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MK is broadcasting events in Ukraine online. The 425th day of the special operation is underway. Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with Andrey Turchak, head of the working group on NMD issues, supported his proposal to equalize the monetary allowance for all participants in the special operation in Ukraine. The governor of the Belgorod region, Gladkov, said that the Mukhin farm in the Shebekinsky urban district came under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and there were no casualties. Russian forces have advanced in the west and northwest of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), Denis Pushilin, acting head of the DPR, said.
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Vadim Astafiev, head of the press center of the Yug group, said that the Russian military hit a temporary APU dislocations.
Vladimir Yermakov, Director of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said that the risks of a direct military clash between Russia and the United States are significantly increasing.
Russian troops destroyed the enemy stronghold and nine personnel shelters in the Kupyansk direction, and three attempts to change units.
The representative office of the DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had shelled the territory of the republic 27 times over the past day, firing 151 ammunition.
The Independent: UN Secretary General António Guterres said that «the world has reached a dangerous threshold».
TNI journalists offered to «appease» Russia by accepting it into the «European family».
Military correspondents spoke about the brutal battles near Avdiivka: Russians are pushing through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Prigozhin joked about advertising recruitment for PMC «Wagner» in the MFC and employment centers in the Moscow region: «The army of goodness and justice. We are saving from bankruptcy, from grumpy mother-in-law and from any bad habits».
Fighter with the call sign «Sham»: APU is firing at Russian evacuation groups
The representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the JCCC reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, firing four shells of «NATO» caliber of 155 millimeters.
The Permanent Representative of Belarus to the UN Rybakov: Sanctions are a modern form of neo-colonialism, a tool of Washington and its satellites to put pressure on objectionable countries that have their own opinion.
The Militarist telegram channel has published video footage of the smoking Ugledar.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu demanded guarantees for national banks, which UN Secretary General António Guterres offered to mediate in resolving the problem with the output of Russian agricultural products to world markets.
Il Messaggero: The West realizes the need for a truce between Ukraine and Russia.
Russian Defense Ministry: The boats that attacked Sevastopol and Crimea came from the waters of Odessa
Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder explained why the United States is moving its Abrams tanks to Germany: They are intended only for training the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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UN Secretary General António Guterres delivered a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Former commander of NATO forces in Europe, Ben Hodges, said that Ukraine and the West need Crimea to control shipping in the Black Sea. In an interview with Newsweek, he noted that thanks to the peninsula, «Russia dominates the entire northern coast of the Black Sea.» That is why Washington and Brussels, he said, need to occupy the region by arming the Ukrainian army.
The Russian military can go on the offensive in several directions at once, as soon as weather conditions improve, says the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council John Kirby.
“It is very irresponsible to give Ukraine unnecessary hopes… A country in which a military conflict is currently going on cannot join NATO, this is unacceptable. I think that it will not even pass the ratification of the member countries. It is very irresponsible to give any unnecessary hopes here,” Boris Kollar, Speaker of the Slovak Parliament.
Units of PMC «Wagner» began to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian army, which is located behind the «road of life» in Artemovsk (Bakhmut), reports the Telegram channel «Russian Spring Military Corps». PMC assault units are approaching the last supply route for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is specified that the “Wagnerites” on the O-0506 highway continue to expand the zone of control, deepening into the Ukrainian defense.
After the fall of Artemovsk, Kiev will lose Slavyansk and Kramatorsk — the Armed Forces of Ukraine may lose control over the entire territory of the DPR under their control.
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Zelensky held a special meeting in Zhytomyr to strengthen the protection of the border with Belarus — in the Zhytomyr region, in addition to trenches, concrete blocks are being erected along the entire border line.
Ukraine has resumed the transit of agricultural products through Poland. The company «Ukrzaliznytsia» (Ukrainian Railway) informed that the agro-cargo will be delivered by rail to the seaports of Gdansk, Gdynia, Swinoujscie and Shecin. And then the products will go to other countries. Earlier, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia banned the import of Ukrainian agricultural products.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken declined to talk about the Washington Post publication, which said that Kyiv wanted to strike Moscow and Novorossiysk on February 24 this year: «I will not comment.»
A new textbook on the history of Russia with sections on a special military operation for 11 graders has been prepared, Minister of Education Sergei Kravtsov said.
A civilian, a man born in 1950, was wounded as a result of the shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops — JCCC.
A 2×2 meter drone with two parachutes was found in the Pavlo-Posad city district in the Moscow region — the SHOT telegram channel.
“The statements about Putin's doubles are lies. The president was and is active, he never sat in any bunkers, ”Dmitry Peskov.
Two far-right activists have been detained in Paris after returning from a war zone in Ukraine, the Parisien newspaper reported. The French found rifles with optical sights. The transportation and storage of such weapons in the country is prohibited, a case has been initiated on the threat to national security.
UN Secretary General António Guterres again criticized the Russian special military operation in Ukraine. In his opinion, voiced at a meeting of the Security Council, the NWO is exacerbating the global economic turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ukrainian conflict has increased the demand for weapons in the US and Europe, but along with a wave of orders, defense industry enterprises have faced a shortage of workers — The Wall Street Journal.
In the Belgorod region, FSB officers identified two residents of the Rakityansky district who are suspected of trying to trade in weapons bought from the military near the border with Ukraine — during a search, two Kalashnikov assault rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition were found in the suspects — RBC.
In Ukraine, the former acting commander of one of the units, Roman Chervinsky, was detained. He is known for trying last summer to organize the hijacking of a Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft, which led to a missile attack on the Kanatovo airfield in the Kirovograd region.
An air alert regime has been declared in six regions of Ukraine — in Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Poltava, Kharkiv, Cherkassy regions and in the part of the Zaporozhye region under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov announced the construction of a road on the Arabat Spit — it should connect Crimea with the territories that became part of the Russian Federation.
“This is an unprecedented event in world history. No one has done this before,” head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine Kirill Budanov said that Moscow and Kiev “are approaching the exchange of prisoners in the “all for all” format.
Zelensky has elected ten “counter-offensive curators” responsible for arming and equipping the assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, writes Ukrayinska Pravda.
The Washington Post: Ukraine intended, that is, on February 24, 2023. Such information is contained in leaked CIA documents. The United States, fearing an «aggressive reaction» of the Russian Federation to the strike, asked Kiev to cancel the attack, and «the operation was postponed.»
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that at night — «today at about 3 hours 30 minutes» — an attempt was made to attack the base of the Black Sea Fleet with three unmanned boats. The anti-submarine and sabotage support forces destroyed all three enemy boats on the approach to the Sevastopol Bay — «no losses.»
Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation. The official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov:
“As soon as we finish taking Bakhmut, as soon as we drive out the last soldier from him or destroy him on the territory of Bakhmut, the Ukrainian counteroffensive will begin on that day,” Evgeny Prigozhin.
RF Ministry of Defense: Up to 60 militants of the «Georgian Legion» of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
President Putin, at a meeting with the vice-speaker of the Federation Council, head of the working group on NWO issues Andrey Turchak, supported his proposal for all members of the NWO in Ukraine.
The Moscow City Court made a decision, which is accused of committing a terrorist attack in St. Petersburg, because of which the military commander Vladlen Tatarsky died.
The alleged direction of the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine became known — they want to encircle Russian forces near Orekhovo.
Russian forces — Acting Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.
The FSB detained an employee of a private security company who planned to take part in hostilities on the side of Ukraine. In addition, the detainee urged other people to do it. The FSB recalled that for the participation of a mercenary in an armed conflict or hostilities (as well as for recruiting, training, financing or otherwise providing a mercenary), the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation provides for punishment — from 7 to 18 years.
Governor of the Belgorod Region Gladkov : Shebekinsky urban district. There were no injuries, there are damages in two private households, one outbuilding and 1 car.
«We are approaching a landmark battle for the modern history of Ukraine,» says Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate.
The first version has been named, where a drone with explosives could be heading, which fell on Sunday afternoon near the SNT «Zarya» in the Bogorodsky urban district of the Moscow region. As it became known to MK, the target of the UAV may have been one of the air defense units, which is located much east of the place where the drone crashed.
«No one will take Ukraine anywhere. Not to the political bodies of NATO, nor in the EU. It's all an illusion, and illusions are always very scary, they are very dangerous,» Oleg Soskin, former adviser to Leonid Kuchma.
The Cabinet of Ministers submitted a bill to the State Duma — initiatives oblige Russian companies in some cases to levy 30% of personal income tax on payments in favor of employees who left abroad after they lost their tax residence in the Russian Federation.
The topic of geopolitical redistribution is becoming more and more acute for Poland, speech , in particular, it is about revising the borders of states, — Naryshkin. According to him, along with the aggressive aspirations towards the west of Ukraine, anti-German sentiments are intensifying in Poland, as well as fears about possible revanchist claims from Berlin.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting remote mining of Donetsk with anti-tank mines using Western MLRS, military commander Yevgeny Poddubny said on his telegram channel.
China's position on Crimea has not changed, Beijing respects the sovereignty of all countries. This was stated by the official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Mao Ning, in response to a request from TASS to comment on the words of the Chinese Ambassador to France, Lu Shae, about the belonging of the Crimea. China also respects the sovereignty of all the republics that were part of the USSR, she noted.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have begun to build new pontoon crossings across the Seversky Donets River in the Krasnolymansky direction near the settlements of Zakotne, Dronovka and Platonovka. Andrey Marochko, a retired lieutenant colonel of the LPR, announced this.
The EU foreign ministers are not yet ready to agree on a new package of sanctions against Russia, Josep Borrell said.
A fire broke out in the city of Rovenki in the LPR as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian drone at an oil depot.
The US authorities are dissatisfied with the initiative of French President Emmanuel Macron to resolve the Ukrainian crisis through the mediation of China, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.
Vladimir Rogov, head of the Zaporozhye movement «We are with Russia,» said that Ukrainian military personnel deployed long-range -tactical missile system «Grom-2» in the city of Zaporizhzhia controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Mash telegram channel reported that a drone filled with explosives fell in the village of Vorovskoye near Moscow. As the publication clarifies, the unmanned aerial vehicle that fell near Noginsk is similar to the Ukrainian UJ-22 Airborne. According to preliminary data, the drone was filled with Canadian M112 explosive charges.
Retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko said that over the past week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost 4,000 soldiers killed. At the same time, the Ukrainian authorities recorded 90% of these losses as missing, thereby hiding information from close relatives of the victims.