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[00:42:26] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️CIA director confirms possibility China may send lethal aid to Russia. CIA Director Bill Burns confirmed that China is considering sending lethal aid to Russia in its war against Ukraine in an interview with CBS News on Feb. 25.

[02:27:26] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Media: Delivery of 14 Mi-8 helicopters to Ukraine from Croatia underway. The delivery of 12 Mi-8 MTV-1 and two Mi-8 T helicopters from Croatia to Ukraine is underway, Croatian newspaper Jutarnji said it had learned.

[04:12:27] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Kazakhstan expresses support for Chinese peace plan for war in Ukraine. Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry expressed its support for China's proposed peace plan to end Russia's war against Ukraine in a statement published to the ministry's website. (1/2)

[04:12:28] Twitter KyivIndependent: China’s Foreign Ministry on Feb. 24 released a 12-point statement that detailed Beijing’s stance on achieving a “political settlement” to resolve Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. The plan does not mention the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine's territory (2/2).

[05:12:26] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Scholz criticizes China's proposed peace plan for war in Ukraine. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticized China's proposed peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, noting that the plan does not explicitly include the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, Welt reports.

[05:42:26] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukraine has downed over 1,200 Russian missiles, drones since September. Ukraine's military has shot down 650 Russian cruise missiles and more than 610 Iranian-made Shahed drones since Sept. 11, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, commander of Ukraine's Air Force, said.

[06:12:26] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukraine says spring counteroffensive to target south. Ukraine's spring counteroffensive will aim to "drive a wedge into the Russian front in the south between Crimea and mainland Russia," said Vadym Skibitsky, deputy head of Ukrainian military intelligence, DW reports.

[06:27:26] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️General Staff: Ukraine repels 71 Russian attacks over past day. The Ukrainian military reported repelling 71 Russian attacks over the past 24 hours in northeastern and eastern Ukraine, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces wrote in its morning update.

[06:42:26] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Governor: Three civilians killed, four injured in Donetsk Oblast over past 24 hours. Russian attacks on Donetsk Oblast killed three residents and wounded four on Feb. 25, Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said. Two people were killed in Bakhmut, and one in Novopokrovske, he said.

[06:57:26] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Russian forces strike Mykolaiv Oblast 5 times over past day. Russia struck the Black Sea coastal towns of Ochakiv and Kutsurub in Mykolaiv Oblast five times over the course of the past 24 hours, Mykolaiv Oblast Governor Vitaly Kim said on Telegram.

[08:57:26] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Governor: Demining efforts continue despite shelling in Kharkiv Oblast. Over the past day, the State Emergency Service defused 46 explosive objects in Kharkiv Oblast, reported Governor Oleh Syniehubov on Feb. 26. https://t.co/CdWEMjNiP0

[08:57:27] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️European Council sanctions 11 Wagner-linked individuals and 7 entities. The European Union’s top diplomat Josep Borrell said in a statement that Wagner is a threat to “international peace and security as they do not operate within any legal framework.” https://t.co/EdLOyjgnYu

[10:12:27] Twitter KyivIndependent: These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Feb. 26, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/SG48Hgv7C9

[10:57:26] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️UK Defense Ministry: Russia's 'elite' forces suffer heavy losses in Donetsk Oblast. Russia's 155th Naval Infantry (NI) Brigade has "almost certainly been significantly degraded" due to inexperienced mobilized personnel and heavy losses, reports the U.K. Defense Ministry.

[10:57:27] Twitter ZelenskyyUa: 9 years ago, Russian aggression began in Crimea. By returning Crimea, we will restore peace. This is our land. Our people. Our history. We will return the Ukrainian flag to every corner of Ukraine. Qırım serbest olacaq! https://t.co/jdInUhcutm

[11:57:27] Twitter DefenceU: "I believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light." Margaret Atwood Total combat losses of the enemy from February 24, 2022 to February 26, 2023 https://t.co/qGr70Vg7rD

[12:12:26] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Shmyhal: 'No systemic corruption in Defense Ministry.' In an interview with Germany's Focus Magazine, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that Ukrainian society has changed as a result of the war and has "zero tolerance" for corruption. https://t.co/HCrNVcoDFP

[12:27:27] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelensky on 9-year anniversary of Russian occupation in Crimea: 'We will return it.' President Volodymyr Zelensky marked the nine-year anniversary of the Russian occupation in Crimea, stating that "By returning Crimea, we will restore peace." https://t.co/KjZNIXAlUy

[13:42:26] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ukrenergo: No power deficit in Ukraine. For the past two weeks, there has been no power deficit in Ukraine’s energy system, according to the country’s state-owned power grid operator Ukrenergo.

[14:27:26] Twitter DefenceU: The world knows about the defense of Mariupol, about the heroes of «Azovstal». The story of ordinary residents of this city, who survived fierce fighting for several months, is told in «Without a home», the 5th episode of the «Kids of Bomb Shelters» series by @ulybinyulian 1/3 https://t.co/48TSOOD9JK

[14:27:27] Twitter DefenceU: Mariupol. 81 days of shelling, bombing, and street fighting. A road to salvation which runs through hell. The story of an ordinary Ukrainian family in the 5th episode of the «Kids of Bomb Shelters» series by @ulybinyulian 2/3 https://t.co/aNskgj20ub

[14:27:28] Twitter DefenceU: Eyewitness accounts reveal the agony of a city with half a million residents impacted by war, in the 5th episode of the «Kids of Bomb Shelters» series by @ulybinyulian A tragedy, the true scale of which we will be able to understand only after Mariupol’s liberation. 3/3 https://t.co/gKS2WcMIVf

[14:42:26] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Ombudsman: Russia holds 180 political prisoners in occupied Crimea. There are currently 180 political prisoners, including 116 Crimean Tatars, illegally held in Russian-occupied Crimea, Ukraine's human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets reported on Feb. 26.

[15:27:26] Twitter DefenceU: February 26 is the Day of Resistance to the Occupation of Crimea. Today, we are reminded that russia waged war against Ukraine 9 years ago. Today, we reiterate - the resistance has never stopped and Crimea will be liberated. Art by Andriy Yermolenko https://t.co/fv147RWn3W

[15:57:26] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Germany denies report on NATO proposal to resume peace talks with Russia. A German government spokesperson on Feb. 26 denied a report that France, Germany and the U.K. have suggested a NATO defense pact with Ukraine in exchange for resuming peace talks with Russia.

[16:27:28] Twitter DefenceU: RT @HPevkur: Every russian tank destroyed in Ukraine is one russian tank less behind Estonian border. We’ll continue our support to Ukraine with more news to come soon! https://t.co/QlG3ShaNoe

[16:27:29] Twitter DefenceU: RT @JustinTrudeau: Our commitment to Ukrainians and the principles they’re fighting for – democracy, justice, and freedom – is unwavering. We’ll keep standing with them and using every tool at our disposal to support them. My statement on Ukraine’s Day of Resistance: https://t.co/NPh3UNgaEc

[16:27:31] Twitter DefenceU: Tired, but unbroken. We will defend our land, we will liberate each Ukrainian village and city. Invaders and war criminals will pay a heavy price. Marian Kushnir https://t.co/IKn4OxiERK

[16:57:27] Twitter KyivIndependent: Join us on Thursday for a Q&A with our defense reporter Illia Ponomarenko about the current state of Russia’s war, one year after the full-scale invasion began. Register and submit your questions here: https://t.co/vYiigS3iK9 https://t.co/DulDCY09so

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[17:12:27] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Estonian defense minister arrives in Kyiv with new military aid. Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur arrived in Kyiv on Feb. 26, announcing a new military aid package for Ukraine that includes weapons and equipment for Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces.

[17:57:27] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Opposition group: Russian aircraft damaged by explosions in Belarus. Two explosions were heard at the Machulishchy airfield near Minsk on Feb. 26, Bypol, a Belarusian opposition group, reported. A Russian military aircraft was damaged following the explosions, Bypol said.

[18:12:28] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Saudi foreign minister meets Zelensky in Kyiv, signs $400 million aid agreements. According to Ukrainian presidential office head Andriy Yermak, Saudi Arabia will provide Ukraine with $100 million in humanitarian aid and $300 million in oil products. https://t.co/1vsyTh7qhn

[18:12:30] Twitter KyivIndependent: The visit was the first by an official Saudi delegation to Ukraine since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1993. Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine

[18:42:26] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Russia shells Kherson Oblast, injures civilian. One 55-year old man was injured and later hospitalized when a shell landed in the coutryard of a residential area in the village of Dniprovske, the Kherson Oblast administration reported on Feb. 26.

[19:12:32] Twitter KyivIndependent: Our first brand merch collection is still available on the @saintjavelin website till the end of February. https://t.co/5BuwYR7QgT https://t.co/4fZ7etn82Z

[19:12:34] Twitter KyivIndependent: We launched this merch as part of a bigger collection created together with Saint Javelin to support paramedics in Ukraine. All net profits from the sales are donated to @HospitallersU, a Ukrainian voluntary organization of paramedics who save lives at the front line.

[19:12:36] Twitter KyivIndependent: We have already raised more than $20,000 for the organization – we did it together with you, and we definitely can do more. Please consider supporting our campaign.

[19:42:26] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️US House Foreign Affairs head: Congress ready to 'prioritize' advanced weapons for Ukraine. House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul said on Feb. 26 of the delivery of fighter jets or long-range missiles that Congress could "take steps to move the process along.”

[20:27:26] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Opposition group: Explosion at Belarusian military airfield damaged Russian aircraft in reported partisan attack. https://t.co/rUofwbEUCX

[20:27:27] Twitter KyivIndependent: A Russian A-50 early warning and control aircraft in Belarus was damaged as a result of the Feb. 26 explosion at the Machulishchy airfield near Minsk, according to Aliaksandr Azarov, leader of Belarusian anti-government organization BYPOL. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

[20:27:28] Twitter KyivIndependent: The Kyiv Independent is inviting mission-driven businesses to partner and tell important stories to the world together. The Kyiv Independent Story Studio is offering native advertising services – text, video or audio stories created jointly with a partner. https://t.co/3nq7fp6mxJ

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[20:42:26] Twitter DefenceU: RT @oleksiireznikov: I would like to say thank you to @RARS_GOV_PL and its head Michał Kuczmierowski for the support provided to the Ukrainian people and #UAarmy. You have made a significant contribution to our victories on the battlefield. Congratulations on your 2nd anniversary! https://t.co/czvJOHVYHa

[20:42:27] Twitter DefenceU: RT @oleksiireznikov: I was glad to host my colleague&friend @HPevkur in Kyiv. We are grateful to for its support, including its initiative of 1 million 155 mm shells for & a mobile field hospital (a joint project of ) which will be handed over to Ukraine soon. I can go on forever https://t.co/wUQf5Afn93

[20:42:28] Twitter DefenceU: RT @oleksiireznikov: russian tanks, which have been destroyed by soldiers, are being exhibited in Riga, Tallinn, and Vilnius. It's a symbol: more destroyed tanks - less threats to Europe. I thank my colleagues @IMurniece @HPevkur @a_anusauskas for their sincere support and effective cooperation https://t.co/HZSTBUs5bm

[21:27:26] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️German defense minister: NATO countries could transfer 62 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.

[21:27:27] Twitter KyivIndependent: This number of tanks will be enough to form two tank battalions, Boris Pistorius said on Feb. 26. However, the minister doubted that Germany would approve additional Leopard 2 deliveries, as the country's industry must first replace the tanks in Germany's own stocks.

[21:42:26] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️1 injured as Russia shells Sumy Oblast 76 times on Feb. 26. Eleven residential buildings, the local power grid and a medical facility were damaged, and a store was completely destroyed, Sumy Oblast authorities said. One civilian was injured in the village of Budivelne.

[21:42:27] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Explosions reported in Kyiv. Local media and Telegram channels reported the explosions over the eastern bank of the Dnipro River late on Feb. 26.

[22:12:28] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Air raid alert goes off in many Ukrainian regions. Kyiv Oblast Military Administration confirmed that air defense is at work in the region. Chernihiv Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Chaus said that air defense is shooting down Iranian-made Shahed drones in Chernihiv Oblast.

[22:27:28] Twitter KyivIndependent: Ukraine is eyeing to launch a major counteroffensive in spring, which could include striking airfields and depots of rockets and artillery systems inside Russia, a top intelligence official said in an interview published on Feb. 26. https://t.co/CYlIQYuQeT

[22:42:26] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelensky approves new sanctions against Russian individuals. President Volodymyr Zelensky signed into law on Feb. 26 a new set of personal sanctions targeting 277 Russians and 92 legal entities.

[22:42:27] Twitter KyivIndependent: The list includes individuals allegedly involved in the kidnapping of Ukrainian children, those who help support mercenaries fighting against Ukraine, and Russian athletes and other sporting representatives who have shown public support for the war.

[23:27:28] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️ Russian shelling of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast wounds child. Russian attack on Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast at around 5 p.m. on Feb. 26 injured a child, Oleksii Roslov, head of the city military administration, told Suspilne television.

[23:27:30] Twitter KyivIndependent: Russia’s shelling also damaged several houses and a car, Roslov added.

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