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The pilot Kuzminov was killed in Spain. Chronicle of War
- CNN and ISW: The army of the Russian Federation collects a large group in the Zaporizhzhya region, after the capture of Avdeevka, it tries to advance in 3 directions
- APU claims that on February 19, two more Russian aircraft were shot down-Su-34 and Su-35s
- In Spain, Russian military pilot Maxim Kuzminov could be killed, who fled to Ukraine by helicopter in 2023
- The USA is working on the supply of large -range missiles to Ukraine
- The analysis of the rubble in Kramatorsk and Slavyansk ended: four dead
- Relatives identified the Ukrainian military in a video published in Russian social networks
From the beginning of the military invasion, 198 people were killed, of which three children, 115 people were injured, of which 33 children were injured . This was told by the Minister of Health of Ukraine Viktor Lyashko in Facebook.
According to the minister, the medical system in the country continues to work, and the Ministry of Health does the possible and impossible for the hospitals to have everything necessary: “Even if this is not a war, but for example, Covid-19, which also does not disappear, and patients still need oxygen. And as if occupied, we are trying to quickly bring oxygen to hospitals, we agree with the carriers, we ensure that we agree with the carriers, we ensure that we agree with the carriers, we agree Logistics so that each patient receives help, because we are one, and so it should be! ”
Victor Lyashko also said that on February 25, two boys were born in the Kherson bomb shelter during shelling.
Read the update 15:43The former Russian governor Sevastopol detained in London was released on bail
Former Russian governor of the annexed Sevastopol Dmitry Ovsyannikov was released on bail in London. Earlier, he was accused of violating the sanctions regime and laundering of money. In anticipation of the court, he must hand over his British and Russian passports to the authorities, TASS correspondent from the courtroom reports.
The Russian official was not previously reported about British citizenship. The sanctions list on the UK government website indicates only Russian citizenship of the official. It is known that Ovsyannikov was detained in his house in London.
14:56In Germany, perhaps, a decision is being prepared to transfer Taurus missiles to Ukraine
Several German media, citing sources, report that the ruling coalition of Germany is preparing a secret agreement on military supplies to Ukraine, which will include long -range missiles. The name Taurus missiles is not mentioned in the document, but it is said about the supply of "additional systems of long -range weapons and ammunition, which is necessary for Ukraine to carry out targeted attacks on strategically important goals far from the rear of the Russian aggressor." For this description, Taurus missiles with a radius of action up to 500 kilometers are suitable.
13:44The Spanish press gives details about the murder of Maxim Kuzmenkov
The body of a man with a Ukrainian passport was found on February 13 on a ramp of a communal garage in Alikant on the southeastern coast of Spain. He was shot dead and moved by his own car. Contractors disappeared from the scene of the crime, reports with reference to sources in the investigation of the El País newspaper . The Civil Guard of Spain initially suspected that the dead used fake documents, the newspaper reports. The Spanish authorities officially did not confirm the identity of the murdered person, but El País sources in the Alikant police confirm that it was Kuzminov.
The El Español newspaper with reference to the source in the investigation reports that the suspects (their number is not called) followed Kuzminov for a long time, finding out his daily routine. They gained access to cameras in the garage where he parked. Sources called the crime performers professionals.
12:04The European Union extended sanctions against Russia for another year
The European Union extended the effect of sanctions expanded after the Russian annexation of Ukrainian territories until February 24, 2025.
The European Union decided that while Russia uses force, thereby seriously violating international law, "it is advisable to maintain all the measures that are currently introduced by the Union and take additional measures, if necessary."
11:56The head of the SVR of Russia commented on the murder of pilot Kuzminov in Spain
"You know, in Russia it is accepted about the dead man either well or nothing. This traitor and criminal became a moral corpse at the moment when he planned his dirty and terrible crime," said Sergey Naryshkin.
On the eve of the pro-Russian telegram channels, and then the GUR of Ukraine reported the murder of the Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov in the Spanish city of La-Vikliyakhoyos, who had previously overtook the Russian helicopter at the air base in Ukraine. The fact that Kuzminov was killed is confirmed by the sources of Spanish publications in the police.
10:06Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: all the drones who attacked Ukraine are knocked down
According to the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces, last night it was possible to knock down all 23 “Shakheda” launched around Ukraine. Two S-300/400 missiles and one C-31 missile could not be knocked down.
The authorities of the Poltava region reported a blow to an industrial enterprise, which led to a fire. There are no victims and victims.
The Armed Forces at night were shot down by all the 23 "Shakheda" launched around Ukraine. Recall that the arrival was still in Kremenchug, where the enterprise burned. Also, the Russians struck two S-300/400 missiles and the X-31 aircraft. They could not be shot down.
23:25 19.2.2024The army of the Russian Federation collects a large grouping of troops in the Zaporizhzhya region
CNN, with reference to its sources in the American intelligence community, said that Russia concentrated a "huge number of troops" at the front line in the Zaporizhzhya region. According to CNN, we are talking about a group of 50 thousand military personnel. The area of their dislocation at the moment approximately coincides with where last summer the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to start a counterattack.
22:12 19.2.2024As a result of the Russian shelling of the village in the Zaporizhzhya region, a local resident was killed
On February 19, Russian troops fired on February 19 from the reactive systems of volley fire "Grad" the village of Primorskoye in the Zaporizhzhya region. This was announced by the head of the local regional military administration (ova) Ivan Fedorov. As a result of shelling, according to him, a 57-year-old man, a local resident, died.
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21:35 19.2.2024In Spain, Russian military pilot Maxim Kuzminov could be killed, who fled to Ukraine by helicopter in 2023
A man with the documents of a citizen of Ukraine, found a few days ago shot in the Spanish city of La-Vielihoyos in the province of Alikant, can actually be a former Russian military pilot Maxim Kuzminov.
In September 2023, during the special operation of Ukrainian military intelligence, Sinitsa Kuzminov, a 28-year-old pilot-player of the 319th separate helicopter regiment of the Eastern Military District of the Russian Federation, flew the front line on its military helicopter Mi-8 and surrendered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Two members of his crew, who did not know about what was happening, were killed shortly after landing when trying to hide from the fighters of the Armed Forces. Kuzminov’s relatives, according to the head of the GUR Kirill Budanov, helped to leave Russia before the operation.
On February 14, the Spanish edition of ABC reported that on February 13, the body of a 33-year-old citizen of Ukraine with several bullet wounds was found in the city of La-Vileyoos. The surname of the murdered was not called. Then the first that Kuzminov was killed was written by the Italian pro -Russian resource IL Corrispondente, who called the former pilot the "traitor of Russia". Later, this information, already with their interpretations, picked up several Russian propaganda TG channels and the media. At the same time, as the Insider writes , initially that TASS said in Russia killed in Russia, and only on February 19, referring to some Spanish media. According to the publication, in fact, there were no such messages in the Spanish media, and the news about the death of Kuzminov was the Eureka News telegram channel-this is the channel of the former employee of the Russian Ministry of Defense Mikhail Zvinchuk, the author of the Rybar channel. At the moment, the post about Kuzminov’s death in the telegram channel has been deleted.
However, the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Andrei Yusov on February 19 said that the murdered was still Maxim Kuzminov. “We can confirm the fact of death,” Yusov told the publication of RBC-Ukraine without specifying the reasons for the death of the former Russian pilot.
Radio Liberty turned to the Civil Guard of Spain (gendarmerie), conducting the investigation of this death. Here is their answer:
"On Tuesday last week, a person was found dead in Williachoyoos (Alicante Province), with several gunshot wounds. During the investigation, it turned out that the personality of this person could be false according to the documents - and in fact another was hidden under his name. The Civil Guard continues to conduct an investigation, but at the moment cannot provide you with additional information."
In October 2023, the officers of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces (the former GRU) in the plot on the Russia 1 TV channel said they received an order to liquidate Kuzminov.
20:07 19.2.2024Institute for the Study of War: The Army of the Russian Federation after capturing Avdeevka tries to advance in 3 directions
On February 18, the American Institute for War Study (ISW) published a new report on the course of hostilities in Ukraine. It states that Russian troops are currently conducting at least three offensive operations: on the border of the Kharkov and Lugansk regions, in Avdeevka and around it and in the vicinity of the village of Workers in the west of the Zaporizhzhya region.
However, according to ISW analysts, after the APU Avdeevka retreat, now, obviously, they will be able to create a new line of defense nearby, and as a result, the Russian offensive may be stopped. However, on the other hand, now the Russian armies are playing into the hands of delays with the supply of new weapons to the West by the West, ISW analysts summarize.
A map of the situation at the front from the social network X as of the night of February 18 to 19:
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- Institute for the Study of War (@theudyofwar) February 19, 2024