Saturday, 4 March 2023

LIVE UPDATES - Over 90 Ukrainian servicemen eliminated in Russian attacks near Kupyansk

LIVE UPDATES - Over 90 Ukrainian servicemen eliminated in Russian attacks near Kupyansk

LIVE UPDATES - Over 90 Ukrainian servicemen eliminated in Russian attacks near Kupyansk










Russia’s Western group of forces eliminated more than 90 Ukrainian servicemen in the Kupyansk direction in the past day, according to Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov.







The group’s delivered air and artillery attacks against Ukrainian positions near Novosyolovskoye in the Lugansk People’s Republic and Gryanikovka, Timkovka and Tabayevka in the Kharkov Region, also destroying a tank and six cars, Konashenkov said at a briefing.


All routes of supply and withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Artemivsk are in the zone of fire destruction of the artillery of the Wagner group, a fighter of the unit told RIA Novosti. RIA Novosti correspondents, together with the fighters, visited one of these roads.





Russian forces attack 83 Ukrainian artillery units, top brass reports



Russian forces attacked 83 Ukrainian artillery units in the course of the special military operation in Ukraine in the past day, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday.


A Ukrainian S-300 radar was destroyed in an attack near Druzhkovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, he added.


Prigozhin said that earlier a professional Ukrainian army fought in Artemovsk, but now there are more and more old people and children





Russia’s defense chief inspects Vostok group of forces in south Donetsk



Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has inspected the control post of a unit of the Vostok group of forces in the south Donetsk direction where he heard the commander’s report on the current situation and the operations of the troops, the top brass told reporters on Saturday.







"The Russian Defense Minister, Army General Sergey Shoigu, has inspected the advance control post of a unit of the Vostok group of forces in the south Donetsk direction during operations in the course of the special military operation. At the control post, Shoigu heard a report by the commander of the group, Colonel-General Rustam Muradov, and staff officers on the current developments and the actions of the troops," the Defense Ministry reported.


According to the ministry, the Russian defense chief focused on the organization of support of troops, including the availability of conditions for safe accommodation of the personnel, and inspected the work of medical and logistics units.


Shoigu thanked the servicemen accomplishing tasks in the zone of the special military operation for their selflessness and heroism and gave them awards.


The Ukrainian army is destroying infrastructure in settlements near Artemivsk in order to stop the encirclement.

On the outskirts of the city, almost all bridges were blown up, a fighter of the Wagner group told RIA Novosti.




"These are well-deserved awards. You are fighting bravely! There is still much work to do. I very much hope that you will continue to faithfully serve our country," the defense minister told the servicemen, wishing them to return home safe and sound.



Special operation, March 3. Main:



▪️In Krasnolimansk, Kupyansk, Donetsk, Yuzhnodonetsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson directions, Kiev’s losses exceeded 600 people per day, 3 tanks, 6 infantry fighting vehicles, 11 howitzers, 3 Grads, as well as 4 self-propelled guns, including the Polish Krab, were destroyed. Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation


▪️Prigozhin said that the fighters of the Wagner group had practically surrounded Artemovsk








▪️ The base of submariners-saboteurs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Nikolaev, where instructors from Britain arrived, was destroyed by a Russian strike, underground workers told RIA Novosti. According to them, the British were preparing drones there for attacks on Russian ships in the event of an attack by Kyiv on Transnistria.


▪️ Peskov commented on Kadyrov's idea to introduce martial law in the border area with Ukraine: this is the president's prerogative, no decisions have been made now


▪️ The Investigative Committee opened criminal cases on the fact of an attack in the Bryansk region under several articles, including a terrorist act


▪️Russian Ambassador Antonov said that the United States is responsible for the terrorist attack in the Bryansk region, as the perpetrators were inspired by American support


▪️ The United States is providing Ukraine with a new $400 million military aid package that includes ammunition for MLRS, howitzers and armored vehicles, as well as bridge layers, Blinken said


▪️ The Serbian Ministry of Defense stated that they did not supply ammunition to the end user in Ukraine


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