That is according to Ukraine’s General Staff operational update regarding the russian invasion as of 06.00, on February 26, 2023.
As the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine states, over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian Air Force launched 12x air strikes on the concentrations of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers. Ukrainian defenders also shot down 3x enemy unmanned aerial vehicles of various types: Orlan-10, Supercam S350, and Lancet-3.
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During the day of February 25, Ukrainian missile and artillery troops hit 1x command post, 2x concentrations of the adversary manpower, 1x radar station, 1x electronic warfare station, and 2x other important enemy targets.
The 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade "Kholodnyi Yar" mows down the enemy with a 30 mm BMP-2 gun
Key points of the report:
- Volyn, Polissya, Sivershchyna, and Slobozhanshchyna axes: no signs of the formation of the occupiers’ offensive groups were found. The enemy shelled the vicinities of settlements of Horodyshche (Chernihiv oblast), Popivka, Stukalivka, Pavlivka, Hyrine (Sumy oblast), Starytsya, Varvarivka, Vovchans’k, Vil’cha, Ohirtseve, and Bolohivka (Kharkiv oblast).
- Kup’yans’k and Lyman axes: the adversary conducted unsuccessful offensives near Ploshchanka, Nevs’ke, Kreminna, Dibrova, Bilohorivka, Spirne, Rozdolivka, Fedorivka, Vasyukivka, and in the vicinity of Serebryans’ke forestry. The invaders fired artillery near Novomlyns’k, Dvorichna, Hryanykivka, Kup’yans’k, Kyslivka, Tabaivka, Berestove (Kharkiv oblast), and Makiivka, Nevs’ke, Dibrova, and Bilohorivka (Luhansk oblast).
- Bakhmut axis: the adversary keeps attacking the positions of Ukrainian troops. Enemy offensives were unsuccessful near the settlements of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Berkhivka, Yahidne, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, and Pivnichne (Donetsk oblast). The vicinities of 22x settlements came under fire, including Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Berkhivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Stupochky, Kurdyumivka, Ozaryanivka, and New York (Donetsk oblast). The adversary launched 1x missile strike on the civilian infrastructure of the city of Kostyantynivka.
- Avdiivka and Shakhtars’ke axes: the adversary was on the offensive in the vicinities of settlements of Nevel’s’ke, Krasnohorivka, Avdiivka, Sjeverne, Vodyane, Mar’inka, Novomykhailivka, and Vuhledar – to no success. Among others, Avdiivka, Orlivka, Vodyane, Netaylove, Hostre, Heorhiivka, Mar’inka, Novomykhailivka, Vuhledar, and Prechystivka (Donetsk oblast) were hit.
- Zaporizhzhia and Kherson axes: the adversary is defending. The invaders continue to shell the vicinities of settlements at the line of contact. In particular, Vremivka, Novopil’ (Donetsk oblast), Ol’hivs’ke, Malynivka, Hulyaipole, Orikhiv, Bilohir’ya (Zaporizhzhia oblast), Marhanets’, Nikopol’ (Dnipro oblast), Zmiivka, Kherson, Novoberyslav, Beryslav, Antonivka, Kizomys (Kherson oblast), and Matrosivka (Mykolaiv oblast) were shelled by the enemy.
As the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine notes, the enemy is reinforcing defenses of the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea, in particular, building fortifications. 150x russian conscripts have arrived from Chelyabinsk oblast (russia) to perform the construction work.
Due to fears of de-occupation of Ukrainian territories, the so-called city prosecutor of Horlivka (Donetsk oblast) has resigned and is preparing to evacuate to the territory of the russian federation.
Ukraine’s General Staff also warns that the threat of further russian air and missile strikes across Ukraine remains very high.
Find more details on the current situation of Ukraine-russia war as well as russia’s combat losses in a publications by Defense Express:
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Overview of UAVs the US to Send to Ukraine: ALTIUS-600, Jump 20, Switchblade 600 and CyberLux
367 Days of russia-Ukraine War – russian Casualties In Ukraine
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