Fifth Day Of Battles For Freedom Of Ukraine
- 28.02.2022, 2:58
Glory to the Heroes!
For the fifth day in a row, the brave Ukrainians are fighting the Russian occupiers. Kyiv is on the defensive. Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Sumy remain under the control of Ukraine. In the northern, northeastern, eastern and southern regions of Ukraine, fighting with the Russian aggressor continues.
The website Charter97.org is covering the events of the fifth day of this war live. You can see what was happening in Ukraine on February 27 in our previous online report.
Ukraine 24 TV channel, special broadcast
16:54 Amazing footage. In Berdyansk, ordinary Ukrainians are chasing away the Russian invaders.
16:49 Ukrainian celebrities continue to join the Territorial Defense. This time — musician Oleh Fahot.
16:44 Several thousand Europeans already expressed their willingness to go to fight in the war on Ukraine's side in the foreign legion! This was stated by Ukraine's Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar.
16:42 A school in Kharkiv, before and after the arrival of the Russian army.
16:27 20 burning cars of the invaders near Kyiv.
16:21 How Belarusians can sign up for the Ukrainian International Legion
Please indicate:
1. Surname, name, patronymic.
2. Passport data.
3.Information about the absence of a criminal record.
4.Experience in military service (yes/no).
and send to the following email addresses:
volunteersforua@gmail.com
volunteersforua@ukr.net
Taking into account the fact that Poland is the most convenient place for traveling to Ukraine in the current situation, here are the contact details of the Embassy of Ukraine in this country:
+48 261 18 30 89
+48 261 18 30 76
+48 261 18 30 75
+48 261 18 30 88
+48 261 18 30 35 (tel and fax)
16:18 A captured soldier from Dagestan. Soon the peoples of Russia will not want to send their children to someone else's war.
16:05 The United States begins direct deliveries of Stinger MANPADS to Ukraine. The delivery will be carried out, presumably, through the territory of Poland.
16:00 This is a Russian tank captured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
15:58 Among the killed and wounded invaders on the territory of Ukraine there are Belarusian soldiers. This information was confirmed to Charter97.org by both Belarusian and Ukrainian sources.
Important to note, earlier there was no information about the participation of the Belarusian military in the aggression against Ukraine. The Belarusian territory is being used as a military foothold for an attack on a neighboring country. Ukraine also reported on ballistic missile launches from Belarus.
15:54 Ordinary Ukrainians stop the equipment of the occupiers in Energodar.
15.41 Mayor of Akhtyrka: “The Russians dropped vacuum bombs, banned worldwide, on the city.”
15:38 The Ukrainian military captured a Buryat.
15:31 Arestovych: More than 200 units of occupiers' equipment have been destroyed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine since this morning.
15:29 The wounded in Ukraine are delivered to the Mazyr regional hospital with terrible wounds.
“Military men, children born in 2003, of the autumn conscription, have now been brought to Mazyr. Some of them are without eyes, some without ears, with twisted intestines. The bus on which they were delivered had to be washed with a hose, all the blood. They are hungry, they say they haven't eaten for a week. People went to the gas station at night for ramen noodles. Everyone in the hospital is in shock,” Homel human rights activists report.
15:23 The Territorial Defense of Ukraine met the Russian equipment.
15:18 The Russian military launched 6 missile and 4 air strikes on Ukraine yesterday. The strikes were also carried out from the airspace of Belarus, the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.
15:09 A Russian fuel truck near Chernihiv. The Russians have serious problems with the provision of equipment with fuel.
14:59 The military men from the Snake Island are alive and in captivity. This is reported by the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
14:46 The negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations have started, unian.net reports.
According to the interlocutor from the Office of the President of Ukraine, it is not known when the talks will end. The delegation from Ukraine included Chairman of the Servant of the People faction David Arakhamia, Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznykov, Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak, Head of the Ukrainian Delegation to the TCG Andriy Kostin, People's Deputy Rustem Umerov and Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Mykola Tochitsky.
The Russian delegation at the talks will be represented by Russian Ambassador to Belarus Boris Gryzlov, MP Leonid Slutsky, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin. The delegation will be headed by Vladimir Medinsky.
14:38 Volunteers from the tactical group “Belarus” are at the forefront of the fight against the invaders.
14:37 Another photo from Kharkiv, where a residential area is being shelled.
14:33 There is a banner on the website of Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Gordon.
If you click on it, you can see an excerpt from Gordon's interview with Lukashenka, where the latter promises that Russian troops will never enter Ukraine from the territory of Belarus. It is worth noting that Belarusians in 2020 took this interview negatively, and knew that the dictator would deceive the Ukrainians.
14:30 Russian paratroopers landed near Bila Tserkva. The Azov Regiment has already destroyed 15 invaders.
14:28 Beware, sensitive content! The Russians are shelling Kharkiv with Grads. The bodies of civilians lie on the streets of the city. The Ukrainian authorities call to record the crimes of the Kremlin for the Hague.
14:19 Ukrainian media publish the correspondence of the killed Russian soldier with his parents. The invaders thought that they would be “greeted with flowers”.
14:18 Anti-missile and anti-aircraft complex “Wasp” in captivity of the Ukrainian army.
14:13 A message appeared on the TASS website about Russian losses.
14:08 Kharkiv is being shelled by Grads.
14:04 A large trophy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Russian anti-aircraft missile system “Shell”, captured in the Kherson region.
14:02 All nationalities support the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Armenians are delivering food products for the Ukrainian defenders.
13:57 NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov: Ukraine seized the initiative.
13:50 In Akhtyrka, which is on the front line of resistance, an oil depot was blown up.
13:47 Ukraine national football team player Andriy Yarmolenko transferred 3 million hryvnias for the needs of the army.
13:40 During the bombing in Kyiv, a trumpeter went out onto the balcony and began to play the anthem of Ukraine. A touching video.
13:36 Strong appeal of the Ukrainian people to Belarusians.
13:32 Chernihiv right now. The city is bombed from the territory of Belarus.
13:30 Bucha near Kyiv. Local residents are recording a video against the backdrop of the burning Russian equipment.
13:25 In Berdyansk, local residents have surrounded the military equipment of the Russian invaders and are shouting: "Glory to Ukraine!"
13:19 Boxer Oleksandr Usyk, who was previously accused of being pro-Russian, signed up for the Territorial Defense Forces.
13:18 The Parliament of Latvia has approved changes allowing Latvians to serve in the Ukrainian army.
13:12 “Russian soldier, remember! Better a disciplinary battalion, than a coffin!” — the billboards near Kyiv.
13:04 The occupiers have practically razed Akhtyrka to the ground, but it has not yet surrendered to the enemy.
12:59 A captured Russian soldier calls his parents at home.
12:48 Today, residents of the village of Senkovka, Chernihiv region, blocked the convoy of the aggressor's equipment.
12:41 A Ukrainian soldier addresses the Belarusian military: “I recommend that you desert and surrender to the first Ukrainian who comes across.”
12:39 Ukrainians are taught to distinguish their helicopters from enemy ones. Such memos are distributed by the official accounts of the Ukrainian authorities.
12:35 A battalion of Russian soldiers was defeated in the northern direction. The Armed Forces of Ukraine report about 50 dead occupiers.
12:29 Mayor of Mariupol: “The Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard and the Azov Regiment destroyed the Russian plane.”
12:22 For every tank that the Russians voluntarily hand over to Ukraine, it will be possible to receive five million Russian rubles.
12:18 Zelensky: “Ukrainians with combat experience will be released from custody and will be able to make amends in the hottest spots. Also, all sanctions are lifted from some ATO participants.”
Zelensky stressed that everyone who can join the fight against the invaders should do so.
12:18 Ukrainians are reminded of the weak points of technology, where they can throw Molotov cocktails.
12:05 A video compilation of surrendered Russian soldiers.
12:03 Zelensky emphasizes that 4,500 Russian soldiers have been liquidated in Ukraine, and addressed the survivors:
“Drop your equipment and leave, don't trust your commanders, just leave.”
11:58 Zelensky: Ukraine appeals to the European Union with a request for immediate accession under a new special procedure
11:55 These people are unbreakable. In Berdyansk, where Russian troops have entered, people are singing the national anthem of Ukraine.
11:51 Zelensky made a new appeal:
“When I ran for president, I said that each of us is a president. Because we are all responsible for our state. For our beautiful Ukraine. And now it so happened that each of us is a warrior. Warrior in his place. And I am sure that each of us will win. Glory to Ukraine!”
11:47 Fighting is underway in the Mariupol direction. Explosions of shells are heard in the city.
11:41 Motivating billboards have appeared also in Kyiv.
11:30 Ukrainian soldiers show trophy weapons that they got near Irpin.
11:26 In Kyiv, a shell hit the window of a residential building. The Ukrainian authorities are calling to record the crimes of the Russian aggressor.
11:19 In Volnovakha, which was in the center of hostilities, they will organize a green corridor for the delivery of humanitarian aid, medicines, food, water, as well as for the evacuation of residents.
11:17 In Berdyansk, the Russian invaders shot a local resident who refused to give them his telephone.
11:13 At least 42 SOBR officers from the Kemerovo region were killed by the Ukrainian military while trying to invade Ukraine. This is reported by the Siberian edition of Taiga.infa with reference to its sources.
In Kuzbass, a plane with the dead is expected. “They killed 42 our people, two branches of the SOBR. It is still unknown how many of our riot policemen died,” one of the fighters of the unit noted.
11:10 A Navy orchestra performed in Odesa to cheer up the city's residents.
11:04 Belarusian comedian, member of the KVN team “ChP" (Minsk) Dzmitry Tankovich, who lives in Ukraine, addressed the Belarusian soldiers: “If even now ordinary Ukrainian men, with simple Molotov cocktails, destroy the professional f****** Russian army, then believe me that they will do much worse with the Belarusian one.”
11:00 “As soon as we entered Ukraine, they shot us,” another Russian prisoner talks about the defeats of the Russian forces.
10:58 According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the losses among the civilian population today amounted to 352 people. Including 14 children.
10:51 In Irepen near Kyiv, the invaders also received a rebuff. Often, Russian soldiers simply abandon their equipment and scatter.
10:50 Burning equipment of the invaders near Cherkasy.
10:48 In Akhtyrka, looters they will be shot on the spot, and raising prices for goods will be considered as looting, said Mayor Pavel Kuzmenko.
10:40 Former Belarusian TV presenter Dzianis Dudzinsky to Belarusian soldiers: “If you poke your head into the territory of Ukraine, I will take up arms and go against you. Perhaps, not only in order to defend the independence of Ukraine, but first of all, to defend the independence of Belarus from you.
10:38 Brutal anti-occupation posters started appearing in the settlements that Russian troops have entered.
10:34 This is the town of Izyum, Kharkiv region, after the attack of the Russian aggressors.
10:13 Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Hanna Maliar said that the approximate total losses of the Russian Federation from February 24 to 6:00 February 28 are: aircraft — 29, helicopters — 29, tanks —191, armored combat vehicles — 816, guns — 74, air defense systems BUK — 1, GRAD — 21, automotive equipment — 291, tanks — 60, drones UAVs — 3, ships / boats — 2, air defense systems — 5. Losses among personnel — approximately 5,300.
10:06 In Kharkiv, a curfew is introduced from 15:00 to 06:00 tomorrow. There are a large number of sabotage groups in the city, there are risks of an offensive. The Ukrainian military managed to eliminate 20 invaders who were hiding in the school building. This was announced by the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration Oleh Synehubov.
10:00 Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine should begin within an hour. Fedir Venislavsky, a representative of Zelensky's office, said this on the air of Ekho Moscow. He did not disclose the composition of the Ukrainian delegation, but noted that it would include representatives of the Office of the President and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
9:53 In Odesa, Russian saboteurs are detected and detained every day. This was reported by the press service of a separate mechanized brigade in the Odesa region.
9:38 A large amount of the Russian military equipment was seen in Borodyanka, presumably heading towards Kyiv. This was announced by the adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Herashchenko.
9:30 The General Staff of Ukraine on the aggression of the Russian Federation: The enemy is demoralized and suffers heavy losses, cases of desertion have become more frequent.
9:22 Slovakia supported the accelerated special procedure for Ukraine's accession to the EU.
9:12 See what ordinary Ukrainians think of the Russian occupiers. This is happening in the Sumy region.
9:07 The first volunteers with military experience are leaving for Ukraine from Croatia. This was told by Croatian journalist Igor Chorkalo.
9:00 The Ukrainian defenders destroyed the column of equipment of the Russian occupiers. The Russian Federation lost 2 tanks, 8 BTR armoured vehicles, and 12 cars.
This has been reported by the Zakarpattya 128th separate mountain assault brigade.
8:57 96 hours of resistance: Kyiv remains under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. General Colonel of the AFU Oleksandr Sikorsky has stated that the Ukrainians showed that they can defend their home.
8:44 Sirens sound in a number of Ukrainian cities: Poltava, Mirgorod, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Vynnytsia, Cherkasy, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Zhytomyr.
8:40 Footage of the crimes of the Russian military near Kharkiv. Pesochin was shelled at night.
8:36 The Armed Forces of Ukraine blew up an enemy column in the Zhytomyr direction. The Ukrainian army does not allow Kyiv to be encircled.
8:32 The Russian occupiers being defeated on February 27, a video.
8:17 Yesterday, in Bucha near Kyiv, the Russian aggressors got scared of the monument to the Afghan soldiers on which a BRDM-2 stands, and fired at it.
8:08 Russian soldiers are surrendering to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Earlier, Ukrainian intelligence reported that the occupiers were demoralized.
8:06 Two railway workers in Sumy managed to seize a Russian armored personnel carrier without weapons.
8:05 The Times reports that more than 400 Russian mercenaries are operating in Kyiv on behalf of the Kremlin. They are tasked with assassinating President Zelensky, members of the Cabinet of Ministers, and preparing the ground for taking the city under Moscow's control.
8:03 A convoy with ammunition for the Ukrainian military arrived in Kharkiv. To help the fighters, anti-tank weapons NLAW, Javelins, and Stingers were brought, which were provided to Ukraine by the Western partners.
07:30 The Russian invaders began to retreat in the main direction — Kyiv. The invaders completely stopped moving from the north and west of Kyiv, some enemy units are now retreating. Ukrainian artillery and aviation are delivering strikes.
The JFO zone — thanks to the counterattack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Volnovakha was recaptured, Ukrainian troops are stationed there, and they are localizing problems south of Volnovakha.
Mariupol is holding on, no problem. Berdyansk is occupied by the enemy, there were no Ukrainian troops there.
There was an air raid on Ukraine — three missile strikes were carried out on Kyiv, the aim of one missile is unknown, one more was shot down, one hit Sofiyivska Borshchahivka. There were also missile attacks on Zhytomyr and Zaporizhzhya.
07:14 The French Foreign Legion releases Ukrainians who want to defend their homeland. This was reported by the Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. The Center also confirms that highly qualified infantrymen will be able to leave for Ukraine in full combat gear.
06:30 Australia has imposed sanctions against Belarusian Defense Minister Viktar Khrenin.
5:50 In Chernihiv, a missile hit a residential building.
03:40 In Mariupol, the forces of the National Guard and the police of the Donetsk region detained a Russian sniper. The 28-year-old detainee is a citizen of the Russian Federation. He came to Ukraine on the instructions of the Russian special services. If he refused, he was allegedly threatened with imprisonment. The occupier confessed that he had received the command to open fire to kill.
03:07 A visualization of the latest data on the losses of Russian aggressors, from the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security.
02:59 Ukrainian soldiers attacked a column of enemy equipment near Makarov (an urban-type settlement, part of the Bucha district of the Kyiv region). The Russian Grads and tanks decided to stay overnight. But it looks like they won't wake up.
02:45 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: the Russian army resumed its attack on Kyiv. The Russian occupiers are building pontoon crossings across the Irpen River to Polissya in the direction of Kyiv. According to reports of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, battles were fought for the city of Irpin, 5 km from Kyiv, which remains under the control of Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian army, sabotage groups of Russian troops in the uniform of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and bulletproof vests of the Russian Armed Forces model are working in this direction.