Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,100 Leave a comment

Fighting

• A woman and a child were killed in a drone attack on an ambulance in the Russian-held part of Ukraine’s Kherson region, Russian state news agency RIA reported.

• The Ukrainian military said it had shot down 107 drones out of 208 launched by Russia overnight. The air force said another 97 drones had been “lost” and did not reach their targets.

• Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had foiled an attempt by Ukraine’s military intelligence service to assassinate Tikhon Shevkunov, a senior priest in Russia’s Orthodox Church, assigned in Crimea.

• Moscow’s Defence Ministry said its forces reclaimed the Nikolsky settlement in Russia’s western Kursk region, which was previously occupied by Ukraine.

• The Ukrainian military said it had hit Russia’s Ilsky oil refinery in the Krasnodar region and a thermobaric weapons warehouse in the Russia-occupied Donetsk region overnight. The refinery is said to supply fuel to the Russian military.

• Russian forces carried out attacks on energy sites in northeastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, said Governor Oleh Syniehubov. He said one man was injured in the town of Balakliya in southeast Kharkiv.

Politics and diplomacy

• Germany’s outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz will travel to London to participate in a meeting of EU leaders to discuss their response to Donald Trump’s push for peace in Ukraine. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is hosting several European leaders to discuss defence spending and security.

• The Russian Foreign Ministry praised the latest round of talks with the US in Istanbul, calling them “substantive and businesslike.” The ministry said the delegations discussed issues related to what it said was the illegal confiscation of Russia’s diplomatic property in the US, and had asked the Americans to consider restoring direct air links.

• North Korea deployed additional troops to Russia, reported South Korea’s YTN television channel, citing Seoul’s intelligence agency. However, the size of the contingent was not revealed.
• European Council President Antonio Costa said he had invited Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the EU Leaders’ special summit scheduled for March 6. This summit will reportedly discuss support for Ukraine.
• Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim hosted the secretary of Russia’s Security Council Sergei Shoigu, where they discussed the relationship between the two countries in the field of education, security and defence issues, Anwar said on X.
• France’s Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said the country is in talks with Ukraine to access Kyiv’s mineral wealth for military use.
• Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that all five Ukrainian regions that Russia claims to have annexed would be off the table in any negotiations. Despite not having full control over four of these regions, Peskov said, the territories are “inscribed” in Moscow’s constitution and “inseparable” from the country.
• Kyiv’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Georgiy Tykhy responded to Peskov’s remarks claiming Ukrainian territory as Russian land, calling it “laughable”. “Ukraine has its internationally recognised borders,” Tykhy said.
• Russia and the US held a nearly six-and-half-hour meeting in Istanbul to discuss normalisation of diplomatic relations and the future of their respective embassies. It was earlier reported that Ukraine would not be part of this discussion.
• Zelenskyy met Ireland’s Prime Minister Michael Martin in a brief layover in Ireland on his way to the US to meet US President Donald Trump. Irish national broadcaster RTE reported that Zelenskyy thanked Martin and the Irish people for their support.
• Ukraine’s cabinet approved the country’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha or Economic Minister Yulia Syvrydenko to sign the rare minerals deal with the US.
• Trump announced he would sign the minerals deal with Zelenskyy on the Ukrainian leader’s visit to Washington.

• Reuters news agency reported, quoting a senior Trump official, that the minerals deal does not include future Ukrainian war-fighting fund guarantees nor any commitment of US troop support.
• NATO’s Secretary General Mark Rutte said Ukraine’s NATO allies are preparing billions in aid and security contribution guarantees.
• Trump downplayed his previous comment calling Zelenskyy a “dictator” and asked, “Did I say that? I can’t believe I said that,” when asked about it by journalists.
• Speaking with Starmer, Trump also said he is confident that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin would not attempt to restart a war on Ukraine once a truce is reached.

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  Source (Al jazeera News)