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[Korrespondent] 22.54 Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kirill Budanov proposed restricting Telegram in Ukraine in 2024, but not blocking it. He stated this on the air of the United News.
20.51 The Russians have agreed to accept the security guarantees that the US is offering to Ukraine. This was stated by the head of the Presidential Office, Kirill Budanov, on the air of the United News.
20.35 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called most of the negotiators from the Russian side "texters". Therefore, according to him, the meetings are simply "an exchange of live letters". This is evidenced by his interview for the German TV channel ZDF.
19.59 Ukraine is developing a comprehensive plan to address problems with mobilization and cases of foreign military personnel. It provides for more active involvement of foreign citizens in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was stated by Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov during a joint briefing with the head of the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands, Dylan Yeshilgos-Zegheriu.
17.59 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban appealed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to resume oil supplies through the Druzhba oil pipeline. He was "inspired" by the US military operation in Iran. This is evidenced by his post on the social network X.
17.52 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he has determined updated directives for the Ukrainian delegation at the negotiations with the Russian Federation, which are due to take place in the near future. This is evidenced by the video address of the head of state.
14.55 Ukrainian military inflicted damage on the forward command post of the Russian division, a number of logistical facilities and the manpower of the invaders. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
14.29 The aggressor country Russia is ready to stop negotiations with Ukraine if it does not agree to territorial concessions regarding Donbas. Bloomberg reports this, citing sources.
13.38 The National War Memorial Cemetery (NWMC) has held 219 burials of defenders in the first six months since its opening, Interfax-Ukraine reports, citing the Ministry of Veterans Affairs.
12.12 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree putting into effect the NSDC decision to impose sanctions against 10 Russian transport and logistics companies delivering cargo to the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine (TOT). The corresponding decree No. 212/2026 was published on the website of the head of state.
11.39 Over the past 24 hours, four people have been killed and four more injured in the Sumy region by Russian shelling. This was reported by the head of the OVA, Oleg Grigorov. The invaders carried out more than 100 attacks on 30 settlements in 16 communities of the region.
10.22 Ukraine has received more than a dozen Norwegian NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems, and continues to receive them along with missiles for them. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in an interview with NRK News.
09.38 Over the past 24 hours, 148 combat clashes were recorded on the front. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational summary.
Aviation, missile troops, and artillery of the Defense Forces struck two command posts, eight areas of concentration of manpower, an area of concentration of weapons and military equipment, a logistics warehouse, and a UAV control point of the occupiers.
08.40 On Saturday night, Russian aggressors launched one Iskander-M ballistic missile and 105 drones of various types into Ukraine. Air defense and electronic warfare units shot down/suppressed most of the enemy targets, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
08.22 One person was injured in a swarm attack on the city of Dnipro. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Oleksandr Ganzha in Telegram. Transport infrastructure and high-rise buildings were damaged in the city.
07.55 Over the past 24 hours, the Russian occupation army has lost 770 servicemen killed and wounded on the front in Ukraine. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational briefing. The Ukrainian military has destroyed more than 1,800 units of Russian equipment, including 32 guns and two MLRS.
06.29 At dawn on Saturday, February 28, several explosions occurred in the suburbs of Tula. According to local residents, loud sounds were also heard in the areas of Uzlovaya and Novomoskovskaya. Russian local authorities claim that their air defenses were acting against Ukrainian drones.
06.03 On the night of Saturday, February 28, a series of explosions were heard in the Dnipro. The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine warned about the movement of drones towards the Dnipro. As reported by the OVA, a fire broke out in one of the districts of the Dnipro. Previously, no one was injured.
04.55 On the night of Saturday, February 28, it was announced that traffic on the Crimean Bridge would be temporarily suspended. For the second night in a row, Russian occupation forces are restricting traffic on the bridge. This was reported by the Telegram channel "Krymsky Most: Operational Information". The reason for the suspension of traffic on the bridge was not specified.
04.29 The Danish government plans to amend the residence rules for certain groups of refugees from Ukraine. In particular, men of draft age and residents of some safer regions of Ukraine will no longer be able to obtain a residence permit, which is currently granted under a special law in the country. This was announced by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Integration.
04.01 President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico. As reported by the press service of the Ukrainian leader, the president invites Fico to Ukraine to discuss all existing issues.
As the Prime Minister of Slovakia stated after a telephone conversation with the President of Ukraine, the parties have different views on the state of the Druzhba oil pipeline and the possibility of resuming transit. The Slovak politician had the impression that the Ukrainian side is not interested in resuming oil transit.
02.04 On the night of Saturday, February 28, an oil refinery caught fire in the village of Novominskaya, Kaniv District, Krasnodar Territory, Russia. Local authorities claim a drone attack. Various sources claim that the Albashneft oil refinery was involved.
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[NewsFront] 21:31 A 58-year-old volunteer from Stavropol Krai died Leonid Pasechnik, head of the region, reported that a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone struck a vehicle in the Markovsky municipal district of the LPR. 20:41 Calculation of the Lancet loitering munitions of the Zapad group burned engineering support means of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and prevented the enemy's attempt to restore the strategically important crossing in the Krasnolimansk direction.
An FPV drone operator from the Sever group destroyed a signal booster used to control enemy UAVs in the Khar'kov region.
Drone operators from the Volunteer Corps of the Yuzhnaya group trained on the manpower, equipment, and control systems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' unmanned aerial vehicles in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkivka direction.
Attack UAV crews from the Center group eliminated enemy personnel in the Dobropillya sector. Drone operators also destroyed bunkers housing Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Krasnoarmeysk sector.
20:25 Throughout the liberated part of the Zaporizhzhia region there was announced drone danger.
Special attention for UAVs - Melitopol, Berdyansk and suburbs + northern Azov region.
Enemy drones detected in the direction of Melitopol (large numbers) and Berdyansk.
19:34 The number of victims as a result of a drone attack on a commercial facility in the village of Razumnoye in the Belgorod districtincreasedup to two people.
Another woman sought medical attention at the regional clinical hospital. She was diagnosed with barotrauma and will continue treatment in the hospital.
18:48 Over Belgorod and the Belgorod district worked air defense system - missile attack repelled.
According to preliminary information, there are no casualties. Emergency services are working to determine the aftermath.
17:46 Enemy UAV today attacked the village of Vishnevo in the Belovsky District. A local resident, born in 1974, was injured in the attack. He suffered barotrauma and refused hospitalization.
16:45 In the Khar'kov border area, assault groups of “northerners” are advancing in the area of Vovchansky Khutors, MAP.
16:36 Military signalers of the Ulyanovsk Guards Airborne Forces unit of the Dnepr group of forces provide the command with stable communications with the forward units in the area of the city of Orekhovo,video.
16:24 Recorded FAB-3000 strikes on a dam near the village of Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region and the destruction of the anti-tank missile system of the 100th Separate Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Kostiantynivka.
15:28 In the period from 8:00 to 14:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 16 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
13 – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Three – over the territory of the Kursk region
. 14:16 RF Armed Forces released the settlements of Gorky in Zaporizhzhia and Neskuchnoye in Khar'kov regions.
13:54 In the Belgorod district in the village of Razumnoye, a commercial propertyattackedby a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone. A civilian was injured.
The woman, who suffered barotrauma, was treated on the spot by an ambulance crew. She refused the offer of hospital transport.
13:24 Summary of Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of February 28, 2026:
Units of the North group of forces defeated units of two mechanized and a motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnyaya Pisarevka, Podsrednee and Pechenegi in the Khar'kov region.
In the Sumy region, the formations of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Bezdrik, Kondratovka and Myropillya in the Sumy region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 220 service members, 15 vehicles, an artillery piece, and two electronic warfare stations. An ammunition depot and two supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Kovsharovka, Novoosinovo, and Pristen in the Khar'kov region and Shchurovo in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 190 troops, five armored combat vehicles, 22 vehicles, and three artillery pieces. Five ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of two mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, and an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been defeated near the villages of Kostiantynivka, Kaleniki, Rai-Aleksandrivka, and Krivaya Luka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 140 troops, four armored combat vehicles, 14 vehicles, a multiple launch rocket system, two field artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station. Two ammunition depots and three supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Toretskoye, Novopavlivka, Svetloye, Svyatogorovka, and Grishino in the Donetsk People's Republic and Podgavrilovka in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 400 servicemen, a tank, 14 armored combat vehicles, an artillery piece, eight vehicles, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and liberated the village of Gorky in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Formations of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an airborne assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Lesnoye, Kopani, Samoylovka, Barvinovka, Komsomolskoye in the Zaporizhzhia region and Dobropasovo in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 330 servicemen, six armored combat vehicles, five cars, and an artillery piece. Two ammunition depots and a supply depot were destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Kamyshevakha and Grigorovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
More than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, nine cars, an artillery piece, and a supply depot were destroyed.
12:57 In the village of Rozhdestvenka, Graivoronsky district, as a result of ammunition landing on the territory of a private house suffered two civilians.
The man and woman suffered mine blast injuries and multiple shrapnel wounds to various parts of their bodies. Self-defense forces took them to the Graivoron Central District Hospital. After receiving medical treatment, the victims will be transferred to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2.
12:25 Riflemen of the 177th Naval Infantry Regiment of the Center group in the Dobropillya direction made precise hits from a "roving" mortar destroyed enemy weapons.
11:53 In the village of Bely Kolodez, the Russian Armed Forces struck an elevator for storing ammunition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a point for assault groups,video.
11:01 Frontline summary on the morning of February 28, 2026
In the Gulyai-Polye sector, Russian Armed Forces are taking up new positions near Zaliznichnoye.
According to sources, Russian troops are repelling enemy counterattacks near Ternovatoye and Orestopol.
Donetsk Front
Fighting is ongoing in Grishino on the Krasnoarmeysk front. Clashes continue in the Dobropillya front near Belitske and Novy Donbas.
Russian forces are reportedly advancing toward Pavlovka and Kucherov Yar.
Fighting is ongoing near Novopavlovka.
In the Konstantinovka sector, Russian Armed Forces continue their offensive on the western and southwestern outskirts of Konstantinovka. On the right flank, fighting continues between Minkovka and Markovo.
In the Krasnolimansky direction, Russian Armed Forces are taking up positions in the central part of Drobyshevo.
In the Seversky direction, fighting continues near Zakotnoye, Krivaya Luka, and Reznikovka.
There is progress north of Privolye.
Fighting is ongoing on the approaches to Fedorovka Vtoraya.
The Sumy Front
of the Russian Armed Forces is expanding its zone of control in the Varachino area.
Reports are emerging of Russian forces advancing in the village of Sopych in the Glukhovsky District.
10:24 "Northerners" released Neskuchnoye village in Khar'kov region.
10:03 FPV drone crews from the Rubicon Center shot down an enemy UAV, and also hit equipment, elements of communication systems, dugouts, and temporary deployment points for Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel, video.
09:42 Published the operational situation in various areas of the front over the past 24 hours.
08:26 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 97 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
40 UAVs were flying over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
22 UAVs were flying over the territory of the Bryansk region,
16 UAVs were flying over the territory of the Belgorod region,
10 UAVs were flying over the Black Sea,
Four UAVs were flying over the territory of the Krasnodar region,
Two UAVs were flying over the territory of the Kursk region,
Two UAVs were flying over the territory of the Kaluga region, and
One UAV was flying over the territory of the Tula region.
07:32 Posted map changes over the past 24 hours:
Advance into Drobyshevo;
Russian Armed Forces storm Rozhdestvenskoye
. 06:07 Snipers of the 38th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Eastern Group of Forces provided breakthrough of assault groups in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Vostok's fighters were unable to advance due to heavy enemy fire. Then, sniper pairs entered the area, stealthily took up positions, and got to work: they destroyed the firing points and thwarted the enemy counterattack.
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[Regnum] The liberation of the village of Neskuchnoye in the Kharkiv region was the result of an active advance by Russian troops as part of the expansion of the security zone in the border areas. This was reported on February 28 by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
"Troops continue to advance daily, pushing the enemy back from the state border to ensure the safety of the civilian population," the department noted.
Furthermore, the day before, Russian Armed Forces struck energy infrastructure facilities used by Ukraine's military-industrial complex. Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered approximately 1,330 casualties in the past 24 hours. Russian air defense systems shot down a Flamingo long-range cruise missile, 10 HIMARS projectiles, and 315 enemy fixed-wing drones.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense reported the liberation of the villages of Gorke in the Zaporizhzhia region and Neskuchnoye in the Kharkiv region in the past 24 hours.
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