phone. I was the first one to rush in and I said out loud “I’ve got to celebrate this! Mulled wine please!” 1/2

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM

They asked size, I said big. And then they just gave it to me for free, although it cost around EUR 5. The cafe girls were very happy that we won against the police and closed the road. I found this very emotional for me. 2/2.

— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM

The police left the protest site in front of the Parliament building on Rustaveli Avenue.

#GeorgiaProtests
Day 75

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— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM

‪An even easier-perceived POV footage of today’s important principled victory by @mariamnikuradze.bsky.social
#GeorgiaProtests ‬

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM

⭕️9 people face to 15 days of administrative detention for this protests.

💢On January 26, a 30-minute protest was held in front of Judge Malkhaz Okropirashvili’s house in Kutaisi, protesting the illegal imprisonment of Mzia Amaghlobeli.
#GeorgiaProtests

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— Batumelebi&Netgazeti (@netgazeti.org) February 10, 2025 at 4:51 AM

Journalist Gela Mtivlishvili; musician Nino Katamadze; teacher Lado Apkhazava; journalist Khvicha Vashakmadze; psychologist Ketevan Pilauri; journalist Eka Kukhalashvili; psychologist Maia Tsiramua; civil activist Irina Zarandia; and member of the Lanchkhuti Municipal Council, Givi Tsintsadze.

— Batumelebi&Netgazeti (@netgazeti.org) February 10, 2025 at 4:53 AM

The regime began psychological warfare against political prisoners. They are told that the protests will end soon, that people won’t fight for them, and to admit “blame” while they can. One so-called lawyer tried to influence a 20-year-old on his 7th day of a hunger strike.

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM

1/ Lawyer David Gamkrelidze offered Nikoloz Javakhishvili, who was detained under the Criminal Code during the Tbilisi protests, to confess his guilt and sign a plea bargain. Nikoloz Javakhishvili has been on a hunger strike for seven days in protest.

#GeorgiaProtests

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— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM

2/ According to Javakhishvili’s lawyer, Guja Avsajanishvili, Gamkrelidze made this offer without consulting the prisoner’s family.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM

3/ Nikoloz Javakhishvili said in his letter from the prison:, “Of course, David Gamkrelidze could not convince me.”

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— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM

4/ David Gamkrelidze became the lawyer for Omar Okribelashvili—arrested for damaging a 400-GEL dam during the spring 2024  protests—at the final stage of the case.

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— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM

5/ Okribelashvili and Saba Meparishvili were convicted under criminal law for the 400-GEL dam incident. However, as a result of Gamkrelidze’s involvement, they pleaded guilty to group damage to property, and their prison terms were reduced.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM

6/ Those arrested during the protests consider themselves innocent of the charges and believe they were arrested for political reasons.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM

7/ David Gamkrelidze told Publika that he offers plea deals to everyone he talks with because “he feels sorry for them and does not want them to spend many years in prison.” He also claims he does this for free.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM

8/ Gamkrelidze also criticized other lawyers for “politicizing the case” and considering taking it to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which, in his opinion, is the wrong approach.

— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM

ISSA polls. Difficult to trust polls in a dictatorship, and contradictory beliefs is a problem of developing societies, especially if there’s top-down propaganda down our throats. However, the crisis is perceived deeply despite the propaganda downgrading it, and it will only get worse.

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— Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 6:30 AM

North Korea:

Russia sends military personnel to North Korea for rehabilitation. “Hundreds” of participants in the war against Ukraine have already been sent to North Korea for rehabilitation, said Russian Ambassador to the North Korea, Alexander Matsegora.

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM

Not 100% sure what rehabilitation means in this context, but I can’t imagine it’s something pleasant.

Back to Ukraine.

I’ve spent a decade studying Russian info ops—every word they push now is pure distortion.

Russian and some Western analysts will try to convince you all that Putin won’t end the war and Russia is stronger than ever.

No, he is not. And real task is to make continuing war too painful for Russia.

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— Maria Avdeeva (@mariainkharkiv.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM

That’s not going to happen.

🚁🇺🇦 Absolutely beautiful work of Ukrainian pilots who clear the skies from Shahed kamikaze drones. Work of the 11th Separate Brigade of Army Aviation “Kherson”. www.facebook.com/11obraaKherson

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM

“The first rocket flamethrower system, a smaller counterpart to the Russian TOS “Solntsepyok” and TOS “Buratino”, has been created.” – said Ukrainian Armed Forces Lieutenant Colonel Misyura.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM

Give whole new meaning to the command “make it hot!”

Another night of Shahed drones being shot down over Ukraine.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 6:26 AM

Kyiv:

Kyiv’s ancient and majestic St. Sophia’s Cathedral tonight, shortly before military curfew.

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— Christopher Miller (@christopherjm.ft.com) February 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM

Vovchansk:

These ruins are all that remain of the once-vibrant Vovchansk — a city russia destroyed using weapons that included Western-made components.

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— Iryna Voichuk (@irynavoichuk.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM

Kharkiv:

A new underground school for 345 students opened today in Kharkiv.

While it’s heartening to see some children returning to their studies after three years of war, it’s crucial to recognize that this represents only a small fraction for a city the size of Kharkiv.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM

The majority of our children are now facing their third consecutive year without schooling.

— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM

This is “Франик,” a Kharkiv cafe after a bombing and two months later when it reopened.

In cities like Kharkiv, where the bombing are a daily reality, Ukrainians choose to live and work. It’s not easy, but it’s a conscious decision to keep going, keep helping, keep contributing–to keep being human

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM

Sometimes just holding it together takes all our strength, yet we choose resilience. Sometimes it means rebuilding. Sometimes the sight of a gleaming pastry shop hides a story of shattered glass, and the steely determination of a city that refuses to be broken.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM

Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast:

Kupyansk in Kharkiv region after today’s russian strike. One elderly woman got injured in the attack.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM

Oleshky, Kherson Oblast:

AASM Hammer air-strike on Russian underground base under a road in Oleshky, Kherson region. (46.6303816, 32.7425408) t.me/soniah_hub/9…

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— 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM

Chasiv Yar:

⚡️ Russia massing troops for new assaults in Chasiv Yar, military warns.

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— The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) February 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM

From The Kyiv Independent:

Russian forces are concentrating troops for fresh assaults in Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Oblast, Lieutenant Colonel Dmytro Zaporozhets, a spokesperson for the Operational Tactical Group Luhansk, said on Feb. 10.

Chasiv Yar in Ukraine’s east has been one of the focal points of the Russian offensive in Donetsk Oblast. The town, located 25 kilometers (15 miles) from Kramatorsk, has been partially under Russian control since Ukrainian forces withdrew from the eastern Kanal neighborhood in July 2024.

“Now there is a period of accumulation and concentration (of Russian forces)… on the approaches to Chasiv Yar and regrouping in the town itself for further assault operations,” Zaporozhets said on national television.

The spokesperson added that over the past week, Russian forces have avoided using armored vehicles, instead relying on quad bikes and buggies for logistical support.

On Jan. 29, The Moscow Times reported that Chasiv Yar had fallen to Russian forces, citing five Ukrainian and European military and government sources.

Neither Ukraine nor Russia has officially confirmed the claim. Comments from Ukrainian military officials, OSINT analysts, and even Russian military bloggers indicate that intense fighting continues in the town.

The battle for Chasiv Yar has been ongoing for months, with Ukraine’s forces slowing Russia’s advances through brutal street-to-street combat. Despite Russian pressure, Ukrainian defenders resist, preventing a rapid breakthrough.

Krasnodar Oblast, Russia:

Last night, strike UAVs attacked the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region.

Due to the operation of Russian air defense systems, a residential complex in Krasnodar was also damaged. Locals reported hearing at least 10 explosions.

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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM

Saratov Oblast, Russia:

Saratov, russia. Oil refinery on fire for some reason.

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) February 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM

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