WW3? Ukraine/US vs. Donbass/Russia

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WarTranslated

Feb 25
Footage circulating online shows the moment of a powerful strike by a "Flamingo" on the Votkinsk Plant in Russia, more than 1,000 km from the border with Ukraine.

The plant is considered one of the key manufacturers of ballistic missiles, including the Iskander-M system and the "Oreshnik", as well as nuclear launch systems.

https://x.com/wartranslated/status/2026641638550905224

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Zlatti71

‼️🇸🇪🇫🇷 A "Russian" drone was flying towards the French aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle" in Sweden

▪️The incident occurred in the Swedish port of Malmö, where a French Navy warship was present at the time.
▪️The Swedish Defense Minister reported that the drone might have come from Russia.
➖"There was likely a violation of Swedish airspace by a drone. This could be related to the fact that a Russian military ship was in the Öresund strait in Swedish territorial waters. The armed forces acted quickly and decisively to shoot down the drone. Apparently, there is a close connection between the Russian military ship and this drone," said Defense Minister Paul Johnson.
▪️After this, the Russian ship continued on its way through the Baltic Sea.
- RVvoenkor

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/2027356810722541962

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Zlatti71

President Putin instructed to create a system for training specialists in unmanned systems and to accelerate the implementation of unmanned systems

▪️The President approved a list of instructions for the development of autonomous systems: the Cabinet of Ministers is instructed to accelerate the implementation of AS (highly automated vehicles and self-propelled machines, unmanned aerial systems, autonomous ships, railway equipment and rail transport vehicles, robots) in economic sectors, ensure the creation of specialized and the development of existing infrastructure for their operation, and prepare a set of solutions for communication for the management of such systems.
▪️The government also needs to ensure the creation of a system for the training and retraining of specialists in the field of development, production, operation and maintenance of autonomous systems.
▪️We are talking about a comprehensive model of education - from engineering staff to operators and technology developers.
▪️There is also an instruction to more actively involve participants of the Special Military Operation in the development and improvement of unmanned solutions. The emphasis is on using combat experience to accelerate the implementation of practical developments.
- RVvoenkor

https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/2027357068215091287

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dana

🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Enemy's drone depot blows up – Russian Geran drones engaged the target.

-in the vicinity of Usok, Sumy region

Russian Defense Ministry

https://x.com/dana916/status/2028542984153595979

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dana

🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Assault detachments of paratroopers from Pskov capture AFU stronghold in Krasnoarmeysk direction

During the battle to liberate one of the settlements, an assault group of the 'winged infantry' was tasked to move to the designated area, capture and mop up an AFU stronghold located in one of the semi-destructed buildings.

Ivan Radin, assault group leader, told about the battle.

Russian Defense Ministry

https://x.com/dana916/status/2028542484859719983

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dana

🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Gorkoye is under ours control. The Vostok Group's servicemen shared details of the liberation of the settlement in Zaporozhye region.

Assault platoon leader with the call sign 'Melky' told about a breakthrough in enemy defense:

'At the approaches in the forest belt, a fortified area and several dugouts were detected. We took one of the dugouts, waited for the support of our FPV drones and started the assault. We mopped up the area: there were four AFU servicemen there. We consolidated on the position, built up our forces, and moved into the settlement itself.'

Russian Defense Ministry

https://x.com/dana916/status/2028543355362361421

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dana

Russian Defense Minister congratulates servicemen involved in liberation of Drobyshevo, Donetsk People's Republic

Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov congratulated the command and personnel of 252nd Motorised Rifle Regiment and 237th Tank Regiment on the liberation of Drobyshevo (Donetsk People's Republic).

'In the course of the special military operation, by breaking through the enemy's defenses, you consistently liberate Donetsk land from neo-Nazis. Servicemen of the 252nd Motorized Rifle Regiment, showing courage and selflessness, fight against the enemy in the most responsible areas,' said the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation in the telegram.

The Russian Defense Minister noted that this victory continues the heroic path of the motorized rifle regiment and will forever remain a symbol of bravery and resilience for the next generation of defenders of the Fatherland.

'In the course of the special military operation, the servicemen of the 237th Tank Regiment, with courage and valour, successfully carry out combat missions, wipe out the enemy's armed formations and push them off the lines,' the Russian Defense Minister stressed.

Andrei Belousov thanked the servicemen for their loyalty to the military oath, for their courage and heroism displayed in combat missions, and expressed confidence that the servicemen of the units would continue to serve Russia with honour, bringing the Victory closer.

Russian Defense Ministry

https://x.com/dana916/status/2028544919996961024

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dana

🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Servicemen of the 5th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade n.a. A.V. Zakharchenko of the Tsentr Group of Forces shared new details on the liberation of Dimitrov, the Donetsk People's Republic.

▫️ Assault detachments blocked the AFU garrison and mopped up the enemy in the city in which the enemy consolidated in residential buildings and equipped strongholds in them.

❗️ According to the servicemen, Ukrainian units used civilians as a human shield:

'We asked civilians: 'What made you stay here?' The answer came to one: they were simply not allowed to leave, they were used as a 'human shield,' said the motorized rifle platoon leader.

Now, the Tsentr Group of Forces units are moving on, breaking through the enemy's defenses. Above all, the civilians are evacuated out of the fire.

Russian Defense Ministry
https://x.com/dana916/status/2028547621661323426

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dana

🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Rubikon specialists wipe out the enemy in the special military operation zone.

Our drones eliminated the following targets:

▫️ 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system,
▫️ М1117 armoured personnel carrier,
▫️ motor vehicles,
▫️ EW and signal equipment,
▫️ manpower.

Russian Defense Ministry

https://x.com/dana916/status/2028549055672951085

🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦Giving the enemy no respite

Yuzhnaya Group's servicemen engaged an ammunition depot and two observation posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Konstantinovka direction.

Vostok Group's Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system hit hostile drones and strongholds in Dnepropetrovsk region.

Russian Defense Ministry

https://x.com/dana916/status/2028548696254636531

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News of Donbass

Feb 28
#WarData
🔹 Over the past week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost about 8,725 soldiers

💥 In its daily summary, the Russian Ministry of Defense provides figures for enemy losses in the areas of responsibility of the Armed Forces of Russia.

⚫️ The Tsentr Group of Forces - 2,480+;
⚫️ The Vostok Group of Forces - 2,205+;
⚫️ The Zapad Group of Forces - 1,260+;
⚫️ The Yug Group of Forces - 940+;
⚫️ The Sever Group of Forces - 1,485+;
⚫️ The Dnepr Group of Forces - up to 355.

📈 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the enemy has lost 670 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 117,806 unmanned aerial vehicles, 651 anti-aircraft missile systems, 27,911 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,674 MLRS combat vehicles, 33,506 field artillery guns and mortars, 55,388 units of support military vehicles.

https://x.com/News_of_Donbass/status...03081358487888

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News of Donbass

Feb 28
#HeroesZ
A miracle on the brink of life and death: the Russian fighter "Lis" (Fox) has come back to life!

▫️ Aleksandr Rochev, who was seriously wounded by shelling from Ukrainian Nazis, was mistakenly declared dead and placed in the morgue. However, fate had other plans—he regained consciousness!

▫️Now, Aleksandr assists the medical staff in the medical unit and dreams of returning to active service. For his courage and dedication, he was awarded the Medal of Zhukov and the Medal for Courage.

https://x.com/News_of_Donbass/status...05139654541355

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News of Donbass

Feb 28
☦️ Soul Renovation: Donbass Churches Rebuilt

⛪️ A story about the indomitable spirit of Orthodoxy and the power of human faith. Churches throughout Donbass are currently being restored alongside homes destroyed by war. For many believers, seeing these sacred sites rebuilt helps heal souls wounded by conflict.

🎥 The documentary "Soul Renovation: Donbass Churches Rebuilt" by Ekaterina Kitaitseva and Anton Meshcheryakov is available for international audiences on the website.
(https://en.rtdoc.tv/films/2665-soul-...urches-rebuilt)

https://x.com/News_of_Donbass/status...52600649470306

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News of Donbass

#WarData
▶️ Visually - the advance of Russian troops over 3 winter months

From December to February, our troops confidently advanced in all directions and liberated a total of 83 settlements.

Source: svomapp

https://x.com/News_of_Donbass/status...01709031448598

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DD Geopolitics

🇷🇺 Negotiations on Ukraine are not the priority. The priority is victory in the Special Military Operation and the achievement of all its objectives, Medvedev said in response to questions from TASS.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/2028495281243762931

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RT

❗️Zelensky signs law allowing to evacuate children from potential combat zones WITHOUT parents’ consent

Compulsory relocation of children to safer regions is now authorized — TASS

Earlier, human rights advocates suggested vetoing the bill as they fear human rights violation


https://x.com/RT_com/status/2028457918887063556

https://x.com/grok/status/2028588484261183807

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dana

🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦Chronicle of a special military operation for March 2, 2026

Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces hit storage and energy facilities in several districts of the Kharkiv and Sumy regions. In Krivoy Rog, the strike targeted the enterprise "Euro Oil Production", which supplies motor oil and other products.

Ukrainian forces attacked the port infrastructure of Novorossiysk with drones, damaging one of the ships in the harbor and an oil loading terminal. Energy facilities in the territory of Crimea also came under attack, with power outages reported in several areas of the peninsula.

On the Burluk direction, after several weeks of fighting, the assault troops of the "North" military unit liberated Krugloye and are now advancing towards Nesternoe. They have also expanded their control zone in the vicinity of Vilcha and Volchansky Khutory.

rybar

https://x.com/dana916/status/2028617309619675424

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DD Geopolitics

🇷🇺🇲🇹 Reports indicate that a sanctioned Russian LNG tanker, Arctic Metagaz, caught fire in the Mediterranean near Malta after being struck by an “unidentified” kamikaze drone.

The crew’s fate remains unknown.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/2028931113058746857

Grok

@grok
Yes, reports confirm the Russian-flagged LNG tanker Arctic Metagaz (sanctioned shadow fleet vessel) caught fire in the central Mediterranean today near Malta/Libya after apparent explosions, likely a naval drone strike around 4 AM local time. Crew is safe in a lifeboat. Ukraine is suspected by maritime sources (no evidence or claim released yet). Russia says it's investigating the attacker. Video matches circulating footage of the blaze.

https://x.com/grok/status/2028965406002536797

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Posted by Ravenlocke (here)
RT

❗️Zelensky signs law allowing to evacuate children from potential combat zones WITHOUT parents’ consent

Compulsory relocation of children to safer regions is now authorized — TASS

Earlier, human rights advocates suggested vetoing the bill as they fear human rights violation


https://x.com/RT_com/status/2028457918887063556

https://x.com/grok/status/2028588484261183807

Putin was declared a war criminal by the ICC when Russian troops evacuated children from a war zone. But Zelensky can pass a law requiring the government to do so, without parents' consent?

[Tintin]

Posted by sdv (here)

Posted by Ravenlocke (here)
RT

❗️Zelensky signs law allowing to evacuate children from potential combat zones WITHOUT parents’ consent

Compulsory relocation of children to safer regions is now authorized — TASS

Earlier, human rights advocates suggested vetoing the bill as they fear human rights violation


https://x.com/RT_com/status/2028457918887063556

https://x.com/grok/status/2028588484261183807

Putin was declared a war criminal by the ICC when Russian troops evacuated children from a war zone. But Zelensky can pass a law requiring the government to do so, without parents' consent?

Gotta keep the child-trafficking to the Satanic elites going, via his wife's 'Foundation' sdv: The Gollum on Bankhova Street is Epstein 2.0 in this regard - there are others of course.

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Al Mayadeen English


If confirmed as a conflict-related strike, the attack would mark the first known instance of an LNG carrier being targeted during the war in #Ukraine.

#Russia

https://x.com/MayadeenEnglish/status...07224317342206

https://english.almayadeen.net/news/...r-in-mediterra

Russia accuses Ukraine of attacking LNG carrier in Mediterranean
A Russian liquefied natural gas carrier came under attack in the Mediterranean Sea on March 3, with Moscow blaming Ukrainian unmanned naval drones.

The Russian Transport Ministry said the Arctic Metagaz, carrying cargo from the Arctic port of Murmansk, was attacked near the territorial waters of Malta, with the drones launched from the Libyan coast. All 30 Russian crew members were rescued following a coordinated response by Maltese and Russian rescue services.

Moscow described the incident as "an act of international terrorism and maritime piracy" and a gross violation of international maritime law. The Ministry also leveled accusations at European Union member states, suggesting the attack was carried out "with the connivance" of EU authorities.

The United States sanctioned the vessel in August 2024 as one of seven ships linked to the Arctic LNG 2 project and flagged for carrying out "illegal" ship-to-ship transfers, with the EU and UK following suit with their own listings in 2025. The vessel had been operating as part of a broader logistics network designed to sustain Russian Arctic LNG exports despite Western restrictions.

A significant escalation

The attack fits into a broader and intensifying Ukrainian campaign against Russian energy assets at sea. In late November 2025, Ukraine's Security Service struck two Russian oil tankers, the Kairos and the Virat, in the Black Sea using naval drones.

In December 2025, Kiev struck a Russian tanker in the Mediterranean for the first time, in neutral waters more than 2,000 kilometers from Ukraine.

If confirmed as a conflict-related strike, the attack would mark the first known instance of an LNG carrier being targeted during the war in Ukraine. LNG carriers have historically been avoided in such campaigns, given the heightened safety and environmental risks involved.

The EU as a bloc remains the single largest importer of Russian LNG, accounting for nearly half of total exports, followed by China at 23% and Japan at 18%. European imports have continued to rise into 2026 as buyers rush to secure supply ahead of a planned EU ban on Russian LNG imports set to take effect in January 2027.

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TASS

Air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 32 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over Russian regions during the past night, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.

TASS has put together key facts about the nightly drone attack:
https://vk.cc/cV3v28

https://x.com/tassagency_en/status/2029118468230873512

https://tass.com/politics/2096035?ut...m_social_share


Injured people in Volgograd Region: aftermath of Ukrainian UAV attack on Russian regions

Five people were injured in the attack, Governor Andrey Bocharov said

MOSCOW, March 4. /TASS/. Air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 32 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over Russian regions during the past night, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.

Five people were injured in the southern Volgograd Region in a Ukrainian drone attack.

TASS has put together key facts about the nightly drone attack.

Scope

Alert air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 32 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over Russian regions between 11 p.m. Moscow time on March 3 and 7 a.m. Moscow time on March 4 (8 p.m. on March 3 - 4 a.m. on March 4 GMT), the Defense Ministry reported.

Twenty-one UAVs were shot down over the Volgograd Region, four each over the Rostov and Belgorod Regions, two over the Astrakhan Region, and one over the Kursk Region," the ministry said.

Aftermath

- Air defense forces repelled a Ukrainian UAV attack in the Volgograd Region. Five people were injured in the attack, Governor Andrey Bocharov said on his Telegram channel.

- Doctors are rendering assistance to those injured.

- In the Sredneakhtubinsky district of the Volgograd Region, three private households were damaged in the attack and a drone fell in a non-residential area in the Voroshilovsky district of Volgograd, the governor specified.

- In the Traktorozavodskoy district of Volgograd, a Ukrainian drone attacked an apartment in a residential building at 6 Batova Street.

- Windows were shattered in neighboring apartments and nearby residential buildings.

- The Volgograd authorities have set up a temporary accommodation center on the premises of school No. 1 after a drone attack, the city administration’s press office reported.

- Air defenses repelled attacks by several dozen Ukrainian drones in the Millerovsky and Tarasovsky districts of the Rostov Region, with no casualties reported, Governor Yury Slyusar said on his Telegram channel.

- Falling UAV debris partially damaged windows and an entrance door of a non-residential building on the territory of a recreation camp under construction.

- Information on the consequences of the attack is being specified.

- The authorities of Cheboksary in the Volga area transferred schools to distance learning due to the danger of the fall of UAV debris, Mayor Stanislav Trofimov said on his Telegram channel.

- The mayor said that utilities companies should open basements for the potential shelter of residents.

- The Cheboksary mayor urged residents to stay calm and not to approach windows and balconies and restrict their movement across the city where possible.

- "Schools and colleges in the Volga Republic of Chuvashia will switch to distance learning due to the threat of UAV attacks, republican Education Minister Dmitry Zakharov said on his Telegram channel.

- He urged the parents of kindergarten children to refrain from visiting pre-school institutions and stay at home where possible.