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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Day 4: Operational information as of 11:00 26.02.2022 on the Russian invasion
2022-02-27
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Facebook] The opponent continues offensive actions in selected directions. The main efforts are concentrated in the polísʹkomu, siversʹkomu and tavríjsʹkomu operational areas. The main purpose of the occupiers' operation is to surround and block Kiev, "demilitarization" and "denacionalization" of Ukraine, forcing the Ukrainian leadership to change the political course on Russian terms.

Russian occupants' units are losing an offensive pace, expect additional units to be entered into battle and forced to stop to replenish supplies.
In the polísʹkomu direction to seven battalionnih tactical groups of the enemy stopped in the areas of Borodyanka, Bučí, Vyshgorod. Russian zagarbniki have partially lost their fighting ability and are trying to regroup.

Russian occupants attempted to land air paratroopers in the area of TOMILIVKA and at Vasylkiv airport (paratroopers destroyed).

In the Sívers стiní, Russian occupants forces up to 14 BTgr continue the offensive to block Kiev from the northeast, but stopped by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the cities of nížina, the big road, običiva also the invasion of invaders stopped in the areas of sum, priluk and KIEV.

During the operation, 17 BTGR was introduced in this direction. The occupant has no reserve left.

In Slobožan Оiní up to 12 battalion tactical groups of occupiers from the warehouse of 1 tank and 20 general military armies stopped in front of OKHTIRKA and in the areas of BOHODUHOV, DERGACHIV, PECHENEGIV.

In the Tavriya direction, the opponent continues offensive actions and is forced to enter second echelons in the direction - up to 3 BTGr from the 58 general army of the Southern Military District.

In total, the invaders lose dozens of tanks, hundreds of armored vehicles and thousands of Russian soldiers every day.

Slobožansʹke grouping zs of Ukraine continues the defense operation. Stopped and holds the prevailing forces of Russian occupants.

Grouping of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine carries out the air strikes of the enemy. Continues to conduct systematic warfare. During the day, the Air Force aviation made 34 aircraft / flights on fire impact of life force and equipment clusters in the area of the railway station of Grodno Chernihiv region and a car bridge in the area of Kherson settlement. VAYRAKTAR - TV2 hit the targets of the southern airport of Gostomel.

Grouping of allied forces conducts defensive operation, maintains occupied positions along the line of demarcation. There is no opponent of success in any direction.



A Russian Su-30 CM fighter was destroyed in the Black Sea by an anti-aircraft missile unit of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces. The russian occupiers are throwing equipment away en masse. They run out of fuel, food, increased FEAR.
WELCOME TO HELL !!! LET'S WIN TOGETHER! BEAT THE OCCUPIER!
#stoprussia



Courtesy of Skidmark:
Why Putin's '£15BILLION-a-day' invasion ISN'T going to plan: Moscow tells army advance 'from all directions' as Ukraine OBLITERATES convoy and Estonian ex-defence chief says Russia will run out of cash and arms if Kyiv holds out for 10 days
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Vladimir Putin’s invasion with Ukraine is not going to plan due to Kremlin ‘overconfidence’ about war aims

  • Ukrainian intelligence has claimed that Russia is running out of money, weapons and resources fast

  • If Kyiv can hold off the Russian advance on Kyiv for 10 days, the Kremlin may have to enter negotiations

  • Dramatic video shows a destroyed Russian convoy with Z-markings near Kherson in southern Ukraine

  • Two Russian military transport planes ‘carrying paratroopers’, a fighter jet and helicopter were downed


Ukraine 'obliterates Chechen special forces column with 56 tanks outside Kyiv and kills top general' as battle for capital enters third day: Russian airstrike hits radioactive waste disposal site and UN says 240 civilians are dead
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The group - likely to number in the hundreds - was blown to smithereens on their second day in the country

  • Those killed include Chechen general Magomed Tushaev - one of the regime's most highly-decorated soldiers

  • Vladimir Putin had green-lighted their deployment, with each fighter given a deck of cards to help them recognize Ukrainian leaders they were encouraged to capture and kill

  • But Ukrainian president Volodymr Zelensky remains alive - and is fast becoming a global hero - while Putin has faced scorn over his huge army's slow progress to capture the country

  • On Sunday morning, Ukranian government ministers confirmed they'd managed to keep control of the capital city of Kyiv for the third night running

  • Russia has struck the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine in Kyiv, which stores nuclear waste

  • The facility's radiation detector was also destroyed - although a preliminary inspection suggests there is no immediate danger to locals

  • First confirmed death toll has also emerged - UN says at least 240 Ukrainian citizens have been killed

  • Woman was killed in Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, after Russian artillery shell struck nine-story residential apartment building

  • Two blasts went off in the south west of the Ukrainian capital shortly after midnight local time

  • A fuel depot in the city of Vasylkiv was targeted by Russian ballistic missiles, its mayor said

  • Russia also blew up a gas pipeline in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, which sits close to the Russian border

  • Vladimir Putin is said to be furious at his troops' apparent lack of progress, and is reportedly fuming in his heavily-guarded Russian mountain lair

  • An eerie orange glow filled the sky, CNN reports that a fuel depot may have been hit

  • Blast took place close to one of Kyiv's two airports - Boryspil International Airport, whose capture is vital to Russian takeover ambitions


We don't NEED diplomatic relations with the West': Ex-Russian president Medvedev shrugs off crippling sanctions as he suggests 'padlocking the embassies' and engaging only through 'binoculars and gun sights'



Courtesy of Angaiper Ulavins1210:
Ukrainian missile strike destroyed Russian Sukhoi Su-30SM at Millerovo (Russia) airbase
[Fighter Jets World] Ukrainian missile strike destroyed Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jet on the parking area of Millerovo airbase.

Ukraine reportedly attacked a Russian airbase on 25 February, marking the first time that Kyiv conducted an offensive military action outside of its national borders since Russia launched its renewed invasion of the country on 24 February.

According to reports, the base was hit by an undisclosed number of surface-launched OTR-21 Tochka (SS-21 ’Scarab’/9M79) ballistic missiles, with imagery showing facilities and at least one Sukhoi Su-30SM ’Flanker-H’ combat aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) 31st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment on fire.

Germany and Netherlands sending thousands of weapons to Ukraine
[Fighter Jets World] Germany will send 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger missiles to Ukraine, marking a complete reversal in Berlin’s restrictive arms export policy, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced Saturday.

The weapons, which will come from the Bundeswehr’s own stocks, "will be delivered as quickly as possible to Ukraine," according to a government statement.

Germany has for months come under intense criticism for its response to Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine. The government said its "historical responsibilities" prevented it from shipping arms to conflict zones, and had previously blocked other NATO allies from transferring German-origin weapons to Ukraine

The Netherlands also announced it will send anti-tank weapons to Ukraine, the Defence Ministry said on Saturday.

The Dutch government will supply 50 Panzerfaust-3 anti-tank weapons and 400 rockets, the ministry said in a letter to parliament. The Netherlands is also jointly considering with Germany sending a Patriot air defence system to a NATO battle group in Slovakia, it said.

US, UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, the Czech Republic all pledge weapons to Kyiv’s forces as they show strong resistance to Russian invasion

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 26
[INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR via InstaPundit] Russian forces’ main axes of advance in the last 24 hours focused on Kyiv, northeastern Ukraine, and southern Ukraine. Russian airborne and special forces troops are engaged in urban warfare in northwestern Kyiv, but Russian mechanized forces are not yet in the capital. Russian forces from Crimea have changed their primary axes of advance from a presumed drive toward Odesa to focus on pushing north toward Zaporizhie and the southeastern bend of the Dnipro River and east along the Azov Sea coast toward Mariupol. These advances risk cutting off the large concentrations of Ukrainian forces still defending the former line of contact between unoccupied Ukraine and occupied Donbas. Ukrainian leaders may soon face the painful decision of ordering the withdrawal of those forces and the ceding of more of eastern Ukraine or allowing much of Ukraine’s uncommitted conventional combat power to be encircled and destroyed. There are no indications as yet of whether the Ukrainian government is considering this decision point.

Ukrainian resistance remains remarkably effective and Russian operations especially on the Kyiv axis have been poorly coordinated and executed, leading to significant Russian failures on that axis and at Kharkiv. Russian forces remain much larger and more capable than Ukraine’s conventional military, however, and Russian advances in southern Ukraine may threaten to unhinge the defense of Kyiv and northeastern Ukraine if they continue unchecked.
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