2023-03-03 15:17:14
Kiev, up to three fighter jets arrive
“I’m sure we’ll have two or three types of fighter planes. There will be one main aircraft, and it will depend on which one is most suitable for Ukraine. For our airports, for our engineers, for maintenance». This was stated by Defense Minister Oleksiy Resnikov in the picture interview.
“I think it’s going to be some kind of coalition again, we’re going to have one main model and other guys,” he explained. Regarding Berlin’s refusal to deliver jets, the minister recalled that “Germany didn’t want to send tanks. Now there are leopards in my country, I personally tested a leopard from Germany».
In the interview, Resnikov also spoke about the debate that Ukraine should conduct negotiations with Putin: “My president made it clear that we will not negotiate with the current head of the Kremlin.
Ukraine is ready to negotiate reparations, an international tribunal and Kremlin responsibility for war crimes, a so-called Nuremberg 2,” the minister said. Reznikov then reported that he believes the war could end this year: «I’m optimistic, I see the situation on the battlefield, I see the development of support and I really see that there is a chance that this one War with our victory ends this year,” he said, adding that he sees no threat of tactical nuclear weapons from Russia: “It’s a bluff, I know the Russians. Using nuclear weapons will not give them what they want.”
2023-03-03 15:11:55
Wagner Group: The mercenaries open a training center for young people
The notorious Wagner mercenary group has an event and activity center for youth called «Wagneryonok» («Little Wagnerian») and stationed at the headquarters of the pro-Kremlin paramilitary organization in St. Petersburg: The Moscow Times and other Russian media report.
According to Meduza, the first meeting of Wagnerjonok took place at the end of January, which was attended by the leader of the Fair Russia party Sergey Mironov. The newspaper writes that according to the club members, they were offered to try a drone driving simulator. According to the Moscow Times, there are currently subscribers about 60. The Wagner group is accused of atrocities and war crimes.
2023-03-03 15:05:03
Kherson, city bombing: one tractor driver dead, two seriously injured
In the Kherson region, a tractor driver was killed by Russian shelling near the village Tomaryne in the district Beryslav. The enemy also attacked the village Kozatske in Kakhovka district, in which two people were injured.
«Near the village of Tomaryne in Beryslav district, the Russians shot dead a tractor driver. The 33-year-old victim was taken to the nearest medical facility by the military. However, the doctors could not do anything, they only pronounced him dead,” wrote the Kherson regional military administration in Telegram. In addition, Russian militias again attacked the village of Kozatske in the Kakhovka district. Two people were injured and now the doctors are giving you the relief you need.
2023-03-03 12:55:38
Moscow: US and NATO indicate targets for bombing in Kiev
The US and NATO are continuing their “geopolitical plans to destroy Russia” by supplying Ukraine with weapons, training its armed forces and “helping Kiev identify targets for bombing raids”. This was stated in a statement by the Moscow Foreign Ministry.
2023-03-03 12:50:29
Kuleba hears blinking
Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba had a phone conversation with the US Secretary of State Anton Blinken, who briefed him on the work of the G20 Foreign Affairs in New Delhi. Kuleba himself writes it on Twitter. “I have outlined our next steps towards creating a special tribunal to investigate the crime of aggression against Ukraine: Our next big task is to ensure that the Russian leadership is held accountable. Coordinated efforts are key,” Kuleba wrote in the Post.
2023-03-03 12:49:48
Lavrov: G20 only interested in Ukraine, too bad
The G20 “are only interested in Ukraine” and “it’s a shame”, said the Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at the «Raisina Dialogue». “I asked my Indian friends, my Indonesian friends who chaired the G20 and those who chaired pre-Indonesia if the G20 ever, in their statements on the situation in Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan or… Yugoslavia thought because it was the G20 was established in 1999 at the level of finance ministers and central bank governors,” Lavrov said, according to TASS. “But nobody cared. Now that Russia has started to defend itself after years of warnings, the G20 is only interested in Ukraine. It’s a pity, and this policy will fail,” said the head of diplomacy of Russia, whose troops invaded Ukraine.
2023-03-03 10:13:00
Kiev: Russians are advancing on Bakhmut, but not at the pace they would like
Russian troops move in Bachmutbut not at the pace they would like: Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine said: Oleksiy Danilov, in an interview with the country’s media. “They’re all here, but they can’t do anything for a long time,” the senior official said, referring to Prigozhin’s Wagner group, the Russian armed forces and airborne troops. Yes, they are making progress, but not at the pace they would like.
2023-03-03 09:37:03
Wagner: Bakhmut surrounded, Zelenskyy old people and children evacuated
According to the founder of the Russian mercenary group Wagner Evgeny Prigozhin, Russian troops have practically surrounded the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut (Artyomovsk in Russian): in a video address he called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to evacuate old people and children. The Russian media report. According to Ria Novosti, he called on the Ukrainian authorities to allow the Armed Forces of Ukraine to leave the city. A bloody fight has been raging in Bakhmut for weeks, which is being fought practically from house to house.
2023-03-03 09:15:35
Russian forces blow up key Bakhmut Bridge
Russian forces blew up a key bridge connecting the besieged city overnight Bachmut to the nearby village of Khromove. This was reported to CNN by police sources in the Donetsk region, adding that they hope to repair the bridge in the coming days as “it is a vital artery for both civilians and supplies such as ammunition”. The bridge is also the main connecting route from Bakhmut to the town of Chasiv Yar, which the Ukrainian military can still access via dirt roads and fields.
2023-03-03 08:43:00
Anti-aircraft alert throughout Ukraine
According to national media, an anti-aircraft alert has been declared across Ukraine in the last few minutes. Meanwhile, surveillance groups report the launch of a Russian Air Force MiG-31K capable of carrying the Kinzhal hypersonic missile.
2023-03-03 08:06:42
Today the Biden-Scholz meeting
The White House meeting between Joe Biden and Chancellor Olaf Scholz is scheduled for 2 p.m. Washington time, 8 p.m. Italy. The US government announced this in a note. A joint press conference is not planned.
2023-03-03 08:04:47
USA, new package with 400 million weapons
The United States is due to announce a new military aid package for Ukraine worth about $400 million in hours, consisting mostly of ammunition. Portal reports this on its website, citing informed sources and confirming the White House announcements in the daily briefing. The package, the sources say, will include missiles for Himar’s anti-aircraft systems, ammunition for Bradley combat vehicles and armored bridging vehicles.