02.03.2022, Moscow.
As of 10:00 a.m. on March 2, 1502 Ukrainian military targets have been disabled during the operation.
Among them: 51 Ukrainian army’s command posts and communications center, 38 S-300, Buk M-1 and Osa air defense missile systems, and 51 radar stations.
Destroyed:
47 aircraft on the ground and 11 aircraft in the air,
472 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
62 multiple rocket launchers,
206 field artillery guns and mortars,
336 pieces of special military vehicle equipment,
46 unmanned aerial vehicles.
Kiev direction
The technological facilities of the SBU and the 72nd Main Center for Psychological Operations in Kiev were hit with high-precision weapons. The broadcasting equipment of the television tower was disabled.
Kharkov direction
A Russian convoy entered the Balakleya area southeast of Kharkov.
An air strike was launched overnight against a facility near Kharkov. Judging by the large explosion, the target was an ammunition depot in Malinovka.
Foreign students are being evacuated from Kharkov.
According to local sources, the Ukrainian army and the Azov nationalist battalion (organization banned in Russia) have equipped positions in the multi-story buildings along the highway in Kharkov. The Ukrainian army periodically fired single shells at the city.
Yesterday, a Grad MLRS opened fire from the Korotich village west of the city. Authorities reportedly blocked all exits from the city, except the southern (Zmeev) and southwestern (Merefa) ones.
In Kharkov, subway tunnels have been allowed to be used for underground crossings.
Zaporizhzhye direction
An air defense system was operating in the vicinity of Melitopol.
Control was established over the settlements of Tokmak and Vasilievka, where Ukrainian servicemen refused to resist and voluntarily laid down their arms. Ukrainian servicemen will return to their families after signing receipts saying they refuse to take part in hostilities.
South direction
There was an explosion and fires broke out near Chernobaevka and Kherson airport.
Russian units of the Armed Forces took full control of the regional center of Kherson. Civilian infrastructure, life support facilities for the population and urban transport operate in daily mode.
Residents are reporting the sounds of explosions and air raid alarms in Voznesensk, north of Nikolaev. It is assumed that combat helicopters seen earlier near the city were headed there.
Air-raid sirens are sounded in Odessa.
Liberation of the LPR and DPR.
A group of DPR troops expanded their advance and established control over Kalinovka, Lebedinskoe, Pionerskoe, Karl Marx, Nikolaevka, and Osipenko settlements.
Allied forces took Volnovakha and finally consolidated their position on the H20 Mariupol-Volnovakha-Donetsk highway.
In Lisichansk (LPR under the Ukrainian army’s control), the TV tower was hit.
DЗR spokesman Eduard Basurin said that two servicemen were killed and several were taken prisoner yesterday while repelling an attempted breakthrough by the Ukrainian military on the Gorlovka direction (a video distributed by Ukrainian sources shows 13 reservists of the 95th Brigade being taken prisoner).
There are reports of the liberation of Melekino.
Sparta units and the 100th Brigade of the DPR National Front continue to clean Volnovakha. During the assault, the Spartans clashed with the nationalist battalion Donbass. The result of the battle was that a platoon of the national battalion was eliminated, and two militants were taken prisoners.
DPR troops entered the outskirts of Mariupol. Assault squads are moving at once from the east and north. Combat is underway, the DPR units are consolidating their positions. Much of the city has been left without heating, light, water and communications. The city is on the brink of a humanitarian disaster.
The DPR People’s Militia stated that it reserves the right to retaliate against the inhumane treatment of captured DPR servicemen.
Situation in the republics
On March 1 and 2, four civilians were killed and 30 more wounded as a result of the shelling. Also, 125 buildings, 33 infrastructure facilities and 25 vehicles were damaged.
The enemy uses Tochka-U tactical missile systems to destroy civilian infrastructure. During the day, the anti-aircraft defense means of the DNR People’s Militia destroyed two Ukrainian missiles, the remains of which fell in the districts of Dokuchaevsk and Zugres.
Donetsk
A gas pipe was damaged and four houses were destroyed in Kirovsky district of Donetsk. In the Kievsky district, Ukrainian shells flew into the territory of the Tochmash plant. About two dozen houses were damaged in Kuybyshevskiy district. The Dolphin sports complex, city hospital No. 21 and school No. 71 were also hit by shelling.
A civilian was wounded by a sniper near Oleksandrivka, which is already the 11th case of sniper fire on civilians since the beginning of 2022.
Gorlovka
The enemy used 120mm mortars in the direction of Chigiri – Gorlovka (village of Shacht 6/7).
Dokuchayevsk
The 42nd State Fire and Rescue Unit located in Dokuchayevsk was damaged by shelling on the evening of March 1 by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Employees of the unit took shelter, there were no dead or injured.
Lugansk
The enemy used 120mm mortars on the direction of Novoluganskoye – Golmovskiy.
Political situation
The State Duma introduced amendments to punish those who spread fakes about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces with up to 15 years in prison.
The USA closes its airspace to all Russian aircraft. The US company Boeing announced that it was suspending the supply of spare parts and maintenance services for its aircraft to Russian airlines.
The EU disconnected VTB, Rossiya and Otkrytie banks, as well as Novikombank, Promsvyazbank, Sovcombank and VEB.RF from SWIFT.
The spot price of gas in Europe continues to grow sharply – already by 57% against the closing level of Tuesday (March 1). The price of the nearest (April) futures on the TTF hub has reached $2227 per thousand cubic meters, while on Tuesday trading ended at $1418, according to data from the ICE Futures exchange.
Sberbank has decided to withdraw from the European market.
The Bank of Russia has banned money transfers from Russia abroad to citizens of countries that have announced sanctions against Russia.
Ukraine
Border guards in Lvov Region have been given a command not to allow men of conscription age into Poland.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has replaced the heads of Cherkasy and Odessa regions, with people from the military being appointed as the new heads. Colonel of the Ukrainian army Maksim Marchenko became the head of the Odessa region. In 2015-2017, he commanded the Aidar battalion (organization banned in Russia), known for kidnappings, arrests and murders of civilians in the Donbass.
Internet from Ilon Musk “Starlink” was installed along the borders to the border services, which spread throw-ups and misinformation on the radio airwaves both in the border areas of Russia and on the territory of Ukraine.
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine is ordered to let convoys from other countries through without inspection. Weapons stored in the depots are no longer issued only to servicemen of the Ukrainian army, but also to foreign nationals who come to enlist in the Ukrainian Foreign Legion. All checks of foreigners are very formal, no one checks for potential connections with criminal organizations, extremist and terrorist organizations.
The Ukrainian Consulate General in Rostov-on-Don closed down and left the city.
The Ukrainian side said that the second round of talks with Russia will be this evening, the delegations will be in the same composition.
Interfax news agency citing a source: talks between Ukraine and Russia in Belarus are possible closer to the end of the week.
Ukrainian volunteers are posting photos on social networks with weapons and ammunition in the trunks of civilian vehicles. These photos can lead to far-reaching consequences and the expansion of the concept of “combatant” in a special military operation.
Ukrainian territorial defense units place their centers in district and city administration buildings, making them legal targets for hit-and-run operations.
Western actions and assistance to the Kiev authorities
Polish army aviation conducts aerial reconnaissance of the terrain 100 meters from the Ukrainian border. Military equipment from other countries is being prepared to be dispatched on Polish territory.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Aleksey Reznikov said that a new batch of Bayraktar TB2 strike drones from Turkey had arrived in the country. They are already ready for combat use.
The head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry says that 19 countries are supplying weapons to Kiev and more than 1,000 mercenaries from 16 countries are arriving as well.
The Prime Minister of Spain said that the country will supply offensive weapons to Ukraine.
The German foreign minister said that Berlin is “deeply aware of its historical responsibility” and therefore intends to supply arms to Ukraine.
The head of the German Foreign Ministry declared a “new renaissance” in EU-US relations.
Biden said that Putin may surround Kiev with tanks, but he will never get the hearts and souls of “Iranians.”
Simultaneously with the shutdown of Ekho Moskvy radio station in Russia, Google shut down its Youtube channel in Europe as being affiliated with Gazprom.
Bulgaria’s defense minister was removed from his post for refusing to call the Russian special operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine a “war.” Earlier he had also opposed additional foreign contingents on the territory of the country. He will most likely be replaced by Sofia’s representative to NATO, Dragomir Zakov.
European companies whose aircraft are leased by Russian airlines have until March 28 to take them away from the Russian Federation as prescribed by the European Union, but this action will lead to the bankruptcy of many of them, and probable severe consequences for the Airbus concern.
Denmark has delivered 2,700 M72 disposable anti-tank grenade launchers to Ukraine.
Source: Rossa Primavera News Agency
