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[Korrespondent] 22:05 The first batch of shells contracted by the Czech Republic may arrive in Ukraine in just a few weeks, said Director General for Defense Policy Jan Ires.
21:34 The IAEA said that on the morning of February 28, agency experts heard an explosion some distance from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, which was likely followed by small arms fire near or on the site.
21:26 Russian propagandists are again announcing the Russian army’s march on Kiev. Bloomberg writes that Putin has not abandoned his original goals of capturing major Ukrainian cities such as Kyiv and Odessa. Meanwhile, several defense lines with a length of about a thousand kilometers have been created around the Ukrainian capital. Read more in the article New Russian campaign against Kiev .
20:52 Argentine President Javier Miley ordered the transfer of two helicopters to Ukraine, writes the Financial Times. Earlier, media reported that Argentina intended to transfer to Ukraine two Mi-171E multi-purpose helicopters, which were purchased from Russia.
20:42 On March 7, Macron gathers party leaders from the French parliament to discuss “the situation in Ukraine,” writes Le Figaro.
19:57 Switzerland has joined the 13th package of EU sanctions against Russia, the measures came into force on March 1, the Federal Council announced.
18:29 Canada has banned the indirect import of Russian diamonds weighing more than a carat, the country's Foreign Ministry reported. This restriction is in addition to the ban on Russian diamonds announced in December 2023.
18:23 Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Alexander Syrsky, Air Force Commander Nikolai Oleshchuk and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov held a special military briefing for Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on the situation at the front, Zelensky said.
17:38 The Netherlands announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine. It will include, in particular, highly maneuverable rubber and patrol boats, as well as landing ships. The Netherlands also allocated 250 million euros to the Czech initiative to order artillery shells for Ukraine.
16:54 Zelensky said that together with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte in Kharkov, he inspected buildings damaged as a result of Russian shelling and paid tribute to the memory of children who died due to Russian aggression. The President emphasized that since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion in Kharkov, more than 20 thousand buildings have been destroyed, including schools, universities, houses, kindergartens and churches.
16:47 Zelensky said that he and Mark Rutte signed a bilateral security agreement between Ukraine and the Netherlands. According to the president, the document provides for 2 billion euros in military assistance from the Netherlands this year, as well as subsequent defense assistance over the next ten years. The agreement also defines assistance priorities in the field of air defense, artillery, naval and long-range weapons, with a special emphasis on strengthening the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In addition, the agreement formalizes the principled position of the Netherlands to strengthen sanctions against the Russian Federation, force it to compensate for damages and hold it accountable. According to the document, the Netherlands also supports Ukraine's future membership in the EU and NATO.
16:16 Defense forces destroyed an X-59 missile in the Krivoy Rog region, the Shid Air Command reported.
15:31 Crimean public pages write about explosions in Sevastopol and the Saki region, as well as about a hit on the base in Gvardeyskoye, after which the power went out in the village. “Governor” of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev announced the work of air defense in Sevastopol, as well as the alleged use of standard camouflage equipment by the military.
15:24 France will not send combat troops to Ukraine, Foreign Minister Stephane Sejournet said. “The French will not die for Ukraine,” he emphasized.
14:46 The Russian army is making a powerful push towards Chasov Yar, said Ilya Yevlash, spokesman for the Khortitsa group of troops. According to him, Russian troops consider this settlement key for continuing the offensive against Konstantinovka and the Kramatorsk-Slavyansk agglomeration. At the same time, Yevlash added that several defense circles have been erected around Chasov Yar. There are also minefields in this direction - both anti-tank and anti-personnel. Anti-tank ramparts and embankments have also been installed to prevent the advance of heavy equipment.
14:11 Biden expects the G7 countries to make progress on the issue of transferring Russian assets to Ukraine by the June summit, Bloomberg writes, citing sources. We are talking about the use of $280 billion of assets of the Russian Central Bank, in particular, the use of money as collateral to attract debt or issue guarantees.
13:25 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense confirmed an attack on the Russian missile and gun complex Pantsir S-1 in the Belgorod region. After the strike, the complex was disabled and two members of its crew were injured. The S-1 shell is designed to cover military and military-industrial facilities; its cost is about $15 million.
13:04 In the Avdeevsky direction, the operational situation is dynamic, said Commander Tarnavsky. The defense forces continue the defense operation and in some places are restoring lost positions, setting up additional squad positions, firing positions, and observation posts. At the same time, the Russians are increasing the intensity of artillery shelling, have a significant advantage in ammunition, are increasing the number of assault groups - up to a battalion-tactical group, are throwing new reserves into action, and therefore “have some local successes.”
12:47 Ukrainian pilots are already practicing striking targets on the F-16, said Air Force spokesman Ignat.
12:23 Chinese Foreign Ministry speaker Mao Ning, after yesterday’s threats from Putin with nuclear weapons towards the West, said that there will be no winners in a nuclear war: “There will be no winners in a nuclear war, China calls on all parties to maintain restraint.” She also recalled that in January 2022, the leaders of the five nuclear-weapon states made a joint statement that “a nuclear war cannot be won and cannot be started.”
12:16 Responsible for the Russian special operation Maidan-3 against Ukraine are Putin’s former assistant Vladislav Surkov and deputy head of the Kremlin administration Sergei Kiriyenko, said GUR representative Andrei Yusov. According to him, people who are in Ukraine and act as objects of influence are involved in this campaign to undermine the situation inside Ukraine, they are being checked.
12:07 Canada can send military personnel to Ukraine, but not to participate in hostilities, Defense Minister Bill Blair said. According to him, we can talk about sending a limited number of military personnel to train Ukrainians on the territory of Ukraine, provided that such an operation will be carried out far from the front line.
11:58 This year, a new curriculum will be introduced in seven vocational schools in the Lviv, Dnepropetrovsk, Kiev, Kirovograd, Nikolaev, Sumy and Chernihiv regions - Civil Drone Operator, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov. According to him, thanks to the support of the European Union, drones have already been purchased for practical training and teachers have been trained.
11:39 Ukraine has already signed security agreements with six countries: Great Britain, Germany, France, Denmark, Canada, Italy, Zelensky said.
11:32 The blocking of the Lithuanian-Polish border by Polish farmers is similar to the Kremlin’s attempts to quarrel between Ukraine’s two biggest supporters, said Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte. She recalled that similar attempts had been made before. For example, it was stated that Ukrainian refugees receive more support than native residents of the countries. “I would like to draw attention to the fact that protests by farmers in the European Union are one of the most discussed topics in the programs of Russian propagandists,” the prime minister added.
11:11 Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets called the report of his Russian colleague that the Russian Federation is allegedly ready to transfer to Kiev the bodies of prisoners killed in the Il-76 accident as speculation. According to him, Moscow has still not handed over the official lists, has not confirmed the fact, and has not provided international organizations with access to the site of the tragedy.
“I emphasize that Ukraine’s position is unchanged: we demand a transparent investigation, access to the crash site, and from the first day we demanded official lists and repatriation of bodies and relevant examinations (if confirmed),” Lubinets wrote.
11:02 Russia is ready to transfer to Ukraine the remains of Ukrainian prisoners who died in the Il-76 crash in the Belgorod region, Russian Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova said: “Yes, we are ready, for this we have everything necessary from a procedural point of view... The bodies can be transferred according to the procedures that exist." According to her, Kyiv has already contacted Moscow regarding the transfer of bodies. The Ombudsman added that the Russian side has the DNA of all the victims.
10:24 Ukraine will become a member of NATO, but it is not yet possible to say when, said Deputy Secretary General of the Alliance Mircea Joan: “We cannot say when exactly, but one day a sovereign Ukraine will become part of both NATO and the EU. This war will probably continue "For some time, NATO will therefore continue to support Ukraine and avoid escalation in relations with Russia."
10:08 The British government has privately called on Germany to provide Kiev with Taurus long-range missiles, Bloomberg writes, citing sources. According to them, senior British ministers and officials have repeatedly made it clear to Germany that Ukraine is in dire need of Taurus missiles.
09:59 Air defense at night destroyed all four Shahed-type attack UAVs, which Russia attacked from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk, the Air Force command reported. The drones were destroyed within the Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk regions. In addition, at night the Russian Federation attacked with five S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the occupied Donetsk and Belgorod regions.
09:35 Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala said that “no one in Europe” is going to send troops into Ukraine. According to him, the overwhelming majority of participants at the summit in Paris came to the conclusion that the issue of sending troops would not be discussed and considered further.
09:06 In the Kharkov region, the Russians dropped ammunition from a drone in the village. Mitrofanovka, Kupyansky district - two people were wounded, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. Another person was wounded as a result of enemy shelling by a UAV in Volchansk. In addition, as a result of enemy air strikes by FAB-500 in the village of Osinovo, Kupyansky district, one person was wounded.
08:58 As a result of yesterday's rocket attack on Yulyevka, Zaporozhye region, one person was killed and one was wounded, said the head of the OBA, Ivan Fedorov.
08:39 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 1:
personnel - about 414,680 (+920) people,
tanks - 6610 (+17),
armored combat vehicles - 12,582 (+30),
artillery systems - 10 106 (+36),
MLRS - 1000 (+0),
air defense systems - 691 (+1),
aircraft - 345 (+3),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 7794 (+26),
cruise missiles - 1912 (+0),
ships/boats - 25 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 13,206 (+54),
special equipment - 1611 (+10).
08:32 Over the past 24 hours, 83 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, in the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy tried 30 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk region. Another 25 enemy attacks were repelled in the Avdeevsky direction in the Berdychi, Orlovka, Tonenky, Pervomaisky, Nevelsky districts of the Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled two enemy attacks in the Petropavlovka and Tabaevka areas of the Kharkov region; in Limansky - 12 attacks in the areas of Ternov, Yampolevka of the Donetsk region and Belogorivka of the Lugansk region; in Bakhmutsky - two attacks in the Ivanovsky and Kleshcheevka districts of the Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - one attack in the Rabotino area of the Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold positions and repelled four assaults by Russian troops on the left bank of the Dnieper.
08:25 As a result of shelling in the Belgorod region, the Pantsir-S1 air defense system was damaged and two servicemen were wounded, reports the opposition Russian publication Astra. According to sources, four drones attacked the area near the village of Golovchino in the Grayvoronsky district at noon on February 29. The drones exploded, causing damage to the Russian self-propelled anti-aircraft missile and gun system Pantsir-S1.
In addition, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that drones were allegedly shot down and intercepted over the Belgorod and Nizhny Novgorod regions at night. The authorities of Nizhny Novgorod Dzerzhinsk said that three drones were shot down over the city at night, there were no casualties or destruction, “the factories are operating normally.” This city is home to a large explosives production plant.
08:13 The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked a BC warehouse near Mariupol, said advisor to the mayor of the city Pyotr Andryushchenko. He clarified that the attack was carried out on the Russian base in the northwest in the direction of the village. Old Crimea - Kamenskoye - Kalchik. After another explosion on the afternoon of February 29, ambulances were seen leaving the area towards Melekino.
06:00 Japan introduced a new package of sanctions against Russia - the list included 12 individuals and 36 organizations. In particular, the concerns Kalashnikov, Almaz-Antey, Uralvagonzavod, Atomflot and others were included in the sanctions list.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are confronting the Russian Army
Russian troops consider this settlement as key for continuing the offensive against Konstantinovka and the Kramatorsk-Slavyansk agglomeration.
The Russian troops are accumulating their forces in the east of Ukraine and, as of now, one of the “powerful breakthroughs” of the Russian army is taking place at Chasov Yar, Donetsk region. This was stated by Ilya Yevlash, spokesman for the press service of the operational-strategic group of troops Khortitsa, on Radio Liberty.
According to him, Russian troops consider this settlement as key for continuing the offensive against Konstantinovka and the Kramatorsk-Slavyansk agglomeration.
“The enemy does not spare his efforts, tries to take advantage of the moment - for quite a long time he uses the tactics of “running where the rain is,” looking for weak points. And at the slightest opportunity to break through the defense somewhere, he strengthens his groups and takes assault actions,” Yevlash noted.
He added that several defense circles have been built near Chasovoy Yar. There are also minefields in this direction - both anti-tank and anti-personnel; embankments and anti-tank ramparts have been made to impede the advance of heavy equipment of the Russian army.
“We had been preparing for the defense of Chasovoy Yar for a long time, even when the enemy was able to capture Bakhmut. Of course, it was clear that it was necessary to equip additional lines of defense, more advantageous ones. Since the next largest settlement in this direction was Chasovoy Yar,” said Yevlash.
He added that the Russian army is trying to find weak points, and in those sectors of the front where they manage to break through, the Russian military is intensifying assault operations. According to Yevlash, they carry out their main attacks using mortars, and are also increasing the use of aircraft.
“Over the past 24 hours in the Bakhmut direction, the enemy used its aviation six times, also carried out 52 strikes with its kamikaze drones, fired at our positions 659 times. There were also four clashes, during which the enemy lost 100 of its occupiers killed and wounded and 101 units of weapons and equipment,” said a representative of the press service of the operational-strategic group of troops Khortytsia.
Let us remind you that the Defense Forces in the Avdievka direction sometimes restore lost positions, set up additional squad positions, firing positions, and observation posts.
As reported, according to the General Staff, 83 clashes took place at the front.
Russian troops consider this settlement as key for the continuation of the offensive on Kostyantynivka and the Kramatorsk-Slovyansk agglomeration.
Ilya Yevlash, the head of the press service of the Khortytsia operational-strategic military group, said on Radio Svoboda that Russian troops are accumulating their forces in the east of Ukraine and that one of the "powerful thrusts" of the Russian army is taking place on Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region.
According to him, the Russian troops consider this settlement as key for the continuation of the offensive on Kostiantynivka and the Kramatorsk-Slovyansk agglomeration.
"They are accumulating their very powerful forces, and as of now, this can be considered one of their powerful thrusts on Chasiv Yar... Access to Chasiv Yar will open the enemy's way to continue their offensive actions, a springboard for the offensive on Kostyantynivka. And of course, the main goal in the Donetsk region is the Kramatorsk-Slovyan agglomeration. Therefore, the enemy does not spare his efforts, he tries to take advantage of the moment - for quite a long time he uses the "run where it pours" tactic, looking for weak points. And at the slightest opportunity to break through the defense somewhere, he strengthens his groups and resorts to assault actions," said Ilya Yevlash.
According to him, several defense circles have been erected near Chasovoy Yar. In this direction, there are also minefields, both anti-tank and anti-personnel, and embankments and anti-tank ramparts were also made to prevent the advance of heavy equipment of the Russian army.
"Preparations for the defense of Chasovoy Yar have been going on for a long time, even when the enemy was able to capture Bakhmut. Of course, it was clear that it was necessary to equip additional lines of defense, more profitable. Since the next largest settlement in this direction was Chasiv Yar," Yevlash said.
As the spokesman of the "Khortytsia" military service reported, the Russian army is trying to find weak points, and in those areas of the front where it is possible to break through, the Russian military is intensifying assault operations. According to Ilya Yevlash, the main attacks are carried out from mortars, and the use of aviation is also increasing.
"During the past day, the enemy used its aircraft six times in the Bakhmut direction, also struck 52 times with its kamikaze drones, shelled our positions 659 times. There were also four combat clashes, during which the enemy lost 100 of their occupiers killed and wounded and 101 samples of military weapons and equipment," said Ilya Yevlash.
Meanwhile, General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi reported that the enemy is increasing the intensity of shelling in the Avdiyiv direction and has some local successes. For its part, the Defense Forces continue to conduct a defensive operation, in some places they restore lost positions.
In the morning, the General Staff reported that 83 combat clashes took place at the front during the past day. The enemy launched three rocket and 91 air strikes, fired 142 rounds of anti-aircraft fire.
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[Korrespondent] The Russians continue to bring mercenaries to WOT
The Kremlin is actively recruiting fighters from the world's poorest countries.
They receive larger payments than Russians.
In the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, locals are observing the arrival of more Kremlin mercenaries. In particular, the Russian invaders are bringing militants from Cuba and Nigeria there. The Center for National Resistance reported this on Friday, March 1.
It is noted that foreign fighters are being trained at local training grounds. The mercenaries are trained by Russian instructors, former members of the private military company Wagner.
“Russia is actively recruiting cannibals from poor countries of the world, where it has extensive intelligence networks, because empires always wage their colonial wars with the hands of foreign peoples,” say the Center of National Resistance.
According to the CNS, mercenaries from other countries receive larger payments than Russians.
Let us remind you that, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate, Russia is looking for mercenaries in Somalia, Sierra Leone, Nepal, Syria and Cuba for the war against Ukraine. It is more profitable and cheaper for the Russian Federation to look for mercenaries abroad than to continue mobilization measures within the country.
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[Korrespondent] During the day, Russian troops tried 25 times to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Novopavlovsk direction.
Russian invaders continue to attack Ukrainian troops. The enemy is advancing along almost the entire front line, but the invaders did not carry out assault operations in the Kupyansky, Orekhovsky and Kherson directions. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced this in an evening report on Friday, March 1.
During the day, Russian troops launched six missile and 79 air strikes, and carried out 62 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas.
In the Kupyansk direction the enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) operations.
In the Liman direction, soldiers repelled six enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Terny, Razdolovka in the Donetsk region and Belogorovka in the Luhansk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to break through the defenses.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled four enemy attacks in the areas of Bogdanovka and Andreevka settlements in the Donetsk region, where the occupiers tried to improve their tactical position.
In the Avdeevsky direction, defenders repelled 20 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Berdychi, Orlovka, Tonenkoye, Pervomaiskoye, Nevelskoye in the Donetsk region.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back Russian troops in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka and south of Zolotaya Niva in the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses 25 times.
In the Orekhovsky and Kherson directions, the Russians did not conduct offensive (assault) actions.
During the day, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on 13 areas where enemy personnel were concentrated. Units of the missile forces inflicted defeat on the area where military equipment was concentrated, two artillery weapons, three control points, and three enemy ammunition depots.
Let us remind you that over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 920 Russian invaders. Since the start of the full-scale invasion, the total losses of the Russian army amounted to about 414,680 soldiers.
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[KavkazUzel] The remains of six more people were found at the mass grave site in Khojaly, and the total number of discovered remains from the times of the first Karabakh war reached 10, the Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan reported.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, on February 21, the remains of four people, including a child, were discovered during excavations in the center of Khojaly. Presumably, these are the bodies of prisoners from the first Karabakh war, the Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan reported.
During further excavations in the center of Khojaly, on the site of a former furniture factory, where a mass burial of people had previously been discovered, on February 29, the remains of presumably a young child were discovered, and on March 1, the remains of five more people, a press employee told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent today -services of the Prosecutor General's Office of Azerbaijan.
“Thus, the human remains found in the burial belong to 10 people. Two of them are presumably minors. Signs of violence were revealed on the remains,” he said.
The discovered fragments of human bones have been sent for examination and laboratory research. “The Prosecutor General’s Office, together with other relevant authorities, continues to examine the scene of the incident in order to fully identify the human remains buried on the territory,” said an employee of the prosecutor’s office.
The discovery of new remains strengthens speculation that Azerbaijanis captured during the Karabakh conflict in the 1990s are buried there, another law enforcement source told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
In 1991-1994, a large-scale war took place between Nagorno-Karabakh, which declared its independence, and Azerbaijan, according to the “Caucasian Knot” certificate, The beginning and end of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh.”
Let us remind you that the Azerbaijani authorities periodically report on the discovery of new burial places of those killed during the first Karabakh war. Thus, on the Farrukh heights near the Karabakh village of the same name, in March 2022, the remains of presumably Azerbaijani soldiers who died in the first Karabakh war were found.
In the village of Edilli of the Khojavend region (Armenian name - Ukhtadzor) of the Khojavend region (Armenian name - Martuni region), which came under the control of Azerbaijan in the fall of 2020, during search operations on September 14-28, 2022, three new burial places of victims of the 1991 Karabakh conflict were discovered -1994. Skeletons of six people were found in two burials, and 12 in one.
As a result of the first Karabakh war, 3,800 people remain missing, the Baku office of the International Committee of the Red Cross reported in August 2023. Since the 2020 war, 500 human remains have been found in mass graves and 15 people have been identified.
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[EngMilRu] In the period from 24 February to 1 March 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched 23 group strikes with high-precision weapons, multiple launch rocket systems, and unmanned aerial vehicles at Ukraine's military industrial facilities, which were manufacturing reconnaissance and attack unmanned aerial vehicles; arsenals, and POL bases.
Moreover, the strikes also hit deployment areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries.
All the assigned targets have been engaged.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted fire damage on enemy manpower and hardware near Ivanovka, Peschanoye, and Prikolotnoye (Kharkov region).
In addition, 30 counterattacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 32nd Mechanised Brigade, 77nd Air Mobile Brigade, 95th Air Assault Brigade, and 57th Motorised Rifle Brigade were repelled near Sinkovka (Kharkov region) and Terny (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to more than 755 Ukrainian troops, three tanks, six armoured fighting vehicles, 18 motor vehicles, and 23 field artillery guns.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces took more favourable lines and inflicted losses on the AFU 5th and 92nd assault brigades, 28th, 72nd, and 93rd Mechanised brigades, 107th and 241st Territorial Defence brigades near Kleshcheyevka, Bogdanovka, Dyleyevka, Kurdyumovka, Andreyevka, and Krasnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Moreover, 18 counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled near Berestovoye, Krasnogorovka, Georgiyevka, and Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 2,835 Ukrainian troops, seven tanks, 16 armoured fighting vehicles, 49 motor vehicles, as well as 24 field artillery guns.
In Avdeyevka direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Lastochkino, Severnoye, and Petrovoskoye (Donetsk People's Republic) and continued advancing to the west.
In cooperation with aviation and artillery, they inflicted fire damage on clusters of manpower and hardware of the AFU 23rd, 24th, 53rd, 61st, and 110th mechanised, 59th Motorised Infantry, and 3rd Assault brigades, as well as 103rd and 107th Territorial Defence brigades near Netaylovo, Ochertino, Mayorsk, and Rozovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Forty-eight counterattacks of the enemy assault units were repelled close to Novgorodskoye, Leninskoye, Tonenkoye, Orlovka, and Pervomayskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
In this direction, the enemy has lost over 2,600 Ukrainian troops, 23 tanks (including U.S.-made Abrams), 45 armoured fighting vehicles, 83 motor vehicles, as well as 26 field artillery guns.
In South Donetsk direction, the Vostok Group of Forces' units have improved the frontline situation and repelled seven attacks of AFU assault groups close to Marfopol (Zaporozhye region), Novodonetskoye and Shevchenko (Donetsk People's Republic).
Air strikes and artillery fire hit units of the AFU's 58th motorised infantry, 72nd mechanised, 108th, 121st, 127th, and 128th territorial defence brigades near Vodyanoye, Ugledar, Urozhaynoe, Staromayorskoye, and Rovnopol (Donetsk People's Republic), and Lugovskoye(Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 890 Ukrainian troops, three tanks, six armoured fighting vehicles, 28 motor vehicles, and eight field artillery guns.
In Kherson direction, the Russian troops have taken more advantageous lines and positions, and also repelled seven attacks launched by assault groups of the 117th and 118th mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 15th Ukrainian National Guard close to Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
Moreover, fire damage was inflicted on personnel and military hardware of the 28th, 65th, and 118th mechanised, 44th air mobile, 128th mountain assault, 35th marine, and 121st territorial defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Verbovoye, Primorye, Novopokrovka, Orekhov, Malaya Tokmachka, and Nesteryanka (Zaporozhye region), Ilyinka (Dnepropetrovsk region), Tokarevka and Dudchany (Kherson region).
The units of the Russian Groups of Forces have neutralised one Ukrainian sabotage group of the 73rd Marine Special Operations Centre in an attempt to land close to Tendra Spit using speedboats.
As a result of a short battle, four of the speedboats with the landing groups were destroyed and sunk. The enemy losses were up to 25 Ukrainian troops, one Ukrainian serviceman was taken prisoner.
In Kherson direction, the enemy's losses over the past week have amounted to over 290 troops, three tanks, four armoured fighting vehicles, 34 motor vehicles, and 16 field artillery guns.
Operational-Tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have neutralised one P-18 radar, two radio detectors and launchers of the S-300 SAM system, Norwegian-made NASAMS vehicle, as well as five Bukovel-AD electronic warfare stations over the past week.
The air defence systems have shot down two MiG-29 fighter jets, one Ukrainian Su-25 ground-attack aircraft, two Storm Shadow cruise missiles, four JDAM guided aerial bombs, 35 HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 639 unmanned aerial vehicles.
In the period from 24 February to 1 March 2024, 16 Ukrainian servicemen have surrendered.
In total, 575 airplanes and 267 helicopters, 13,862 unmanned aerial vehicles, 475 air defence missile systems, 15,304 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,227 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 8,242 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 19,236 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 21:02 The situation in the Avdeevsky direction is reported by “Reports and Analytics of the North Military District”
Confirmations are coming from the field. Orlovka is completely under the control of the Russian army. All enemy counterattacks were repulsed. The enemy suffered significant losses in manpower and equipment. Sappers began clearing mines from the populated area.
19:54 The crews of Su-25 attack aircraft launched a missilehitat the Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold in the Avdeevsky direction.
As part of combat pairs, the pilots at a speed of about 900 km/h, skirting the terrain, approached the line of combat contact and struck with 80mm unguided S-8 missiles.
19:20 Consequences of the artillery attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the village of Krasnoye in the DPR -photo.
19:10 Hit RF Armed Forces on facilities in Konstantinovka:
The Russian army continues to strike at locations and bases of enemy personnel in the front-line zone, including the temporarily occupied territory of the DPR.
In Konstantinovka, in the Artemovsk direction, a massive attack was carried out on targets of Ukrainian formations.
Temporary deployment points of enemy engineering and mechanized units in city outpatient clinic No. 2 and kindergarten No. 15 were hit, as a result of which more than ten personnel were killed, and over 20 were injured of varying degrees of severity.
The city police department and the Security Service of Ukraine were also hit, but there is no information about the presence of personnel inside at the time of arrival. In addition, one of the missiles hit near the territory of Megatex LLC, where the positional area of ??operation of the enemy’s electronic warfare system is located.
18:49 The Paratrooper’s Diary reports from the Artyomovsky direction:
South of the microdistrict. Channel paratroopers from the 98th division are trying to knock out the Ukrainian fascists from a commanding height. The TOS-1 crew processes the height together with bomb launchers.
South of the Popovsky Forest, almost the entire territory is controlled by our forces.
The enemy is trying to maintain control of the road from Ivanovsky to Kleshcheevka. Since this road is the only one that can accommodate wheeled vehicles, the rest of the roads are only country roads and only tracked vehicles can drive through the mud.
The enemy is also trying to hold the forest regiment between the Chernobylets and Ivanovsky stations and regularly uses this logistics route to supply the group. We use aerial surveillance to identify moving targets and regularly hit the enemy with loitering ammunition.
18:04 Our soldiers raised Russian flag over the southern part of Novomikhailovka.
In the Donetsk direction, another tricolor of the Russian Federation is now being developed - military personnel, without hiding their joy, announced the liberation of the southern part of Novomikhailovka. The settlement itself has not yet been completely taken; fighting for the part still controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces continues.
Our fighters are storming Novomikhailovka from the south, east and northeast.
15:58 Avdeevskoe direction, southern flank.
The active advance of our army south of Nevelskoye continues. According to our data, last night we managed to enter the southern outskirts of the village. and will take hold.
Today the assault groups continued to advance deeper into the village.
16:55 According to the operational lines of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC on March 1, as of 16:00, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Krasnoe (Dokuchaevsky municipal district):
– on the territory of the mineral water plant:
died:
– woman born in 1962 and a man born in 1967;
wounded - man born in 1981
16:15 Explosions in Krivoy Rog.
15:57 Destructio of npontoon bridge of the Armed Forces of Ukraine across the Oskol River in the area of the Kupyansk-Uzlovoy railway station.
Almost all permanent bridges across the river have long been destroyed by our troops and the enemy, so to supply troops on the eastern bank of Oskol, the enemy is actively establishing temporary crossings. Our troops periodically destroy them, which disrupts the enemy’s supply and forces him to spend resources on re-establishing crossings.
As the front approaches Oskol, the vulnerability of such crossings will increase.
14:55 The Russian Aerospace Forces are working today on Kupyansk and the settlement. Kupyansk-Uzlovoy. Crossings in several areas were destroyed, incl. in the Kantsedalovka area.
The Buk-M3 air defense system, which works against infantry and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kupyansk, also showed excellent performance. The sniper work of the Russian artillery is also noted.
Enemy messages about the offensive of the Russian troops were intercepted: “We need to dig in, but we are being pressed” - which only confirms the fact of weak defensive structures in this direction or their absence at all.
Including from the 44th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the second line of defense of the Kupyansky direction - about the acute shortage of food.
13:45 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
Within a week, the RF Armed Forces liberated Lastochkino, Severnoye, Petrovskoye in the Avdeevsky direction and continued advancing in a western direction;
Over the course of a week, Russian forces carried out 23 group strikes with high-precision weapons and UAVs against Ukrainian military-industrial complex targets;
Over the course of a week, the Russian Armed Forces improved the situation along the front line in the South Donetsk direction and repelled seven attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces;
In the Kupyansk direction, Russian military personnel improved the situation along the front line within a week and repelled 30 counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces;
High-precision strikes hit Ukrainian enterprises producing drones, arsenals and deployment points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost 23 tanks in the Avdiivka direction in a week, including US-made Abrams;
Within a week, Russian air defense shot down two MiG-29 fighters and a Su-25 attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force;
Within a week, Russian troops destroyed an enemy S-300 launcher and a Norwegian-made NASAMS air defense system;
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South Donetsk direction in a week amounted to 890 military personnel, three tanks;
The losses of the Ukrainian army in the Kherson direction in a week amounted to more than 290 military personnel, three tanks and 16 field artillery guns;
Over the course of a week, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 2,835 military personnel, 7 tanks, 16 armored vehicles and 24 artillery pieces in the Donetsk direction;
Over the past week, Russian air defense systems shot down 2 Storm Shadow missiles, 4 JDAM bombs, 34 HIMARS rounds, as well as 639 Ukrainian Armed Forces drones;
Over the course of a week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 755 people and 50 pieces of equipment in the Kupyansk direction.
13:24 Today the Russian Armed Forces “covered” the second crossing in the village of Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, in the Kantsedalovka area, reports Kharkov direction
13:25 Avdeevskoe direction. It is reported that today the cleansing of Tonenkovo is actively underway. The Russian Armed Forces are pressing from the east and southeast. In the morning, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to return to their lost positions, but made no progress.
13:05 At these moments, our troops resumed artillery preparation on Krasnogorovka in the DPR. The assault groups continue to advance deeper into the city.
12:47 The situation in the Zaporozhye direction in the area of the settlement. Rabotino reports the Paratrooper's Diary:
Assault groups of paratroopers and other units move in and out of the so-called “gray zone” in the village due to the fact that there is simply nowhere to establish a foothold there - everything is burned out by artillery fire.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to enter Rabotino from the other side, and the enemy is also not abandoning attempts to counterattack.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces' artillery has noticeably begun to work less intensively compared to the summer, but they are still shooting.
FPV-Drones are like in a hive with bees, so the main phase of all movements is in the dark, but at night enemy drones also fly, although noticeably less.
There were large drones like Baba Yaga only a couple of times, and they also became scarce.
Our bomber crews level everything with FABs, they work hard, they work for several hours a night.
11:48 Counterbattery struggle of crew of 122mm BM-21 Grad in the Artemovsk direction. The crew has been in the SVO zone for two years. They have dozens of destroyed targets to their credit.
11:33 According to Ivanovsky, they report that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are resting on the western outskirts of the village, trying to counterattack. It is too early to talk about the occupation of the village by our troops.
11:25 Statement of 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, two attacks by assault groups of the 102nd Territorial Defense Brigade in the Malinovka area were repelled, and enemy attempts to carry out rotations of military personnel in the Malinovka and Ravnopol areas were also thwarted.
Bomber aviation strikes, artillery fire, and heavy flamethrower systems hit strong points and places where manpower accumulated in the 58th Motorized Infantry, 72nd Mechanized brigades, 102nd, 128th Territorial Defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Urozhaynoye, Ravnopol, Ugledar, Staromayorsky and In Gulyai-Polye, twelve temporary deployment points, two unmanned aircraft control points and a field ammunition supply point were hit.
As a result of coordinated actions, the enemy lost the 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, a 152mm D-20 towed howitzer, three units of automotive equipment and more than 100 military personnel
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10:47 Enemy for the morning acknowledges the loss of some positions in Krasnoye and the further advance of Russian troops in the village. As well as to the west of Avdievka, the enemy is now actively using up transferred reserves to the west of Artemovsk in order to hold Bogdanovka and Krasnoe in order to prevent the development of the Russian Armed Forces’ offensive on Chasov Yar.
10:05 Statement Head of the press center of the Center group
The Center group of troops continues to carry out combat missions in the special military operation zone.
The group's units, supported by artillery fire and air strikes, repelled nine counterattacks by the 47th and 61st Mechanized brigades in the Novobakhmutovka and Semyonovka areas. In addition, formations of the 53rd Mechanized and 61st Mechanized and 59 Motorized Infantry brigades were defeated in the areas of Berdychi, Severny, Orlovka and Pervomaisky.
Enemy losses amounted to more than 490 military personnel. Seven tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, including one Bradley, four armored fighting vehicles, 11 cars, three 152mm D-20 howitzers, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and a 122mm 2S1 self-propelled artillery unit “Gvozdika” were destroyed. and two 122mm D-30 howitzers, as well as three 120mm mortars and three control points for unmanned aircraft.
09:47 Whisper of the Front writes about the defeat of the enemy target in Konstantinovka:
“In Konstantinovka, the SBU building was hit by a missile strike. It’s still burning.”
09:32 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. Alyosha four rounds;
-- n.p. Knyazegrigoryevka five rounds;
-- 4 rounds in Kayro;
-- Peschanivka three rounds;
-- n.p. Korobki of 3 rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Aleshki, n.p. Peschanivka, n.p. Kayro, firing a total of 16 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
08:29 Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have committed crimes against civilians of the DPR.
Ukrainian militants using 155mm caliber artillery, including cluster warheads, fired shells at n.p. Novonikolaevka, Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, as well as Nikitovsky and Central City districts of Gorlovka.
In addition, as a result of artillery artillery attack of the Central City district of Gorlovka, women born in 1992 received injuries of varying degrees of severity. and born in 2003
In total, six residential buildings and one civilian infrastructure facility were damaged by DPR shelling.
08:18 More than 2,500 explosive objects found in the suburbs of Mariupol, destroyed sappers of the combined demining squad in three months.
Sappers of the combined demining detachment of the engineering troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue clearing the suburbs of Mariupol from explosive objects. Military engineers search, collect and destroy mines, rounds, and grenades left after the fighting during the liberation of the city.
08:01 Summary on the morning of March 1, 2024:
In the Kherson direction, the destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces continues in Krynki and at the Antonovsky Bridge at the “dachas”. Artillery, aviation, drones are working on the enemy shore. The enemy's activity was somewhat reduced after his unsuccessful attempt to land troops from several boats on the Tendra Spit.On the Zaporozhye Front, the main efforts are concentrated around Rabotino; the enemy, according to reports from the field, is in the center of the village. The Ukrainian Armed Forces trench system stretches across the entire settlement from north to south. Our MLRS are working, attack aircraft are fighting heavy battles.
North of Mar'inka there are battles in Krasnogorovka, the enemy is trying to use tanks, but they are destroyed by our troops. The Russian Armed Forces are operating on the southern outskirts of the settlement.
West of Avdievka there were battles in Berdychi and Tonenkoye. To the south, the Russian Armed Forces are attacking on the approaches to Nevelskoye. The Russian army is trying not to lose the momentum of the offensive, but the area is heavily mined, and the enemy’s defenses are full of FPV drones.
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[Regnum] Four senior Bundeswehr representatives took part in the discussion of the attack on the Crimean Bridge. This is stated in the text of the conversation between the German military, which, editor-in-chief of the Rossiya Segodnya media group and RT television channel, published on her Telegram channel.
It is clarified that the German military discussed the option of attacking the bridge with Taurus missiles from a Dassault Rafale fighter.
“There is an opinion that the Taurus will succeed if it uses the French Dassault Rafale fighter,” said one of the German military officers.
The publication also indicates that Bundeswehr representatives discussed tricks on how to help strike the Crimean Bridge without becoming a party to the conflict.
In addition, according to the editor-in-chief of RT, an employee of the German Space Command discussed a trip to Ukraine on February 21 to help prepare strikes against Russia.
“I would also like to briefly dwell on air defense issues. We must think carefully about having equipment in Kyiv to receive information from IABG and NDK. We have to provide this to them, so I have to fly there on February 21, we need to plan everything optimally, and not like it was with Storm Shadow, when they planned checkpoints,” the transcript of the conversation says.
The German Ministry of Defense estimated the maximum preparation time for the Ukrainian military to attack the Crimean Bridge with Taurus missiles at four months.
“It is necessary to divide the learning process into parts. The long trek will last four months, we will train them thoroughly, including working on the bridge option. The short one will last for two weeks, so that they can use the missiles as soon as possible,” said one of the military men.
Judging by the text, the conversation took place on February 19, 2024, the negotiations were attended by the head of the operations and exercises department of the Bundeswehr Air Force Command Graefe, the Bundeswehr Air Force Inspector Gerhartz and employees of the air operations center of the Bundeswehr Space Command Fenske and Frostedt. They discussed sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine and the attack on the Crimean bridge.
As reported by IA Regnum, Simonyan previously reported that she had an audio recording in which high-ranking German officers discussed attacks on the Crimean Bridge. She emphasized that she was making an official journalistic request on this situation to the German Ambassador in Moscow, the head of the German Foreign Ministry and personally to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Later, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin does not yet have information about the contents of this recording.
In turn, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that she was waiting for Germany's reaction to information about the appearance of an audio recording in which German officers discussed attacks on the Crimean Bridge. She noted that the German press had a good reason to prove its independence and ask questions to German Foreign Minister Annalene Baerbock.
Russia is daily practicing measures to counter all possible types of attacks on the Crimean Bridge, Vladimir Bulavin, Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, said on March 1.
“We are not afraid of anything and are ready for all possible scenarios. Measures to counter all types of attacks on the bridge are being worked out on a daily basis,” the senator said, commenting on the appearance of a transcript of a conversation between high-ranking German military personnel about plans to attack the bridge.
The senator also called on the German authorities to immediately conduct a thorough investigation into the content of this conversation and provide an explanation to the international community.
“Only in this way can trust and confidence in compliance with international norms and principles be restored,” Bulavin noted.
As reported by IA Regnum, on March 1, the editor-in-chief of the RT television channel Margarita Simonyan, citing an audio recording at her disposal, reported that high-ranking German officers discussed attacks on the Crimean Bridge.
In particular, the text of the conversation between the German military states that four high-ranking representatives of the Bundeswehr took part in the discussion of the attack on the Crimean Bridge. They discussed the option of attacking the bridge with Taurus missiles from a Dassault Rafale fighter. At the same time, the military talked about tricks, trying to figure out how to help hit the Crimean Bridge without becoming a party to the conflict.
Judging by the text, the conversation took place on February 19, 2024, the negotiations were attended by the head of the operations and exercises department of the Bundeswehr Air Force Command Graefe, the Bundeswehr Air Force Inspector Gerhartz and employees of the air operations center of the Bundeswehr Space Command Fenske and Frostedt.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that she was waiting for Germany's reaction to the information about the appearance of the audio recording. In addition, she cited part of the quote where the German military makes references to the “good old Luftwaffe,” essentially equating itself with the Third Reich. According to Zakharova, the German authorities have gone absolutely mad.
#1
The transcript makes it clear this planning disregarded the vote of the legislature not to provide Taurus missiles to Ukraine. And interestingly implies over a dozen UK storm shadows fired unsuccessfully at the Crimean bridge
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[Regnum] Ukraine has approached the Russian side regarding the possible transfer of the bodies of those killed in the crash of the Il-76 military aircraft in the Belgorod region, said Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova.
“There was such a conversation about whether the Russian side is ready to give up the bodies,” the ombudsman answered the corresponding question from RIA Novosti.
Moskalkova also emphasized that Russia can identify the identities of all those killed in the crash. There is evidence for this and all DNA samples, which, according to the examination, allow identification.
In addition, Moscow is ready to transfer to Kyiv the bodies of those killed in the Il-76 crash; it has everything necessary for this. The bodies can be transferred according to existing procedures, the ombudsman added.
As Regnum reported, on January 24, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down a Russian Il-76 military transport plane with captured Ukrainian military personnel from an anti-aircraft missile system from the territory of the Kharkov region. On board were 65 captured soldiers, as well as six crew members and three accompanying persons. No one survived.
Immediately after the crash, people in Ukraine began to spread information that the plane had been shot down by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. However, after it became known about the prisoners on board, the news began to be deleted and corrected. A number of Ukrainian publications wrote that reports about the involvement of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the downing were allegedly not confirmed; the plane was allegedly transporting missiles for the S-300 complexes. Other Ukrainian sources claimed that the aircraft was hit by Western air defense systems - either Patriot or IRIS.
After the Il-76 disaster, Ukrainian prisoners began to be afraid to return home because of the possibility of dying from the missiles of their own countrymen. One of the prisoners of war called the incident a crime for which the perpetrators must be punished.
The Russian Ministry of Defense called Kiev's strike on the plane a terrorist attack. After the removal of fragments of the Il-76, it became clear that the MIM-104A anti-aircraft guided missile from the Patriot complex was used to attack the plane.
You can read about this story here (08:07 (First Item)) Ukrainian version can be read here.
[Regnum] Captured Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SSO) fighter Evgeniy Gorin is confident that the command sent his detachment to the Tendra Spit in the Kherson region for the sake of a “picture.” He stated this in a video published on March 1 on the Telegram channel of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Earlier, the department reported the destruction of a Ukrainian sabotage group in the area of the Tendrovskaya Spit island in the Kherson region. Of the five boats with saboteurs, only one escaped from the Russian military; the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 25 fighters, one was captured.
“What can I say about this? They simply threw the group into “heroic slaughter” and left. And all this is just for the sake of the media,” said a captured Ukrainian MTR soldier.
Gorin said that each boat had five attack aircraft, and two more soldiers were responsible for controlling the boats. A kilometer before the site, the three boats should have been ordered to line up before disembarking, but this only happened 300 meters away. 100 meters from the shore, the boat with Gorin came under fire from the Russian military; two more, according to him, were under crossfire.
Gorin, following one of his colleagues, climbed over the side and tried to get to the other boats. A colleague went under water, and Gorin was hit in the helmet by the Russian side. Realizing that he could die, the fighter turned around and swam to the shore shouting that he was surrendering.
As Regnum reported, on February 28, the head of the public movement “We are together with Russia” Vladimir Rogov announced the liquidation by the Russian military of the elite sabotage group of the 73rd Naval Center of the Ukrainian Navy near the Tendrovskaya Spit. He noted that the enemy wanted to gain a foothold on an island located off the northwestern coast of the Black Sea.
Ukraine has officially recognized the destruction of its sabotage group on the Tendrovskaya Spit. According to the press secretary of the governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Vasilenko, the group of saboteurs was “that very surprise on the Black Sea” that the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, spoke about on February 23 to Fox News.
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[Regnum] US Army Chief of Staff General Randy George
…that poor man. His boyhood must have been hell…
said that the Russian military has made great progress during the Ukrainian conflict and should not be underestimated. The American Military Watch Magazine wrote about this.
“You can’t underestimate your opponent. You shouldn’t start with this,” the publication quotes George as saying.
He also noted the Russian military's ability to adapt and its progress in drones and electronic warfare.
In addition, according to the military man, Russia has succeeded in developing its industrial base.
As Regnum reported, former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter said that the Russian Armed Forces have deprived Ukrainian troops of the ability to effectively use unmanned aerial vehicles, while continuing to destroy drone operators. He emphasized that the Russian military was able to adapt as quickly as possible to the massive use of drones by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Earlier, Ukrainian Armed Forces Colonel Ivan Pavlenko said that Russia’s mass production and use of unmanned aerial vehicles in the special military operation zone has become a great threat to Ukrainian troops. It is noted that Ukraine is significantly behind the Russian Federation in terms of the effectiveness of electronic warfare systems, which has led to an even greater inability of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to resist Russian UAVs.
#3
Russians believe the whole world is plotting against them: to dismember Russia, steal it's natural resources, and turn Russian people into slaves.
Israelis believe that People are, basically, decent and rational - you just have to explain.
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[Regnum] On February 26, fighters from the Center group knocked out two American Abrams tanks in the Avdiivka direction, the commander of the UAV reconnaissance and strike group with the call sign Kolovrat reported on March 1.
“It was that day (February 26), some time later. We can’t say by distance, but we flew quite far. We were flying and saw a column of smoke; the tank was moving at medium speed. At first they didn’t understand what kind of technology it was. When we got closer, we made sure what kind of tank it was. They hit him closer to the tower from above. Then, when we reviewed the material, we became convinced that this was another Abrams,” said Kolovrat, as quoted by RIA Novosti.
He did not talk about whether the Ukrainian Armed Forces crew survived, since at that moment there was no objective control from a reconnaissance drone. But the Russian military retained video footage from the goggles of an FPV drone operator with the call sign Rassvet.
Kolovrat also clarified that during the battle on February 26, they knocked out several more units of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but the serviceman did not disclose the exact numbers.
“(Abrams) drove for two hours, fought for 20 minutes and took four minutes to burn this enemy. On this day, in addition to the tank, there was a lot of equipment and there was still a lot of work. The twenty-sixth of February is such a small red day on the calendar,” Kolovrat shared his opinion.
A fighter with the call sign Rassvet, in turn, said that he and his comrades were not particularly surprised by the defeat of the American tank, since they assumed that NATO equipment would appear in this direction. Dawn clarified that the Abrams crew managed to escape, pulling one presumably wounded military man out of the Abrams.
“It was just getting the job done, we were just working. There was no time to be surprised - they did their job,” he concluded.
As reported by IA Regnum, on February 26 it became known that in the Avdeevsky direction the Russian Armed Forces for the first time knocked out an American M1 Abrams tank. The Russian military destroyed it in the Avdeevka area (DPR). On February 27, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, confirmed the destruction of the American tank.
The Pentagon chose not to comment on reports about the Abrams tank destroyed in the special operation zone. A representative of the American military department said that this issue is within the competence of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
A Russian military man with the call sign Dawn will receive 10 million rubles for destroying a tank, said actor Ivan Okhlobystin. In January last year, the actor said that for every damaged American Abrams tank, Russian businessmen are ready to pay a reward of 10 million rubles.
It also became known that the Abrams was shot down by the Ulyanovsk FPV drone “Piranha”. A representative of the Simbirsk Design Bureau (SKB) said that Piranha stands out among its analogues due to the unique frequencies at which it operates. According to him, no one has video transmitters on this frequency, and during testing with electronic warfare equipment, this drone was the only one that could not be suppressed.
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[Regnum] The effectiveness of domestic unmanned means of destroying enemy equipment and manpower may decrease over time if the Russian military-industrial complex lags behind in competition with US military concerns. And this development of events poses a direct threat to the security of Russia: the American publication The National Interest, talking about the development program for the M10 Booker and XM30 infantry fighting vehicles, as well as the Robotic Combat Vehicle tracked robot, did not hide the fact that this equipment is for the “war of the future” against Russia and China.
And this technology is indeed capable of dramatically reducing the threat that Russian UAVs pose today to the American Abrams in Ukraine. Modern weapons specialist Alexey Vasiliev shared this conclusion with a Regnum correspondent.
The Pentagon usually actively invests in promising military technologies, the expert noted.
“The United States always keeps programs for the future, which, as a rule, are presented as breakthrough,” Vasiliev said. “But more often than not, samples don’t make it to production. On the other hand, they also practice many different elements of these concepts.”
Now in the USA, programs for new cars are actually being implemented - M10 Booker and XM30. One of the key ideas is to supply military equipment with a powerful source of energy, which, in turn, allows powering powerful consumers of electricity. For example, a laser installation.
“That is, on board there is a generator of several hundred kilowatts, which can be used for various purposes, in addition to the movement of military equipment,” the expert explained. “Roughly speaking, the car arrived at the position where the soldiers are located in the trenches, and powered the entire position from this car. The power source makes it possible to recharge many devices. Including, for example, the same tools with which to build field fortification.”
The Americans, according to Vasiliev, believe that they will be able to achieve a significant advantage on the battlefield due to consistency.
“That is, if one, another, third complement each other, then the total will give a result, like, for example, the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle with its high-quality control system, including fire control and information exchange systems, with its sensors and other things that turns it into a very dangerous machine,” the expert explained.
At the same time, the Bradley, which operates precisely within the framework of this system, has the most ordinary gun and armor protection, the interlocutor of IA Regnum clarified.
“Nothing breakthrough,” he clarified.
The program, which includes large-scale production of the M10 Booker, XM30 and Robotic Combat Vehicle, according to Vasiliev, can be considered a development of the idea inherent in Bradley. In the United States, he said, they understand that relying on heavy tanks a la Abrams is pointless: due to their excess mass, they often lose mobility. And instead of competing on the thickness of the armor, the Americans are following the path of reducing the mass of armored vehicles, as well as speeding up enemy detection and decision-making on the battlefield.
The Russian army is armed with quite powerful advanced means of combating enemy armored vehicles, including the most modern UAVs.
“But there is a nuance,” the expert noted. — When the Americans have several hundred kilowatts on board for each vehicle, they will install laser systems, which they now already have in series in the fleet. And they will turn every vehicle on which laser systems are mounted into a drone interceptor.”
That is, the United States is trying to follow the path of creating a system to counter drones. “A completely reasonable move,” Vasiliev concluded. “ And their plans require response decisions from our military-industrial complex, because otherwise our UAVs in the future may cease to show such high efficiency as they do now.”
Earlier on February 28, Regnum news agency reported that Russian troops liberated the village of Petrovskoye on the Avdeevsky direction in the DPR. At the same time, four enemy tanks, two Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, an M113 armored personnel carrier and numerous artillery pieces were hit.
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