Source: south front

As a result of the strikes of the Russian armed forces, 83 ground objects of the military infrastructure of Ukraine were put out of operation, including at least 11 airfields of the Ukrainian Air Force, 3 command posts, a base of the naval forces of Ukraine, as well as 18 radar stations of the S-300 and Buk -M1 anti–aircraft missile defense systems. Since the beginning of the military operation, two Ukrainian Su-27, two Su-24, one helicopter and four Bayraktar attack UAV have been shot down, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

The moment of the fall of an aircraft in Vyshgorod was captured on the video. According to some reports it was a Russian helicopter.

The Ukrainian military transport AN-26 was shot down in the Kiev region. There were 14 people on board according to local reports (Photo 1)

In Eastern Ukraine, according to the Russian military officials, the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine avoid armed clashes and agree on the creation of exit corridors in the zone of the operation.

Resistance is mainly shown by armed detachments of nationalist paramilitary groups of Ukraine.

The DPR and LPR troops continue their counter-offensives against the UAF units with fire support from the Russian armed forces.

The Kievsky district of Donetsk is under heavy artillery fire.


Forces of the DPR have successfully advanced 7 km towards the village of Volnovakha in the area of Dokuchaevsk. Several settlements have been liberated, the UAF in this area are lost and disorganized.

In the Volnovakha direction, the DPR units, after a heavy battle, captured the settlements of Ignatovka and Nikolaevka.


Forces of the DPR have successfully advanced 7 km towards the village of Volnovakha in the area of Dokuchaevsk. Several settlements have been liberated, the UAF in this area are lost and disorganized.

In the Volnovakha direction, the DPR units, after a heavy battle, captured the settlements of Ignatovka and Nikolaevka.

At least, 14 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered on the DPR front lines. The Russian military command said that after taking their subscription to renounce hostilities, they would all be released. (Photo 2)

As a result of pilot’s mistake, a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft crashed, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The pilot survived. According to local reports, the aircraft crashed in the Ostrogozhsky district.

The LPR forces overcame fierce resistance and advanced 1 km near the village of Stepovoye.

In the North-East, Russian tanks entered the city of Sumy.


Russian armored personnel carrier BTR-82A and destroyed Ukrainian BMP-1 in the Sumy region: (Photo3)

According to the administration of the Sumy region, the Ukrainian military has lost control over the Kiev-Moscow highway in the region. The highway is completely controlled by the Russian army up to the city of Baturin in the Chernihiv region.

Clashes were reported in the towns of Akhtyrka and Konotop, as well as on the approaches to Sumy. No civilians were injured.

The city of Kharkov was blocked by forces of the Group Z of the Russian military.

Locals welcomed the Russian tanks in the Kharkov region, joking and claiming: “Hope our forces (Ukrainian) do not come back”.

The Crimean grouping of Russian troops completely destroyed the tank brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 5 kilometers from Kherson. Obviously, there are dead and wounded.

According to local reports, Russian forces are going to encircle the Odessa region and the town of Ochakov.

T-64 tanks of the Ukrainian army were destroyed on the Antonovsky Bridge in the vicinity of Kherson:

Kiev Update

In Kiev, the Russian Armed Forces have established control over the airfield in the outskirts of the capital.

Russian Group V got through the defensive lines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the border with Belarus, took the airfield of Gostomel.

It is reported that the city of Gostomel, located 15 km from Kiev, was taken by the Russian Armed Forces. The consequences of an air raid by Russian army aviation on a military unit in Gostomel on the northwestern outskirts of Kiev:

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There would have been no war if not for the false countries backning Ukraine.

Make una kwantinueee

Nwodosis:
There would have been no war if not for false countries backning Ukraine.

There will always be a reason for war. It may be delayed and it may be negotiated but there will always be a reason for countries to war as long as power is involved.

This war might be over in less than a week... I really feel bad for Ukraine. They are being bullied to surrender their sovereignity.

This could have being avoided

Is Ukraine a Christian country

Didn't expect things to move so quickly. Looks like what would be over in three days.

No be lie

Full country taken within a day

Snake Island in the Black Sea has reportedly been captured from Ukrainian Forces

Why Ukraine?
Why does the Ukraine matter to Russia? Tip of the hat to Thomas Gentry for this info.

How the nation of Ukraine ranks:

1st in Europe in proven recoverable reserves of uranium ores;

2nd place in Europe and 10th place in the world in terms of titanium ore reserves;

2nd place in the world in terms of explored reserves of manganese ores (2.3 billion tons, or 12% of the world's reserves);

2nd largest iron ore reserves in the world (30 billion tons);

2nd place in Europe in terms of mercury ore reserves;

3rd place in Europe (13th place in the world) in shale gas reserves (22 trillion cubic meters)

4th in the world by the total value of natural resources;

7th place in the world in coal reserves (33.9 billion tons)

Ukraine is an agricultural country:

1st in Europe in terms of arable land area;

3rd place in the world by the area of black soil (25% of world's volume);

1st place in the world in exports of sunflower and sunflower oil;

2nd place in the world in barley production and 4th place in barley exports;

3rd largest producer and 4th largest exporter of corn in the world;

4th largest producer of potatoes in the world;

5th largest rye producer in the world;

5th place in the world in bee production (75,000 tons);

8th place in the world in wheat exports;

9th place in the world in the production of chicken eggs;

16th place in the world in cheese exports.

Ukraine can meet the food needs of 600 million people.

Ukraine is an industrialized country:

1st in Europe in ammonia production;

2nd Europe's and 4th largest natural gas pipeline system in the world (142.5 billion cubic meters of gas throughput capacity in the EU);

3rd largest in Europe and 8th largest in the world in terms of installed capacity of nuclear power plants;

3rd place in Europe and 11th in the world in terms of rail network length (21,700 km);

3rd place in the world (after the U.S. and France) in production of locators and locating equipment;

3rd largest iron exporter in the world

4th largest exporter of turbines for nuclear power plants in the world;

4th world's largest manufacturer of rocket launchers;

4th place in the world in clay exports

4th place in the world in titanium exports

8th place in the world in exports of ores and concentrates;

9th place in the world in exports of defense industry products;

10th largest steel producer in the world (32.4 million tons).

Now you know

War isn't that bad after all, sure it will help keep the both countries population in check for nature.
What comes after war is what matters, and that is Hunger.

I think this is about to end.

-Zelensky has accepted Ukraine’s neutrality, pledge not to join NATO or allow Russian adversaries to setup base in Ukraine.

-now Zelensky is requesting negotiations with Russia.

owagbeba:
I think this is about to end.

-Zelensky has accepted Ukraine’s neutrality, pledge not to join NATO or allow Russian adversaries to setup base in Ukraine.

-now Zelensky is requesting negotiations with Russia.

What the fool should have done before things got this bad. Russian forces are already on the outskirts of Kiev.

The situation on 24 February was developing rapidly. The Azov division is still holding Mariupol.

Ukrainian servicemen are suffering casualties and are asking for humanitarian corridors to be opened for withdrawal. According to Eduard Baturin, the official representative of the DPR People’s Militia, the Command has fled.

DPR units and Russian troops also suffer losses. There are captives on both sides.

The Ukrainian army is preparing to defend Mariupol. AFU military set up firing positions inside the city blocks. Ukrainian army shells hail from residential areas of the city.

Nationalist battalions block civilians from leaving the city. There are reports of shootings of city residents who try to leave the city. Fighters of the nationalist units fortify themselves in the apartments of multi-storey buildings, keeping civilians there as human shields.

This attitude towards civilians is explained by the fact that the fighters of Ukrainian nationalist formations are mostly from the western regions of the country, while the local population consists of ethnic Russians or people loyal to Russia.

Quotes from residents of Mariupol from Telegram channels: “We sit in our homes. The rumble of guns is constant, hailstones also work. Houses both private and multi-storey are blown up. Azov is all over the city, entry/exit is prohibited. We are hostages. Tanks of the AFU drive into Azovstal, stopped the blast furnace…”.

“The Nazis fired mines at a car cooperative of 30 garages in the Eastern Microdistrict in the Levoberezhny District.”

“They put machine guns in the apartments”

“On the roofs of 9-storey buildings they set up mortars…”

“There are snipers on the rooftops and mortars on the rooftops in Vostochny”.
Units of the First Army Corps of the DPR, in cooperation with Russian forces continue their advance towards Mariupol. Overcoming engineering means would be a great difficult for advancing troops. Minefields are located both on the outskirts and on streets of the city. There have been cases where, after hitting a minefield, a unit immediately came under artillery fire and suffered casualties.