Ukrainian President Volodymyr ZelenskyMOSCOW, March 6The US State Department, the Pentagon and other US agencies are preparing their plans in case the government of Volodymyr Zelensky has to leave Ukraine, among others, a scenario is being considered in which Zelensky will install a Ukrainian government in exile in Poland, the Washington Post writes.According to her, in the United States preparing plans in case «if the Zelensky government has to flee the (Ukrainian) capital or country.» Poland «government in exile.» The publication notes that Zelensky discussed with US officials whether he should move from Kyiv to Lviv, closer to the Polish border. According to an unnamed senior Ukrainian official, Zelensky's guards are ready to quickly transfer him and members of his cabinet. «So far, he refuses to leave,» the newspaper quotes a Ukrainian official as saying. In addition, according to the newspaper, European diplomats, like their American counterparts, «are starting to prepare how to support the Ukrainian government» in the event of the «fall» of Kyiv. According to an unnamed senior European diplomat, an earlier UNGA resolution condemning the Russian operation serves as an element in «laying the groundwork» for recognizing the Zelenskiy administration as the legitimate government of Ukraine and for keeping that government «afloat» even if it is larger. will not control the territory of the country.
Lavrov announced Zelensky's desire to provoke a conflict between NATO and RussiaRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine early in the morning on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, the civilian population is not in danger. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no question of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. On March 5, more than 2,000 objects were hit, 82 aircraft, 708 tanks and other armored vehicles were destroyed, and so on. The territory around the Chernobyl (mothballed) and Zaporozhye (operating) NPPs was taken under control. Eight years later, the North Crimean Canal was unblocked, work is underway to restore water supply to the Crimea. The offensive is going on in several directions, Kyiv is blocked from the west. A detailed map of the regions of Ukraine in which the Russian military operates, however, has not yet been officially published. The RF Armed Forces achieved air supremacy over the whole of Ukraine. According to the RF Ministry of Defense, as of March 2, 498 Russian servicemen were killed and 1,597 wounded during the operation. Among the Ukrainian side, according to the Russian military department, the losses are many times higher: more than 2870 killed and about 3700 wounded. The Ministry of Defense reports a number of cases of voluntary laying down of arms by Ukrainian troops — they are guaranteed safety and return to their families. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian security forces are deploying multiple rocket launchers right in the residential areas of Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities. Putin called it terrorist tactics.
