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[LB] The aviation of the defense forces struck 13 areas of concentration of enemy personnel.
by Ivanna Kapustyanska
The seven hundred and thirty-second day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.
The adversary continues to ignore the laws and customs of warfare, uses terror tactics, launches missile and airstrikes, fires multiple rocket launchers not only at the military, but also at numerous civilian objects of our country, according to the morning summary of the General Staff.
During the past day, 84 combat clashes took place. In total, the enemy launched 9 missile and 77 air strikes, carried out 119 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are wounded and dead among the civilian population.
High-rise and private buildings, as well as other objects of civil infrastructure, were destroyed and damaged.
At night, the Russian occupiers once again attacked Ukraine, using unmanned aerial vehicles of the Shahed-136/131 type. Information about this attack is being clarified.
The settlements of Ivanivka, Kharkiv region, were hit by airstrikes ; Hope of Luhansk region; Zarichne, Bohdanivka, New York, Diliivka, Oleksandropil, Novoselivka Persha, Berdychi, Semenivka, Novobakhmutivka, Orlivka, Paraskoviivka, Novomykhailivka, Urozhane, Staromayorske of the Donetsk region; Mala Tokmachka, Robotyne, Novodanilivka, Zaporizhzhia region.
More than 120 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions came under artillery fire.
In the area of responsibility of the "Pivnich" OSUV in the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation remains without significant changes.
In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts diversionary activities in order to prevent the transfer of our troops to threatening directions, and increases the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border in the Belgorod region.
The enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) actions in the area of responsibility of the "Khortytsia" anti-aircraft defense unit in the Kupyansk direction.
In the Lyman direction, our soldiers repelled 3 enemy attacks in the area of Terna settlement of Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, defense forces repelled 13 enemy attacks in the areas of Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, Andriivka settlements of the Donetsk region.
In the area of responsibility of the "Tavria" anti-aircraft defense unit in the Avdiyiv direction, our defenders repelled 14 enemy attacks in the areas of Lastochkine, Severna, Pervomayske and Nevelske settlements of the Donetsk region.
In the Mariinsky direction, the defense forces continue to hold back the enemy in the Novomykhailivka district of the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops 39 times.
In the direction of Novopavlivsk, our soldiers repulsed 1 enemy attack in the area south of Zolotya Niva, Donetsk region.
In the Zaporizhzhia direction, defense forces repelled 5 enemy attacks in the area of the Robotyne settlement of the Zaporizhzhia region.
In the area of responsibility of the "Odesa" air defense system in the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces will continue to hold positions and repulse assaults by the occupying forces. Despite significant losses, the enemy does not stop trying to knock our units out of their positions. So, during the past day, the enemy carried out 2 unsuccessful assaults on the positions of our troops on the left bank of the Dnieper.
At the same time, our soldiers continue to actively inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying troops, exhausting the enemy along the entire front line.
During the day, the aviation of the defense forces struck 13 areas where enemy personnel were concentrated. Also, our defenders destroyed 2 Kh-31 missiles and 4 reconnaissance UAVs.
Units of missile troops damaged 1 radar station and 2 areas of concentration of enemy personnel.
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[Korrespondent] 21:52 The Office of the Prosecutor General announced the start of an investigation into the shooting of unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Bakhmut region. A video was published on social networks, which recorded how Russian soldiers, during an assault on Ukrainian positions between the villages of Ivanovskoye and Khromovo, Donetsk region, shot seven captured Ukrainian military personnel. The recording from the drone camera shows that representatives of the Russian Armed Forces first order the Ukrainian defenders to leave the trench. Afterwards, having gathered everyone in one place and retreated a few meters, the enemy fired machine-gun fire at them.
21:01 CIA Director William Burns secretly visited Ukraine on February 22, writes The New York Times. According to the publication, the purpose of the visit is to “calm down Ukrainian leaders,” who fear that American intelligence agencies, due to the blocking of US aid, will become less active in helping Kyiv strike the Russians.
The newspaper also claims that eight years ago the United States allegedly placed 12 “secret bases” in Ukraine along the border with Russia. From these bases, which are often located in underground bunkers, Russian broadcasts are monitored, and now they also control kamikaze drones from there. Over the past ten years, cooperation between Kyiv and Washington in this area “turned Ukraine into an intelligence gathering center that intercepted more Russian communications than the CIA station in Russia,” the NYT notes, adding that such close cooperation with the CIA was allegedly one of the reasons for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
19:40 The Russians shelled the village of Tyaginka, Kherson region, killing two people, OVA reported.
19:32 Zelensky warned that it will be difficult for Ukraine in March-April: “It will be difficult for us in the coming months, because there are hesitations in the United States. It will be difficult in March-April, the Russian Federation will prepare an offensive in early summer or at the end of May. We will prepare for their battle, the US elections will be a turning point, and we will understand what will happen.”
The president is also confident that ten Patriot systems would radically change the situation: “If Ukraine in the coming months were able to receive ten Patriot systems for key industrial centers, if we could use these systems closer to the front, they would retreat. We would break them defense and went forward. Ten Patriots would change the situation dramatically."
In addition, Zelensky said that military reserves were not “normally prepared” in Ukraine, and during the preparation for the counter-offensive, four brigades were unable to fight because they did not receive the promised equipment: “We had a fist for the counter-offensive. Until today, four of this package the brigades are naked. Four brigades without the equipment that was agreed upon, signed, shook hands. It didn’t arrive. Could four brigades have fought? No, they didn’t fight. They stood and waited for the equipment.”
18:43 Public accounts write about yet another execution of Ukrainian prisoners by the Russians. On the outskirts of Ivanovskoe near Bakhmut, the Russian military took nine Ukrainian soldiers, including wounded, out of a trench, laid them on the ground and shot them. Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets said earlier today that there are many more similar cases of execution of Ukrainian defenders than officially reported.
18:34 Zelensky said that Ukraine plans to hold the first inaugural Peace Summit in the spring - it should be held in Switzerland. According to the president, Ukraine has a diplomatic initiative and must preserve it. As for the second summit, Zelensky would like it to take place not on the European continent: “We have come to the moment of the first summit. The first summit is inaugural. I hope that it will be in the spring. We cannot lose the diplomatic initiative. It will take place in Switzerland. The second "We would like the summit not to be on the European continent. I think this information will definitely appear in the coming weeks or months."
The head of state also said that he had received positive signals from American partners about the transfer of ATACMS missiles over 300 km. He is convinced that after this, deliveries of German Taurus will also be possible.
In addition, Zelensky said that “the first year of war is survival, the second is resilience, the third is turning point.” In his opinion, the format of the end of the war will depend on this year. I think so, maybe I’m wrong.”
As for a possible new counter-offensive, according to the president, there is “a clear plan associated with a change of leadership.” He added that several plans will be prepared due to information leaks. According to Zelensky, Ukraine's counter-offensive actions last year "were on the Kremlin's table before they began."
18:12 The Russians attacked a farm in the village of Malyshevka, Shirokovsky community, Zaporozhye region - one person was killed, three were injured, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
17:43 Zelensky said that during the full-scale invasion of Russia, 31 thousand Ukrainian soldiers died: “Not 300 thousand, not 150 thousand, whatever Putin and his deceitful entourage are lying about. But each of these losses is a big loss for us.” According to Zelensky, 180 thousand Russians died. “I don’t know how many missing people they have, but I know that up to 500 thousand combined with the wounded,” the president added.
At the same time, Zelensky refused to name the number of wounded Ukrainian soldiers, since Russia will know “how many people left the battlefield.” He also did not name the number of missing military personnel. “We also know about tens of thousands of Ukrainians killed in the occupied territories,” the head of state added.
16:19 The head of the President’s Office, Andrei Yermak, allows Russia’s participation in the global peace summit, but not in the first: “At the second summit, when this plan is created together, without intermediaries, openly, with the participation of all these countries that will go through this with us way, there may be a situation where we invite representatives of the Russian Federation, where this plan will be presented to them, in case the one who by that time will represent the aggressor country wants to stop the war and return to a just world."
15:54 Germany has decided to increase the volume of humanitarian aid allocated to Ukraine by 100 million euros, bringing the total amount to 1 billion euros, the German Foreign Ministry reported.
14:40 In the Avdeevsky direction, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces have retreated to the western outskirts of Lastochkino, where battles are taking place for the settlement, said the speaker of the Tavria group of troops, Dmitry Likhovy, in a commentary to the UP. According to him, Ukrainian troops took up previously prepared defensive positions.
14:18 Budanov promised the Russians “new surprises” and said that “he would not recommend the civilian population to use the so-called Crimean Bridge.” The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate also said that Russia has six A-50 aircraft left, “another one will fall and the round-the-clock duty will have to be stopped.”
In addition, Budanov denied that Iran supplied Russia with missiles, and also that the Russian Federation is massively using North Korean weapons to attack Ukraine: “Russia does not have Iranian missiles, and only a few North Korean-made missiles were used for attacks, this is not large-scale.”
13:26 The head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov, said that 90% of drones used on the battlefield are produced in Ukraine, and the goal of one million drones in 2024 will be exceeded. According to the minister, more than a million FPV drones alone will be produced.
13:15 Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said during the Ukraine forum. The year is 2024, that there is already a plan for this year - they will not talk about it publicly, but it is “powerful” and “will give results.” He also noted that half of the allocated military assistance from partners is not delivered on time, which is why Ukraine is losing personnel and territory.
12:37 In Nikopol, the Russians dropped explosives from a UAV onto a car, one person died. As a result of the attack, the buildings and trucks of one of the enterprises were damaged, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak.
12:09 In 2023, the Ukrainian defense industry has grown sixfold, said Minister of Strategic Industry Alexander Kamyshin. According to him, the Ukrainian defense industry now consists of 500 enterprises: about 400 private companies and 100 state-owned ones.
Kamyshin also announced that “2024 will be the year when there will be more drones on the ground.” He said that last year’s strikes on targets deep in the Russian Federation were carried out with weapons produced in Ukraine. In particular, there are samples that hit a target at a distance of 700 km. Ukraine has begun to produce hybrid air defense, and together with partners it is assembling infantry fighting vehicles and 105-caliber howitzers, the minister added.
11:23 Syrsky said that together with Umerov he visited the forward command posts of military units and units in the area of combat operations. “In many directions, the situation is complex and requires constant monitoring. During the visit, we analyzed the current situation in detail and discussed the necessary further steps, primarily protecting troops from drones and air strikes by CABs, as well as strengthening individual sections of the front,” the commander-in-chief said.
10:32 At night, Russia launched a massive attack on Konstantinovka, Donetsk region, preliminarily with S-300 missiles. One person was injured, the railway station building, a temple, two private and 12 apartment buildings, 21 shops, 19 shopping pavilions, three educational institutions, two administrative buildings, and a post office were damaged, regional police reported.
09:28 On February 24, the Russians shelled the village. Petropavlovka, Kharkov region, a volunteer was wounded, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. In the village Estuary of the Volchansk community, as a result of enemy shelling from the MLRS, a fire occurred in the outbuilding of a pig farm on an area of 600 square meters. m, 23 animals died.
09:21 In the Khmelnytsky region, as a result of a night attack, an infrastructure facility was damaged; no information about casualties was received, the OVA reported.
08:50 In the Bashtansky district of the Nikolaev region, during a night attack, a power line was damaged by debris from a downed drone, and five settlements were de-energized, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
08:37 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of February 25:
personnel - about 409,820 (+810) people,
tanks - 6542 (+8),
armored combat vehicles - 12,441 (+16),
artillery systems - 9981 (+29),
MLRS - 999 (+0),
air defense systems - 684 (+0),
aircraft - 340 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 7681 (+22),
cruise missiles - 1907 (+2),
ships/boats - 25 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 13,011 (+23),
special equipment - 1578 (+2).
08:14 At night, the air defense destroyed 16 of 18 Shahed-type attack UAVs, which Russia attacked from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and from the Crimean Cape Chauda, the Air Force command reported. Drones were shot down within the Poltava, Kyiv, Khmelnitsky, Nikolaev, Kirovograd, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, and Kherson regions.
07:38 Over the past 24 hours, 84 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In particular, in the Maryinsky direction, the enemy tried 39 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novomikhailovka area of the Donetsk region. In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 14 enemy attacks in the Lastochkino, Severny, Pervomaisky and Nevelsky districts of the Donetsk region; on Bakhmutsky - 13 attacks in the areas of Ivanovsky, Kleshcheevka, Andreevka of the Donetsk region.
The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Kupyansk direction. In the Liman direction, three enemy attacks were repelled in the Ternov area of the Donetsk region; on Novopavlovsky - one attack in the area south of Zolotaya Niva, Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - five attacks in the Rabotino area of the Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces hold their positions and repelled two assaults by Russian troops.
06:03 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense systems allegedly intercepted and destroyed two drones over the Belgorod region and four over the Black Sea.
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[KavkazUzel] Police have released a video of an apology from a Krasnodar resident detained for shooting at a wedding. The young man explained his actions as an attempt to follow Caucasian customs.
As the " Caucasian Knot " wrote, although shooting is regarded as an offense, the tradition of shooting at a wedding has been preserved in the North Caucasus. In January, a seven-year-old girl was wounded in a shooting at a wedding in Karachay-Cherkessia. A resident of Rostov-on-Don, detained in connection with the incident, admitted guilt, police reported.
The ritual of shooting at a Caucasian wedding was considered a “talisman against the evil eye,” but the ancient tradition has long turned into an element of fun and courage, Caucasian experts interviewed by the Caucasian Knot stated in 2018. “Many Caucasians have already forgotten the true meaning of shooting and shoot because it’s fun,” said, in particular, Akhmet Yarlykapov.
Police in Krasnodar are conducting an investigation “into the fact of a group violation of public order,” official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk reported today in her Telegram channel.
“Persons who participated in the festive event and violated public order in the residential sector and on the federal highway were identified and interviewed. Among them was a 22-year-old local resident who shot several times in the air at the entrance of the house. It turned out that the shots were fired from a cold weapon,” - the message says.
Several people have already been brought to administrative responsibility, “the actions of the remaining offenders will also be given a legal assessment,” the publication notes.
The message is illustrated with a video on which the emblem of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the inscription “Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia” are superimposed. The recording was taken indoors and shows a young man whose face has been retouched. He speaks, worried and searching for words.
“While today, February 24, at 60 Dushystaya Street, at a friend’s wedding, I took an empty Kalashnikov assault rifle out of the car, and because I thought [that] according to their customs this would be normal both from the law and from the people, fired shots into the air. The act was thoughtless, and this will not happen again,” the detainee said in the video. The Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Krasnodar Territory reposted this publication on its Telegram channel, without accompanying it with additional information.
The incident occurred on February 24 on Dushystaya Street. There, the bride and groom stood near a high-rise building, and one of the guests fired a shot from a machine gun. This was accompanied by joyful screams and whistles, 93.ru reports today.
On the same day, a wedding cortege of more than 10 cars blocked several lanes on Yeisk Highway and the entrance to a residential complex in the Molodezhny microdistrict. The drivers got out of their cars and began to dance. Eyewitnesses said that some cars did not have license plates, the newspaper writes.
According to the city department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, drivers who violated traffic rules on Yeisk Highway have been brought to administrative responsibility, Kommersant reports today.
The person detained for the shooting is a 22-year-old local resident. “The object from which the man fired did not pose a threat to others and is not a military weapon. At the end of the proceedings, a legal decision will be made and the actions of the specified citizen will be given a legal assessment,” the publication quotes a message from the city police.
The "Caucasian Knot" has repeatedly written about incidents of shooting at weddings in the regions of the North Caucasus. So, in March 2023, a resident of Nalchik was punished for shooting at a wedding. In January of the same year, on the border of North Ossetia and Ingushetia, participants in a wedding procession fired into the air near a police checkpoint, while the police did not try to stop them.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, as a result of active actions by units of the Zapad Group of Forces, manpower and hardware concentration areas of 143rd Infantry and 25th Airborne brigades of the AFU have been hit close to Prikolotnoye (Kharkov region) and Terny (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, four enemy counterattacks have been repelled near Senkovka railway station (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses were up to 180 servicemen, one tank, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system, one U.S.-manufactured M198 howitzer, and one 152mm D-20 gun.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces have improved their position along the front line and defeated formations of 22nd, 28th, and 92nd Mechanised brigades of the AFU near Kleshcheevka, Dyleevka, and Kurdyumovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were over 360 servicemen, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and four motor vehicles.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system, one German-manufactured Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm D-20 gun, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one AFU ammunition depot have been hit.
In Avdievka direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have taken more advantageous lines and positions and defeated manpower and hardware concentration areas of the 3rd Assault Brigade and the 107th Territorial Defence Brigade of the AFU near Tonenkoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, seven enemy counterattacks have been repelled near Novgorodskoye, Leninskoye, Lastochkino, and Novobakhmutovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 100 servicemen, four armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces have inflicted a fire defeat on formations of 72nd Mechanised and 58th Motorised Infantry brigades, and the 121st Brigade of the AFU close to Novodonetskoye, Ugledar, and Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, one counterattack by an AFU assault group has been repelled near Novodonetskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 140 soldiers, two tanks, three armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, and one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS.
In addition, one Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station and one AFU ammunition depot have been hit.
In Kherson direction, as a result of coordinated actions by units of the Dnepr Group of Forces, manpower and hardware concentration areas of 28th and 65th mechanised brigades of the AFU have been hit close to Rabotino and Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region).
In addition, two counterattacks by assault groups of the 15th Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard have been repelled near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were up to 30 soldiers, three motor vehicles, and one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised manpower and military hardware in 127 areas.
Air defence facilities have destroyed six HIMARS multiple-launch rocket system projectiles.
In addition, 77 unmanned aerial vehicles have bit shot down close to Novokrasnyanka, Raigorodka, Troitskoye, Golikovo (Lugansk People's Republic), Sladkaya Balka (Zaporozhye region), and Chernomorovka (Kherson region).
In total, 574 airplanes, 267 helicopters, 13,392 unmanned aerial vehicles, 473 air defence missile systems, 15,220 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,225 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 8,161 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 19,055 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 02/25/2024 to 00:00 02/26/2024.
A total of 26 facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Three civilians were reported injured
DAMAGED:
Three cars destroyed,
10 residential buildings,
Two civil infrastructure facilities,
Three cars were damaged.
Six artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction.
A total of 20 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 99 units of various ammunition were fired.
22:15 The front bird is broadcasting: South of Ukraine. Geraniums work. 25.02 22:00
Information is being received about the work of our flying flower Geraniums on enemy positions.
The work of enemy air defense is also reported.
21:05 Explosions in Kirovograd (Kropyvnytskyi - Ukrainian)
21:04 Russian fighters entered Rabotino, continue to advance and grind the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Governor of the Zaporozhye region Balitsky told RIA Novosti
He also added that the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Rabotino lost thousands of soldiers and a huge amount of equipment.
18:55 Today, as a result of the UFU aggression, three DPR civilians were injured.
In the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, two women were injured - born in 1971 and 1966.
In the village of Zaitsevo, a man born in 1973 was wounded when a PFM Lepestok mine exploded.
Ten residential buildings in the Petrovsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky districts, a kindergarten in the Kievsky district and a civil infrastructure facility in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk were damaged. In addition, three cars were damaged, and the same number were destroyed by enemy rounds.
Eight attacks were recorded, the enemy fired 29 ammunition, rocket artillery, 152mm and 155mm caliber artillery, and attack UAVs were used.
18:50 Explosions in Poltava and Kremenchug, Poltava region.
18:24 In the Sin'kovka area, fighting has intensified.
More than 20 FAB-500 aerial bombs were dropped on the Ukrainian Armed Forces. There has been a strong battle all day.
19:10 With a missile strike, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed the launcher and hit the radar of the American-made Patriot air defense system in the area of the settlement Petrovsky –video.
18:50 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kyiv region of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants -photo.
18:00 Ukrainian Telegram channels report explosions in Kramatorsk (DPR, temporarily occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces).
17:49 Avdeevskoe direction. At the Armed Forces of Ukraine Problems after retreating towards Thinnky.
The stabilization of the front line, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces spent the last 72 hours on, did not help and the defense west of Avdievka continues to collapse.
Russian troops have not yet entered Tonenkoye itself; a “barrage of fire” is actively used: after each retreat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to new lines, the positions of the Ukrainian army are ironed by Russian artillery. It is almost impossible to gain a foothold in such conditions; you have to retreat further.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces retreat mainly on foot, which is why the speed of movement remains low, and the arrival of each shell or aerial bomb leads to the maximum possible number of casualties.
17:37 Detonation American 155mm self-propelled gun M-109 in the Artemovsk direction. After the Lancet hit the vehicle's wheelhouse, the ammunition detonated, destroying the vehicle and its crew.
16:57 Ukrainian Telegram channels confirm the advance of the Russian Armed Forces to the settlement. Tonenkoe.
16:10 The progress of the RF Armed Forces in the Artemovsk direction is reported by “Reports and Analytics of the North Military District”:
Enemy resources confirm the success of our army in the Artemovsk direction. It is reported that our fighters are already in the center of Ivanovsky (Red).
The Russian Aerospace Forces use FAB with UMPC. Also, our artillery and MLRS are working closely. The enemy feels “shell hunger.”
Our troops use artillery 10 times more intensively.
15:55 Explosions were reported in Zaporozhye (temporarily occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces) Before the explosions, a missile threat was announced.
15:50 Ukrainian Telegram channels report missiles in the direction of Pavlograd (Dnepropetrovsk region)
15:17 The situation Boris Rozhin reports at the front:
Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Novomikhailovka. Fierce street battles for the village continue.
Counterattack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Rabotino. The enemy drove our forces out of the center of the village and they again retreated to the southern outskirts. Fierce fighting in and around the village continues.
Advancement of our troops south of Krasnogorovka. In fact, fighting began on the outskirts of the city. The capture of Krasnohorivka will significantly reduce the intensity of artillery attack of Donetsk.
15:05 NGP RaZVedka reports on the situation in the South Donetsk direction:
The Russian Armed Forces attacked the enemy in the area of ??the settlement Tonenkoye. Previously, the area was subjected to missile and bomb attacks from the Aerospace Forces and powerful artillery bombardment.
The settlement is currently being stormed. Our soldiers are already on its territory. After the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the settlement. Lastochkino and Northern the question of Tonenkoye suggested itself. The Ukrainian Armed Forces cannot hold the settlement, the prospects are clear.
14:49 "Lancet" destroyed a tank of the Ukrainian army. Loitering ammunition identified and disposed of armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces -video.
14:10 According to the operational lines of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC on February 25, as of 14:00, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the DPR:
Donetsk (Kirovsky district):
- on the street Petrovsky, 101 wounded: woman born in 1971;
- on the street Valentina Tereshkova, 2, a woman born in 1966 was injured.
Information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the VFU:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district:
artillery attack at 07:55:
– st. Stepana Shchipachev, 33 – apartment building.
artillery attack at 08:25:
– st. Krasnogorovskaya, 12 – direct hit in an apartment building.
Kirovsky district:
artillery attack at 01:30:
– st. Feta, 35 – private residential building.
artillery attack at 11:50:
– beauty salon “Elite” on the street. Petrovsky;
– st. Petrovsky, 111 “v” - apartment building, 3 cars were also destroyed, 3 cars were damaged.
13:50 The situation in the Donetsk direction is reported by the SVO Reports and Analytics:
The entry of our army in the south of Krasnogorovka (Maryinsky district) is confirmed. There is a fight on the street. Paris Commune and Shevchenko Street.
Our artillery, MLRS and airborne forces continue to strike enemy fortifications and firing points. The Donetsk agglomeration hears the intensive work of our army.
13:47 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants -photo.
13:15 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
The Russian Armed Forces occupied more advantageous positions in the Avdeevsky direction and repelled seven counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces;
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces per day in the Donetsk direction exceeded 360 military personnel;
Within 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces defeated 3 brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction, the enemy lost up to 140 military personnel;
Russian air defense forces destroyed 77 Ukrainian drones in one day;
The Russian Armed Forces repelled four counterattacks in the Kupyansk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 180 people;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle in the South Donetsk direction.
13:05 Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk are under fire - Mayor Kulemzin.
12:49 The Ukrainian Armed Forces hit the Tekstilshchik microdistrict in Donetsk. This was announced by the mayor of Donetsk Alexey Kulemzin.
“According to preliminary data, cars are on fire and there is a direct hit in an apartment building. The information is being clarified,” the mayor said.
12:30 Statement Head of the press center of the Vostok group:
Units of the Vostok group of troops continue to carry out combat missions in the South Donetsk direction. During the day, the enemy’s attempts to strengthen forward positions and carry out rotations of military personnel in the areas of Ugledar, Staromayorsky and Priyutny were suppressed.
Bomber strikes, artillery fire, and heavy flamethrower systems hit strong points and areas where manpower accumulated in the 58th motorized infantry brigade and the 108th territorial defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Shevchenkovo ??and Lugovskoye areas.
Twelve temporary deployment points, six unmanned aircraft control points and a field ammunition depot were destroyed.
The enemy's losses were: a towed howitzer M777, six units of automotive equipment, an electronic warfare station based on a pickup truck, and up to 125 military personnel.
11:50 American Abrams tanks were spotted for the first time near the line of combat contact northwest of Avdievka, advisor to the head of the DPR Igor Kimakovsky told TASS.
10:53 Pushilin showed new ones personnel from liberated Avdeevka.
10:10 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers announced their withdrawal from the village of Lastochkino, west of Avdiivka, Ukrainian media write.
The military claims on social networks that the flanks and supply routes were under threat, so the decision was made to withdraw.
10:05 Frontline summary on the morning of 02/25/2024:
In the Zaporozhye direction there are oncoming battles in the Kamensky area. Russian troops have activated a new section of the front. The Russian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, continued the assault on the village of Rabotino from the east and south. Ukrainian positions in Plavny, Lobkovo, Pyatikhatki, Malye Shcherbaki, Malaya Tokmachka and Charovnoye are under attack. Russian ones are in Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy.
On the Donetsk front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattacked in the Sladkoye area and regained some of the previously lost positions. This is important for them in terms of holding Novomikhailovka, where Russian troops were conducting offensive operations from the south and east with the support of long-range weapons.
In turn, the Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattacked in Pobeda after the artillery strikes. There is a struggle for initiative. The Russian Armed Forces, with artillery support, continued the assault on Pervomaisky. There is their advance in Severny (a settlement west of Avdeevka) and Lastochkino. In the last of the listed settlements, the Ukrainian Armed Forces maintain a partial presence only on the western outskirts.
Under fire, their positions in Konstantinovka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name southwest of Bakhmut), Ekaterinivka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Netaylov, Tonenkoye, Orlovka, controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine Novobakhmutovka (the settlement of the same name to the east of the Russian Armed Forces), Ocheretin, Alexandropol (populated point north of Donetsk) and New York. Russian ones are in Marinka and Donetsk.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, advanced to Ivanovsky. Under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kurdyumovka, Belaya Gora, Andreevka, Bogdanovka, Vasyukovka and Razdolovka. Ukrainian artillery worked against the Russian Armed Forces in Bakhmut and Yagodny.
In the Lugansk direction, Russian troops attacked in the Ternov area and with artillery support in Sin'kovka. No advance. Ukrainian positions in Belogorovka, Serebryanka, Torskoye, Nevsky, Berestovka and Petropavlovka are under fire.
09:43 The criminal Kiev regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Novaya Kakhovka five rounds;
-- n.p. Novaya Mayachka three rounds;
-- Kachachi Lagery five rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan three rounds;
-- Peschanivka three rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kardashinka, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Peschanivka, firing a total of 15 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:30 Consequences artillery attack of the center of Donetsk. The Ukrainian Armed Forces struck a cafe where a wedding was being celebrated at that moment.
Presumably the artillery attack was carried out from the HIMARS MLRS.
09:20 Over the past 24 hours, military investigators from the Russian Investigative Committeerecordedthe next crimes committed by the UFU against the civilian population of the DPR.
During the day, Ukrainian militants shelled the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as well as the Voroshilovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk. artillery attack of DPR areas was carried out using MLRS and 155mm caliber artillery, including cluster warheads.
In addition, Ukrainian militants dropped an explosive object from a UAV into the village. Zaitsevo where a man born in 1994 was wounded.
In addition, as a result of the artillery attack of the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk, a man born in 1973 was killed, and a man born in 1984 and a woman born in 1955 were injured to varying degrees of severity.
In total, six residential buildings, two civilian infrastructure facilities and seven vehicles were damaged by DPR shelling.
09:10 Crews of the Pantsir-S1 air defense system around the clock control of airspace above Russian positions in the NWO zone.
The anti-aircraft missile and gun complex has two double-barreled 30mm cannons with 1,400 rounds of ammunition and 12 anti-aircraft missiles. The Pantsir's armament allows it to destroy any air attack weapon within the established operating range.
“The mood is great, fighting! The enemy will definitely be defeated, it is just a matter of time. Victory will be ours!" - the deputy crew chief and operator of the Pantsir-S1 air defense system is confident.
08:17 Airborne artillerymen hit with howitzers a temporary deployment point of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and an ammunition warehouse on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported -video.
08:00 Summary on the morning of February 25, 2024:
In Krynki, Kherson region, on our bank of the Dnieper, the enemy has reduced its presence, but not in connection with the work of its evacuation groups: our UAV operators and artillerymen are definitely hitting. Enemy information centers admitted that the retention of Krynok was intended to have only a media effect. It cost the Ukrainian Armed Forces 3,500 personnel in killed aloneOn the Zaporozhye Front, the Russian Army is waging heavy, bloody battles on the Rabotino-Verbovoe line, gradually gaining positions. Our armored groups are faced with many drones and artillery fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy is conducting a maneuverable defense.
In the Kurakhovsky direction there were battles in Georgivevka, north of Marinka there were battles near Krasnogorovka. To the south there are battles at Pobeda and Novomikhailovka. This week, Far Eastern warriors tightly ironed the enemy with enemy MLRS. A plan to advance to Ugledar is visible.
West of Avdievka - battles near the village. Lastochkino. The battle continues.
The Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the direction of Chasov Yar. This week, the main fierce battles took place near Ivanovsky (Krasny) west of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut).
To the north there are battles in Belogorovka (our troops are advancing), at Tern and Torskoye.
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[Regnum] Russia received plans for the failed counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2023 even before it began, the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, said on February 25 at a press conference.
“Our counter-offensive actions last year were on the Kremlin’s table even before the counter-offensive actions began,” he said.
At the same time, Zelensky did not reveal what the plans of the Ukrainian army were, saying that it was better not to do this for now. Also, the Ukrainian leader did not say how the plans came to the Russian side.
Zelensky added that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is now developing several plans at once in order to try to hide their true intentions.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a counteroffensive on June 4, 2023. Before this, Kyiv widely advertised it. The Czech President, retired Army General Petr Pavel, called the counteroffensive a failure in December, noting that it did not give Kiev any results, but brought more losses.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported on December 1 that during the six months of attacks, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 125 thousand soldiers and 16 thousand weapons. Russian President Vladimir Putin noted in January that the failure of the Ukrainian army’s counteroffensive had already become obvious to everyone. He added that the initiative has now passed to the Russian army.
German-Finnish entrepreneur and former owner of the largest file hosting service Megaupload, Kim Dotcom, on February 25 called the results of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ counter-offensive a disaster for Ukraine. He noted that Kyiv and the West were trying to greatly inflate its significance.
On February 20, Shoigu, at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, said that the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces learned at the beginning of 2023 about the preparation of a large-scale counteroffensive and took measures to build a deeply layered defense.
The summer counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, advertised by Kiev, turned into a disaster. This was stated by German-Finnish entrepreneur and former owner of the largest file hosting service Megaupload, Kim Dotcom.
“The past year has shown how badly Ukraine and the West are losing. The overblown counter-offensive turned into a disaster,” he wrote on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
At the same time, the West is not going to push the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, towards peace negotiations, despite the victims in the US-organized conflict, Dotcom added.
As Regnum reported, the head of the main operational directorate of the Russian General Staff - first deputy head of the Chief of the General Staff, Colonel General Sergei Rudskoy, on February 19, did not rule out the possibility of a new attempt at a counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 2024 with serious support from the West. According to him, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are still capable of actively conducting combat operations.
Interlocutors of the American newspaper New York Times said that the Kiev authorities will be able to try to launch a new counter-offensive of the Ukrainian army only in 2025, using this year for “defense and restoration.” They said U.S. military officials in Europe, led by the commander-in-chief of NATO forces on the continent, warned that the best Kyiv could hope for now was a conflict that would be “largely” frozen.
Zelensky on February 22 announced a new counter-offensive of the Ukrainian army this year. He also threatened “surprises” with the Russian army.
At the same time, retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis believes that the head of the Kiev regime incorrectly assessed the condition of the Ukrainian troops. According to him, there can be no counter-offensive, because the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not even have the people to make up for the losses.
On January 16, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the complete failure of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, which began on June 4, 2023. In six months, the Ukrainian army lost over 125 thousand military personnel and 16 thousand weapons.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal said on January 21 that the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian army is still ongoing.
#4
Being as your axis of movement was obvious to me over here in east Texas, I'm not seeing a big leak.
Don River basin? Check.
Sea of Azov? Check.
Crimean Peninsula? Check.
Really wasn't looking for you to send Heinz Guderian towards Moscow.
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#5
It wasn't hard to detect beforehand the Russians pulling the old defense plan implementation for Kursk either.
#6
FWIW: " A Moscow man was arrested for allegedly accepting payment from Ukrainian intelligence to plant an explosive on Tucker Carlson's vehicle, targeting the American journalist during his interview with Putin."
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] A network of secret bases of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has appeared over the past eight years in Ukraine near its border with Russia, The New York Times (NYT) reported on February 25, citing former and current Ukrainian, American and European officials.
Oooooh, the frisson factory is working overtime. They do love reporting secrets out of school.
According to their information, we are talking about creating at least 12 such facilities. It is noted that the opening of secret bases has turned Ukraine into one of the most important intelligence bases for confronting Russia.
The article states that the CIA monitors the movements of the Russian army and provides Kyiv with information for launching missile strikes. The intelligence service also helps Ukraine develop spy networks that allegedly operate in Russia and throughout Europe.
In addition, the United States used secret bases to train Ukrainian special forces called Unit 2245. Representatives of this unit captured Russian drones and communications equipment so that CIA specialists could examine these devices and crack the encryption systems used by Russia.
As Regnum reported, in October 2023, The Washington Post wrote that since 2015, the US Central Intelligence Agency has allocated tens of millions of dollars to turn the Ukrainian intelligence services into its ally against Russia. According to journalists, the CIA maintains a significant presence in Ukraine.
On February 21, the Public Relations Center of the FSB of Russia announced that the Federal Security Service had established the fact of intelligence activities of British intelligence services in the Kherson region. Department employees were able to uncover the activities of the British government organization British Council. This structure used organizations controlled by it for intelligence in the interests of Kyiv.
#3
You need RFK as president to shut down these unaccountable cowboys with their black budget foolery that they do not answer to congress for or even report
No oversight, no accountability
These goons run America now. It is a coup by the deep state goons. They are not elected.shut the, down
Just remove, shut the doors on them and start again. nSA, too
#10
Well, if you are going to monitor Russia, it would follow that you would set up shop near their border. I note announcements that there are going to be 5 NATO posts in northern Finland. You know, the part near the Kola peninsula.
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#3
If he was going to turn whistle-blower or defense witness, nothing works better when the velvet glove doesn't work than pending charges and the ubiquitous 'never comment on pending cases" government fig leaf!
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