Operation Summary: Forcing Ukraine into Peace

Updated continually

Advisor to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR: the cities of Shchastya and the village of Luganskaya came under the control of the LPR The
DPR took control of the settlements of Viktorovka and Bogdanovka – Basurin
Volnovakha and hastily leaves the city in the opposite direction from the line of contact.
Two Su-24s of the Ukrainian Air Force were shot down near the villages of Smeloe and Stepovoye

 Shot down by Bayraktar in the
Shchastye Lopaskino
Kherson region is already under the control of the Russian army (Genichesk). They go towards Kherson and Nikolaev and
Odessa Marines of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy occupies Snake Island NM
LPR reports the destruction of the radar station of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Svatovo
Kharkiv blocked by Russian troops. Fighting
in progress
Grouping
Federation
Russian troops took control of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant
The military of the 57th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine voluntarily laid down their arms and went over to the side of the LPR
A missile attack was carried out on the building of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine in Kiev

The Russian Ministry of Defense made several statements:
 Intelligence data show that units and servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are massively leaving their positions, abandoning their weapons.
 The positions of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that laid down their arms are not subjected to strikes.
 The Russian armed forces do not strike at the cities of Ukraine. Nothing threatens the civilian population.
 Only military infrastructure, air defense facilities, military airfields, aviation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are disabled with high-precision weapons.
 The statement of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny about the alleged losses of Russian aircraft and armored vehicles is a complete lie

Operational information of the official representative of the NM of the LPR, senior lieutenant Filiponenko I.M. as of February 24, 2022

As a result of attacks by the People’s Militia, 72 enemy military facilities, 2 tanks, 4 infantry fighting vehicles and up to 360 soldiers were hit. Also, 2 SU-24 aircraft, 1 Bayraktar TB2 and 1 Wing-type UAV were destroyed.

FSB of Russia: Ukrainian border guards left all units on the Russian-Ukrainian border

An AN-26 military transporter was shot down in the Obukhov region, there were 14 soldiers on board.

440 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine requested a humanitarian corridor and crossed to the territory of the Rostov region of the Russian Federation

Destroyed Ukrainian radar stations near Mariupol

Ka-52 lost 1 unit

The Black Sea port of Odessa under the control of the Russian marines.
42 Ukrainian border guards who refused to continue serving in Ukraine crossed into the territory of the Russian Federation in the Bryansk region and Crimea, the FSB said.
In Kiev, the evacuation of the government quarter began.

Map of the first wave of strikes with calibers and Iskander-M

Kherson and Sumy regions were taken, the port of Odessa was taken, now there is an operational encirclement of Kharkov, Odessa and Kiev

FSB: 46 Ukrainian border guards crossed into the territory of the Russian Federation in the Bryansk region and Crimea

Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation completely dominates the sky over Ukraine

 Updated information. As a result of attacks by the NM of the LPR, 72 enemy military facilities, 2 tanks, 8 infantry fighting vehicles, 2 armored personnel carriers, 9 vehicles, 3 mortar platoons and up to two companies of personnel were hit. Also, 2 SU-24 aircraft, 1 Bayraktar TB2 and 1 Wing-type UAV, 1 UAV of unknown type were destroyed.

The consequences of the strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces on the Ukrainian airfield in the area of ​​Bila Tserkva.

Russian Defense Ministry: as a result of Russian strikes, 74 ground objects of the military infrastructure of Ukraine were disabled , including 11 airfields of the Air Force, 3 command posts, a naval base and 18 radar stations of the S-300 and Buk-M1 air defense systems. A combat helicopter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and four attack UAVs “Bayraktar TB-2” were shot down, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

In the Aerospace Forces, as a result of a piloting error, a Su-25 attack aircraft crashed.

The advance at Volnovakha in the morning amounted to 7 kilometers. During the hostilities, 15 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine – the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation surrendered.

Runaway Ukrainian Su-27 at the Romanian airbase Bacau

Russian military in the vicinity of the Kiev airport – CNN

Russian armored personnel carrier BTR-82A and a destroyed  Ukrainian BMP-2 in the Sumy region

Now the highway “Moscow – Kiev” is completely controlled by the Russian army up to the city of Baturin in the Chernihiv region.

Russian tanks entered Kharkov

As a result of a strike on a military unit in the village of Lipetskoye, Odessa region, at least 22 Ukrainian soldiers were killed.

Map of the results of the offensive of Russia and the Republics, distributed by Ukrainian resources

In the Mariupol direction, Nikolaevka and Novognatovka came under the control of the DPR

According to Igor Dimitriev @russ_orientalist, who is part of the group of troops advancing on Kiev, the column managed to break through to the outskirts of Kiev through Chernihiv from the side of Brovary. This is the direction of the main attack. The second grouping of troops should approach from the Zhytomyr direction and complete the encirclement of the capital.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine blew up a dam at the Pechenezh reservoir in the Kharkiv region.

Advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that Russian troops have established control over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant

Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

1) All the tasks assigned to the groups of troops of the armed forces of the Russian Federation for the day were successfully completed;
2) Groupings of troops of the DPR and LPR advanced 6-8 km in depth, this became possible thanks to the fire support of artillery and army aviation;
3) Since the beginning of the military operation, 2 Ukrainian Su-27s, 2 Su-24s, 1 helicopter and 4 Bayraktar strike UAVs have been shot down;
4) Since the beginning of the strikes, the RF Armed Forces have put out of action 83 ground objects of the military infrastructure of Ukraine;
5) The joint use of raid detachments and airborne troops in the Crimean direction ensured the exit of Russian troops to the city of Kherson, which made it possible to unblock the North Crimean Canal and restore water supply to the Crimean peninsula.

Russian tanks from the territory of Belarus enter the Chernihiv region.

Lugansk Front on 2022.02.24 (evening)

The Ministry of Health of Ukraine declares 57 dead, including military personnel, during today’s strikes and clashes.

 Russian armored vehicles moved along the bypass highway M14 from the Antonovsky bridge past Kherson towards Nikolaev.

Melitopol is liberated. Russian tanks at the entrance to the city (camera freeze frame)

Melitopol was left by the Armed Forces of Ukraine without a fight

Destroyed Ukrainian launcher S-300 near Kherson airport.

An An-26 military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces crashed in the Voronezh region. The crew died. Preliminary version – equipment failure.

Russian troops on the outskirts of Zaporozhye (Space microdistrict)

 The main directions from which the equipment of the RF Armed Forces approached Melitopol to block the city. Now the grouping continues to grow in Kirilovka, according to locals.

Snake Island is controlled by assault units of the Marine Corps of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation. Air cover – Black Sea Fleet aviation.

Russian troops entered Nikolaev