Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 22.15 Russian military once again executed captured Ukrainian soldiers. This happened in Kursk region, reported ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets.
According to him, a video of the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war has been circulated online again. The footage shows two Ukrainian soldiers lying on snowy ground with their hands behind their heads, and Russians standing over them.
The Ukrainians said they were serving in the 82nd Brigade. The soldiers explained that they were evacuating, but blew themselves up. After that, the Russian started shouting that the Ukrainians were lying and fired several shots at the prisoners.
21:30 Ukraine is developing its own analogues of the American Patriot air defense system. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"We are working on these issues, we are working on air defense systems and we are working on Ukrainian analogues. I will not say anything more," the head of state commented on the possible refusal of the United States to send new Patriot systems to Ukraine.
17:00 President Volodymyr Zelensky is ready to leave his post if it means peace for Ukraine, or in exchange for the country's membership in NATO.
A statesmanlike move.
"If peace is for Ukraine, if you really need me to leave my post, then I am ready. The second story, I can change it to NATO, if there are such conditions. Right away (I say - ed.), so as not to talk about it for a long time," the head of state said.
16:50 The Cabinet of Ministers plans to extend the deadline for rebooking military-liable employees for business until March 31. This was announced by Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal.
"Due to the fact that state registries were under cyber attack and there was no access (to them - ed.) for more than 20 days, we said that we would extend this opportunity for one month until March 31," he said.
16.00 There is an alternative to the Starlink system, and the relevant departments will soon talk about it. This was reported by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov.
"About Starlink... We are already working on this, there are alternatives. We are not disclosing, soon together with the Ministry of Digital Development, the Ministry of Strategic Industry and our other colleagues from the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces we will announce how we will have these solutions. But there are already solutions, there is an alternative," he said.
13.41 Ukrainian military are using drones to destroy Russian fortifications and positions in southern Ukraine. This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, which published a video. The scouts showed how they blow up Russian occupiers in one of the southern directions of the front. The footage shows the work of fighters from the UAV group of the Chimera unit as part of the Timur Special Forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense.
13.18 Russian troops launched ballistic missiles into Sumy Oblast after a night attack on Ukraine. This was reported by the acting mayor Artem Kobzar. According to the official, the "arrival" was recorded outside of populated areas.
11.54 Over the past 24 hours, 112 combat clashes have been recorded at the front. Aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces have hit two command posts, 15 areas of concentration of personnel and equipment and two artillery weapons of the invader. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on February 23.
10.14 In Khmelnytskyi Oblast, as a result of an attack by Russian drones, a high-voltage power line and road surface, windows in a building and a shop window were damaged. This was reported by the head of the Khmelnytskyi OVA Serhiy Tyurin.
9.54 Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 138 Russian Shahed-type attack UAVs and other types of drones. 119 enemy drone imitators were lost (without negative consequences), three of them flew towards Belarus, one - to Russia. This was reported by the Ukrainian Air Force.
8.37 Ukrainian defenders destroyed 1,180 occupiers in 24 hours. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the losses of the Russian army have reached 867,180 soldiers. This was reported on February 23 by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
8.13 Ukrainian military destroyed a 2S4 Tyulpan self-propelled mortar in the southern direction. This was reported by the Ukrainian Navy, which published a video.
7.46 The State Emergency Service showed the consequences of the drone attack in Kiev. The wreckage of enemy UAVs was recorded in three districts of the city - Goloseevsky, Darnitsky, Pechersky. Fires broke out, there is damage.
7.23 A Russian soldier, originally from West Africa, was captured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He allegedly came to study in the Russian Saratov, but was mobilized. This was reported by the Joint Rifle Brigade of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, publishing a video.
02.30 As a result of the shelling of Krivoy Rog on Saturday evening, one person was killed, of the four wounded, one person is in serious condition. Preliminary damage was caused to 12 apartment buildings, a civilian infrastructure facility, social and industrial buildings, and cars.
01.00 Fires broke out in the Holosiivskyi and Darnitskyi districts of Kyiv as a result of a UAV attack. A private house and cars were damaged.
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[Korrespondent] Russians shot two Ukrainian prisoners of war in Kursk region.
A video of the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Kursk direction is being circulated on social networks.
Russian troops have once again executed captured Ukrainian soldiers. This happened in Kursk region, ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets reported on Telegram on Sunday, February 23.
According to him, a video of the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war has been circulated online again. The footage shows two Ukrainian soldiers lying on snowy ground with their hands behind their heads, and Russians standing over them.
The Ukrainians said they were serving in the 82nd Brigade. The soldiers explained that they were evacuating, but blew themselves up. After that, the Russian started shouting that the Ukrainians were lying and fired several shots at the prisoners.
"The shooting of Ukrainian prisoners of war is further evidence of the inhuman cruelty of the Russian army. The video that is spreading on social networks is evidence of the deliberate killing of defenseless Ukrainian prisoners of war. This is a gross violation of the Geneva Convention and all norms of international humanitarian law," Lubinets emphasized.
The Human Rights Commissioner assured that he had contacted the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Let us recall that in November 2024, it was reported that law enforcement officers were investigating 49 criminal cases on the facts of the murder of 124 prisoners of war on the battlefield. But after that, new facts of the executions of Ukrainian soldiers came to light.
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[LB] Over the past 24 hours, 112 clashes have occurred on the front.
by Ivanna Kapustianska
The 1096th day of large-scale armed aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun. In total, 112 combat clashes were recorded over the past day.
The General Staff informs about this.
Yesterday, the enemy launched two missile strikes using three missiles and 81 airstrikes, dropping 135 missiles, on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements. In addition, it carried out more than 5,300 attacks, 47 of them from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 2,785 kamikaze drones to strike.
Enemy airstrikes targeted Monachynivka, Zapadne, Zolochiv, and Dubivka in Kharkiv Oblast; Kostyantynivka, Ivanopillya, Sloviansk, Myrolyubivka, Zvirovo, and Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast; Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast; Hulyaipole, Lobkove, Zelene, Varvarivka, and Stepnohirsk in Zaporizhia Oblast; Kherson, Vysoke, Tyahynka, Kozatske, and Shlyakhove in Kherson Oblast.
Over the past day, the Defense Forces' aviation, missile troops, and artillery have struck two command posts, 15 areas of concentration of personnel and equipment, and two artillery pieces of the invaders.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy attacked five times, towards Vovchansk, Figolivka, Dvorichnaya, and Zapadne.
In the Kupyansk direction, three attacks by the invaders took place in a day. The defense forces repelled the enemy's assault actions in the Zagryzove area.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 13 times. He tried to penetrate our defenses near the settlements of Ivanivka, Kolodyazhi, Yampolivka, and in the Serebryansk Forest.
In the Siversky direction, Ukrainian units repelled the offensive actions of the invaders three times in the area of Bilogorivka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the invaders carried out six attacks in the areas of Vasyukivka, Stupochok, and Bila Hora.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 13 attacks near Toretsk and in the direction of Diliivka.
In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 34 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor near the settlements of Vodyane Druge, Novotoretske, Yelizavetivka, Promyn, Dachenske, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novooleksandrivka, Andriivka and Ulakly. At the same time, the enemy actively used bombing and assault aircraft on settlements and positions of our troops.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the aggressor attacked eight times in the past day near the settlements of Konstantinopol and Burlatske.
In the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled four attacks in the area of Pyatikhatki and Shcherbaky.
In the Dnieper direction, the Russian invaders once tried to dislodge our units from their occupied positions, but they were unsuccessful and suffered losses.
The operation in the Kursk direction is ongoing. Over the past day, Ukrainian defenders have repelled 13 enemy attacks in the direction. The enemy launched 20 air strikes, dropping 28 anti-aircraft missiles, and carried out 383 attacks, including 14 from multiple launch rocket systems.
The occupiers did not conduct offensive operations in the Hulyaipil direction.
No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissya directions.
On the border with Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy from the territory of the Russian Federation is actively using artillery and strike UAVs in the areas of Ukrainian settlements. Our soldiers are inflicting significant losses on the occupation forces in manpower and equipment, and are actively undermining the enemy's offensive potential in the rear.
In total, the losses of the Russian invaders last day amounted to 1,180 people. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized seven tanks, 12 armored combat vehicles, 54 artillery systems, one MLRS, an air defense system, 117 operational-tactical-level UAVs, 91 vehicles, and three units of special equipment of the invaders.
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[KavkazUzel] At a rally dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the deportation of the Vainakhs, Chechen Prime Minister Magomed Daudov demanded that the descendants of the repressed be given back their homes in the former Aukhovsky District of Dagestan.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, today marks 81 years since the beginning of Stalin's deportation of the Vainakhs. A memorial rally in memory of the victims of the deportation was held in Nazran.
On February 23, 1944, Operation Lentil began, during which almost 500,000 Chechens and Ingush were deported en masse from the territory of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. More details about these events and their consequences can be found in the "Caucasian Knot" reference "Deportation of Chechens and Ingush".
An event dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the "deportation of the Chechen people" was held in Chechnya, at which the Chairman of the Government Magomed Daudov raised the issue of restoring the Aukhovsky District, Chechnya Today reports.
"Every year people come out with demands for the restoration of the Aukhovsky District. They say that if there is a law on rehabilitation, and housing was built for those who seized their lands, then the Aukh residents should have the opportunity to return to their homes... Maybe the Dagestani authorities think that we do not notice these appeals or consider the Aukh residents to be distant from us. This is not so. We live in a state governed by the rule of law, and there is a law on the rehabilitation of repressed peoples. Sooner or later, the Chechen people will restore justice in this matter," the agency quotes Daudov as saying.
The deportation of the Vainakhs is directly linked to the unresolved issue of the rights of the Chechens of Dagestan, who have been waiting for the restoration of the Aukhovsky District for about 30 years, according to the "Caucasian Knot" report " The Main Thing About Aukh: What the Chechens Demand from the Dagestan Authorities."
At the same time, it follows from the publication of the state news agency Grozny-Inform that Magomed Daudov made even harsher statements at the rally, speaking about those who live in the territory of the former Aukhovsky district.
"They call themselves Muslims, but they commit a sin that cannot be forgiven. Even a shahid's debt is not forgiven. Someone else's will never be halal for them... By the will of the Almighty, we will achieve justice in this matter: if possible, according to the law of the country or according to Sharia law," Daudov's words are quoted in the publication.
On February 23, 2023, Magomed Daudov also stated that houses in the former Aukhovsky district should be returned to the descendants of the repressed. Daudov's speech was an attempt to speed up the restoration of the Aukhovsky district, but his demand is unfeasible, and the situation can only be resolved by a political decision, experts said. The restoration of the Aukhovsky district, which was planned to be completed by 2025, has actually been stopped for many years, the resettlement of Laks and the construction of new houses have been disrupted, Dagestani activists said in 2024.
Ramzan Kadyrov's Telegram channel published a message today dedicated to the anniversary of the deportation. "Today is a sad date in the history of the Chechen people: on February 23, 1944, by the inhuman order of the damned Joseph Stalin, the Chechens and Ingush were forcibly deported to Siberia and Central Asia. Operation Lentil was led by Lavrenty Beria. This criminal order led to huge casualties: thousands of people died on the road, in the harsh conditions of special settlements, from hunger, cold and disease. Our people were doomed to suffer only by the will of a cruel regime," the publication says.
Recall that the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow was celebrated in Chechnya on February 23 until 2011, until the authorities decided to celebrate all Russian state holidays equally with other regions. In April 2011, a special commission announced that the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow of the Peoples of the Republic would be celebrated annually on May 10 - the day of Akhmat Kadyrov's funeral.
However, in 2020, on Defender of the Fatherland Day, a rally in memory of the victims of repression was held in Grozny, in which Ramzan Kadyrov and other officials took part. Representatives of the Chechen leadership held a small rally in memory of the victims of the deportation on February 23, 2021. Ramzan Kadyrov, who left for a visit to Dubai, did not participate in it. In 2022, on the 78th anniversary of the deportation, no memorial events were held in the republic; officials dedicated only posts on social networks to this date.
Political scientist Ruslan Kutayev, who publicly spoke out in 2014 against the ban on February mourning events, was convicted and sent to prison for almost four years, as noted in the "Caucasian Knot" report " How Kadyrov turned a memorial service into a holiday on February 23."
The Chechen authorities also demanded that residents stop using the term "deportation," replacing it with the words "eviction" or "repression." At the same time, analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" noted that the Chechen authorities will not be able to erase the date of the beginning of the deportation from the people's memory.
Events dedicated to the anniversary of the deportation of the Vainakhs were held today in Chechnya, Ingushetia and other regions of the North Caucasus Federal District. In addition to official rallies, local residents honored the memory of the victims of the deportation with religious, educational and home meetings.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, today marks 81 years since the beginning of Stalin's deportation of the Vainakhs. A memorial rally in memory of the victims of the deportation was held in Ingushetia, and at a rally in Chechnya, the republic's Prime Minister Magomed Daudov voiced a demand to return housing in the former Aukhovsky District of Dagestan to the descendants of the repressed. A memorial rally on the 81st anniversary of Stalin's deportation of the Vainakhs was also held in the Novolaksky District of Dagestan.
On February 23, 1944, Operation Lentil began, during which almost 500,000 Chechens and Ingush were deported en masse from the territory of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. More details about these events and their consequences can be found in the "Caucasian Knot" reference "Deportation of Chechens and Ingush".
Today is the hardest day for Chechens and Ingush, a representative of the Memorial Human Rights Defense Center, familiar with the situation in Chechnya, told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
"There has been no information about unofficial actions this year. There has also been no information about pressure," he noted.
According to the speaker, "any action on this day, of course, if it is not an entertainment event, is a manifestation of grief." "Such actions today are more likely to have the character of disagreement with the authorities, since the authorities have long forgotten this day as a day of grief," he emphasized.
Chechen resident Yuni, in turn, noted that he does not show any particular interest in official events.
“And people, as usual, remember their relatives who suffered from deportation by holding events at home and distributing sadaqah in villages,” he said.
Another resident of Chechnya, a lawyer, noted that various organizations, including the Chechen Bar Association, had distributed the message. "In it, along with grief over the tragic day for the Vainakhs, there are also congratulations on the day of the Russian army. It's two in one," he said.
According to the speaker, many people mark the day of mourning with religious events. "In our villages, last night, on the eve of Ramadan, people gathered for dhikr, made dua in honor of those who passed away during the deportation," he said.
The head of the human rights organization "Mashr" Magomed Mutsolgov published a post in his blog on the "Caucasian Knot" dedicated to the anniversary of the deportation of the Vainakhs.
"On February 23, 1944, the Ingush and Chechens, without exception, from the youngest to the oldest, were exiled by the Stalinist regime to the cold steppes of Kazakhstan and Central Asia. The Vainakhs, basely deprived of their homeland, shared the fate of other peoples, unjustly doomed to death," he wrote in the post " 81st anniversary of the deportation of the Vainakhs!". "We remember those innocently killed in the cold steppes of Central Asia and Kazakhstan, because this is the tragedy of every family of our peoples. Our ancestors survived a tragedy that should never happen again, never and to no one."
More than 200 residents of the Nazran district gathered today in the mosque of the Ingush village of Ali-Yurt to remember and pray for the victims of the 1944 deportation. At the event, representatives of the older generation shared stories that they heard from eyewitnesses of those tragic events. After the conversation, those gathered read the movlid and prayed for the victims of the deportation.
In Nazran, on the day of the deportation of the Ingush people, a charity event was also held, within the framework of which more than 300 families received meat from sacrificial animals, the city mayor's office reported. In particular, assistance was provided to large and low-income families, as well as to relatives of killed soldiers and participants in the special military operation.
Commemorative events were also held in Stavropol Krai. Thus, in Pyatigorsk, the deportation of the Vainakhs was remembered with the participation of students from the North Caucasus Institute of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Pyatigorsk State University and the Medical and Pharmaceutical Institute. The events were organized by representatives of the national-cultural autonomy "Magas" and the Ingush representative office in Stavropol Krai. At the meeting, representatives of various regions heard testimonies of eyewitnesses who survived the forced displacement, the Ingushetia newspaper's Telegram channel reports.
Let us recall that the reasons for the deportation were mass desertion and preparation of an armed uprising in the Soviet rear, although the territory of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR was practically not under occupation, and by February 1944 the Wehrmacht had already been thrown back hundreds of kilometers from the Caucasus. According to historians, mass arrests, deportations and executions based on nationality were widely practiced under Stalin, which is confirmed by numerous documentary evidence, as stated in the "Caucasian Knot" reference " 10 myths about Stalin's role in the Great Patriotic War".
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces defeated formations of one motorised infantry brigade and one territorial defence brigade close to Volchansk and Zolochev (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses were up to 30 troops, six armoured fighting vehicles, two artillery guns, including one U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzer.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one territorial defence brigade, and one National Guard brigade near Kupyansk, Dvurechnaya, Peschanoye, Shiykovka, Zagoruykovka, Novaya Kruglyakovka Staroverovka, Zeleny Gai (Kharkov region), Yampolovka and Yampol (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 190 troops, two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, one French-made VAB armoured personnel carrier, five motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns, including two NATO-made ones. In addition, one Nota electronic warfare station and one ammunition depot were neutralised.
As a result of decisive offensive actions, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Ulakly (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian troops hit formations of six mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade of the AFU near Seversk, Dronovka, Verkhnekamenskoye, Novomarkovo, Belogorovka, Chasov Yar, Stupochki, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 165 troops, one tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns.
One radar reconnaissance station and two ammunition depots were neutralised.
The Tsentr Group of Forces' units completed the liberation of Novoandreyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian troops launched and attack on formations of seven mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one assault brigade, one assault regiment, and two National Guard brigade close to Kotlino, Zverevo, Sergeyevka, Lenina, Berezovka, Shevchenko, Udachnoye, Uspenovka, and Andreyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 360 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, two Kozak armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, and three artillery guns.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defences. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on formations of one tank brigade, two mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade, one naval infantry brigade, and two territorial defence brigades near Konstantinopol, Razliv, Bogatyr, Komar, Burlatskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Gulyaipole (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses were more than 150 troops, one Novator armoured fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, and two ammunition depots.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defences. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on units of two mechanised brigades of the AFU and three territorial defence brigades close to Novopetrovskoye (Dnepropetrovsk region), Zelyonoye Pole, Rovnopol, Dneproenergiya, and Razliv (Donetsk People's Republic)
The AFU losses were more than 130 troops, one German-made Leopard tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, and one motor vehicle. The Russian Armed Forces eliminated four field artillery pieces, including one 155mm French-made Caesar self-propelled artillery system.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces engaged manpower and hardware of two coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Primorskoye, Novoandreyevka, Pyatikhatki (Zaporozhye region) and Antonovka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses were up to 40 troops, four motor vehicles, and one electronic warfare station.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, storage and training sites for the launch of unmanned aerial vehicles as well as clusters of manpower and hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 156 areas.
Air defence systems shot down 10 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 108 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 652 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 42,095 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,984 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,511 MLRS combat vehicles, 21,100 field artillery guns and mortars, and 31,097 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
During offensive actions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on formations of one heavy mechanised brigade, five mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one assault brigade, two air assault brigades, two territorial defence brigades, and two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Gogolevka, Goncharovka, Guyevo, Zaoleshenka, Kazachya Loknya, Pervy Knyazhy, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Maryevka, Makhnovka, Melovoy, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, Oleshnya, Rubanshchina, Sudzha, and Yuzhny. Four enemy counter-attacks were repelled.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery strikes engaged AFU manpower and hardware close to Zamostye, Kositsa, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Staraya Sorochina, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye as well as Basovka, Belovody, Vladimirovka, Zhuravka, Iskriskovsshchina, Maryevka, Nizhnyaya Syrovatka, Novaya Sech, Novenkoye, Novonikolayevka, Turya, and Yablonovka in Sumy region.
During the day, the AFU losses were over 200 troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, two armoured personnel carriers, 14 armoured fighting vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, one M-270 MLRS launcher, one transport-loading vehicle, two artillery guns, four mortars, one electronic warfare station, and two ammunition depots.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 62,850 troops, 376 tanks, 288 infantry fighting vehicles, 239 armoured personnel carriers, 1,991 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,143 motor vehicles, 467 artillery guns, 52 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and seven of MLRS made by the USA, 22 anti-aircraft missile launchers, one self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, 10 transport-loading vehicles, 114 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] 20:15 "Pacer" powerfully worked on logistics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
In the area of the settlement Makhnovka, a bridge over the Smerditsa River was damaged, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces used to deliver cargo and personnel to Sudzha.
19:25 State and departmental awards handed over servicemen of the 177th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Regiment of the Caspian flotilla from the North group of forces.
19:05 Russian naval infantry complete clearing of Kurilovka in Kursk region –MAP
18:51 Liberation of Sudzhansky border area: Maryevka is under our control, in Kurilovka the cleanup of the settlement is being completed
On Defender of the Fatherland Day, our fearless motorized riflemen, having overcome the enemy's stubborn resistance, liberated the village of Maryevka, and the Severyan naval infantry are completing the cleanup of Kurilovka - no more than two combat groups of occupiers remain on the southern outskirts of the settlement.
18:49 Calculations of the anti-aircraft missile and gun systems "Pantsir-S" around the clock control airspace over the positions of Russian troops.
17:21 Russian army liberated Belogorovka –MAP
17:30 For their dedication and heroism, servicemen of the tank regiment of the Center group of forces were awarded handed over Order of Courage, insignia of the Order of St. George – St. George Crosses of the 4th degree, medals “For Courage”, “For Bravery” and “For the Rescue of the Perishing”.
16:41 Drone operators of the "Southern" group of troops with just one FPV drone turned a poorly camouflaged Ukrainian Armed Forces tank into a pile of metal.
15:45 RF Armed Forces are moving forward in the Northern direction
Our soldiers completely liberated Belogorovka, suppressing the remnants of the enemy's defense.
13:55 RF Armed Forces are moving forward in Kursk region
At the moment, the paratroopers of the 106th Airborne Division are advancing towards the center of the village of Lebedevka. Half of the settlement has come under control.
13:17 Russian Armed Forces advance near Makeyevka and Nevsky –MAP
12:40 Around 12:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.
12:18 In the area of the settlement Kositsa, Kursk region, the FPV operator of the 1427th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the "North" inflicted a targeted strike by a kamikaze drone on an armored vehicle containing Ukrainian military personnel.
12:09 Units of the "Center" group of forces finished liberation of the settlement of Novoandreevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
12:05 As a result of decisive offensive actions by the unit of the "Southern" group of troops released settlement of Ulakly, Donetsk People's Republic.
11:02 Russian Aerospace Forces applied attacks with guided aerial bombs on targets in the Sumy region.
10:47 FPV drone calculations at Rubicon Center destroyed cars, armored vehicles and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, disrupting the supply and transportation of enemy soldiers along the roads in the Sumy region.
To work at night, the “birds” are equipped with special optical devices.
09:49 RF Armed Forcesburst inin Topoli and occupied most of the village in the Khar'kov region
In the border area in the Kupyansk-Khar'kov direction, Russian troops expanded the bridgehead on the western bank of the Oskol River, drove out the Ukrainian Armed Forces and occupied the buildings in the central part of the settlement of Topoli.
09:39 Offensive on the Zaporizhzhya Front: Reconnaissance destroys equipment with a BC, supporting the assault on Pyatikhatki
Russian troops, going on the offensive on the Zaporozhye front, broke into Pyatikhatki and occupied a significant part of the village .
Assault units advance with the support of attack drones, which destroy enemy combat equipment and positions.
08:51 From 6:00 to 8:15 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed ten Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:
six UAVs over the territory of the Oryol region,
three UAVs over the territory of the Tula region, and
one UAV over the territory of the Kursk region.
08:25 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Alekseyevka –MAP.
07:07 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 20 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:
five UAVs over the territory of the Oryol region,
four UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region,
four UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region,
three UAVs over the territory of the Lipetsk region, and
two UAVs each over the territories of the Tula and Voronezh regions.
06:37 Servicemen of the 39th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the "East" group of forces evacuated about a dozen civilians from the village of Ulakly in the DPR were rescued from shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The operation to rescue civilians lasted more than a day. The servicemen delivered people to a temporary accommodation point, where they were provided with clean clothes, sleeping places and hot meals.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] World leaders are meeting in the Ukrainian capital today to mark three years since Russia's illegal invasion of the country, in a show of support by some of Kyiv's most important backers as the United States threatens to pull its support.
The three-year mark of the war came at a sensitive moment for Kyiv as Volodymyr Zelensky navigates a rapidly changing international environment upended by Donald Trump's major shift of US policy and warming relations with Moscow.
Washington has been accused of freezing Kyiv out of negotiations with Moscow, with Trump last week justifying doing so by wrongly calling Zelensky 'a dictator without elections' - despite votes only being halted in the war-torn country due to martial law.
The Ukrainian President yesterday conceded that he was willing to step down of it meant securing peace for his country, suggesting that he could do so in exchange for Ukraine's entry into NATO or other security guarantees.
But Ukraine's allies have sought to rally around the President, with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau among those flocking to Kyiv today to show their support and hold emergency talks.
The high-profile visitors, who also included European Council president Antonio Costa as well as the prime ministers of Northern European countries and Spain, were greeted at the train station by Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha and the Zelensky's chief of staff Andrii Yermak.
Europe was in Kyiv 'because Ukraine is in Europe,' von der Leyen wrote on X, adding: 'In this fight for survival, it is not only the destiny of Ukraine that is at stake. It's Europe's destiny.'
Sir Keir Starmer is not among those visiting the country but is set to join world leaders in a call hosted by Zelensky later today, and has this morning reiterated the UK government's support for Kyiv.
'Three years on from Putin's barbaric full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we face a once in a generation moment for our collective security and values,' he wrote on X. 'We continue to stand with Ukraine for a just and lasting peace.'
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