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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.