Ukrainian Army Causes Huge Losses To Russian Occupiers (Online)

(This is a developing story,more to come) The key battles are going on in the northern and southern directions.

Ukraine has been repelling the attacks of the Russian aggressor for the third day in a row. Over 2,800 Russian soldiers died. Russia also lost a great amount of equipment units, aircraft, and helicopters.

The website Charter97.org is covering the events of the third day of the war live. You can see what was happening in Ukraine from 16.00 till 23.59 (Minsk time) in our previous online report.

Ukraine 24 TV channel, special broadcast

15:51 Two explosions sounded in the Homel region of Belarus.

15:49 The Russian invaders blocked the navigation of civilian ships in the northwestern part of the Black Sea along the Ukrainian coast.

15:41 Anonymous, the most powerful hacker association in the world, turned to Putin:

We will uncover what has been hidden for years. Not a single skeleton will be left in the closet.

15:30 We are recording this for the Hague: a Russian missile on a children's playground in Kharkiv.

15:29 Belarusian volunteer Vadzim Kabanchuk has stated in an interview with Charter97.org:

“The occupiers must now understand that everyone who enters here now will be converted into “cargo 200”. This is the way they will leave from here”.

15:15 The head of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration Vitaliy Kim said that the city of Mykolaiv is preparing for all-round defense. According to him, 12 tanks of the Russian invaders and other Russian forces broke through.

15:12 The army of Ukraine completely destroyed the plans of the enemy.

This was stated in the address to the Ukrainians by Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov:

The invaders did not expect such a rebuff and surrendered themselves. Now the enemy is trying to change tactics. Namely, they fire at civilian objects. The Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups and landing force are more active. We effectively neutralize them. Help us: inform the Territorial Defense, or detain those who put beacons and marks on houses by yourself. Residents of villages and towns: cars with fuel closely follow the military equipment of the Russian Federation. Detain or burn them.

15:07 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are smashing the retreating invaders in the area of Horodnya, Chernihiv region. About 20 pieces of equipment have been destroyed, there have been large losses of staff, many are wounded.

15:02 Russian war criminals are firing at residential buildings with Grads.

14:59 Ukraine gains another international! The Netherlands government voted to send 200 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles.

14:58 Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland Pawel Jablonsky said that Hungary would not block Russia's disconnection from SWIFT.

14:52 Another prisoner in Sumy, Ukraine.

“How come that you, a signalman, got into the provision group?”

“Not enough people. They are sending only the military under contracts.”

14:38 The Ukrainian partisan movement in action. A Russian armoured vehicle has been burnt down by the locals in Nova Vodolaha.

14:35 Head of the Border Service of Ukraine to the Head of Lukashenka’s Border Guards: You will be damned, scum bags!

14:28 A curfew has been declared in Kyiv from 17:00 to 08:00.

All civilians who violate the curfew will be considered members of sabotage groups.

14:25 The saboteurs captured in Kharkiv.

14:20 Ordinary Sumy residents from the Territorial Defense captured the Russian military equipment.

14:19 The Russian army is suffering losses in the battles in the Chernihiv and Sumy regions.

This was reported by the “North” Operational Command.

In the area of Horodnya in the Chernihiv region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a missile attack on an enemy convoy, about 20 pieces of equipment were destroyed.

▫️In the village of Velyka Doroha (Nezhin district), almost 15 units of armored vehicles and equipment were destroyed by an airstrike.

▫️In the Minsk direction, a pontoon crossing over the river was destroyed and strikes were made on the enemy.

14:16 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine will create a hotline for the mothers of Russian soldiers.

“We will provide you with all contact information, follow official notifications on official resources in social networks, as well as the national TV channels of Ukraine.

Do not believe your authorities, they are killing your children, especially since they have already introduced information censorship at the legislative level throughout your country.”

14:11 A group of saboteurs has been detained in Kyiv. Earlier, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital said that the enemy’s sabotage and reconnaissance groups are constantly trying to sneak into the city.

14:07 The sky is closed for Russia. See the up-to-date list of countries closed for aircraft from the Russian Federation.

13:53 Azov commander near Mariupol: We will fight to the last drop of blood and destroy the Russians.

13:51 The Russian soldiers captured near Kharkiv.

13:47 The occupants failed the Ukrainian language test.

13:36 Cyprus will not block the disconnection of the Russian Federation from SWIFT.

This was announced on Twitter by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

“We’ve made it. Cyprus has stated that it will not block Russia's disconnection from SWIFT. Ukrainian diplomacy continues to work 24/7 and seek important decisions to protect Ukraine from the Russian invaders,” he wrote.

The consent of Germany and Hungary is needed to cut Russia off SWIFT. Diasporas call on all Ukrainians in these countries to go to government buildings demanding to support the disconnection of the aggressor country from the international interbank system.

13:32 Volodymyr Zelenskyy decided to posthumously award the title of Hero of Ukraine to sapper Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Skakun posthumously. At the cost of his life, he blew up the bridge yesterday.

13:30 These are the captured saboteurs in Dubno.

13:27 The Roskomnadzor demanded from a number of Russian media to remove articles where the war in Ukraine is called a war

The liberal media fell into disfavor. After that, Roskomnadzor asked the Prosecutor General's Office to completely restrict access to information from Ekho Moskvy, InoSMI, and Mediazona, New Times, Dozhd, Free Press, Crimea.Realii, Novaya Gazeta, Journalist, Lenizdat.

13:20 In Mykolaiv, the territorial defense caught Russian soldiers in the basement of a residential building.

13:19 Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine “successfully repels enemy attacks.” According to him, Kyiv and key places in the capital are controlled by the Ukrainian army. “The enemy used everything against us— missiles, saboteurs <...> The invaders are hitting residential areas, including from missile artillery — they have vile tactics.”

13:14 Four Russian drones have been downed over Poltava.

13:11 In Sumy, the locals decided at the people's assembly what to do with the captured Russian soldier.

13:10 Kyiv people are cleaning out the rubble after the night shelling.

12:53 A Russian soldier is being interrogated in Kharkiv. There will be dozens of such videos, because there are more than 200 captured.

12:50 Stanitsa Luhanska has been occupied, the head of the Lugansk military and civil administration confirms.

12:35 A prisoner from Irkutsk region. Born in 2002. Putin has sent kids to war.

12:25 The destroyed column of the occupiers near Kherson.

12:20 See in the video how the Ukrainian military are demolishing the landing force of the enemy near Brody.

12:17 Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi:

“In the Brody area at 9 am, the Russian troops landed on 3 helicopters. About 60 people.

Our troops fought back. Now the Russians are retreating towards the forest in the area of Leviatyn.

The armed forces are giving a worthy rebuff to the invaders!

The situation is under our control.”

12:14 The events are taking place in Ukraine somewhere on the border with Belarus. Local residents offer the Russian occupiers to lay down their arms:

“Get out before we burn you down.”

12:06 Vice-PM Iryna Vereschuk addressed the International Red Cross, calling the organization to help deliver the bodies of the Russian occupiers back to their homeland.

12:01 A Ukrainian is teasing the Russian military who run out of diesel fuel.

11:59 Ukrainians began to call the Russian Ministry of Defense after Anonymous hackers leaked the phone database to the Network.

“There are more than 2,000 corpses lying around our Ukrainian land… Will you pick them up?” they ask the Russians.

11:48 Kyiv residents are urged not to cross the bridges across the Dnieper. Sabotage and reconnaissance groups are constantly trying to get into the city. The Ukrainian military and law enforcement officers control all the bridges that unite the left and right banks and will fire on targets that will try to cross the bridges in the direction of the right bank!

11:45 The Ukrainian army captured another Typhoon-K.

11:35 The work of the Ukrainian air defense. They shot down either a cruise missile or a drone.

11:34 Officially: Ukrainian air defense shot down a Russian missile that was heading towards the dam of the Kyiv water reservoir.

11:29 A memo from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. How to distinguish the enemy’s equipment.

11:27 Captured Russian soldiers in Sumy. Important to note, more than 200 invaders were captured. Over 3,500 destroyed.

11:25 A captured Russian landing officer:

“Glory to Ukraine!”

Caution, foul language.

11:19 Hungry Russian soldiers are looting in Melitopol.

11:16 According to the Belarusian media, a missile exploded in Mazyr.

11:14 President Zelensky replies to the US request for evacuation from Kyiv: “We need ammunition, not transport.”

11:11 The Territorial Defense of Ukraine is disarming the Russian occupiers. Caution, foul language.

11:08 And here is the response of the inhabitants of Chernihiv to the mayor's call to prepare for street fighting.

11:04 The bridge on the Kyiv-Zhytomyr highway has been blasted. It is now impossible to get to the Ukrainian capital from the city of Zhytomyr.

10:52 The mayor of Chernihiv calls on the city's residents to prepare for street fighting.

10:48 A Belarusian in Ukraine turned to Lukashenka's military. Attention, foul language.

10:47 Special infographics that can be sent to Russians. Let them know the real numbers of their losses.

10:41 A Ukrainian is explaining to the Russian invaders in Melitopol who is the boss in the country.

10:35 Office of the President of Ukraine: There is no chance that Mariupol will be captured by Russia.

10:33 A Russian soldier captured by the Ukrainian military. The Ministry of Defense of the country reports that there are at least 200 such “there’s no one there” guys.

10:32 Zelensky called on European countries to once and forever resolve the issue of admitting Ukraine to the EU.

10:21 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on the civilized world to completely isolate Russia.

10:15 The Ukrainian military recaptured the Kyiv hydroelectric power station.

The Minister of Energy stated the following:

“The Ukrainian Armed Forces in prolonged battles recaptured the Kyiv hydroelectric power station from the Russian occupiers this night. The station is now fully under our control. The technical staff left the shelters and started working. As of 08:30 on February 26, 2022, the Kyiv HPP is operating normally.”

10:13 The Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta reports that the Ukrainian military is responding to the strikes of the Russian army and firing at Belgorod.

10:12 Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko:

“Dear friends! It will not be easy, but we must persevere!

The army, Territorial Defense, and justice are with us!

Glory to Ukraine!”

10:04 There are wounded in the residential building which was hit by a missile in Kyiv.

9:47 The Ukrainian soldiers are taking off the Russian tricolor flag in Chaplinka, which is located in the Kherson region. The strike of the Russian troops in the southern direction from the Crimea is stalling.

9:47 Despite all the efforts of the enemy, the flag of Ukraine is still waving over Kherson. The mayor said the situation is under control.

9:45 A video from surveillance cameras inside one of the apartments in the building on Lobanovsky Street in Kyiv, which was hit by a missile, appeared.

The owners of the apartment, fortunately, were not at home.

9:43 Kazakhstan and Armenia refused to send their troops to Ukraine at the request of Russia.

9:40 After a conversation with Macron, Zelensky said that even more weapons would come to Ukraine.

9:37 Russia lost more in the first three days of the war in Ukraine than the USSR in the first three years of the war in Afghanistan.

9:33 Office of the President of Ukraine: “We will fight for our land to the last.”

9:32 A more detailed photo of a Russian missile hitting a residential building.

9:28 The journalists specified that the missile did not hit the airport, but a residential building.

9:24 The media write about a missile attack on the Zhuliany airport in Kyiv. This is a video of the aftermath of the explosion in his area.

9:22 Kyiv hydroelectric power station is not working, is under the control of enemy troops, the staff are in shelter.

9:18 The catastrophic losses of the Russian invaders as of tonight:

Aircraft — 14 pcs.

Helicopters — 8 pcs.

AFV — 536 pcs.

Guns — 15 pcs.

ADMS BUK — 1 pcs.

9:17 The crimes of the Russian troops. A shell hit a residential building in the village of Khotyanivsk, Vyshgorod district

9:16 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are detaining saboteurs in Kyiv.

9:00 Volodymyr Zelensky refuted fakes that he allegedly called for surrender:

“We won't give up our weapons. The truth is our weapon!”

8:56 Hundreds of Russians and armored vehicles have been destroyed in the Kharkiv region.

Also, several tanks entered the city, but were immediately destroyed.

8:49 The main theses from the speech of the adviser to the Office of the President of Ukraine:

— The Armed Forces of Ukraine fully control the situation;

— The situation in Kyiv and on the outskirts is fully controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine;

— Ukraine has not only withstood, Ukraine is winning;

— Russia uses artillery, including jets and aircraft in Ukraine.

8:45 Ukraine’s NSDC Secretary Danylov: The Ukrainian army controls Kyiv.

8:41 The Center for Countering Disinformation is urging the Ukrainians not to use the WhatsApp messenger. The military of the Russian Federation can wiretap the conversations.

8:37 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation remains silent about the catastrophic losses. The Russian activists have created a film that tells Russians the truth about the war in Ukraine. Beware, hard shots.

8:33 More information from Vasylkove. “Russian paratroopers landed with parachutes in the fields, forests and villages of our community. It was the most horrible on Decemberists Street, there were fights, the street was on fire. They dreamed of capturing our airfield in order to place their combat units there, but our 40th brigade is strong, and they repelled the attack,” said Natalya Balasinovych, mayor of the city.

8:22 New data: as of this morning, more than 3.5 thousand dead Russians and almost 200 captured Russians. The losses of the invaders are simply huge.

8:21 This is the Kyiv metro. No trains running, people are hiding underground from air raids.

8:19 Advisor to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Podolyak: “The situation in Kyiv is 100% controlled. Local battles continue, the Ukrainian army is holding the line.”

8:17 Meanwhile, an air assault alert has been announced in Lutsk, Rivne, Lviv, Cherkasy, Uman, Kherson, Ternopil, and Odesa.

8:16 The Ukrainian troops defeated Russian paratroopers who landed in Vasylkove near Kyiv.

8:05 An enemy drone attacked the ship of Ukrainian border guards, but was shot down very quickly.

8:03 The Ukrainian capital withstood. Look at the work of the Ukrainian air defense in the video.

8:00 Kyiv, the hero-city, is meeting a new morning.

07:59 An attempt to attack the Ukrainian ship of the Marine Guard from a drone was recorded. The Ukrainian troops shot down a Russian drone on approach to Chornomorsk.

07:55 Information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: At the beginning of the day, in the area of the Joint Forces Operation, the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down two enemy targets — a helicopter and a Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian occupation forces. Also, the Su-27 fighter of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully attacked the Il-76 MD military transport aircraft of the Russian occupation forces, and destroyed the enemy. Another Su-25 of the Russian invaders, flying in the direction of Vynnytsya, was destroyed by the Ukrainian pilot of the Su-27 aircraft.

07:47 Kyiv met the morning without enemy breakthroughs: an enemy column was destroyed near the Beresteiska metro station, and the attack on the military unit was repulsed.

07:35 The Belarusian volunteers are participating in the defense of Kyiv.

07:09 Deputy Mayor of Kyiv Krishchenko: There are no breakthroughs in Kyiv, the work of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is calm.

07:00 The Armed Froces of Ukraine seized two more Russian saboteurs. They are already testifying.

06:41 British Ministry of Defense on the course of hostilities in Ukraine: the Ukrainian authorities retain control over all the most important cities in the country.

06:36 “The Russian world narrowed its eyes”: the Ukrainian army showed the Russian tanks, hit earlier near Kherson.

06:23 In the Mykolaiv region, the Ukrainian air defense systems beat off the attack of the enemy.

06:20 “We stop the horde as best we can, the situation in Kyiv is under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Kyiv citizens,” said Ukraine’s NSDC Secretary Danilov.

06:04 The situation in the center of Kyiv on surveillance cameras.

05:47 The people of Kyiv are getting ready to meet the Russian invaders.

05:23 The attack on the military unit on Victory Avenue in Kyiv has been repulsed, the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine report.

05:10 About 90 transport helicopters and ground forces are located about 32 km from the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, in the south of Belarus — this follows from Maxar satellite images released by Reuters.

04:49 This is the map of the night shelling of Kyiv. Explosions, shooting and fighting take place in Vasylkove, Solomenka, in the area of Shulyavka, and the Zoo.

04:44 Infographics of the losses of the Russian invaders.

04:43 Explosions are thundering in the Ukrainian capital, street fighting has begun in some areas. As journalist Andriy Tsaplienko reports on his Telegram channel, the occupiers are now hitting a military unit near the Beresteiska metro station.

4:39 Ukrainian media report that another Il-76 was shot down over Bila Tserkva.

4:37 The State Special Communications Service of Ukraine states that the Russian military are trying to attack the Thermal Power Plant-6 in the Troyeshchyna district, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine are giving battle.

4:30 Victory Avenue in Kyiv is all smoke and fire.

04:21 State Service for Special Communications of Ukraine: More than 50 shots and explosions in Kyiv, machine-gun bursts in the area of Shulyavka and the Zoo in the last 10 minutes.

03:50 A baby was born in a bomb shelter in the Kyiv metro. The parents named the newborn girl Mia.

03:20 In Kyiv, about 60 saboteurs were liquidated, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine reported.

03:01 A column of Russian vehicles is moving along Sumy towards Kondratiev. A record from a surveillance camera.

02:58 The Ukrainian military shot down a helicopter and a Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian invaders.

02:30 The US imposed sanctions against Putin, Lavrov and Shoigu.

02:03 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Ukrainian air defense shot down a Russian Il-76 with Russian troops in the Vasylkove area of the Kyiv region.