Ukraine resumed operation of KhNPP - IAEA

 

Ukraine resumed operation of one power unit of the Khmelnytsky nuclear power plant (KhNPP, Netishyn, Khmelnytsky region).

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said this in a statement, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

"Ukraine stated that one of the two units of the Khmelnytsky Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) was reconnected to the grid after maintenance. As a result, 8 of Ukraine's 15 reactors are currently operating, including two at the Zaporozhye NPP, three at the Rivne NPP, two at the South-Ukrainian NPP and one at the Khmelnytsky NPP. Seven other reactors have been shut down for scheduled maintenance or are on standby.

As Ukrainian News Agency reported, according to the IAEA, on April 3, Ukraine stopped the operation of the Khmelnytsky NPP , in particular, the operation of power unit No. 1 was stopped.

On February 18, the Khmelnytsky nuclear power plant turned off power unit No. 2 for a major scheduled preventive maintenance lasting 92 days.

The Khmelnitsky NPP includes 2 power units (VVER-1000) with a total capacity of 2,000 MW (connected in 1987 and 2004).

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Britain will supply armored vehicles to Ukraine

 

The UK is developing a plan to send armored vehicles to Ukraine.

It is reported by The Times.

The British Ministry of Defense is considering options for sending armored vehicles such as Mastiff.

As well as vehicles like the Chakal, which can be used as reconnaissance or long-range patrols.

In addition, the publication, citing a source, reports that British troops will be sent to a country neighboring Ukraine to conduct exercises.

" Further support (to Ukraine - ed.), including anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles, the UK will announce in the coming days ," The Times notes.

As Ukrainian News Agency reported, the UK has declared its readiness to become the guarantor of Ukraine's security .

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Occupiers may launch offensive in next 24 hours - General Staff

The Russian occupiers may launch an offensive in the east of Ukraine, in the direction of Severodonetsk, in the next day.

This is stated in the operational information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The General Staff noted that in the Donetsk and Tauride directions, the enemy continued to focus its main efforts on capturing settlements:

• boundary;
• popasnaya;
• Trinity;
• Avdiivka;
• Marinka;
• Krasnogorovka.

In addition, the Russian occupiers are preparing for an offensive, which may start in the next day in the direction of Severodonetsk and Bolshaya Novoselka.

"With the support of aviation and artillery, the enemy continues the assault on Mariupol," the statement said. 

In the Polesye direction, the enemy is completing the regrouping and preparation for the redeployment of individual units from Belarus to the Russian Federation.

According to available information, separate units of the airborne troops of the invaders are being transferred by military transport aircraft to the city of Belgorod.

To slow down the advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the occupiers carried out mass chaotic mining not only of previously occupied positions and areas of the terrain, but also of the ways of advance.

In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy continues to blockade Kharkov, inflicts artillery strikes on residential areas of the city and tries to regroup troops.

In the Izyum direction, the invaders tried to resume the offensive, but were unsuccessful.

Recall that earlier intelligence reported that  on April 1, mobilization under the BARS program will begin in Russia .

Meanwhile, a hidden mobilization of reservists has begun in the Russian Federation , they plan to attract 60 thousand people

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Ukrainian forces allegedly foiled plan by Chechen paramilitaries to kill president

 A PLOT BY A notorious Chechen paramilitary group to assassinate the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, was foiled by Ukrainian forces, according to a Ukrainian government official. The claim was made on Tuesday by Ukraine’s Center for Strategic Communications, a government-linked enterprise that works closely with the country’s Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The source of the allegation is Oleksiy Danilov, chair of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council—which is believed to be closely linked with the Center for Strategic Communications. Danilov said on Tuesday that members of the Kadyrovtsy (known in English as Kadyrovites), a Chechen paramilitary regiment, had been dispatched to Ukraine in order to “eliminate” Zelensky.

The Kadyrovites are rooted in the Chechen separatist movement of the 1990s, when Chechen militants fought against the Russian military. But a sizeable group of Chechen fighters entered the conflict on behalf of the Russian state when their leader, Akhmad Kadyrov, took Moscow’s side during the Second Chechen War. Today they operate as a personal protection squadron for Kadyrov’s son, Ramzan Kadyrov, who rules Chechnya on behalf of the Kremlin. Occasionally the Kadyrovites have been participated in foreign missions on behalf of Moscow, notably in Syria in 2017 and 2018.

Danilov said the assassins had attempted to approach Kiev from the northwest, separated in two groups. One of the groups was allegedly “destroyed” in the town of Hostomel, which borders the northwest suburbs of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. Another group had come “under fire” in Kiev, Danilov claimed. It is worth noting that, according to Danilov, Ukrainian forces “received information” about the alleged assassination plot by agents of Russia’s Federal Security Service —Russia’s counterintelligence and counterterrorism agency— who “do not want to take part in this bloody war”.

Earlier this week, British newspaper The Times reported that 400 Russian paramilitaries belonging to the Wagner Group were heading to Kiev in order to assassinate Zelensky. Wagner, a secretive security firm believed to operate on behalf of Russian military intelligence, first appeared in eastern Ukraine in 2014. Since then, the company has operated around the world as a private paramilitary entity. Its mission is allegedly to afford the Kremlin “plausible deniability” capabilities for operations in the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe.

Joseph Fitsanakis 

https://intelnews.org/2022/03/03/01-3163/

The National Guard stopped the ATB trucks with the Russian military in Nikolaev

 

The National Guard stopped in Nikolaev trucks with the marking of the ATB supermarket chain, in which the Russian-occupation military were hiding.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced this , Ukrainian News Agency reports .

"In Nikolaev, a detachment of the National Guard of Ukraine, together with the city commissioner, stopped trucks with the marking of the ATB network. During the inspection, the troops of the invaders were found. The battle began. All the Russian military were neutralized," the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.

As Ukrainian News Agency reported, earlier, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated the Russian military, who seized the vehicles of the Ukrainian army and broke into Kiev.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr  Zelensky said that martial law would be introduced in Ukraine  due to the Russian invasion.

Putin officially announced a special operation  against Ukraine. 

On February 22, the Federation Council of Russia (the upper house of parliament) gave permission to President Vladimir Putin  to use Russian troops abroad , including in ORDLO.

On February 21, the President of the Russian Federation  signed a decree recognizing the independence of the so-called "DNR" and "LNR" .

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Lukashenka confirmed that missiles were launched from the territory of Belarus at Ukraine

 

Alexander Lukashenko

Alexander Lukashenko, declared by the Central Election Commission of Belarus as President, confirmed that missiles were launched from the territory of Belarus at positions in Ukraine and said that Donbass is no longer Ukrainian. This is stated in a message on the website of the President of Belarus , Ukrainian News Agency reports.

“Alexander Lukashenko confirmed that rockets were launched from the territory of Belarus at positions in Ukraine, but this was a forced step ,” the message says. Lukashenka told journalists about this on Sunday, February 27, after he voted at the republican referendum on amendments and additions to the Constitution of Belarus.

“At 11 o’clock (in the evening of February 23), on the eve of this conflict (it was already dark), indeed, two or three rockets were launched from the territory of approximately the Chernobyl regions, where Russian troops were on exercises,” Lukashenka said. 

He explained this by the fact that on the Ukrainian side, 10-15 km from the border with Belarus, several deployed missile battalions were discovered and, according to intelligence, the Ukrainian side was preparing to strike at the territory of Belarus in the next few minutes, where part of the Russian group remained after the exercises.

“ I did not give them orders to launch rockets. I said, "Yes, guys, we see it." And then the Russians fired two or three missiles at these positions. After that, there were no positions. But who is to blame? ", - he said.

Lukashenka also said that Donbass is no longer Ukrainian.

As Ukrainian News Agency reported, the press secretary of President Volodymyr Zelensky, Serhiy Nikiforov, said that Ukraine is not considering Russia's proposal to lay down arms and excludes the possibility of negotiations in Belarus.

Russian troops attacked the state border of Ukraine from Russia and Belarus around 5:00 on February 24.

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In Bucha, a shell hit a high-rise building. The fire cannot be completely extinguished due to shelling

 

A shell from Russian invaders hit a nine-story residential building in Bucha, Kiev region. The fire was localized, but not completely extinguished due to incessant shelling.

This is reported by the State Emergency Service. 

"In the Kiev region on February 27 at 08:20 in the city of Bucha on 101 Vokzalnaya Street, a shell hit a nine-story residential building, followed by fire. The fire was localized. There were no preliminary victims or injured. Five people and one piece of equipment were involved from the State Emergency Service. The units of the State Emergency Service left the scene in connection with the shelling ," the statement said.

As Ukrainian News Agency reported, in Kharkiv, a shell of invaders hit a 9-storey building , and a woman died. Rescuers evacuated about 20 people from the destroyed entrance of the house.

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