Thread by @HeliosRunner

1/ Last recap of the day - 22/02/2023
just in - last message from #Zelensky :
#Maryinka #Mariinka
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/79th_Air_…
#Bakhmut
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80th_Air_…
Brave men giving their lives everyday

2/ last Serhii Haydai update on the situation in #Luhansk region - February 22, evening:

Russians emphasize on the Kreminsk #Kreminna direction.
"There, yesterday, #Russians even broke through our defenses for a certain time somewhere, but the Ukrainian military destroyed

3/ part of the heavy equipment of the occupiers, and some managed to leave . In the end, we kept our positions"
- "the maximum phase is NOT YET THERE, but partly this offensive of the Russians is already in progress.. "

i can also report several videos from Ru accounts dating

4/ from the last couple days where they were showing ukr new prisoners in their trenches. Wagner even managed to get there and filmed some guys, "enjoying tea time with POW" just to show that they are "civilized" with prisoners.. (sigh) i do not show such bs propaganda, unless

5/ it helps for a specific thread.
Anyway..
then Hayday added :

"in the #Svativ #Svatove direction, the occupiers are also accumulating (more & more) forces and means, but the Defense Forces of Ukraine destroy(ed) the equipment & personnel of the enemy there every day..."😄👍

6/ From officials : "In The completely destroyed #Ugledar #Vuhledar is greeted with a roar from the arrival.
A mining town in ruins, with shells in the middle of yards and burned cars - everything speaks of war🔥
Despite all the horrors, local people who mined hard coal before

7/ the Russian "liberation" continue to live in Ugledar, and now they are looking for water & an opportunity to recharge their phones.
Journalists of the Military Television of #Ukraine were able to see more in #Vuhledar

i'm simply speechless abt that news.

8/ Operational Armed Forces, [22/02/2023 19:50]
"72 OMBr named after Black Zaporozhians showed their contribution to the statistics of demilitarization of the horde."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/72nd_Mech…

9/ Op Armed Forces, [22/02/2023 20:38]
"All Russian plans for the complete capture of Donetsk region fail every time" - said the head of #Donetsk OVA Pavlo #Kyrilenko

Our military command is capable not only of restraining the enemy's offensive, but also of liberating the entire

10/ territory of the region, which has been occupied since 2014, - Kirylenko added during the "telethon" (special TV show).
he is considering that they have -allegedly- enough "ressources" to one day being able to take it all back...
i'm sure it's political talk but good to hear

11/ Last gen staff report
part 1&2
" the adversary continues to attack the positions of Ukrainian troops near the settlements of #OrikhovoVasylivka, #DubovoVasylivka, #Berkhivka, #Yahidne, and #Bakhmut."

12/ now last infos from local commanders reveals it is indeed really hard in #Berkhivka (Wagner claims they will have entirely take it in couple days as they are inside the village now)
and also Ru made progress south & East!

i'll make maps tomorrow to recap it all !

End

13/ add on
#Russia is preparing a plan "land in exchange for peace," – Oleksiy #Danilov

"Internal destabilization in Ukraine is the only salvation for Russia from military defeat. The Kremlin is launching a "virus" – the idea of the possibility of a compromise. On international

14/ platforms and inside Ukraine, the Russian Federation promotes the idea of Ukraine. renunciation of the territories of Donetsk, #Luhansk regions, and #Crimea in exchange for an end to the war," – noted the secretary of the NSDC.