Operation Denazification of Ukraine: Operational Summary (updated)

22:29 Moscow Bridge is now being mined in Kiev.

Сейчас в Киеве идет минирование Московского моста

22:23 A roadblock is being formed in Kiev near the Svyatoshyno metro station and the Atek health complex (20 Chistyakova Street) by representatives of the Right Sector SUC to prevent the city’s residents from leaving for the south.

22:19 By order of Supreme Commander-in-Chief Zelensky, a Georgian battalion (300 men) under the command of Mamuka Mamulashvili arrives in Ukraine and moves towards the Ukrainian-Belarusian border to form subversive and reconnaissance groups to carry out terrorist attacks on civil infrastructure facilities in Belorussia.

22:13 Kyiv Rada deputy Andriy Batyukov has today formed a subdivision of right-wing radicals in Kyiv (16 Laverskaya Street) personally subordinate to him with a strength of up to 500 people. The task of the unit is the physical destruction of the violators of the curfew in the city (from 18.00 on 26.02 to 8.00 on 28.02) as accomplices of the Russian occupants. Take care at this difficult time.

22:02 In the closed chats of Ukrainian social networks they publish methodological materials on information dumping, dissemination of fakes and provocations.

украинские методички по информационным вбросам

22:00 We don’t need to take Kiev, we need to block it. The neo-Nazis in the AFU understand that as war criminals they have no future. They will all be brought to justice, General Shamanov said on Solovyov Live.

21:03 Two hours ago in the central square of the city of Slovyansk, the Ukrainian armed forces were loading personnel into KAMAZs. Presumably to leave the city.

It is known that the punishers’ artillery division is deployed on Mount Karachun. Locals are certain that howitzers have been pointed at peaceful neighbourhoods in Sloviansk.”

20:40 According to Zelenskyy, the presidents of Turkey and Azerbaijan have offered to organize talks between Ukraine and Russia.

20:32 According to a local journalist, Odessa’s SBU burnt documents, removed the flag and left in an unknown direction.

20:15 The US and its allies have no interest in resolving the Ukrainian crisis – Russian Foreign Ministry.

19:58 Operational map of eastern Ukraine.

19:41 A Vesti.ua journalist reports that there have been heavy automatic gunfire and fighting in Kiev on Victory Avenue. This is a showdown between residents of the city. There are no Russian military personnel there.

19:32 Berdyansk airport seized by anti-fascists Z.

19:06 DPR forces, supported by the Russian Armed Forces and army aviation, advance from the north-eastern flank.

18:56 Fighting in the Kharkiv direction: Ukrainian armed forces’ warehouses were destroyed south-west of the regional centre in Balakleya.

18:00 Ukrainian authorities begin to admit, albeit partially, that they lied about Serpent Island, Border Service statement.

Украинские власти начинают признавать, хоть и частично, что врали про остров Змеиный, заявление погранслужбы

Ukrainian authorities begin to admit, albeit partially, that they lied about Serpent Island, Border Service statement

17:48 From the scene, reports that Starognatovka, Volnovakha district, Donetsk region has been liberated from Ukrainian military.

Волновахский район

17:40 Kadyrov’s army is already near Kiev. Soldiers from Chechnya have seized a military unit near Kiev. Russian and Chechen flags were hoisted over the National Guard’s military unit #3018 in Gostomel.

17:25 Ukrainian media report that Energodar has almost surrendered. The city’s leadership disbanded all the law enforcers, leaving ten to twenty people in their vehicles.

16:38 More than 25,000 assault rifles and 10 million cartridges, RPGs and grenades distributed in Kiev – Interior Minister Monastyrsky.

16:07 From a subscriber of the “Friends of Major Selivanov” telegram channel. Severodonetsk, Novikova street, 23B in the residential area near the school there is a Ukr tank. It drives out, fires, and then drives into the residential area again. This is the edge of the city in the direction of Shchastie and Luhansk.

15:40 The plan for the Russian military operation has resumed, with the advance of the main forces continuing this afternoon, Peskov said. Putin had earlier ordered a halt to the advance of the Russian Armed Forces grouping in Ukraine, in light of expected negotiations.

15:34 A convoy of military equipment is marching towards Zaporizhzhya.

15:20 Footage of the Russian Armed Forces’ Pantzir-S1 anti-aircraft missile system moving in the Kiev region has been published on social networks.

15:17 A Kharkiv resident sent a video to RT of a convoy of the Ukrainian Armed Forces driving towards residential buildings in the city centre. The Ukrainian military, according to her, is covering up civilians.

13:32 An apartment building in Kiev has been hit by a Buk-M1 missile from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a Russian Defence Ministry source said. The missile hit the corner of a residential building due to a failure in the guidance system.

12:51 Ukraine starts distributing weapons to prisoners.

На Украине начинают раздавать оружие заключенным. Пошла жара.

12:24 Ukrainian sources report that a Russian landing force has landed in Brody (Western Ukraine).

11:45 Consequences of mass uncontrolled distribution of small arms to Kiev residents is a crime against its people…

Шарий

11:39 Soldiers from the 92nd AFU brigade are hiding behind the backs of Kharkiv civilians in the 308 block of Solnechniy Microdistrict.

Солдаты из 92-й бригады всу прячутся за спины мирных жителей Харькова

Soldiers from the 92nd brigade of the Ukrainian armed forces hiding behind the backs of Kharkiv civilians

11:36 The US will support Ukraine’s decision on neutral status if Kiev accepts it, US State Department deputy chief Wendy Sherman has said.

11:20 Zelensky believes the decisive moment has come “to close once and for all the years-long discussion and make a decision on Ukraine’s EU membership”.

11:00 Eyewitnesses report that Ukrainian fascists continue to place equipment in residential areas. Thus, in Kharkiv, in the house of ZhSK “Perspektiva” at 163-167 Heroiv Stalingrada Avenue, the AFU equipment is placed for firing.

10:30 All the activities of the Ukrainian command are aimed at making looting and casualties among the civilian population of Ukraine even greater.

Вся деятельность украинского командования направлена на то, что бы мародерства и жертв среди гражданских было ещё больше

All activities of the Ukrainian command are aimed at making looting and civilian casualties even greater

10:08 Video has emerged of a missile hitting a residential building in Kiev. Some sources claim that the missile was a Ukrainian air defence force missile, previously reported by nationalist MLRS.

9:54 Video confirmation of voluntary surrender of Ukrainian military from Snake Island.

9:40 From Kiev reports panic in the streets. The SBU, the Terror Defence, the Interior Ministry and citizens who have taken up arms are constantly fighting amongst themselves. There are many deaths as a result of the chaotic shooting.

8:00 Shots fired all night long in Kiev. According to information from social media, there is also talk of crimes by uncontrollably armed residents who were given small arms the day before.

5:10 The Beresti railway bridge has been blown up in Kiev. Russian troops are advancing towards Shulyavskaya metro.

4:57 The Vasylkiv airbase is under the control of the Russian Armed Forces SDF. The 40th brigade of tactical aviation of the Air Force Center Air Command of the AFU was stationed there.

4:42 There is fighting on Victory Avenue in Kiev.

1:59 Ukrainian media are reporting the sinking of the flagship of the Ukrainian naval forces, the frigate Hetman Sahaydachny. It was under repair at a shipyard in Mykolayiv.

1:44 It was reported on TV that the landing force occupied Melitopol without a fight. Some residents greeted the army with red flags.