[JustTheNews] The people responsible for his murder reportedly shot him multiple times, ran him over with a car and then burned the car.
A Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine with his military helicopter in August 2023 was found dead after being shot multiple times and run over by a car, according to Spanish police.
The body of the pilot, Maksim Kuzminov, was discovered riddled with multiple bullets earlier this month in the town of Villajoyosa in southern Spain, according to police cited by the Spanish state-run news agency EFE.
The alleged attackers drove their getaway car over Kuzminov as they fled the scene, witnesses said. The vehicle was later found burned out nearby, per Catalan news outlet VilaWeb.
Officials believe that Kuzminov was living under a false identity in Spain, as his body did not have the proper identifying documents. Kuzminov is believed to have lived in Ukraine for several months after his defection before moving to Spain in December.
Ukrainian Military Intelligence spokesperson Andri Yusov confirmed Kuzminov's death but did not mention where the body was discovered.
Russian Foreign Intelligence Service head Sergey Naryshkin did not confirm the victim discovered in Spain was Kuzminov, but he said: "This traitor and criminal became a moral corpse the moment he planned his dirty and terrible crime."
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Probably the same people who blew up Nord Stream and shot down the A-50 and all that. Just watch, they'll blame it on Russia now, which practically proves it!
The Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine and was shot dead in Spain last week likely enjoyed state protection from Madrid, and may have been treated as a “secret political refugee” by the authorities, Spanish daily El Mundo reported on Wednesday.
Maksim Kuzminov made headlines last August when he flew a Mi-8 military cargo helicopter to Ukraine. His defection resulted in the deaths of fellow crew members who were “liquidated,” according to Ukrainian intelligence.
The traitor pilot is believed to have been slain in the coastal Spanish town of Villajoyosa, where he had been apparently living under a false identity. The victim was shot multiple times and apparently run over by a car, with the vehicle found torched a distance from the crime scene.
[TomCooper] Because it seems that there is a hunting season for Russian A-50s in Ukraine, every February, and in the wake of already the second such loss within a month (for the first one, see here), there are lots of questions in style of, ‘and how many (Beriyev) A-50 SRDLO (AEW) aircraft are left in Russia’? So, I thought: OK, lets check. In a matter of some 30 minutes of browsing around the social media came into being the following ‘photo-review’.
Please mind: none of following photos is mine, found all of them at different websites. Their use is really, ‘for review purposes only’.
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USAF is retiring its E-3's, but I doubt they'd sell any to Russia.
Though, who knows, if Joe is re-elected at the neocons want to extend the conflict indefinitely.
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...IF this is accurate - and the guy seems to have done his homework - the Russians may be beyond any possibility of taking on a peer-level air force until they get a functioning, fully manned AWACS force back.
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Wishful thinking. When useful production and deployment will occur quickly with many upgrades. Besides "Arguably, after two years of intensive operations over Ukraine, availability of remaining A-50Us is !!rumored!! to be ‘low’. That said, even at ‘best times’ (early during the war), the Russians never deployed them the way NATO would do so: i.e. it never kept 2-3-4-5 aircraft airborne and ‘on station’ for 24/7. This is simply not the way the VKS operates. Instead, they were deployed to improve the protection of zones of special interest".
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[LB] During the past day, 84 combat clashes took place.
by Ivanna Kapustyanska
The seven hundred and thirty-first day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.
During the past day, 84 combat clashes took place \. In total, the enemy launched 10 missile and 93 air strikes, carried out 141 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas, according to the morning summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The settlements of Novoyehorivka, Makiivka, Belogorivka of the Luhansk region were hit by airstrikes; Torske, Klishchiivka, Andriivka, Bila Gora, Chasiv Yar, Kurdyumivka, New York, Novobakhmutivka, Orlivka, Tonenke, Krasnohorivka, Kostyantynivka, Novomykhailivka, Vodyane in the Donetsk region and Mala Tokmachka, Robotine and Novodanilivka in Zaporizhzhia.
More than 110 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions came under the artillery fire of the Russian occupiers.
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.
In the area of responsibility of the "Khortytsia" anti-aircraft missile defense system in the Kupyansk direction, the enemy launched 2 unsuccessful attacks on the positions of our defenders in the Sinkivka area of the Kharkiv region.
In the Limansky direction, our soldiers repelled 2 enemy attacks in the area of Terna settlement in Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, the defense forces repelled 9 enemy attacks in the Bohdanivka and Ivanovka districts of the Donetsk region.
In the area of responsibility of the "Tavria" anti-aircraft defense unit in the Avdiyiv direction, our defenders repelled 9 enemy attacks in the areas of Lastochkine, Severna and Pervomaiske settlements.
In the Mariinsky direction, the defense forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Georgiyivka, Pobeda and Novomykhailivka, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops 44 times.
The enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) actions in the Novopavlovsk direction.
In the Zaporozhye direction, 8 enemy attacks were repulsed near Robotyny.
In the zone of responsibility of the "Odesa" anti-aircraft defense unit in the Kherson direction, our soldiers continue to hold positions and repulse assaults by the occupiers. Suffering losses, the enemy does not stop trying to dislodge our units. Thus, during the past day, the enemy carried out 8 unsuccessful assaults on the left bank of the Dnieper.
During the past day, the aviation of the defense forces struck 6 areas of concentration of personnel and 3 anti-aircraft missile systems of the enemy.
Another A-50 long-range radar detection and control aircraft was also destroyed by units of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
And our rocket launchers damaged 4 areas of concentration of personnel, a control post, 3 artillery pieces, an ammunition warehouse and 2 Buk-M3 anti-aircraft radars of the enemy.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 22:24 In more than 400 cities around the world, Ukrainians are holding actions on the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. Local residents join them. A selection of photos from rallies of solidarity with Ukraine is published on social networks.
21:45 Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico said that Russia’s war against Ukraine began “with the revelry of Ukrainian neo-Nazis,” and Ukraine’s possible membership in NATO will be “the basis for the beginning of the Third World War.”
21:29 Zelensky said that Ukraine will not use weapons of partners on the territories of other states - only on Ukrainian temporarily occupied lands.
20:37 Zelensky said that he met in Kiev with Swedish Defense Minister Paul Johnson, discussed the possibility of joint production of weapons and upcoming bilateral negotiations on signing an agreement on security guarantees.
20:04 The Russian Army shelled Belozerka, Kherson region - one person was killed, five were wounded, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin.
19:06 The Russians shelled Gulyaypole, Zaporozhye region - one person was killed, two were wounded, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
18:52 By the end of March, the EU will supply up to 170 thousand artillery shells to Ukraine, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said following a conversation with the High Representative of the European Union Josep Borrell.
16:59 Ukraine has signed bilateral security agreements with Italy and Canada, Zelensky said following a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
13:31 Ten Russians were killed in the downed A-50 plane, Ukrainskaya Pravda reports, citing sources in the Main Intelligence Directorate. Among them are five majors, three captains, an ensign and a lieutenant.
12:24 Zelensky addressed Ukrainians on the occasion of the second anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion:
11:15 Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that he had arrived in Ukraine.
10:57 Australia has introduced additional financial sanctions and visa bans against 55 citizens and 37 organizations associated with Russian aggression.
09:16 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported that a Russian A-50U aircraft was shot down near the city of Primorsko-Akhtarsk on the Sea of Azov. The A50U made its last takeoff on February 23 at 15:50 from the Akhtubinsk airfield and was supposed to perform tasks near the settlements of Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Zernograd. An abrupt cessation of operation of the Shmel radar complex, which is equipped with the A-50U, was recorded by the electronic intelligence stations of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine at 18:45.
The defeat of the aircraft is also confirmed by radio interception of a conversation between the Su-35 cover crew. An additional sign of a successful operation is the order to stop missions for two Su-35 aircraft, as well as three Su-34 of the Russian Aerospace Forces, performing missions near Millerovo - some of them planned to carry out air strikes near Avdeevka.
09:11 Great Britain will strengthen Ukraine’s artillery reserves with a package of ammunition worth 245 million pounds (about 287 million euros). London will use the funds next year to purchase and boost supply chains for the production of artillery ammunition for the Defense Forces, the British government said.
09:04 The attack on the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant was organized by the SBU and the Main Intelligence Directorate, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing sources. The drones hit installations designed for the primary cooling of raw coke oven gas. The defeat of these facilities, according to sources, will lead to a shutdown of the entire production process of the metallurgical plant for a long time.
Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works is one of the largest metallurgical plants in the Russian Federation. He works for the military-industrial complex and carries out a large number of government contracts. Raw materials from this enterprise are used to manufacture Russian missiles, artillery, drones, etc. The owner of the plant is Russian oligarch Vladimir Lisin, close to Putin.
08:42 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 44 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Georgievka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka areas of the Donetsk region. In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled nine enemy attacks in the Lastochkino, Severny and Pervomaisky districts of the Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansky direction, two attacks were repelled in the Sinkovka area of the Kharkov region; on Limansky - two attacks in the Ternov area of the Donetsk region; on Bakhmutskoye - nine attacks in the Bogdanovka and Ivanovskoye districts of the Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - eight attacks near Rabotino. In the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces hold their positions and repulse eight assaults on the left bank of the Dnieper.
08:27 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of February 24:
personnel - about 409,010 (+770) people,
tanks - 6534 (+8),
armored combat vehicles - 12,425 (+15),
artillery systems - 9952 (+36),
MLRS - 999 (+0),
air defense systems - 684 (+2),
aircraft - 340 (+1),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 7659 (+31),
cruise missiles - 1905 (+2),
ships/boats - 25 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 12,988 (+28),
special equipment - 1576 (+1).
08:19 President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced that she had arrived in Kyiv. The media also write that the prime ministers of Italy, Canada and Belgium came to Ukraine.
07:50 In the Kropyvnytskyi district of the Kirovograd region, during a night attack as a result of falling debris on the territory of one of the enterprises, the administrative building was damaged, a utility building was destroyed, there were no casualties, said the head of the OVA Andrei Raikovich.
07:36 Air defense at night destroyed all 12 Shahed attack drones, which Russia attacked from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and from the Crimean Cape Chauda, as well as two of the three X-59 guided aircraft missiles (Kherson region). Missiles and drones were destroyed within the Kirovograd, Odessa and Nikolaev regions, the Air Force command reported. In addition, at night the Russians attacked with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles from the Rostov region.
02:47 A fire occurred at a metallurgical plant in Lipetsk, Russia, social networks report. Local residents write that they heard the sound of drones and several explosions. Subsequently, a strong fire broke out at the Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works, which produces polymer-coated steel. According to local residents, the coke plant is on fire. Governor Igor Artamonov confirmed the fire in one of the plant’s workshops, noting that, according to preliminary data, it was caused by an “aircraft crash.” According to him, there were no injuries, and the fire had already been extinguished.
01:24 As a result of the evening attack on Odessa, one person was killed and four were wounded, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OVA.
00:35 The Permanent Mission of Iran to the UN called reports of sending Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia “unfounded”. "Although there are no current international restrictions or bans on the sale of ballistic missiles, Iran considers itself morally obligated to refrain from arms transactions during the conflict between Russia and Ukraine," the statement said. The Iranian mission to the UN added that it made this decision so as not to “contribute to the continuation of the war.”
00:18 Syrsky said that, together with Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, he had a telephone conversation with the Supreme Commander of NATO Allied Armed Forces in Europe, Commander of the US Armed Forces in Europe, Christopher Cavoli. We discussed the situation at the front and the priority needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, strengthening air defense.
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[Korrespondent] In the Maryinsky direction, defense forces continue to hold back the enemy in the Novomikhailovka area of the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defense of our troops 23 times.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces published operational information about the Russian invasion as of Saturday evening, February 24.
During the day, 69 military clashes occurred. In total, the enemy launched 7 missile and 54 air strikes, carried out 77 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
In the Liman direction, our soldiers repulsed 1 enemy attack in the area of the village of Terny, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops.
In the Bakhmut direction, defense forces repulsed 11 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Ivanovskoye, Klishchievka, Andreevka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve its tactical position.
In the Avdeevsky direction, our defenders repelled 11 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Lastochkino, Severnoye, Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye in the Donetsk region.
In the Maryinsky direction, defense forces continue to hold back the enemy in the Novomikhailovka area of the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defense of our troops 23 times.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, our soldiers repelled 1 enemy attack in the area south of Zolotaya Niva, Donetsk region.
In the Zaporozhye direction, defense forces repulsed 4 enemy attacks in the Robotinoy area of the Zaporozhye region.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy does not abandon the intention to dislodge our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. During the day, 2 attempts were made to storm the positions of our troops.
Over the course of 24 hours, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on 13 areas where enemy personnel were concentrated. Units of the missile forces destroyed 1 enemy radar station.
Let us remind you that the Ukrainian defenders suffered five times less losses than the Russian ones. This statement was made by the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.
Earlier, the Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed a strike on a concentration of Russian forces near Podo-Kalinovka, Kherson region. This is the second blow to the accumulation of Russian forces in recent days.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces inflicted losses on units of the AFU 30th and 32th Mechanised brigades and repelled three counterattacks near Sin'kovka (Khar'kov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 55 Ukrainian troops, two pickup trucks, and one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and inflicted losses on units of the AFU 28th Mechanised Brigade and 241st Territorial Defence Brigade near Krasnoye and Kurdyumovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Moreover, one counterattack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 42nd Mechanised Brigade was repelled near Bogdanovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 395 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, four armoured fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
In Avdeyevka direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued to take more advantageous lines and positions, as well as inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 24th and 53rd Mechanised brigades.
Two counterattacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 59th Mechanised Brigade and 3rd Assault Brigade were repelled near Pervomayskoye and Latochkino (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 425 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, three tanks, 10 armoured fighting vehicles, and 24 motor vehicles.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces inflicted losses on units of the AFU 108th Territorial Defence Brigade near Lugovskoye (Zaporozhye region).
In addition, one counterattack of the AFU 58th Mechanised Brigade was repelled near Shevchenko (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 125 Ukrainian troops, six motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made M777 artillery howitzer.
In Kherson direction, units of the Dnepr Group of Forces supported by artillery inflicted losses on units of the AFU 65th and 118th Mechanised brigades near Rabotino and Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 35 Ukrainian troops, eight motor vehicles, one U.S.-made M777 artillery howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
In addition, one AFU field ammunition depot was destroyed.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 117 areas during the day.
Air defence units shot down two Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 aircraft near Yasenovoye and Selidovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
One JDAM guided aerial bomb and two U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles were intercepted over the past 24 hours.
In addition, 92 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been neutralised close to Volnovakha (Donetsk People's Republic), Chubaryovka (Zaporozhye region), Novaya Zburyevka, and Novaya Mayachka (Kherson region).
In total, 574 airplanes and 267 helicopters, 13,315 unmanned aerial vehicles, 473 air defence missile systems, 15,207 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,223 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 8,152 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 19,030 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:20 An air raid alarm sounded in five regions of Ukraine.
According to the official resource for alerting the population, sirens sounded in Odessa, Poltava, Kirovograd, Nikolaev and Dnepropetrovsk regions.
21:18 Telegram channel"Operation Z: Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring":
The landing force and 150 Motorized Rifle Division storm Krasnoye, gaining a foothold in the village near Artyomovsk.
-- On the flank of Artyomovsk, units of the 11th Airborne Brigade and the 150th Motorized Rifle Division of the Southern Military District, with powerful support from artillery, aviation and combat drones, having broken through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, continue the assault on Ivanovsky (Red).
-- Previously, our fighters occupied a dozen enemy strongholds in the plantings and forced the Ukrainian Armed Forces to flee into the village itself.
-- During the attacks, attack aircraft of the 11th Airborne Brigade and the 68th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Southern Military District knocked out the enemy from the first two streets in Krasnoye and gained a foothold, continuing the assault.
-- The enemy is sending reinforcements in armored vehicles and trying to counterattack, and is also actively artillery attack the lost part of the village.
-- The enemy in the village is constantly exposed to powerful fire from artillery, tanks and attack UAVs.
20:46 The enemy left the village of Severnoye and is retreating to Tonenkoye -photo.
19:08 Lastochkino village - the 35th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 41st Army of the Central Military District completed the defeat of the enemy in the village, continuing the offensive from Avdeevsky Koksokhim -video.
18:27 Special military operation. The situation on the front line -photo.
17:09 Ukrainian media report that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have left the village of Lastochkino near Avdievka.
16:09 Telegram channel “Fisherman":
Russian units during the day, under the cover of armored vehicles, were able to break through the defense line in the center of Rabotino and occupy the ruins of the school.
15:10 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation:
– In the Kupyansk direction, the active actions of units of the “Western” group of forces inflicted fire damage on units of the 30th and 32nd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and repelled three counterattacks in the area of the settlement of Sin'kovka, Khar'kov region.
– In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of forces improved the situation along the front line, inflicted fire damage on units of the 28th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 241st Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoe and Kurdyumovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
– In the Avdeevsky direction, units of the “Center” group of forces continued to occupy more advantageous lines and positions, and also defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 24th and 53rd Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
– In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces inflicted fire on formations of the 108th Territorial Defense Brigade in the area of the village of Lugovskoye, Zaporozhye region.
– In the Kherson direction, as a result of coordinated actions of units of the Dnepr group of troops in cooperation with artillery, a complex fire defeat was inflicted on units of the 65th and 118th Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Rabotino and Verbovoye, Zaporozhye region.
14:22 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the special operation, basic:
-- In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces continued to occupy advantageous positions, repelled two counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they lost up to 425 military personnel killed and wounded
-- In the Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces improved the situation along the front line; the enemy lost over 395 military personnel, two tanks, and four armored combat vehicles
-- Air defense systems in the areas of Yasenovoye and Selidovo in the DPR shot down two MiG-29s of the Ukrainian Air Force
13:40 According to military correspondents, the Russian military during the assault on the village of Rabotin obroke through to the center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fortified area in armored vehicles.
13:00 They report about the advancement of our troops in the Kleshcheevka area, the expansion of the zone of control of the RF Armed Forces in the area of Petrovsky (formerly Stepovoye) and Severny.
11:33 Telegram channel Front birdreports, that two settlements west of Avdievka came under the control of the Russian Army: Severnoye and Lastochkino.
10:21 Front-line soldier reports:
About Lastochkino.
The village is being cleaned up.
09:57 Telegram channel «WarGonzo":
Frontline report for the morning of 02/24/2024
– In the Kherson-Crimean direction, the Russian Armed Forces continue to clear Ukrainian positions in Krynki. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are stubbornly resisting.
– In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of long-range weapons, attacked the village of Rabotino from the west and south. LBS has not changed significantly. In the Verbovoye area there are oncoming battles.
– On the Donetsk Front, the Russian Armed Forces continued the assault on Novomikhailovka from the south and east. No promotion. The Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattacked in Pobeda. Partially successful. Russian units are holding the village, but in a very narrow area along the front, which can create problems. True, to the north the RF Armed Forces have advanced somewhat towards Georgievka. But this does not solve the issue of consolidation in Victory.
But from the west of Avdievka, Russian assault units, after artillery shelling, gained a foothold in Severny. The positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Lastochkino are now under attack from the north and east. Long-range weapons of the Russian Armed Forces are working powerfully against Ukrainian positions in the village itself.
Russian troops advanced to Orlovka and took Stepnoe (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions). Ukrainian positions in the cities of Krasnogorovka, Netaylov, Tonenkoye, Orlovka, Semyonovka and Berdychi are under attack. The artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine worked on Russian positions in Mar'inka, Donetsk and the village of Krasnogorovka.
– In the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction, the Russian Armed Forces attacked at the heights north-west of Kleshcheevka. No success. And to the north they entered Ivanovskoye. In Bogdanovka there are tough oncoming battles.
– In the Lugansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces carried out offensive operations west of Dibrova, in the area of Torskoye, Yampolevka, Ternov and Sin'kovka. LBS has not changed significantly
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09:27 Criminal Kyiv 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. Korsunka four rounds;
-- n.p. Peschanivka six rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery four rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan five rounds;
-- village of Novaya Mayachka four rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Korsunka, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Peschanivka, n.p. Vasilyevka, firing a total of 15 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
08:50 Telegram channel «Fisherman":
Chronicle of a special military operation: events of February 22 – 23, 2024
Russian troops launched combined strikes against enemy targets in the so-called rear regions. Ukraine. Several drones hit the Odessa nonwovens factory, where the maintenance base for unmanned boats was located.
In the Dnepropetrovsk region, enterprises of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex came under attack. As a result of the arrival and subsequent detonation, a fire broke out on the territory of the Dneprtyazhmash plant. Another target of the raid was the Southern Machine-Building Plant named after. A.M. Makarova.
In addition, kamikaze drones attacked an industrial zone on the banks of the Dnieper. As a result of a direct hit, one of the fuel tanks at the oil depot was destroyed.
Another target was hit in the temporarily occupied part of the DPR. The enemy's temporary deployment point on the territory of the Kapitalnaya mine was hit.
Ukrainian formations once again tried to attack the rear regions of Russia with drones. The air target was intercepted in the sky over Rostov-on-Don, there were no casualties.
There were also raids on the border area. One Ukrainian drone was shot down on approach to Klintsy. The target of the attack was a local oil depot, but destruction was avoided.
Another group of drones tried to attack targets in Kursk. All drones were shot down by air defense crews.
08:10 Official summary Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC:
Four civilians were reported injured
One residential building damaged
Seven artillery attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded in the Donetsk direction,
A total of 19 attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine were recorded in the Gorlovka direction.
In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 99 units of various ammunition.
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[Regnum] The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are experiencing a huge shortage of not only artillery ammunition, but also other weapons. The head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Kuleba pointed out this problem in an interview with CNN on February 24.
“We are experiencing a huge shortage of artillery shells and other types of weapons,” the diplomat complained.
Answering the question about whether the Ukrainian Armed Forces are able to continue to hold positions in the east in the current situation, Kuleba noted that the Ukrainian army is under pressure and onslaught from the Russian Armed Forces. The head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry admitted that Russian troops are superior to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a number of important indicators.
In this regard, the Ukrainian diplomat accused the countries of the European Union of failing to supply Ukraine with a sufficient amount of ammunition. According to him, only the United States of America can fully meet the needs of Kyiv.
As Regnum reported, on February 23, Dmitry Kuleba, during a speech at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, called the situation in the combat zone tense. He recalled that Ukrainian troops, due to pressure from the Russian Armed Forces, were forced to retreat from Avdiivka in the Donetsk People's Republic. At the same time, according to the diplomat, the Kyiv authorities do not intend to admit defeat and cede territories that they consider their own.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
Not meaning to dispute the video, but it appears two motorized squads were deposited as their infantry fighting vehicles fired madly into likely positions of their enemy, in two locations in what's left of Robatino, before the BMP-3s bugged out.
Russian artillery fires smoke missions to cover the retreat of the vehicles, as Ukrainian artillery began to grid one of the new outposts. (on the right)
Russian probably discovered a seam in the Ukrainian defense of the village and exploited it.
[ColonelCassad] A video from attack aircraft of the 70th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Russian Armed Forces demonstrating how two armored assault groups broke through to the center of Rabotino today.
Actually, as mentioned earlier, after leaving the Avdeevsky coking plant, the enemy in Lastochkino will not last long.
After lunch, the enemy reports that the remaining forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have withdrawn from Lastochkino due to the threat of encirclement. From our side, the release of Lastochkino has not yet been officially announced, but apparently this will be done in the next 24 hours. It can be expected that after the completion of the battles for Severnoye, pressure will begin to build up on the enemy’s main line of defense west of Avdeevka - Berdychi-Orlovka-Tonenkoye. In Petrovskoye the enemy is no longer there; in Severny he still controls part of the village, but this is also not for long.
In the Zaporozhye direction, our troops today occupied the center of Rabotino. The Rabotinsky ledge will apparently also become history in the coming weeks. The enemy's introduction of reserves into battle helped slow down, but not stop, the advance of the Russian Armed Forces.
Ukrainian military units left their positions in the village of Lastochkino, located west of Avdievka, the Strana.ru publication reported on February 24. ua", referring to messages from the soldiers of the 3rd separate assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who were there.
According to the Ukrainian military, Russian troops blocked the village from the flanks, and the attack aircraft decided to leave the village so as not to be surrounded.
“Our units had to leave Lastochkino to avoid blocking logistics routes and to save personnel,” journalists quoted a message from an attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
There is no official information from the Russian Ministry of Defense about the release of Lastochkino yet.
Earlier on February 24, the Telegram channel “Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring” reported that Ukrainian units located in Lastochkino found themselves in a cauldron during simultaneous attacks by the Russian army from three sides. According to military officers, Russian fighters began clearing the village.
The official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, on February 24, during a daily briefing, said that Russian troops continue to advance in the Avdeevsky direction and are fighting near Pervomaisky and Lastochkino. The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces per day amounted to 425 military personnel.
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