Ukrainian army unit hit in Rivne
18:29 Ukraine says it is reconsidering the idea of holding talks with Russia in Minsk, chooses Warsaw and then disappears – Peskov
17:59 Russian troops have broken through to liberate Kherson and are preparing to take control of the city.
17:47 This is how the government quarter in Kiev was fenced off today. “The strongest army in the world” decided to defend its supreme commander in chief with rubbish trucks.
16:35 Local sources report: Most of the top officials of the Zaporizhzhya administration are already outside Ukraine.
Some officials are being controlled by nationalist groups, forcing them to stay on the job and declare mobilisation.
16:15 Ukronazis in Kiev shot a car carrying civilians at point-blank range on Krylivska Street, mistaking them for Russian liberators, writes Yuzhny Platzdam.
16:10 According to Ukrainian media, most of the political elite have fled Kiev. The stations in the Ukrainian capital are now in a state of emergency.
15:54 The AFU has reportedly suffered simply monstrous losses near Gostomel. A huge convoy of the AFU, which was on its way to reinforce the units storming the positions of the Russian liberators, was destroyed from the air. A total of 40 vehicles.
15:50 The Russian Defence Ministry has alleged cases of lynchings and reprisals by nationalists against conscripts who do not want to fight in order to intimidate the personnel of AFU units – Russian Defence Ministry.
15:46 The DPR troop grouping in the direction of Volnovakha has advanced 11 kilometres deep into the defences of the nationalist battalions – Russian Defence Ministry.
15:42 More than 200 Russian helicopters and paratroopers have been deployed in clearing an airfield of Ukrainian criminals in Kiev’s suburbs.
15:38 Kiev is blockaded from the west side, an air alert has been declared, the Russian Ministry of Defence says.
15:28 According to the telegram channel Friends of Major Selivanov, Kiev appears to be all. According to information posted on messenger, Russian tanks are coming from Ivankov. Heavy transports are landing in Gostomel. Belarusian troops may be in them.
15:09 According to the “Pravda DPR” telegram channel, Ukrainian punishers blew up the An-225 Mriya, the largest aircraft in the world.
14:55 Kyiv residents report that on Obolon they started handing out weapons to everyone without asking for documents.
14:44 Police evacuate in Mariupol, law enforcer reports.
14:40 Officials collaborating with neo-Nazis flee Zaporizhzhya en masse.
14:34 Zelensky in his new video address to Vladimir Putin with a proposal to sit down at the negotiating table.
14:17 RIA Novosti says a plane has flown out of Kiev’s Zhulyany airport despite the country’s skies being officially closed.
14:00 According to the Washington Examiner, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has hidden in a secret bunker. Zelensky, on the other hand, says he is in central Kiev.
13:30 WarGonzo telegram channel says DNR fighters have removed Ukrainian flags from administrative buildings in Mykolayivka, which had been liberated from the Ukrainian armed forces the day before.
13:15 According to WarGonzo telegram channel, Ukrainian fascists in Luhansk direction have voluntarily laid down arms.
12:52 According to telegram channel “Southern bridgehead” near Kherson a tank under the USSR flag is fighting Nazism. It is very symbolic.
12:50 According to the Russian Defence Ministry, the explosion in the sky over Kiev on the night of February 25 was linked to a mistaken strike by Ukrainian air defence on its own fighter jet.
12:39 A number of telegram channels are reporting that unidentified individuals have launched an assault on the Verkhovna Rada and the government quarter in Kiev. There is information that they are local anti-fascist security forces, supported by Russian special forces. The information is being verified.
11:24 Ukrainians are urged not to publish freely available videos and stop online broadcasting. Simply afraid to show the calm expectation of the Russian military and the lack of crowds willing to go against us.
10:32 A Russian paratrooper is already in Gostomel. The Russian Armed Forces are in control of the settlement.
9:47 An air-raid alert was sounded in Vinnitsa, Lviv, Odessa and Chernihiv. A Ukrainian Su-27 was shot down.
9:41 Sirens sound again in Kiev. Strikes continue in Kiev – predominantly in Svyatoshynskyi district and Kotsyubinskyi.
9:32 Ukrainian Security Service building in Melitopol is being cleared.
9:30 The Ukrainian Defence Ministry reports that the Russian Armed Forces have taken control of Vorzel in the Kiev region. It is 8 kilometres away from Gostomel.
9:00 Huge convoys of equipment are seen advancing towards Kyiv from the north-eastern direction in Chernihiv region.
8:30 Russian equipment is seen in the Sumy region. According to media reports, it is moving towards Kyiv.
8.10 Russian troops have landed in the village of Pavlovka, Zhytomyr region.
8:00 It is quiet in Kharkiv. There was a blackout overnight while Ukrainian armoured vehicles were converging on the ring road.