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Ukraine has undertaken successful attacks on Russian military ships and other Black Sea targets in preparation for a "major operation in Crimea". Source: Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence, in the War for the Sea: from Dnipro to Crimea documentary Quote from Budanov: "All this was in preparation for a major operation in Crimea.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has heard a report by Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), separately from other top military officials. Source: Zelenskyy's evening address on 11 March Quote: "Defence Intelligence Chief Budanov presented his report separately.

UK Defence Intelligence has noted that Ukrainian Defence Forces have started to build up defensive positions in several frontline areas at an accelerated pace. Source: UK Defence Intelligence review on Twitter dated 10 March, as reported by European Pravda Details: Ukrainian defensive positions include anti-tank obstacles called dragon's teeth, as well as ditches, infantry trenches, minefields and strong points, the review noted.

The Government is facing fury from armed forces veterans after a former SAS soldier was sentenced to jail for refusing to appear at the inquest of three members of an IRA death squad.

Dmytro Lubinets, the Verkhovna Rada (Parliamentary) Commissioner for Human Rights, has stated that as of 1 March, he had not received any official information from Russia regarding the possible death of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) aboard the Il-76 that crashed in Russia.

Kyrylo Budanov, Head of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence, has stated that he does not believe that Zaluzhnyi's dismissal from the position of Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was the result of any bad blood between Valerii Zaluzhnyi and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Ukraine's Defence Intelligence reported that it has lists of people who Russia may use to spread its narratives and influence the sociopolitical situation in Ukraine. Source: Andrii Yusov, representative of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence, on the air of Radio Liberty Quote: "I can't give you specific names right now.

The Russian occupiers want to destabilise Ukraine with a plan they are calling Maidan-3, and mass protests inside Ukraine and distrust of government decisions would be a success for them, Andrii Yusov, representative of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence, has said.

Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who died in prison, spoke in the European Parliament on 28 February about the war in Ukraine, why the world's support did not stop Vladimir Putin, and how to defeat the Russian president.

The Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (DIU) has commented on the so-called congress of Transnistrian parliamentarians of all levels held on 28 February, saying its results do not meet the Kremlin's expectations.