02 March 2024 - Ukraine Special Weapons News |
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Combat Operations
- 'We Need More Air Defenses,' Says Zelenskiy As Russian Shelling, Drone Strikes Kill At Least 11 In Ukraine RFE/RL 02 Mar 2024 -- Russia and Ukraine exchanged apparent drone and missile attacks, with the deadliest of the latest Russian strikes hitting a high-rise residential building in Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing at least eight people, regional officials said.
Ukraine
- Delay in supplying weapons to Ukraine and anti-aircraft defense systems to protect our people leads to loss of lives - address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 02 Mar 2024
- Zelenskyy Calls Allies' Delay of Military Support 'Unacceptable' VOA 02 Mar 2024 -- In his nightly video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday urged Western allies to provide weapons to Ukraine, stressing that delays in supplying missile defense systems will cost more Ukrainian lives.
- Zelenskiy Signs Miliary Aid Pact With Dutch PM, Discusses Speeding Up Delivery Of F-16s RFE/RL 02 Mar 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed gratitude to the Netherlands on March 1 for a new package of aid signed during a visit to Kharkiv by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Russia
- NATO's Presence in Ukraine is 'Hardly Surprising for Anyone' Sputnik 02 Mar 2024 -- The German military made headlines this week after a recording of officials discussing the possible shipments of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine and the use of these weapons against targets in Russia was disclosed by Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of RT and Rossiya Segodnya, Sputnik's parent media group.
- Russia Intercepts Five Ukrainian Storm Shadow Missiles Sputnik 02 Mar 2024 -- Air defenses shot down five Storm Shadow cruise missiles fired by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one day, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Saturday.
- Russia Received No Constructive Proposals on Ukraine Peace Talks Since 2022 - Lavrov Sputnik 02 Mar 2024 -- Russia's top diplomat Sergey Lavrov held a presser where he shared his opinion on the most crucial global issues and commented on unfolding trends in the world's politics.
- Improvised Explosive Device Found Attached to Bottom of Car Entering Crimea Sputnik 02 Mar 2024 -- An improvised explosive device made of foreign-made components has been found attached to the bottom of a car at the entrance to Crimea at the Dzhankoi checkpoint, a spokesperson for regional law enforcement agencies have told Sputnik, adding that the device has been defused.
- US, UK, French military officers, not just mercenaries, are in Ukraine: Russia's Lavrov Press TV 02 Mar 2024 -- Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has revealed that military officers from the United States, United Kingdom, and France are present in Ukraine rather than only mercenaries from those countries.
United States
NATO
United Nations
Foreign Reactions
- France considering placing Special Forces in Ukraine ISNA 02 Mar 2024 -- Paris is contemplating sending a small force into Ukrainian territory to pose a "strategic dilemma" for Moscow, the French outlet has claimed.
- Sending Western Troops to Ukraine Not Today's Priority - Belgian Defense Minister Sputnik 02 Mar 2024 -- Sending Western troops to Ukraine is not a today's priority, Belgian Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder said, not ruling out doing so in the future.
News Reports
- German Defense Ministry Concerned About Possibility of Wider Secret Talks Leak - Reports Sputnik 02 Mar 2024 -- The German Defense Ministry is concerned that the disclosed recording of confidential army talks on Russia and Ukraine could be part of a wider leak spanning the country's air force and other military divisions, German magazine Der Spiegel reported, citing unnamed sources.
- Chancellor Scholz Promises to Provide Clarifications Over Leak of German Military Conversation Sputnik 02 Mar 2024 -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday that a thorough, intensive and swift investigation was underway in connection with the leaked conversation between German military officers on security topics concerning Russia and Ukraine.
- Bundeswehr Believes Rec. of German Conversation About Strike on Russia Authentic - Reports Sputnik 02 Mar 2024 -- The recording of a conversation between senior German military officials on security topics concerning Russia and Ukraine is circulating among the Bundeswehr officials, and they believe it is authentic, German newspaper Die Welt has reported, citing German soldiers.
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