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[REGNUM] The first day of spring set Muscovites up for the imminent spring, becoming one of the warmest in the last century. According to meteorologists, the maximum air temperature at VDNKh reached +4.9 degrees, and in Balchug it was as much as +5.6 degrees.
“This day in Moscow was among the five warmest in the current century, and among the 10 warmest in the entire history of instrumental observations, which have been conducted at the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (TAA) weather station since 1879,” notes Tatyana Pozdnyakova, chief specialist at the Meteonovosti news agency.
However, in the coming days the weather may present unpleasant surprises to the capital's residents with the return of wet snow, rain and slush. In Central Russia, there is still no point in expecting heat in early March, although overall the month will be quite warm, meteorologists believe.
It is quite possible that the weather conditions will surprise residents of other regions of our country. After all, given that climate change along with the growth of average annual temperatures is occurring all over the planet, the weather behavior is becoming very, very capricious.
CLIMATE SWINGS
The weather has been confusing forecasters lately and surprising us with abnormal temperatures. This winter, Russia has set many records: in the regions, extremely high temperatures were followed by extremely low ones.
In January, a number of regions experienced abnormally warm weather, when Russians felt an almost March thaw, and the snow on the streets almost completely melted.
But February brought significant cold weather. In the middle of the month, the air temperature in Moscow and the Moscow region dropped below normal by 1–1.5 degrees. And on the night of the 24th, the thermometers froze at -19.8 degrees, which was the lowest reading in the capital region.
Frost records were also broken in the south of Russia. The minimum air temperature reached a record in Stavropol, where on February 26 the frost intensified to -17.9 degrees. But while the south of Russia was in the grip of cold, climate anomalies brought significant warmth to the north.
In Syktyvkar on February 26 it was +4.5 degrees - a whole degree warmer than in Sochi. In Komi, where the cyclone brought a powerful portion of Atlantic warmth, snowdrifts began to melt, but heavy snowfalls and significant frosts came to the republics of the North Caucasus Federal District.
“This is not the first time that the current winter has presented residents of European Russia with an amazing surprise: the air temperature in the northern regions is becoming higher than in the southern regions,” noted Mikhail Leus, a leading specialist at the Phobos weather center, at the end of February.
DROUGHTS AND FIRES
Along with the unusual temperatures came significant changes in humidity. According to experts, the 2024/2025 winter season in Moscow turned out to be very dry. "The last time a drier February was observed in the capital was in the record-breaking driest year in history, 1984, when only 2 mm of precipitation fell," says Mikhail Leus.
According to climatologist and meteorologist Nikolai Tereshonok, this year's spring will also be dry, and not only in Moscow and the Moscow region. The deficit of soil moisture, low precipitation and global warming will make themselves felt, which will be expressed in hurricanes, fire hazards and other negative phenomena.
Meanwhile, a number of Russian regions are already suffering from fire. In early March, wildfires engulfed thousands of hectares in Primorye. Residents of the region shared videos of cars literally driving through flames.
They are trying their best to contain the rampant elements, but the human factor is interfering. "With the strengthening of the wind, the fire situation is becoming more complicated, so it is important right now to refrain from starting a fire anywhere," Primorsky Governor Oleg Kozhemyako reported on his Telegram channel.
Federal aviation forest protection specialists note that by May the area of fires may increase and extend beyond Primorye, and Khabarovsk Krai, Amur Region and Transbaikalia will be at risk.
Due to warm and dry weather, many regions of Russia may face not only forest fires, but also invasions of locusts and other pests. As climatologist Sergei Verkhovets says, southern pests may come to places where the weather has not been favorable for their life activity before.
"Due to favorable dry conditions and southern winds, a wave of locusts is, accordingly, rolling into the southern regions of Siberia," Verkhovets believes. " No one is ruling out the arrival of these insects in the steppe territories, in the same Khakassia and Tuva."
WHAT WILL MARCH BE LIKE?
The first attempt of spring to break through to the central regions of Russia is timid: cloudy weather with light precipitation is expected in the capital region this week, on Tuesday and Wednesday the wind will increase, with gusts reaching 12 meters per second. Meteorological spring will come to the capital only after March 10.
On International Women's Day in Moscow it will be cloudy, up to +3 degrees, but mostly without precipitation, says Anatoly Tsygankov, head of the crisis management department of Roshydromet. There will still be snow, and at night a slight minus is predicted, so Moscow motorists do not have to rush to change their tires yet.
While Moscow will be moderately cold, Arctic air will bring abnormal frosts to the Urals and Siberia, where the temperature may fall by 8-13 degrees below normal. But in Karelia, Murmansk, Leningrad, Novgorod, Arkhangelsk regions and the Komi Republic it will be warm, where the temperature may be 10 degrees above normal.
According to meteorologist Evgeny Tishkovets, spring will arrive ahead of schedule in Central Russia in March: the average monthly air temperature will be 3–5 degrees higher than the climatic norm, and on some days the air may warm up to +10 degrees.
In this case, the snow cover in the capital will disappear in the second ten days of March, which is a month earlier than the established dates. "In the second half of March, even April warmth may blow," Tishkovets sums up.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:58 President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief on Monday, March 3. Its participants discussed special issues of Ukraine's stability. This was stated in the evening address of the head of state.
22:47 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius convened a virtual conference of defense ministers from five European NATO countries, where they reaffirmed their continued political and military support for Ukraine, MDR reports.
21:44 During the first three days of March, the activity of Russian troops on the front in the area of responsibility of the Khortitsa operational-strategic group of troops decreased slightly compared to February. This was reported by Viktor Tregubov, a representative of the Khortitsa operational-strategic group of troops, on the air of Unified News.
21:26 A solution to end the war cannot be found without either Kiev or Moscow. This was stated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his speech at an iftar with ambassadors.
20:58 Ukraine continues cooperation with all partners and hopes for US support in achieving peace. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky on the social network X on the evening of March 3.
19:44 During the battle for Bakhmut, the Russian PMC Wagner suffered a crushing defeat, losing more than 20 thousand fighters, which made this region the most difficult for the enemy. The Ukrainian Armed Forces, in turn, suffered minimal losses, maintaining an advantage of one to seven.
19:28 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky respects the work of the DeepState platform, but notes that the military still has questions about the resource. This is stated in the video interview of the commander-in-chief.
18:25 US President Donald Trump is ready to resume talks on natural resources with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and it will take "not that much," the US leader's national security adviser Mike Waltz said on Fox News.
17:50 The Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue testing and training personnel for landing on modern T-11 parachute systems.
17.24 Since the beginning of the current day, 57 combat clashes have occurred on the front, mainly in the area of Pokrovsk and Kurshchina. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the details in the operational summary as of 16:00.
16.59 Russian singer Grigory Leps (real name Lepsveridze) has been suspected in absentia for publicly supporting and financing Russia's war against Ukraine. This was reported by the SBU.
16.43 Support for the war against Ukraine among Russians has reached its maximum. According to Russians, the so-called peace talks and the end of the war should take place on the Kremlin's terms. This is evidenced by data from the Russian Levada Center, which positions itself as independent.
16.30 A possible halt to American aid to Ukraine would only benefit Putin's Russia. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky during a conversation with journalists after the summit in London. At the same time, he expressed hope that the United States would not help the aggressor country.
16.20 In the period from November 29, 2024 to March 1, 2025, almost 21,100 military personnel returned to service after unauthorized abandonment of the military unit (SU).
Most of the fighters returned to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the military also actively returned to the National Guard and Border Service.
After March 1, military personnel who left their units without permission must also return to service, but the mechanism for their legalization in the unit will be different.
15:39 The European Commission plans to present a plan for the rearmament of Europe to EU member states tomorrow. This was stated by EC President Ursula von der Leyen during a conversation with journalists in Brussels.
15:00 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi has suspended the head of the unit training center and the commander of the military unit from their duties due to the Russian missile strike on a training ground in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. A complex commission headed by the head of the Main Directorate of the Military Law Enforcement Service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is working on the scene.
14:47 Russian troops continue to try to break through to the Ukrainian border in the direction where the Defense Forces are conducting an operation in the Kursk region. The occupiers are trying to enter the territory of Ukraine to cut off logistics routes, but these attacks are not massive. This was reported by the representative of the State Border Service, Colonel Andrey Demchenko, on the air of the telethon.
14:33 Russia has launched another military satellite into orbit. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry. The successful launch of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket was carried out from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk Region.
13.45 Law enforcement officers have opened a criminal case into the death and injury of Ukrainian servicemen as a result of a Russian missile strike on a training ground in Dnipropetrovsk region. This was reported by the State Bureau of Investigation.
13:30 The Security Service detained three accomplices of the Russian special services in the Poltava region, who were carrying out information sabotage against Ukraine.
13.13 Last week alone, Russia launched more than 1,050 attack drones, almost 1,300 aerial bombs and more than 20 missiles at Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky reported.
12.55 Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is "aware of all the nuances" of the dispute between the presidents of Ukraine and the United States in the White House. This was stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov at a briefing. In his opinion, this incident between Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump shows how difficult it will be to "settle the situation in Ukraine."
12:29 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have launched a large-scale project, the Drone Line, which provides for the creation of a network of specialized units that will receive modern equipment, the necessary resources, and specialists. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense on Monday, March 3.
11:47 A man born in 1977 died suddenly in the Kremenchuk district territorial center for staffing and social support. The Poltava regional TCC and SP reported the details.
11:43 Foreign components were found in the examined samples of guided missiles of the Russian Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system. According to the GUR, components made in the USA, Great Britain, China and Switzerland were found.
11.22 US President Donald Trump plans to meet with senior officials of his administration on Monday to discuss possible options for action regarding aid to Ukraine, The New York Times reported, citing an unnamed representative of the presidential administration.
It is claimed that this could involve ending American military aid to Ukraine, which was approved and paid for during the Joe Biden administration.
11:13 A Russian drone hit an eco-park in the suburbs of Kharkov. In the village of Lesnoye, the hit was recorded on the territory of the eco-park not far from the petting yard. The enclosures were destroyed, the animals died.
11:12 Deputy Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Vadim Skibitsky, said that Russia is increasing the production of some types of missiles. In particular, the Kh-101 cruise missiles and the Kinzhal missiles. According to him, the production of missiles in Russia in 2025 has not undergone significant changes compared to 2024, although a redistribution of production was recorded.
10:55 A 61-year-old woman, seriously wounded as a result of the shelling of a minibus in the Dniprovsky district the day before, died in a hospital in Kherson. The number of wounded has risen to ten.
Thus, as a result of the Russian attack on the minibus, 12 people were injured: two died and 10 received injuries of varying degrees of severity.
10:44 The Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major General Mykhailo Drapatiy, confirmed the fact of the Russian strike on the training ground where the Ukrainian military were located. He wrote about this on Facebook.
10:35 Over the course of several days, explosions and arson attacks were to occur in four regions of Ukraine on orders from the Russians. However, the Russian scenario was averted, and all suspects were detained.
In the Kiev region, an agent of the Russian special services was detained who was preparing to blow up one of the military units in Bucha. In Lviv, SBU cyber specialists prevented a series of terrorist attacks that were being prepared near the local TCC and SP buildings, as well as the city's main railway station.
In Chernihiv, an accomplice of the Russian special services was exposed, who was involved in preparing a number of terrorist attacks in the region. In Vinnytsia, a group of arsonists was neutralized who, on orders from Russia, burned two relay cabinets of signal installations regulating traffic on important sections of Ukrzaliznytsia.
10:27 The Nomad unit, consisting of representatives of various indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation, has become part of the International Legion of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR MOU). This was reported in the Legion's Telegram channel.
9:48 Russians have increased the production of drones and plan to launch 500 drones simultaneously in Ukraine. This was stated by the Deputy Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Vadim Skibitsky.
9:35 The Russian National Guard is guarding wounded Russian soldiers who are in hospitals in the temporarily occupied Crimea to prevent them from escaping, the ATESH partisan movement reports.
In Crimea, against the backdrop of increasing cases of escapes from hospitals during treatment, security for Russian military personnel has been strengthened. The reason for the escapes is the systematic sending of wounded and under-treated servicemen to the front.
9:30 As a result of the fall of the downed Russian drone in Cherkassy, a fire broke out on the territory of a furniture factory. This was reported by the head of the Cherkassy OVA Igor Taburets. According to him, the fire has been extinguished. Windows and roofs of two buildings and trucks were also damaged. The blast wave knocked out windows at several neighboring enterprises, and vehicles were damaged.
9:15 At night, the Russian army attacked Krivoy Rog. As a result of the attack, a 52-year-old woman was injured. A fire broke out in the city, which rescuers extinguished. An industrial enterprise, a medical facility, six high-rise buildings, and a car were damaged.
9:12 The Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 46 Russian drones, and another 31 UAVs were lost. This was reported by the Ukrainian Air Force. As a result of the enemy attack, there was damage in the Kharkiv, Sumy, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions.
8:50 The Russian troops have intensified their offensive actions in the Kursk region; in total, 109 combat clashes occurred on the front over the past day. This was reported on March 3 by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. It is noted that in the Kursk direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 30 attacks over the past day. The occupiers fired 444 artillery shells, including 12 from multiple launch rocket systems. They also carried out 19 airstrikes, dropping 30 guided aerial bombs.
8:14 The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with artillerymen, destroyed the Russian self-propelled artillery unit 2S43 Malva. This was reported by the command of the Special Operations Forces.
7:45 The Ukrainian military destroyed 1,350 Russian invaders in one day. The total combat losses of the Russians from 24.02.22 to 03.03.25 amounted to approximately 878,070 people. This was reported on March 3 by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7:23 In occupied Mariupol, the Russians held military exercises Storm-2025, in which local men were involved. This was reported by the Center for National Resistance. It is noted that the participants in the exercises were representatives of the security forces of the so-called DPR, with the involvement of civilian men who are listed in the occupation administration of the city as "reservists".
04:20 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he is ready to leave his post in exchange for Ukraine joining NATO and ending the war. The president also criticized the interference of foreign officials in domestic political processes in Ukraine, stressing that the issue of choosing a president should be decided only by Ukrainian citizens.
04:00 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that European leaders "decided to continue the war instead of choosing peace" during the London summit. According to him, this is "bad, dangerous and wrong."
02:30 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine will never agree to the legal or actual recognition of the occupied territories as part of the Russian Federation. He stressed that this is not only a principled position of the Ukrainian people, but a matter of compliance with international law.
01:20 FBI Director Cash Patel said he has asked the US Congress to investigate where the money sent to help Ukraine went. According to him, the US cannot have full confidence in Volodymyr Zelensky, who allegedly does not say where the money goes.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are conducting defensive battles in the east and south of Ukraine.
The Russian invaders did not carry out active offensive operations in the Kupyansk, Gulyai-Pole and Dnieper directions.
Since the beginning of the current day, 57 combat clashes have occurred on the front, mainly in the Pokrovsk area and in the Kursk region. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report as of 16:00 on Monday, March 3.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, the Russians tried to advance towards Bochkovo and met with resistance.
In the Liman direction, the invading army attacked nine times near Novolyubovka and Yampolevka. Two of the clashes are still ongoing.
In the Seversky direction, our soldiers repelled an enemy attack in the Belogorovka area.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are repelling two assaults near Chasovy Yar and in the direction of Stupochki.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked the Toretsk area seven times. Three combat clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the Russians carried out 13 assaults in the areas of the settlements of Aleksandropol, Lisovka, Promin, Dachenskoye, Kotlino and Andreyevka. The defense forces repelled 11 attacks, two clashes are still ongoing.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, enemy units attacked six times near Constantinople and Skudnoye, three attacks are still ongoing.
Two combat clashes continue in the Orekhovo direction. The enemy is trying to advance in the direction of Stepnoye and near Nesteryanka.
In Kursk region our defenders repelled 13 attacks. Currently fighting continues in three locations.
It is also noted that the enemy did not conduct active offensive operations in the Kupyansk, Gulyai-Pole and Dnieper directions.
Let us recall that on March 2, Russia lost 1,350 soldiers on the front. The total losses of the aggressor country since the beginning of the war are approaching 880,000.
[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov direction, the Sever Group of Forces hit units of a motorised infantry brigade and a territorial defence brigade close to Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 45 troops, a tank, two motor vehicles, and a NATO-made self-propelled artillery system.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian units hit two mechanised brigades, an assault brigade of the AFU, and a territorial defence brigade near Drobyshevo, Katerinovka, Kirovsk, Karpovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Shiykovka, Kamenka, and Lozovaya (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 190 troops, a tank, ten motor vehicles, four field artillery pieces including two Western-made artillery pieces. Two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops engaged three mechanised brigades, an airmobile brigade, and two motorised infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Kleban-Byk, Dyleyevka, Shevchenko, Pleshcheyevka, Seversk, Chasov Yar, Konstantinovka, Serebryanka, and Kramatorsk (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 205 troops, two pick-up trucks, and a U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzer.
The Tsentr Group of Forces' units improved the situation along the front line. Five mechanised brigades, two jaeger brigades, two assault brigades, an airborne brigade of the AFU, a naval infantry brigade, and two national guard brigades were hit near Novopavlovka, Udachnoye, Krasnoarmeysk, Dimitrov, Yelizavetovka, Andreyevka, Kotlyarovka, and Uspenovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost amounted up to 605 troops, a tank, four armoured fighting vehicles including a U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier and a U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured vehicle, and three motor vehicles. Four artillery guns were neutralised.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defences. Russian forces damaged three mechanised brigades, a jaeger brigade, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades near Poddubnoye, Voskresenka, Otradnoye, Bogatyr, Komar, Dneproenergiya, Shevchenko, Privolnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, and Gulyaypole (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy's losses amounted to up to 200 troops, a tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns including a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system.
The Dnepr Group of Forces engaged manpower and hardware of a mechanised brigade, a mountain assault brigade, two coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades near Mikhaylovka, Sadovoye (Kherson region) and Malye Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU lost up to 70 troops, a tank, four motor vehicles, an artillery gun, and an electronic warfare station.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, assembly plants for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles and their storage as well as clusters of manpower and hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 139 areas.
Air defence systems shot down two U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 88 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 656 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 45,174 unmanned aerial vehicles, 600 anti-aircraft missile systems, 21,966 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,523 MLRS combat vehicles, 22,215 field artillery guns and mortars, and 32,405 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 a heavy mechanised brigade, five mechanised brigades, a motorised infantry brigade, an 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, Martynovka, Makhnovka, Oleshnya, Rubanshchina, Staraya Sorochina, Sudzha, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, and Yuzhny.
Operational-Tactical, Army aviation and artillery strikes engaged AFU manpower and hardware close to Bondarevka, Viktorovka, Gornal, Dmitryukov, Zazulevka, Zaoleshenka, Kazachaya Loknya, Pervy Knyazhy, Kositsa, Loknya, Melovoy, Nikolayevka, Cherkasskaya Konopelka as well as Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, Miropolye, Novenkoye, and Yunakovka (Sumy region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 160 troops, two armoured personnel carriers, nine armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, three artillery guns, three mortars, a signal intelligence radar, 12 UAV command posts, and two ammunition depots. Twelve AFU servicemen surrendered.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 64,695 troops, 382 tanks, 291 infantry fighting vehicles, 253 armoured personnel carriers, 2,119 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,284 motor vehicles, 508 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] 20:17 Enemy losses for yesterday compiled:
1475 military personnel
23 units of armored vehicles, including five tanks
18 artillery systems, including 2 self-propelled guns
31 units of special vehicles
88 UAVs
three electronic warfare stations (no specification)
electronic intelligence radar station (no specification)
In the Kursk direction, 12 UAV control points and two ammunition depots were destroyed.
The infrastructure of military airfields, workshops for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles and their storage sites were damaged.
Two HIMARS multiple launch rockets were shot down by air defense systems.
18:47 Mortar crew of the volunteer detachment "BARS-1" of the "Dnepr" group of forces destroyed a group of Ukrainian infantry taking cover in a private house. Orekhovskoye direction, Zaporizhia region.
17:43 Drone operators of the North group of forces uncovered and destroyed a camouflaged pickup truck of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region, –video.
16:38 Tula paratroopers units destroyed two infantry fighting vehicles with troops and a 152mm D-20 howitzer in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region.
14:42 Pokrovskoe (Krasnoarmeyskoye) direction. Left flank.
Units of the Russian Armed Forces continue to wage fierce counter-battles in the Udachnoye-Kotlino area. A couple of days ago, the enemy blew up a ventilation shaft of a mine to the north. This is what the Ukrainians do when there is a threat of high-rise buildings coming under our control.
In Udachny, our units have advanced into the residential area in the northern part of the village and are attacking, including in the north-west direction in the area of the Gorodskaya gully.
In Kotlino - no changes. Our units are conducting counter battles. In this area, our units have carried out a rotation. Reserves have been brought up. The mine dump to the south has been recaptured.
In the area of Zverevo-Peschanoe – Belgiyka, there are counter battles, alternating with positional ones.
Our artillery, aviation and UAVs are intensively striking enemy reserves, UAV control points in Leontovichi, Pokrovsk, Grishino, etc.
The activity of remote weapons in this area is also very high.
12:40 Artillerymen of the "North" and "Center"are applied sniper strikes against the enemy. 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika crews destroy Ukrainian military equipment, infantry, and ammunition depots.
11:31 Servicemen of the FPV strike drone crew of the Center group of forces destroyed Leopard tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
11:03 FPV drone calculations at Rubicon Center continue to destroy equipment and UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Ugledar direction.
10:05 FPV drone operators of the "Yug" group in the area of the settlement of Tikhonovka destroyed VSU ZU-23-2 based on Ural.
09:37 Su-34 aircraft crews struck deployment and concentration points of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the settlement of Gulyaipole in Zaporizhia Oblast.
09:27 Around 8.55 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
08:02 Senior driver-mechanic of the armored group "Storm" with the call sign "Farmer" boasted about the new BMP-2 modification "Berezhok", which entered service, -video.
07:19 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed seven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:
three UAVs over the territory of the Lipetsk region,
two UAVs over the territory of the Rostov region, and
two UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region.
05:11 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces along the flanks of the settlement of Zagryzovo, –map.
05:02 Impactlet's start new week together with the crew of the UAV "Kub-4" of the 1st Guards Tank Army.
According to aerial reconnaissance, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from a self-propelled artillery gun towards civilians and Russian positions in the Khar'kov region. Specialists from the "West" group of forces launched a "birdie" and destroyed a nomadic artillery installation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of Western manufacture.
[NYPOST] Donald Tusk, the prime minister of Poland, might not shock Europe's leaders the way Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... does, but he too has a tough message for them.
''Hear for yourself how it sounds,'' he said last month: ''500 million Europeans begging 300 million Americans to defend them from 140 million Russians.''
''If you can count, count on yourself,'' Tusk continued. ''Not in isolation, but with full awareness of your potential. Today, in Europe, we do not lack economic strength, people, but the belief that we are a global power.''
Decline is a choice — and for 30 years now, decline is what Europe's political class has chosen.
Poland, like Ukraine, has always been alert to the danger Russia poses.
But Western European leaders can't claim Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... surprised them with his full-on invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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[ColonelCassad] Against the backdrop of failed negotiations in the White House, from where Zelensky was kicked out without lunch and without guarantees, Europe is hastily deciding what to do next in the context of the ongoing U-turn in US policy, which threatens the concept of a "long war against Russia".
The increased likelihood of reducing or even stopping the US military and economic participation in supporting the war in Ukraine makes the issue of the need to increase funding for the war by those (https://russian.rt.com/world/news/1442424-starmer-plan-ukraina-ssha) who want it to continue. This is the reason for the allocation of new loans for the war in Ukraine, as well as calls from globalist politicians in Europe to "tighten their belts" and increase military supplies to Ukraine. From these statements, it is easy to identify a group of European countries that are at the forefront of Europe's Russophobic course.
In the current realities, most European countries do not even choose the required 2% for defense, which Trump demanded back in 2017. At that time, the EU economy, albeit slowly, was growing. Today, the issue is about the need for spending in the amount of 3% or even 5% of GDP. In conditions where most Eurozone countries are in a state of recession or stagnation with a continuing decline in living standards, as well as a continuing flight of capital to the United States and the transfer of high-tech industries there (these problems are most clearly manifested in Germany), increasing spending on the war in Ukraine in the current reality will mean an inevitable decline in the standard of living of the population of European countries and further capital flight from Europe.
As a result, we can expect that the popularity of right-wing populists and Eurosceptics speaking out against the financial and political tyranny of the Brussels bureaucracy will continue to grow in Europe (https://russian.rt.com/world/article/1439480-frg-vybory-parlament-itogi). These trends are already clearly evident now, when in Germany, Austria, Romania, Britain and a number of other countries there is a growing popularity of right-wing populist parties criticizing EU policy (including policy towards the Russian Federation). In some places, the EU manages to prevent them from coming to power through political machinations, in others it has to be done through direct interference in elections, as happened in Romania. But this is becoming increasingly difficult to do, the pressure under the lid of the closed boiler continues to rise.
Therefore, against the backdrop of statements from Britain, France and Germany "about a war to the last Ukrainian", a number of countries are trying to appeal to the financial factor in order to bring down (https://t.me/rt_russian/231318) the possible price of complicity in this policy, and traditional rebels like Hungary and Slovakia are completely against this course. Of course, this destroys the thesis about some kind of unified policy for Europe and creates a picture where a group of countries subordinate to the globalist project, despite the position of the US and a significant part of the population of Europe, are trying to continue the war at any cost, including at the cost of the standard of living of the population of Europe.
On the other hand, these throwing themselves against the background of negotiations between Russia and the US, as well as the positions of the world majority (including China, India and Brazil) clearly demonstrate that it is the EU leadership and Britain that are the warmongers who are against peace. And this will also have consequences for the image of the EU, which has already been severely eroded in the last couple of years.
For Russia, all this creates new interesting diplomatic opportunities that will once again demonstrate how badly those who made plans for the diplomatic isolation of Russia miscalculated.
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The FBI Director has already asked the US Congress to begin an official investigation into the use of American money in Ukraine.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] New US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard takes potshots at Zelensky on Fox News.
In Ukraine:
1. Elections cancelled.
2. Political parties banned.
3. Opposition persecuted.
4. Churches closed.
5. Total state control over the media.
What kind of fight for freedom are we talking about?
A request to hire a cocaine Fuhrer from among the Democrats and freedom fighters.
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Trump, in his usual style, announced some heartbreaking news for tomorrow.
"Tomorrow night will be grand. I'll tell it like it is!"
BUILDING UP THE INTRIGUE.
The US and EU are eagerly awaiting new steps against Zelensky by the Trump administration. Through the press, Trumpists are so far voicing threats without specifics.
Moscow reported today that there is no clarity yet on the meeting between Trump and Putin, although negotiations between Russia and the US on improving the situation are ongoing.
The White House announced today that Zelensky is effectively incapable of reaching an agreement.
The White House does not see Zelensky's readiness to make the compromises necessary to end the fighting in Ukraine. Zelensky is not yet ready for peace talks, but he needs to start peace talks because time is not on his side, and the patience and wallet of the United States are not limitless.
Continuing the war in the spirit of the First World War is a road to nowhere. The President of Ukraine missed the chance to economically tie the United States and Ukraine for a generation to come. (c) Waltz
Trump is open to resuming talks with Zelensky on natural resources, but only on condition that he changes his position (c) White House
Accordingly, based on the proposed fork - submit and apologize or resign, the likelihood of the United States moving towards the second scenario will increase. Some of those who previously supported Zelensky in the United States have already quickly changed their shoes, led by "Zelensky's friend" Lindsey Graham.
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6. Last I heard, Zel issued an executive order/royal proclamation that made it unlawful to negotiate peace with the Russians as long as Putin was Prez. Is that still in effect? Or are we just pretending it never happened?
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