Russo-Ukraine War - 28 February 2022
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The mayor of Kupyanskaya, Gennady Matsegora, was detained, before that he was accused of treason for surrendering the city to the Russian invaders. This was reported in the press center of the Office of the President. Details are not yet known. On February 27, the Kupyansk mayor announced that the city was under the control of the Russian troops. He added that now kindergartens and schools will return "to normal mode." Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova noted that the mayor suggested that the command of the armed forces of the Russian Federation provide support and material support to the occupiers of his city. According to her, Matsegora provided the invaders with transport, housing, fuel and food.
"All attempts to achieve the goal by the Russian occupation forces failed. Columns of occupier's equipment were destroyed. The enemy suffered significant personnel losses. Russian troops are demoralized and exhausted. We have shown that we know how to protect our home from uninvited guests." - Commander of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - Commander of the Defense of Kyiv, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrsky.
The Air Force Command of the UA Armed Forces stated : “Our Western partners for the aviation of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have received a large batch of air-to-air missiles, which are already under the wings of our fighters. The pilots assure that there will be enough for all the occupiers! We thank the #allies_of_the_anti -Putin_coalition for their strong support of the Ukrainian army!"
The Ukrainian and Russian delegations held the first round of talks in Belarus. The main topic was the ceasefire. The parties discussed the possibility of holding a second round of talks in the near future. After the talks, the delegations will return to their capitals for further consultations before a new round of talks. "The main topic was the ceasefire and hostilities. The parties identified a number of priority topics on which some decisions were identified. In order for these decisions to receive some solutions for the possibility of implementation, the parties go to their capitals for consultations. The parties discussed the possibility of holding a second round of talks in the near future, in which these topics will receive specific tactics of development, "said Mykhailo Podoliak, Adviser to the Head of the President's Office.
The head of the Russian delegation at the talks with Ukraine, Volodymyr Medinsky, said: "Talks with the Ukrainian side which lasted about 5 hours have just wrapped up. We discussed in detail all the items on the agenda and found some common points on which we predict common positions can be found." First and foremost, this includes agreement on the need to continue talks. "The next meeting will take place in the coming days on the Polish-Belarusian border. There is a corresponding agreement on this," Medinsky said. "Until then, each delegation - the leadership of each delegations will consult on each of the negotiating positions with the leadership of their respective country," he noted.
It should be added that the Ukrainian delegation included David Arahamiya, Servant of the People faction, Oleksiy Reznikov, Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Mykhailo Podoliak, Adviser to the Head of the President's Office, Andriy Kostin, First Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Delegation to the Tripartite Contact Group. Mykola Tochytskyi, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
The readiness of Ukraine to carry out demilitarization and denazification will be a step towards the end of a special military operation. This was stated on 28 February 2022 at a press conference by Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya. "How will we finish the operation? I said what President [of the Russian Federation Vladimir] Putin said earlier. As soon as we have an understanding from the Ukrainian authorities that they are ready to carry out demilitarization and denazification, this will be a step towards it (operation - TASS note) end," he said.
During the day, the LPR troops advanced on Kremennoye and advanced another 3 kilometers, the DPR troops advanced 16 kilometers in a day and captured the village of Zamozhnoye, Major General Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said. The Pentagon saw no signs that the Belarusian armed forces are ready to move into Ukraine, a high-ranking agency official told reporters.
Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not allow the civilian population of Mariupol to leave the city, which makes it difficult to liberate them, said Eduard Basurin, deputy head of the People's Militia Department of the Donetsk People's Republic. "It's too early to talk specifically about the liberation of Mariupol. They [the Ukrainian security forces] have created a fortress. The units that retreat from the front line, they go to Mariupol. People - the civilian population - are still not released from there. They mine most of the city. Therefore, a large complexity," he said on the air of the Rossiya-24 TV channel.
Russian aviation has gained air supremacy over the entire territory of Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces have taken control of 1,114 Ukrainian military infrastructure facilities, Major General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said. He stressed that "in total, since the beginning of the operation, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have hit 1,114 military infrastructure facilities of Ukraine, including 31 command posts and communications centers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 314 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 57 multiple launch rocket systems, 121 field artillery pieces and mortars, 274 units of special military vehicles.
Only officers and servicemen under the contract of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation take part in the military special operation in Ukraine. This was announced to journalists on Monday by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov. "I would like to emphasize that only officers and servicemen who serve under a contract in the positions of privates and sergeants take part in the special military operation from the Russian armed forces," he said.
“Military actions by the regime in Kyiv and the systematic extermination of the inhabitants of Donbass went on for eight years. During this war, more than 14 thousand people, hundreds of children, died. This had to be put to an end. It was necessary to put an end to the endless threats from the Kiev regime against Russia. And Russia will do it," Konashenkov said.
Serbian and Montenegrin portals published text and photo materials about the mass graves of the civilian population of Donbass, who died at the hands of the Nazis. Articles appeared on the portals "Alo!", "Alo! online" (Montenegro), "Pogled", "Borba". As Pogled writes, the West is afraid that "the whole truth about the terrible crimes of the state of Ukraine, in which the West was consciously an accomplice, will be revealed."
Edition "Alo!" reports that mass casualties among the civilian population of the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics were the result of "indiscriminate shelling by the Ukrainian army", and emphasizes that Ukrainian soldiers could directly observe the life of the shelled cities and "knew very well who they were shooting at from military guns." According to the newspaper, those who supported and continue to support the Ukrainian regime with money and weapons should understand that they "became accomplices in war crimes and crimes against humanity that the Ukrainian regime committed against its own civilian population."
The Borba portal reports that since December 2021, 16 mass and single graves have been discovered in the Donbass. According to the portal, the remains of a four-month-old child were found in one of the graves. A study of 292 human remains indicates that most of the dead were women and the elderly. The cause of their death was bullet and shrapnel wounds, as well as damage with a blunt object, the newspaper notes.
Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy said it was time for the West to consider imposing a no-fly zone for Russian missiles, planes and helicopters in response to Russian shelling of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. Hours before Ukrainian President Zelenskyy urged a no-fly zone for Russian aircraft, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said Washington is not considering such a move. White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that implementing a no-fly zone would be a step toward sending US troops to fight Russia. “A no-fly zone would require implementation,” she said, adding it would require “deploying US military to enforce, which would be … potentially a direct conflict, and potentially a war with Russia, which is something we are not planning to be a part of”. Democratic Representative Brad Sherman said the Ukrainians had asked for a US-enforced no-fly zone over Ukraine but that he felt that was too dangerous because it could provoke conflict with Russia. Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy ruled out approving a no-fly zone for Ukraine in Congress, saying the move would amount to war between the United States and Russia.
Türkiye will use its authority over the Turkish Straits under the 1936 Montreux Convention to prevent the Russia-Ukraine "crisis" from further escalating. "Türkiye has strictly fulfilled its responsibilities within the framework of the institutions and alliances with which it is involved, especially the UN, NATO, and the EU," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Under the convention, NATO ally Türkiye can limit naval transit of its Dardanelles and Bosphorus straits during wartime but has a clause exempting ships returning to their registered base.
Ukraine is applying to join the European Union under a new special procedure. This was announced by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal. According to him, Ukrainians had long proved that they are all an integral part of the European community. And now it's time to put it down on paper. The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said that Ukraine should join the EU. Poland and Slovakia also spoke in favor of Ukraine's accelerated path to EU membership.
President Volodymyr Zelensky signed an application for Ukraine's membership in the European Union, according to the President's official channel. "With this letter, Ukraine, as a European state that respects the values enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union, has the honor to apply for membership of the European Union in accordance with Article 49 of the Treaty on European Union," the document reads.
The Presidents of Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Slovakia called on EU leaders to support Ukraine's application for EU membership, grant the country candidate status as soon as possible and start the negotiation process. This is stated in the joint statement of the presidents. “We, the Presidents of the Member States of the European Union … firmly believe that Ukraine deserves to be offered a union perspective ,” the statement said. The presidents also called on EU member states to " mobilize maximum political support" for Ukraine. The leaders added that at this critical time they express their full solidarity with Ukraine and its people.
The European Commission and the Association of European Grids have agreed to start the process of urgent accession of Ukraine to the EU single energy grid and expect that this process will take several weeks. This was stated at a press conference in Brussels by the European Commissioner for Energy Affairs Kadri Simson. This statement was made by the representative of the European Commission at the end of the meeting of the EU Council on Energy Issues. "Our joint long-term priority with the Ukrainian side is the synchronization of the Ukrainian energy system with the European one instead of the Russian one," she explained.
The Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that the country would not send soldiers or weapons to Ukraine and would not allow other countries to transport lethal weapons to this country through its territory. "The reason for this decision is that such supplies can become the target of hostile military actions <...>. We need to make sure that Hungary is safe, <...> that we are not involved in this war".
Member of the Presidium of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Dodik said that the state will not join the Western sanctions against Russia. "We will remain completely neutral and will not join either the EU sanctions or anyone else," he said
Lithuania decided to apply to the International Criminal Court in The Hague in connection with the events in Ukraine. This initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice of the republic was approved by the government, the press service of the Cabinet reported. "An appeal will be sent to the Prosecutor of the Hague Tribunal with a request to investigate the situation in Ukraine in connection with the actions of Russia and Belarus, taking into account the provisions of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on war crimes and crimes against humanity," the message said.
More than half a million people have already left Ukraine. Such data was given by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi. "So far, more than 500,000 people have left Ukraine and fled to neighboring countries," he wrote.
As of 6 am on February 28, the invaders have already lost about 5,300 fighters (killed and wounded) , said Anna Malyar, Deputy Defense Minister. The Russians also lost 29 helicopters, 191 tanks, 816 armored combat vehicles, 74 guns, 21 Grad, 291 cars, 60 tanks, 3 drones, 2 ships/boats and 5 air defense systems. However, Malyar stressed that this information is indicative and may be updated. The Ministry of Health said that since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, as of the morning of February 28, 2,040 civilians had been injured, including 45 children. Since February 24, 352 people had died , including 16 children.
Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, said “The losses of the enemy in personnel amounted to about 4,500 people killed and wounded. This is about 1,500 killed and 3,000 wounded, according to our preliminary estimates”. Arestovich noted that the Russian troops suffered significant losses of military equipment. “27 units of aircraft were destroyed and damaged, the data is being specified after night raids, 26 helicopters, about 150 tanks, more than 700 armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles, about 50 cannons, one Buk air defense system, four MLRS-21 Grad, 60 tanks , two UAVs of the operational-tactical level, ships and boats - 2 units, ”the official said.
A small number of Russian servicemen have been taken prisoner by Ukrainian troops, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov stated “Since the launch of the operation, [Russian military] has destroyed 254 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 31 aircraft on the ground, 46 multiple launch rocket systems, 103 pieces of artillery and mortars, 164 pieces of special military vehicles”. Konashenkov did not specify the number of casualties among Russian troops, stating only that they are “many times less than the number of eliminated nationalists,” as well as casualties suffered by Ukraine’s regular military forces. A small number of Russian servicemen have been taken prisoner by Ukrainian troops, he admitted, condemning the treatment they’ve received at the hands of the opposing force. “We know how the Ukrainian Nazis treat the few captured Russian servicemen,” he said. “And we see that the abuse and torture are the same as those of the German Nazis and their henchmen in the Great Patriotic War.”
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