Results 01.03: Own gas and invaders attack

Ukraine got through the winter on its own gas. This was stated by the Chairman of the Board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, Alexey Chernyshev. “A historic event. 10 years ago no one would have believed it. 2 years ago, when a full-scale war began, it was also hard to believe. But we did it and planned to maintain the trend of energy independence of Ukraine ,” he wrote.

Russian troops in the direction of Avdeevsky increase the intensity of artillery shelling, have a great advantage in ammunition and increase the number of attack groups. This was stated by the commander of the Tavria Operational-Strategic Group of Troops, General Alexander Tarnavsky. According to him, the enemy is using new reserves, and therefore there are some local successes. At the same time, the operating environment is dynamic. Tarnavsky noted that the Defense Forces continue to conduct defensive operations, sometimes restoring lost positions, setting up additional squad positions, firing positions, and observation posts.

Russian troops are gathering their forces in the east of Ukraine and today one of the “powerful victories” of the Russian army is taking place in Chasov Yar, Donetsk region. This was stated by Ilya Yevlash, spokesman for the press service of the Khortitsa operational-strategic group of troops. According to him, Russian troops consider this settlement as the key for continuing the offensive against Konstantinovka and the Kramatorsk-Slavyansk agglomeration. He added that the Russian army is trying to find weak points, and in the sectors of the front where they manage to attack, the Russian military is intensifying attack operations. At the same time, several defense circles were built near Chasovoy Yar. There are also minefields in this direction – both anti-tank and anti-personnel, embankments and anti-tank ramparts were made to hinder the advance of heavy equipment of the Russian Army.

A record amount of cargo was exported along the Ukrainian sea corridor in February of this year – 8 million tons. “Cargo turnover of Greater Odessa ports in the shortest month of the year reached 8 million tons, of which 5.2 million tons were products of Ukrainian farmers. These are export records not only along of the Ukrainian corridor, but also during the period of a full-scale invasion,” the statement said. message from the Deputy Prime Minister for the Restoration of Ukraine Alexander Kubrakov. It is noted that export figures are approaching those at the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Polish farmers on Friday, March 1, started a protest at the Lithuanian border. At the Kalwaria-Budzisk checkpoint, protesters check trucks for Ukrainian grain. “Among other agricultural sectors in Poland, this protest should also pay attention to the movement of Russian and Ukrainian grain through Lithuania. This is a new form of protest that Poles have never done before,” said of the municipality of Polish Kalwaria in a statement.

Also, Polish farmers have completely blocked the Shegini checkpoint and are not allowing trucks to enter or exit Ukraine. A significant decrease in the number of border crossings by trucks remains in the direction of the Yagodin checkpoint.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte signed a bilateral agreement on security cooperation. The document provides 2 billion euros in military aid from the Netherlands this year, as well as subsequent defense aid over the next 10 years. The agreement also defines priorities for assistance in the field of air defense, artillery, naval and long-range weapons, with a special emphasis on strengthening the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Zelensky and Rutte also visited Kharkov, where they inspected buildings damaged as a result of the Russian attack on Kharkov and paid tribute to the children who died as a result of the Russian invasion.

The Netherlands will provide Ukraine with a new package of military aid, which includes, in particular, landing boats. In addition, Amsterdam will allocate 250 million euros to the Czech initiative to order large quantities of artillery for Ukraine in the short term. The Netherlands will also provide ammunition worth more than 100 million euros.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China commented on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statements about the possibility of using nuclear weapons. They say that no one wins a nuclear war; China calls on all parties to maintain a restrained position. “China has always maintained that all nuclear-weapon states must adhere to the concept of shared security and maintain global strategic balance and stability,” the statement said.