RUSSIAN ARMY SHELLS CENTER OF KUPIANSK WITH AERIAL BOMBS, DEATHS REPORTED.

UPDATE: A forced evacuation may be announced for the Kupiansk area.

→ Weapons Above All Else: Ground forces comment on situation in the Kupiansk Direction

Kupiansk and Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi are the priority targets for the Russian troops in the Kupiansk direction, Illia Yevlash, spokesman for the Khortytsia operational-strategic group, said during a telethon.

According to him, the Russians probably consider it necessary to attack now with all available forces. The Ukrainian military is working on defense.

Yevlash emphasized that despite the advantages of the Russians, Ukrainian troops can fight back. In his opinion, only by joining Ukrainian efforts, it is possible to repel the Russian offensive in this direction.

→ Russian military shelled Pisochyn in Kharkiv region, no casualties reported

On February 25, at about 11:00 p.m., the Russian military launched two S-300 missile strikes on the village of Pisochyn in the suburbs of Kharkiv, said the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, Oleh Syniehubov.

According to him, the Russian missile attack damaged two hangars with grain. Russians also damaged tractors and trucks. No casualties were reported.

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→ UkrPoshta stamp cancelled in Kharkiv to mark the two-year anniversary of full-scale invasion

A special cancellation of the Ukrposhta stamp “And there will be spring” took place in Kharkiv to mark the tenth anniversary of the war with Russia and the second year of the Russian full-scale invasion.

On the stamp are the most famous photos from the ten years of the Russian-Ukrainian war: Crimea, Kharkiv, Bakhmut, and Mariupol. In particular, there is a photo of Kharkiv volunteers who got married on April 3, 2022, in the Palace of Labor in the city center.

TEN YEARS OF WAR: A timeline from the Kyiv Independent.

→ Ukrainian Troops Repelled Russian Attacks in the Kupiansk Direction

Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian troops repelled five Russian attacks in the Kupiansk direction near Synkivka in the Kharkiv Oblast.

News of the day:

MENON: ‘PUTIN HAS LOST UKRAINE’US STATE DEPT: ‘WE DO NOT BELIEVE PUTIN HAS THE ADVANTAGE IN THIS WAR’Zelensky signs a decree to allow foreigners to serve in the National GuardThe SBU has detained a woman suspected of directing missiles to civilian buildings in KharkivUkraine’s spy chief warns of a plot to ‘Kill Famous Ukrainians’.

→ Zelensky visits front line troops in Kupiansk

President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the battalion command post of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade, which is engaged in the northeastern Kupiansk sector, the Presidential Office said on Feb. 19.

Kupiansk, a crucial logistics juncture that was temporarily occupied by Russia in 2022, is coming under renewed pressure by Moscow’s troops.

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