Andrey Chervonets is a Russian military blogger:
Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine on the border with Belarus will still start, but will not start today, as expected, but tomorrow morning
The map from the Ukrainian railways gives a certain idea of the operational situation in the country
North direction
There is not much news from here. In Kiev, the RF Armed Forces advanced in the area of Gostomel and Bucha. By evening, Bucha was in the hands of the RF Armed Forces. The assault on Kyiv was not undertaken.
In the city itself, the left bank is a zone of relative calm. Adjusted for current conditions. There were several explosions in Troyeschina of unknown origin, there are isolated cases of looting and shooting.
A positive role is played by the fact that local crazy people have a minimum of weapons on their hands. What can not be said about the Right Bank and especially Obolon. The right bank is all the most interesting in the north-west of the capital. Apparently, the concentration of forces of the Russian Armed Forces continued there during the day.
Central direction
In Kharkov and the suburbs continue to clean up. Kharkov Mayor Terekhov explained to people in the subway that it is necessary to negotiate with the newly arrived authorities so that neither the city nor the people suffer.
There is information that from the national battalions people change into civilian clothes, sit down with ordinary people in the basement, and when there are sweeps, they threaten people and say "be quiet."
Fighting near Sumy and Chernigov.
Kupyansk is completely taken. Warehouses in Balakliya exploded all night. Fights - during the day. Columns of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation go to Izyum .
Donetsk front
The army of the LPR came to Severodonetsk . An offensive is underway in the north of the LPR.
They have been in Severodonetsk since the war began.
In the DPR - great successes. Mariupol surrounded - fighting on the near approaches. Russian troops march from Berdyansk to Mangush.
North of Mariupol, the DPR army reached Volnovakha and surrounded it during the day.
Also they have been there since the start of the war.
The Mariupol-Volnovakha highway was cut.
Mariupol is almost cut off. The RF Armed Forces are coming from Berdyansk.
The capture of Granite and the encirclement of Volnovakha, coupled with the situation in Mariupol, gives reason to assert that by February 27, the unified defense system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the southern direction had actually begun to disintegrate.
The army of the DPR shows itself well when breaking through the layered defense, which the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been building for eight years.
They're still militia.
Liberated City of Schastye. A city dweller talks about how people lived under the occupation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who and from where shelled Shchastya in the last week before the liberation
Southern Direction
In Zaporozhye , the RF Armed Forces passed Tokmak yesterday and are approaching Zaporozhye from the south and southeast with significant forces. Several settlements were taken south of Zaporozhye, part of the group passed Zaporozhye, heading to the northeast. One of the goals of the grouping is access to the rear communications of the AFU grouping in the Donbass.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are concentrating troops near Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk.
Near Nikolaev - the situation without significant changes. History
in Odessa . Yesterday, in the chat of one ZhK, they spent half a day rushing around with marks on hatches, picking up recordings from cameras (which do not cover the area where hatches are located), arguing whether it is necessary to inform the SBU or just paint over; then swore to paint over or fall asleep. As a result, the SBU reported, and painted over, and fell asleep.
I don't understand it either
And in the evening, the engineer responsible for building up the street where the hatches were painted and covered with gravel came to read the chat. It turned out that he and his assistant drew crosses on the hatches for something. It would all be funny if it weren't so sad. Psychosis is a terrible thing, it is useless to appeal to the minds of these people now.
From Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
Situation for February 27th
1. Fighting continues in Kharkov. There are losses on both sides. An air defense regiment surrendered near Kharkov - under 500 prisoners.
2. In Kyiv, the RF Armed Forces are advancing near Gostomel and Bucha. Fights are underway for Irpin. Fighting continues in the Vasilkovo area. The area of control is expanding to the west of the city. Explosions are periodically heard in Kyiv. The police on the left bank fled.
3. Kupyansk is completely taken, local authorities are assisting. Warehouses in Balakliya exploded all night. The fighting continued in the evening and at night.
4. The LPR army went to Severodonetsk. Today, in fact, the battles for the city begin. Fighting for Volnovakha began in the DPR. Mariupol is almost cut off. The RF Armed Forces are coming from Berdyansk.
5. In Zaporozhye, the Russian Armed Forces passed Tokmak yesterday and are approaching Zaporozhye from the south and southeast.
6. In Ukraine, they began to release criminals (including Onishchenko and Semenchenko) and distribute weapons to them. Also began deliveries of weapons from NATO countries.
7 Russia's relations with the West are flying to the point of absolute zero. The world is changing online every day.
8. Zelensky refused to negotiate on the demands of the Russian Federation.