A special cancellation of the Ukrposhta stamp “And there will be spring” took place in Kharkiv to mark the tenth anniversary of the war with Russia and the second year of the Russian full-scale invasion.
On the stamp are the most famous photos from the ten years of the Russian-Ukrainian war: Crimea, Kharkiv, Bakhmut, and Mariupol. In particular, there is a photo of Kharkiv volunteers who got married on April 3, 2022, in the Palace of Labor in the city center.
Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian troops repelled five Russian attacks in the Kupiansk direction near Synkivka in the Kharkiv Oblast.
News of the day:
MENON: ‘PUTIN HAS LOST UKRAINE’ … US STATE DEPT: ‘WE DO NOT BELIEVE PUTIN HAS THE ADVANTAGE IN THIS WAR’ … Zelensky signs a decree to allow foreigners to serve in the National Guard … The SBU has detained a woman suspected of directing missiles to civilian buildings in Kharkiv … Ukraine’s spy chief warns of a plot to ‘Kill Famous Ukrainians’.
President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the battalion command post of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade, which is engaged in the northeastern Kupiansk sector, the Presidential Office said on Feb. 19.
Kupiansk, a crucial logistics juncture that was temporarily occupied by Russia in 2022, is coming under renewed pressure by Moscow’s troops.
UKRAINE LEAVES AVDIIVKA: BBC story here … CNN story here … Russian authorities refuse access to Navalny’s body … Denmark to donate all artillery to Ukraine … and Medvedev threatens to use teh nukes from his drunk bunker. How’s your Sunday?
EMERGENCY CHARITY FOR STANISLAV ASEYEV ON THE FRONT LINES:
RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER NAVALNY DIES IN PRISON … according to Russian media, ‘Medics arrived in less than seven minutes’ after his collapse … Von Der Leyen: ‘Deeply disturbed and saddened’ by the news … Dmytro Kuleba: ‘Time to end naivete’ about Putin…
NEWS UPDATES FOR YOUR TUESDAY: US Senate passes aid bill, but it’s likely to fail in the House… AFU reveals that reinforcements are on their way to Avdiivka… Estonian PM Kaja Kallas now on the Russian wanted list… Russian shelling of Vovchansk kills 1, injures 1… Russia’s attack on Kharkiv’s oil refinery has polluted its rivers with oil products.
Ukraine will produce thousands of long-range drones capable of deep strikes into Russia in 2024 and already has up to 10 companies making drones that can reach Moscow and St Petersburg, Ukraine’s digital minister said.