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Russians continue to conduct active assaults in the Donetsk direction, — General Staff
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] During the past day, 82 combat clashes took place.

by Ivanna Kapustyanska


The 738th day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

During the past day, 82 combat clashes took place. In total, the enemy launched 9 missile and 100 air strikes, carried out 161 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas, according to the morning summary of the General Staff.

At night, the Russian invaders once again attacked Ukraine - using 17 unmanned aerial vehicles of the "Shahed" type. 14 attack UAVs were destroyed by the forces and means of air defense of Ukraine.

During the past day, the settlements of Druzhba, Glukhiv, and Volfyne of the Sumy region were hit by airstrikes; Okhrimivka, Vilkhuvatka, Khatnye, Topoli, Kislivka, Sadove of the Kharkiv region; Belogorivka in Luhansk Oblast; Terny, Chasiv Yar, Druzhba, Novokalynove, Oleksandropil, Arkhangelske, Novooleksandrivka, Ocheretyne, Progress, Novobakhmutivka, Toretsk, Katerynivka, Staromayorske, Urozhayne in the Donetsk region and Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilivka and Robotine in Zaporizhzhia.

More than 140 settlements of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions were under artillery fire. In the area of ​​responsibility of the "Pivnich" OSU, 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 zone of responsibility of the "Khortytsia" air defense system, in the Kupyansk direction, the enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) actions.

In the Lymansky direction, our soldiers repelled 14 enemy attacks in the areas of Terna, Yampolivka, Rozdolivka, Donetsk region, and Bilogorivka, Luhansk.

In the Bakhmut direction, the defense forces repelled 8 enemy attacks in the areas of Bohdanivka, Ivanovske and Andriivka settlements of the Donetsk region.

In the area of ​​responsibility of the "Tavria" anti-aircraft defense unit, in the Avdiiv direction, our defenders repelled 24 enemy attacks in the areas of Berdychi, Orlivka, Tonenke, Pervomaiske and Nevelske settlements.

On the Novopavlivskyi direction, the defense forces continue to hold back the enemy in the districts of Krasnohorivka, Georgiivka, Pobeda, Novomykhailivka, and Urozhany of the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops 29 times.

The enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) operations in the Orichiv direction.

In the area of ​​responsibility of the "Odesa" air defense system in the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces will continue to maintain their positions. The enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) actions.

At the same time, our soldiers continue to actively inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying troops, exhausting the enemy along the entire front line.

During the day, the aviation of the defense forces struck 13 areas of concentration of enemy personnel.

Units of missile troops damaged 1 area of ​​concentration of military equipment, 3 artillery means, 3 control points and 3 enemy ammunition depots.

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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: March 2, 2024
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.

[Korrespondent] 21:49 The rescue operation in Odessa after a Russian drone attack has been going on for 20 hours. At this moment, eight people are known to have died, including two children - three years and four months old, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OVA.

19:35 Syrsky is at the front every day and has carte blanche for personnel changes in the army, Zelensky said in an evening video message: “All Ukrainian commanders must know the front, feel the front - real needs. They must be with the soldiers, sergeants. "is necessary to achieve Ukrainian goals. At the beginning of the week after Colonel General Syrsky returns from the front, I expect him with a detailed report and specific proposals for further changes and our actions."

19:07 The air force shot down another Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber in the Eastern direction , said commander Nikolai Oleshchuk.

15:32 In Odessa, the number of victims as a result of a night attack by drones has increased to five, among them a child born in 2021. The search operation continues, said the head of the OVA, Oleg Kiper.

14:13 In the Kherson region, two employees of the Kakhovka district police department were injured as a result of an explosion of an enemy UAV. In addition, a police car was damaged in Berislav as a result of a kamikaze drone attack, and another was damaged in Zmievka, the National Police reported.

13:58 In Russian Yekaterinburg, an explosion occurred at an electrical substation, which supplies energy to several large enterprises, including those associated with the military-industrial complex. Authorities said the explosion was caused by an equipment malfunction, but Russian media outlets claim, citing sources, that an improvised explosive device went off.

13:26 The Russians fired artillery at Stanislav, Kherson region, one person was killed, OVA reported. Another person was wounded as a result of shelling in the Dnieper district of Kherson.

12:54 The Russians launched attacks on the outskirts of Kupyansk - according to preliminary information, guided by air bombs. A volunteer was wounded, said the head of the Kharkov OVA Oleg Sinegubov.

12:45 In the Donetsk region, as a result of Russian shelling over the past 24 hours, three people were wounded: two in Seversk and one in the village of Berestki, Kurakhovsky community. The enemy used air bombs, S-300 air defense systems and artillery, the National Police reported.

12:28 The Russians attacked Nikopol and the Krasnogrigoryevsk community of the Dnepropetrovsk region - two people were injured, a fire started in a cafe, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak.

11:07 The number of victims of the Russian attack in Odessa has increased to three people - rescuers have unblocked the body of another victim from under the rubble, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OVA. The search and rescue operation continues.

09:20 Zelensky clarified that as a result of a night drone strike on a residential building in Odessa, 18 apartments were destroyed, two people were killed, and eight more people were injured, including a child. The search and rescue operation continues.

09:17 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 2:

  • personnel - about 415,640 (+960) people,

  • tanks - 6624 (+14),

  • armored combat vehicles - 12,611 (+29),

  • artillery systems - 10 153 (+47),

  • MLRS - 1003 (+3),

  • air defense systems - 696 (+5),

  • aircraft - 346 (+1),

  • helicopters - 325 (+0),

  • UAV of operational-tactical level - 7829 (+35),

  • cruise missiles - 1915 (+3),

  • ships/boats - 25 (+0),

  • submarines - 1 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tank trucks - 13,267 (+61),

  • special equipment - 1617 (+6).

09:10 Over the past 24 hours, 82 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, the enemy tried 29 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka and Urozhainy, Donetsk region. Another 24 enemy attacks were repelled in the Avdeevsky direction, in the areas of the settlements of Berdychi, Orlovka, Tonenkoye, Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye.

In the Liman direction, Ukrainian forces repelled 14 enemy attacks in the areas of Ternov, Yampolevka, Razdolovka of the Donetsk region and Belogorivka of the Lugansk region; on Bakhmutsky - eight attacks in the Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky and Andreevka districts of the Donetsk region. The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Kupyansky, Orekhovsky and Kherson directions.

08:54 Syrsky said that he continues to work on the Eastern Front, including making personnel decisions on individual brigade commanders. “Over the course of three days, it became quite clear why, in the case of the same manning levels of personnel, weapons and military equipment, some brigades manage to hold back enemy attacks and hold positions, while others do not. First of all, this depends on the brigade commander, his level of training, experience , the ability to make adequate and informed decisions and understanding the full extent of responsibility for the implementation of assigned tasks and for the life and health of their subordinates,” explained the commander-in-chief.

According to Syrsky, he sent groups of specialists to some brigades where there are problems with staff preparation to transfer experience and provide assistance. “In some cases, when the commander does not control the situation, and actions and commands directly create a threat to the life and health of subordinates, I am forced to make personnel decisions,” he added.

08:27 Air defense at night destroyed 14 of the 17 Shahed-type attack drones that Russia attacked from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Crimean Balakleya, the Air Force command reported. The drones were destroyed within the Odessa, Nikolaev, Zaporozhye, Kharkov, Sumy and Dnepropetrovsk regions. In addition, the enemy used three X-59/X-35 guided missiles from the occupied territory of the Kherson and Donetsk regions.

The Air Force also reported that on March 1, at about 9:00, an enemy Su-34 fighter-bomber was destroyed in the Eastern direction , which was trying to strike Ukrainian positions with guided bombs.

08:14 The Russian army attacked Kharkov with drones at night. As a result of the shelling, apartment buildings, garages, and cars were damaged. No injuries or deaths were found; three people sought help with an acute reaction to stress, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. In the village Velikiy Burluk, Kupyansky district, a residential building burned as a result of Russian shelling, one person died. The telecommunications infrastructure building was damaged.

08:06 At night, the Russians attacked Odessa with drones, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OBA. As a result of a UAV hitting a high-rise building, one entrance was completely destroyed. Currently, two deaths and seven injuries are known, including a child and a pregnant woman. The search and rescue operation continues.

07:58 An explosion occurred in St. Petersburg, fragments of a drone fell near a multi-storey residential building, Russian public pages write. A kilometer from the damaged house is the Ruchi oil depot.

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Armed Forces of Ukraine announces the losses of the Russian Federation in the Tauride direction
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] Ukrainian Armed Forces hold back Russian offensive in eastern and southern Ukraine.

The enemy lost 38 units of military equipment. Also, 258 drones of various types were neutralized or shot down.


Over the past 24 hours, the Russian aggressors have lost more than 330 people killed and wounded in the Tauride direction. This was announced by the commander of the OSGV Tavria, Brigadier General Alexander Tarnavsky, in Telegram on Saturday, March 2.

According to him, yesterday the enemy carried out 22 airstrikes, 1 missile strike, carried out 53 military clashes, 1,157 shellings and 130 kamikaze drone strikes.

In turn, our defenders deter enemy attacks and carry out active operations in certain directions.

"The total enemy losses over the past 24 hours are: in manpower - 336 people (killed and wounded); in weapons and military equipment - 38 units (excluding UAVs). In particular, these are 4 tanks, 12 armored fighting vehicles, 6 artillery systems, 1 ATGM ", 4 air defense systems, 10 vehicles and 1 piece of special equipment. 258 UAVs of various types were neutralized or shot down. The Ukrainian Defense Forces also destroyed 3 ammunition depots and 2 more important Russian facilities," Tarnavsky said.

He also added that over the past two days, 10 Russians have been captured.

Let us remind you that the first day of spring 2024 was the last for more than 900 Russian invaders. Also, Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters burned more than 40 units of Russian armored vehicles, including 14 tanks.

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Ukrainian Armed Forces repel dozens of Russian attacks in seven directions
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] Ukrainian Armed Forces hold back Russian offensive in eastern and southern Ukraine.
The fiercest fighting continues in the Novopavlovsk direction, where the enemy made 22 attempts to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.


Since the beginning of the current day, 70 military clashes have already occurred at the front. Russian aggressors attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in seven directions, the General Staff reported on Saturday, March 2.

It is indicated that the enemy launched one missile and 48 air strikes, carried out 60 shelling with MLRS on the positions of our troops and populated areas.

In the Kharkov region, in the Kupyansky direction, the Russians attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Tabaevka area four times. The enemy launched airstrikes in the area of ​​the village of Berestovo. More than 15 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Dvurechnaya, Berestovo, and Peschanoye in the Kharkov region.

In the Liman direction, our soldiers repelled seven enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Terny and Yampolevka, Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to break through the defenses of our troops.

About 15 settlements were damaged by artillery and mortar shelling, including Nevskoye, Belogorovka in the Lugansk region and Terny, Yampolevka, Torskoye, Razdolevka in the Donetsk region.

In the Donetsk region, in the Bakhmut direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 11 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Bogdanovka, Ivanovskoye, Klishchievka and Andreevka, where the enemy tried to improve its tactical position.

The enemy carried out an airstrike in the area of ​​the village of Severnoye. Also, more than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, in particular, Chasov Yar, Andreevka and Vasyukovka in the Donetsk region.

In the Avdeevsky direction, our defenders repelled 14 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Berdich, Orlovka, Tonenkoye, Nevelskoye. The enemy launched an air strike in the area of ​​New York.

About 15 settlements were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar shelling, including Konstantinovka, Novobakhmutovka, Krasnogorovka, Orlovka, Pervomayskoye.

In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continued to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnogorovka, Georgievka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops 22 times. Conducted air strikes in the areas of Georgievka, Vodyanoye, Urozhainoye and Bogoyavlenka settlements in the Donetsk region.

More than 20 settlements came under Russian artillery and mortar fire, including Krasnogorovka, Georgievka, Paraskoveevka, Konstantinovka, Ugledar, Blagodatnoye.

In the Zaporozhye region in the Orekhovsky direction, the enemy carried out one unsuccessful attack in the Robotinoy area. Conducted air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region, Verbovoye, Malaya Tokmachka and Robotino, Zaporozhye region.

About 20 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Gulyaypole, Malinovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Rovnopol, Pyatikhatki in the Zaporozhye region.

In the area of ​​responsibility of the Odessa OSUV 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. The enemy made one unsuccessful assault attempt in the area of ​​​​the village of Krynki.

More than 25 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Kachkarovka, Lvov, Kherson, Stanislav, Tomina Balka, Inzhenernoe and Kazatskoe in the Kherson region.

During the day, Defense Forces aviation carried out strikes on 8 areas where enemy personnel were concentrated. The Ukrainian Air Force shot down a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber this evening.

The missile force units destroyed one enemy artillery weapon.

Let us remind you that the first day of spring 2024 was the last for more than 900 Russian invaders. Also, Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters burned more than 40 units of Russian armored vehicles, including 14 tanks.

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#1  Ukrainians running out nearly everything. Weapons worn out. Men worn out. Retreat, reform but to no avail. Now the west will enter the crazy ideas of war. Not solve anything. Just more war.
Posted by: Dale || 03/03/2024 8:15 Comments || Top||


A Sochi resident reports his arrest with a portrait of Navalny
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] Mikhail Bormotov was detained in Sochi at the monument to victims of repression, where he came on the day of Alexei Navalny’s funeral with flowers and a portrait of the oppositionist. The security forces issued a warning and released him, Bormotov himself said today.

As the " Caucasian Knot " wrote, on March 1, a farewell to Alexei Navalny was held in Moscow, and then his funeral. A kilometer-long line lined up at the “Quiet My Sorrows” church, where Navalny’s funeral service took place. In different regions, including North Ossetia, by 16.00 Moscow time, security forces detained at least 21 people in connection with Navalny’s funeral, human rights activists reported.

On February 16, Alexei Navalny died in a colony after, according to a statement from the Federal Penitentiary Service, his condition sharply worsened. Residents of Russian cities, including the North Caucasian Federal District and Southern Federal District,  were persecuted for attempting to lay flowers in memory of Navalny at memorials to victims of political repression.

On March 1, security forces in Sochi detained Mikhail Bormotov at the monument to victims of political repression, Bormotov himself told the human rights project “OVD-Info” today*.

According to Bormotov, he was with a portrait of Alexei Navalny and flowers. At the security department, an employee twice tried to snatch flowers from a detainee and then threw them away, according to a publication posted on the website of the human rights project.

“At least three other people were detained along with the man. All of them had their phones confiscated, but the security forces did not draw up any documents. Bormotov was photographed and his fingerprints were taken. After that, the man was given a warning and an explanation was taken from him, and then he was released,” human rights activists reported.
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#1  Stupid is as stupid does. 1-2% of Russians favored Navalny. A western promoted standard bearer.
Posted by: Dale || 03/03/2024 8:20 Comments || Top||


Russian Perspective: Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (2 March 2024)
Direct Translation Via Google Translate. Edited.

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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 Airmobile, 128th Mountain Assault, 35th Naval Infantry, 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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Current information on the situation on the front line: March 2 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 03/02/2024 to 00:00 03/03/2024.

Twelve facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Information has been received about the death of two civilians.

DAMAGED:
One car destroyed
Three residential buildings
Two cars damaged
One civil infrastructure facility

Five artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction
Seven artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction

A total of 34 units of various ammunition were fired.

22:37 The front-line bird is broadcasting: Kharkov region (border region). 02.03 22:30

A repeated strike on a military facility of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is reported.

The military technical workshop was damaged.

Our tactical aviation worked without entering the enemy’s air defense coverage area.

22:10 Russian Armyamazedoperational-tactical aviation, UAVs, missile forces and artillery in 112 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

20:57 Tonenkoe village passed under the control of the Russian Army.

At the moment, the settlement is being cleared.

19:15 Telegram channel “Operation Z: Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring":

The 1st Slavic Brigade raised the Russian flag in the center of Tonenkoye, advancing from Avdeevka!

The defense line of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Severnoe-Tonenkoe is especially important for the enemy. After the liberation of Avdeevka, the entire enemy front until Pervomaisky hangs on it. And therefore, to hold this line, the Ukrainian Armed Forces sent their best units in this direction - the 79th Airmobile Brigade and the 5th Mechanized Brigade.

79th Airmobile Brigade was considered their chosen landing force, and the 5th Brigade was considered the brigade that best preserved its armored potential.

The 1st Slavic defeated this Nazi “elite”, knocking out the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the most important line with the forces of two battalions in less than five days.

18:20 Telegram channel “Fisherman":

Battle for Krasnogorovka: fighting in the private sector
situation by 18.00 March 2, 2024

In the Donetsk direction, heavy fighting continues on the southern outskirts of Krasnogorovka, which the Russian Armed Forces managed to get hold of a few days ago in the area of Shevchenko Street. Information about the battles for the ruins of the car repair plant has not yet been confirmed: it is likely that Russian units either did not reach there or were driven back.

The enemy pulled reserves into Krasnogorovka, including units of the 3rd Airborne Brigade. Clashes are taking place in the private sector - the assault groups are supported by artillery, which both works against enemy infantry and equipment and conducts counter-battery combat.

Archival footage of an attack by an armored group with a landing party towards the intersection of 8 March and Geologicheskaya streets appeared on the Internet. The videos make it possible to determine not only the direction of advance of the Russian Armed Forces, but also the absence of Ukrainian Armed Forces forces in the landing area and warehouse to the north.

In Georgievka, Russian troops also made some progress: according to some sources, they were able to occupy about ten houses along Kirov and Lenin streets. Ukrainian formations counterattack and try to regain lost positions.

One of the main threats in the area are FPV drones, which are actively used by the enemy from commanding heights. The offensive is also complicated by minefields along the routes of possible movement of equipment.

17:15 RF Armed Forces knocked out enemy from Tonenkoye.

There are reports from the field that servicemen of the 1st Slavyanskaya and 114th Motorized Rifle brigades drove the enemy out of the village of Tonenkoye in the DPR.

At the moment, soldiers of the Donetsk 1st Army Corps are clearing the settlement.

16:31 Statement by the head of the press center of the Dnepr group -video.

In the Kherson direction, as a result of coordinated actions of units of the Dnepr group of forces, fire damage was caused to accumulations of manpower and equipment of the 118th Mechanized Brigade, the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade and the 126th Terrestrial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Ivanovka, Kherson region and Rabotino, Malaya Tokmachka, Zaporozhye region.

The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 60 military personnel, three vehicles and an ammunition depot.


15:42 Telegram channel “Fisherman":

Seversky sector: battles near Belogorovka and artillery strikes of the Russian Armed Forces, situation at 15:00 March 2, 2024

In the Seversky direction there are heavy battles in Belogorovka. Russian troops are intensively striking targets in and around the populated area, and occasionally launch attacks with armored support. However, they have not yet been able to dislodge the enemy from the lines.

Ukrainian formations launch counterattacks from time to time, sometimes reaching the outskirts of the ruins of the industrial zone of the Popasnyansky water utility. They also very actively use FPV drones to destroy equipment and infantry of the Russian Armed Forces, taking advantage of the terrain.

The dominant height in the form of the chalk quarry dump remains under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, without which advance in the Belogorovka area is quite a difficult task. The enemy is aware of this and is taking measures to hold it, carrying out, among other things, rotation in forward positions.


15:10 Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group -video.

In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces inflicted fire on the formations of the 72nd Mechanized, 58th Motorized Infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 121st terrestrial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novodonetskoye, Ugledar and Staromayorskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Enemy losses amounted to up to 270 military personnel, two tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, three armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles, a US-made Paladin self-propelled artillery mount and a 152mm Msta-B howitzer.


14:55 Statement by the senior officer of the press center of the “South” group -video.

In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions, and also defeated formations of the 28th Mechanized, 46th, 81st Airmobile, 5th and 92nd Assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Krasnohorivka settlements, Georgievka, Kleshcheevka, Andreevka and Kurdyumovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 390 military personnel, two tanks, two armored combat vehicles and nine cars.

During the counterbattery fight, the following were hit: an AS-90 self-propelled artillery mount made in Great Britain, a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount, three 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, three 152mm D-20 howitzers, a towed M119 gun made in the USA, an anti-aircraft missile combat vehicle the Strela-10 complex, a counterbattery radar station made in the USA AN/TPQ-50, as well as an electronic warfare station.

In addition, a field ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed.


14:30 Advance of the RF Armed Forces –photo.

12:14 Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group -video.

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 11 counterattacks of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Novobakhmutovka, Semenovka, Orlovka, Tonenkoye and the 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade in the areas of Vodyanoye and Pervomaisky.

Bomber aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out about 50 strikes in the Ocheretino and Novgorodskoye areas.

Enemy losses amounted to 525 military personnel. Six tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, including one Bradley, two armored combat vehicles, two cars, three 122mm D-30 howitzers, and a field ammunition supply point were destroyed.

Air defense systems shot down six Haymars MLRS rockets and two GBU-39 guided aerial bombs.


11:40 Statement by the head of the press center of the “West” group -video.

Units of the West group of forces continue to carry out combat missions in the Kupyansk direction.

Motorized rifle units, in cooperation with artillery and aviation, repelled five counterattacks by assault groups of the 32nd Mechanized, 57th Motorized Infantry, 95th Air Assault and 77th Airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Sin'kovka, Tern, Lake Liman and the Senkovka railway station.

During the counter-battery fight, the group’s artillery destroyed four artillery pieces, including the 152mm Msta-B howitzer, two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts and a US-made M777 towed howitzer. Operators of the Lancet loitering munitions destroyed a Swedish infantry fighting vehicle and an American Hummer.

The group's air defense systems destroyed four unmanned aerial vehicles: three Furies and a Leleka-100.

Enemy losses in the Kupyansk direction amounted to up to 150 military personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles, an armored personnel carrier-60, four mortar crews, a Senator armored combat vehicle, a Hummer, four unmanned aerial vehicles and a pickup truck.


11:15 Under the control of the Russian Armymovedholiday village "Urozhay", which is located south of the Georgievsky Headquarters.

10:23 Telegram channel “Fisherman":

Orekhovsky section: Airstrikes on Malaya Tokmachka
situation as of 9:00 March 2, 2024

In the Zaporozhye direction, apparently, there was a lull. Archival footage of the attack on the enemy's forward positions by the TOS Solntsepek as part of artillery preparation at the beginning of the offensive has appeared online.

The enemy is reconnaissance of lost positions northwest of Verbovoye, where the Russian Armed Forces have advanced in the area of the Malaya Tokmachka-Verbovoye power line. At the same time, Malaya Tokmachka was recently subjected to a massive air strike with bombs from the UMPC on the territory of the Orekhovskaya correctional colony No. 88. Previously, the presence of a large concentration of enemy personnel was recorded in the penitentiary complex.

In Novoyakovlevka, positions are being prepared and a transshipment point has been organized, through which the forces of Ukrainian formations are being transferred to the Rabotino area to stabilize the front line.

09:55 Criminal Kyiv regimecontinuesto 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. Malaya Kardashinka three rounds;

-- n.p. Dnepryan four rounds;

-- n.p. Sagi six rounds;

-- n.p. Alyosha two rounds;

-- n.p. Golaya Pristan five rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Radensk, n.p. Golaya Pristan, Kazachi Lagery, firing a total of 17 rounds from cannon artillery.

As a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. Malaya Kardashinka one civilian died.

09:24 Telegram channel “Fisherman":

Battle of Chasov Yar: battles in Krasnoye, attacks on Ukrainian Armed Forces reinforcements, situation by 8.00 March 2, 2024

– In the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction, heavy fighting continues in Ivanovsky (Krasny). The situation in the settlement itself is hidden by the fog of war, but we can talk about at least partial Russian control of the eastern outskirts of the settlement.

– The enemy is actively using electronic warfare systems to reduce the offensive potential of the Russian Armed Forces, trying to suppress reconnaissance UAVs of Russian forces, and is also transferring reinforcements to this area.

– In turn, the RF Armed Forces, to the extent possible, prevent the enemy from receiving fresh forces. In particular, enemy deployment points and transshipment bases in Chasov Yar and communications equipment in neighboring settlements are affected.

“In addition, there are rumors on the Internet about the capture of Bogdanovka, but this information is not confirmed by anything, and, to put it mildly, is premature.

With the loss of Bogdanovka and the Red Hours, Yar will be in an extremely vulnerable position to an assault from several directions.

– To the south, in the Kleshcheevka area, there are also battles. Apparently, here the Russian Armed Forces are not conducting offensive measures, but are wearing out the enemy with artillery strikes.


08:54 Telegram channel “Fisherman":

Chronicle of a special military operation: events of February 29 – March 1, 2024

Russian troops continue to launch combined strikes against enemy targets in the so-called border regions. Ukraine. In the Sumy region, a temporary deployment point in the area of the Zarutsky lime plant was hit by a controlled aerial bomb.

Another goal was the accumulation of enemy manpower in the border area of the Khar'kov region. As a result of the arrival, a concentration of personnel and equipment on the northwestern outskirts of Volchansk was hit.

In Konstantinovka, on the territory of the temporarily occupied part of the DPR, objects of Ukrainian formations came under attack. The buildings of the local police department, where meetings of security forces and special forces were held, were destroyed by a direct hit.

Ukrainian formations, in turn, attacked the border area of ??the Belgorod region with drones. All targets were successfully shot down, without any damage or casualties.

Meanwhile, in the special operation zone, Russian troops continue to advance in several directions at once. In the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction, units of the Russian Armed Forces have established a foothold on the eastern outskirts of Krasny, and fighting is taking place on Shosseynaya Street.

North of Avdievka, Russian troops continue their offensive, breaking through the enemy’s first line of defense. During the fierce battle, the northern outskirts of Orlovka came under the full control of the Russian Armed Forces, and the remnants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units retreated towards Umansky.

At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue artillery attack the frontline settlements of the DPR. As a result of a strike from the HIMARS MLRS at the Mineral Water Plant in the village of Krasnoye, two workers were killed, and another was taken to the hospital.

08:10 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC

A total of 24 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC

Information was received that two civilians were killed and two civilians were injured.

Damaged:

One truck,

One civil infrastructure facility.

In the Donetsk direction, seven artillery attacks from the Ukrainian Armed Forces,

In the Gorlovka direction there were 16 attacks from the Ukrainian Armed Forces,

In the Volnovakha direction there was one artillery attack from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 89 units of various ammunition.

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Lavrov said that Russia does not see the West’s desire to end the conflict
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[Regnum] Russia, unlike the West, has no lack of goodwill towards a peaceful resolution of the Ukrainian conflict. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced thison March 2 at a briefing in Antalya, Turkey.

“We have no shortage of goodwill. We see a lack of goodwill on that side,” Lavrov said.

He added that Russia sees on the other side a lack of understanding of what is happening and a desire to continue to achieve its defeat on the battlefield.

Thus, recently the head of the US Department of Defense, Lloyd Austin, said that NATO would have to enter into conflict with Russia in the event of Ukraine’s defeat. And French President Emmanuel Macron allowed NATO troops to be sent to the combat zone, Lavrov recalled.

According to the Russian minister, these trends cancel out all assurances about the West's interest in a political settlement.

As Regnum reported, Lavrov also noted that after the meeting in Istanbul in 2022, Russia did not receive serious proposals for negotiations with Ukraine. There are no initiatives for dialogue taking into account Russia’s interests.

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#1  Russia has never been a part of the western club. Russia has tried but never allowed. Poorly understood. Different religion. Different customs. Vast resources. No end to the Ukrainian war because it is the USA and the Wests desire to destroy Russia. Russia must bow down under the heal of the West. Be more like us then you are OK but never a club member.
Posted by: Dale || 03/03/2024 8:31 Comments || Top||

#2  No end to the Ukrainian war

They ARE running out of Ukrainians willing to fight for - whatever it is they're fighting for.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 03/03/2024 8:54 Comments || Top||


Blackwater Founder Erik Prince on Ukraine, ‘We Need to Bring That War to a Close’
[Gateway] Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater,
…renamed Xe Services in 2009, Academi in 2011, then three years later merged with Triple Canopy to form Constellis Holdings. But have they succeeded in their founding goal of becoming the FedEx of national security?
joined Patrick Bet David recently. Prince described what he sees as the best solution for Ukraine — an ugly peace.

Prince is a former US Navy SEAL officer and well-respected military strategist.

Erik Prince: "We need to bring that war to a close because all Ukraine is doing right now is destroying itself demographically. They’re chewing up the next generation of manpower that they really can’t really replace right now. They don’t have enough manpower. The Western defense base is pathetic. And you’re not going to out-conventional war the Russian Bear. And I would say an ugly peace is better than whatever their idea of an ideal war is.

Patrick Bet David: Well, what is an ugly peace though?

Erik Prince: Meaning, freeze the lines, straighten the lines... Let them keep Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, whatever. It’s not the American taxpayer’s obligation to spend another hundred billion dollars in Ukraine when there’s been significant corruption and really nothing to show for it."

Via Zlatti71
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#1  Blackwater dreams of takeover. Money to be made.
Posted by: Dale || 03/03/2024 8:09 Comments || Top||

#2 
Posted by: badanov || 03/03/2024 8:55 Comments || Top||

#3  Dale - um - no. The number of Constellis contractors in Ukraine is close to zip. Nobody in the business wants to go there. It is absolutely not like Iraq, Afghanistan or the other garden spots.

And "yes" Constellis bought enough of the business that they could put a cap on the daily contract rates.
Posted by: Clem Elmish4239 || 03/03/2024 13:11 Comments || Top||


Russian Ministry of Justice adds the LGBT movement to the register of extremist organizations
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[Regnum] The Ministry of Justice included the LGBT movement (an organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation) and its structural divisions on the list of extremist organizations liquidated and banned in Russia.

The relevant information was published on the website of the Ministry of Justice. The movement was included in the list in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court of Russia.

“The international LGBT social movement and its structural divisions (decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated November 30, 2023),” the updated version of the list says.

As Regnum reported, on November 30, the Supreme Court recognized the activities of the international LGBT movement as extremist and banned them in the country based on an appeal from the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry sent an appeal due to the fact that it has repeatedly identified signs of extremist orientation in the activities of this movement, including incitement of social and religious hatred.

The law against the propaganda of LGBT ideas does not threaten classical literature in Russia, said Alexander Khinshtein, head of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, in February 2024. This is how he commented on the statements of the press service of the Megamarket marketplace about the exclusion from sale of books, including classic works included in a certain “black list” of 250 titles developed by the Association of Internet Trading Companies.

LGBT movements created in Russia are coordinated and financed from unfriendly countries, Alexey Mikhalchik, lawyer, managing partner of the Mikhalchik and Partners law office, noted earlier in an interview with Regnum news agency. Participation and organizational actions related to the management and financing of such organizations will now actually constitute a criminal offense, the expert said.

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#1  Hear, hear!
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 03/03/2024 0:54 Comments || Top||

#2  There, there!
Posted by: DooDahMan || 03/03/2024 0:59 Comments || Top||


Militants open fire on security forces in the city of Karabulak in Ingushetia
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[Regnum] Security forces are fighting with militants blocked in an apartment building in the city of Karabulak in the Republic of Ingushetia. A source in the region’s law enforcement agencies reportedthis to RIA Novosti on March 2.

According to these data, the militants, in response to an offer to surrender, opened fire on law enforcement officers.

As reported by IA Regnum, on the evening of March 2, the operational headquarters of Ingushetia informed that in order to suppress terrorist acts and crimes of a terrorist nature, a CTO regime was introduced in Karabulak. The operation area is limited to Rabochaya, Oskanova, Naberezhnaya and Dzhabagieva streets.

In November 2023, an accomplice of militants was eliminated in Ingushetia. In the city of Sunzha, security forces tried to detain an accomplice of wanted members of a bandit group. He resisted and opened fire on law enforcement officers, after which he was eliminated.

In April 2023, a counter-terrorist operation was carried out in the Malgobek region of Ingushetia in connection with an attack by militants on law enforcement officers. During the operation, the militants offered armed resistance, opening fire on the security forces, resulting in the death of three policemen.

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CTO regime introduced in Ingush Karabulak

A counter-terrorist operation (CTO) regime was introduced within the boundaries of four streets in the city of Karabulak in the Republic of Ingushetia. The regional operational headquarters announced this on March 2.

“A decision was made to conduct a counter-terrorism operation on the territory of the city of Karabulak in the Republic of Ingushetia from 19:30 on March 2, 2024. The area is limited: Rabochaya Street, Oskanova Street, Naberezhnaya Street, Dzhabagieva Street,” the report says, as quoted by TASS.

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Counter-terrorism operation in Ingushetia the second in 11 months

The counter-terrorist operation in Karabulak was preceded by a counterterrorist operation in the Malgobek region announced in April 2023, the end of which has not yet been reported.

As the Caucasian Knot reported, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee reported today that militants in Karabulak, when trying to detain them, opened fire on law enforcement forces, a battle was started with the shooters, and residents of nearby houses were evacuated. In part of Karabulak, a counter-terrorism operation (CTO) regime was introduced from 19.30 Moscow time. Intense shooting can be heard on video recordings from the scene and one of the balconies can be seen burning.

The CTO regime, which is referred to in the federal law of the Russian Federation  “On Countering Terrorism,” allows for the removal of individuals from certain areas of the area and objects, as well as a number of other restrictions, according to the reference material of the “Caucasian Knot” “ Counter-Terrorism Operation (CTO) Regime”.

According to the "Caucasian Knot", based on its own materials and information from open sources, before today's events in Karabulak, the CTO regime was last declared in Ingushetia in 2023. Then the security forces discovered the alleged participants in the attack on a traffic police post on a farm in Malgobek; the suspects opened fire on the security forces, wounded one of them and fled. From 20.00 Moscow time on April 3, a counter-terrorist operation regime was declared in the Malgobek region of Ingushetia.

By 22.50 Moscow time on March 2, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee, the operational headquarters or the head of Ingushetia did not report the end of the CTO regime in the Malgobek region, which has been in effect for 11 months.

Let us recall that on March 24, 2023, an attack was carried out on the Volga 24 traffic police post, located near the border of Ingushetia and North Ossetia. Six residents of Ingushetia were put on the wanted list, including Amirkhan Gurazhev and Adam Ozdoev. In July, law enforcement officers increased the reward for information about Gurazhev and Ozdoev to five million rubles. A counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced, but the underground participants managed to escape from the security forces two more times, and the security forces suffered losses both times.

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Video footage from the battlefield in Karabulak has been released

Militants in Karabulak opened fire on security forces while attempting to arrest them, a battle is underway, and residents of nearby houses have been evacuated, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee reported. Intense shooting can be heard in video footage from the scene, and one of the balconies is on fire.

As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, the government of Ingushetia reported that a counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in part of Karabulak this evening ; it is being carried out within the boundaries of four streets in the city center.

The CTO regime, provided for by the federal law “ On Counter-Terrorism,” allows for the removal of people from certain areas and objects, as well as a number of other restrictions, says the “Caucasian Knot” certificate “ Counter-Terrorist Operation (CTO) Regime.”

The official message about the CTO in Karabulak was distributed by the National Anti-Terrorism Committee. “Militants in Karabulak, when attempting to arrest them, opened fire on the forces of law and order. Law enforcement officers engaged in battle with the criminals. Residents of houses adjacent to the area where the terrorists were detected were evacuated,” RIA Novosti quoted the committee’s report as saying.

The CTO in Karabulak is being carried out in the area of ​​apartment buildings, TASS reported with reference to the operational services of Ingushetia. “The main work is taking place on Oskanova Street in the area of ​​apartment buildings. Security forces are shelling an apartment in one of the houses on this street, located on the third floor,” the interlocutor said.

About five or six militants who were preparing terrorist attacks are hiding in a residential building in Karabulak, Russia today reported, citing its own sources. In the video published on the publication’s Telegram channel, intense shooting can be heard and an explosion is visible. One of the balconies in the high-rise building is also on fire.

Two videos from the scene of the event were published on the Izvestia telegram channel. In both videos, intense shooting can be heard near apartment buildings, and groups of security forces are visible. The explosion was also captured on video.



The sounds of shooting can be heard on the street where there is heavy traffic, follows from a video published on the Mash Telegram channel.

The head of the republic, Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov, called on residents “not to panic and remain calm,” and to trust only official information. “The situation in the city is under the control of law enforcement agencies,” he wrote in his Telegram channel.

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Ukrainian Armed Forces do not take their dead from their positions; the Russian Armed Forces are forced to bury them
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[Regnum] The command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces refuses to take the bodies of its servicemen; Russian troops have to bury them right in the combat zone. The commander of the assault detachment of the 394th regiment of the fifth combined arms army of the Vostok group with the call sign Saval told TASS about this.

“The Ukrainian Armed Forces are leaving behind their dead and seriously wounded. I even went out via radio and offered to pick it up. They refuse,” the commander said, adding that the Russian Armed Forces are forced to hastily bury them in their positions.

Also, Ukrainian militants are preventing the evacuation of the wounded from the battlefield, including their own military personnel, Saval concluded.

As IA Regnum reported, Ukrainian Armed Forces militants who die en masse during attacks and strikes by Russian fighters in the special operation zone are buried in mass graves of 100 people each, the source said.

According to his information, a special manual has been developed for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, according to which such a grave should be 20 meters long, 2 meters wide and 2.3 meters high in the lower part. When digging graves, the Armed Forces of Ukraine mainly use bulldozers. At the same time, it is strictly forbidden to carry out reburial from a mass grave earlier than one year from the date of burial. Removing the remains of one deceased from a mass grave is possible only if all those buried are reburied by decision of local authorities and in the presence of a sanitary and epidemiological conclusion, the RIA Novosti interlocutor explained.

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Ukrainian intelligence services are involved in mass poisonings in Britain - media
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[Regnum] A resident of Ukraine has been selling a toxic substance to the UK for years. It is believed that the poison may have caused the death of at least 130 people. This was reported by the British BBC service.

According to the publication, the supplier of the poison turned out to be Kiev resident Leonid Zakutenko. A Ukrainian offered poison on a website for potential suicides and criminals.

It is noted that the chemical can be legally sold in Britain, but only to companies that use it for purposes permitted by law. It is prohibited to sell poison to private buyers.

Journalists found Zakutenko in Kyiv and asked why he was doing this. The man denied everything. However, the seller later admitted to an undercover correspondent that he sends five parcels a week to England. At the same time, he coordinates his actions with the SBU and the Main Intelligence Directorate.

As Regnum reported, the governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, on February 20 told how a year and a half ago he was poisoned with a dangerous chemical weapon, ricin. According to the head of the region, this was done by a person he trusted.

Russia considers it appropriate to recognize the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense as terrorist organizations. This was stated on February 28 by the Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry for the crimes of the Kiev regime, Rodion Miroshnik.


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#1  These are the same people we work with and 20 some bio labs in Ukraine.
Posted by: Dale || 03/03/2024 8:34 Comments || Top||

#2  Yes. The UK is supplying Ukraine, are even bigger cheer-leaders for the activity there than the US gummint. So killing people there makes so much sense.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/03/2024 8:37 Comments || Top||

#3  UK support for UKR is no matter. Ukrainians will do anything to make a buck.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 03/03/2024 10:30 Comments || Top||


It's called covering your tracks
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited

Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
.
The Bundeswehr is trying to prevent the dissemination of a recording of a conversation between German soldiers discussing attacks on the Crimean Bridge.

That is, the descendants of the Nazis are discussing it as if quietly

with the help of its missiles and its (German) specialists, strike at the Russian strategic infrastructure. This will undoubtedly constitute Berlin's direct and direct participation in the conflict.

Bild writes that in the German segment of the social network X, a number of accounts that published this conversation were blocked.

So the Germans also confirmed the authenticity of the recordings. No one would delete the lies, but on the contrary, they would “expose” them.

All official diplomatic requests from the Russian side with a DEMAND for an explanation have been SENT and it was said that an ATTEMPT TO KEEP SILENCE WILL BE CONSIDERED as CONFIRMATION of plans for the Germans to destroy Russian civilian infrastructure.

An official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked the question: “Will everything follow the same scenario as the German “investigation” of the terrorist attacks on Nord Stream?”

THE UNTRAINABLE ask them to REPRESENT THEM?

In my humble opinion, now it would be right for the Russian prosecutor’s office to open a criminal case into the preparation of a terrorist attack by German officials and bring the criminals to justice.

In accordance with international legislation relating to the fight against terrorism, Russia has every RIGHT and every REASON to strike at persons planning a terrorist attack, regardless of what country these terrorists are located in.

And there is also a wonderful precedent, you don’t even have to go far.

In particular, the collective West does not condemn in any way when the same Israel attacks Iranian formations in the same Syria. Therefore, there is no reason (from the point of view of the collective West) to consider such a possible preventive strike on the Russian side as military aggression.

By the way, I thought. If you aim missiles at the General Staff of the Bundeswehr (and these missiles will definitely reach) and declare that with any strike on the Bridge (Bridge - spelled with a capital letter), they will strike (and this will not be considered aggression, since the strike is against terrorists). The Fritz themselves, in three shifts, will guard the Bridge.

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#1  If the Germans don't actually attack your Bridge, I don't see what you've got to bitch about. Other than you're Russian and everybody else is terrible.
Posted by: ed in texas || 03/03/2024 7:50 Comments || Top||

#2  "and this will not be considered aggression, since the strike is against terrorists"

That's not how it works, Ivan. Such an attack would triggr Chapter 5 and you'll be in war with Nato. Your excuses won't matter.
Posted by: European Conservative || 03/03/2024 11:59 Comments || Top||

#3  Time to take care of Bandera's grave at the Waldfriedhof?
Posted by: DooDahMan || 03/03/2024 12:13 Comments || Top||

#4  He's dead?
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 03/03/2024 13:59 Comments || Top||



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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.

Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.

Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has dominated Mexico for six years.
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