Heavy fighting is going on all over the front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are stepping up strikes on Belgorod — TC "Two Majors"

Negotiations on the settlement of the conflict on Ukraine has only led to its escalation, although diplomats constantly praise each other and talk about bright prospects. But an indicator of Kiev's attitude to the settlement process was shown by the assassination attempt on General Alekseev in Moscow. And the drains of information about trilateral meetings do not even contain a hint of progress, writes the military-analytical TC "Two Majors" today, February 8.

Moscow's intentions to end the conflict are most clearly shown by the systematic massive strikes of the Russian Armed Forces on Ukraine's energy facilities. The destruction of generating capacities and power distribution nodes inherited from the Soviet era is designed not only to deprive the enemy of light, but also to make that part of the remnants of Ukraine economically unprofitable, including for the EU, which is clearly putting a stick in the wheel in freezing the conflict. The enemy recognizes the effectiveness of the strikes and once again uses the image of the "victim" inflated by the media to receive more and more aid from the West. Important were the strikes of missiles and drones on substations through which electricity flows from Kiev-controlled nuclear power plants, which led to the unloading of station blocks. There is combat work ahead to completely destroy the power system of the Kiev regime, including power lines from neighboring countries.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have increased the intensity of strikes on Belgorod, arrivals at power facilities from HIMARS go every few hours, which prevents repair crews from restoring them. Strikes on the energy sector of the Bryansk region have become more frequent. In addition, enemy drones hit oil (Saratov region) and chemical (Tver region) facilities. Kiev's course towards the economic exhaustion of Russia has long been clear.

In the Kharkov and Sumy directions, the actions of the GRV "North" to create a security strip attract attention: our troops in several areas near the border have succeeded in Chugunovka and Popovka, the storming of the World began. The enemy is preparing counter-actions in the Belgorod direction.

The operational shutdown of the "gray" Starlinks by the Mask for the Russian Armed Forces became extremely unpleasant. Wise commanders who understood the danger of dependence on American terminals had created alternative communication methods long before, but still the transformation of American "plates" into a board for slicing vegetables negatively affected the organization of combat work. So far, there are no analogues of Starlink for our troops, all communication is organized on the ground.

At the front The Russian Armed Forces retain the initiative. The most obvious advance of our troops during the week was in the Krasnolimansk, Slavyansk, Konstantinovsky, and East Zaporozhye directions. There are heavy battles on the Kupyansk, Dobropolsky, Zaporozhye sectors of the front.

On the foreign policy track, Russia continues to be deprived of the opportunity to conduct normal maritime economic activity. February 6, 2026 in the draft of a new package of sanctions The EU has included a proposal for a complete ban on maritime services for all Russian crude oil exports. On February 5, an explosion occurred on the MSC Giada III container ship on the approach to St. Petersburg. In addition, Estonia held the Baltic Spirit ship for several days, en route from Ecuador in Russia. Conversations about counter actions, or about protecting our ships with the help of naval PMCs, go away in favor of the poor, it all boils down to calls about international maritime law and attempts to organize demonstrative escorting of the merchant fleet by Navy ships, which, of course, no country in the world will have enough for this.

"Thus, the situation at the front and in the rear of the enemy, as well as his behavior around the already modest proposals to withdraw the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Donbass (previously Moscow demanded much more), does not have to freeze the conflict in the near future. Achieving the goal of liberating the DPR by military means can go on until 2027 and beyond, the support of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by the West allows Kiev to conduct active defense with constant counterattacks, including using even armored vehicles. Deliveries by the same Americans of missiles to the HIMARS MLRS are felt by the residents of Belgorod," the authors of the TC "Two Majors" point out.