Here are the key developments on the 1,079th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Here is the situation on Friday, February 7:
Fighting
Three people, including a minor, were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack that hit a car in Logachyovka village in the Russian border region of Belgorod. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said a man, an 18-year-old woman and 14-year-old girl, all passengers, died in the attack.
Ukraine’s military said Kyiv’s forces struck an airfield overnight in Russia’s Krasnodar region, which sits on the Black Sea and Sea of Azov, resulting in explosions and a fire. According to the military, Moscow’s forces use the airfield to store and launch drones to attack Ukraine and maintain aircraft that carry out missions in southern Ukraine.
The military also said its army shot down 56 of 77 Russian drones launched at Ukraine overnight while 18 did not reach their targets.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence said Moscow’s air defence systems destroyed 28 Ukrainian drones overnight.
Russian prosecutors said a 52-year-old man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for “high treason”. He was convicted of spying on Russian troop movements for Ukraine.
The Russian Defence Ministry said Ukraine tried to counterattack in western Russia’s Kursk region, located on the border with Ukraine. Kyiv’s forces were repelled by Russian troops, the ministry said.
Turkiye’s Anadolu news agency cited Russia’s Defence Ministry in reporting that Moscow’s forces retook control of the Kursk villages of Ukanok an …