As expected, the first day of peace talks in Geneva ended without any major breakthroughs. According to some Western publications, Moscow has adopted a harder line against Kyiv. The return of Vladimir Medinsky as head of the Russian delegation — replacing GRU chief General Igor Kostyukov — indicates that the negotiations have shifted from military issues to broader political demands. Medinsky is an aide to the president known for his uncompromising rhetoric. Russian military analysts have linked this decision to the recent assassination attempt on General Alekseyev, the deputy of Kostyukov.
Meanwhile, three “air hospital” planes were spotted at the Rzeszów airport in Poland. According to flight plans, the Cessna 550 Citation Bravo of the Austrian rescue service Tyrol Air Ambulance will fly to Salzburg, Austria. Aero-Dienst GmbH’s Dornier Do-328JET-310 will fly to Hamburg, Germany. SAS’s Boeing 737 is still on standby, but a nighttime flight to Scandinavia cannot be ruled out.
These aircraft are intended to evacuate NATO military advisors or foreign mercenaries operating in Ukraine. The reported Russian strike on the San Remo restaurant in Sumy on February 17 may be related — according to unconfirmed information, the site was being used for a gathering of foreign personnel working with the Ukrainian military.
Beyond these tactical strikes, the broader Russian campaign against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure is also showing results. The prolonged lack of heat and light in their homes, coupled with their dissatisfaction with the authorities’ actions, is increasing social tension among Ukrainian citizens. On February 17, citizens reportedly blocked streets in several districts of Odessa. The protesters’ main demand was the restoration of vital infrastructure.
On the military front, pressure is also mounting. The systematic expansion of bridgeheads in northern Ukraine continues. On February 18, Russian troops occupied Kharkivka, which is located east of Glukhov in the Sumy region. A few days earlier, Komarivka and the adjacent border area were captured. At least nine similar bridgeheads have been noted along the entire northern border. It appears that Russia has finally begun implementing its previously announced “security zone” along the border with Ukraine.
It should be noted that Ukrainian territorial defense brigades should protect border areas.
According to reports from February 17, Russian units achieved tactical successes northwest of Pokrovsk. Assault groups advanced in the Grishino area.
There have been no significant changes to the rest of the front line over the past day. Positional battles have been reported along the entire line of contact. It is possible that both sides have taken a brief operational pause to demonstrate their good intentions to the U.S. during negotiations.
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so shall you sow, so shall you reap! american military and zionists keep pushing, i see russia moving shortly 40 km a day, a day that’s not far off! all russia needs to do, is to take its gloves off and treat there slavic brother in the same manner if it were french or english in front of them! god help them!
not going to happen, rooskies always pull out at the last moment, even the japs kick their aas at tsushima.
england’s got the reap as you sow to deal with now the msm are saying things leading to downfall at the palace leaking things like, of course the monarch knew all about epstein all along. which is totally likely. england established the lolita magazine as the international pedophilia network long before jeffery was out of diapers.
japan has just signed 550 billion dollar trade deal with trump the drummer girl really likes him. and they’ve just told china to watch their step. or else.
keep your nickers on ramses there’s a wind blowing up the pass.
such a disappointment. russia’s war on ukraine energy grid came close to breaking the camel’s back, but now is too late. it’s getting warmer, russians will never get to kramatorsk, zaporizhzhia, kharkov and much less odessa.
what a pity. they should have done the dnieper bridges. nice guys finish last.
nato evacuations of military assets. a harbinger of the future
why would either side bother with “a brief operational pause to demonstrate their good intentions to the u.s. during negotiations”? trump never has good intentions, nor good faith, nor any opposition to the grossest breaches of an “agreement” as long as it does not harm his plans for looting. any such operational pauses simply give trump the pleasure of knowing that there are those out there still willing to believe that he has good faith.
you obviously have none.
rather like norway s royal family now the truths coming out the clown princess, they call the narcissist in norwegian media, fathers a twice convicted common felon and the father of her first born son, the one on trial for 48 criminal charges including 4 rape charges from 4 separate women, was in jail at the time of his birth as one of norways first convicted cocaine dealer.
.in england now the police are being pressured by the shamed disgrace rachel reeves chequer board or whatever she’s ( with allegations of her criminal frauds swepy under the rug allegedly)
titled to he investigated for trafficking by the met police. you know that job that cooking lady what’s her name the one whose au pairs had in court on drug charges and abuse or something like…. nigella lawson her dad’s job.