On February 24, Russia attacked Ukraine. It is currently the 22nd day of a full-scale war. These are the key events of the day that we have selected for you today
- During the war against Ukraine, Russia lost a third of its aircraft.
- During the first 20 days of war, Russia used almost all Caliber naval-based cruise missiles and Iskander missile systems, so Russia continues to bomb civilian infrastructure and residential areas of major cities with indiscriminate weapons.
- In Mariupol, SBU officers came under enemy fire after trying to get citizens out of the rubble of the Mariupol Drama Theater destroyed by Russian bomb. This makes it difficult to help people who are trappedunder rubble.
- In Kyiv, a warehouse in Sviatoshynskyi district was caught fire due to Russian shelling, 2 people killed. In Merefa near Kharkiv, 21 people died as a result of the shelling by Russia. In Kherson, more than 70 houses were damaged by shelling. Russian troops also fired on a shelter for mothers and children in Luhansk region
- In Mariupol, 80-90% of the city has already been bombed, there is not a single building without damage – Deputy Mayor Serhiy Orlov. The enemy continues the siege of the city, went to the total destruction of civilian infrastructure, housing and livelihoods
- The shelling continues in Kharkiv. The city was shelled 49 times in 24 hours. The Saltivka district suffers the most. Today there was a big fire of Barabashov mall in Kharkiv.
- More than 3,800 people were evacuated in one day
- From February 24 to March 17, Russia lost more than 14,000 personnel, 444 tanks, 1,435 armored combat vehicles, 86 aircraft and 108 helicopters, 864 vehicles, 201 artillery systems, 72 multiple rocket launchers (MLRS), 43 weapons PPO, 60 tanks with fuel and lubricants – 60
- In the Mykolayiv area during clearing of one of settlements frontier guards with Marines seized russian orc truck filled with ammunition of all types
- Russian occupiers fired on evacuation columns near Kyiv: policemen were killed
- over Odessa shot down russian drone “which made nerves to Odessa-mother”
- The Lithuanian Seimas unanimously supported the Resolution on securing an unmanned zone over Ukraine
- the enemy advanced in Rubizhne in the Luhansk region
- Swedish port workers have announced a blockade of Russian ships
- The Latvian Seimas called on the UN countries to immediately agree on the establishment of a no-fly zone over Ukraine. This is the third country after Estonia and Lithuania whose parliament has made such a decision.
- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has promised to provide 40,000 Syrian militants to help Russia
- The United States does not see an influx of fighters from the Middle East to Russian forces, despite Kremlin statements
- The situation in the Feldman Ecopark is difficult. He has been on the line of fire since the first days, many animals have already died. It is reported that one of the employees of the Ecopark died while feeding the animals.
- Today, the Russian newspaper Pravda published another “historical lecture”, only this time about Poland. Summary: An illegitimate country full of Nazis. “It’s time to denazify Poland.”
- Aviation units of the 960th Assault Aviation Regiment of the 4th Army of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation suffered significant losses
- Also, Ukrainian defenders inflicted significant losses on units of the 252nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Western Military District, which are fighting in the areas of Kharkiv and Izyum. Approximately 30% of personnel, weapons and military equipment were lost.
- In Russia, “Calibers” and “Iskanders” are coming to an end, so the invaders are firing indiscriminately at cities – the General Staff of the Armed Forces.
- In order to intimidate the civilian population in the temporarily occupied territories, the invaders resort to abductions and detentions of representatives of state authorities and local self-government.
- Units of the Defense Forces eliminated the commander of the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division, Colonel Igor Nikolaev, and Colonel of the Kostroma Regiment, Sergei Sukharev.
- PayPal in Ukraine – now you can make purchases online, transfer funds and withdraw money to Ukrainian bank cards.
- The supply of US weapons to Ukraine are hapenning once a day or once every two days, additional military aid will be transferred just as quickly, – Psaki
On February 24, Russia attacked Ukraine. We continue to follow the development of the situation. If you have information about Russian troops movement or any other information you want to share with us, email us via [email protected] or text in telegram on @JavelinSt. For particularly sensitive data – reach out, we will send more encrypted channels.
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