[Breitbart] A report issued by Kenyan intelligence on Wednesday found that over a thousand Kenyans were recruited with false promises of good jobs in Russia, but then sent to fight on the bloody battlefields of Ukraine.
Parliamentary leader Kimani Ichung’wah accused officials with the Russian embassy of colluding with the scheme, providing tourist visas so the victims could visit Russia in pursuit of phantom jobs. Ichung’wah said “rogue recruitment agencies and individuals in Kenya” were still feeding Kenyans into Russia’s war machine to this day.
“The rogue agencies are targeting ex-military, ex-police officers, as well as civilians… who are desperate for job opportunities abroad,” he said. He also implicated “rogue airport staff” and immigration officials in the recruiting scheme.
According to the report from Kenya’s National Intelligence Service, 89 Kenyans are currently fighting on the front lines in Ukraine, 39 have been hospitalized, 28 are reportedly missing in action, and one is confirmed dead.
On Thursday, the families of 35 Kenyans tricked into fighting for Russia demanded their government take action to bring the missing men home. The families assembled for a protest in Nairobi holding placards with photos of their missing loved ones.
“We hope to get any information about my brother — dead, or alive, or injured,” said protester Winnie Rose Wambui, who said her brother Samuel Maina was lured to Russia with the promise of a job as a security guard at a shopping mall.
Wambui said the last communication received from her brother was a “distress voice note” sent from somewhere in a forest on October 31.
“The ministry of foreign affairs is not helping us. They told us if we have questions we have go to the Kenyan embassy in Moscow,” she said.
“It is very bad when unscrupulous agents are taking advantage of the state of joblessness in Kenya to exploit our brothers. We are demanding for the government to act and ensure our children are brought back because we cannot go to Russia,” said protest leader Peter Kamau, whose brother is among the missing.
Allegations of Kenyans tricked into fighting for Russia first surfaced in the fall of 2025, but the number of missing men was much lower at the time. The Kenyan Foreign Minister initially estimated that “over two hundred Kenyans may have joined the Russian military,” but the new intelligence report says the full number is over five times that high.
In September 2025, Nairobi police raided a human trafficking operation that was accused of luring Kenyans to Russia with false job offers. The Kenyan Directorate of Criminal Investigations said 21 Kenyan men who were “awaiting processing to Russia” were rescued in the operation.
“We were preparing to leave the country for Russia when the detectives came knocking on our doors. We were actually signing documents,” said one of the rescued Kenyans, who thought he was applying for a “well-paying job in Russia” with a salary of over $1,900 per month.
One of the alleged members of the ring detained by police was an employee of the Russian Embassy in Nairobi named Mikhail Lyapin. The Russian Embassy claimed he was a private businessman rather than a government employee. Lyapin was expelled from Kenya and was supposedly taken back to “stand trial in Russia.”
Last week, Kenyan Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi denounced Russia’s recruiting effort as “unacceptable and clandestine,” and said he planned to demand a signed promise from Moscow that it would stop conscripting Kenyan soldiers when he visits Russia next month.
“Kenya and Russia have had long relations since independence, literally. So this, in my view, becomes a very unfortunate episode of otherwise very positive and cordial relations between our two countries,” he said.
According to Mudavadi, Kenyan officials have shuttered over 600 recruiting agencies accused of luring Kenyans overseas with false job offers.
Ichung’wah said Kenyan officials tried to shut down the recruiting scams with increased scrutiny at airports, but the recruiters began asking their victims to travel to other African countries so they could depart undetected. The victims typically flew through Istanbul or Abu Dhabi on tourist visas before ending up in Russia.
The Russian embassy in Nairobi denied all of the recruiting allegations, and claimed it has never issues visas for any potential foreign recruits to fight in Ukraine, although it admitted that the Russian Federation “does not preclude citizens of foreign countries from voluntarily enlisting in the armed forces.”
Kenya’s accusations are very similar to those made by India, Uganda, South Africa, Cuba, and other nations. In July 2024, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly obtained a promise from Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop using Indians as cannon fodder in Ukraine, after illegal recruiting efforts became a major scandal in India.
South Africa’s Russian recruiting scandal became a major story in December after the scheme was linked to Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, the daughter of former president Jacob Zuma. Zuma-Sambudla claimed she herself was duped by unscrupulous Russian recruiters, and she genuinely believed she was enlisting South Africans in an overseas jobs program.
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[Korrespondent] 22.43 Poland has transferred more than 29,000 Starlink terminals to Ukraine and continues to finance their operation.
21.53 Work to eliminate the consequences of Russian attacks continues continuously and there is a tendency to improve the situation with electricity supply. At the same time, there is a threat of new Russian attacks on the energy sector.
"At the same time, we have information about the enemy preparing new attacks on the energy sector," First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal said.
20:36 In Malynivka, Kharkiv region, rescuers found the bodies of two more people killed under the rubble of a warehouse building destroyed by a Russian drone attack.
"As of now, the number of victims of the Russian attack has increased to three people, two more people were injured. Emergency rescue and search operations at the scene are ongoing," the State Emergency Service reported.
20.19 3,788,285 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have the right to vote. Of these, 538,023 citizens indicated in the IDP register their addresses, which are attributed to the temporarily occupied territory, 174,113 - to places where active hostilities are taking place.
In addition, 405 IDPs are registered in small settlements where, according to the State Voter Register, there are no permanent electoral addresses for voters to vote.
19:44 Russian military attacked two districts of Dnipropetrovsk region with drones and artillery almost 60 times during the day.
In the Nikopol district, Nikopol itself, Marhanetska, Myrivska, Pokrovska and Chervonohryhorivska communities were under attack. Three people were injured. A 54-year-old woman and a 56-year-old man were hospitalized. Infrastructure, more than 10 private houses, a high-rise building, a dormitory, a fire station and a rescue vehicle were damaged.
Housing was damaged in the Pishchanska community of the Samaritan district.
19.36 French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hold a video conference of the Coalition of the Willing to Support Ukraine on Tuesday, February 24. The Elysee Palace press service reported this on Friday, Le Monde reports.
19.19 On Saturday, electricity outage schedules will be in effect again in most regions of Ukraine. This was reported by Ukrenergo. The reason for the permanent restrictions is the consequences of regular Russian missile and drone attacks on energy facilities.
18.50 Ukrainian military destroyed three Tor anti-aircraft missile systems in the temporarily occupied part of Zaporizhia region. This was reported by the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Robert "Magyar" Brovdi.
18.44 Ukrainian military shot down a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber in a southerly direction. This happened on Thursday, February 19, reports the monitoring channel monitor.
"Minus Su-34 in the south direction yesterday 02/19/26," the post says.
The downing of the plane was also confirmed by the Russian channel, which writes about military aviation, FighterBomber. "The legendary twenty-first, red," the message states.
18.00 Russia will continue to strike at Ukraine's energy sector after winter. Therefore, the Cabinet of Ministers, together with the regions, has already begun preparing the energy system for the next heating season. Prime Minister Yulia Svirydenko stated this in Telegram.
17.55 A meeting at the leadership level may be decisive in the negotiations to achieve peace in Ukraine, and our state is ready for such a format. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky on Telegram following the results of the report of the negotiating group, which met with the US and Russian delegations in Switzerland this week.
17.47 In Kharkiv, the management of a private educational enterprise was exposed, which since June 2024 has organized fictitious employment of more than 70 conscripted men from various regions of Ukraine in order to illegally obtain a deferment from mobilization.
The scheme was coordinated by two directors of the enterprise. For money, they registered men for teaching positions, after which they sent documents to the CCC and the Joint Service to obtain a deferral from the draft.
To cover up their activities, they involved an acquaintance who kept financial documentation and created the illusion of legal work. In reality, the "employees" did not show up for work and did not fulfill their duties.
Law enforcement officers conducted searches in Kharkiv, Kyiv, Lviv, and Rivne regions at the residences of organizers and "collaborators." Three participants were notified of suspicion.
17.09 Since the beginning of the day, 51 combat clashes have been recorded on the front, which is significantly less than on Thursday. The defense forces are having success in two directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational summary.
16.54 Several countries have signaled their readiness to join Germany's initiative to transfer additional PAC-3 missiles to Ukraine for Patriot air defense systems. This was stated by German Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius during a press conference of the defense ministers of the Group of Five (Germany, Great Britain, France, Poland, Italy) in Krakow.
16.53 As a result of a Russian drone strike on an enterprise in the Malynivska community of the Chuhuyiv district of the Kharkiv region, one person was killed and two others were injured.
16.46 A Russian agent who tried to organize a double terrorist attack in the Lviv region in 2025 was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
As it turned out, the attacker was carrying out orders from the Russian Federation and was trying to blow up a checkpoint and a service vehicle of the Defense Forces in the western region. Law enforcement officers worked ahead of time and detained the agent "red-handed" in a hotel room, where he was equipping homemade bombs for planned terrorist attacks.
The preparations for the explosions were carried out by a 33-year-old unemployed man from the Dnipropetrovsk region who was recruited by the enemy. After being recruited, he arrived in the Lviv region, checked into a hotel, and took two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) from a cache.
16.39 Andriy Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense (GUR MO), stated that an assassination attempt was being prepared against him, and this is not the first time. He reported this on Facebook.
16.11 Already this year, Ukraine can export military goods and services worth "several billions of dollars." This was stated by Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) David Aloyan in a comment to Reuters.
15:59 As a result of a Russian strike with guided aerial bombs on the village of Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhia district, a 22-year-old woman and a 27-year-old man were injured, and residential buildings were damaged.
15:44 In the Kharkiv region, a Russian drone attacked the White Angels evacuation unit in the Kupyansky district. Two police officers were killed, the National Police reported.
15.03 The information that President Volodymyr Zelensky allegedly told his advisers that the peace talks had failed and ordered them to prepare to fight for another three years is fake. This was stated by the head of state's advisor on communications Dmytro Lytvyn, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
14.59 Five European countries plan to announce an investment plan in military drones to strengthen their defense industry, Reuters reports, citing a source in the Polish Defense Ministry.
14.56 The Shevchenko District Court of Kyiv found a Russian serviceman guilty of a war crime and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The Prosecutor General's Office reported this on February 20. The convict is a member of the 1st Marine Company of the 1st Battalion of the 40th Separate Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Armed Forces.
14.30 During the performance of a combat mission near the settlement of Pysarivka, Sumy region, on February 15, an athlete and coach, a military serviceman Dmytro Rusetskyi died. This was reported by the President of the Kickboxing Federation of Ukraine, Olga Pavlenko. Dmytro Rusetskyi was the Ukrainian kickboxing champion, a World and European Cup winner, and had the title of international master of sports in WAKO kickboxing. In civilian life, he also worked as a coach, educating young athletes and future champions.
14.11 Drones from China are now entering Russia via Thailand, according to trade data and a Bloomberg investigation.
The scheme works like this: China supplies drones to Thailand, while Thai companies re-export them to Russia. Among the participants in this chain is the company Skyhub Technologies.
In the first 11 months of 2025, Russia purchased drones worth $125 million from Thailand, accounting for 88% of all Thai exports of these products and eight times more than a year earlier. During the same period, China supplied drones to Thailand worth $186 million.
14.07 During the International Energy Agency events in Paris, the Ukrainian side reached agreements on attracting over 600 million euros to restore the power system and obtain used equipment for repairs of thermal power plants and CHP plants. This was reported by First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal in Telegram on Friday, February 20.
13.45 Japan produces missiles and air defense systems, in return Ukraine can share technologies of naval drones and interceptor drones. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview with Kyodo News.
13.43 US President Donald Trump, who previously announced his intention to end the Russian-Ukrainian war in 24 hours, after more than a year in power without reaching a peace agreement between the parties, is gradually losing enthusiasm. The Wall Street Journal reports this, citing American officials.
There have been several meetings between representatives of Ukraine and Russia during Trump's 13 months in office. However, three rounds of talks this year - two in Abu Dhabi and one in Geneva - have not brought the parties closer to a peace agreement. Sources say Trump's attention is now more focused on a possible deal with Iran and the reopening of Gaza.
13.39 Moscow called US President Donald Trump's decision to extend sanctions against Russia for a year "automatic." Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said this in a comment to Russian propagandists. According to him, Russia "did not have any inflated expectations on this matter."
13.35 Journalists intercepted correspondence from the deputy commander of the Russian 20th Army, Major General Roman Demurchiev, which directly confirms the torture and execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war. This is evidenced by an investigation by the Radio Liberty project called Schemes.
13.19 Law enforcement officers reported new suspicions to the head of the food service of one of the military units, whom the investigation considers to be involved in the embezzlement of funds allocated for the food of the military.
"During the investigation of the case of a large-scale corruption scheme during the supply of food to combat units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Dnipropetrovsk region, investigators established that in 2024, one of the defendants - a major - purchased an elite apartment on the island of Bali worth $190,000. In addition, in one of the brand stores in Dnipro alone, he spent almost 2.5 million hryvnias on clothes," the report says.
The value of the assets acquired by the officer exceeds 10 million hryvnias. The final amount will be determined as part of the pre-trial investigation.
12.59 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense published data on 31 sea vessels involved in the transportation of Russian oil and liquefied gas on the War&Sanctions portal.
We are talking about vessels that belong to the so-called "shadow fleet" of the Russian Federation and Iran and ensure the transportation of Russian energy resources, which form critically important export revenues for the aggressor state.
The update includes vessels that serve key players in the Russian Federation's oil and gas sector and the largest taxpayers in this industry, including:
oil tankers transporting crude oil and petroleum products in the interests of PJSC NK Rosneft, PJSC Surgutneftegaz, PJSC Tatneft;
gas carriers transporting Russian liquefied natural gas from both the sanctioned medium-tonnage Gazprom LNG Portovaya project and the Yamal LNG project, which is still not under full restrictions by partner countries.
12.55 Ukraine is ready to talk about peace with Russia now on the basis of the principle of "we stand where we stand" and this is a big compromise. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in an interview with Kyodo News.
12.35 The Defense Forces hit several important military targets in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) of Ukraine. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported details.
12.20 Russian troops attacked the critical infrastructure of Zaporizhzhia at around 6 am on February 20, leaving 8,000 consumers without electricity. This was reported by the head of the Zaporizhzhia OVA Ivan Fedorov. It is noted that 41,000 subscribers were left without electricity as a result of the attack. Energy workers immediately began to eliminate the consequences.
12.13 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Maloni announced significant progress in work on security guarantees for Ukraine, and separately noted positive dynamics in the preparation of a recovery plan and a peace initiative. She spoke about this in an interview with Sky TG.
According to the head of the Italian government, the prepared documents contain significant developments regarding security guarantees for Kyiv. Meloni noted that these proposals are based on the Italian initiative, which envisages a model similar to Article 5 of NATO.
12.09 Currently, 10,000 North Korean soldiers are in Russia, where they are training in hybrid warfare. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in an interview with Kyodo News.
11.43 Activists of the Yellow Ribbon movement organized a resistance action in Crimea before the date of the start of the occupation of the peninsula. Pro-Ukrainian symbols were distributed in Yalta, Simferopol, Sevastopol and Alushta.
They reported this on their Telegram channel.
11.40 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska honored the memory of the fallen participants of the Revolution of Dignity on the Day of the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred. This was reported by the press service of the head of state.
11.12 Russian troops again attacked Ukraine's oil and gas infrastructure. This time, the "shaheeds" struck facilities in the Poltava region, the Naftogaz press service reported.
10.59 On Friday morning, seven regions of Ukraine experienced new power outages due to Russian shelling and bad weather. Ukrenergo reported this. Russian invaders struck the energy infrastructure of five regions.
10.52 Commander of the National Guard of Ukraine, Brigadier General Oleksandr Pivnenko, said that Ukraine is ready to fight for several more years, but any fighting for territories and resources must end. He said this in an interview with the BBC.
10.25 Law enforcement officers of Ukraine and Moldova have foiled an attempt by racists to carry out a series of contract killings in our country. This was reported by the SBU.
The attackers were preparing assassination attempts on Ukrainian journalists, public figures, the head of a strategic enterprise, and military personnel of the GUR. The attackers promised a reward of up to $100,000 for the murder.
9.19 Over the past 24 hours, 237 combat engagements have taken place at the front, with the enemy being most active in the Pokrov and Hulyaipil directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on February 20. Over the past 24 hours, the Defense Forces' aviation struck two areas of personnel concentration and one other important facility of the Russian invaders.
8.49 Air defense shot down/suppressed 107 enemy Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas and other types of drones in the north, south and east of the country. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. A ballistic missile and 21 strike UAVs were recorded hitting 14 locations, as well as the fall of downed ones (fragments) at 1 location.
8.20 A Russian strike, initially with an Iskander-M missile, on the Slobidsky district of Kharkiv damaged an administrative building, cars, broke windows in residential buildings, and injured a person. The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office reported this on February 20.
7.50 The Ukrainian Defense Forces killed and wounded 970 Russian occupiers over the past year, with the enemy's total losses in the war amounting to 1,257,880 people. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on February 20.
7.23 On the morning of February 20, Russian troops struck the Slobidsky district of Kharkiv. As a result of the strike, two cars caught fire. This was reported by the mayor of the city, Igor Terekhov, and the head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Synegubov. Subsequently, Terekhov, referring to the Situation Center, reported that as a result of the strike on the Slobidsky district, windows in several high-rise buildings were broken.
06.09 On the night of Friday, February 20, a series of explosions occurred on the outskirts of Krasnodar and the Northern District of the Krasnodar Territory. According to preliminary information, Russian air defense repelled an air attack. Temporary restrictions on the arrival and departure of flights were also introduced.
05.04 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Maloni commented on the progress of negotiations on ending Russia's war against Ukraine, noting that the main issue - the territorial one - is still far from being resolved. However, she noted important steps in the documents currently being worked on, in particular regarding security guarantees for Kyiv and post-war reconstruction of Ukraine.
03.29 On the evening of February 19 and during the night of February 20, a series of explosions were heard in various areas of the temporarily occupied Crimea. Representatives of the occupation authorities reported a large-scale drone attack on the territory of the peninsula. Explosions against the backdrop of the UAV raid were heard in particular in the area of the Kacha and Belbek military airfields in Crimea, as well as in Bakhchisarai, Sevastopol, Kerch and Sochi.
02.01 The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court satisfied the claim of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine and decided to transfer the property of JSC Aviakor to the state. This aircraft plant is part of the Russian defense complex. As a result, aviation spare parts for the AN-140 aircraft, the estimated value of which is 1.5 million dollars, were confiscated.
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[Korrespondent] The Russian occupation army has noticeably reduced its activity on most of the main front lines.
Since the beginning of the day, 51 combat clashes have been recorded on the front, which is significantly less than on Thursday. The defense forces are having success in two directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational summary on Friday, February 20.
Thus, two clashes with the enemy took place in the North Slobozhansk and Kursk directions.
"Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out active actions and had certain successes," the report says.
In the South Slobozhansk direction, the enemy attacked in the area of the settlement of Vovchanski Khutory.
On the Kupyansk direction, the enemy once advanced towards Novoosynovoye.
In the Lyman direction, the invading army carried out four attacks in the Zarichny area and towards Drobyshevy and Lyman. Three clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Slavyansk direction, the invaders tried to advance in the Yampol area and towards Rai-Oleksandrivka. One attack is ongoing.
In the Kostyantynivka direction, the invaders carried out ten offensive actions near Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar and towards the settlements of Kostyantynivka, Ivanopillya, Berestok, and Novopavlivka. Three clashes are ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the invaders tried 14 times to push our soldiers out of the occupied positions in the areas of the settlements of Rodynske, Myrnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske and towards Novooleksandrivka. The defense forces have already stopped 13 attacks.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy tried to advance in the Stepovoye area.
In the Hulyaipil direction, there were 10 attacks by the invaders - in the areas of Hulyaipil, Zahirne and towards Olenokostyantynivka, Zaliznychne and Svyatopetrivka. Five assaults are ongoing.
In the Orikhiv direction, the invaders attacked twice near Stepovoye and Maly Shcherbaky.
On the Dnieper direction, two enemy attacks in the direction of the Antoniv Bridge were repelled.
As a reminder, Russia lost almost 100 soldiers killed and wounded in the 24 hours of February 19. The total number of Russian casualties is approaching 1.3 million since the beginning of the Great War.
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[NewsFront] 21:40 Assault units of the Center group of forces are advancing towards Grishino in the Krasnoarmeysky direction, MAP. 21:39 Flag of the 8th Reconnaissance and Assault Brigade of the Volunteer Corps of the Russian Armed Forces raised on the western outskirts of liberated Minkovka.
21:13 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crews of the 40th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade of the Center group burned enemy drone control center and crews.
21:03 UAV operators of the 44th Army Corps of the North group detected and destroyed three heavy R-18 (Baba Yaga) quadcopters, video.
20:59 In the DPR, the advancement of the Russian Armed Forces was noted in the Kotlin region, MAP.
19:36 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov handed over Gold Star medals for distinguished participants of the SVO.
19:26 Crew of the TOS-1A "Solntsepek" of the 2nd Guards Regiment of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense of the "Center" group stopped an attempt at a counterattack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces unit, destroying the manpower and lightly armored vehicles of the Ukrainian military in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
18:36 Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked FPV drone surveillance of the village of Voronok in the Starodubsky Municipal District. There were no casualties. The hospital building was damaged, and an ambulance was completely destroyed.
18:00 Investigators of the Investigative Committee will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed groups against civilians in several regions of Russia
According to local authorities, a 30-year-old man was killed and a woman was injured in the city of Sevastopol as a result of debris from a downed drone falling on the ground.
Four civilians were injured as a result of drone strikes in the Belgorod region.
As a result of a UAV attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the LPR, two people were injured, and a civilian was wounded in the Kherson region.
Two people were also injured as a result of drone strikes in the Bryansk region and the Donetsk People's Republic.
17:34 In the period from 8:00 Moscow time to 16:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 12 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Four UAVs flew over the Belgorod region,
Three UAVs flew over the Bryansk region,
Three UAVs flew over the Kursk region,
One UAV flew over the Oryol region, and
One UAV flew over the Rostov region.
17:00 In relation to another Ukrainian soldier who committed a terrorist act in the Kursk region, was charged.
The Main Military Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case against Ivan Khvorostyanov, a soldier from the 95th Separate Assault Brigade of the armed forces of Ukraine, who committed a terrorist act in the Kursk region (subparagraphs “a” and “b” of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
16:30 Enemy 122mm self-propelled gun 2S1 "Gvozdika" discovered and destroyed near the village of Zakharovka in the Khar'kov region. Crews of the 71st Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the North group of forces carried out the operation.
15:27 Russian military-industrial complex continues to improve the accuracy and precision of controlled planning and correction modules installed on aerial bombs.
14:51 Information about shootdowns of all types of enemy UAVs in the Belgorod region by the BARS-Belgorod and Orlan units
From 07:00 on February 19 to 07:00 on February 20, 9 drones were destroyed.
shot down with small arms:
- Graivoronsky District: 3 FPV drones.
14:00 In the area of the village of Velyki Prokhody, Khar'kov region, fighters of the 1431st Motorized Rifle Regiment arranged an ambush of an enemy pickup truck.
13:28 As a result of a massive enemy attack on the energy networks of the Zaporizhzhia region, a significant part of the northwest of the region was de-energized.
The outages affected the city of Energodar, the village of Velikaya Belozerka in the Kamensko-Dneprovsky Municipal District, and the village of Malaya Belozerka in the Vasilievsky Municipal District.
12:50 In the village of Nikolskoye, Belgorod District, a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone attacked a car. A civilian was injured.
The man presented himself to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2. He was diagnosed with blind shrapnel wounds to his face, soft tissues of his chest, and a bruised leg. He received medical care and will continue treatment as an outpatient.
12:23 As a result of the fall and explosion of a Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV in the city of Polohy, Polohovsky municipal district, Zaporizhia region, damaged a passenger car parked in the courtyard of a private home was struck. Windows in the house were also shattered. There were no injuries.
11:18 In Stavropol, a Ukrainian intelligence agent was liquidated, while planning to use a bomb
According to the Russian Federal Security Service, the attacker was planning to blow up the building of the state fund for supporting participants of the Second Military Military District on Defender of the Fatherland Day.
He made the explosives himself, bought the components, and set up a hiding place for later use.
10:21 Dnepr group fighters destroyed armored vehicles and temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson direction, video.
9:44 Servicemen of the "East" group of forces thwarted attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to counterattack in the Zaporizhzhia region,video.
9:33 In the village of Korobki, Kakhovka district, drone of the Ukrainian Armed Forces dropped ammunition dropped on the roof of the store. The building was out of service, so there were no casualties.
9:16 AFU continue attacks on civilian infrastructure in the left bank of the Kherson region
Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 19 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:
8:35 Summary about the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours.
In total, 34 enemy drones of various types were shot down between 9:00 a.m. on February 19 and 7:00 a.m. on February 20. The enemy used artillery three times on evacuated areas. Four times, drones attacked our territory by dropping explosive devices.
8:12 During the past night, in the period from 23:00 Moscow time on February 19 to 7:00 Moscow time on February 20, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 149 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
57 – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
28 – over the waters of the Black Sea,
24 – over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
20 – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
17 – over the territory of the Krasnodar region,
Two – over the territory of the Rostov region,
One – over the territory of the Belgorod region.
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[Regnum] Tu-95MS strategic bombers completed a 14-hour flight over the neutral waters of the Bering Sea with in-flight refueling. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported this on February 20.
"Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers of the Russian Aerospace Forces' Long-Range Aviation carried out a scheduled flight over the neutral waters of the Bering Sea. The flight lasted over 14 hours. Fighter escort was provided by crews of Su-35S and Su-30SM aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces," the statement reads.
During the flight, the aircraft underwent in-flight refueling. At certain points along the route, the flight was escorted by foreign fighter jets.
It is noted that long-range aviation crews regularly fly over the neutral waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Baltic, and Black Seas. All flights are conducted in strict compliance with international airspace regulations.
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[Regnum] FSB officers in the Chelyabinsk region have detained former special forces officers suspected of high-profile murders of entrepreneurs committed approximately 20 years ago. This was reported on February 20 by the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
As the investigation established, in May 2004, the defendants, who were then serving in the police, had prearranged a meeting with a 39-year-old businessman and provoked an argument. They shot and killed the man with a firearm.
The second incident occurred in April 2006. In the basement of the building, the same individuals opened fire with automatic weapons on a 48-year-old businessman. The victim was hit by at least twenty bullets, and died instantly.
The perpetrators were unable to be identified immediately after the crimes, so the cases had to be suspended. However, forensic experts continued working to solve these murders and eventually tracked down the perpetrators.
"The defendants have been detained and charged with committing a crime under paragraphs "a" and "g" of Part 2 of Article 105 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Murder of two persons committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy"). At the request of an investigator from the Russian Investigative Committee, the court has ordered their pretrial detention," the agency's Telegram channel reported.
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over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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