Russian troops evict civilians from their homes in Tokmak to house local defectors - Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces shared its report on Facebook on Sunday, February 5.

The report notes that these are defectors who support Russian occupation authorities and work as part of the so-called law enforcement agencies. The owners are ordered to leave their homes and move out.

Russian troops are conducting searches in the village of Krynky, Kherson region, in order to steal boats, water engines and other equipment for water transportation from the civilian population.

Four  high-rise buildings and a kindergarten damaged: Russian troops shell Donetsk region 

The General Staff noted that during the day, Russian troops launched 4 missile strikes, 2 of which targeted the civilian infrastructure of Kharkiv, resulting in the destruction of a 5-story building of a higher education institution. Five civilians were wounded.

"Two Russian missiles hit the town of Druzhkivka, Donetsk region. Four multi-storey buildings and a kindergarten were damaged, 4 civilians suffered injuries of varying severity. In addition, the enemy fired more than 40 MLRS attacks, in particular, at civilian objects in Kherson," the statement said.

Northern and northeastern borders with Belarus and Russia: 1 settlement in the Chernihiv region, 4 in the Sumy region, and 10 in the Kharkiv region were shelled.

Kupiansk direction: Russian troops fired at 4 settlements in the Kharkiv region and 2 more in the Luhansk region.

Lyman direction: 1 settlement in the Donetsk region and 6 other in the Luhansk region came under Russian fire.

Bakhmut direction: 10 settlements in the Donetsk region came under fire.

Avdiivka direction: 10 settlements came under Russian artillery fire.

Vuhledar direction: Russian troops shelled 5 settlements in the Donetsk region with tanks, mortars, and artillery.

Zaporizhzhia direction: more than 20 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region came under fire. 

Kherson direction: Kherson, as well as 14 other settlements in the Kherson region, were affected by Russian fire.

Within a day, the aviation of the Ukrainian Defense Forces has launched 9 strikes on Russian personnel concentrations

The aviation of the Ukrainian Defense Forces launched 9 strikes on Russian personnel concentrations over the past day, and Ukrainian missile and artillery units hit 2 Russian manpower concentrations and an ammunition depot.

"Also, good news is that starting tomorrow Ukrainian crews will start training on the operation of Leopard tanks," the statement reads.

• On February 5, in the morning, the AFU General Staff reported that RUssian troops were setting up field hospitals in schools, kindergartens and warehouses in the Donetsk region: medical facilities were overcrowded with wounded Russian soldiers.

• Later, Natalia Humeniuk, a spokeswoman for the Southern Command, said that Russian forces had reduced their naval grouping in the Black Sea due to a powerful storm. 

• In total, during the full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian Armed Forces eliminated 131,290 Russian soldiers, 3,220 tanks, 1,958 UAVs, and 227 air defense systems.