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Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraines Defence Intelligence, has stated that Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny died of natural causes, specifically a blood clot.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy does not believe that Transnistria, an unrecognised breakaway state in Moldova, will ask to be integrated into the territory of Russia at a congress next week. Source: Zelenskyy at a press conference on 25 February, as reported by European Pravda Quote: "I am not sure that the Transnistrians - or whoever is present at the congress - will take this step next week.

Defence Intelligence of Ukraine has stated that a Russian A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft was shot down on 23 February near the town of Primorsko-Akhtarsk on the Sea of Azov, and after that, five more Russian aircraft were withdrawn from combat operations.

UK Defence Intelligence has analysed the Russian army's losses over the two years of the full-scale war in Ukraine. Source: UK Defence Intelligence review dated 24 February on Twitter, as reported by European Pravda Details: "In two years of conflict [war], Russian losses match - and in many cases surpass - those that comprised its original force," the UK MoD stressed.

The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine disclosed the information.

A crew of 10 Russians was killed in a Russian A-50U Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft shot down on 23 February. Source: Ukrainska Pravda sources in Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) Details: The source said all 10 Russians on board the aircraft had been killed.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the battlefield situation in Ukraine “remains extremely serious,” but underscored the commitment of allies to continue delivery of weapons and economic support for Kyiv in comments marking two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the Russian military group concentrated in Transnistria is not a threat to Ukraine. Source: ISW Details: Ukrainian officials stated that the likelihood of a ground attack by the Russians on Ukraine from the territory of Transnistria, a pro-Russian breakaway region of Moldova, is low following reports that Transnistrian authorities might call for or organise a referendum on joining Russia on 28 February.

Pavlo Narozhnyy, military expert and founder of charity organization Jet Mail, provides exclusive insights into the potential downing of the aircraft using the S-200 air defense system, shedding light on its ramifications for the ongoing conflict.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Ukraine will only use the weapons provided by its partners on the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine but never against other states. Source: Ukrinform news agency, citing Zelenskyy during a press conference in Kyiv Quote: "As for the downing of the A-50 [Airborne Warning and Control System] and other Russian aircraft, this is definitely the result of the alliance between Ukraine and its partners.