Fire around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant alarms nuclear experts.
More people now live in Kiev than before the start of the Ukraine war.
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Update from March 1, 3:15 p.m .:
In the Ukraine war, the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is currently at the center of clashes between Russian and Ukrainian troops.
While the Ukrainian army continues to resist, the Russian military intensifies attacks to finally take the city after months.
Nevertheless, the Ukrainian army does not want to withdraw yet, the spokesman for the eastern combat group, Serhiy Cherevatji, told the US broadcaster CNN.
There is currently no corresponding decision, he emphasized.
However, if a dangerous situation for soldiers is identified and if it is necessary in view of the military situation, the decision to withdraw will be made, he underlined.
A Ukrainian soldier confirmed this to CNN: “No one is retreating.
We stand.
Bakhmut is Ukrainian.” The situation is calmer compared to the previous days, he said.
The head of the Wagner mercenary troupe, Yevgeny Prigozhin, known as “Putin's cook”, also commented
on Bakhmut, according to the British newspaper
The Guardian .
The Ukrainian military is throwing “extra reserves into the fight and is trying to hold the city with all its might”.
The clashes were "getting bloodier every day," he said in an audio message.
War in Ukraine: Ukrainian snipers probably shoot down Russian scouts
Update from March 1, 11:36 a.m .:
Battle of Bakhmut: The armed forces in Kiev announced that snipers had shot a group of Russian scouts who wanted to penetrate Ukrainian positions at night.
Seven Russians were killed and three injured.
The information could not be independently verified.
In Bachmut, which used to have around 70,000 inhabitants, there are currently only a few thousand civilians.
Figures on the Ukraine war: Russia loses more soldiers than it has since the Second World War
Update from March 1, 10:29 a.m .
: Russia has so far recorded up to 70,000 deaths in the fighting in the Ukraine war.
That is significantly more than in any other violent conflict since the Second World War.
This is the result of a recent analysis by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
"The average number of soldiers killed per month is at least 25 times that of the Chechen war and 35 times that of the Afghan war," the CSIS report said.
The US analysts also note that the Ukrainian fighters have done “remarkably well”.
The portal
Nexta
tweeted a diagram of the report:
The US Center for Strategic and International Studies states that #Russian troop losses in #Ukraine exceeded those of all conflicts in which #Russia has been involved since World War II. pic.twitter.com/ucXV6jB5Kh
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 1, 2023
Drone attacks in the Ukraine war: Russia apparently uses a new launch site
Update from March 1, 8:52 a.m
.: Russia now has a second launch site in the western Russian region of Bryansk for its drone attacks.
Previously, only one location in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar had been used since mid-December.
This assessment of the British secret service has now been announced by the Ministry of Defense in London.
"A second launch site would give the Russians another axis of attack, closer to Kiev," it said.
"This will likely shorten the time in the air over Ukraine and is an attempt to spread Ukraine's anti-aircraft defenses further."
On Sunday (February 26), Ukraine reported 14 attacks using "kamikaze drones," 11 of which it shot down.
Nevertheless, Kiev speculates: The decline in the pace of Iranian-made drones shows that Russia is running out of supplies.
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Image from October 2022: A drone in the Kiev region
© Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP
Ukraine news: Russia is probably relying on Wagner mercenaries in the Bachmut battle
First report from March 1
: Kiev - In the battle for Bakhmut, the Ukrainian side complains that Russia is using the "best stormtroopers" of the Wagner mercenary group, which is considered to be particularly brutal.
But bloody fighting is also continuing unabated elsewhere in the country.
Largest nuclear power plant in Europe: Zaporizhia causes concern in the Ukraine war
Because artillery fire around the Ukrainian nuclear power plant Zaporizhia again alarmed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Around 20 detonations could be heard near the facility on Monday (February 27), said IAEA chief Rafael Grossi.
He referred to the experts of the UN authority stationed in the nuclear power plant.
In the recent past, there has been an increasing security presence on the premises.
"This is a worrying trend that demonstrates the urgency and importance of establishing a nuclear safety and protection zone at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant."
Frontline in the Ukraine war: Volodymyr Zelenskyj discusses with the military
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed the situation with senior military officials.
Eduard Moskalyov was accordingly given command of the "Odessa" area.
A Year of the Ukraine War: The Origins of the Conflict with Russia
A Year of Ukraine War: The Origins of the Conflict with Russia
Moskalyov was recently dismissed as the head of the "United Forces Operation".
From 2018, the operation referred to the fight against eastern Ukrainian separatists as an “anti-terrorist operation”.
With the Russian invasion, this separate command structure of army, national guard and secret service lost its remit.
New figures on Kiev: more people in the city than before the Russian attack
There are also new figures from Kiev, more people are living there again: "There are about 3.5 million people in the city right now," said First Deputy Mayor Mykola Povorosnyk of the Ukrinform state agency.
Among them are around 230,000 officially registered internally displaced persons.
By mid-March 2022, fewer than 800,000 remained in the Ukrainian capital.
(frs with material from AFP and dpa)