The Ministry of Defence reports that the advance of Russian troops has slowed down. In the temporarily occupied territories, the Russian occupiers are using violence against local residents and exerting psychological pressure on them.
Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov is convinced that a breakthrough in the Russian-Ukrainian war is coming, and that victory for Ukraine is imminent.
The Ministry of Defence reports on the current situation regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Notably, it has reported the destruction of enemy troops in the area of the village of Balovne.
Oleksiy Reznikov, Ukrainian Minister of Defence, called on Ukrainians to wage guerrilla warfare and burn the rear food supply columns and ammunition in those territories temporarily occupied by enemy troops.
The Defence Minister of Ukraine Alexei Reznikov warned that the enemy is preparing disinformation about the alleged capitulation of the country's military and political leadership. Reznikov denied this was the case.
Ukraine has already received several thousand applications from foreign citizens who wish to join the International Legion to defend Ukraine from Russia.
The Minister of Defence Oleksiy Reznikov stated that Ukraine holds the fort defending from the Russian aggression for three days now, and that the Kremlin's plans for a ‘lightning war’ have failed.
Olena Roshchyna, Saturday, 26 February 2022, 13:40
The Minister of Defence of Ukraine, Oleksiy Reznikov, has stated that the Russian Armed Forces are starting to actively use saboteurs and paratroopers in a change of tactics dictated by their unsuccessful initial push to strike quickly with long columns of military vehicles and equipment.
Militants in Donbas are practicing marine landing operations in Mariupol direction, according to Vadym Skybytskyi, a representative of Ukrainian Defense Intelligence, Radio Svoboda reports.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) started investigating the alleged embezzlement of ₴300 million during the procurement of radio stations for national security authorities.
The Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak dismissed the volunteer and photographer Dmytro Muravskyi who used to chair the coordination center in the Department of Communications and Press of the Ministry and was the Minister’s adviser.
The Defense Ministry of Ukraine rejects accusations of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia that Ukrainian Defense Intelligence runs subversive activities in the occupied Crimea.