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• Russian Strikes Cause Injuries Among Civilians In Eastern Donetsk RFE/RL 29 Feb 2024 -- Russian troops shelled the Pokrovsky and Bakhmut districts of the Donetsk region causing multiple injuries among the civilian population, the Prosecutor-General's Office reported on the evening of February 28.

Ukraine

• A world in which terror wins would please no one, which is exactly why Putin must lose - address by the President of Ukraine. President of Ukraine 29 Feb 2024
• Andriy Yermak had a conversation with the UK Prime Minister's National Security Adviser President of Ukraine 29 Feb 2024
• Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine had a phone call with the Advisor to the President of France President of Ukraine 29 Feb 2024

Russia

• Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly President of Russia 29 Feb 2024 -- Vladimir Putin delivered his Address to the Federal Assembly. The ceremony took place in Gostiny Dvor, Moscow.
• Putin warns West of nuclear war risk over troops in Ukraine Press TV 29 Feb 2024 -- Russia's President Vladimir Putin says certain Western countries are risking triggering a nuclear war by deploying boots in eastern Ukraine, warning Moscow could strike Western targets.
• Putin 'projects confidence' over war in Ukraine, Russia's economic growth under Western sanctions Global Times 29 Feb 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual State of the Nation Address on Thursday. It was a key occasion for him to project confidence about Russia's development under the pressure from the West and Russia's "special military operation" in Ukraine before the presidential election in March. Commenting on the speech, analysts said Putin is telling the world that Russia is not concerned at all and is even satisfied with the current situation. Moscow is waiting for the US for talks, the analysts said.
• Threats For The West. Money For Mothers. Help For Veterans: What Putin Did And Didn't Say In His State-Of-The-Nation Speech. RFE/RL 29 Feb 2024 -- Six years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin stood before a joint gathering of Russia's two chambers of parliament, along with dozens of cabinet and other government officials, and boasted that the country was developing a slew of powerful new weapons, a pointed warning to the West.
• In Address To Russians, Putin Warns Of 'Tragic' Consequences If West Sends Troops To Ukraine RFE/RL 29 Feb 2024 -- President Vladimir Putin gave his state of the nation address to Russians on February 29, outlining his view on how the war against Ukraine is progressing and Russia's relations with the West, which he threatened with "tragic" consequences if it sent troops into Ukraine.
• Putin Warns of Nuclear War if West Sends Troops to Ukraine VOA 29 Feb 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Western countries on Thursday that they risk initiating a nuclear war if they send troops into Ukraine, saying Russia has the weapons to strike targets in the West.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 29 Feb 2024 -- At night, the Russian Armed Forces have foiled another attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by a fixed-wing UAV against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation.
• Ukraine Loses Up to 600 Soldiers Near Donetsk in Past Day - MoD Sputnik 29 Feb 2024 -- Ukraine has lost up to 600 soldiers in the Donetsk area over the past 24 hours, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Thursday.
• Russia hails Pyongyang for supporting its war against Ukraine Radio Free Asia 29 Feb 2024 -- Russia has expressed its gratitude to North Korea again for supporting its aggression against Ukraine in a show of solidarity as fresh claims of arms trading between the two authoritarian regimes emerged.
• Press release on cases of Ukrainian armed forces using toxic chemical agents against Russian military personnel and civilians Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Feb 2024

United States

• Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds a Press Briefing DoD 29 Feb 2024

NATO

United Nations

Foreign Reactions

• Invocation of the OSCE Moscow Mechanism to Examine Reports of the Russian Federation's Arbitrary Detention of Civilians in Ukraine US Dept. of State 29 Feb 2024 -- Today the United States joined 44 other countries, with the support of Ukraine, in invoking the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) Moscow Mechanism to establish a mission of experts to examine allegations of the arbitrary deprivation of liberty of Ukrainian civilians by the Russian Federation in those parts of Ukraine's territory temporarily controlled or occupied by Russia.

News Reports

• Ukrainian grain donation bolsters WFP's response in northeast Nigeria amidst inflation and food price spikes WFP 29 Feb 2024 -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomes a generous donation of 25,000 tons of wheat from the Government of Ukraine that will help provide emergency food assistance to 1.3 million crisis-affected people in northeast Nigeria.