Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 22.32 The sounds of vibukhs sounded at the Kiev evening of the 20th of February due to the sound of alarm due to the threat of an attack by the “martyrs”. The head of the city, Vitaliy Klitschko, told us about this on Telegram.
19.16 Russians attempted to enter Sumy Oblast on two BMD-2s, but the attempt was unsuccessful. This is evidenced by a video posted by Ukrainian military correspondent Andrey Tsaplienko on his Telegram channel.
18.54 A group of Ukrainian paratroopers in a Husky tactical armored vehicle approached an enemy position and blew it up. This was reported by the Operational-Strategic Group of Forces (OSGV) Khortytsia on its Telegram channel on Thursday, February 20.
18.39 The Ministry of Defense presented new rules for interaction with drone manufacturers. The military will receive drones faster, and companies will be able to plan production. This was reported by the head of the defense department Rustem Umerov on Thursday, February 20.
The announced DOT-Chain Defense System gives teams the ability to independently determine which drones they need according to the situation, while manufacturers will get a clear picture of demand and be able to plan production more effectively.
18.25 The current administration in the White House believes that the continuation of Russia's war against Ukraine is not beneficial to anyone. Therefore, it is necessary to strive for peace now. US Vice President J.D. Vance wrote about this on the social network X. According to him, President Donald Trump "deals with reality and facts," so it is necessary to strive for peace now.
17.20 In Kiev, a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US Special Representative for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg began. At the request of the American side, communication with journalists is not provided. Only protocol filming was conducted.
17.01 Since the beginning of the day, 59 combat clashes have occurred on the front in 11 directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the details in the operational summary as of 16.00.
16.46 Frontliner has shown a photo of an F-16 fighter jet in action, taken in one of the directions of the front. This was reported by Frontliner founder and editor-in-chief Andrey Dubchak on his Facebook page.
16.33 Russian actor and State Duma deputy Dmitry Pevtsov was sentenced in absentia to ten years in prison for anti-Ukrainian propaganda. He openly supported the Russian war, called for the seizure of Ukraine and denied war crimes.
16.30 On the morning of February 20, a grey Renault Duster exploded on Vostochny Avenue in the temporarily occupied Berdyansk. Inside the car was war criminal Yevgeny Bogdanov, a Russian citizen who formally held the position of the so-called deputy head of the occupation administration of Berdyansk. This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate.
16.24 Russian occupiers have launched a full-fledged railway connection between Rostov and Mariupol in order to speed up their military logistics. This was reported by the Mariupol City Council on Telegram, citing the Center for the Study of the Occupation .
15.57 Russian shelling destroyed a local architectural monument - the wooden Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the occupied village of Andreyevka in the Volnovakha district of Donetsk Oblast. This was reported by the Donetsk Oblast State Administration.
15.39 Russian invaders have once again attacked the city of Konstantinovka. At least four people have been killed. The city has been subjected to four air strikes and artillery shelling. There is extensive destruction.
14.47 A State Duma deputy and the wife of a party leader, close to the Russian leadership, will be tried for the deportation of Ukrainian children. This was reported by the press service of the Office of the Prosecutor General.
According to open sources, we are talking about State Duma deputy Yana Lantratova and the wife of the head of the A Just Russia party, Sergei Mironov, Inna Varlamova. They organized the deportation of two children from Kherson - an 11-month-old girl and a boy of almost two years.
The Ukrainian children were issued Russian-style birth certificates. The accused and her husband, the leader of A Just Russia, adopted the girl and changed her personal information. The boy was given to guardianship authorities due to psychological developmental disabilities; his whereabouts are still unknown.
14.22 The Security Service and the National Police detained four more arsonists who, on orders from the Russian FSB, were operating in the Kiev and Volyn regions.
The enemy's priority targets were government buildings and the homes of Ukrainian military families. To carry out enemy tasks, the Russians remotely recruited local residents who were looking for easy money on Telegram channels.
14.20 In Kherson, rescuers are extracting a man's body from under the rubble of a multi-story building destroyed by a Russian air strike. This was reported by the head of the Kherson OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
14.00 Russian aggressors shelled the city of Nikopol with heavy artillery. Two men were killed, a 39-year-old woman received shrapnel wounds. As a result of the attack, industrial and private enterprises, cafes, shops, garages, and cars were damaged in the city. A private house was damaged. A fire broke out, which rescuers quickly extinguished.
13.53 The Ministry of Defense has codified and approved for operation in the units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine the Tesla ground-based logistics robotic complex . The Ukrainian Tesla hexodron is designed to transport various cargoes on the front lines.
13.40 Ukraine and Russia may reach a ceasefire in 2025. This was stated by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov. At the same time, he is skeptical about the deployment of peacekeeping forces in Ukraine as security guarantees.
13:13 The Main Intelligence Directorate carried out another special operation: dozens of FPV drone goggles were remotely detonated while they were being used by Russian pilots. This was reported by a source in the special services in a comment to Suspilny .
12:27 Financial Times journalists have identified the Russian soldier who likely executed six Ukrainian prisoners. Earlier, the Russian posted a video of the execution on his YouTube channel, but later deleted it. This is stated in the FT investigation.
12:09 Seven more children from the temporarily occupied Kherson region have been returned to the territory controlled by Ukraine. This was reported by the head of the Kherson OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin, on Thursday, February 20.
11:10 In 2025, the Ukrainian military will receive FPV drones worth 44 billion hryvnia. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense. According to the department, last year the main financial resource was directed to the purchase of long-range drones, but now the priority has changed.
10:30 On the night of February 20, Russian aggressors attacked Ukraine with 14 missiles and 161 Shahed-type strike UAVs and other types of drone imitators. The details of repelling this attack were reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:26 Russian troops attacked Ukraine with Shahed-type attack UAVs. The Commander of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Vice Admiral Oleksiy Neyezhpapa, published a video of the night air battle over Odessa.
10:20 The Security Service prevented a terrorist attack in Dnipro and detained an agent group of enemy special services, which, on orders from Russia, tried to blow up a veteran law enforcement officer.
To commit the crime, the Russians recruited three agents: a 52-year-old nurse from the Vinnytsia region, as well as a 26-year-old unemployed Kharkiv resident and his 20-year-old girlfriend. They were recruited through a Telegram channel looking for "quick money".
The Ukrainian veteran was going to be eliminated using a homemade explosive device (IED), which a resident of the Vinnytsia region was supposed to activate when the man approached his garage.
08:38 US President Donald Trump estimates Russia's losses in the war with Ukraine at 900 thousand soldiers, Ukraine lost in the war, according to him, about 700 thousand.
"I think Russia has lost 900,000 soldiers, I think Ukraine has lost probably 700,000, and it's horrific, you can see body parts, all over the fields, all over. We can see them all very clearly via satellites," the American leader said.
08:13 Over the past 24 hours, missile forces and artillery have hit 13 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, one air defense system, six artillery systems, a command post and one important Russian facility. There have been 122 combat clashes on the front.
07:45 The number of victims as a result of a guided bomb hitting a multi-story residential building in the center of Kherson has increased to six.
"Two more people were injured as a result of a UAB hitting an apartment building in the center of Kherson. A 60-year-old man has abrasions. A 36-year-old man received an acupuncture injury," said the head of the GVA, Roman Mrochko.
Earlier, it was reported that two children and two more injured men were saved from the rubble.
07:19 As of February 20, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine were approximately 863,580 people (+1,190 per day).
04:45 US President Donald Trump said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky allegedly did nothing to end the war in three years, since he did not organize any negotiations. Trump also announced the losses of Ukraine and Russia based on his own data. According to him, Ukraine allegedly lost 700 thousand people, and Russia - 900 thousand.
03:17 Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski spoke about the possible dispatch of a peacekeeping contingent to Ukraine as one of the security guarantees. He stressed that this is only Ukraine's business, and Russia has no right to decide whether foreign troops will be present on Ukrainian territory.
02:30 Next week, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron will visit the United States of America. A British politician will present a plan for the deployment of European troops to Ukraine to US President Donald Trump. The plan is to deploy fewer than 30,000 European troops. The British Prime Minister is expected to detail how European troops will be able to ensure that any ceasefire agreement brokered by the US President is respected. At the same time, Starmer calls on Trump to keep US fighter jets and missiles in Eastern Europe on standby to "respond with lethal force if Russia violates the terms of any ceasefire."
00:17 Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda offers European states his action plan to support Ukraine. He stressed that the necessary real security guarantees for Ukraine - NATO membership - should remain on the table. Ukraine's accession to the EU should also be accelerated, with the target date of accession being 2030. In addition, Russia should be held accountable for war crimes, and sanctions should remain in place until the aggression stops. It is also necessary to urgently finance weapons and allocate 10 billion euros for the Ukrainian defense industry. Frozen Russian assets should be seized and tariffs imposed on imports from Russia/Belarus.
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[Korrespondent] The remnants of the enemy landing force that managed to land were finished off by artillery fire and FPV drones.
The enemy used two tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles and six armored combat vehicles to break through the Ukrainian defense.
Naval infantry repelled an assault by occupiers with armored vehicles in the Pokrovsky direction. This was reported by Khortitsky Veter, which also posted a corresponding video on its Telegram channel on Thursday, December 20.
"The occupiers tried to break through the defense in the zone of responsibility of the naval infantry. However, another attempt to "push through" the defense resulted in the loss of 10 armored vehicles in a couple of hours," the report says.
The enemy deployed two tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles and six armored combat vehicles to break through and conduct assault operations.
"Thanks to the coordinated work of the units, the enemy equipment, together with the landing force, was destroyed while still approaching the defensive fortifications. The occupiers' armored vehicles were blown up by minefields," the military stated.
The damaged armored vehicles and the remnants of the enemy landing force that had managed to land were finished off with artillery fire and FPV drones.
"The enemy offensive has been repelled, and our positions have not been lost," they added.
As we have already written, the Defense Forces routed a column of Russian marines who advanced under red flags to storm from behind a minefield under a hail of Ukrainian drones in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.
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[EngMilRu] Last night, the Russian Armed Forces launched a long-range high precision group strike by long-range air-, sea-, and ground-based weapons as well as attack unmanned aerial vehicles at the gas and power infrastructure that supported the Ukranian defence industry enterprises. The goal of the strike was achieved. All the targets were engaged.
In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of one motorised infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and one territorial defence brigade close to Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses were up to 45 troops, one tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, six motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on formations of five mechanised brigades of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade, and one National Guard brigade near Kutkovka, Kupyansk, Kondrashovka, Zagoruykovka, Novaya Kruglyakovka (Kharkov region), Kolodezi, and Yampol (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were more than 180 troops, five pickup trucks, and seven field artillery guns, including four NATO-made ones. Two ammunition depots and one electronic warfare station were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Seversk, Vasyukovka, Novomarkovo, Chasov Yar, Chervonoye, Karpovka, Konstantinovka, and Ulakly (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 175 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, two pickup trucks, and seven field artillery guns, including three Western-made ones.
The Tsentr Group of Forces' units improved the situation along the front line. Russian troops hit six mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one jaeger brigade, three assault brigades, one assault regiment, and one National Guard brigade close to Shcherbinovka, Shevchenko, Gnatovka, Krasnoarmeysk, Zverevo, Udachnoye, Kotlino, Uspenovka, Nadezhdinka, and Andreyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 280 troops, five tanks, four armoured fighting vehicles, including two U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, three motor vehicles, eight field artillery guns, including one U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzer.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defences. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on units of two mechanised brigades of the AFU and three territorial defence brigades close to Novopetrovskoye (Dnepropetrovsk region), Zelyonoye Pole, Rovnopol, Dneproenergiya, and Razliv (Donetsk People's Republic)
The AFU losses were more than 130 troops, one German-made Leopard tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, and one motor vehicle. The Russian Armed Forces eliminated four field artillery pieces, including one 155mm French-made Caesar self-propelled artillery system.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces engaged manpower and hardware of two coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Primorskoye, Novoandreyevka, Pyatikhatki (Zaporozhye region) and Antonovka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses were up to 40 troops, four motor vehicles, and one electronic warfare station.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, storage and training sites for the launch of unmanned aerial vehicles as well as clusters of manpower and hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 156 areas.
Air defence systems shot down 10 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 108 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 652 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 42,095 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,984 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,511 MLRS combat vehicles, 21,100 field artillery guns and mortars, and 31,097 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
During offensive actions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted strikes on one tank brigade, one heavy mechanised brigade, six mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, four air assault brigades, one naval infantry brigade, three territorial defence brigades, and three assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Bondarevka, Gogolevka, Goncharovka, Guyevo, Kazachya Loknya, Lebedevka, Loknya, Malaya Loknya, Makhnovka, Nikolsky, and Suja. Four enemy counter-attacks were repelled.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and artillery strikes engaged AFU manpower and hardware close to Agronom, Viktorovka, Zamostye, Kolmakov, Kositsa, Kubatkin, Kurilovka, Martynovka, Melovoy, Novaya Sorochina, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, and Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, Mirlogi, Miropolye, and Yunakovka in Sumy region.
During the day, the AFU losses were more than 160 troops, two tanks, two U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, one armoured personnel carrier, 10 armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, five artillery guns, four mortars, and three UAV command posts.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 62,200 troops, 373 tanks, 279 infantry fighting vehicles, 229 armoured personnel carriers, 1,947 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,096 motor vehicles, 461 artillery guns, 49 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 22 anti-aircraft missile launchers, nine transport-loading vehicles, 111 EW stations, 15 counter-battery warfare radars, seven air defence radars, 49 units of engineering and other materiel, including 19 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five bridge launchers, one engineering reconnaissance vehicle as well as 14 armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the Office for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine from 00:00 20.02.2025 to 00:00 21.02.2025.
A total of 31 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
There were reports of three civilians being injured.
DAMAGED:
Six residential buildings,
Four cars,
Seven civil infrastructure facilities.
A total of 31 armed attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 98 units of various ammunition were fired.
19:30 Kupyansk direction: Advancement of Russian troops and pressure on the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, –MAP.
The units of the Russian Armed Forces continue their offensive, consolidating their positions on the approaches to Kondrashovka and developing combat operations in the direction of Tischenkovka and Radkovka. These settlements are of strategic importance for control over the adjacent communications that provide supplies to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kupyansk.
Units of the 1431st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Russian Armed Forces suppressed the resistance of Ukrainian forces in the area of a fortified stronghold west of Orlyanskoye. This area was of tactical importance, as it allowed the Ukrainian Armed Forces to control the approaches to a number of positions. As a result, Russian troops occupied more advantageous positions, which increases the pressure on the enemy's defense.
18:20 Defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is pouring down under pressure from Sakhalin attack aircraft
In the SVO zone, servicemen of the assault group captured four strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during an active offensive in the South Donetsk direction.
17:35 Chasovoyarsk direction: Russian flags in Grigorovka situation as of 16:00 February 20, 2025
On the northern flank of the Chasovoyarsk direction appeared evidence of the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the Grigorovka area – MAP.
16:40 An FPV drone crew from the North group of forces destroyed a CV90 infantry fighting vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kharkiv region, –video.
16:22 Development of offensive actions near the settlement of Sverdlikovo
Today, the airborne assault units of the 106th Tula Airbrone Division overcame about 1.5 km from the north-eastern outskirts of Sverdlikovo to Lebedevka, having advanced along the Loknya River and taken a height of 177 m, with access to the streets of Dyakovka and Zagrebelye. Fire contact with the formations of the 116th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is also observed in Lebedevka itself.
15:05 The Ukrainian Armed Forces' combat armored vehicle was destroyed using the Lancet loitering munition in the border area of the Kursk region.
13:25 UAV operators of the NBC protection units and special forces of the 29th Guards Army of the Vostok group are working against enemy strongholds and military equipment in the South Donetsk direction.
12:50 Tonight the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a group strike with high-precision long-range air, sea and land-based weapons, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, against gas and energy infrastructure facilities that support the operation of Ukraine's military-industrial complex. The strike's objective has been achieved. All facilities have been hit.
12:15 Crew of TOS-1A "Solntsepek" incinerated fortified positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
In the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region, crews of the heavy flamethrower systems "Solntsepek" of the Tula Guards Airborne Unit carry out daily fire missions to destroy fortified long-term strongholds, positions and dugouts with enemy manpower.
10:50 Operators of attack drones destroyed an armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Ugledar direction, –video.
10:32 Security forces prevented a terrorist attack by Ukrainian special services in Saratov region — UFSB
A Russian citizen, he was recruited in 2024 in Ukraine and underwent special training in Kyiv.
On instructions from his supervisor, he took an explosive device with striking elements from a previously prepared hiding place in order to blow up the car of a Saratov official
During the arrest, the saboteur resisted by opening fire, but was neutralized by return fire.
9:55 A reconnaissance UAV was in a forest plantation in the Kursk region discovered a dugout with two Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers. FPV operators of the naval infantry "North" decided to strike the target with a kamikaze drone on fiber optics.
9:05 The 152mm Msta-S cannon destroyed an enemy drone control point and a military vehicle on the right bank of the Kherson region, –video.
8:10 Frontline report for the morning of 20.02.2025
Zaporizhzhya Front. An attempt of counterattack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kamenskoye is reported. The approaching enemy forces were destroyed, –MAP.
Donetsk Front. Russian troops continue to develop the offensive in the Novoselka area. There are also tactical successes in the Constantinople area, where the Russian Armed Forces have secured the outskirts of the settlement and continue to develop the offensive on the flanks,
Chasov Yar direction. Russian troops continue to put pressure on the enemy's defense in Chasov Yar and develop an offensive on the flanks. Tactical successes of our troops in the direction of Kurdyumovka are reported.
Kursk region. Heavy fighting continues in Pogrebki. Also, the Russian Armed Forces are putting pressure on the Ukrainian Armed Forces defense in the Sverdlikovo area. It is reported that our troops are advancing in one of the areas on the territory of the Sumy region.
7:05 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:
three UAVs over the territory of the Republic of Crimea and
one UAV over the territory of the Bryansk region.
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[[Regnum] Prosecutors of the Arkhangelsk region demanded that the court recognize the crimes of the fascists in the region as genocide. This was reported on February 20 on the official website of the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia.
During the Great Patriotic War, Nazi aviation and navy attacked the cities and villages of the region. Fishing factories, polar stations and ships of the Northern Transport Fleet also suffered from bombing and shelling. At least 19,000 people fell victim to air raids and starvation.
The bombing of transport, railway infrastructure and residential areas of Arkhangelsk and Molotovsk (Severodvinsk) region caused damage, which, translated into the current exchange rate, exceeds 700 billion rubles.
It is noted that the prosecutor's office prepared the statement together with law enforcement agencies, archival and educational organizations of the region. In support of the stated facts, an evidence base was presented, including archival documents.
“The application was filed with the Arkhangelsk Regional Court in order to protect the national interests of the Russian Federation, the rights of the relatives of the deceased, as well as the subsequent dissemination to the world community of information about the victims of the invaders during the Great Patriotic War, and the restoration of historical justice,” the Prosecutor General’s Office states.
As previously reported by the Regnum news agency, on February 18, the North Ossetian prosecutor's office demanded that the crimes of the Nazis in the region be recognized as genocide.
During the occupation of Ossetia, which lasted from October to December 1942, the Nazi invaders tortured and killed civilians, simultaneously destroying the republic's infrastructure. More than 2,300 people fell victim to the crimes of the Nazis in Ossetia, shot by the occupiers and killed by enemy air raids and artillery fire. More than 1,600 people were forcibly deported to Germany. The total material damage to the republic is equivalent to 2 billion rubles.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Regarding the discussion of issues of a potential offensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Bryansk and Belgorod regions.
1. Since autumn, the enemy has been accumulating additional forces in the Chernigov, Sumy and Kharkov regions in the interests of active offensive actions on our territory. The movement of units and formations was recorded by our intelligence. Strikes were carried out on the concentrations of forces since autumn.
2. In winter, the enemy made two fairly serious offensive attempts on our territory - an offensive on Ulanok and an offensive on the farm of Berdin. Both did not bring tangible results to the enemy. But the enemy certainly has reserves for active actions, otherwise the Russian Ministry of Defense would not periodically show strikes on troop concentrations in the Sumy region (not to mention the meat grinder in the Kursk region).
3. At the present time, the Russian Ministry of Defense officially states that there is no threat of a direct offensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Bryansk region. At the same time, the enemy certainly has the option of building up a group near our borders for potential strikes end-to-end in the Bryansk and Kursk regions or attempting to invade the Belgorod region.
4. Here, much depends on our agent-technical intelligence, which in such cases must uncover the enemy's offensive plans and concentration areas, so that in the event of a transition to preparation for a strike, it will not be missed. At the same time, the enemy carries out active disinformation measures in order to mislead our intelligence and our command, throwing in various potential options for active actions in order to complicate our General Staff's operational response.
Information about an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) to break through to the Kursk and Bryansk regions has not been confirmed. This was reported on February 20 by a source of Izvestia close to the Russian Defense Ministry.
It is noted that all movements of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are under the control of Russian troops. In addition, artillery and aviation strikes are carried out on enemy personnel and equipment.
Earlier on February 20, the SHOT Telegram channel, citing a source, reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were preparing an offensive on the Bryansk region, and the movement of armed formations was recorded in the area of the villages of Gremyachka and Palievka in the Sumy region. According to the source, Ukrainian units are concentrated in the area of the Troebortnoye customs post. Russian troops are in control of the situation and are striking the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
At a briefing on February 20, the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, referred the question to the Ministry of Defense about the alleged preparation of an offensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Bryansk region.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on February 20, the Russian Armed Forces repelled four counterattacks by Ukrainian formations in the border areas of the Kursk region in one day. Over the course of one day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 160 servicemen, two tanks and two US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed.
On February 20, the Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Colonel General Sergei Rudskoy, stated that the Russian military had liberated 75% of the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions, and less than 1% remained to be liberated in the Luhansk People's Republic. He also reported that the Russian Armed Forces had also liberated 64% of the border territory of the Kursk region, initially captured by the enemy.
Russian President Vladimir Putin reported on February 19 that Russian troops had crossed the border with Ukraine in the Kursk region and entered enemy territory. The head of state stressed that the Russian army was conducting an offensive along the entire front line.
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