Focus in one material collected the main events of the past evening and night.
Explosions were heard at the airfield in Russian Yeisk, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroy up to 80% of the Wagnerites in the Bakhmut direction, a fighter was raised in China because of an American reconnaissance aircraft over Taiwan, the RF Armed Forces are preparing an attack on the Zaporozhye and Kharkiv regions, and a massive rocket attack on Ukraine . Focus collected in one material the main events that took place on the evening of February 28 and on the night of March 1.
Explosions near the military airfield in Yeysk
On the evening of February 28, residents of the Russian city of Yeysk in the Krasnodar Territory heard explosions near the military airfield. It was reported that after two pops, a local warehouse caught fire. According to the adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Anton Gerashchenko, it was from this airfield that the planes that bombed the east and south of Ukraine took off.
“There is no official confirmation of this information yet, we are waiting and hoping,” Gerashchenko wrote in his Telegram channel.
Later, the head of the Yeysk district, Roman Bublik, said that the explosions allegedly occurred as a result of military tactical exercises.
“Dear residents of the Yeysk region, I remind you that military tactical exercises are being held on the territory of the Yeysk region,” Bublik wrote.
AFU units destroy up to 80% of “Wagnerites” in the Bakhmut direction
On February 28, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar reported that, despite the fierce fighting and the superiority in the number of manpower, the losses of the Russian Armed Forces significantly exceed the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut. According to her, Ukrainian units report on the destruction of up to 80% of “Wagnerites”.
Malyar noted that the RF Armed Forces faced the problem of demoralization of regular troops. This prompts the Russian military command to send more mercenaries to the front.
“The only thing stopping them now is exhaustion. They are nervously looking for reserves to replenish. For example, they are trying to launch their military production in a powerful mode. Not everything works out, but they switched to a round-the-clock mode of operation. physical influence on the heads of enterprises is used,” Malyar explained.
China raises fighter jet to intercept US Air Force plane over Taiwan
On the evening of February 28, CNN reported that on February 27, a US Navy Boeing P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft flew over the Taiwan Strait. In a statement, representatives of the US Navy’s Seventh Operational Fleet noted that the flight was conducted in accordance with international law.
At the same time, the representative of the military command of the army of the People’s Republic of China, Colonel Shi Yi, accused Washington of fomenting tensions. The officer noted that the appearance of the American aircraft endangered peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
On Tuesday, Feb. 28, Taiwan Defense Ministry officials said they spotted 14 aircraft and three ships from the Chinese Navy, with four aircraft crossing the informal demarcation line.
In the next two days, there may be missile strikes on Ukraine, – OK “South”
On the evening of February 28, the head of the Joint Coordinating Press Center of the Southern Defense Forces, Natalya Gumenyuk, said that a new massive enemy attack could happen within the next two days.
“They are looking for new tactics, trying to find a way that will be most effective for them, because the massive missile attacks that they carried out before did not give the results they expected from them. The effectiveness of our air defense turned out to be very high and did not like they expected,” said Gumenyuk.
The speaker of the command noted that a new enemy attack could occur at any moment.
Russia is preparing conditions for an offensive in Zaporozhye and Kherson regions – General Staff
According to the morning summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine dated March 1, the occupying troops of Russia are on the defensive in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. At the same time, they are trying to create conditions for launching an offensive in these two directions.
According to the command, the evacuation of certain categories of people from the occupied Crimea is once again recorded.
“Recently, servicemen of the Russian occupation forces, who are stationed in Perevalnoye, have been sending their families to Russia,” the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.
