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Russo-Ukraine War - 27 February 2023 - Day 369

A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While GlobalSecurity.org takes utmost care to accurately report this news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos.

On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was suddenly and deliberately attacked by land, naval and air forces of Russia, igniting the largest European war since the Great Patriotic War. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" (SVO - spetsialnaya voennaya operatsiya) in Ukraine in response to the appeal of the leaders of the "Donbass republics" for help. That attack is a blatant violation of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Putin stressed that Moscow's goal is the demilitarization and denazification of the country. The military buildup in preceeding months makes it obvious that the unprovoked and dastardly Russian attack was deliberately planned long in advance. During the intervening time, the Russian government had deliberately sought to deceive the world by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

"To initiate a war of aggression... is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." [Judgment of the International Military Tribunal]

The UK Ministry of Defence reported that since 21 February 2023, pro-Russian officials have reported at least 14 explosions around the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol.

Sites of the incidents have included an ammo cache at the airport, two fuel depots, and a steel works that Russia uses as a military base. Mariupol lies at least 80km away from the front line.

Russia will likely be concerned that unexplained explosions are occurring in a zone it had probably previously assessed as beyond the range of routine Ukrainian strike capabilities. Although widely devasted earlier in the war, Mariupol is important to Russia because it is the. largest city Russia captured in 2022 that it still controls, and sits on a key logistics route.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Russian Federation continues its full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine. The Russian forces' main efforts are focused on the offensive operations on Kup'yans'k, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Shakhtars'ke axes. The number of Russian personnel is increasing. According to the available information, up to 200x conscripts from Rostov oblast (Russia) have been redeployed to the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk oblast.

During the day of February 27, Russian forceslaunched 8x missile and 28x air strikes, 12x of them employed Iranian Shahed-136 combat UAVs. The Russian invaders launched more than 55x MLRS attacks.

The threat of missile strikes across Ukraine remains high.

Volyn, Polissya, Sivershchyna, and Slobozhanshchyna axes: no significant changes, no formation of offensive groups was found. Russia is carrying out engineering development, including anti-tank ditches, of the border areas of Bryansk and Kursk oblasts (russia).
During the day of February 27, Russian forces fired mortars and artillery at the settlements of Khrinivka, Yeline (Chernihiv oblast), Budivelne, Hirky, Atyns'ke, Volfyne, Pavlivka, Stepok (Sumy oblast), Veterynarne, Strilecha, Hatyshche, Vovchans'ki Khutory, Kam'yanka (Kharkiv oblast).
Kup'yans'k and Lyman axes: Russian forces conducted several unsuccessful offensives. In particular, the attempts were made towards the settlements of Stel'makhivka, Nevs'ke, Bilohorivka (Luhansk oblast), Spirne, and Vyimka (Donetsk oblast). Russian forces shelled the vicinities of settlements of Dvorichna, Hryanykivka, Kurylivka, Kyslivka, Tabaivka (Kharkiv oblast), Nevs'ke, Chervonopopivka, Dibrova (Luhansk oblast), and Rozdolivka (Donetsk oblast) with artillery.
Bakhmut axis: the following settlements came under fire: Zaliznyans'ke, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Berkhivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Stupochky, Klishchiivka, and Ozaryanivka (Donetsk oblast).
Avdiivka and Shakhtars'ke axes: Russia continues to attack the positions of Ukrainian troops, launched several unsuccessful attacks towards Kam'yanka, Krasnohorivka, and Mar'inka (Donetsk oblast). The Russian invaders fired artillery and mortars at the vicinities of settlements of Avdiivka, Netaylove, Vodyane, Pervomais'ke, Mar'inka, Bohoyavlenka, Novomykhailivka, Velyka Novosilka, Neskuchne, and Vuhledar.
Zaporizhzhia axis: Russian forces shelled the vicinities of 17x settlements. Among them are Vremivka, Novopil' (Donetsk oblast), Ol'hivs'ke, Hulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Charivne, Orikhiv, Mala Tokmachka, and Bilohir'ya (Zaporizhzhia oblast). Russia is active in aerial reconnaissance to spot for artillery fire, and has deployed 1x Zoopark-1 radar system in the vicinity of settlement of Stepove to determine the positions of Ukrainian artillery.
Kherson axis: Russian occupation forces' artillery fire hit more than 20x settlements of Kherson oblast located on the right bank of the Dnipro River. In particular, Berehove, Beryslav, Vesele, Tyahynka, Antonivka, and the city of Kherson.

Russia continues to suffer losses. Therefore, it actively uses the local infrastructure in the temporarily occupied territories to provide medical care to its servicemen. For example, a military hospital has been set up using the facilities of a local hospital in the settlement of Kalanchak. About 150x wounded soldiers of the Russian armed forces have already been brought there. According to the available information, the medical staff are exclusively Russians.

Russia continues to act in a way to discredit the Ukrainian Defense Forces and intimidate residents of the temporarily occupied part of Kherson oblast. Yet again, Russian forces fired mortars at residential neighbourhoods of Oleshky and accused the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the shelling.

The Ukrainian Air Force launched 4x air strikes on the concentrations of Russian personnel and military equipment. During the day of February 27, Ukrainian soldiers also destroyed 9x out of 12x Iranian Shahed-136 and 1x Zala combat UAVs.
Missile and artillery units hit 1x command post, 1x concentration of Russian manpower, and 1x air defense position.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that, in the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 armored combat vehicles and 2 vehicles per day. At the same time, up to 60 enemy soldiers, 4 vehicles and 2 D-30 howitzers were liquidated in the Kherson region.

At the same time, an ammunition depot belonging to the 63rd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) was destroyed near Snigirevka, Mykolaiv region.

During the day, strikes were made on 98 enemy artillery positions and 173 areas of accumulation of manpower and equipment. In Brovary, the center of electronic intelligence of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit, and in Khmelnytsky, the operational center of special operations. In addition, the Buk-M1 anti-aircraft system and the 36D6 low-flying air targets detection radar were eliminated. Four HIMARS rounds and five drones were shot down.

Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin announced the restoration and expansion of the land route to the Crimea through new regions. At the same time, workers will make exits to the sea from the Dzhankoy-Rostov Region highway.

The situation in the Donbass

In the Limansky direction, during the offensive actions of the RF Armed Forces, air and artillery strikes, about 140 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were injured or killed, three armored vehicles, three cars, a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer and a D-20 gun were destroyed.

To the south, near Donetsk, more than 250 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 tanks, 4 armored combat vehicles, 5 vehicles and a D-20 howitzer were liquidated.

At the same time, in the area of ​​​​Vogledar and Zeleniy Guy, Kyiv lost up to 95 soldiers, a tank, 3 armored combat vehicles, 4 vehicles and a D-20 howitzer in total. An ammunition depot was destroyed in Chervonoye, Zaporozhye region.

It is also reported that an ammunition depot of the 72nd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in Bakhmut (Artemovsk).

At the same time, military commander Alexander Simonov published a message about the advancement of Wagner PMC fighters in a strategic city. According to him, the assault detachments took control of the Stupka area and moved on.

"Musicians" also succeeded in the suburbs of Bakhmut. So, they expanded the zone of control to the south-west of the recently liberated Berkhovka and almost came close to Dubovo-Vasilyevka, where they increased pressure on the enemy defenses.