✴️🗣🗺 — #VÆ: Dugin is referring to the word Окраина ["Okraina"], which has obvious similarities to the word Украина, "Ukraine" in Russian. And in Ukrainian the same word for English "outskirts" is spelled Окраїна.

👤🆗❕🇺🇦🪨🤝🇺🇸 — 🇺🇦 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on 𝕏:

"We are ready to sign the minerals agreement, and it will be the first step toward security guarantees. But it’s not enough, and we need more than just that. A ceasefire without security guarantees is dangerous for Ukraine. We’ve been fighting for 3 years, and Ukrainian people need to know that America is on our side."

🔗 Volodymyr Zelenskyy (@ZelenskyyUa)

🇸🇰🚫🇺🇦 — 🇸🇰 Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico in an official statement:

"REGARDING YESTERDAY'S TRUMP - ZELENSKY MEETING

1. Slovakia will not support Ukraine either financially or militarily to enable it to continue the war. If others choose to do so, we will respect that.

2. Slovakia has reservations about the unrealistic strategy of "peace through strength," which is only intended to serve as a justification for continuing the war in Ukraine. Ukraine will never be strong enough to negotiate from a position of military power.

3. For the conclusions of the EU summit (Thursday, March 6, 2025), Slovakia proposes, among other things, the necessity of an immediate ceasefire (regardless of the moment a final peace agreement is reached), which President Zelensky and a large number of EU member states reject.

4. Slovakia demands that the conclusions explicitly include a requirement to reopen the transit of gas through Ukraine to Slovakia and Western Europe. The situation is absurd: gas from the east to the west is not flowing, yet Ukraine is worsening the situation in Europe by taking European gas. This is Russian gas, for which it pays, thereby funding Russia's military needs. It is impossible to ensure Europe's competitiveness if the supply of Russian gas through Ukraine is not restored. The assistance that the EU and Slovakia provide to Ukraine in various forms cannot be a one-way ticket.

5. If the summit does not respect that there are other opinions besides simply continuing the war, the European Council may not be able to agree on conclusions regarding Ukraine on Thursday.

6. Slovakia respects the need to increase Europe's defense capabilities."

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🇺🇸🔫⚡️🇯🇵 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"US and Japan conduct new large-scale exercises

Exercises involving the Americans and their allies continue in the Asia-Pacific region. On February 19, Iron Fist 2025 began, involving US Marines and Japanese servicemen. The events will last until March 7.

▪️ The main objective of the exercises is to practice the actions of the combined forces in operations to capture remote islands. Obviously, this is why the main training sites are the islands of Okinoerabu, Okinawa and Kyushu.

▪️ Until recently, Iron Fist exercises were conducted on United States soil. However, starting in 2023, training was moved to remote Japanese islands.

▪️ Of course, the perception of China as the main threat to stability in the region played an important role in making this decision. Considering that the parties are more actively preparing for a hypothetical conflict in the region, it was logical to move the location of the exercises closer to the potential enemy.

🖍 Japan, by the way, is increasing its military presence in the southwestern part of its territory. Units equipped with radio-technical equipment, anti-ship missiles of the "surface-to-surface" class and missiles of the "surface-to-air" class are stationed there. All this is necessary for the defense of remote islands.

❗️ As we have written before, these territories could play a key role in a conflict in the Taiwan Strait. The Japanese could provide islands to support US troops if they were to participate in the war. And such training strengthens the coherence of US and Japanese units, which is necessary to counter the PRC.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇷🇺 SouthFront | Military Situation In Ukraine On March 1, 2025 (Map Update)

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇷🇺 SouthFront's high resolution map regarding Velyka Novosilka front.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇷🇺 SouthFront's high resolution map regarding Pokrovsk front.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🖌 AFU StratCom:

"⚔️ Operational information as of 08.00 02.03.2025 regarding the Russian invasion

❗️ The main point of the summary:

🔵 In total, 97 clashes were recorded over the past 24 hours.

🔵 Yesterday, the enemy carried out two missile and 99 air strikes, used two missiles and dropped 146 KAB. In addition, the enemy carried out more than five thousand two hundred attacks, including 180 from multiple rocket launcher systems, and also engaged 3067 kamikaze drones for destruction.

🔥 Over the past 24 hours, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces have struck four areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, three enemy command posts, and four enemy artillery systems.

🔵 In the Kupyansk direction, the aggressor conducted three offensive actions near Novoosynovo and Zagryzove, and was repulsed.

🔵 In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 11 times. He tried to penetrate our defenses near the settlements of Nove, Novomykhailivka, Yampolivka, Makiivka, and in the direction of Katerynivka.

🔵 In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 15 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Krymske, Dachne, Toretsk, and Diliivka.

🔵 In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 27 assault actions of the aggressor in the direction of Novaya Poltavka, Tarasivka, Elizavetivka, Promyen, Kotlyarivka, Nadiivka, Pokrovsk, Pishchany, Udachny, Preobrazhenka, Bohdanivka, Andriivka, and Ulakly.

🔵 In the Novopavlivske direction, the enemy yesterday carried out 11 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinopol, Burlatske, and Skudne.

🔵 In the Hulyaipil direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders three times in the areas of Pryvilne and Charivne.

🔵 In the Orikhiv direction, the occupation troops stormed the positions of the Defense Forces in the areas of Pyatikhatki, Nesteryanka, and Kamyanske four times.

🔵 In the Dnieper direction, our soldiers successfully repelled one enemy attack.

🔵 The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Kharkiv, Siversky, and Kramatorsk directions in the past day.

🟠 The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue their operation in the Kursk region. Over the past day, the enemy has carried out 31 airstrikes, dropping 47 KABs, and carried out 440 attacks, including 4 from MLRS. Ukrainian defenders have repelled 16 assault actions by the invaders."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇺🇦 General Staff of the Armed Forces:

"Operational information as of 08.00 02.03.2025 regarding the Russian invasion

The 1103rd day of the Russian Federation's large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun.

The enemy, using its superiority in manpower, attacks our positions. Ukrainian defenders steadfastly hold back the onslaught of the occupiers, inflicting significant losses on the enemy.

In total, 97 clashes were recorded over the past 24 hours.

Yesterday, the enemy carried out two missile and 99 air strikes, used two missiles and dropped 146 KAB. In addition, the enemy carried out more than five thousand two hundred attacks, including 180 from multiple rocket launcher systems, and also engaged 3067 kamikaze drones for destruction.

The aggressor carried out airstrikes, in particular in the areas of the following settlements: Okhrimivka, Makarove, Hraniv, Bohuslavka, Bugaivka, Borova, Kostyantynivka, Toretsk, Novopavlivka, Pokrovsk, Novoukrainka, Udachne, Grodivka, Rodynske, Bahatyr, Komar, Shevchenko, Ternove, Hulyaipole, Stepnohirsk, Zaliznychne, Pyatikhatky, Antonivka and Mykolaivka.

Over the past 24 hours, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces have struck four areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, three enemy command posts, and four enemy artillery systems.

In the Kupyansk direction, the aggressor conducted three offensive actions near Novoosynovo and Zagryzove, and was repulsed.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 11 times. He tried to penetrate our defenses near the settlements of Nove, Novomykhailivka, Yampolivka, Makiivka, and in the direction of Katerynivka.

In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 15 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Krymske, Dachne, Toretsk, and Diliivka.

In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 27 assault actions of the aggressor in the direction of Novaya Poltavka, Tarasivka, Elizavetivka, Promyen, Kotlyarivka, Nadiivka, Pokrovsk, Pishchany, Udachny, Preobrazhenka, Bohdanivka, Andriivka, and Ulakly.

In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy yesterday carried out 11 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinopol, Burlatske, and Skudne.

In the Hulyaipil direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders three times in the areas of Pryvilne and Charivne.

In the Orikhiv direction, the occupation troops stormed the positions of the Defense Forces in the areas of Pyatikhatki, Nesteryanka, and Kamyanske four times.

In the Dnieper direction, our soldiers successfully repelled one enemy attack.

No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissya directions.

The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Kharkiv, Siversky, and Kramatorsk directions in the past day.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue their operation in the Kursk region. Over the past day, the enemy has carried out 31 airstrikes, dropping 47 KABs, and carried out 440 attacks, including 4 from MLRS. Ukrainian defenders have repelled 16 assault actions by the invaders.

Our soldiers inflict significant losses on the occupation forces in manpower and equipment, and actively undermine the enemy's offensive potential in the rear.

In total, the losses of the Russian invaders last day amounted to 1,110 people. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized 8 tanks, 25 armored combat vehicles, 51 artillery systems, two multiple launch rocket systems, three air defense systems, 192 operational-tactical UAVs, 117 vehicles, and 5 units of special equipment of the invaders."

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🇷🇺⚠️⚠️❌🗺 — 🇺🇦 General Staff of the Armed Forces:

"⚡️ 63 ENEMY UAVS SHOT, 16 DRONES DID NOT REACH THEIR TARGETS (LOCATIONALLY LOST)

On the night of March 2, 2025 (from 19:00 on March 1), the enemy attacked with 79 Shahed type strike UAVs and drones of various types from the directions: Orel, Bryansk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Russia.

The air attack was repelled by anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defense Forces of Ukraine.

💥 As of 08:30, it was confirmed that 63 Shahed attack UAVs and drones of other types were shot down in Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions.

16 enemy drones were lost in location (without negative consequences).

Kharkiv, Sumy, Khmelnytskyi and Zaporizhia regions were affected by the enemy attack."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of March 2, 2025)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.

▫️ In the Kharkiv direction, units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on formations of the motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Metallivka, Granov and Volchansk in the Kharkiv region.

The AFU lost up to 25 servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored combat vehicle, four vehicles and three artillery pieces.

▫️ Units of the West group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the manpower and equipment of four mechanized, airborne brigades of the AFU and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Stepovaya Novoselovka, Zagoruykovka, Lozovaya, Kamenka in the Kharkiv region, Drobyshevo, Katerinovka, Kirovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic, Nadiya in the Luhansk People's Republic, as well as Serebryanskoye forestry.

The enemy's losses amounted to 240 military personnel, six vehicles, two Western-made field artillery pieces and a warehouse of supplies.

▫️ Units of the "Southern" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the formations of four mechanized, airmobile and two motorized infantry brigades of the AFU in the areas of the settlements of Predtecheno, Shevchenko, Seversk, Markovo, Chasov Yar, Konstantinovka, Serebryanka and Kramatorsk of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The AFU lost up to 320 servicemen, four vehicles and five field artillery pieces, including a British-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer. Two ammunition depots were destroyed.

▫️ Units of the Center group of forces improved the position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of six mechanized, three ranger, two assault, airborne brigades, an unmanned systems brigade, an assault regiment of the AFU, a marine brigade and two national guard brigades in the areas of the settlements of Novopavlovka, Udachnoye, Krasnoarmeysk, Zverevo, Nadezhdinka, Grodovka, Dimitrov, Elizavetovka, Andreyevka, Kotlino, Ivanopolye, Muravka and Uspenovka of the DPR.

The enemy lost up to 475 troops, an M113 armored personnel carrier, a US-made HMMWV armored fighting vehicle, and five vehicles. Five artillery pieces were destroyed, including a German-made 155mm self-propelled artillery unit RCH 155 and a US-made ANT/PQ-36 counter-battery radar."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of March 2, 2025)

▫️ Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the formations of four mechanized, ranger brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade and three territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Otradnoye, Bogatyr, Voskresenka, Komar, Dneproenergiya, Novopol, Shevchenko, Burlatskoye, Privolnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, Chervone, Zeleny Gai and Gulyaipole of the Zaporizhia region.

The enemy's losses amounted to 190 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, five cars and four field artillery pieces.

▫️ Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, mountain assault, infantry brigades, two coastal defense brigades of the AFU and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Pyatikhatki, Novodanilovka, Stepovoye, Kamenskoye, Lobkovoe in the Zaporizhia region, Antonovka and Veletskoye in the Kherson region.

The AFU lost over 115 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, four cars, an electronic warfare station and an ammunition depot.

▫️ Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation damaged the infrastructure of military airfields, gas processing facilities that ensure the operation of enterprises of the military-industrial sector of Ukraine, workshops for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles and their storage sites, as well as concentrations of manpower and equipment of the armed formations of the AFU in 147 districts.

▫️ 62 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by air defense systems.

▫️ In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 656 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 45,086 unmanned aerial vehicles, 600 anti-aircraft missile systems, 21,954 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,523 multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles, 22,200 field artillery pieces and mortars, 32,377 units of special military vehicles."

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🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"The Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of repelling the attempted invasion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the territory of the Russian Federation in the Kursk region (as of March 2, 2025)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to defeat the formations of the AFU in the Kursk region.

▫️ During offensive operations, units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on formations of a heavy mechanized, five mechanized, motorized infantry, assault, two airborne assault brigades , two territorial defense brigades and two assault regiments of the AFU in the areas of the settlements of Gogolevka, Goncharovka, Guevo, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, Makhnovka, Melovoy, Rubanshchina, Sudzha and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.
 
▫️ Strikes by operational-tactical, army aviation and artillery fire hit enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Agronom, Bondarevka, Viktorovka, Zazulevka, Zaoleshenka, Kazachya Loknya, Kositsa, Kurilovka, Loknya, Martynovka, Nikolaevka, Staraya Sorochina, Cherkasskaya Konopelka, Yuzhny, as well as Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, Miropolye, Obody and Yunakovka in the Sumy region.
 
▫️ AFU losses in 24 hours amounted to more than 240 servicemen, two armored personnel carriers, 15 combat armored vehicles, 17 cars, two self-propelled artillery units "Paladin" made in the USA, an artillery gun and a mortar, as well as four UAV control points and an ammunition depot were destroyed. Six servicemen of the AFU surrendered.
 
▫️ In total, during the fighting in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost more than 64,535 servicemen, 382 tanks, 291 infantry fighting vehicles, 251 armored personnel carriers, 2,110 armored combat vehicles, 2,281 vehicles, 505 artillery pieces, 52 multiple launch rocket system launchers, including 13 HIMARS and seven MLRS made in the USA, 25 anti-aircraft missile launchers, a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, ten transport and loading vehicles, 118 electronic warfare stations, 15 counter-battery radars, nine air defense radars, 51 units of engineering and other equipment, including 19 engineering obstacle clearance vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing unit, five bridge layers, an engineering reconnaissance vehicle, as well as 14 armored repair and recovery vehicles vehicles and a command and staff vehicle.

The operation to destroy the AFU formations continues."

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🇺🇸🆗🆕⚡️ — 📰 ZeroHedge | US Approves New Russian Ambassador As Major Reset Underway | March 2, 2025:

"The two rounds of high level US-Russia talks in Riyadh and Istanbul in the last two weeks appear to already be bearing fruit, as Russia's Foreign Ministry has announced it's received approval from Washington to send Aleksandr Darchiev as Moscow’s new ambassador to the United States.

Current bilateral US-Russia dialogue has been focused on fully restoring relations and putting back in place all embassy staff in Washington and Moscow, respectively. There had been several rounds of hostile mutual booting of diplomats as relations deteriorated under Biden.

According to Russian media, "Darchiev, a senior diplomat with more than 30 years of experience, currently heads the Foreign Ministry’s North Atlantic Department. He previously served as Russia’s ambassador to Canada from 2014 to 2021 and has held several high-ranking positions within the ministry, including deputy director of the North America Department and counselor at the Russian embassy in Washington."

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🇪🇺🤝👤🇺🇦 — 📰 ZeroHedge | European Leaders Embrace Zelensky In London, Start Work On Alternate Peace Plan | March 2, 2025:

"After essentially being kicked out of the White House on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky went to London where British Prime Minister Keir Starmer immediately offered a warm embrace: 'we stand with you' - was the message after the major public clash with President Trump and Vice President Vance in the Oval Office.

"You have full backing from the United Kingdom and we stand with you with Ukraine for as long as it may take," Starmer, who was also just at the White House on Thursday, said in a presser with Zelensky on Saturday.

"And I hope you’ve heard some of that cheering in the street, that is the people of the United Kingdom coming out to demonstrate how much they support you, how much they support Ukraine, and our absolute determination to stand with unwavering determination," the UK leader added."

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🇬🇧🤝🇫🇷📝🕊🇺🇦 — 📰 ZeroHedge | UK, France, Ukraine Agree To Work On Cease-Fire Plan To Present To US | March 2, 2025:

"British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on March 2 that Britain, France, and Ukraine are working on a cease-fire plan to present to the United States as he prepares to host European leaders in discussions to end the Russia–Ukraine war.

Update: perhaps in response to the latest toothless European summit, which Poland's PM summarized best as follows...

*TUSK REITERATES POLAND WON'T SEND ITS TROOPS TO UKRAINE
*TUSK: SECURITY GUARANTEES FOR UKRAINE NOT DISCUSSED IN SUMMIT

... or in other words, once again nothing of significance was agreed upon, Donald Trump posted in his Truth Social account a quote from Gartner analyst Michael McCune, according to whom Zelensky now has "no choice but to back down and accept Trump's terms" suggesting that Trump clearly is content with the outcome of the Friday debacle in the White House.

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