US tells Putin to choose confrontation or dialogue over Ukraine

a reply to: turretless

No, not really.

Lets give him some time to think about that!

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Oooo, I am sure he's scared of the woke military being sent to sonic REEEEEEE at him.

Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson

25.02.2022 (11:20)

Special military operation continues.

Groupings of troops of DPR and LPR continue counter-offensive operations against units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with fire support from the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The grouping of troops of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Volnovakha direction, overcoming the stubborn resistance of the enemy, advanced one more kilometer deep into the defence of the nationalist battalions.

The grouping of troops of the Luhansk People's Republic in the Stepovoe area advanced to a depth of up to 9 kilometers.

During the hostilities, more than 150 servicemen of various power structures of Ukraine laid down their arms and surrendered.

In the area of Zmeiny Island, 82 Ukrainian servicemen laid down their arms and voluntarily surrendered to a unit of the Russian Armed Forces. At present, they are signing a refusal to participate in hostilities. In the near future they will be returned to their families.

Another 11 servicemen of the 53rd separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered near Nikolaevsk settlement. Also, one of the units of the marines of the 36th separate marine brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine contacted the command of the people's militia of the DPR and requested a corridor to enter the territory of the republic. After laying down their weapons, they will also be able to return to their families.

After the stabilization of the situation in the combat area, all surrendered Ukrainian servicemen will be released home.

In the course of a special military operation, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed 118 military facilities of the military infrastructure of Ukraine.

Among them: 11 military airfields, 13 command posts and communication centres of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 14 S-300 and Osa anti-aircraft missile systems, 36 radar stations.

Shot down: 5 combat aircraft, 1 helicopter, 5 unmanned aerial vehicles.

18 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 7 multiple rocket launchers, 41 units of special military vehicles and 5 combat boats were destroyed.

Yesterday, February 24, units of the Russian Airborne Troops took full control of the territory in the area of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

An agreement was reached with the servicemen of a separate battalion of protection of the nuclear power plant of Ukraine on joint security of the power units and the sarcophagus of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

The radioactive background in the area of the nuclear power plant is normal. NPP personnel continue to maintain NPP facilities in the normal mode and monitor the radioactive situation.

The joint actions of Russian paratroopers and Ukrainian servicemen of the NPP security battalion to defend the plant is a guarantee that nationalist formations or other terrorist organizations will not be able to take advantage of the current situation in the country to organize a nuclear provocation.

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Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson

25.02.2022 (15:30)

Groupings of troops of DPR and LPR develop success of the offensive on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with fire support from the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The units of the Lugansk People's Republic in the Severodonetsk direction rapidly advanced to a depth of 12 kilometers.

The grouping of troops of the Donetsk People's Republic in the direction of Volnovakha advanced 11 kilometers deep into the defence of the nationalist battalions.

Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not participate in hostilities for the most part. Only battalions of Ukrainian Nazis are resisting.

Moreover, in advance, the Security Service of Ukraine integrated into the military units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces groups of notorious nationalists numbering 25-30 people who underwent special training.

Nationalists identify unreliable among Ukrainian servicemen. And if the commanders of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine decide to withdraw from the occupied lines, they act as barrage detachments. In some directions, they blow up bridges to exclude the possibility of retreat of military units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

More than one case has been recorded of lynching and reprisals by nationalists against who do not want to fight to intimidate the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukrainian servicemen who laid down their arms say this.

At the moment, the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have completed blocking Chernihiv city.

Russian servicemen are taking all measures to prevent casualties among the civilian population.

On February 24, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a successful landing operation in the area of Gostomel airfield in the suburbs of Kiev.

More than 200 Russian helicopters were involved in the operation. The success of the landing was ensured by the suppression of the entire air defence system in the landing area, the complete isolation of the combat area from the air and active electronic warfare.

During the capture of the airfield, more than 200 nationalists from the special units of Ukraine were eliminated.

There are no casualties in the Russian Armed Forces.

At present, the main forces of the airborne troops have connected with the units of the Russian servicemen at the Gostomel airfield, blocking Kiev from the west.

The units of the Russian Armed Forces continue to perform tasks in the area of Kiev and other cities, showing courage and heroism.

At present, reconnaissance data show that Grad multiple launch rocket system mounts have been deployed on Shevchenko Square in Kiev to strike at the Gostomel airfield.

Pentagon and CIA advisers taught the Ukrainian military leadership how to place rocket artillery systems in residential areas to provoke return fire on local residents. Use by the Kiev regime of residential areas to cover the firing positions of its artillery is a war crime.

This is familiar to us. These techniques are actively used by terrorists supervised by the CIA in the Middle East and other countries.

I appeal to Ukrainian citizens.

Your nationalist leadership uses the same methods as the terrorists. They want to use you as a human shield.

Russian Armed Forces will not inflict any strikes on residential areas of the Ukrainian capital.

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We need to start a new thread on the possibility that Joe Biden is no longer China's puppet.

That he's totally on his own now.

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Meeting with Security Council permanent members

February 25, 2022 17:45

President of Russia Vladimir Putin:

Good afternoon, colleagues.

Today, we will discuss the course of the special military operation in Ukraine. As expected, the Russian Army’s main armed clashes are taking place not with regular Ukrainian armed forces’ units but with nationalist groups that, as we know, bear direct responsibility for the genocide in Donbass and the spilled blood of the citizens of the people’s republics.

Besides, the nationalist elements that infiltrated regular Ukrainian armed forces’ units are not only prompting them to armed resistance but are actually playing the role of anti-retreat units.

Moreover, according to available information, and this is confirmed by objective monitoring – we are seeing this; Banderites and neo-Nazis are putting up heavy weapons, including multiple-rocket launchers, right in the central districts of large cities, including Kiev and Kharkov. They plan to force return fire by Russian strike systems against residential quarters. In effect, they are acting in the same way that terrorists act all over the world – using people as shields in the hope of accusing Russia of civilian casualties.

It is known for a fact that all this is being done on the recommendations of foreign consultants, primarily American advisors.

Once again, I am appealing to the military of the armed forces of Ukraine. Do not allow neo-Nazis and Banderites to use your children, wives and elders as a live shield. Take power into your own hands. It seems it will be easier for us to come to terms with you than with this gang of drug addicts and neo-Nazis that have settled in Kiev and that have taken the Ukrainian people hostage.

I would also like to give the highest praise to the actions of Russian soldiers and officers. They are acting courageously, professionally and heroically, fulfilling their combat duty. They are resolving a vital task to ensure the security of our people and our homeland.

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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s opening remarks during talks with Foreign Minister of the Lugansk People’s Republic Vladislav Deinego and First Deputy Foreign Minister of the Donetsk People’s Republic Sergey Peresada, Moscow, February 25, 2022

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All these years, the Kiev regime with its openly Russophobic and genocidal policy scoffed at the people from your republics, targeting them with its firepower year after year. Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk referred to the people of Donbass as “non-humans.” President Vladimir Zelensky picked up this baton not that long ago. He called your people a “species” and demanded that all who identify as Russian or related to the Russian culture or language get out of Ukraine and move to the Russian Federation. All these years, our Western colleagues have consistently protected the Ukrainian regime by turning a blind eye to war crimes against civilians, the killing of women, children, the elderly, and the destruction of civilian infrastructure. Through their silence, they encouraged the onset of rampant neo-Nazism and Russophobia, which in the end resulted in tragedy for the country.
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Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson

25.02.2022 (20:00)

Groupings of troops of the DPR and LPR continue offensive operations on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with fire support from the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The grouping of troops of the Lugansk People's Republic advanced to a depth of 21 kilometers and captured the settlement of Trekhizbenka.

Formations and military units of the Donetsk People's Republic, having broken through the prepared defenses of the nationalist battalions, advanced up to 25 kilometers and reached Volnovakha.

During the hostilities, a large number of weapons delivered by Western countries to Ukraine over the past few months have been captured.

Among the trophies are American Javelin anti-tank missile systems and British NLAW.

The units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have blocked the cities of Sumy and Konotop and are taking measures to ensure the safety of the civilian population both in these cities and in the surrounding settlements.

In total, the Russian Armed Forces disabled 211 military infrastructure facilities of the armed forces of Ukraine.

Among them: 17 command posts and communication centers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 19 S-300 and Osa anti-aircraft missile systems, 39 radar stations.

Shot down: 6 combat aircraft, 1 helicopter, 5 unmanned aerial vehicles.

67 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 16 multiple rocket launchers, 87 units of special military vehicles were destroyed.

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Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson

26.02.2022 (09:30)

Special military operation continues.

Groupings of troops of DPR and LPR, with the fire support from the Russian Armed Forces, expanded the areas of the breakthrough in the enemy's defence during the day and continue to develop the success of the offensive.

The grouping of troops of the Luhansk People's Republic advanced to a depth of 30 kilometers and captured the settlements of Bakhmutovka and Grechishkino.

Formations and military units of the Donetsk People's Republic, advancing in the direction of Novomayskoye, covered another 6 kilometers.

Nationalist battalions, retreating, blow up power substations and bridges across rivers behind them.

The units of the Russian Armed Forces have established full control over the city of Melitopol. Russian servicemen are taking all measures to ensure the safety of civilians and exclude provocations by Ukrainian special services and nationalists.

During the night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck with high-precision long-range weapons using air- and sea-based cruise missiles at the objects of the military infrastructure of Ukraine.

I would like to emphasize once again that the fire is conducted only on the objects of the military infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, excluding damage to residential and social infrastructure.

In total, the Russian Armed Forces hit 821 objects of the military infrastructure of Ukraine.

Among them: 14 military airfields, 19 control points and communication centers, 24 S-300 and Osa anti-aircraft missile systems, 48 radar stations.

Downed: 7 combat aircraft, 7 helicopters, 9 unmanned aerial vehicles.

87 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 28 multiple rocket launchers, 118 units of special military vehicles were destroyed.

The forces of the Russian Navy destroyed 8 military boats of the Ukrainian Navy.

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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions at a joint news conference with Foreign Minister of the LPR Vladislav Deynego and First Deputy Foreign Minister of the DPR Sergey Peresada following talks, Moscow February 25, 2022

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Question (retranslated from English):

Let’s get rid of the euphemisms. This is not a special military operation, is it? This is a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. How can you justify the conquest of a peaceful nation, your neighbour? Do you believe when you are shelling it, Ukraine will be motivated to move towards the east rather than the west?


Sergey Lavrov:

I am not an expert on euphemisms. We are far behind Anglo-Saxons in this respect. Take just the descriptions of all those interventions that were carried out against Yugoslavia (in the struggle for democracy), the destruction of Iraq and Libya (this was also a struggle for advancing democracy) with hundreds of thousands of people killed. So I will not even try to compete with you in euphemisms.

As for your question of what to do with the desires of the Ukrainians who want to be “here or there.” It was necessary to think about this from the very start. President Vladimir Putin warned the NATO countries at the Russia-NATO summit in Bucharest in 2008 that they should think twice before proudly stating that Ukraine and Georgia would join NATO. This was presented to him as a great compromise that Germany and France managed to reach by replacing the US proposal on the immediate announcement of NATO membership action plans for Ukraine and Georgia. At that time, he tried to bring them to reason and asked them not to treat a country that was just in the process of developing its independence like this.

At that time, the President of Russia said what he wrote in his articles: the Ukrainian state is very fragile and must be treated as such. But our NATO colleagues went straight ahead without any euphemism, with only one aim in mind (in terms of your words about Ukraine moving west or east) – to subordinate the Russian language, and to subjugate the culturally Russian east of Ukraine to its pro-Western, Bandera mentality.

It is obvious to me that this goal was already set at that time. To avoid a euphemism, we want the Ukrainian people, or as President of Russia Vladimir Putin said, all peoples living on the territory of current Ukraine, to have the opportunity to freely decide their destiny without any attempt to drive them into the vice of Bandera-like psychology.

Russia will ensure Ukraine’s demilitarisation and de-Nazification. We suffered too much from Nazism. The Ukrainian people also suffered too much from Nazism to shut their eyes to this and take it so lightly.

Everything is clear as regards demilitarisation. No one would argue. Read memoirs by retired American generals and colonels; they start telling the truth only after they retire, unfortunately. Practically all of them say that the United States would never tolerate the deployment of weapons that could lead to the militarisation of their next door neighbours.

Since we have now recalled 2008 and the Bucharest Summit, I would like to remind you that later, then US representative at NATO, Ivo Daalder, called this Bucharest decision a major mistake in the history of the Alliance, without using a euphemism.
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Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson

26.02.2022 (18:30)

Yesterday, after statements by the Kiev regime about readiness for negotiations, active hostilities in the main areas of the operation were suspended.

After the Ukrainian side refused to negotiate, today all units were ordered to develop an offensive in all directions in accordance with the plan of the operation.

Groups of DPR and LPR troops with the fire support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are developing the success of the offensive against the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Units of the Armed Forces of the Luhansk People's Republic continue their offensive in the direction of the settlement of Rubezhnoye.

Nationalist battalions use so-called "bander cars", which have increased cross-country capability and are equipped with large-caliber small arms or mortars. I recall that this tactic is used by international terrorists in Syria.

Despite this, today the LPR troops have expanded the offensive line and advanced from the beginning of the operation to a depth of up to 46 kilometers, having captured the settlements of Shchastia and Muratovo.

The grouping of troops of the Donetsk People's Republic, advancing in the direction of Petrovskoe, advanced another 10 kilometers and captured the settlements of Starognatovka, Oktyabrskaya and Pavlopol.

On the evening of February 25, during the evacuation of 82 Ukrainian servicemen who voluntarily laid down their arms from Snake Island, 16 boats of the Ukrainian Navy, using "swarm tactics", tried to attack the ships of the Black Sea Fleet.

I would like to emphasize that some of the attacking Ukrainian boats operated under the cover of civilian vessels.

The purpose of this attack was primarily to retaliate against the Ukrainian servicemen who had laid down their arms and to accuse the Russian army of destroying prisoners of war.

As a result of the naval battle, 6 boats of the Ukrainian Navy were destroyed. None of the 82 Ukrainian servicemen from Snake Island were injured.

I want to pay special attention. During the attack of the Ukrainian boats, strategic unmanned aerial vehicles of the USA RQ-4 Global Hawk and MQ-9A Ripper were barraging over the area of provocation.

There is a high probability that it was American UAVs that guided Ukrainian boats to the ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

The Kiev nationalist regime massively and uncontrollably distributes automatic small arms, grenade launchers and ammunition to residents of Ukrainian settlements.

The nationalists' involvement of the civilian population of Ukraine in hostilities will inevitably lead to accidents and casualties.

We call on the residents of Ukraine to show consciousness, not to succumb to these provocations of the Kiev regime and not to expose themselves and their loved ones to unnecessary suffering.

Our intelligence data continue to record the deployment of rocket and artillery units by Ukrainian nationalists in residential areas not only in Kiev, but also in other Ukrainian cities.

The leadership of Ukraine has repeatedly stated that it does not hide behind the civilian population and does not put heavy firepower in cities. Such an outright lie can lead to serious consequences.

Look at the numerous video frames from Kiev, Kharkiv and other cities that are now being distributed not only in the media, but also on the Internet.

Let's repeat - this is done intentionally, to provoke retaliatory strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on residents of settlements. The Ukrainian nationalist leadership uses the same methods as the terrorists.

We appeal to the residents of Ukraine - demand that the criminal authorities in Kiev immediately remove all heavy weapons from your homes and residential areas of the cities.

I would like to emphasize once again that the Russian Armed Forces do not strike residential areas of Ukrainian cities.

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Russia would be crushed in a conventional war and Putin knows it. His ONLY stick is nuclear and that ruins ALL our days.

His ONLY stick is a BIG EFFIN stick. It's why supposedly the rest of the world is only imposing sancions on a country commiting murder and taking over another country that was promised protection by the USA. Everyone's hands are pretty much tied at the moment. We're basically paralyzed with fear so as not to piss off the man with the BIG STICK. Because we all know, no one wants to suffer any discomfort like higher gas and food prices in order to prevent Putin from being mean to us or anyone else. If that's all it took to prevent a nuclear attack, I'd say YEAH MAN. But here's the deal, Putin is so emboldened by the rest of the world, he's well prepared for our sanctions and has been for some time, he's willing to let his country suffer from the effects of world repulsion and knows we're all quivering in our boots wondering if he's going to use Big Bird against us. He can flip the script anytime he wants. And usually a first strike is the worst. I don't think anyone knows where Putin's mind is. He does swhat he wants and the current situation wasn't a spontaneous whim. He's been planning for years. Since he's on his fourth term as President of Russia, the man knows what he is doing.

Putin apparently said this in October of 2018:

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia was ready to "annihilate" any attacker who would use nuclear weapons against it, but would never strike first.

"An aggressor should know that vengeance is inevitable, that he will be annihilated, and we would be the victims of the aggression. We will go to heaven as martyrs, and they will just drop dead. They will not even have time to repent for this," he said.

But can we believe he hasn't changed his mind about striking first or are we all simply 'hoping' he won't?

Yeah, I'm ranting. It's like we live in a world of sand, the line keeps moving here and there so as to keep us in a tolerant and accepting frame of mind in whatever current circumstances are. And I don't want war, I HATE war. But I believe in and love the USA and will fight for her despite all her flaws and failures, past and present. I am simply questioning the strategic decisions that are being made and quite frankly, worried about the future that I can't do a damn thing about. And quite frankly, the current administration only heightens the sense of insecurity I feel for this country.

Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, February 25, 2022

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Launch of the special military operation

As you are aware, the President of the Russian Federation, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of our country, made a decision to launch a special military operation in accordance with Article 51, Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, with the authorisation of the Federation Council of Russia and pursuant to the treaties of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance signed with the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Lugansk People’s Republic and ratified by parliament.

The goal of the operation is to protect the people who, for the last eight years, have been suffering humiliation and genocide at the hands of the Kiev regime that came to power through an anti-constitutional coup in 2014. One more task of the operation is to bring current “officials,” the puppet regime, to justice for crimes against civilians, including citizens of the Russian Federation, committed throughout those years, and also to demilitarise and de-Nazify Ukraine.

We have been doing our utmost for eight years to urge the Kiev authorities to stop the punitive operation against their own people, to settle the conflict in Donbass by peaceful, political and diplomatic means, to establish a direct dialogue with Donetsk and Lugansk as per Paragraph 4 of the Package of Measures, which states that the Ukrainian authorities are to launch a dialogue on the modalities of holding local elections and the future status of these regions in accordance with Ukrainian legislation.

Unfortunately, we were ignored. Kiev, with support from the West, evaded its commitments under the Minsk agreements in every possible way, trying to shift responsibility for its own actions onto our country. The Ukrainian authorities were openly violating their own constitution and legislation and adopted discriminatory laws on language, education and native peoples.

I hope it will not come as news for those who attended the briefings, followed the Foreign Ministry website, and are aware of all position-staking speeches by the Russian leaders and the Foreign Ministry both in public statements and when voicing the Russian position at international platforms. We spoke about that in detail (as much as it is ever possible) practically on a daily basis.

In turn, the United States and some of the Western countries rolled out a massive anti-Russia disinformation campaign. Under its guise they pumped Ukraine full of weaponry, sent their military advisers and held large-scale military exercises. In fact, they were seeking the military exploitation of the country’s territory with certain goals. Meanwhile, Russia’s repeatedly raised concerns were ignored both by the Kiev regime and its global patrons.

I would like to place special emphasis on the fact that during the special military operation in Ukraine the Russian armed forces have not launched missile, airborne or artillery strikes on the country’s cities. The strikes take out military infrastructure, air defence facilities, military airfields and the Ukrainian air force. Nobody is creating a deliberate threat to the civilian population. The mission includes only what the President of our country stated and what the Russian Defence Ministry reports daily.

Russian military personnel will take all necessary steps to ensure the safety of UN and OSCE missions’ staff in Ukraine. We know where they are accommodated. I would also like to draw your attention to the fact that the personnel of international organisations are threatened not by the Russian military but by Ukrainian nationalist battalions who have become a part of the country’s armed forces while pursuing a totally barbarous logic. At present there is no one to control them.

Regarding Russian nationals still in Ukraine, after the evacuation of the Russian diplomatic missions who faced outright massacre by nationalists, they can turn to the appropriate agencies on the territory of the Russian Federation or Russian consulates in neighbouring countries to obtain necessary consular services.

Yesterday we received a note from the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry notifying us of the severing of diplomatic relations with our country. This is not our choice. The rupture of diplomatic relations is a logical result of the Kiev authorities’ purposeful Russophobic policy since the 2014 bloody coup (although certain political forces did a lot of this previously, too), the termination in 2018 of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between Ukraine and the Russian Federation and the adoption of a variety of discriminatory laws targeting the rights and freedoms of Russian speakers in Ukraine. We also informed you in detail about Ukraine’s withdrawal from agreements and treaties within the CIS.

Unfortunately, all that supports our old conclusion that the current authorities, the Kiev regime, the puppets who proclaimed themselves the rulers of that land while degrading people’s dignity and abusing them, lack all sovereignty and the ability to set goals in the interests of the entire Ukrainian people. Kiev’s regime can only carry out directives coming from across the ocean, however, it does not always succeed at that, to put it mildly, but these actions are obviously contrary to the interests of the Ukrainian people.

We really hope that the Ukrainian people will rid themselves of an oppressive, nationalist government, which is exploiting the country in the interests of foreign actors, and will begin to enjoy full sovereignty while respecting the rights, freedoms and interests of all their citizens without dividing them along ethnic, language or religious lines.

Just an hour ago, Vladimir Zelensky released another video address in which he expressed his feelings about possible talks. A response from Moscow arrived promptly. Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that we are prepared to dispatch a delegation of representatives from the Foreign and Defence Ministries and other agencies to Minsk for such contacts.
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So far, I can offer information in this form, since it is still impossible to access the English version of the website of the Russian Ministry of Defense.






And one more thing.

Meeting with Sergei Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov

February 27, 2022 16:05

President of Russia Vladimir Putin:

Colleagues,

You see that Western countries are not only taking unfriendly economic actions against our country, I mean the illegitimate sanctions of which everyone is well aware, but top officials of the leading NATO countries are indulging in aggressive statements directed at our country.

Therefore, I order the Defence Minister and Chief of the General Staff to put Russian Army’s deterrence forces on high combat alert.


Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu:

Yes, sir.


Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov:

Yes, sir.

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He seems to have surrounded himself with "Yes" men.

Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson

27.02.2022 (09:30)

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Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson

27.02.2022 (17:05)

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Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson

27.02.2022 (18:00)

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Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson

28.02.2022 (10:00)

The groupping of troops of Lugansk People's Republic, with fire support of the Russian Armed Forces, carried out successful offensive operations and established control over Khvorostyanka, Sukhanovka, and Artem settlements.

The units of the Armed Forces of Donetsk People's Republic, continuing the offensive, advanced another 19 kilometers. The Novyi Aidar was taken under control and Volnovaha was completely blocked.

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have taken control of Berdyansk and Energodar cities. Russian servicemen fully guard and control the area around Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. NPP personnel continue to work on maintenance of facilities and control of the radioactive situation in the normal mode. The radioactive background is normal.

Over the past day, the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed 8 Buk M-1 combat vehicles, S-300 and Buk M-1 air defence systems, 3 radio positions with P-14 stations, 4 assault aircraft on the ground and one assault aircraft shot down in the air.

Russian aviation has taken air supremacy over the entire territory of Ukraine.

In total, since the beginning of the operation, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have hit 1,114 objects of the military infrastructure of Ukraine. Of these: 31 command posts and a communication centres of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

314 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 57 multiple rocket launch systems, 121 field artillery and mortars, 274 units of special military vehicles were destroyed.

The leadership of Ukraine and the authorities of the city, having announced a curfew, persuade the residents of the capital to stay in their homes. This once again proves that the Kyiv regime uses the inhabitants of the city as a human shield for the nationalists who have deployed artillery units and military equipment in residential areas of the capital.

It is also announced that groups of “Russian saboteurs” are allegedly operating in the capital, and the city itself is blocked.

The real situation is as follows.

Armed gangs of looters, robbers and nationalists are rampaging in Kiev, who received weapons as a result of the criminal decision of the authorities to distribute them uncontrollably to the population.

We appeal to the people of Kyiv.

All civilians in the city can freely leave the capital of Ukraine along the Kyiv-Vasilkov highway. This route is open and safe.

Once again, I want to emphasize that the armed forces of the Russian Federation strike only at military targets. Nothing threatens the civilian population.

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Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson

28.02.2022 (15:30)

The grouping of troops of Lugansk People's Republic, with fire support from the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, is conducting successful offensive operations, advancing 23 kilometers. Control was taken over Novaya Astrakhan And Borovenki settlements.

The units of the Armed Forces of Donetsk People's Republic, continuing the offensive, and blocked Mariupol.

All settlements that have come under the control of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to live as usual. The life support facilities of the population are functioning, transport is working.

Most city administrations, in agreement with the command of the Russian troops, carry out joint enforcement of law and order and the maintenance of peaceful life.

I would like to emphasize that only officers and servicemen who serve under contract in the positions of privates and sergeants take part in special military operation of the Russian Armed Forces.

Russia did not start hostilities. Russia is completing them.

Military actions by the regime in Kiev and the systematic destruction of the inhabitants of Donbass lasted 8 years. During this war, more than 14 thousand people died, hundreds of children.

It was necessary to put an end to this. It was necessary to put an end to the endless threats from the Kiev regime against Russia. And Russia will do it.

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Briefing by Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson

28.02.2022 (20:00)

The grouping of troops of Lugansk People's Republic during the day continued to conduct offensive operations in the direction of Kremennoe settlement, moving forward another 3 kilometers.

The units of the armed forces of Donetsk People's Republic advanced 16 kilometers in a day and captured Zamozhnoe settlement.

In total, the Russian Armed Forces hit 1,146 objects of the military infrastructure of Ukraine.

Among them: 31 command posts and communication centres of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 81 S-300, Buk M-1 and Osa anti-aircraft missile systems, 75 radar stations.

Operational tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 6 columns of armored vehicles of the Ukrainian armed forces.

311 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 42 aircraft (on the ground), 51 multiple rocket launchers, 147 field artillery mounts and mortars, 263 units of special military vehicles were destroyed.

Over the past 24 hours, another 110 Ukrainian servicemen have voluntarily laid down their arms.

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