Russian drone strikes on Odesa region hit port area and cut ferry service to Romania

"Russia struck the Black Sea region of Odesa in a drone barrage that damaged a warehouse, charred dozens of trucks and injured two drivers in fiery explosions that led to the suspension of the ferry service between Romania and Ukraine, officials said." AP

Kenya & Haiti Sign Agreement To Deploy Force To Caribbean Nation

"The leaders of Kenya and Haiti inked a pact for a Kenya-led UN mission to the Caribbean nation. Nairobi plans to send 1,000 armed men, dubbed police officers, to Port-au-Prince as local authorities have all but lost control of Haiti’s capital city. The Biden administration has been working for several years to create a UN force to invade Haiti to restore order." ZH

Ukrainian intelligence about explosion at substation in Yekaterinburg

"Explosions at infrastructure facilities in Russia, including at the substation in Yekaterinburg, are the responsibility of the Russian authorities, according to a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Andrii Yusov.

"Their infrastructure continues to degrade. What explodes in Russia is the responsibility of the Russian government," he said." MS

Alleged Engagement of Aerial Targets over Gulf of Finland by Russian Forces

"Alexander Drozdenko, Leningrad Oblast’s governor, reported the engagement and destruction

of unidentified “aerial targets” above the Gulf of Finland’s maritime territory and adjacent coastline.
This announcement was aligned with reports from Russian state-owned media sources that there had been a series of blasts in the vicinity of the Bronka port, which is located near St. Petersburg. Russian officials have been documenting a surge in unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) incursions, impacting regions such as Belgorod, Bryansk, Oryol, and Leningrad oblasts, amongst others, over past weeks and months." MS

Leaked Crimean Bridge attack conversation is real

"The leaked discussions between German military officers, including a top Air Force commander, about aiding Kiev in a potential attack on the Crimean Bridge are genuine, a German Defense Ministry spokeswoman told state broadcaster, ARD. The 38-minute audio dated February 19 contained a conversation between four officers of the German air force

(Luftwaffe), including its commander, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz. The military were discussing the operational and targeting details of Taurus long-range missiles that Germany was considering sending to Kiev.
The officers were discussing the matter as if the delivery had already been agreed upon, and also spoke about maintaining plausible deniability in the event of the bridge attack that would allow Berlin to avoid being dragged into the conflict between Kiev and Moscow. German media also reported that the audio clip appeared to be authentic. Germany’s DPA news agency said that the officers were talking using the Webex online calling, messaging and conference platform. Der Spiegel reported that “according to an initial assessment, AI-supported counterfeiting is largely ruled out.” Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the leak a “very serious matter....That is why it is now being investigated very intensively, very carefully and very swiftly,” he told journalists in Rome following an audience with the Pope." RT

56 attacks in six directions over past day

"Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 55 enemy attacks on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Novopavlivka, and Orikhiv directions, as well as one attempted assault on the left bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region.

Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axes: the adversary maintains its military presence in the areas of Russia bordering Ukraine. The enemy continues its sabotage and reconnaissance activities, shelling Ukrainian settlements from the territory of Russia and increases the density of minefields along the state border of Ukraine. The adversary launched an air strike in the vicinity of Svesa (Sumy oblast). More than 30x settlements came under enemy artillery and mortar fire, including Klyusy (Chernihiv oblast), Bachivsk, Velyka Berizka, Pokrovka, Basivka, Pavlivka (Sumy oblast), Mala Vovcha, Basove, Vovchansk, Starytsya, Udy (Kharkiv oblast).
Kupyansk axis: the adversary conducted 4x attacks on positions of Ukrainian troops in the vicinity of Tabaivka (Kharkiv oblast). The enemy launched air strikes in the vicinity of Berestove (Kharkiv oblast). The invaders fired artillery and mortars at more than 15x settlements, including Dvorichna, Berestove, Pishchane (Kharkiv oblast).
Lyman axis: the Ukrainian defenders repelled 7x assaults near Terny, Yampolivka (Donetsk oblast), where the adversary, with air support, made attempts to breach Ukrainian defense. The enemy fired artillery and mortars at around 15x settlements, including Nevske, Bilohorivka (Luhansk oblast), Terny, Yampolivka, Torske, Rozdolivka (Donetsk oblast).
Bakhmut axis: the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 11x attacks in the vicinities of Bohdanivka, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka and Andriivka (Donetsk oblast), where the occupiers made attempts to improve their tactical situation. The invaders launched an air strike near Pivnichne (Donetsk oblast). More than 10x settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Chasiv Yar, Andriivka, Vasyukivka (Donetsk oblast)." Ukrin