"Minerals deal nearly done"
[FoxNews] Asked whether US can trust Putin, Retired Army Lieutenant Gen. Keith Kellogg said that 'all wars end through negotiation'.
It is in the US national security interest to get the Russia-Ukraine war resolved, Gen. Kellogg says.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 21.59 A new air raid warning system has been launched in Kharkiv and the Kharkiv region. This was reported on Saturday, February 22, by Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov. Now the signals are clearly divided: separately for the city and separately for the region.
21:36 In one day, the President of Ukraine held telephone conversations with the heads of government of four countries: Albania, Britain, Greece and the Netherlands. During all the negotiations, the partners' contribution to Ukraine's security was discussed.
19.25 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed information that units of the Security Service of Ukraine, in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces, on February 20, 2025, struck the Novovelichkovsk oil pumping station in the Krasnodar Territory of Russia, which services the Tikhoretsk-Novorossiysk-2 oil pipeline.
11.18 The administration of US President Donald Trump has asked Ukraine to withdraw its draft UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russian aggression and replace it with a "softened statement," The Washington Post reported, citing anonymous sources.
17.44 Since the beginning of the day, 54 combat clashes have occurred. In particular, in the Pokrovsk direction, since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have made 23 attempts to push our defenders from their positions, 21 attacks have been repelled, two combat clashes are ongoing, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
17.20 The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Office of the President, have formed proposals for an "all for all" exchange in the event of negotiations with the Russian Federation. This was reported in an interview with Ukrinform by the head of the secretariat of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Bohdan Okhrimenko.
11/16 Activists of the Yellow Ribbon partisan movement held another action in occupied Sevastopol and Simferopol to remind that Crimea is Ukraine. This was reported on Saturday, February 22, by the partisan TG channel.
15.44 Russian troops dropped seven bombs on Kostiantynivka: at least two people were killed, three were injured. There may be people under the rubble, the search operation continues. Police paramedics are rescuing the victims. This was reported on Saturday, February 22, by the press service of the National Police of Ukraine.
15.22 DNA matches have been confirmed for the remains of nearly 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war out of 62 bodies handed over by Russia allegedly from the Il-76 plane that crashed in January 2024 in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation. This was reported by the head of the secretariat of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War Bogdan Okhrimenko, Ukrinform writes.
15.02 In Odessa, law enforcement officers detained a man who caused bodily harm to a serviceman of the TCC. This was reported by the National Police.
14.44 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is not yet ready to sign an agreement with the United States on the development of mineral resources, Sky News reports , citing a "Ukrainian source." The draft agreement currently does not reflect a partnership, but only contains unilateral obligations on the part of Ukraine, the article states.
14.05 The city of Konstantinovka was subjected to another blow from the Russian invaders. At least two civilians were killed and four were wounded. The details were reported by the head of the Donetsk OVA Vadim Filashkin.
13.10 In the city of Kupyansk, a Russian drone attacked a civilian car. Two people were injured, the National Police Department in the Kharkiv region reported.
12:46 The United States has prepared an alternative draft resolution on ending the war in Ukraine. The United Nations will consider it on Monday. This was announced by US Secretary of State Mark Rubio.
12.19 At the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP), one smoldering cell still remains at the Shelter facility after the Russian drone strike. This was reported by the State Emergency Service. The station is under constant monitoring using UAVs with thermal imaging cameras and hand-held thermal imagers.
11.44 Ukrainian drones have cut off power and stopped the operation of the Novovelichkovskaya oil pumping station in the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation. This was reported by Interfax-Ukraine , citing sources in the SBU. Oil is supplied through this station to the Afipsky and Ilsky oil refineries.
11.15 American satellite internet Starlink is not being switched off in Ukraine. This was written by the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council Andriy Kovalenko in Telegram. According to him, in any case, the order of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "has alternative things."
10.31 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will announce a new aid package for Ukraine and new sanctions against Russia. The Telegraph reported this yesterday, citing sources. It is a "triple blow" to Russia.
09.47 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky met with Inspector General of the Bundeswehr General Carsten Breuer, who arrived in Ukraine on a visit. They discussed the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for weapons, ammunition, equipment, as well as the training of Ukrainian military personnel.
08.55 Over the past 24 hours, 90 combat clashes were recorded on the front in nine directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the details in the morning report .
08.20 On Saturday night, Russian invaders launched 162 Shahed-type attack UAVs and various types of drone imitators into Ukraine. Almost all of them were either destroyed or affected by electronic warfare, the Ukrainian Air Force reported .
07.31 The aggressor country Russia lost 1,180 servicemen killed and wounded on the front in Ukraine over the past 24 hours. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the morning report . The total number of Russian losses is approaching 870 thousand.
04.39 The US threatens Kiev to cut off access to the vital Starlink satellite internet system if it refuses to sign the fossil fuel deal.
02:25 A new stage of US-Russia talks will begin in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, Donald Trump said. He also said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin need to meet to discuss a settlement to the Russian-Ukrainian war.
01.17 A 60-year-old man was killed in a UAV attack at a railroad crossing in the Boryspil district. A fire also broke out in a warehouse.
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian defenders bravely hold the line.
In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have made 23 attempts to push our defenders from their positions, 21 attacks have been repelled, two clashes continue.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published operational information on the Russian invasion as of 16:00 on Saturday, February 22.
According to the General Staff, 54 military clashes have occurred since the beginning of the day.
"Border settlements, in particular Yanzhulovka and Nikolaevka in the Chernihiv region, are suffering from cynical shelling from the territory of the Russian Federation. In the Kharkov direction, the enemy attacked four times, in the direction of Vovchansk, Figolovka and Zapadnoye, one clash is currently ongoing. In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy attempted to advance near Zagryzovoye, and was repulsed. In the Liman direction, the invading army attacked three times near the settlements of Ivanovka, Yampolevka and in the Serebryansky forest, Ukrainian defenders repelled the enemy's attacks," the report says.
It is also reported that the Defense Forces repelled attacks by invaders three times in the Belogorovka area in the Seversky direction.
"Six attacks by Russians in the area of Vasukivka, Stupochki and Belaya Gora in the Kramatorsk direction have been repelled by Ukrainian defenders. Three clashes are currently ongoing in the Toretsk direction; today, the enemy has attacked seven times near Toretsk and in the direction of Dilievka. Konstantinovka was subjected to an air strike. In the Pokrovsk direction, since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have made 23 attempts to push our defenders from their positions in the areas of the settlements of Vodyanoye Vtoroye, Novotoretske, Yelizavetovka, Luch, Dachenskoye, Kotlino, Udachnoye, Novoalexandrivka, Andreyevka and Ulakli. The defense forces are holding back the enemy's onslaught and have repelled 21 attacks; two clashes are still ongoing. The enemy's losses are being clarified," the General Staff added.
In addition, Russian terrorist forces carried out airstrikes on Mirolyubovka, Zverevoye, Pokrovsk and Novopavlovka.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy attacked four times near the settlements of Konstantinopol and Burlatskoye.
In the Orekhov direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled an attack in the Pyatikhatki area.
"In the operational zone in Kursk region, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled two attacks by Russian invaders within 24 hours. The enemy launched 12 air strikes, dropping 19 UABs, and carried out more than 200 attacks, including seven from multiple launch rocket systems," the General Staff noted.
Let us recall that on February 21, Russia lost 1,180 servicemen killed and wounded at the front. The total number of Russian losses is approaching 870 thousand people.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov direction, the Sever Group of Forces hit formations of two territorial defence brigades close to Izbitskoye and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU lost up to 40 troops, an armoured personnel carrier, an artillery gun, and an electronic warfare station.
As a result of decisive actions, the Zapad Group of Forces liberated Novolyubovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
Russian units hit manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, an assault brigade of the AFU, and a national guard brigade close to Topoli, Kondrashovka, Golubovka, Novay Kruglyakovka, Borovaya, Shiykovka (Kharkov region), Yampol (Donetsk People's Republic) as well as Serebryansky forestry.
The enemy's losses amounted to more than 200 troops, a U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, five motor vehicles, and five field artillery guns, three of them manufactured by NATO countries. Three electronic warfare stations and an ammunition depot were neutralised.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops engaged manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, an airmobile brigade, two assault brigades of the AFU, and foreign legion units near Seversk, Reznikovka, Slavyansk, Vasyukovka, Kramatorsk, Novomarkovo, Belokuzminovka, Chasov Yar, Stupochki, Konstantinovka, and Ulakly (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 220 troops, an infantry fighting vehicle, nine motor vehicles, and six field artillery guns including a U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzer. One electronic warfare station and one ammunition depot were neutralised.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Ten mechanised brigades, a jaeger brigade, an airmobile brigade, two assault brigades, an assault regiment of the AFU, a naval infantry brigade, and a national guard brigade near Shcherbinovka, Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Udachnoye, Uspenovka, Novoandreyevka, and Andreyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost more than 375 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles including a U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured vehicle, five motor vehicles, and seven field artillery guns including a U.S.-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defences. A mechanised brigade, an air assault brigade of the AFU, and three territorial defence brigades were hit near Konstantiopol, Bogatyr, Burlatskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Temirovka, and Gulyaypole (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 160 troops, two tanks including a German-made Leopard tank, three motor vehicles, and two field artillery guns.
The Dnepr Group of Forces engaged manpower and hardware of a mountain assault brigade of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades close to Malaya Tokmachka, Shcherbaki, Lobkovoye (Zaporozhye region), Sadovoye, and Dneprovskoye (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 85 troops, six motor vehicles, an artillery gun, three electronic warfare stations, and an ammunition depot.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, strike drones stocking and training sites, ammunition and fuel depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces as well as temporary deployment areas of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 157 areas.
Russian air defence systems shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft, two French-made Hammer guided bombs, two U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 58 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 656 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 44,190 unmanned aerial vehicles, 596 anti-aircraft missile systems, 21,698 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,521 MLRS combat vehicles, 21,948 field artillery guns and mortars, and 32,033 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
During the offensive, the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on units of a tank brigade, a heavy-mechanised brigade, seven mechanised brigades, five air assault brigades, a naval infantry brigade, four territorial defence brigades, and three assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Gologlevka, Goncharovka, Guyevo, Zaoleshenka, Kazachya Loknya, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Loknya, Makhnovka, Novaya Sorochina, Nikolskiy, Oleshnya, Rubanshchina, and Sudzha. Three enemy counter-attacks were repelled.
Operational-Tactical, Army, and Artillery strikes engaged AFU manpower and hardware close to Bondarevka, Zamostye, Kositsa, Malaya Lokya, Martynovka, Melovoy, Mirny, Starya Sorochina, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye as well as Basovka, Belodody, Veselovka, Zhuravka, Novenkoye, Obody, and Yunakovka in Sumy region.
Within the past 24 hours, the AFU lost more than 190 troops, three tanks, six infantry fighting vehicles, four armoured personnel carriers, 15 armoured fighting vehicles, 17 motor vehicles, an artillery gun, three mortars, two electronic warfare stations, three UAV control posts, and an ammunition depot.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 62,650 troops, 376 tanks, 286 infantry fighting vehicles, 237 armoured personnel carriers, 1,977 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,129 motor vehicles, 465 artillery guns, 51 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 22 anti-aircraft missile launchers, nine transport-loading vehicles, 113 EW stations, 15 counter-battery warfare radars, seven air defence radars, 49 units of engineering and other materiel, including 19 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five bridge launchers, one engineering reconnaissance vehicle as well as 14 armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 20:43 The Russian Armed Forces are expanding their bridgehead in the Kupyansk direction. Fighting is underway in Golubovka, which is several kilometers north of Kupyansk –MAP. 20:38 “BARS” units received more than 50 sets of unmanned aerial vehicles and over 200 units of weapons and military equipment to carry out combat missions on the line of combat contact.
19:48 Strike by Geranium-2 on enemy target –MAP.
18:52 The calculation of unmanned aerial vehicles of the Dnepr group of forces identified and destroyed temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.
18:16 Calculation of the Lancet loitering munition destroyed ZRPK "Tunguska" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Sumy region.
17:45 Drones on fiber optics have multiplied the number of targets hit far from the front line. Thus, on the Dvurechansky section of the front, there was destroyed the Ukrainian 122mm self-propelled gun "2S1 Gvozdika" that was hindering our advance towards Kupyansk.
17:21 Ukrainian T-72M1, which tried to enter Constantinople, was destroyed by the drone "Prince Vandal Novgorodsky" –MAP.
17:19 Around 16:20 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of Kursk region.
17:06 The Russian Armed Forces crossed the border and occupied the village of Novenkoye in the Sumy region –MAP.
16:56 An enemy tank was destroyed in the Zaporizhia direction using a fiber optic drone –MAP.
16:46 RF Armed Forces are moving forward in all areas of the Kursk Front.
Russian paratroopers continue to fight in the southern part of Sverdlikovo, in the area of the state border and in the northern part of Lebedevka.
Airborne units are also pushing the enemy out of Pogrebki.
16:45 RF Armed Forces started to build on their success and entered the territory of Sumy Oblast towards Basovka with the aim of cutting off the main supply road of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk salient.
On this section of the Yunakovka-Sudzha highway, drone operators of the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Black Sea Fleet are destroying all Ukrainian equipment, and what the Ukrainian soldiers pulled into Sudzha is now more difficult to hide due to the activity of our drones.
15:35 Russian tanks T-72B3M and T-90M in serial production are equipped with active protection systems (APS) "Arena-M".
13:30 Drone operators of the 39th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Southern group of troops are finishing off scattered enemy groups remaining in Ulakly.
12:37 Around 11:20 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
12:11 As a result of decisive actions by units of the West military group released the settlement of Novolyubovka, Luhansk People's Republic.
12:09 Russian army regains control east of Cherkasskaya Konopelka in Kursk region –MAP.
12:02 GrV "Vostok" breaks through towards Burlatsky -MAP.
11:48 Russian Armed Forces approached Skudnoye from Novoocheretovatoye –MAP.
11:45 OTRK "Iskander-M"are applied strikes on the concentration sites of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reserves. One launcher launches two missiles. Depending on the task, you can choose either a ballistic or cruise munition. They cannot be destroyed by air defense systems due to their hypersonic speed.
The Iskander-M line of munitions includes high-explosive fragmentation, concrete-piercing, cluster, incendiary and nuclear charges. The missiles are guided to the target via a satellite system, and the homing head operates at the final stage.
During the SVO, Iskander-M missiles hit more than 1,400 targets.
11:32 Russian Armed Forces approached Constantinople from the eastern side –MAP.
11:24 The Russian army entered the village of Topoli on the other bank of the Oskol –MAP.
11:11 FPV drone calculations at Rubicon Center struck armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Ugledar direction.
10:49 Units of the 39th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 68th army corps of the "South" group destroyed fortified enemy positions and personnel in the area of the settlement of Ulakly in the Donetsk direction, -video.
8:42 Russian fighters destroy armored vehicles and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, –video.
After the liberation of the settlement of Sverdlikovo in the Kursk region from the Ukrainian occupiers, the Northerners continue to press the enemy in the Sumy direction, destroying enemy armored vehicles and Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower already on Ukrainian territory.
8:20 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crews of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West Forces Group destroyed pickup trucks, mortar crews, hexacopter takeoff points, UAV control points and concentrations of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower, –video.
7:07 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territories of the Rostov and Voronezh regions.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Army General Valery Gerasimov visited the command post of the Russian troop grouping "South" and set new combat tasks for the military unit. This was reported on January 22 by the Russian Defense Ministry.
“At the command post, Chief of the General Staff, Army General Valery Gerasimov, heard a report from the commander of the “Southern” group of forces, Colonel General Alexander Sanchik, and the commanders of the formations on the current situation in the area of responsibility and the progress of combat missions,” the department said.
Afterwards, Gerasimov noted the successes of the units and military units of the Southern Group and gave instructions for further actions.
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