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🔹 Netanyahu: Western weapons supplied for Kyiv already emerge at the borders of Israel; 🔹 Russian FSB arrests 5 persons who attempted to smuggle a kilogram of radioactive Cesium-137 to Ukraine; 🔹 Russian Air Defense was twice activated in Kursk during the night; 🔹 Russian forces in the night launched precision strikes on central regions of Ukraine; 🔹 Hungary and Poland proposed to extend ban on imports of Ukrainian grain to EU; 🔹 Kyiv authorities destroyed six monuments of Soviet soldiers in West Ukraine.
🔹 Zelensky says many countries pledged to give F-16 fighter jets for ZSU; 🔹 Kyiv regime to punish those responsible for operation of bomb shelters; 🔹 RuMOD reports elimination of more than 50 enemy troops who attempted to attack Russian Belgorod Oblast; 🔹 Poland will train Ukraine Air Force pilots to use F-16; 🔹 NATO FMs discuss forming of NATO — Ukraine Council; 🔹 State Secretary Anthony Blinken says NATO to step up support of Ukraine; 🔹 Kyiv to evacuate children from 7 settlements southwest of Artemovsk; 🔹 Kharkiv authorities reports that Russian forces are closing on Kupyansk; 🔹 Moldova president Maya Sandu assures Zelensky she will support Kyiv.
🔹 Financial Times: none of 20 M109 self-propelled howitzers that were given Kyiv by Italy, was in order for combat; 🔹 EU to give 1 billion dollar for "emergency reconstruction" of Ukraine; 🔹 Zelensky says ready to start ZSU counteroffensive without Western fighter jets; 🔹Bild: Germany trains 1000 ZSU Special Forces troops for counteroffensive; 🔹 Kyiv protests against EU and Poland ban on imports of Ukrainian grain and agroproducts; 🔹 Governor of Russian Sevastopol: Fire in fuel depot eliminated;
🔹 ZSU shelled Leninsky village in Russian Belgorod Oblast; 🔹 Russian forces launched massive strike on ZSU positions in Vuhledar; 🔹 Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary demand EU to ban grain and other agricultural imports from Ukraine till 2024; 🔹 RIA: Russian top new tanks T-14 Armata are already being used for striking Ukrainian positions, but yet to take part in direct combat; 🔹 ZSU accumulates reserves in Kharkiv Oblast; 🔹 Borrell reports that EU gave Kyiv 13 bln euro worth of weapons and military equipment and provided training of over 16 000 ZSU personnel.
🔹 In the night, 2 ZSU marine UAVs attempted to attack Sevastopol harbor, both were destroyed; 🔹 Government of Latvia to spend 4 mln euro to teach Ukrainian refugees Latvian language in 2023; 🔹 RuMOD: Russian forces landed strikes on over 130 ZSU targets in Lyman front; 🔹 Ukrainian loitering munition with 17 kg of explosives crashes near Moscow; 🔹 US Congressman Paul Gosar proposed a ban of foreign aid due to costs of helping Kyiv; 🔹 The Economist: old MiG-29 fighter jets given to Kyiv by Poland and Slovakia are inoperative and are being cannibalized for spare parts.
🔹 In Russian Belgorod, 2 power substations damaged after probable UAV strikes; 🔹 ZSU fired 102 shells targeting civilian infrastructure in Kherson Oblast; 🔹 Shmyhal: Canada will give Kyiv Russian An-124 cargo plane; 🔹 Kyiv-Warsaw talks on grain exports are scheduled for April 17; 🔹 Russian ambassador says Denmark "has no red lines" for weapons transfer to Kyiv; 🔹 Series of explosions reported in Zaporizha in the night.
🔹 Poland PM Mateusz Morawiecky announced transfer of another batch of MiG-29 fighter jets for ZSU; 🔹 Slovakia Agriculture Ministry discouraged import of Ukrainian grain after identification of pesticides; 🔹 EU Council: Peace Fund funded 4,6 bln dollar worth military aid for Kyiv; 🔹 Three members of ZSU infiltration and sabotage group caught in Melitopol; 🔹 Moldova willing to help Kyiv with mine clearing on controlled territories; 🔹 Die Welt: EU will have to give back frozen Russian assets; 🔹 Evgeniy Prigozhin says that Wagner Group eliminated at least 38 000 Ukrainian troops.
🔹 ZSU shelled village of Tishanka in Russian Belgorod Oblast; 🔹 Zelensky says Poland shall give ZSU 200 Rosomak APCs instead of 100; 🔹 Hungary steps up Ukraine grain transit controls in its territory to ensure grain reaches destination countries; 🔹 Germany to buy anti-UAV equipment because someone monitors training of ZSU troops in its territory; 🔹 Zelensky's aide Ustenko: Ukrainian international reserves exceed 30 bln dollars; 🔹 RuMOD: Russian forces thwarted three ZSU attempts for combat reconnaissance in South Donetsk axis.
🔹 Crimea started distributing land plots among veterans of special military operation; 🔹 Farmers in Poland plan to block border crossings with Ukraine to stop unregulated grain imports; 🔹 RuMOD: Kyiv regime plots a provocation in Sumy Oblast, planning to accuse Russia of using chemical projectiles; 🔹 Russian forces with tanks attempt offensive through forests north and south of Maryinka; 🔹 US State Secretary Anthony Blinken rules out any ceasefire between Russian and Kyiv forces in current situation; 🔹 Emercom reports ZSU fired around 100 shells on civilian infrastructure in Kherson Oblast.
🔹 Zelensky discussed ZSU leaks with Kyiv forces Chief of Staff; 🔹 Blinken says ZSU to start counteroffensive in next weeks; 🔹 Wagner Group engaged in fierce combat for Bakhmut railway station; 🔹 Cyprus refused to send weapons to Ukraine; 🔹 RuFM Lavrov discussed conflict in Ukraine with Turkey foreign minister; 🔹 RuMOD: US restarted construction of biolaboratories in Ukraine; 🔹 Kyiv agrees to stop grain exports to Poland, retaining transit; 🔹 Xi Jinping: prolongation of conflict in Ukraine will hurt all sides; 🔹 Russia and IAEA identify measures required to improve communication of Zaporizha NPP.
🔹 Ukrainian light aircraft crashed in Russian Bryansk Oblast, pilot survived and was arrested, he had armored vest and assault rifle with him; 🔹 Poland shall give Kyiv only 14 MiG-29 fighter jets, not 20 pledged before; 🔹 Pentagon: SAM missile systems are currently a top priority for military aid to Kyiv; 🔹 RuFM: Kyiv attempts to thwart operation of Russian communication satellites with foreign aid; 🔹 Kyiv Anti-Corruption Agency raid Kharkiv mayor as a investigation of major embezzlement of humanitarian assets; 🔹 ZSU spotters arrested in Zaporizha Oblast.
🔹 Poland gave Kyiv several of its MiG-29 fighters; 🔹 Zelensky plans to visit Warsaw on April 5; 🔹 Germany vicePM Habeck comes to Kyiv; 🔹 Terrorist act against a car with passenger in Melitopol; 🔹 Evgeni Prigozhin declares Bakhmut "legally captured" by Wagner troops; 🔹 ZSU amassed a major group of forces for offensive in Zaporizha Oblast; 🔹 Zaporizha proposed to strengthen air defenses; 🔹 Reports that in Romania Rheinmetall creates a maintenance center for military equipment sent to Ukraine; 🔹 Rada announced plans to give seized canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church cathedral in Khmelnitsky to schismatic pro-Kyiv Orthodox Church in Ukraine.
🔹 Poland to produce 100 Rosomak armored personal carriers for Kyiv; 🔹 Kyiv arrests vicar of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra metropolitan Pavel, sent for home confinement for 2 month; 🔹 ZSU shelled bordering villages in Russian Kursk Oblast, without casualties; 🔹 Poland's call to limit export of Ukrainian grain joined by Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia; 🔹 RuMOD Shoigu reports that Russian military industrial complex increased production of precision weapons "many-fold"; 🔹 Zelensky issues sanctions against 33 Russian citizens and 225 companies.
🔹 Warsaw reports that Polish mercenary was killed in Ukraine; 🔹 Ukrainians in Snihurivsky District (Mikolaiv Oblast) report that Kyiv started total mobilization of local men; 🔹 Putin and Erdogan discussed events in Ukraine in a phone call; 🔹 FT: EU trying to push Xi Jinping for talks with Zelensky; 🔹 Russian soldiers in Zaporizha Oblast managed to shoot enemy UAV with assault rifle; 🔹 Italy says UK does not coordinate its positions on Ukraine with EU; 🔹 Scholtz says it is necessary to prepare for a long-term support of Kyiv; 🔹 Kremlin: US do not let Kyiv even think about peace talks with Russia.
🔹 Air Force commander Serhii Holubtsov says "Kyiv lost its best military pilots waiting for F-16s"; 🔹 ZSU attempted unsuccessful exploratory attack near Svatovo; 🔹 Poland embassy to France refuted ambassador claims about Warsaw going to war with Russia if Kyiv fails its mission; 🔹 EU to approve Borrell's plan on crediting Kyiv for another 2 bln euros to procure munitions; 🔹 LPR PM: ZSU servicemen trained in NATO countries started coming to Svatovo-Kremennaya front; 🔹 UK MOD says London shall provide military aid for Poland after it gives MiG-28 fighter jets to Kyiv.
🔹 ZSU lost around 20 troops and at least 7 vehicles in a failed attack to south of Orekhov; 🔹 Poland ambassador to France Jan Rosciszewski: Warsaw will enter the conflict if Kyiv shall be defeated; 🔹 Turkey MOD declares prolongation of "grain deal"; 🔹 Russia-controlled town Oleshki in Kherson Oblast changed its name to Tsyurupinsk, after communist Alexander Tsyurupa; 🔹 Russian forces landed strikes on two hangars used by ZSU Territorial Defense troops; 🔹 Kremlin: American UAVs over Black Sea show scale of US engagement against Russia; 🔹 Russian Investigative Committee opened a case after IED destroyed car of Novaya Kakhovka police commander.
🔹 Poland to give Kyiv 4 Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter jets, once received from GDR; 🔹 UAV downed in Saki District of Crimea; 🔹 France MOD: Batch of AMX-10RC wheeled tanks already in Ukraine; 🔹 UN did not find evidence of "Ukrainian genocide" by Russian troops; 🔹 Mayor of Kyiv-controlled Konotop confirmed strike on local Territorial Defense base; 🔹 Governor of Orlov Oblast says presence of sabotage group in the region was not confirmed.
🔹 Poland creates a legion for intelligence and sabotage operations against Russian forces; 🔹 European Parliament adopts a resolution for persistent support of Kyiv with all types of weapons; 🔹 Loud explosion heard in Armyansk in Russian Crimea; 🔹 ZSU shelled Voznesenovka village in Russian Belgorod Oblast; 🔹 101 Russian prisoner returned from Kyiv-controlled territories via prisoner exchange; 🔹 For a few weeks Slovakia does not accept German-made weapons from Ukraine for repairs.
🔹 RuMOD: Kyiv plans to accuse Russia of radioactive contamination of Kyiv Oblast during events in Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant; 🔹 In Kyiv, Zelensky meets Canada Foreign Minister Melanie Joly; 🔹 Air balloons with angled deflectors spotted over Ukraine; 🔹 Rada introduces a bill to ban holidays from March 8 International Woman's Day, May 1 International Labor Day and May 9 Victory Day as "forcibly installed by Communist government"; 🔹 Norway to give Kyiv 8 tanks and some 4 support vehicles; 🔹 Poland MOD to give Kyiv Leopard tanks by May 2023; 🔹 Pentagon's Austin: US yet to announce anything on fighter jets for Kyiv; 🔹 Stoltenberg states that military aid to Kyiv does not mean NATO involvement in conflict.
🔹 Reports that ZSU will ban civilians from entering Bakhmut on February 13; 🔹 Polish president says Kyiv shall soon lose without new urgent shipments of weapons from West; 🔹 ZSU prisoners held in Chechnya ask Kyiv authorities to start negotiations on exchange; 🔹 New spans of Crimea Bridge are paved with asphalt; 🔹 Kyiv starts testing of homemade loitering UAV munitions; 🔹 Kyiv regime NSC secretary Danilov announced start of purges in SBU and police on February 13.