Ukrainian trench in Zaporizhzhia.

Trenches filled with water due to rain.

Starlink satellite terminal in a Faraday cage, against Russian EW in Ukraine.

Ukrainian Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) attack targeted Russian Navy’s Sevastopol Naval Base last night.

One USV was destroyed, the second exploded itself.

No objects were damaged. No casualties.

Ukrainian President Zelenskiy:

Ukraine cannot refuse to protect Bakhmut, which our brave soldiers have been protecting for a long time.

The capture of the city could open a bridgehead for Russia to attack Kramatorsk and Slavyansk.

SIPRI:

The total world military spending in 2022 increased by 3.7% in real terms and reached $2.24 trillion.

The top three spenders are the US, China and Russia. They accounted for 56% of the world volume.

In Europe, the growth of military spending amounted to 13%.

Kazakhstan will not hold a military parade in honor of Victory Day due to cost savings and other tasks.

Ukrainian UAV strike targeted an oil depot in the occupied Rovenky, Luhansk region.

The distance from the front line to the settlement is about 100 km.

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning:

China's position on Crimea has not changed, Beijing respects the sovereignty of all countries.

China also respects the sovereignty of all the republics that were part of the USSR.

Russian soldiers test brand-new anti-thermal blankets/coats.

Ukrainian indigenous RWS combat module "ShaBlya" with 7.62mm PKT.

Washington Post:

Ukrainian officials privately admit that a number of military operations are under US control.

Kyiv, as a rule, does not use missile systems transferred by Washington without confirmation or provision of coordinates by the US military, which is based in Europe.

Ukrainian Military Intelligence (GUR) Head Budanov:

Ukraine approaches POW exchange with Russia in "all for all" format.

This is an unprecedented case in world history. No one has done this.

Footage of Ukrainian kamikaze Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) attack on Russian Navy’s Sevastopol Naval Base last night.

Ukrainian Military Intelligence (GUR) planned comprehensive strikes on Moscow on February 24 with everything at its disposal, but the plans were shelved as White House was concerned that such attacks would “provoke Putin to use tactical nuclear weapons.”

WSJ:

Iran supplied Russia with more than 300,000 artillery shells and 1 million rounds of ammunition by sea over the past six months.

Turkish Bayraktar AKINCI UCAV and Bayraktar KIZILELMA Unmanned Combat Aircraft conducted a formation flight.

Bakhmut from a bird's eye view taken from a Ukrainian drone.