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The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation at the next briefing spoke about the course of a special military operation in Ukraine.
According to the representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, after the Ukrainian side abandoned the negotiation process, on February 26, all units were ordered to develop an offensive in all directions in accordance with the operation plan.
The units of the armed forces of the LPR continue the offensive in the direction of the village of Rubezhnoye. Since the beginning of the operation, they have advanced to a depth of up to 46 km, having captured the settlements of Shchastya and Muratovo. The DPR group, advancing in the direction of Petrovskoye, advanced another 10 km and captured the settlements of Starognatovka, Oktyabrskaya and Pavlopol.
According to Konashenkov, “the night before, during the evacuation from Zmeiny Island, 82 Ukrainian military boats voluntarily laid down their arms, 16 boats of the Ukrainian Navy, using the “swarm tactics”, tried to attack the ships of the Black Sea Fleet.” As a result of the confrontation, 6 boats of the Ukrainian Navy were destroyed. During the attack by Ukrainian boats, US strategic unmanned aerial vehicles RQ-4 Global Hawk and MQ-9A Ripper patrolled the area of provocation.
Source: Rosbalt

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