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Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has released the last flight path of the Russian A-50 radar aircraft that Ukrainian Air Force shot down on 23 February.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief on 22 February, where he listened to reports from the Commander-in-Chief and Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, as well as classified information on everything related to the future provision of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.

Ukraine's Defence Intelligence has stated that deputies from the unrecognised republic of Transnistria have no plans to ask Russian President Vladimir Putin about the accession of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic to Russia at an upcoming congress.

Russia does not have the strength to achieve its main strategic goal of capturing Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts by the end of this year, said Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Defence Ministry's Chief Intelligence Directorate.

UK Defence Intelligence has noted an increase in Russian attacks in Ukraine's south and attempts to stretch Ukrainian forces there. Source: the UK Defence Intelligence review dated 21 February on Twitter, as reported by European Pravda Details: "Russian Ground Forces have continued and highly likely increased their ground attacks on the Robotyne axis in southern Ukraine, which was recaptured by Ukraine during its counteroffensive in summer 2023.

The Russians are spreading fake information about the alleged "shooting of civilians by the Ukrainian military in Kharkiv Oblast for refusing to answer a nationalist salute." Source: Center for Countering Disinformation Details: It is noted that a number of Telegram channels are spreading information that fighters of the Kraken special unit of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine allegedly shot residents of the village of Petropavlivka, Kharkiv Oblast, for refusing to answer a "nationa...

The ground forces of the Russian military group deployed on the territory of Ukraine currently consist of approximately 470,000 servicemen. Source: Major General Vadym Skibitskyi, representative of the DIU, in an interview with Interfax Ukraine Quote: "If we talk about what has changed during this time, it is the size of the deployed military group on our territory.

As of February 2024, the Russian Federation has deployed 48 Iskander missile launchers along the Ukrainian border. Source: Vadym Skibitskyi, Deputy Head of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence (DIU), in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine Quote: "It used to be 46, now it is 48.

Defence Intelligence of Ukraine believes that the Russians will try to reach the administrative borders of Luhansk Oblast before the so-called presidential elections in Russia scheduled for 15-17 March.

Ukraine's Air Force has no information on the transfer of ballistic missiles from Iran to Russia that can hit targets at a distance of 300-700 kilometres. Source: Yurii Ihnat, spokesman for the Air Force of Ukraine, on air during the national joint 24/7 newscast Quote: "We know [about the supply of Iranian missiles to Russia - ed.