It has been the 371st day of the Ukrainian resistance to the russian military aggression.
What happened in Ukraine today:
Here is operational information of the General Staff as of 6 pm:
The russian federation is focusing its main efforts on conducting offensive operations towards Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Shakhtarske.
The enemy continues to violate the norms of international humanitarian law, carrying out strikes, shelling civilian objects and residents’ homes, and trying to destroy the critical infrastructure of our country.
The enemy launched 3 missile attacks on civilian targets in Kharkiv oblast, causing casualties among the civilians. The occupiers also carried out 16 air strikes, including those by 2 Shahed-136 UAVs. The attack drones were shot down by our defenders. The enemy fired over 20 times from multiple launch rocket systems. There remains a significant threat of missile attacks throughout Ukraine.
The operational situation towards Volyn, Polissia, Siversk and Sloboda remained unchanged. No enemy offensive groups were detected. During the day, the occupiers fired on the settlements of Yeline and Baranivka in Chernihiv oblast; Rozhkovychi, Starykove, Hirky, Atynske, Stukalivka, Budky, Volfyne, Turia, Hrabovske in Sumy oblast and Krasne, Hlyboke, Vesele, Vilcha, Vovchansk, Karaichne, Varvarivka, Kolodiazne, Novomlynsk and Dvorichna in Kharkiv oblast. There were some UAV attacks near Budarky, Kharkiv oblast. In the border areas of Belgorod oblast, in the settlements of Horkovskyi and Novostroievka Vtoraia, the enemy is fortifying the area and installing anti-tank barriers.
Towards Kupiansk and Lyman, the enemy conducted offensive actions near the settlements of Bilohorivka in Luhansk oblast and Fedorivka in Donetsk oblast, but was unsuccessful. Lyman Pershyi, Petropavlivka, Kucherivka, Pishchane in Kharkiv oblast; Stelmakhivka, Chervonopopivka and Nevske in Luhansk oblast and Terny and Kotliarivka in Donetsk oblast were shelled with artillery.
The enemy continues to advance in the Bakhmut sector. He does not stop storming the city of Bakhmut. Our defenders repelled the attacks in the areas of Bakhmut, Khromove and Ivanivske in Donetsk Oblast. Vasyukivka, Zaliznyanske, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Chasiv Yar, Diliyivka, Kurdyumivka, Mayorsk and New York in Donetsk region were subjected to hostile attacks.
Towards Avdiivka and Shakhtarske, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensives against Kamianka, Pervomaiske, Nevelske and Marinka in Donetsk oblast. Vesele, Avdiivka, Vodiane, Pervomaiske, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, Heorhiivka, Novomykhailivka, Pobieda, Vuhledar, Neskuchne in Donetsk oblast were shelled.
Towards Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, the enemy is defending itself and trying to create conditions for an offensive in some areas. They shelled more than 40 settlements with artillery, namely Illinka and Vremivka in Donetsk oblast; Zaliznychne, Huliaypilske, Kamianske in Zaporizhzhia oblast, as well as Vesele, Beryslav, Antonivka, Berehove, Veletenske in Kherson oblast and the city of Kherson.
In Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia oblast, russian invaders, with the involvement of local collaborators, are conducting propaganda activities to highlight fake ‘advantages’ of the so-called ‘russian authorities’ coming to the oblast and justifying their legitimacy.
In the Mangush region of the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk oblast, the occupiers continue to put pressure on civilians, by restricting power supply to homes. The invaders destroyed a power pole and the village lost power for several days.
In the temporarily occupied territories of Luhansk oblast, local farmers are experiencing massive damage to their summer and fall 2022 harvests. The russian occupation administration completely blocks all local farmers from selling grain on both domestic and foreign markets. Also, the so-called ‘occupation authorities’ have unofficially banned all local bakeries from accepting grain from local farmers. Ukrainian farmers are desperate because of huge losses of their harvest.
Aviation of the Defense Forces carried out 16 strikes on buildups of occupiers’ personnel and military equipment. Our defenders also shot down an enemy Orlan-10 UAV.
Rocket and artillery units destroyed 1 enemy buildup, 2 ammunition depots and 2 enemy electronic warfare complexes.
The Ministry of Defense informs about the formation of the Anti-Corruption Council in Ukraine. A working group has been established to prepare regulations for the future anti-corruption body under the Ministry. The order to launch the process of forming the Anti-Corruption Council will be signed this week.
Tetiana Ihnatchenko, Spokesperson of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration of Ukraine, says that 4500 civilians are still in Bakhmut. Among them are 48 children who cannot be evacuated because they live in inaccessible places. She also noted that the situation is dangerous and called for evacuation.
Recent war events in the east of Ukraine
Kharkiv oblast
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, russians shelled 22 settlements. They also noted that russians are installing anti-tank barriers in border areas of Belgorod oblast.
The Prosecutor’s office informed that Kharkiv residents honored the memory of the military and volunteers who were killed during a missile attack on the building of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration on March 1, 2022. The building was partially destroyed by russia exactly one year ago with two cruise missiles. The attack killed 31 people. At the time of the attack, there were territorial defenders, soldiers and volunteers in the building.
Head of the Zolochiv community, Viktor Kovalenko, reported that in the afternoon, russian troops attacked Chervona Zoria village with mortars. The day before, russia shelled the village with tanks.
Referring to the press service of the Kharkiv Regional State Emergency Service, in the morning, the invaders hit Chuhuiv three times. An apartment building was damaged. A fire broke out in an apartment on the second floor but rescuers extinguished it. According to the Regional Centre for Emergency Medical Care, a 52-year-old man and a 13-year-old boy were injured. The man was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds. The boy had minor injuries, received medical care on the spot and did not need hospitalization.
On February 28, the enemy continued shelling settlements in Chuhuiv, Kharkiv and Kupiansk regions. In Kupiansk, 2 residential buildings, a kindergarten and a fire and rescue unit of the State Emergency Service were damaged as a result of yesterday’s morning shelling. The City Park of Culture and Recreation was also under attack, where a man died of his wounds.
In Vovchansk, Chuhuiv region, an apartment building was damaged by hostile shelling.
Mine clearance is ongoing. On February 28, pyrotechnics of the State Emergency Service defused 16 explosive ordnance.
Donetsk oblast
Hanna Maliar, Deputy Minister of Defence, said that the Commander of the Ground Forces, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, decided to move additional units towards Bakhmut.
At night near Bakhmut, snipers of the Special Operations Forces spotted a subversive reconnaissance group of russian troops moving in the area. Ukrainian troops fired at them. Ukrainian snipers eliminated ten invaders: seven were killed and three others injured.
Over the past 24 hours, russian troops struck 17 times in Donetsk oblast and shelled 11 settlements. russian troops attacked the Ocheretyne community with aerial missiles, killing two people and damaging 15 buildings in Lastochkyne. russian soldiers shelled Velyka Novosilka with Grad MRLs, damaging three private buildings and killing one person.
Chasiv Yar was under attack. School and 3 residential buildings were damaged. There were no casualties. russians continue to ‘fight’ with Ukrainians and their civilian infrastructure.
Since February 24, russians have damaged a total of 722 educational institutions, including 299 kindergartens, 319 schools, 29 colleges, 43 universities and 32 extracurricular education institutions, in Donetsk oblast.
Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of the Donetsk RMA, noted that almost 4 K children still remain in the communities where active hostilities are ongoing.
Towards Volnovakha, one person was killed in Velyka Novosilka. Novoukrainka and Vuhledar were shelled.
Towards Donetsk, russians actively attacked the Ocheretyne community with aerial missiles: they killed 2 people and damaged 15 buildings in Lastochkyne, an administrative building in Tonenke, 3 buildings in Orlivka, struck Krasnohorivka and shelled Ocheretyne with artillery.
In the Marinka community, Kostiantynivka, Krasnohorivka, Novomykhailivka, Marinka and Kostiantynivka were targeted. Avdiivka suffered 2 air strikes, hitting a residential area and an enterprise.
Towards Horlivka, Chasiv Yar was shelled with Grad MRLs, damaging buildings. In the Toretsk community, 3 buildings were damaged in Niu-York and 1 in Pivnichne. In the Soledar community, Orikhovo-Vasylivka and Dubovo-Vasylivka were attacked.
Towards Lysychansk, buildings on three streets in Siversk were damaged, there were 5 hits in Torske and 5 in Zarichne of the Lyman community.
Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, reported that yesterday russians killed 3 civilians: 2 in Lastochkyne and 1 Velyka Novosilka. Another 4 people were injured.
Oleksii Reva, Head of Bakhmut Regional Military Administration, said that as of March 1, four and a half thousand residents remain in Bakhmut despite the daily shelling by russian troops. More than 4,400 residential buildings were destroyed.
Luhansk oblast
Towards Kupiansk and Lyman, on the last day of winter, the enemy conducted offensive actions in Bilohorivka, Chervonopopivka, Makiivka, Nevske and Shypylivka but was unsuccessful.
Russians also shelled Bilohorivka, Chervonopopivka, Dibrova and Nevske with artillery.
Serhii Haidai, Head of the Luhansk RMA, informed that russian troops have a lot of Lancet kamikaze drones, which they use to attack Luhansk oblast. They are trying to search for positions of Ukrainian troops. Trucks full of ammunition, which russians kept on the territory of the plant, exploded. Enemy tried to conduct an offensive in Bilohorivka and near Kreminna, Makiivka and Nevske.
According to Serhii Haidai, the Defence Forces in Luhansk oblast received generators from Lithuania. They were delivered to five military units. The military generators, based on Swedish Scania vehicles, have a capacity of 100 kW.
Based on the information provided by the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, the russian federation passports of residents of the occupied Luhansk oblast do not contain sufficient data to process pension recalculations. In Sievierodonetsk, after the intervention of touring builders, buildings are being rebuilt at the residents’ expense and repairmen are leaving due to unpaid wages.
What is happening now in the north of Ukraine
Kyiv oblast
An air alert was announced in Kyiv, Kyiv oblast and a number of northern and central oblasts, which began at midnight and lasted for several hours. The reason was an attack by russian drones. Later, the Air Force reported shooting down all 4 Shaheds launched by russian forces. The Kyiv City Military Administration reported that another enemy UAV was hit during an air alert in the afternoon.
Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan visited Kyiv on February 28. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy informed about the meeting with him. It was about bringing russian criminals to justice and the inevitable legal consequences for all those who conceived, approved and implemented the policy of genocide against the Ukrainian people. The head of state noted the importance of the opening of the office of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in Ukraine, which should take place later.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Matias Korman. They discussed the prospects of Ukraine joining the OECD and the creation of a tax system in Ukraine that would be attractive for business during post-war reconstruction. OECD Secretary General Mathias Kormann said that the Organization’s office will open in the capital of Ukraine on the first day of the calendar spring.
The KCMA reported that the capital had electricity for three weeks. The state energy company “Ukrenergo” did not set any limits on electricity consumption, so it could not shut off electricity in Kyiv and the oblast. As the Minister of Energy Herman Halushchenko reported, the situation with electricity supply in Ukraine has improved significantly, so there may be no further power outages. According to the minister, if there is a surplus in the energy system, there may be talk of exports.
The investigators of the National Police informed that the military of the russian federation about the suspicion of rape of a woman during the occupation of Kyiv oblast. The police established that during the occupation of Bucha, the russian military looted the property of local residents, threatened them with physical violence, and also raided homes. During one of these raids, russian servicemen entered the house where the woman, her elderly mother and her young daughter lived. Armed invaders raped a woman in a garage under the threat of violence against her young daughter if she refused.
Andrii Shevchenko, former coach of the Ukrainian national football team, collected EUR 600K for the reconstruction of the Champion stadium in Irpin, which had been damaged by russian invaders. Shakhtar, AC Milan, Serie A football clubs and the Parimatch Ukraine company helped the ambassador of the United24 charity platform raise the required funds. With these funds, it is planned to rebuild the stands, restore the field and light of the stadium.
Anatolii Fedoruk, Mayor of Bucha announced that five social infrastructure objects in the village of Lubianka, Bucha region, which had been damaged during the full-scale invasion by russian troops, are being restored simultaneously. These are educational, cultural institutions and an Orthodox church.
Czech partners will help rebuild the infrastructure of Kyiv oblast, which suffered from the full-scale invasion of russian troops. The memorandum on cooperation was signed by Head of the Hostomel settlement military administration, Serhii Borysiuk, and Pavel Novotny, Head of the Praha-Rzheporye city region.
A presentation of the book “Ban Rushism” was held at the Kyiv University named after Boris Hrinchenko. This is the first scientific and journalistic work in which rushism is defined as an ideology and social practice. The book is about a new kind of fascism, its origin, methods of russian expansionism and hegemony in relation to Ukraine, the rest of Europe and the whole world. The author of the idea of creating the book and the inspiration of the project was Viktor Ohneviuk, Ukrainian philosopher, professor, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, founder and rector of the University.
Zhytomyr oblast
Zhytomyroblenergo reported that the situation with electricity in Zhytomyr oblast has normalized, there is no capacity shortage, but work on damaged power facilities continues. Experts predict that with the onset of spring, the situation with power supply will further improve. In addition, they note that electricity has not been turned off in the oblast for about two weeks.
An additional temporary shelter with a total area of 200 square meters was opened for students of Lyceum No. 17 in Zhytomyr. The shelter was set up in the basement of a nearby kindergarten. Part of the funds for the project was contributed by the Virtuoz charitable Swiss company. The shelter was equipped with heating, bathrooms, ventilation, lighting, and all networks were completely replaced. During the air alarm, children feel comfortable and safe in the shelter, there is Wi-Fi and a smart TV.
Sumy oblast
The Sumy RMA reported that the russians shelled 7 territorial communities of the oblast: Bilopillia, Nova Sloboda, Seredino-Buda, Krasnopillia, Esman, Velika Pysarivka. 106 hits were recorded. The Sumy oblast police reported that 5 private houses were damaged due to shelling of border settlements by the russian military.
The Ministry of Reintegration has published an updated list of territories on which hostilities are (were) taking place or temporarily occupied by the russian federation. It included the following communities of Sumy oblast:
Shostka region – Druzhba, Znob-Novhorodske, Shostka, Hlukhiv, Svesa;
Okhtyrka region – Velika Pysarivka, Okhtyrka;
Sumy region – Bilopillia, Krasnopillia, Yunakivka, Vorozhba, Khotyn, Myropillia, Sad (until 10.10.2022), Mykolayiv village (until 10.23.2022);
Konotop region – Nova Sloboda.
Chernihiv oblast
The Chernihiv border detachment reported that russian troops shelled a border community in Chernihiv oblast with barrel artillery on February 28. Nine explosions from artillery shells fired from the territory of the russian federation were recorded on the territory of the Semenivka community. The settlements of Tymonovychi of the Semenivka community and Yeline of the Snovsk community were also under russian shelling.
The State Border Service of Ukraine reported that border guards discovered and neutralized a russian reconnaissance drone in Chernihiv oblast. The new DJI Mavic 3 managed to land undamaged using the latest technologies.
The Chernihiv RMA reported that the Regional Defense Council has lifted the ban on the use of street lighting and limits on electric transport. Provided there are sufficient power supply limits, electric transport and lights will work taking into account the curfew (11:00 p.m. – 4:00 a.m.) and according to the decision of local self-government bodies.
Viacheslav Chaus, Head of the Chernihiv RMA, announced that Robert Serry, Head of the Dutch public organization “Open Door UKRAINE” (ODU) visited Chernihiv oblast. Currently, the organization’s representatives are studying the “passports” of destroyed infrastructure facilities and the region’s needs for reconstruction in order to restore it in future.
Chernihiv rescuers, police officers and volunteers conducted an interactive safety event for children of the Center for Social and Psychological Rehabilitation. They discussed fire safety rules with the children, and practiced how to use fire extinguishers. Children were taught how to recognize explosive objects and use the correct algorithm of behaviour when encountering explosives, using models.
Recent events in the central regions of Ukraine
Dnipropetrovsk oblast
According to Head of the regional council Mykola Lukashuk, the enemy attacked the Nikopol region 8 times at night. Nikopol, Marhsnets, Myrove, and Chervonohryhorivka communities were shelled from heavy artillery. As a result of shelling, an agrarian enterprise, a shop, five private houses and farm buildings, a car, a gas line, and electricity grids were mutilated in the Myrove community. In Nikopol, the aggressor attacked three private businesses and a transport company.
Head of the Regional Council, Mykola Lukashuk, announced that the occupying army of the russian federation shelled Nikopol region three times with heavy artillery during the day. As a result of shelling in the Marhanets community, a farm building was mutilated. 8 domestic animals were killed, and 5 more injured. In addition, 2 private houses and 3 farm buildings were shelled in the community.
On a high-rise building damaged by a russian missile in Dnipro, the banner “Get the russian federation out of the UN” appeared with a call to sign a petition and exclude russia from the organization.
Vinnytsia oblast
Serhii Morhunov, Vinnytsia Mayor, announced that a car for a newly formed military unit was handed over from Vinnytsia. This is a 2011 Volkswagen Amarok. The car is four-wheel drive, in good condition, and has undergone technical inspection.
Kirovohrad oblast
Inna Koshel, coordinator of the local youth parliament, informed that almost one and a half tons of russian and soviet books were collected for disposal in Oleksandriia, Kirovohrad oblast. Participants of the campaign were paid 3105 hryvnias for waste paper. This money was transferred to the Volunteer Coordination Center to purchase a thermal imager for the military.
Poltava oblast
At night, Poltava oblast was once again attacked by enemy Shahed drones. According to the updated data, the anti-aircraft defense shot down all 4 kamikaze UAVs. Due to the enemy’s night drone attack, a country house burned down and an infrastructure facility was damaged.
Dmytro Lunin, Head of the Poltava RMA, reported that in the evening, the enemy carried out a missile attack on civilian and critical infrastructure in the Kremenchuk region.
Oleksandr Kraplyna, Head of the Pishchansk community, announced that, due to the fall of a drone in a summer cottage cooperative in the village of Kryvushi, the Pishchanska community, one house was destroyed, its roof burned and walls collapsed. Another six houses were damaged. They have broken windows or collapsed slate.
Cherkasy oblast
The Zveniyhorodka community in cooperation with the NGO “Entrepreneurs of Zveniyhorodka Oblast” purchased and handed over three expensive tablets and a laptop to the military.
A quadcopter was purchased in the Bilytsk community for the soldiers of the Armed Forces. Last week, the residents of the Bilytsk Territorial Community organized charity events during which UAH 157,600 was collected, part of which was spent to purchase quadcopters for the Ukrainian military.
Latest news from the front of the southern regions of Ukraine
Zaporizhzhia oblast
An educational institution was damaged due to russian shelling in Orikhiv. The walls of the sports hall were damaged by a direct hit. The school was built under the GIZ program sponsored by the German government.
On February 28, the enemy launched 119 attacks on the positions of Ukrainian defenders, using tank weapons, rocket and barrel artillery along the entire line of contact. The occupiers shelled civilian infrastructure in the settlements of Huliaipole, Charivne, Huliaipilske, Shevchenko, Mala Tokmachka, Orikhiv, Zaliznychne, Novodanylivka, Olhivske, Novoandriivka, Bilohiria, Chervone, Malynivka, Stepnohirsk, Kamianske, Stepove, and Mali Shcherbaky. The police received 15 reports about the destruction of houses (apartments) and infrastructure objects as a result of shelling by russian military personnel.
On February 28, the occupiers once again shelled Huliaipole. The center and outskirts of the city were shelled with MLRS. As a result of the attack, a building with an area of 20 square meters was burned, trade pavilions and the roof of one of the residential buildings were damaged. One person was injured.
The russian invaders together with local collaborators are conducting propaganda activities in Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia oblast. They highlight fake ‘advantages’ of the so-called ‘russian government’ in the oblast and justify its legitimacy.
Mykolaiv oblast
On February 28, the enemy shelled the water area of the Ochakiv community and the coast of the Kutsurub community using mortars and artillery. According to the Mykolaiv RMA, the day and night passed relatively calmly in the Mykolaiv, Pervomaisk, Voznesensk and Bashtanka regions.
Last night the Ukrainian military destroyed 4 russian boats on the Kinburn spit. The boats were intended to transport saboteurs. Also, the ‘South’ Operational Command reported that 5 units of russian military equipment and two artillery units were destroyed between the islands of the Dnipro mouth and the Kinburn Spit.
As of today, 12 proposals have been submitted to the program of comprehensive restoration of the Mykolaiv urban territorial community: ten proposals are from public organizations, and two more from individuals. Money for the city reconstruction will be taken from the city and state budgets, as well as from foreign partners’ assistance. It will take about five years to fully implement large-scale projects.
Odesa oblast
The EU Delegation to Ukraine handed over 50 generators to Odesa oblast. The EU Service for Foreign Policy Instruments supported by the Ministry of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine delivered the generators. According to the Odesa RMA, they were distributed among medical facilities, critical and administrative infrastructure facilities.
The Tairove community received another batch of humanitarian aid from the Coordination Humanitarian Headquarters supported by the Odesa regional administration. The Tairove village council reported that humanitarian aid included food products (sugar, flour, macaroni, oil) that will be packaged into food kits and distributed among internally displaced persons and persons in need.
Kateryna and Anton Lysevychi, a couple from Odesa, founded a family fund called “Digital Foxes”. They purchase tactical medicine from different countries of the world. They receive inquiries from the military in Mykolaiv, Kherson, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts. Volunteers support the military and Territorial Defense units. The couple founded the family fund in May. As they claim, 80% of the money is Kateryna and Anton’s own funds, the rest is the money from friends and charitable contributions.Their goal is to bring victory closer so that as many representatives of the armed forces and defense forces as possible remain alive and return home as soon as possible.
Kherson oblast
On March 1, russian artillery attacked Chornobaivka. An enemy shell hit the house of local residents. A one-year-old boy was in the house during the shelling. Due to the impact of the projectile, the windows in the children’s room were broken, and the baby was injured by fragments of glass.
Two men were wounded as a results of russian attack in the village of Zmiivka, Kherson oblast. A 54-year-old local resident received a shrapnel injury to his foot. A 34-year-old volunteer from Kryvyi Rih received shrapnel wounds to his arm with partial amputation of his forearm, complex fractures of his arm and leg. The injured were hospitalized in Beryslav hospital.
On February 28, russian invaders shelled peaceful settlements in Kherson oblast 86 times. The russian army shelled Kherson 9 times. Enemy shells hit the territory of the state enterprise and homes of Kherson residents. As a result of russian attacks, 5 people were killed, and 7 injured.
On February 28, a 48-year-old resident of Blahodatne village, disregarding safety rules, brought home an explosive device he had found. The man tried to disassemble the find in the summer kitchen. There was an explosion. The victim died of his injuries in the ambulance. A driver on a tractor blew on a mine in a field near the village of Arkhanhelske.
The Kherson City Clinical Hospital named after M. V. Kuznetsov. E.E. Karabelesh received medicines from the National Humanitarian Aid Agency ZDOROVI help. The agency constantly delivers medicines to medical institutions in Kherson.
On February 28, residents of the liberated territories of Kherson oblast received humanitarian aid from international public organizations, philanthropists and volunteers. These are 1,343 grocery sets, 7,650 loaves of bread, 2,980 kilograms of vegetables, 22,300 liters of drinking water, 2,803 cans of canned food, and 450 portions of lunch. Also, 111 repair kits, 68 OSB-sheets, 15 tarpaulins, 135 cubic meters of firewood, 100 gas heaters and 6 stoves were given to people.
Firewood was delivered to Znamianka village, Bilozerka community. The Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces provided 60 cubic meters of solid fuel to local residents.
Latest news for today in the western regions of Ukraine
Volyn oblast
Employees of the Lutskteplo company sent humanitarian aid to Ukrainian servicemen. Two SUVs and a portable EcoFlow charging station were purchased with the funds of one day’s earnings of the company’s employees.
Zakarpattia oblast
The Uzhgorod City Territorial Center of Social Services and the Department of Social Policy received two generators, fire extinguishers and carbon monoxide detectors from the SOS Children’s Town CF.
The RMA reported that the Mizhhirie Vocational Lyceum organized a Ukrainian language study group for IDPs from the eastern oblasts of Ukraine.
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast
In the RMA a meeting with UN representatives regarding gender equality was held. The oblast has received 148K IDPs since the war began, of which 92K are women.
The RMA held a meeting with the heads of regional military administrations and territorial communities. State and regional programs of social support, protection of children’s rights and interests, etc., were discussed.
Lviv oblast
The health care department of Lviv oblast reported that another 10 patients from Dnipropetrovsk and Luhansk oblasts were transported to Lviv oblast by train for treatment. People received mine-explosive injuries of varying degrees of severity.
The Lviv RMA and a branch of a French non-governmental humanitarian organization Solidarity International signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in Ukraine. The document provides for the provision of assistance to socially vulnerable categories of the population.
The Sambir City Council and the international humanitarian organization HIAS signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. HIAS in the community offer psychological help and support to various population groups on a free basis.
The Horodotsk community received two powerful generators (90 kW) under the USAID HOVERLA program. They were transferred to two schools.
People in the liberated Kupiansk will soon receive humanitarian aid, namely, over 5 tonnes of potatoes, 2.5 tonnes of pasta, over 300 food kits, hygiene products, etc., from the Yavoriv region.
Rivne oblast
The medics of Rivne oblast returned from the liberated Kherson oblast. Two brigades of the regional center of emergency medical aid and disaster medicine provided assistance to several hundred residents who suffered as a result of the russian occupation.
Mayor of Rivne, Oleksandr Tretiak, reported that from the city, volunteers sent a car for defenders to the Zaporizhzhia direction.
Ternopil oblast
Mayor of Ternopil, Serhii Nadal, announced that the City Council sent 10 Starlink satellite communication systems to the military.
The Ternopil National Medical University received humanitarian aid, namely, a Siemens Ventilator 710, from the Nicolaus Copernicus Voivodeship Hospital in Koszalin (the Republic of Poland). The equipment will be used in the system of continuous training of medical personnel.
Khmelnytskyi oblast
The RMA held a working meeting on issues of public support for veterans participating in hostilities. Such working meetings take place regularly and involve an increasing number of representatives of individual bodies and institutions that contribute to the support of the military.
The RMA reported that the Kytaihorod boarding house for the elderly and people with disabilities received a Volkswagen Caddy car, fully loaded with food and various household items, from benefactors from Latvia.
Chernivtsi oblast
Minister of Health of Ukraine, Viktor Liashko, paid a working visit to Bukovyna. He met with the leadership of Chernivtsi oblast and inspected the regional children’s hospital. The Minister familiarized himself with the work of the medical institution and asked how children from IDP families are helped here.
The Chernivtsi Regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention received three buses from the WHO representative office in Ukraine with the support of the EU.
Institutions in Bukovyna where IDPs sheltered, received 68 boilers from the Department of Social Protection of the Population of Chernivtsi oblast with the support of UNICEF in Ukraine.
The RMA reported that recruits of the Burevii brigade have started military training. During three months, experienced instructors will teach them in the most difficult combat conditions.
International support of Ukraine in the russian-Ukrainian war (russia’s invasion of Ukraine)
Sweden will make a contribution to the Energy Support Fund of Ukraine in the amount of $30 million.
The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine reported that Sweden sent 4 boats, that can be used as pontoon crossings, to the Infrastructure Reconstruction and Development Agency. Also sent are 14 sections of pontoons, that can be combined into crossings of different lengths.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that on February 28, the second online meeting of participants of the network of contact persons of the International Crimean Platform was held under the chairmanship of the First Deputy Minister Emine Japarova. Representatives of 45 countries and international organizations took part in the event.
Inspector general of the US Department of Defense, Robert Storch, stated that the US found no violations in the use of weapons sent to Ukraine.
Lieutenant General Douglas Sims II, Director of operations for the US Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that the US and their allies have already trained over 4K0 Ukrainian soldiers. The training of Ukrainians on Patriot systems should be completed soon.
Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General, invited Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the NATO summit in Vilnius.
The EU delegation said it would not support the statement at the meeting of the G20 foreign ministers in India, if they do not condemn russia’s war against Ukraine there.
Colin Kahl, US Deputy Secretary of Defense stated that the US does not expect russia to make significant territorial gains in Ukraine in the near future.
Arvydas Anushauskas, Minister of Defense of Lithuania, stated that the threat from the russian federation will become even more real if Ukraine loses. Therefore, Lithuania plans to continue to help Ukraine in every possible way and calls on NATO to increase the defense and deterrence potential in the Baltic states.
The Czech Republic became the second country where Ukrainians can exchange driver’s licenses.
The new UNITED24 ambassador became a Canadian actress and director Catherine Vinnyk. She has been actively supporting Ukraine since 2014, and as part of her ambassadorship, she will focus on the Reconstruction of Ukraine program.
UNITED24 presented a site, where everyone can ‘walk’ around Ukrainian cities that suffered from russian attacks. The streets of Kyiv, Irpen, Kharkiv, Izium, Chernihiv and Sumy are currently available on the platform.
The Finnish service in its press release reported that the country is building a wall on the border with the russian federation.
Materials compiled by Tetiana Kliuchnyk-Horobets, Tetyana Pidgorna, Olena Reka, Yana Hushchyna, Tamara Moshkovska, Sofia Ratynska, Liudmyla Stadnykova, Vita Petrenko, Аnna Efremova
Translated by Tetyana Pidgorna, Olena Reka, Yana Hushchyna, Ioanna Kryvenko, Liudmyla Stadnykova, Yevheniia Sukhonos, Marharyta Koval, Tetiana Kurbatova, Olga Shalya
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