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[ Donbass Front ] Humanitarian Updates; Mariupol evacuation resumes on a reroute from Nikolske
After the Mariupol evacuation seemed to be dead on arrival after the Mariupol city council unilaterally postponed the evacuation – the Ukrainian govt announced that the humanitarian corridor is open again and evacuation will be carried out today, on mostly the same route, but with a reroute away from Nikolske (probably due to fighting).
[ Siege of #Mariupol ] #Russia Forces takes suburb of Staryi Krym
Briefing by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov as of 9.30 on March 6, 2022: Units of the People’s Militia of the Donetsk Republic are conducting successful offensive operations on the western and north-western outskirts of the city of Mariupol. The residential quarter of STARYI KRYM was…
[ Donbass Front ] Crimea forces punches into the rear of Ukraine’s East Army’s southern line
Remember I mentioned yesterday the Ukraine’s south-eastern line is on the verge of collapse? This is the latest situation on the ground. The Russian Crimea force continue punching through into the rear of the Ukrainian “East Army’s” southern defense line, while they were busy holding back the Donetsk Republic/Russian forces that were fighting northward, west…
[ Donbass Front ] Ukraine’s South-Eastern Line on the verge of collapse ; Russian pincer developing
Russian Forces from the Crimea Front is punching through large expanse of undefended territory into the rear of the Southern most part of the Ukraine’s Eastern Front/Line. With the Donetsk / Russian Forces which these Ukrainians forces are fighting against advanced quickly (7km deep) – the entire Southeastern defense line of the Ukraine’s “east army”…
Ukraine bombed train bridges at border with Moldova / Transnistria
Unrelated to any of the Russian offenses or critical defense position of the Ukrainian side – Ukraine decided to bomb the bridges at the border between Ukraine and Moldova / Transniatria. “The Armed Forces of Ukraine blew up two railway bridges on the border of Odessa and Transnistria The first explosion occurred between the Transnistrian…
[ Donbass Front ] Encirclement of Mariupol complete; Russian forces punches out of Luhansk!
“Briefing by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov as of 17.30 on March 4, 2022 on the progress of the special operation in Ukraine: The grouping of troops of the Lugansk People’s Republic captured the settlements of SHANDRIGOLOVO, ALEKSANDROVKA, DERILOVO, SREDNE and LOZOVOE. The armed forces of…
[ Crimea Front ] Major Russian advance across a wide front south of Zaporizhzhia
“Briefing by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov as of 17.30 on March 4, 2022 on the progress of the special operation in Ukraine: Units of the Russian Armed Forces continue the offensive on a wide front have established control over the settlements of PYATIHATKI, SHEVCHENKOVO, POLOGI,…
We told you so: NATO rules out policing no-fly zone over war-hit Ukraine
“What is taking place now in Ukraine is horrific. It’s painful and we see human suffering, we see destruction at a scale we haven’t seen in Europe since the Second World War,” he said. But, he added: “We are not going to move into Ukraine, neither on the ground, nor in the Ukrainian airspace.” Under…
Summary of Russian’s perspective of the “Special Operation” in Ukraine so far
[ the article is MS Edge translated and is copied as-is in full from the original article’s translation ] Steps of victory: a summary of the special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the demilitarization of Ukraine Published: 03 march 2022 20:58By Vasily VasikovRiafan.ru Exactly a week ago, on February 24,…
[ Crimea Front ] Russian forces as taken undefended Enerhodar
Russian forces had entered Enerhodar without any fighting as the only deterrence were the civilians trying to stop the operation by blocking the road. They were dispersed by the warning shots and the mayor of the city urged everyone to stay at home. So much talk about how brave and courageous the Ukrainian civilians are…
Georgia officially applies for EU membership
Upon seeing wartime Ukraine taking the advantage of hyper attention and “concern” for Ukraine by sending an application to join the European Union (EU), Georgia immediately hopped onto the bandwagon to follow suit. According to a tweet by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, they wrote that their Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili had signed…
[ Donbass Front ] Entire Ukraine’s line north of Severodonetsk in Luhansk is broken
Large portion of territory north of Severodonetsk has fallen to the Luhansk People’s Republic – Russian forces. If all the other unmarked territory is under Russian control – Luhansk is effectively 90% “liberated”. — edit — My theory that 90% of Luhansk is liberated had just got corroborated by a Russian article: Liberation of the…
[ Crimea Front ] Heli insertion north of Mykolaiv – Battle for Mykolaiv International Airport
4 Helicopters were reportedly inserting Russian troops into the town of Balovne, north of Mykolaiv and the forces immediately proceed to try to capture Mykolaiv International Airport which were met by Ukrainian defenders. To the north-east of Mykolaiv, a major convoy of up to 800 vehicles were allegedly destroyed by the Ukrainian forces and air…
[ Crimea Front ] Battle for Vozesens’k by Russian airborne troop
Russian forces has been confirmed to be attacking Voznesensk, which is the location with a nuclear power plant to it’s north. As there are no indication of a “land route” towards this city, we assessed that this could be airborne operation insertion via helicopters.
[ Donbass Front ] Major advances reported in North-eastern Ukraine, with Russian forces present in Balakliya, Svatove, Chuhuiv and Bohodukhiv….
Major advances reported in North-eastern #Ukraine, with Russian forces present in Balakliya, Svatove, Chuhuiv and Bohodukhiv…. Its wasnt clear the Svatove forces was from Kupyansk or Starobilsk until I saw this in one of the telegram channels This is the latest order of battle being shared from the #Russia-centric telegram #Ukraine is still holding most…
Fighter jets donation deal off! Poland, Bulgaria and Slovakia rejected request to give Ukraine their Russian-made planes
In a stunning reversal of what would be the most dramatic military aid to Ukraine from European Union, Ukrainian pilots that had arrived in Poland to take control of the donated fighter planes will leave empty handed as the 3 European countries that still fly Russian made planes similar to Ukraine had all rejected to…
[ Donbass Front ] Russian forces captures Starobils’k
Photo, video as well as Russian sources confirms that the Russian forces have taken the city of Starobils’k in the Luhansk region.
[ Kyiv Front ] Belarussian column spotted in Chernihiv – Ukraine Northern Territorial Army
According to official Ukrainian government sources, Belarus has reportedly entered the war. The Belarussian column was spotted in Mykhailo-Kotyubyns’ke – travelling towards Slabyn or Pakul The column is reportedly 33 vehicles long, of which 11 of them are “Grad” MLRS vehicles. https://www.unian.ua/war/biloruski-viyska-zayshli-na-chernigivshchinu-novini-donbasu-11723482.html
[ Crimea / Donbass Front ] The Battle of Mariupol’ has begun
There are video evidence + geolocation by OSINT that the Battle of #Mariupol has officially begun.
[ Reuters ] Belarus referendum approves proposal to renounce non-nuclear status
A referendum in Belarus on Sunday approved a new constitution ditching the country’s non-nuclear status at a time when the former Soviet republic has become a launch pad for Russian troops invading Ukraine, Russian news agencies said. The agencies cited the Belarus central elections commission as saying 65.2% of those who took part voted in…
[ Crimea Front ] Russians forces has captured Berdyans’k
According to the latest information circulating around, the Russian forces had captured Berdyansk with the Mayor of the city reportedly announcing that all official buildings in the city is now in Russian control.
Summary of Military Aid to Ukraine in Feb 2022 as of 27 Feb
Germany1000 anti-tank weapon500 Stinger missiles Netherland400 rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launchers200 Stinger missiles100 sniper rifles30000 rounds of ammunition? x radar devices? x landmine detectors Poland ? x ammunition Estonia? x 122mm howitzers? x Javelin anti-tank missiles Latvia ? x Javelin anti-tank missiles Lithuania? x Stinger missiles? x ammunition Bulgariaannounced but unknown Belgium2000 machine guns3800 tonnes fuel…
Germany finally stop their military rot: promising to keep defense spending above NATO’s 2% GDP requirement
Germany, one of the country specifically called out by former US President Donald Trump, for failing to meet NATO requirement of annual defense spending of at least 2% of the GDP, has finally committed officially to keep it’s defense spending over 2% of GDP immediately. This is the most significant shift in Germany’s policy when…
[ Luhansk / Donbass Front ] Major advanced by Russian forces in Luhansk: Schastia, Muratove, Smolianynove, Novookhtyrka taken
In a stunning advance, Russian forces break through the Schastia defenses as well as the line north of the city and made a 40-50km push to the outskirt of twin cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychans’k, as the Ukrainian forces in the region fall back into the 2 cities. Ukrainian forces are now bracing for an…
[ Kharkiv Front ] Undefended Kupyansk’s Mayor negotiated free passage for Russian troops; escorted by police
Kup’yans’k mayor, negotiated with Russian forces that had arrived at his city to allow them free passage and had informed them that there are no Ukrainian military in the city. Russian forces had passed through the city with police escort. Direction on where the Russian forces went after is currently unclear. But an educated guess…