Russian missile attack on a residential building in Zaporozhye: three people died
On the 372nd day of Russia’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops are still trying to keep the neighboring country’s captured settlements in check. Ukraine’s armed forces and territorial defense units resist aggression. It is impossible to verify the statements of representatives of both sides from independent sources. According to the UN, more than 16 million Ukrainians have already left their homes. DW is following developments on Wednesday, March 2 (Moscow time).
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The number of victims of the Russian missile strike in a five-story residential building in Zaporozhye increased to three people, Zaporozhye city council secretary Anatoly Kurtev said on the air of the national marathon. Another 31 people were evacuated and seven people were hospitalized, three of them in a very serious condition and four, including a pregnant woman, in a moderate condition. According to Kurtev, it has already been established that the attack was carried out by an S-300 missile. The house itself is almost completely destroyed. In addition, as a result of the night bombing, two more multi-storey buildings were damaged – the electricity and water supply was interrupted there, the windows were broken.
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Russian troops on the night of March 2 twice fired in the Nikopol region from artillery pieceswrote on the Telegram channel Chairman of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Sergey Lysak. According to him, the city of Nikopol and the community of Chervonogrigorievsk were bombed. As a result, the boiler in the kindergarten, several shops and a pharmacy were damaged. In addition, Russian shells hit eight multi-story buildings, five garages and three cars, severed power lines and damaged water pipes. People were not injured.
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At least two people died in the aftermath. hit by a Russian missile on a five-story residential building in Zaporozhye, said Anatoly Kurtev, secretary of the Zaporozhye City Council, on the Telegram channel. Another 11 people were rescued, but there are still people under the rubble. One entrance is completely destroyed. 20 people were evacuated from the neighboring entrance. Kurtev clarified that full information about the aftermath of the attack is still being established.
Service points from the State Emergency Service, National Police, City Council and Social Protection have been mobilized to the scene of the tragedy, and public buses are evacuating the victims.
According to the police of the Zaporozhye region, Zaporozhye was fired from the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system, one of the missiles hit a residential building.
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The “Schemes” project of the Ukrainian service “Radio Liberty” published satellite images that, according to the publication, portray the consequences explosion in the city of Yeysk Krasnodar Territory. The publication writes that the footage shows the consequences of a strong fire on the territory of the air defense area, located near the airfield.
Pictures of smoke in the Yeysk airfield area were published on the night of March 1 by the Yeysk News Telegram channel, where sounds of explosions were also reported. City administration chief Roman Bublik denied reports of a drone attack, explaining the sounds of explosions and smoke as “tactical exercises with live fire and the use of aviation weapons” being carried out at the training ground. Access to the landfill is prohibited.
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Russian occupation authorities may be trying to further limit the presence of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP)to gain de facto recognition of Russian ownership of the station. write about it in their new summary by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
On 10 February, the IAEA announced that it had postponed the planned rotation of its mission personnel to the ZNPP due to security concerns. On February 20, the head of the organization, Rafael Grossi, said that the situation remained “unstable”, and on February 28 – that 20 explosions had occurred near the station. The Russian-appointed representative of the “administration” of the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, accused Western intelligence services of violating the IAEA mission rotation order to accuse Russia of obstructing the organization’s work.
ISW believes that the occupation authorities “arrested” the IAEA personnel. Analysts of the institute also do not exclude that, by increasing threats to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, Russia could thus try to contain the potential counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in southern Ukraine.
Another air defense system installed in Moscow
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Installed in Moscow other air defense system – this time near the Salaryevo metro station, writes the Sirena Telegram channel. He posted an installation video submitted by a reader. The Insider clarified that the video shows the P-18-2 Prima reconnaissance and targeting radar station, close to which the short- and medium-range air defense systems are supposed to operate.
Air defense systems began to be installed in and around Moscow from December 2022. In total, by March 1, about eight such installations were known, including near Putin’s country residence in Novo-Ogaryovo and the Luzhniki stadium – the latter appeared before the rally-concert on February 22.
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United States Attorney General Merrick Garland considers the head of the PMC “Wagner” Yevgeny Prigogine as a war criminal. Speaking at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Garland said the US Department of Justice is helping Kiev investigate war crimes allegedly committed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including those attributed to the Wagner Group. “Prigozhin, in my opinion, is a war criminal. It may not be very appropriate for me as a judge to say this before all the evidence has been received. But I think we now have more than enough evidence to support my opinion. “
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Russian troops attacked at night attack on Zaporozhye, a multi-storey residential building was seriously damaged, said Anatoly Kurtev, secretary of the Zaporozhye City Council. According to the Zaporozhye Regional Military Administration, three floors of the building were destroyed. Information about the victims is being specified, all relevant services are working on the spot. Presumably, the attack was carried out by S-300 missiles.
Slovakia wants to transfer 10 MiGs to Ukraine
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Slovakia is considering transfer to Ukraine 10 of its 11 MiG-29 aircraft Soviet-made (the 11th must be sent to the museum). The country’s Defense Minister Yaroslav Nagy told the AP news agency about this, pointing out: “We will never use MiGs again, they have no real value for us. If we give them to Ukraine, they will help save lives.” A final decision is expected in the coming days or weeks. If accepted, Slovakia will become the first of the NATO countries to transfer aircraft to Kiev.
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As a result bombing russian troops sumy region damaged power line, regional military administration said. According to preliminary data, the bombing was carried out with shells of caliber 152 mm, there were no casualties, due to damage to power lines, power outages are possible.
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Vladimir Zelensky held a meeting with the heads of the largest energy companies in Ukraine, such as Naftogaz, Energoatom and Ukrenergo. “We set the current tasks for finishing this heating season normally. And we have already started preparing for the next season – each of the participants of the meeting received his share of work on this issue,” the President of Ukraine said in a video message at night.
“This winter has passed”, he emphasized. “It was very difficult, and this difficulty was felt without exaggeration by all Ukrainians. But still, we managed to supply Ukraine with energy and heat. Yes, the threat to the energy system remains. But the work for the energy system continues.”
APU: Ukrainian air defense shoots down 80% of Russian missiles
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ukrainian air defense shoots down 80 percent of Russian missiles, said the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Serhiy Naev. “Currently, the percentage of missiles shot down has changed a lot and is equal to 80 percent. And even more in some cases. Our air defense fighters have become more professional and competent”, he quotes Naev’s words are the Facebook account of the command of the SO of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
At the same time, he added that the RF Armed Forces are also changing the tactics of their air strikes. “For this reason, we carry out analyzes after each attack”, emphasized the commander. According to Naev, based on this analysis, “commanders make these decisions so that the stability of air defense is at the highest level.”
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