Russian invasion of Ukraine: tanks and rocket attacks on the cities. Breaking news
Early in the morning of February 24, 2022, Russia launched missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine and launched a direct full-scale invasion. Ukraine repulses the enemy. As of April 28, 2022, more than 22800 russian servicemen, thousands of units of military equipment (187 planes, 155 helicopters, 970 tanks, 2389 armored vehicles, 1688 machines, 582 artillery / rocket artillery systems, 8 ships and more) have been eliminated.
"There is Ukrainian flag over Mykolaiv. It will always be like that!". - The city's mayor, Oleksandr Senkevich, wrote.
In one of the villages of the Trostyanetsky district of the Sumy region, Russian invaders created a human shield from local residents to protect the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system, head of the Sumy Regional State and Military Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyy reports.
A US citizen has anonymously transferred $1 million to the account opened by the National Bank of Ukraine for the needs of the Armed Forces.
The Ukrainian army captured hundreds of Russian soldiers, most likely they will create camps for them in accordance with the international law, - said Oleksii Arestovych, adviser to the chief of President's office.
Report by the General Staff as of 06:00 on March 06.
Ukrainian defenders are fighting hard to hold certain lines. The enemy, suffering losses, makes constant attempts to evade direct fire contact with our troops.
In the eastern part of the Donetsk operational area, the main efforts are focused on the defense of Mariupol and inflicting fire damage on the Russian occupiers.
The air assault troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stopped the enemy columns, which were trying to move towards the Dnipropetrovsk region from the direction of Balakliya.
In the Siversk region, an operation is being carried out to defend Chernihiv.
In the Volyn direction, measures are being taken to prepare the entire defense line in an operational zone along the state border.
In the coastal direction, the defense of the deployment sites, seaports of the Black Sea is being carried out.
In the Mykolaiv region, the capture of a significant amount of enemy’s armored and automotive vehicles was implemented according to the plan.
In other directions, units and subunits of the Armed Forces of Ukraine conduct a stabilization operation and carry out the tasks of territorial defense in order to prevent offensive operations and activities of the enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups.
The Air Force grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has focused its efforts on repelling enemy air and missile strikes, providing air defense shield for important Ukrainian facilities and groupings of troops.
In general, as of now, the losses of aviation equipment of the Russian occupation forces amount to 88 in aircraft and helicopters. Some of the enemy pilots who ejected and survived, were found by the Ukrainian military. They received medical assistance and are already testifying.
The enemy is trying not to lose their offensive potential, but under the current situation they have heavy losses in weapons, equipment and personnel. Due to the resistance of the entire Ukrainian people, the enemy is demoralized. The military reserves of the Russian occupiers coming to resupply units, have an extremely low moral and psychological state, due to the awareness of the real state of affairs.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation ordered to bury its military in mass graves in order to hide the losses in the war against Ukraine.
"To ensure as of March 1, 2022 hidden removal (at night) of the bodies of the dead military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to the points of permanent deployment and their burial in mass graves (including in the Republic of Belarus) with the assignment of a number. If evacuation of bodies is impossible, take measures to destroy them on the spot as of March 1, 2022."
The document for "official use" was signed by Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko. It was published on Facebook by the Operational Command "North".
3,000 of American volunteers responded to Ukraine's call to join the International Terror Defense Legion to fight Russian aggression.
Writer Stephen King refused to publish his new books in Russia. He wrote about this on Twitter, commenting on the decision of Canadian writer Linwood Barkley not to renew contracts with Russian publishing houses.
Michael McFaul, former US ambassador, has called NATO to send Ukraine 70 MIG fighter jets. According to him, as soon as Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, and Slovakia will do it, other NATO countries should send air reinforcements to these frontline states. Meanwhile, CNN with reference to the representative of the White House has reported that the USA is already doing it.
Please NATO leaders, send all MIG fighter jets that we have -- 70 altogether, 27 alone in Poland -- to Ukraine right now. NOW! And once Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, and Slovakia send these planes, other NATO countries should send air reinforcements to these frontline states.
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) March 5, 2022
Radio Liberty (RFL/RL) suspends temporarily broadcasting in Russia after the local tax authorities to have started the procedure of bankruptcy of Russian legal entity Radio Liberty and the police have increased its pressure on journalists.
The Central Bank of Russia recommends Russians to take cash currency and "Mir" card traveling abroad. The Press Service of the Bank has reported about it. The reason for it is the suspension of the work of Visa and Mastercard payment systems.
Mariupol is without electricity, heating, and water. People sit at the basements as the results of Russian actions. Russian troops shells hospitals, blood banks, transports to be used to move people out and the "green corridor". Vadym Boichenko has told about it in the interview with Dmytro Gordon. He called everything what is happening as a "humanitarian blockade".
Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, has posted a video how people around the world support Ukraine. LIGA.net has recently created the photo selects made during protest for Ukraine in different countries — just watch it.
In all corners of the globe, including in Russia itself, people are calling for the end of Russia’s brutal attack on Ukraine. The blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag is being flown around the world as people and governments assert they are #UnitedWithUkraine. pic.twitter.com/QT8Wm04zja
— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) March 6, 2022
Airbnb users have made up an unusual way to support Ukrainians during the war: they are massively booking flats in which they won't move these days, of course. CEO Airbnb has twittered that in 48 hours, 61,406 nights have been booked this week in Ukraine that is 1.9M dollar for flat owners.
Putin is said to have met no people for a long time. But today, propaganda TV channels have tried to prove otherwise and shown a crowded meeting with the Russian President. Attentive viewers have noticed a poor-quality editing of this video insisting that he actually was in his bunker then, and the crowd was recorded in other place.
Buta Airways company of Azerbaijan will stop flying in Russian cities from March 6, 8 am.
Putin plans to pay debts to the USA, EU countries, and other creditors to have imposed sanctions on Russia with rubles. It was stated in the degree of President of Russia Vladimir Putin posted at the web portal for legal information of Russia.
According to the General Staff, the Russian Army is going to seize one more important infrastructure facility — the dam of Kaniv Hydro-Electric Power Plant.
The European Court of Human Rights has applied so-called "Rule 39" in the claim of Ukraine to Russia. Thus, the Court has prohibited the Russian Federation to keep bombarding civil infrastructure approving this decision for all future similar complaints to Russia, the judge Anna Yudkivska has reported it.
The Court applies Rule 39 only if all national ways of the legal defense have brought no results and there is an obvious and unavoidable threat of irreparable harm to live and heath of a human.
British prime minister Boris Johnson has a plan that will stop Putin for sure if all support it. The plan consists of six steps. Jonson is going to present it at the meeting with the leaders of Canada, the Netherlands, and Central Europe countries next week.
ARR, German broadcaster, has started a campaign to raise funds for Ukrainians. After the Eurovision National Selection where Jamala sang the total sum has reached 67 million euros.
The captive Russian soldiers have told what were their purposes in Ukraine and called fellow citizens to stop the war.
"Nobody wants to fight when you still serve. We didn't want to have trainings a long way from civilization. We hate those who sent us here. We understand that our government brought and left us here like helpless and blind kittens for their own profit," the captured soldier said to Interfax Ukraine.
Volodymur Zelenskyy had a conversation with Elon Musk. Musk promised to send another batch of Starlink systems for destroyed Ukrainian cities next week.
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According to the Facebook page of the National Guard of Ukraine, 100,000 Ukrainians have joined the ranks of the Territorial Defence Force since Russia began its full-on aggression in Ukraine. National Guard of Ukraine
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, 100,000 Ukrainians joined the ranks of the Territorial Defence Force.
After the war is over, the Territorial Defence Force will be integrated into Ukraine's defence system.
We are proud of reinforcements like these. Stand together till the end!
We thank every valiant Ukrainian, whether a man or woman, who demonstrates the unbreakable Ukrainian warrior spirit with us!
Light will overcome the dark!
Ukrainian Forbes has counted that from the beginning of the war in Ukraine on February 24, Russia has lost only materiel for more than $3 billion. This sum is rough the cost has been taken from open sources, but still it helps to have a whole picture.
Dmytro Kuleba: VISA and Mastercard payment systems leave Russia. They promise to resume operations as soon as it would be possible. This means that foreign-issued cards do not work in Russia. Also, those issued in Russia cannot be used abroad.
Adviser to Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko has published the personal data of 50 members of the Russian State Duma. You can "bombard" then with messages on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its consequences.
European Commission provides the first tranche of €500 million for the needs of Ukrainian refugees in Europe. President Zelensky thanked Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, on his Twitter page.
Thankful to @vonderleyen
Oleksiiy Kuleba, Head of Kyiv Regional State Administration: Ukrainian special forces units liberated 670 people to be in the local psychoneurological dispensary in Borodianka. They haven't left the city yet. Earlier this dispensary together with patients and staff was seized by Russian invaders.
Command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Russians' losses in the Ukrainian skies on 5 March: today, Ukrainian defenders have downed 10 Russian aircraft, including two Su-30SM fighters, two Su-34 fighter-bombers, a Su-25 ground-support fighter, four helicopters, and one Orlan-10 drone. Also, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed multiple cruise missiles on their way to Ukrainian cities. Overall, Russians lost 44 planes and 44 helicopters since the invasion began.
Losses among Russian officers in Ukraine reach Russia. The news of the death of the commander of the 247th Guards Airborne Assault Regiment of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces, Colonel Konstantin Zizyevsky, from the city of Nevinnomyssk was confirmed by the mayor of this city, Mikhail Minenkov. It turns out that in Ukraine the invader was "defending" either Russia or its puppet the "L/DPR".
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Ukraine's Minister of the Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba: "Ukraine will win this war because the Ukrainians are waging a national war for their land, and the truth is on their side. The price of the victory is to be determined, though. If our partners will keep acting firmly, will keep rising the economical and political pressure on the Russian Federation, if they keep supplying us weapons we need, the price for Ukraine will be lower. It will save lots of lives".
Radio Svoboda: Ukrainian troops have captured around 30 pieces of Russian military equipment in the Kharkiv region. It belonged to the 200th brigade of the Russian Federation Army. As soon as the Ukrainian army launched their attack, the invaders left the equipment and fleed. Trophies include novice tanks T-80BVM, MT-LBs, KAMAZes.
Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba and US secretary of state Antony Blinken met at Poland's border with Ukraine. They talked about new sanctions, isolation of Russia, and additional weaponry shipments. Among other things, they discussed steps for urgent reinforcement of defences from Russia's airstrikes and missiles urgently.
Zaporizhzhia Region Administration on the Energodar situation: As of 6 PM, there are no invaders in the city, but it is besieged (according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine). Russian troops are occupying Zaporizhzhia NPP. The plant personnel fully controls its operations.
Head of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration Vyacheslav Chaus informs: Russians have been carrying out air strikes on residential and social facilities in Chernihiv for three days in a row. The invaders are using unguided FAB-500 bombs (weighing 500 kg). They are usually used against military-industrial facilities and fortifications. Three such bombs failed to explode and were found at the site of the shot down Russian Su-34.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s addresses: We withstood the blow, and we will rebuild our country together. It is not my wishful thinking, but the reality. It is fuelled by the fact of our protests in cities and villages, which drive the invaders away. Freedom Square in Kherson is entire Ukraine. The streets of Konotop, where locals boo the occupiers, are Ukraine. It takes a special kind of heroism to protest when your city is under temporary occupation. Ukrainians in all cities invaded by our enemy, go on the offensive, take to the streets and fight, like people in Kherson, Berdiansk, Melitopol, and Konotop. We need to drive this evil from our cities lest they turn into the likes of “DPR/LPR”, where normal life is impossible. Donbas, fight for your freedom together with all Ukrainian cities. Defend yourself. Otherwise, Russia will take your homes and lives.
Ukrainian defenders in Odesa Region downed another enemy aircraft. It has been the third one this day in Ukraine, Head of Odesa Regional State Administration Maksym Kharchenko informs. The pilots of all three aircrafts have been captured.
Adviser to Minister of Interior affairs Anton Herashchenko published an intercepted telephone conversation between the two Russian occupiers. They are not happy about the war with Ukraine and sanctions. Full post by Herashchenko:
"We have dead bodies being taken to Ulan-Ude in packs".
EVERYONE NEEDS TO HEAR THIS!
Continuing to publish a series of intercepts of Russian occupiers' conversations.
The enemies are demoralised, feeling abandoned, betrayed.
Without fuel or supplies. We'll beat you scum even harder!
Scum!
For Chernihiv! For Kharkiv! To Mariupol! For Kyiv!
Intercepts provided by our allies.
PLEASE ASK OUR CYBER-ARMY TO DISTRIBUTE THESE RECORDINGS TO THE RUSSIANS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!
THEY NEED TO KNOW THE TRUTH!
Anton Gerashchenko, the adviser to the Minister of the Interior of Ukraine: Ukrainian air defense hit a Russian cruise missile in the sky of Kramatorsk.
Puma suspends all its contracts and operations in Russia. Also, it stops shipping its products there. The company has expressed solidarity with Ukraine.
The Chief of local state administration of Mykolaiv Vitaliy Kim informs: the occupiers near Mykolaiv fired at Ukrainian positions with three volleys of multiple launch rocket system “Smerch”. No target was reached, there are three wounded. In response, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the positions of the occupiers. As result, there are 300 wounded and 70 killed invaders.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba: Ukraine needs help in the sky to protect civilians: closed skies, aircraft, and anti-aircraft systems. European and other leaders kept declaring: “Never again” at all ceremonies. Now they need to prove that they indeed will not let that happen again. “Never again? Prove it. Prove that you have learned the lessons of the past. That you have learned that brute force in Europe can be stopped before it embroils the entire continent in the war.”
State Emergency Service of Ukraine: Russians bombed North Saltivka district in Kharkiv. Ten multi-storey buildings were damaged and flats on upper floors caught fire. The number of injured people and damaged flats is to be specified.
The third round of talks will be held on Monday, the 7th of March - Davyd Arakhamia, a member of the Ukrainian negotiating delegation, reports.
Energodar mayor Dmytro Orlov: despite a statement by Zaporizhzhya Region State Administration Head Oleksandr Starukh, the Russians have not left the city completely: they still control the perimeter of Energodar and are on the territory of the nuclear power plant. Starukh, head of the Zaporizhzhya Regional State Administration, added that the Russians had carried out robberies in the city last night. In particular, they killed a man for his phone in Berdyansk and stole laptops.
Security Service of Ukraine: Russian invaders planned to proclaim the “Federative Republic of Ukraine” on the territory of Ivano-Frankivsk, Zakarpattia, Lviv, Ternopil, and Chernivtsi regions. With that, they aimed to destabilize the situation on our home front. The “separatists” planned to seize administrative buildings in the cities with arms and consolidate the regions into Russia’s puppet “state”. Security Service of Ukraine in the Ivano-Frankivsk Region has arrested the organizer and one of the “separatist” leaders.
Ministry of Defense of Ukraine: In the Luhansk region, Russian infantry launched an attack alongside tanks. At least 650 invaders have been injured, most of them have severe injuries. Those who managed to get first aid will be likely to be sent as cannon fodder again. Soldiers from the 6th motorized rifle regiment are scared and demoralized. They consider defecting.