Ukraine’s denazification operation: live report on 2 March (updated)

15:40 The governor of Mykolaiv Region says the Russian Armed Forces are not shooting at civilians, but are luring the stubborn terrorists and Nazis out of the cities. Ukrainian propaganda continues to crumble.

15:27 War correspondent Semyon Pegov reports that the National Front is preparing a counterattack in Volnovakha. The Donbass nationalist battalion and the remnants of AFU units in Volnovakha have regrouped and piled up for a counterattack. “Sparta” and the 100th Brigade are fighting. They do not leave the occupied lines.

15:14 Media report that fugitive Ukrainians are hiding in the forests near the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, fearing revenge from the Banderaites.

14:38 Molotov cocktail-making workshops and a stronghold of the territorial defence and Azov in the area of a garage cooperative near the Studencheskaya metro station in Kharkiv.

14:27 Ukrainian media are reporting the start of forced mobilization of men aged 18 to 60. This way Zelensky will only increase the flow of refugees and voluntarily lay down arms.

13:58 The military registration and enlistment office in Kharkiv is hastily burning documentation: personal files, circulars and lists of mobilized men, etc. Staffers do not believe in the “peremoga” for a long time.

13:54 Shariy voiced that harassment of the UOC MP has begun, with radical elements intimidating clerics and their families with deaths. So far such a situation is aggressive in Volyn. By the way, the UOC really helps people and refugees from other regions. People stop the idiocy.

13:52 Russian Air Force attack helicopters spotted near Odessa. Russian paratroopers have started to move into Odessa region.

13:33 Telegram channel Voenkor Kotenok Z reports that in the Donetsk direction there is a possibility that the enemy will sit on its positions for some more time and even launch a counterattack. In this regard, our positions are strengthened. The possibility of a counterattack is indeed present. In Volnovakha, “from the fields” we are told that the settlement is still in a state of “mopping up”. In the southern direction, in the Mariupol direction everything is quite difficult – the enemy is snapping back.

13:30 Residents of Lysychansk report the insolence of the AFU. Ukrainian soldiers are hiding behind the backs of civilians there. “In Lysychansk, the Ukrainian armed forces locked themselves in the maternity hospital, went to the wards, to the intensive care unit where newborn babies lie in the water tanks, they put a machine gun in the window, in the wards they laid down on the beds to rest. They sleep for three hours each in hospitals, schools and kindergartens,” said a local resident.

13:20 Social networks report explosion near Odessa airport.

13:15 Sparta and the 100th brigade of the DNR continue the mopping-up of Volnovakha. During the assault, the Spartans clashed with the Donbass National Front. According to the results of the battle – a platoon of Nazis was destroyed, two were taken prisoner.

13:05 Kherson MP calls on Ukrainian troops to stop military action to let the city live in peace: “I call to stop shooting, to stop opening fire. I urge everyone to start negotiations,” MP Igor Semich.

13:01 Photo from Lisichansk. The nullification of Ukrainian propaganda rebroadcasts continues.

12:50 The Kharkiv defence headquarters has been destroyed. The main Nazi forces have suffered critical damage.

12:35 First foreign mercenaries arrive in Ukraine to take part in hostilities on the side of the Ukrainian military – media.

12:06 Ukrainian social networks report Russian ships approaching Odessa.

 

Ukrainian social networks report Russian ships approaching Odessa

В украинских соцсетях сообщают о приближении к Одессе российских кораблей

11:25 Volnovakha is ours. Now it is Mariupol’s turn.

10:11 Kherson city taken under full control – Russian Defense Ministry.

9:50 Head of Sumy Region State Administration Dmytro Zhyvitsky wrote that Trostyanets was taken under control by Russian troops.

9:46 The building of the regional directorate of the National Police and the SBU in Kharkiv has been hit.

9:23 According to local residents, there is street fighting in Sumy.

9:18 Mariupol is blockaded, DPR People’s Militia spokesman Basurin said. He also said that the DNR hopes civilians will start leaving Mariupol today – Basurin

8:55 Military correspondent Semyon Pegov spoke about the Mariupol cauldron. He also said that the clearing of the encircled Volnovakha will continue during the day.

7:58 An air strike was carried out overnight on a site on the outskirts of Kharkiv. Judging by the large explosion, the target was an ammunition depot.

01:39 Kherson is under full control of the Russian army. The city’s political elite, have gone to negotiate with the Russian Federation. The city is all, under Russian control.