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[Regnum] A shooting took place in the Krasny Kit shopping center in Mytishchi. This was reported by the REN TV channel.
According to preliminary information, one of the visitors opened fire from a traumatic weapon.
Did the reporter mean automatic weapon?
He had a conflict with security guards.
Earlier, the man came to the shopping center on Sharapovsky Proezd and behaved inappropriately, he was taken out of the building. Then the visitor returned with a weapon and began to provoke the security guards, an eyewitness said.
Footage of people leaving the shopping center has appeared online. According to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Moscow Region, three people were injured.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, similar incidents in the Moscow region have occurred before. Thus, on December 7, a conflict with shooting broke out in the Euphoria restaurant in Krasnogorsk. Three people received gunshot wounds.
In November, several men got into a conflict on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street in the center of Moscow. Weapons were used, and one person received a gunshot wound to the thigh. A criminal case was opened on the fact of the incident.
In October, a fight with gunfire occurred near the Mega shopping center in Khimki, Moscow Region. Two young men fought with a 34-year-old man and wounded him with an air pistol. The police conducted an investigation under the articles "Hooliganism" and "Causing serious harm to health."
Ministry of Health: Number of victims in Mytishchi shooting rises to four
The department noted that the wounded were examined by ambulance crews. The victims were hospitalized, TASS reports. Doctors assessed their condition as moderate.
Initially, three people were reported injured.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on March 2, a shooting occurred in the Krasny Kit shopping center in Mytishchi. According to preliminary information, one of the visitors opened fire from a non-lethal weapon. According to an eyewitness, the man had previously come to the shopping center on Sharapovsky Proezd and behaved inappropriately; he was taken out of the building. Then the visitor returned with a weapon and began to provoke the security guards. The police later detained the shooter in the Krasny Kit shopping center. The circumstances of the incident are being investigated.
In October 2024, a fight with shooting took place near the Mega shopping center in Khimki, Moscow Region. Two young people fought with a 34-year-old man and wounded him with an air pistol during the conflict. The victim contacted the police, and an investigation was launched based on his statement under the articles "Hooliganism" and "Causing serious bodily harm."
The incident occurred on March 1 in the Goluboy settlement on Trehsvyatskaya Street. CCTV cameras recorded how the attacker ran up to the victim from behind, suddenly pounced and stabbed him several times in the chest and stomach.
The victim, who lost a lot of blood, was urgently hospitalized in serious condition. The police are currently searching for the attacker.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on January 13, in Shchyolkovo, Moscow Region, a drunk man stabbed three people in a store on Krasnoznamenskaya Street. According to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Moscow Region, the attacker attacked the staff and visitors without cause. All the victims received cut wounds and sought medical assistance. The suspect, a 20-year-old resident of the Volgograd Region, was detained by police officers.
[Epoch Times] British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on March 2 that Europe must continue to provide funding for Ukraine to sustain its position during peace negotiations, while also committing to roughly $2 billion in export financing to supply Ukraine with 5,000 air defense missiles.
Starmer said he is working on a Ukraine peace plan intended to receive U.S. backing and warned that Europe must do the heavy work of defending itself.
Starmer said he’s working on restoring discussions of peace and is using the breakdown on Feb. 28 as an opportunity to reengage with Trump, Zelenskyy, and French President Emmanuel Macron rather than "ramp up the rhetoric."
"We’ve now agreed that the United Kingdom, along with France and possibly one or two others, will work with Ukraine on a plan to stop the fighting, and then we’ll discuss that plan with the United States," Starmer told the BBC, adding that he and Macron have both spoken to Trump since the latter’s meeting with Zelenskyy.
At the summit, European leaders discussed shoring up the continent’s defenses in defending Ukraine, including discussions to create a European military force to send to the war-torn country to cap a cease-fire. Starmer suggested the military force would include a "coalition of the willing."
While he does not trust Russian President Vladimir Putin, Starmer said he trusts Trump.
"Do I believe Donald Trump when he says he wants lasting peace? The answer to that is yes," he said.
Someone is getting wiser …
Starmer added that "intense discussions" to obtain a security guarantee from the United States are one of the three components of lasting peace.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22.03 Canada announced the introduction of sanctions against 31 individuals and legal entities from Russia, including paramilitary groups that support aggression against Ukraine. This was reported by the office of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau following the leaders' summit in London, dedicated to supporting Ukraine.
21.19 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed hope following the summit in London that the end of hostilities could be a starting point for potential peace talks on Ukraine, Reuters reported on Sunday, March 2.
20.23 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a new agreement that will allow Ukraine to purchase 5,000 air defense missiles, significantly strengthening Kiev's position. This was reported by Sky News and the press service of the Ministry of Defense.
LMMs are precision-guided interceptor missiles that are effective in destroying Shahed drones. They have already proven their effectiveness in battles in 2022-2024.
The project is being implemented jointly with ThalesUK, Ukrainian enterprises and the UK government.
This agreement is one of the largest in the history of Ukraine in the field of security and defense. The project of about $2 billion is aimed at strengthening Ukrainian air defense by 2030.
19:59 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer made a statement after the end of the summit in London , announcing a new meeting with US President Donald Trump regarding the peace agreement on Ukraine, SkyNews reports.
18.54 A heated argument between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House has sparked a wave of discussions among diplomats. Some believe it was a deliberate attack meant to weaken Zelensky and remove him as an obstacle to improving relations between Washington and Moscow. CNN reported this on Sunday, March 2.
16.49 Since the beginning of the day, 72 combat clashes have occurred on the front. Our defenders are stopping the enemy, holding the lines and destroying the plans of the Russians. At the same time, the Russians continue to concentrate their efforts on the Pokrovsky, Toretsky and Kursk directions. This was noted in the report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Sunday, March 2.
14:10 Russian troops attacked a bus in Kherson with a drone. As a result of the attack, one person was killed and six others were injured.
12.33 Czech citizens, as part of the volunteer initiative Darek pro Putina (Gift for Putin), raised 2.8 million euros for a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
10:50 Lithuania invests in Ukraine's defense industry and will purchase weapons from Kiev for 20 million euros. The purchased weapons are planned to be transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The list of weapons is not disclosed for security reasons.
"Lithuania will continue to invest in Ukraine's defense industry, purchasing weapons for the Ukrainian military in Ukraine. The amount of 20 million euros has been allocated for these purposes, which will continue to grow," the statement says.
The Defense Ministry noted that it seeks even closer cooperation with Ukraine in the military sphere.
10.17 Russian troops attacked Khmelnytskyi region with drones. In the village of Pirogovtsy, nine residential buildings were damaged by the blast wave. A woman born in 1949 was injured.
09.15 At night, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 79 Shahed-type attack drones and various types of drone imitators. Air defense forces destroyed 63 UAVs. The Russian attack affected Kharkiv, Sumy, Khmelnytskyi and Zaporizhia.
08.32 Over the past 24 hours, 97 combat clashes have been recorded at the front. In particular, in the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 27 assault actions by Russians. In the Kharkov, Seversk and Kramatorsk directions, the occupiers did not conduct any offensive actions over the past 24 hours.
07.16 As of March 2, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 876,720 people (+1110 per day).
01.15 Polish President Andrzej Duda called on Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to return to the negotiating table with the United States, because he believes that there is no other force in the world other than this country that is capable of stopping Russian aggression.
00:38 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to find a way to improve relations with the US administration. Rutte said that he had spoken to the Ukrainian president twice after his meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House. According to Rutte, in a conversation with Zelensky, he stressed that "we must respect what Trump has done for Ukraine." The NATO chief recalled that during Trump's first presidential term - from 2017 to 2020 - the US approved the sale of the Javelin anti-tank missile system, which allowed Ukraine to "fight back" when Russia invaded in 2022.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to conduct an operation in the Kursk direction. Today, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 30 attacks by the invading army in this direction.
The defense forces are focusing their efforts on disrupting the Russian invaders' offensive plans and exhausting their combat potential. Since the beginning of the day, 97 combat clashes have occurred. This was noted in the General Staff's report on Sunday, March 2.
The enemy launched one missile and 62 air strikes, using four missiles and 62 guided bombs, 869 kamikaze drone strikes, and carried out more than four thousand shelling attacks on the positions of our troops.
In the Kharkov direction, the Defense Forces successfully repelled an enemy assault near the settlement of Volchansk. At the same time, the enemy dropped four guided air bombs near the settlement of Dovzhik.
The enemy attacked our fortifications three times in the Kupyansk direction in the areas of the settlements of Zagryzovo, Petrovpavlovka and Lozovaya, one combat contact is still ongoing.
In the Liman direction, Russian troops stormed the positions of Ukrainian defenders 15 times near Novoye, Yampolovka and Novomykhaylovka.
Today our troops repelled four enemy attacks in the areas of Chasovy Yar, Grigoryevka and Aleksandro-Shultinoye in the Kramatorsk direction.
In the Toretsk direction, the occupiers stormed our defenders' positions near Toretskaya and Shcherbinovka 14 times today. One combat clash is still ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy carried out 18 assault and offensive actions during the day. The greatest activity of the Russian occupiers continued in the areas of the settlements of Tarasovka, Luch, Pokrovsk, Kotlino, Udachnoye, Kotlyarovka, Andreyevka, Vodyanoye Vtoroy and Ulakly, two combat contacts are still ongoing. The enemy carried out air strikes with guided bombs on the settlements of Pokrovsk, Grishino, Leontovichi, Udachnoye, Alekseyevka, Novopavlovka and Orekhovo.
According to preliminary estimates, today our soldiers eliminated 100 and wounded 83 occupiers in this direction; destroyed an armored combat vehicle, an armored personnel carrier, seven vehicles, a motorcycle, three mortars and a cannon, and also significantly damaged a car, a portable electronic warfare station and three enemy weapons.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the invaders carried out four attacks on Ukrainian troops, the enemy tried to advance in the directions of the settlements of Konstantinopol, Privolnoye and Skudnoye. At the same time, the enemy carried out air strikes on the areas of the settlements of Voskresenka and Yanvarskoye.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction, the aggressor carried out airstrikes in the areas of Gulyai-Polye, Varvarovka and Zheleznodorozhny.
In the Orekhovo direction, two armed clashes occurred in the areas of the settlements of Nesteryanka and Novodanilovka.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our defenders three times.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy has not carried out any active actions since the beginning of the day.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to conduct an operation in the Kursk direction. Today, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 30 attacks by the invading army in this direction, in addition, the enemy's aviation carried out 14 airstrikes, overthrowing 23 KAB, the enemy also carried out 398 shellings of populated areas and positions of our troops, including 11 from multiple launch rocket systems.
While in other areas there were no significant changes in the situation.
The General Staff recognized the Ukrainian soldiers of the 44th separate artillery brigade named after Hetman Danylo Apostol and the 79th border detachment, who steadfastly held back the invasion of superior enemy forces.
Let us recall that earlier the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a set of thermobaric munitions belonging to the Russians in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region in the Selidovoe area.
Air forces hit an enemy command and observation post in Zaporozhye. A residential building near the village of Kopani, which was used by the 1429th motorized rifle regiment of the occupiers, came under attack.
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[Korrespondent] Russian troops continue to concentrate their efforts on the Pokrovsky, Toretsky and Kursk directions.
Since the beginning of the day, 72 combat clashes have occurred on the front. Our defenders are stopping the enemy, holding the lines and destroying the plans of the Russians. At the same time, the Russians continue to concentrate their efforts on the Pokrovsky, Toretsky and Kursk directions. This was noted in the report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Sunday, March 2.
Border towns and villages of our country continue to be subjected to Russian artillery shelling. Today, the settlements of Timonovichi in the Chernihiv region; Gorki, Korenok, Petrushevka in the Sumy region were damaged. Lyutovka in the Kharkiv region was hit by air strikes.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy made one attempt to advance towards our positions in the area of the settlement of Zagryzovo from the beginning of the day, which was successfully repelled by the Ukrainian defenders.
The aggressor attacked the positions of our troops in the Liman direction near the villages of Novoye and Novomikhaylovka seven times.
In the Kramatorsk direction, our defenders successfully repelled three enemy attacks in the areas of Chasovy Yar, Grigoryevka and Aleksandro-Shultinoye.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked the defensive positions of our troops in the Toretsk and Shcherbinovka areas 12 times. Six combat clashes are still ongoing.
The enemy remains highly active in the Pokrovsk direction. Clashes of varying intensity have broken out here 13 times today. Ukrainian soldiers repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Tarasovka, Luch, Pokrovsk, Kotlino, Udachnoye, Kotlyarovka, Andreyevka and Ulakly. The settlements of Pokrovsk, Grishino and Leontovichi were subjected to air strikes.
The occupiers tried to break through four times in the direction of Constantinople and Skudnoye in the Novopavlovskoye direction, but were stopped by our defenders. The enemy launched air strikes on the areas of the settlements of Voskresenka and Yanvarskoye.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction, the aggressor carried out airstrikes in the areas of Gulyai-Polye, Zheleznodorozhny and Priyutny. In addition, in the area of the settlement of Privolnaya, the Defense Forces successfully repelled one enemy attack.
The battle continues in the area of the settlement of Nesteryanka in the Orekhov direction.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy twice stormed the positions of our defenders; one combat clash is currently underway.
Since the beginning of the day, the enemy has not carried out any active operations in the Kharkov and Seversk directions.
In Kursk region, Ukrainian defenders repelled 14 attacks by the invaders, and eight more clashes are ongoing. In addition, the enemy launched 10 air strikes using 17 guided bombs.
Ukrainian paratroopers from the air defense unit of the 80th Galician Brigade destroyed Russian reconnaissance drones in the skies over Kursk region.
Kindly note that the Russian MoD has lifted the requirement for a VPN to access their sites; This change went into effect, presumably, on March 1st.
[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov direction, the Sever Group of Forces launched strikes at formations of one motorised infantry brigade and one territorial defence brigade of the AFU close to Metallovka, Granov, and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 25 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, one armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, and three artillery guns.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, one airborne brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade were hit near Stepovaya Novoselovka, Zagoruykovka, Lozovaya, Kamenka (Kharkova region), Drobyshevo, Katerinovka, Kirovsk (Donetsk People's Republic), Nadiya (Lugansk People's Republic), and Serebryansky forestry.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 240 troops, six motor vehicles, two Western-made field artillery guns, and one depot of materiel.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Formations of four mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, and two motorised infantry brigades of the AFU suffered losses near Predtechino, Shevchenko, Seversk, Markovo, Chasov Yar, Konstantinovka, Serebryanka, and Kramatorsk (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 320 troops, four motor vehicles, and five field artillery guns, to include one UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer. Two ammunition depots were destroyed.
The Tsentr Group of Forces' units improved the situation along the front line. Formations of six mechanised brigades, three jaeger brigades, two assault brigades, one airborne brigade, one unmanned aerial vehicles brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, one naval infantry brigade, and two national guard brigades were hit close to Novopavlovka, Udachnoye, Krasnoarmeysk, Zverevo, Nadezhdinka, Grodovka, Dimitrov, Yelizavetovka, Andreyevka, Kotlino, Ivanopolye, Muravka, and Uspenovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 475 troops, one M113 armoured personnel carrier, one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicle, and five motor vehicles.
Five artillery guns were eliminated, to include one German-made 155mm RCH 155 self-propelled artillery system and one U.S.-made ANT/PQ-36 counter-battery radar station.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defences. Strikes were delivered at formations of four mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, one naval infantry brigade, and three territorial defence brigades near Otradnoye, Bogatyr, Voskresenka, Komar, Dneproenergiya, Novopol, Shevchenko, Burlatskoye, Privolnoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Chervonoye, Zeleny Gai, and Gulyaipole (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 190 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns.
The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted fire on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade, one infantry brigade, two coastal defence brigades of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades close to Pyatikhatki, Novodanilovka, Stepovoye, Kamenskoye, Lobkovoye (Zaporozhye region), Antonovka and Veletenskoye (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 115 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, one electronic warfare station, and one ammunition depot.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, strike drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged infrastructure of military airfields, gas-recycling facilities that support the work of the Ukrainian military-industrial sector, production workshops and depots for the storage of strike UAVs as well as clusters of manpower and hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 147 areas.
Air defence units shot down 62 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 656 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 45,086 unmanned aerial vehicles, 600 anti-aircraft missile systems, 21,954 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,523 MLRS combat vehicles, 22,200 field artillery guns and mortars, and 32,377 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.
In the course of 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 AFU close to Gogolevka, Goncharovka, Guyevo, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, Makhnovka, Melovoy, Rubanshchina, Sudzha, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.
Operational-tactical, Army Aviation, and artillery engaged AFU manpower and hardware near Agronom, Bondarevka, Viktorovka, Zazulevka, Zaoleshenka, Kazachya Loknya, Kositsa, Kurilovka, Loknya, Martynovka, Nikolayevka, Staraya Sorochina, Cherkasskaya Konopelka, Yuzhny as well as Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, Miropolye, Obody, and Yunakovka (Sumy region).
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 240 troops, two armoured personnel carriers, 15 armoured fighting vehicles, 17 motor vehicles, two U.S.-made Paladin self-propelled artillery systems, one artillery gun, one mortar, four UAV command posts, and one ammunition depot. Six AFU servicemen surrendered.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 64,535 troops, 382 tanks, 291 infantry fighting vehicles, 251 armoured personnel carriers, 2,110 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,281 motor vehicles, 505 artillery guns, 52 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and seven of MLRS made by the USA, 25 anti-aircraft missile launchers, one self-propelled anti-aircraft system, ten transport-loading vehicles, 118 EW stations, 15 counter-battery warfare radars, nine air defence radars, 51 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] 19:00 Governor of the Kherson region Volodymyr Gladovreportedthat three settlements in the region were attacked by the Ukrainian Armed Forces
"The village of Tishanka in the Volokonovsky district was shelled. As a result of the shelling, windows were broken in one private home, the facade and outbuildings were damaged. The glazing of the entrance group of a social facility was damaged. A passenger car was also damaged by shrapnel. In addition, a power line was damaged - there is temporarily no power supply in 8 settlements: the village of Tishanka, the hamlets of Zayarovka, Volchiy-Perviy, Grigoryevka, Bochanka, Shakhovka, Zeleny Klin and Verny," Vladimir Gladkov wrote.
18:35 Anti-submarine Boeing P-8A Poseidon for several hours intensively works over the western part of the Black Sea.
16:50 Drone operator of the North Forces Group destroyed satellite communication terminal "Starlink" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Khar'kov region.
16:10 The Russian Armed Forces tracked and destroyed the enemy's "Baba Yaga" in the Khar'kov direction, –video.
14:50 Units of the Russian Armed Forces continue active offensive operations in the areas of Tarasovka, Berezovka - Novaya Poltavka, Elizavetovka - Malinovka.
The enemy counterattacks in the area of Tarasovka – Zelenoye Pole, Malinovka – Novaya Poltavka.
14:01 Calculation of the Pantsir-S air defense missile and gun system struck unmanned aerial vehicle in the border area of Kursk region.
13:10 Rubicon» continues to massively destroy NATO equipment on the Kursk front
Fighters from the Rubicon special center are destroying armored vehicles, cars, and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk border area.
12:22 Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted damage to the infrastructure of military airfields, gas processing facilities that support the operation of enterprises in the military-industrial sector of Ukraine, workshops for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles and their storage sites.
11:00 Around 9.30 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
10:10 Frontline summary for the morning of 03/02/2025, – MAP.
Zaporizhzhya Front. There is active military action herecontinuesremain above average, but no significant advances are known at this time. Fighting continues in the Pyatikhatki area, and Russian troops continue to put pressure on the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defenses.
Donetsk Front. Here, active offensive actions by Russian troops continue in several areas. It is reported that Burlatskoye has been cleared and that the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the direction of Veseloye. Fierce fighting continues in the Constantinopol area. Russian troops are actively inflicting losses on the enemy, using long-range weapons and improving their positions on the flanks. Fierce fighting continues in the Pokrovsky sector of the front, which in some areas is of a counter-insurgency nature.
Chasovoyarsk direction. No significant changes in LBS. Russian troops continue to put pressure on the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the city and on the flanks.
Kursk region. Here the Russian Armed Forces continue to put pressure on the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, primarily focusing on cutting off Ukrainian logistics. There are tactical successes of the Russian Armed Forces.
9:35 Operators of the 1st Tank Army struck a Ukrainian BMP-2 in the Kupyansk direction, –video.
8:10 For servicemen of the "West" group of troops, carrying out combat missions of the special operation, with a concert program performed artists of the military orchestra of the Moscow Military District.
7:05 Destruction of a 122mm 2S1 self-propelled gun of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Ivano-Polish region, –video.
Reconnaissance of the 132nd Motorized Rifle Brigade discovered a working 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled gun of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Ivanopolye.
The 130mm M-46 crew of the 238th Artillery Brigade of the 8th Guards Army of the Russian Armed Forces, led by the gun commander with the call sign "Svet", skillfully fired as part of a counterbattery fight, inflicted a direct hit, successfully destroying the enemy self-propelled gun. The Russian M-46 field gun is a converted naval cannon. 6:30 A crew of Russian paratroopers using unmanned aerial vehicles identified and destroyed an enemy command and observation post in the Kherson region, –video.
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[Regnum] After the invasion of the Kursk region, the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) destroyed more than 20 cultural heritage sites. This was reported by the head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin.
“There is evidence of the destruction of more than 20 cultural heritage sites,” he noted in a conversation with TASS.
Bastrykin also added that municipal facilities, large agricultural enterprises, other organizations and individual entrepreneurs of the Kursk region suffered a total damage of more than 26 billion rubles.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, in September 2024, the acting Minister of Culture of the Kursk Region Robert Grigoryan reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed the Glushkov Museum of Local History with a missile strike. The museum is effectively lost, confirmed the director of the Kursk Regional Museum of Local History Oleg Pushkarev. According to him, only the frame of the building remains, everything that was inside perished.
In October 2024, the then governor of the Kursk region, Alexey Smirnov, reported shelling of the estate of the princes Baryatinsky in the village of Maryino by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. As a result, the administrative building on the estate's territory was damaged.
Ukrainian armed forces in the territories of Donbass controlled by the Kiev regime are using civilians as human shields. This was reported by the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin.
According to him, eyewitnesses are telling about this. He added that after the liberation of populated areas, the investigative department staff inspects the scenes of incidents and questions witnesses from among civilians.
“The civilian population directly points out to investigators the crimes of Ukrainian armed groups, including looting, the use of civilians as human shields, the setting up of firing points in residential buildings and other urban infrastructure structures,” TASS quoted Bastrykin as saying.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the head of the Investigative Committee previously stated that 652 civilians were killed by the actions of Ukrainian armed formations in the border and rear regions of Russia alone. Among them were 23 children. In addition, 2,980 people, including 169 children, were injured. Bastrykin added that all the facts are being investigated; a total of 2,690 criminal cases have been opened.
The resistance organization "Russian Kherson" reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are terrorizing civilians in the Kiev-controlled city of Kherson. Ukrainian soldiers launch drones from the roofs of multi-story residential buildings, cowardly hiding behind civilians. And in one of the city's districts, they do not allow people to collect water until they fill their containers to capacity. As a result, many residents do not get water.
Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova reported on February 19 that more than 400 appeals regarding crimes committed by Ukrainian neo-Nazis against the civilian population of Russia were sent to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in 2024.
[IsraelTimes] France and Britain are proposing a one-month truce in Ukraine “in the air, at sea,” after crisis talks in London, French President Emmanuel Macron says.
In an interview with France’s Le Figaro newspaper, Macron says that such a truce would not, initially at least, cover ground fighting.
The problem there is it would be very difficult to check that it is being respected given the size of the front line, he says.
Peacekeepers would be deployed at a later date, he says, adding: “There won’t be European troops on Ukrainian soil in the coming weeks.”
Macron also suggests that European countries should raise their defense spending to between 3.0 and 3.5 percent of GDP to respond to Washington’s shifting priorities and Russia’s militarization.
“For three years, the Russians have spent 10% of their GDP on defense,” he tells the paper. “So we have to prepare for what’s next.”
[FoxNews] 'Be strong, be brave, be fearless,' the repeat posts read. Hive Mind and rote talking points are noticed
A handful of European leaders are coming under the microscope of critics on social media for issuing pro-Ukraine messages with the exact same wording following Ukraine President Vlodomyr Zelenskyy's fiery meeting with President Donald Trump on Friday.
"Your dignity honours the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President @ZelenskyyUa. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace," read verbatim social media posts from at least five different European leaders since Friday.
The president of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, European Commissioner for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis, European Parliament member Manfred Weber, and European Council President António Costa all posted the same exact social media message on Friday, a review of X shows.
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Shades of the JournoList scandal! While it would be unsurprising to learn they get their talking points from the same mailing list, I'm betting this is an oopsie by the intern that runs their social media channels.
"Your dignity honours the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Dignity? We are talking Zelenskyy here, a man who to whom dressing up means a track suit instead of cammies.
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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.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Starmer said he is working on a Ukraine peace plan intended to receive U.S. backing and warned that Europe must do the heavy work of defending itself.
