Rome, February 25, 2024 – Moscow knew the plans Ukrainian counteroffensive of 2023 before this started. The president reveals it Volodymyr Zelensky in the press conference on the two-year war in Ukraine. The Kiev leader speaks of “leaks” after it happened The number of military casualties in the first 24 months of the conflict has been tallied: 31,000 dead among its soldiers, it claims, while there were 180,000 dead in the Russian ranks. After G7 Yesterday chaired by the Prime Minister Melons in Kyiv, At the press conference, Zelensky wanted to publicly thank her, but emphasized that in Italy “there are many pro-Putin, their visas should be canceled.” For the Ukrainian president, 2024 will be the “turning year” of the war.
Zelenskyy at a press conference (Ansa)
On the battlefield to record this in the last 24 hours The Russian army bombed the Zaporizhia region 263 times. Ten settlements were hit, one person died and two were injured.
Kiev 007 boss Budanov warned the Russians about this expect new surprises in Crimea, while, according to the New York Times, the CIA is helping Kiev “Network of spy bases”.
A crucial partnership in the fight against Russia that goes back more than ten years and includes The workout The CIA commissioned an elite Ukrainian commando unit – Unit 2245 – to capture Russian drones and communications equipment to enable American intelligence to examine and encrypt Moscow's encrypted systems.
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4:47 p.m
“Moscow had counter-offensive plans”
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Kremlin had the plans for the counteroffensive in its hands last year and therefore knew Kiev's moves in advance before they began. “The plans for our counteroffensive were already on the table before the Kremlin counteroffensive began,” because “leaks were leaked,” he said. Zelensky added that his generals are preparing several alternative plans for this year's war strategy
4:36 p.m
Zelensky: “Italy has several weapons with which it could help us”
Zelensky claims that in Italy there are “various types of weapons with which it could help us, but not everything depends on Italy, we are also talking about the G7 countries and the EU countries, they have a lot that they give can, maybe nothing.” “Similar to the Patriots, but there are Samp-T, Iris-T and other weapons in different countries. I can’t say they would be enough, but they would be good.”
3:55 p.m
Zelensky: “Putin is deaf, dialogue impossible”
“Can you talk to a deaf person? Can you talk to a man who kills his opponents?” This is how Zelenskyy responded at a press conference to a question about possible direct talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin without negotiating them. “We will. Propose a platform on which Putin can accept that he lost this war and that it was a big mistake and a tragedy for us and the democratic world,” he explained
3:52 p.m
Zelensky: “31,000 Ukrainians already killed”
Zelensky then stated that 31,000 Ukrainians had been killed in the war so far. Responding at a press conference, he said he did not want to give figures on the wounded, saying that in this case “Russia would understand how many people left the battlefield.” He then added that 180,000 Russians died in the conflict.
3:37 p.m
Zelensky: “Positive reactions from allies to long-range weapons”
Zelensky was vague at a news conference in Kiev: “I don't want to talk about it in detail,” but hinted that important weapons innovations were on the way: “We've been working on this for a long time.” “I feel positive about our partners’ recent reactions to these weapons.”
3:28 p.m
Zelensky: “Peace summit in Switzerland in spring”
President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized in a press conference on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Russian invasion that the country must not lose the “diplomatic initiative” and hopes that a peace summit will be held in Switzerland in the spring with Ukraine's partners to prepare a peace plan, which will then be held is handed over to Russia.
2:06 p.m
NYT: “Bases and training, this is how the CIA helps Ukraine”
Over the past eight years, a network of CIA-backed spy bases has been established in Ukraine, including 12 near the Russian border. Bases that – reports the New York Times – are part of the close cooperation between the American agency and Kiev. A crucial partnership in the fight against Russia that dates back more than a decade and includes the CIA's training of an elite Ukrainian commando unit – Unit 2245 – to capture Russian drones and communications equipment for U.S. intelligence to examine and investigate encrypt Moscow's encrypted systems.
1:50 p.m
Prime Minister Kiev: “We will receive 12 billion from the USA in 2024”
Ukraine expects up to $12 billion in financial aid from the United States this year. This was stated by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, as reported by Rbc Ukraine. “We expect $11.8 billion in aid from the United States in 2024. We agreed on that. We are awaiting a decision from Congress after a two-week break in proceedings,” the Prime Minister said.
12:58 p.m
Budanov (Kiev 007 boss): “The Russians expect new surprises in Crimea”
The head of Ukrainian military intelligence Kyrylo Budanov announced via Telegram new “surprises for the Russian occupiers of Crimea” and recommended that the civilian population not use the so-called Kerch Bridge, which connects Russia with the peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014 “Ukraine began the occupation of the Ukrainian Crimea not two, but ten years ago. However, neither the Ukrainian state nor Ukrainians agreed to recognize the aggressor's right to land in Crimea,” he said, emphasizing that “the resistance of the local Ukrainians against the occupiers has not diminished for a moment, despite the repressions .”
11:49 a.m
Kuleba: Trump has not yet responded to Zelensky's invitation to Kiev
Ukrainian authorities have not yet received a response to an invitation to former US President Donald Trump to visit Ukraine. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said this in an interview with Voice of America quoted by Ukrinform. “There are public political signals from American presidential candidate Donald Trump. There are public signals from the President of Ukraine. We have not heard a response to the invitation from Trump himself or his team. If there is an answer, we will think about it,” he said. According to Kuleba, the main thing now is to understand that the key for Ukraine is not even bipartisan support, but support at the voter level. “Because American politicians follow their voters,” the minister added. Last month and more recently, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky invited former US President Donald Trump to visit Kiev after he promised to end the war “very quickly” if he won elections this year.
Former US President Donald Trump
10:54
Rishi Sunak calls for frozen Russian assets to be seized
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has seized frozen Russian assets for redistribution to Ukraine and called on the West for courage. “We must be bolder and seize hundreds of billions in frozen Russian assets,” the British leader wrote in a Sunday Times article marking the second anniversary of the Russian invasion. “It starts with sending the billions of dollars in interest generated by these assets to Ukraine,” Sunak says. “And then, together with the G7, we must find legal ways to confiscate the assets ourselves and send these funds to Ukraine as well,” he added. According to the British Prime Minister, it is necessary to “hold Russia accountable for its actions,” referring to the death of opponent Alexei Navalny, who died in a prison in the Russian Arctic. In their statement yesterday following a virtual summit under the Italian presidency, G7 leaders called on their governments to continue to work “on all possible ways through which Russian state assets could be used to support Ukraine, in line with ours respective legal systems and international law.” “
British Prime Minister Sunak
09:52
The new commander of the Ukrainian army visits the command posts at the front
The new commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Oleksandr Syrsky, accompanied by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, visited several command posts on the front: he announced this on Facebook on Sunday, without specifying the date of the visit. “I stressed the importance of coordination and good operational cooperation among all defense forces and the need to save the lives of our military personnel,” the officer wrote.
09:10
Kiev, 16 of the 18 Russian drones fired over the capital were destroyed
During the night, Ukrainian anti-aircraft defenses destroyed 16 of the 18 Shahed drones fired by the Russian army. This was reported by the Kiev Air Force, quoted by Ukrainska Pravda. The drones were launched from Primorsko-Akhtarsk in the Russian Federation and from Cape Chauda in Crimea. Ukrainian air defense shot down unmanned aerial vehicles over Kiev, Poltava, Khmelnytsky, Nikolayev, Kirovograd, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson.