Russian invasion of Ukraine: tanks and rocket attacks on the cities. Breaking news

There is a chasm between Russians and Ukrainians. Feel the difference. Ukraine: one man goes up against tanks of invaders. Russia: dozens of people running away from a single Special Police Force officer.

On the orders of their commanders, tanks of the Russian occupation forces began deliberately destroying infrastructure and housing, and a separate group of tanks opened chaotic fire on the high-rise buildings near Kyiv on their way through the village of Borodianka, the General Staff reports.

UEFA halts cooperation with Russian Gazprom in all its tournaments because of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. The decision takes effect immediately and applies to all existing agreements, including the UEFA Champions League, national team tournaments and EURO 2024.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are documenting the crimes of Putin’s regime. Since the beginning of its full-scale invasion, Russia fired 113 ground- and sea-launched short-range attack missiles of Iskander and Kalibr types, targeting peaceful cities and villages of Ukraine.

Attack missile launches

Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion, 113 cruise and ballistic missiles were fired at peaceful cities of Ukraine.

24.02
33 missile strikes
75 missiles
63 Iskander | 12 Kalibr

25.02
9 missile strikes
16 missiles
7 Iskander | 12 Kalibr

26.02
5 missile strikes
8 missiles
5 Iskander | 3 Kalibr

27.02
7 missile strikes
10 missiles
1 Iskander | 7 Kalibr | 2 X

28.02
2 missile strikes
4 missiles
4 Kalibr

The presidents of the eight European Union member states have stated that Ukraine deserves an immediate prospect of the EU membership. They are Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.

A missile strike near Kyiv, a fresh update. As of 21:00, the rescue efforts in Bila Tserkva at the destroyed dormitory have been completed. Two people rescued. In the city of Vasylkiv, the fire in the dormitory has been extinguished. There were no casualties or injuries.

The capital's Lesya Ukrainka Theatre of Russian Drama will change its name to the National Academic Drama Theatre named after Lesya Ukrainka.

Ukrainian artillery royally exorcized the adepts of “the Russian world.”

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova, commenting on Germany's agreement to provide weapons to Ukraine to counter the Russian aggressor, has already spoken of "denazification" in the case of Germany. She says it is an "incomplete process."

In Donbas, the Ukrainian armed forces continue resisting the offensive of the Russian-occupying forces. The enemy has not achieved its goals here and is suffering significant losses on a daily basis, the United Forces Operation Headquarters reports.

Russia continues committing crimes against humanity by shelling civilian homes. Due to the crushing shelling of civilian infrastructure in Volnovakha, an attempt was made to evacuate people.

However, the Russian occupiers thwarted the humanitarian mission and opened fire from Grads. Also today, the invaders deliberately shelled multi-storey buildings in the residential district of Severodonetsk. There are dead and wounded among the civilian population.

Speaking at the UN General Assembly, the Ukrainian ambassador encouraged Putin to take a cue from Hitler and kill himself in a bunker instead of using nuclear weapons to do essentially the same.

“If he wants to kill himself, doesn’t need to use the nuclear arsenal. He needs to do what the guy in Berlin did in a bunker in May 1945.”

As a result of an air raid by invaders in Brovary, one person died and five were wounded, the city's mayor, Ihor Sapozhko, has said. The air raid was carried out in the vicinity of the military unit on Kyivska Street.

Zelenskyy: We can do it. We will hold out. We will defend our land to the last.

Ukrainians are trying to explain to the invaders that they are not welcome here.

The Russians keep insisting that they have come to protect something from someone and brought some kind of “peace” with them.

- I protect the sovereignty of my country…
- Go to hell!
- Silence! Silence!
- Boys, I have little children, they are Ukrainians.
- We don’t interfere with anyone…
- But you do! You are on other people’s territory!
- We came here from Melitopol…
- [unclear]… You have families! You have families at home! What kind of people are you? You moms and wives are waiting for you at home! Boys! Boys! Understand one thing, please…
- We came in peace!
- What the… We don’t want peace! We don’t want it!
- People, keep back!
- We don’t want peace! Get off! Get off of me! We had peace before you came! Believe us! We are all peaceful! Nobody oppresses us! I’m speaking Russian! Do you understand? I’m talking to you! What I’m saying is…

Russia hit several Kyiv suburbs: a dormitory and two houses were destroyed. The missile attack struck Vasylkiv, Bila Tserkva, and Kalynivka at around 19:00. A three-storey dormitory and two five-storey houses were destroyed. There is a man under the rubble and two more people have been rescued.

The situation in Luhansk Region remains very tense. In the afternoon, the Russians shelled Severodonetsk: one dead, two wounded, seven residential buildings damaged and a gas pipeline broken. The Russian occupants also shelled almost all the settlements in Hirske Amalgamated Territorial Community. Entire villages were blown up. All communications are missing. Ukrainian rescuers extinguished the fire. 

Finland has decided to send Ukraine weapons: 2,500 assault rifles, 150,000 rounds of ammunition, 1,500 anti-tank weapons and 70,000 food parcels, Reuters reports. 

Russia is now attacking the New Houses area in Kharkiv

The Kremlin’s former political prisoner film director Oleh Sentsov is fighting the Russian aggressors as a member of the Territorial Defence Force.

“No negotiations with terrorists. Only victory, only Russia’s capitulation. The victory will be ours. Glory to Ukraine!” he said.

Defence minister Oleksiy Reznikov said that the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine supported the initiative of the international IT community. It is quite simple: Russian soldiers are offered a choice: to die in an unjust war or a full amnesty and 5 million rubles as a compensation. To do this, the invaders must lay down their arms and voluntarily surrender.
The leaders of the world IT industry are raising funds to support this campaign.

Ukrainians are urged not to share precise information about the damage done to infrastructure by missile strikes. Photos with precise location information (coordinates, street, building number, building side, etc.) enable the enemy to adjust fire by monitoring social media and chats. Shelling damage needs to be documented for all the world to see the Russians’ crimes in Ukraine. However, only the close-up photos that show no surroundings need to be shared for this purpose

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny said that that Russian troops used the state symbols of Ukraine to mislead locals.

Ukrainian flags are hung on columns of Russian military equipment. Such cases were noticed in the settlement Peremoha, Nova Basan, Kyiv region, on the Krasnostav - Nizhyn highway in Chernihiv region.

In addition, there have been cases where the enemy hangs a white flag on his vehicle, ostensibly to surrender. However, after approaching the Ukrainian positions, the enemy shoots to kill.

Such actions of the enemy are another vile violation of the norms of international humanitarian law.

Kyiv mayor addresses city residents: “The situation is difficult and tense.”
Klitchko also recaps curfew restrictions: The curfew in Kyiv will begin at 8 PM and until 7 AM. Pedestrian movement is prohibited during this time, except for moving from home to shelter. Public transit, shops, and pharmacies will work from 8 AM to 7 PM.
Starting tomorrow, the sale of alcoholic beverages will be banned in Kyiv.

National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) reports: One of the suspects in the case of illegal appropriation of the assets of the territorial society of Odessa, the former prosecutor of the Odessa region, voluntarily filed a petition with the HACC, according to which he asked to transfer the pledge funds he had deposited in the amount of UAH 2,616,900 to the account of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The NABU noted that each suspect can submit such a petition and thus help Ukraine in the war with Russia.

"An Iskander ballistic missile attack on Kyiv. The exact location and victims are being established," said Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the interior minister.

Brovary mayor Ihor Sapozhko reports: “A few minutes ago, an airstrike has been carried out in the direction of Kyiv in the outskirts of Brovary. Some people have been injured. Stay in the shelters!”
Six people were injured as a result of the airstrike.

Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal shows the results of Mariupol shelling.
Medics and emergency response groups are working side by side on the frontline, putting every effort to save people’s lives, though not always successfully.

Adviser to the Head of the President's Office Mykhailo Podoliak writes: Negotiations were tough. However, no binding ultimatums were voiced either. The Russian side sadly still has a very biased view of the destruction processes set in motion.

Переговори важкі. Щоправда, вже без будь-яких обов'язкових ультиматумів. Російська сторона, на жаль, все ще вкрай необ'єктивно дивиться на запущені нею руйнівні процеси.

— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) February 28, 2022

The Center for Countering Disinformation calls for unity to fight looters!

Due to the danger of shelling, many were forced to leave their homes and cars during the war. It is at such times that robbers become more active.

Most often, they use "beacons" to track people.

In particular, paper is placed under car wipers, door locks are glued with adhesive tape, stickers are glued to the glass, pieces of cardboard are placed in the door slot. Small coins, advertisements are inserted into the door of apartments, sticky paper is glued to the locks...

We urge you to be vigilant not only to your homes, but also to do a good deed: to look after the neighboring apartments in case your neighbors are absent for a long time, keep in touch with them, remove any suspicious marks.

Air-raid alert in Kyiv

Residents of the Ivankiv village, Kyiv region, managed to remove paintings by Ukrainian Artist Maria Pryimachenko from the museum that the occupiers set on fire.

Over the past day, Western partners have provided the following assistance to Ukraine:

EU ----- lethal weapons worth 450 million euros
Norway ----- $230 million in humanitarian aid
Italy ----- 110 million euros
Australia ----- lethal military assistance
Belgium ----- 3 thousand automatic rifles, 200 units of anti-tank weapons
Germany ----- anti-tank weapons, 500 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles
Czech Republic ----- weapons and equipment worth $18 million
Sweden ----- 5 thousand units of anti-tank weapons

Signing Ukraine's application to join the European Union - as it was.

The leaders of all parliamentary factions and groups met today. Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk announced that the Verkhovna Rada will appeal to the UN General Assembly to expel Russia from the UN Security Council and the UN in general. Also, the immediate launch of the UN peacekeeping operation in Ukraine by the decision of the UN Security Council was discussed. Furthermore, the PDs are planning to develop a draft law on the confiscation of Russian property on the territory of Ukraine in its entirety.

Briefing of Mykhailo Podoliak, the Advisor to the Office of the President of Ukraine, about the results of talks in Gomel: live broadcast.
The Russian and Ukrainian delegations had the first round of talks today, focusing on the issues of ceasefire and cessation of armed hostilities in Ukraine. The parties identified a number of priority topics that show a promise of certain decisions. For these to be implemented in one way or another into logistical solutions, the parties are going back to their capitals to hold consultations. Also, the parties discussed the second round of talks, during which the topics in question will be developed in a concrete and practical manner. Thank you.

Joint Forces Operation:
According to the latest intelligence data, Russian occupational troops will soon start jamming mobile communications and the internet. The enemy forces are planning to use a lack of reliable information for mass misinformation of the civilian population. The Russians are preparing to fill the information vacuum with false messages about them capturing cities, defeating the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and forcing our country to capitulate. With this, Russian information countermeasure forces will try to break our people's resistance spirit and force Ukrainians to cease pushing back.

We would like to emphasize that as of the fifth day of the war, Putin's hordes have failed to achieve all the objectives they had. Despite brutal shelling and the atrocities committed by the Russian sabotage groups, Ukraine continues to resist.

Together we are indomitable! Glory to Ukraine!

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi signs Ukraine’s application for the EU membership and his joint statement with Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk, and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.

Svyatoslav Vakarchuk urged Russians not to be silent until it will be too late. He also urged russians to go to the streets and demand an end to the war. He addressed Russian mothers: "You have the last chance to save your children. You must talk to them! Ask them to refuse to go to war in Ukraine! Do not be silent participants in the murder of your children by Kremlin criminals."

Ukrainian Bayraktar destroys Russian Buk missile systems:

The occupiers fired on a civilian car. The man was seriously injured. Video 18+

The Russian occupiers fire on the port of Berdyansk:

Up-to-date information on railway connections and stations operation:

The occupiers in the Pidlipne village, Sumy region, abandoned the vehicles that ran out of fuel and wandered home to Russia.

The text in the post says:

"In the Podlipne village, Sumy region, the Russian invaders, having abandoned their equipment, which ran out of fuel, go to hell on foot!

That means to Russia.

To get under the tribunal for desertion and serve three years is still better than to become a fertilizer for the Ukrainian land".

The National Guard detained a gang of looters in Boryspil. One of the looters did not survive. (18+)

The StratCom warns that enemy forces are likely to start jamming mobile communications, the internet, and television in the frontline areas, misinform locals about Ukraine’s capitulation, and make them surrender without resistance.

Medics in Mariupol save lives of severely injured civilians, including children.

NEXTA Live
Mariupol medics are saving injured people in extreme conditions.

Russian military’s shelling in Kharkiv killed 11 people and injured 31. The invaders shell residential areas where no critical infrastructure is located. Shelling takes place during the day, when people go outdoors to get medicine, groceries, and water.

The Security Service of Ukraine has blocked the website the enemy used to relay coordinates for airstrikes on Ukraine. The website included even classified installations, including military arsenals and hidden bases.

Two pictures of Odesa Opera from 1941 and 2022. Odesa is ready to defend again.
Andrey Stavnitser
80 years later

The talks between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations continue. The third round of negotiations is set to begin in several minutes, Mykhailo Podolyak (Office of the President of Ukraine) informs.