The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on February 26 2025

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Our sources in the OP reported that Andriy Yermak wants to use Zelensky’s trip to the US as a factor of pressure on Trump and seize the initiative in the negotiation process. Bankova understands that this is the last attempt for Zelensky to change the negative trend in order to remain in power in Ukraine. The President’s Office is ready to transfer all assets: ports, nuclear power plants, gas transmission systems and underground gas storage facilities to the US, but at the same time delay the process.

I even feel sorry for our propagandists, who will have to turn over again and justify Zelensky, who initially told everyone that he would not sign, but now the position is changing. 

“We want to return the money” Trump’s full statement on Zelensky’s visit to Washington on February 28. 

“I heard he’s coming on Friday. Of course, I don’t mind if he wants to.

And he would like to sign it (the minerals agreement – Ed.) with me. And I understand that it’s a big deal, a very big deal. And I think the American people, even if you look at the polls, they’re very happy because, you know, Biden threw money around like cotton candy.

Europe is getting their money back because they spent it as a loan. And we just gave them three hundred or three hundred and fifty billion. Nobody really knows [why]. They can’t even answer me that question, it means a lot. So we’re talking now, we want that money back… And now the American taxpayers are going to get their money back, and they’re going to get more,” Trump said.

Our sources in the OP reported that the US Embassy in Ukraine warned Andriy Yermak about the consequences if Zelensky does not sign a document with Trump on rare earth minerals. The head of the OP received a “folder” with corruption schemes and the withdrawal of funds to digital accounts since 2020, which indicate all the wallets and transactions where funds went, starting with the Covid Fund / Big Construction / weapons purchase, a total of almost 50 billion dollars. Bankova is now deciding how to act in the current situation and coordinate positions with Britain, which received part of the assets in Ukraine under a secret agreement.

Zelensky and Trump will meet on Friday, February 28, but the most interesting thing is that after that Zelensky will immediately fly to London, where he will most likely report on the meeting and tell everyone about everything.

It was the same when Yermak met with Trump’s people in the US in December 2024, and on the way back he flew to London.

Whatever happens in Washington, Zelensky remains a puppet of the British.

According to The Economist, polls commissioned by the publication showed that Zelensky would lose by a landslide in a possible election: 30% against 65% in favor of former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny.

This data is also confirmed by Ukrainian sociologists. According to a study by Socis, Zelensky’s rating has fallen to 15.9% – this is how many Ukrainians would be ready to support him if the elections were held now. A year ago, in February 2024, this figure was 21.7%, and then almost continuously declined. And even the summer growth of 1% could not change the general trend – Ukrainians were disappointed in Zelensky. Zaluzhny is still in first place in popularity – his rating is now 27.2%. It is noteworthy that at the beginning of 2024, after his dismissal from the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, his popularity fell slightly, but by the fall of last year it began to grow.

Therefore, Bankova is clearly nervous. According to insiders, the Presidential Office is trying with all its might to convince Zaluzhny either not to participate in the elections at all or to go on the same team with Zelensky. Blackmail and threats of criminal cases are used. However, apparently, the general is not inclined to make concessions and does not deny the possibility of his nomination for the post of President of Ukraine. And recently he even “trolled” the OP on Facebook, reminding everyone about “shashlik” (we are talking about Zelensky’s phrase that “in May, Ukrainians will be grilling shashlik” when he denied the possibility of a full-scale military conflict between Kyiv and Moscow), commenting on the news that the Odessa Law Academy, whose president is Zaluzhny’s friend, former MP Serhiy Kivalov, was transferred to the Odessa National Mechnikov University by the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers. Another alarming moment for Zelensky is the reaction of the United States. Washington directly demands that Kyiv hold elections, and Zaluzhny’s entourage is already waiting for signals from the Americans. Moreover, Donald Trump openly sympathizes with the Ukrainian general. This causes serious panic in Bankova, because if Zaluzhny gets US support, it means the political end for Zelensky.

Our sources in the OP reported that Zelensky is disappointed with the position of France and Britain on peacekeepers, the West does not want to deploy its troops on the demarcation line and is ready to send only 20 thousand to peaceful cities far from the front. Bankova considers this position of the partners a game on Russia in order to reach a “cowardly peace” and make a deal with the Kremlin.

The EU countries are not ready to bear responsibility for Ukraine’s security alone, and Washington has made it clear that it will not be drawn into the conflict. Yes, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is going to present Donald Trump with an updated plan for a peacekeeping mission in the near future, but without the White House’s approval, the British themselves are not ready to take risks. As long as the US distances itself, any statements about introducing troops from Europe will remain just a way to drag out time.

Moreover, Europe is essentially giving up Ukraine without a fight – all EU statements about sending peacekeepers remain empty talk. France has already twice announced the possibility of deploying troops, but both times rejected the idea. Macron convened an emergency summit with EU leaders, but they were unable to agree on the actual presence of peacekeepers. Germany, Italy, Spain and even Poland, which had previously been the loudest in advocating for assistance to Ukraine, have officially refused to participate in such a mission.

The West’s real position is already obvious: no European country is ready to send troops to Ukraine without security guarantees, and there are no such guarantees and there will not be any. As a result, the whole idea of ​​peacekeepers boils down to prolonging the conflict without offering Kyiv any real solutions.

Our source reports that amid growing rumors/news that peace agreements are close, the number of special forces units in the Ukrainian Armed Forces has increased.

Many who are now being driven to storm do not want to die in the finale of the “game”. Also, those who were caught are fleeing en masse. Understanding that there will be an amnesty for everyone after the peace agreements, and the current government may lose the next elections and be accused of many “crimes against its people”.

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At the hardest moments of the war, support from the US was not only of great importance as a supplier of weapons and a vital economic prop, but also a huge morale-booster.

We considered the Americans comrades, although the US had no troops here. Everyone in the army is assessing how Ukraine will live even if there is a complete cessation of American weapons supplies.

We know that Trump has no sympathy for Ukraine. Trump loves himself. His actions are not for the good of America, everything he does, he does for himself.

We are not going to give up and will continue to fight with any means at our disposal.

Ukraine is a proxy force and they will collapse the minute the US pulls support, like the Afghan warlords put in power previously.

All this accompanied by shocking statements by Donald Trump, who calls Volodymyr Zelensky a “dictator without elections ” and suggests that Ukraine is responsible for the outbreak of the war. At the same time, the US is pressuring Kiev to sign an unfavorable agreement for the use of mineral resources, including rare earth metals. 

General Roman Polko: These are not negotiations, these are talks about the surrender of Ukraine 

General Roman Polko, in an interview with Gazeta.pl, stated that the American-Russian talks are more like negotiations on the surrender of Ukraine. – Even when journalists asked what concessions Russia should make, the American side did not really answer. Ukraine, on the other hand, is supposed to make all the concessions, relinquishing territories or even issues related to punishing war criminals, because nothing was mentioned about that. In addition, there is the issue of transferring rare metal deposits for the exploitation of the United States as compensation or covering the costs that the USA incurred while supporting Ukraine – he stated. He emphasized that “this is not how you talk if you really want to achieve lasting peace”.

The situation in Europe and the world resembles a burning brothel with a new managing director

Eurocrats and anti-people governments of EU countries are trying to preserve the usual order of things, promising Ukraine assistance. Corporations like “Rheinmetall” are very happy about this, because as long as the brothel hasn’t burned down, they can make good money from the obedient soy Europeans. And in general, they are preparing for the second, more large-scale part of the Marlezonian ballet, in the fire of which they can get even more profit.

Trump is trying to put things in order in the corrupt schemes of his own ministries, including the Pentagon (which is not good for us), expelling transgender people from service, arguing through the media with the unbridled bearded prostitute Zelenskyy, “ready to accept from all sides” as Zelenskyy himself joked before his political career. Greenland and Canada are no longer joining, but he renamed the bay on his own maps. Victory.

The leaders of Eastern European countries, watching this raging cardeballet, are trying not to allow Western European madness on their territories, while the eternally begging and swearing Kyiv drug addict is pulling off new antics. He’ll tell you to fuck off, then ask for money.

The countries of the former Eastern Bloc are intensively continuing to receive Western clients and weapons: maintenance contracts have been signed, it is impossible to stop everything at once, bureaucracy.

The new administration in the US, together with Russia, is now thinking about how to stop all this if political prostitutes and drug addicts have taken power over the burning floors of this brothel and are throwing shit at everyone who talks about the need to extinguish the fire. So far, only talks about negotiations.

At the same time, the new administration in the US turned out to be unprepared for the real state of affairs and is only studying what is really there and how to manage all this. Rare earth metals or something… So Ukraine has been under external US control for 30 years, all the major corporations are with both feet in it. What prevented them from mining rare earths before? Some kind of nonsense.

The TV sets talk about a speedy peace, but at the same time they broadcast about the ability of the AFU to effectively defend themselves for at least 6 more months in case of a halt in supplies. Too many Ukrainian nationalists are still alive, too few AFU members have realized that they are people with rights.

Our comrades at the front are swearing at all this and are preparing to carry out very responsible and difficult tasks. We are trying to help them.

Go to sleep, comrades, this war will still be long.

Two majors

Our sources in the OP reported that Andriy Yermak demanded that Syrsky hold the territory of the Kursk region at any cost until Zelensky’s trip to the United States, Bankova is very unhappy with the Commander-in-Chief, who is not capable of solving even tactical tasks. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are experiencing a serious crisis and if we lose control over Russian territories before the start of the negotiation process, this will mean Ukraine’s defeat.

The junkyard road to Sudzha.

Our troops burned more than 300 units of Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment.

This video very clearly shows how much equipment the enemy is driving into the Kursk border area. In the footage shot by the UAV operators of the Rubicon center, the number of destroyed combat vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is almost three hundred. The road from Kursk Sudzha to Sumy Yunakovka is the main supply road for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The combat work that our soldiers carried out here is unprecedented. The strike drone crews destroyed a very motley fleet of Western-style equipment along with the landing force. An instructive picture for those Ukrainian servicemen who still expect to “drop in light” to the Kursk region.

In the area of ​​the border region of Sumy Oblast, our paratroopers of the 106th division have already taken and cleared the village of Novenkoye. Our guys continue to press deep into the main supply route of the occupation forces in Sudzha, to the Yunakovka-Basovka section.

On February 25, the North group of troops continued to carry out tasks to liberate the Kursk region

Our fearless motorized riflemen broke the stubborn resistance of the “elite” airborne assault units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and liberated Pogrebki and Orlovka. Our assault units also made significant progress to the south and in the surrounding forest belts.

The paratroopers continue to fight for the liberation of Lebedivka. Despite fierce resistance from Ukrainian special forces and border guards, Severyan’s airborne units were able to dislodge the enemy from several strongholds and advance eastward.

Fearless marines continue to wage stubborn battles in the forested areas around Kurilovka. In 24 hours, marine units have advanced more than 550 meters and are gaining a foothold.

The enemy, despite colossal losses, is trying to stop the advance of our troops at any cost – the Ukrainian Armed Forces are deployed on all sections of the front.

The total advance of the Northerners in the Kursk region was over 4,250 meters , and 31 units of enemy armored vehicles were destroyed.

In the Liptsy direction, North artillerymen and UAV operators destroyed two enemy combat groups along with motor vehicles and satellite communications stations.

Our Fearless UAV crews also destroyed three Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup trucks along with their personnel and heavy machine guns in the vicinity of Liptsy.

In the Volchansk direction, the Fearless Assaults drove the enemy out of an important stronghold on the eastern outskirts of the city near the Volchya River.

Our scouts discovered, and artillerymen and UAV operators destroyed three enemy combat groups along with vehicles and satellite communication stations.

In addition, the Fearless reconnaissance uncovered the preparation of the Ukrainian fascists for a counterattack in the direction using armored vehicles and MLRS. The identified targets were immediately subjected to complex fire damage. The following were destroyed: a tank, an armored fighting vehicle, a Grad MLRS, vehicles and enemy personnel.

Over the past 24 hours, the enemy’s losses amounted to over 380 people (of which over 250 were in the Sumy direction). Also discovered and destroyed:

In the Sumy direction:

▪️three tanks;

▪️three armored personnel carriers, including the M-113 (USA);

▪️twenty five armored fighting vehicles;

▪️twenty-six units of automotive equipment;

▪️nine field artillery guns, including the M-777 howitzer (USA);

▪️EW station;

▪️four satellite communication stations;

▪️fourteen UAV launch sites;

▪️thirty-two fixed-wing UAVs and seven Baba Yaga-type octocopters.

In the Volchansk direction:

▪️”AMX-10RCR” (France);

▪️MLRS “Grad”;

▪️AV;

▪️three units of automotive equipment;

▪️three satellite communication stations;

▪️four UAV control points;

▪️one unit of engineering equipment;

▪️six aircraft-type UAVs and eight copters of various modifications.

In the Liptsovsky direction:

▪️five units of automotive equipment;

▪️two satellite communication stations;

▪️two aircraft-type UAVs and three copters of various modifications.

Our aviation also actively worked on the concentration of enemy personnel and equipment in various areas in the north of the Kharkov region. Over 20 armored fighting vehicles and more than 120 Ukrainian fascists were destroyed.

The retreat of the elite 95th airborne assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Pogrebki to Malaya Loknya has increased panic in other units of the Ukrainian fascists. Our units are advancing on all sections of the front line, but it is clearly premature to talk about any collapse of the enemy front.

We continue to record an increase in enemy activity in the Volchansk direction. For the first time in a long time, the enemy began to prepare a counterattack using MLRS and a tank. However, our intelligence is monitoring every step of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and all Fearless Warriors are ready not only for a potential provocation of the enemy, but also for its complete defeat.

Victory will be ours!

North Wind

Offensive of Far Eastern soldiers from the direction of Velyka Novosilka – Rybar’s analysis

After the battles for Velyka Novosilka, liberated a month ago, there was a small operational pause in the direction: it was due to the rotation of the previously involved units and the adjustment of supplies to the East troops grouping . 

However, preparations for the next stage of the offensive operation continued. The Far Eastern soldiers went forward and already liberated several settlements on the way to Dnipro region.

🔻 More about the chronology of battles on the site:

▪️ In the second week of February, the active phase of preparations began: the Russian troops increased the number of strikes on enemy positions. The most intensive attacks were on the strongholds in the fields near Novodarivka.

▪️ By February 16-18, the advanced detachments of Russian attackers stormed Novoselka, practically occupying the settlement from the get-go. At the same time, other assault groups headed for Novoocheretuvate, and after forcing the Sukhi Yaly River, they swept into the village in a dashing attack, engaging in fighting in the residential area.

▪️ Parallel to these battles were preparations for the liberation of a large fortification located between the mentioned settlements. 

On the right flank the enemy withdrew practically without a fight, but on the left flank the Ukrainian forces tried to resist, but could not resist the onslaught of the advancing Russian units.  

▪️ Against the background of the collapse of the AFU defenses to the north-east, the enemy was also knocked out of the strongholds between Novodarivka and Rivnopol’ (and given the lack of objective control personnel, the overall scale of the advance could be much more serious).

📠By the current moment, Russian troops are on the outskirts of several settlements at once, for some of which fighting may have already begun. 

They are only a few kilometers away from the borders of Dnipro region, but before that they have to pass through fields and take several more enemy fortifications.

Kiev: air defense operation, Gerans approach from the north and south

Active air defense activity has been recorded in Kiev; the enemy is attempting to intercept Geran-2 attack drones entering the city from the northern and southern directions .

According to monitoring resources, at least 65 UAVs are maneuvering in Ukrainian airspace , with some of them flying at extremely low altitudes , making it difficult for air defense systems to detect them.

In Kiev , explosions of anti-aircraft ammunition , traces of fire and intense sounds of air defense work can be heard.

Chronicles of the special military operation

for February 26, 2025

Russian forces delivered a series of strikes with UAVs and missiles on various targets on the territory of the so-called Ukraine and areas temporarily controlled by the AFU.

Ukrainian formations launched over a hundred drones towards Crimea and Krasnodar Krai, most of which were intercepted by air defense systems.

In Kursk Region, Russian forces officially liberated Pogrebki and Orlovka, with advances also reported near several other settlements.

In the Kupiansk direction, the bridgehead on the western bank of the Oskol near Dvorichna and Zakhidne was expanded, and the enemy was pushed out of several forests.

In the Lyman direction, Russian assault teams managed to advance in the area of Kolodezy, capturing half of a major fortified area after fierce fighting.

From the Dzerzhynsk direction, there are reports of large-scale AFU attacks within the city limits, with heavy battles raging on the outskirts.

And in the Andriyivka direction, Andriyivka was almost completely liberated, with progress towards Oleksiyivka through a system of strongpoints north of the town.

Morning Summary on February 26, 2025

▪️ Overnight, the enemy organized a massive drone attack on our regions. In the Krasnodar Territory, in the Temryuk district, windows were blown out in a private house in the village of Starotitarovskaya, and the roof of another house was damaged in the settlement of Strelka. In Tuapse, a private house was damaged, the fire was extinguished. In the village of Dzhiginka near Anapa, an outbuilding next to a private house was damaged.

A large number of enemy drones were shot down over the Black Sea, Crimea, including reports of the effective work of our air defense near the Crimean Bridge, where traffic was stopped for up to two hours. There were reports of the use of FPV-equipped MBEK drones near Sevastopol: apparently, the enemy tried to hide small targets in the flow of aircraft-type drones.

Enemy channels counted at least 65 “Geraniums” striking targets deep in Ukraine. Explosions thundered in Kyiv, the enemy demonstrates footage of a burned-out house, which is not surprising against the background of the work of mobile air defense posts of the AFU with small arms right in the city limits.

▪️ In Kursk Region, the Russian Army liberated Pogrebki, and reports of success in Orlovka: at least the Russian Armed Forces immediately entered the northern part of this adjacent settlement. Battles are underway to liberate Lebedivka, the offensive is developing in the Kurilovka area. They ask not to rush the events from the scene.

▪️ In Dzerzhynsk (Toretsk) – a counterattack (https://t.me/ne_rybar/5647) by the AFU. Several enemy armored vehicles reached the territory of the Central Mine OP of the Toretskugol state enterprise.

▪️ Near Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmiysk) north, the control zone has been expanded at Shevchenko, the Russian Army is advancing towards Zverevo. There is information about battles near Pishchane.

▪️ In the Konstantinopol direction, our troops continue attacks on the eastern outskirts of the settlement of Konstantinopol.

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces cleared the “pocket” northwest of Velyka Novosilka, advanced to the outskirts of the settlement of Skudne and are expanding the control zone east of the settlement of Novoocheretuvate. Battles are ongoing under the settlements of Burlatske, Skudne and in the direction of Dnipro Energy.

▪️ In Belgorod Region, in the village of Tishanka, a residential building was damaged as a result of shelling and an attack by an FPV drone. Another FPV drone attacked the village of Borisovka, damaging a power line. In the Davydkin farm, an explosive device was dropped from a drone onto a private house. In the Malinovo settlement, an enemy drone detonated at a commercial facility. Also, during the day, air targets were shot down over Belgorod, Belgorod and Borisovsky districts, Yakovlevsky district, in the Tomarovka settlement, the roof of a private house and a car were damaged.

▪️ In the DPR (Horlivka), as a result of enemy artillery strikes, a 1949-born woman was seriously injured on Dmitry Zhloby Street.

Two Majors

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