War - Field Reports - 2025-03-02
Tyulpan combat vehicle crews hit enemy since dawn
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🔥 A TOS-2 Tosochka heavy flamethrower system crew of the Sever Group of Forces destroyed AFU positions and shelters with manpower inside in the border area of Kursk region at night.
Read more about the heavy flamethrower system (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/10759) in our #WeaponZ rubric.
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⚡️ As a result of active offensive actions, units of the Vostok Group of Forces liberated Skudnoye and Burlatskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation (1 March 2025)
Part I (see Part II (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19772))
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
▫️In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces hit formations of two territorial defence brigades close to Litvinovo, Karasyovka, and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses were up to 55 troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and one artillery gun.
▫️Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Petropavlovka, Kupyansk-Uzlovoy (Kharkov region), and Novoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 190 troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, eight motor vehicles, and six field artillery guns. One electronic warfare station and five ammunition depots were neutralised.
▫️Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops hit formations of three mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, one aviation complex brigade of the AFU near Konstantinovka, Belokuzminovka, Druzhkovka, Platonovka, Kleban-Byk, and Yablonovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were 170 troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, five motor vehicles, and six field artillery guns, two of them were Western-made ones. One electronic warfare station was eliminated.
▫️The Tsentr Group of Forces' units improved the situation along the front line. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of one infantry brigade, one jaeger brigade, one unmanned aerial vehicles brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, and two National Guard brigades close to Zverevo, Dimitrov, Moskovskoye, Krasnoarmeysk, and Udachnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 345 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns.
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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation (1 March 2025)
Part II (see Part I (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19771))
▫️As a result of active offensive actions, units of the Vostok Group of Forces liberated Skudnoye and Burlatskoye (Donetsk People's Republic). Russian troops delivered strikes at formations of one mechanised brigade of the AFU, two territorial defence brigades, and one National Guard brigade near Zeleny Gai, Poddubnoye, Iskra (Donetsk People's Republic), and Yanvarskoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The AFU losses were up to 160 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, ten motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns, including one Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery system. Two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
▫️Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces engaged manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, two coastal defence brigades of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades close to Malaya Tokmachka, Novopokrovka, Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region), Tokarevka, Antonovka, and Pridneprovskoye (Kherson region).
The AFU losses were up to 95 troops, 11 motor vehicles, one artillery gun, and one electronic warfare station. One ammunition depot was destroyed.
▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged power industry facilities ensuring operation of Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, the infrastructure of military airfields, attack unmanned aerial vehicle depots as well as clusters of AFU manpower and hardware in 136 areas.
▫️Air defence systems shot down six U.S.-made JDAM guided bombs and 190 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
▫️In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 656 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 45,024 unmanned aerial vehicles, 600 anti-aircraft missile systems, 21,946 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,523 MLRS combat vehicles, 22,170 field artillery guns and mortars, and 32,349 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
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🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (1 March 2025)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
▫️In the course of offensive actions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on formations of one heavy mechanised brigade, five mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one assault brigade, two air assault brigades, two territorial defence brigades, and two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Gogolevka, Guyevo, Zaoleshenka, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, Makhnovka, Oleshnya, Rubanshchina, Sudzha, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.
▫️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and artillery engaged AFU manpower and hardware close to Agronom, Bondarevka, Gornal, Guyevo, Dmitryukov, Kazachya Loknya, Pervy Knyazhy, Kositsa, Kolmakov, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Loknya, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Makhnovka, Melovoy, Mirny, Nikolayevka, Staraya Sorochina, Sudzha, Cherkasskaya Konopelka, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, Yuzhny as well as Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, Novenkoye, Obody, Sumy, and Yunakovka (Sumy region).
▫️During the day, the AFU losses were more than 220 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, one armoured personnel carrier, 11 armoured fighting vehicles, 13 motor vehicles, seven artillery guns as well as seven UAV command posts and one ammunition depot.
▫️Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 64,295 troops, 382 tanks, 291 infantry fighting vehicles, 249 armoured personnel carriers, 2,095 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,264 motor vehicles, 502 artillery guns, 52 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and seven of MLRS made by the USA, 25 anti-aircraft missile launchers, one self-propelled anti-aircraft system, ten transport-loading vehicles, 118 EW stations, 15 counter-battery warfare radars, nine air defence radars, 51 units of engineering and other materiel, including 19 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five bridge launchers, one engineering reconnaissance vehicle as well as 14 armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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⚡️ On 28 February, against the background of the visit by V.Zelensky to Washington, D.C., the Kiev regime in order to stop gas supplying to European countries made another attempt to launch an attack using three fixed-wing UAVs on the infrastructure of the Russkaya Compressor Station in Gai-Kodzor (Krasnodar region), which provides gas supplying through the TurkStream pipeline.
During the repelling of the attack, all three Ukrainian UAVs were shot down at a safe distance from the compressor station. The compressor station supplies gas to the TurkStream pipeline as usual.
Earlier on 11 January, in order to stop the supply of gas to European countries, the Kiev regime attempted to launch an attack using nine fixed-wing UAVs against the infrastructure of the Russkaya Compressor Station in Gai-Kodzor.
During Russian air defence systems' repelling of the attack, all the drones were shot down, but fragments of one of the drones slightly damaged a building and equipment of the gas-measuring station. Reportedly, Gazprom energy corporation personnel promptly eliminated the consequences of the shrapnel fall and restored the equipment.
In addition, on 17 February, the attack by a Ukrainian UAV was launched against an oil and transport facility of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (Kropotkinskaya Oil Refinery). As a result of the Kiev regime strike with seven fixed-wing UAVs, the Kropotkinskaya Oil Refinery was disabled.
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🇷🇺 As a result of active offensive actions, units of the Vostok Group of Forces liberated (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19772) Skudnoye and Burlatskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Assault detachments of the 127th Motorised Rifle Division continuing to advance into the enemy defences depth north-western of Velikaya Novosyolka liberated Burlatskoye from the AFU. Servicemen of the 5th Tank Brigade mopped up Skudnoye from Ukrainian troops.
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💥 The Rubikon Centre's drones hit an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery gun, UAV launch sites, armoured and motor vehicles of AFU militants in Kupyansk direction.
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💥 The Zapad Group of Forces' motorised rifle units of the 25th Combined Arms Army continue to inflict fire damage on AFU combat vehicles.
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🎮 The Vostok Group of Forces' FPV drone operators ensure the advancement of assault detachments destroying AFU hardware in South Donetsk direction.
Over the past month, Russian troops destroyed 14 tanks, more than 40 armoured fighting vehicles, and about 80 motor vehicles close to Novosyolka, Burlatskoye, Dneproenergiya, and Konstantinopol.
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UAV operators of the Sever Group of Forces eliminated an AFU dugout with infantry inside.
🗺 Kharkov region
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🔎 Paratroopers for a long time have been tracking the flights of Baba Yaga heavy UAVs to drop ammunition and to mine approaches to AFU machine gun crews. Russian troops also watched the movement on enemy on positions.
Airborne Troops' two-man sniper team from Yaroslavl had to destroy detected targets that could thwart actions of assault detachments of the 'winged infantry'.
🎯A Baba Yaga UAV was the first target to be shot down. After that, servicemen moved to another prepared position and destroyed two AFU machine gun crews were with precise shots.
After suppressing enemy machine gun positions, assault groups of the Ivanovo-based Guards Airborne Troops Formation successfully advanced and managed to take an important stronghold, bringing closer the liberation of Chasov Yar.
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⚡️The Kiev regime's desperate attempts to change the situation with regard to replenishing losses on the line of contact are not succeeding.
The data for February confirm the trend of previous months of the number of wounded and killed AFU servicemen steadily exceeding the number of mobilised the TCC and SP.
Thus, in February 2025 the TCC and SP ‘mobilised’ less than 28 thousand Ukrainians with total losses for the month of 38,920 servicemen. In January, the TCC and SP mobilised about 28 thousand people with total losses - 51,960 servicemen, in December 2024 - about 33 thousand against the loss of 48,470 servicemen, in November - about 34 thousand people with losses of 60,805 servicemen.
It is worth noting that despite the launch of the so-called ‘new contract 18-24’ by the Kiev regime since 11 February to attract Ukrainian youth to the AFU on a voluntary basis, - it is not possible to recruit even a couple of thousand ‘volunteers’ into the ranks of the AFU with the target of 4 thousand volunteers per month.
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🏳️ Captured AFU serviceman calls on his comrades to surrender to save their lives
Ukrainian serviceman Nikolai Zlepko finding himself on a position under a heavy mortar fire realised that he would be able to save his life only if he surrenders. He offered his comrade to do the same, but he refused. As a result, he was killed. Zlepko came to positions of Russian troops with his hands up. That is why he stayed alive.
The POW called on his comrades to surrender, because he is sure that the resistance to Russian troops is not the right way.
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🪖 The Dnepr Group of Forces' servicemen of the BARS-11 volunteered unit conduct training exercises in one of the rear areas of Zaporozhye region on a daily basis.
Servicemen practise tactical assault actions, capturing trophy weapons, and the basics of tactical medicine.
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An Iskander-M missile system launcher struck the Novomoskovsky military training range in Dnepropetrovsk region, where servicemen of the AFU 157th Mechanised Brigade had a training.
💥 The strike eliminated up to 150 Ukrainian troops, including up to 30 foreign instructors.
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The Tsentr Group of Forces' attack drone teams that are guided along the fiber optic link hit armoured vehicles and fortified positions of the enemy.
📍Krasnoarmeysk direction
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🗓 Top News Today
▫️ On 28 February, against the background of the visit by V.Zelensky to Washington, D.C., the Kiev regime in order to stop gas supplying to European countries made another attempt to launch an attack using three fixed-wing UAVs on the infrastructure of the Russkaya Compressor Station in Gai-Kodzor (Krasnodar region). The aim of the attack was to stop gas supplying of European countries. All UAVs were shot down, (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19775) the station is operating ordinary.
▫️ The Kiev regime's desperate attempts to change the situation with regard to replenishing losses on the line of contact are not succeeding. The data (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19782) for February confirm the trend of previous months of the number of wounded and killed AFU servicemen steadily exceeding the number of mobilised the TCC and SP.
▫️ As a result of active offensive actions, units of the Vostok Group of Forces liberated (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19776) Skudnoye and Burlatskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
▫️ The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19773) the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region. During the day, the AFU losses were more than 220 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, one armoured personnel carrier, 11 armoured fighting vehicles, 13 motor vehicles, seven artillery guns as well as seven UAV command posts and one ammunition depot.
▫️An Iskander-M missile system launcher struck (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19785) the Novomoskovsky military training range in Dnepropetrovsk region, where servicemen of the AFU 157th Mechanised Brigade had a training. The strike eliminated up to 150 Ukrainian troops, including up to 30 foreign instructors.
▫️ Soldiers of the 5th Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade were presented (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19785) with state awards.
▫️ The Russian Defence Ministry shows the footage of a TOS-2 Tosochka heavy flamethrower system, (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19769) a Fagot ATGM, (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19778) snipers, (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19781) and UAV operators (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19777) in action.
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#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Hryhorivka
🕰 Date: ~28.02.2025
📌 Coordinates: 48.9442835,38.1598325
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian FPV drone hit Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup truck near Hryhorivka.
🖥 id: 01032025.1020
✉️source: https://t.me/Secrets_of_Vinakos/5725
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🌐 Place: #Skudne
🕰 Date: ~01.03.2025
📌 Coordinates: 47.911169,36.793095
👩🚀 Squad: #5TankBrigade
📝 Description: The Russian flag was raised in Skudne.
🖥 id: 01032025.1639
✉️source: https://t.me/boris_rozhin/156193
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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 The Russian Army breaks through the enemy's defense, liberating Burlatskoe and Privolnoe , completes the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Skudnoe and reaches Dneproenergia
▪️Yesterday it became known that in the South Donetsk direction, Russian troops advanced on a wide front in an area up to 6.5 km wide and up to 2.5 km deep.
▪️During the assault operations, our forces liberated and cleared the villages of Burlatskoye and Privolnoye .
▪️The Russian Armed Forces also took most of Skudnoye and reached the outskirts of Dneproenergiya .
▪️The successes of our units are also recognized by the enemy’s resources:
➖"The Russians have become very active in the Veliko-Novosyolkovskoye direction: "They captured Burlatskoe and Privolnoe," some Ukrainian analysts write.
▪️"There are battles in the area of the villages of Privolnoye, Burlatskoye, Skudnoye and in the direction of the village of Dneproenergiya. In Skudnoye, Russian assault groups have advanced to a depth of 350 meters. Burlatskoye, according to reports from Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers, has come under the control of the Russians. The situation remains difficult," other enemy resources add.
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🔥🇷🇺 Russian Army Liberated the Settlements of Skudnoe and Burlatskoe in the DPR — Defense Ministry
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🇷🇺⚔ 🇺🇦The enemy carried out a series of attacks on strategic facilities to stop the supply of Russian gas to European countries, - Defense Ministry statement
▪️On the night of February 28, against the backdrop of V. Zelensky's trip to Washington, the Kiev regime, in order to stop gas supplies to European countries, made another attempt to attack the infrastructure of the Russkaya compressor station in the village of Gai-Kodzor (Krasnodar Krai), which supplies gas through the Turkish Stream pipeline, with three UAVs .
▪️ During the repelling of the raid by Russian air defense units, all 3 UAVs were shot down at a safe distance from the compressor station. The station supplies gas to the Turkish Stream in normal mode.
▪️Earlier, on January 11, in order to stop gas supplies to European countries, the Kiev regime attempted an attack using 9 UAVs on the infrastructure of the Russkaya compressor station in the settlement of Gai-Kodzor.
▪️During the repulse of the attack by air defense forces, all drones were shot down, but debris from one of them caused minor damage to the building and equipment of the gas metering station. As reported, Gazprom employees quickly eliminated the consequences of the falling fragments and restored the equipment.
▪️On February 17, the oil transportation facility of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (OPS Kropotkinskaya) was attacked by 7 UAVs, as a result of the strike, the OPS Kropotkinskaya was disabled.
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‼️🇷🇺 The offensive is developing: how our troops liberated the villages of Skudnoe and Burlatskoe .
▪️The "East" group of forces continues active offensive operations.
▪️The assault aircraft of the 127th Division, continuing to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense to the northwest of Velyka Novosyolka, liberated the village of Burlatskoye from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the fighters of the 5th Tank Brigade cleared the village of Skudnoye from Ukrainian Nazis.
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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇦 Massive destruction of equipment: The situation in the Kursk region is becoming significantly more complicated for Ukraine, - Ukrainian Armed Forces militants write
▪️Since January 5, the Russians have deployed about a dozen “adequate crews” of FPV drones to the region and are massively attacking the logistics routes of the Ukrainian forces, write the Ukrainian Armed Forces from “Reconnaissance Noem”.
▪️This complicates the delivery of ammunition and the rotation of personnel.
➖"There are not many 200s, but the transport suffers greatly, especially from the FiPiVi, who brought 8-10 adequate crews. Now many Ukrainian crews are out of action, because their supply transport is simply destroyed, which makes it impossible for them to work. In addition, the infantry suffers, which is left with almost no support from the sky."
▪️“According to the gloomy forecasts of those directly involved in the Kursk operation, if the situation does not change within the next few weeks, a rather sad picture could emerge.”
▪️ On January 5, Ukraine launched another offensive in the Kursk region. It did not produce any large-scale advances.
At the same time, in recent weeks, the Russian Armed Forces have been advancing in the Kursk region, having recaptured several villages in the north and southwest of the occupation bridgehead, approaching the highway to Sudzha at a distance of less than 10 km, which allowed them to establish fire control over it. Recently, many videos have appeared with a large number of destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment on the highway. The Ukrainian military resource DeepState also wrote about the growing problems with logistics.
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‼️🇷🇺 🔥Robot " Tarik (https://t.me/rabotaetTARIK) " - "Snake Gorych" undermines enemy ambushes , clearing the way for an offensive
The combat drone uses explosive cords from the Zmey Gorynych mine clearing system to detonate enemy mine ambushes/obstacles and clear the way for our assault teams.
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‼️🇷🇺 "🅾️brave" destroy NATO equipment and enemy infantry, advancing on Pokrovsk - another day of fighting for the Guards "Center"
▪️A selection of combat work by fighters of the Center group of forces on February 28 to destroy military equipment, weapons, infantry and positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during active offensive operations in the Pokrovsky direction.
▪️The footage shows tanks, NATO armored personnel carriers, MRAPs, combat armored vehicles, firing points, pickup trucks, infantry and enemy positions being destroyed.
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‼️🇺🇦💥 Port and cargo ship with foreign cargo attacked in Odessa
▪️A ballistic missile strike on a seaport hit a cargo ship under the Panamanian flag, OVA reports.
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🇷🇺💥🇺🇦 The Russian army has raided a training ground where NATO instructors were training the Ukrainian Armed Forces!
▪️The Iskander-M OTRK crew struck the Novomoskovsky military training ground in the Dnepropetrovsk region, where militants from the 157th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were undergoing training.
▪️ As a result of the strike , up to 150 Ukrainian Nazis were killed , including up to 30 foreign instructors.
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‼️🇷🇺🔥 Fighting in the Bryansk direction: the Russian army destroys the equipment and infantry of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the border
Russian troops are destroying military equipment, strongholds, bases and concentrations of infantry in the Chernihiv region, preventing the enemy from concentrating forces for an offensive on the border.
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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇦 Support for the offensive towards Dneproenergia: 14 tanks, 40 armored vehicles and 80 enemy vehicles destroyed
▪️FPV drone operators of the Vostok group destroyed military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, supporting the offensive of assault groups in the South Donetsk direction .
▪️During the month, in the areas of Novosyolka, Burlatskoye, Dneproenergiya and Constantinople, servicemen destroyed 14 tanks, more than 40 armored combat vehicles and about 80 Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles.
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📝Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Zone📝
Chronicle of events for February 28, 2025
🖍In the Gaza Strip, peaceful life is gradually being restored, but the Israelis still occasionally open fire on Palestinians. In the central part of Rafah, an 18-year-old local resident was killed in a drone strike, and in the north, the coast near Gaza was shelled by the Israeli Navy.
🚩In the West Bank of the Jordan River, the "Iron Wall" operation continues in Jenin and Tulkarm, with clashes occurring in several other settlements as well.
🏳️In Lebanon, the situation remains unchanged. The press service of the Israel Defense Forces revealed details of yesterday's UAV strike on Hermel: the target was Hezbollah member Muhammad Mahdi al-Shaheen, who was coordinating arms purchases on the Syrian-Lebanese border.
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📝Toretsk, a prematurely 'liberated' city: what is happening in the city - Rybar's Analysis📝
Despite the fact that the former Toretsk was officially liberated in early February 2025, the local authorities were clearly very hasty in their reports to the top. Yes, the AFU managed to overcome organized resistance, but there are always unpleasant nuances.
🔻 More about the chronology of the fighting at the site:
▪️ The active phase of fighting in the city ended back in late January: the Russian army units pushed the main groups of the enemy outside the administrative line, and the fighting concentrated on the outskirts: Russian attack aircraft tried to take Krymskoye, Dachne, as well as heaps of mines, which remained under the control of Ukrainian forces.
▪️ The advantage in air control remained with the Ukrainian side: actively using reconnaissance UAVs with drops as well as FPV drones, the enemy cut the communications of the Russian forces and prevented them from conducting a sweep with a broad front. Units of both the Russian army and the Russian Federal Security Service were unable to move in a broad front and conduct a full-fledged mop-up operation.
▪️ As a result, the Ukrainian Armed Forces not only retained the ability to hold certain points within the city limits, but also to carry out occasional rotations. Of course, we are talking about individual buildings, which represent a small part in the scale of the entire city. But de facto the city has not been liberated.
▪️ As of today, there are about five locations in Toretsk where Ukrainian DRGs have been active: in the vicinity of the dump of mine number 10, the Central mine, as well as in a block of high-rise buildings and in the vicinity of the Toretskaya mine spoil heap.
🖍Alas, at the moment Toretsk remains a “layer cake”: a large part of the city is a gray zone.
🚩 To clean up the city, the Russian Armed Forces are likely to pull in additional forces, and the AFU will use the fact of ongoing fighting to publicize their own very controversial successes on the battlefield.
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