News From The Front - 1 | Paul Harris |Axisoflogic.com

Axis of Logic has eyes on the ground in Donbass. Our contact is not safe - and is currently ill - but what follows are the notes she has sent to me. Some of what she writes is hearsay from locals, some observed herself. All her comments are unedited (with minor editing of grammar/spelling). Despite her illness, she will try to give us as much local reporting as she can.

For her safety, she will not be named. We'll just call her Correspondent. The photos below were sent by Correspondent, although they are not hers and she didn't tell me the source.

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Sent 03:05, 24Feb2022
According to DPR intelligence, the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, along the entire line of contact refuses to obey the orders of the command and are leaving the forward positions.

The civilian population was notified of the start of the offensive and was urged not to leave their homes or to go down to bomb shelters if the situation on the ground required it.

“We strike only at military facilities, places of accumulation of military equipment and enemy personnel. Nothing threatens the civilian population,” the statement says.

The servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were called upon to lay down their arms and save their lives.

Russian Defense Ministry: the positions of Ukrainian army units that have laid down their arms are not subjected to strikes.

Sent 03:18, 24Feb2022
UNM DPR: Units of the National Guard of Ukraine blocked all exits from Mariupol, trying to keep the residents from hiding behind their backs. There are numerous clashes between civilians and representatives of law enforcement agencies at check points.

The presence of Russian troops in some regions of Ukraine is not an invasion, per the Chinese Foreign Ministry. "Russia is an independent country and can make independent decisions based on its own interests."

There are explosions at Boryspil Airport, which used to get an infinite number of aircraft with weapons from NATO.

At about five in the morning, the Russian Army, with the support of units of the Belarusian Armed Forces, quickly broke through the Ukraine state border. The border was swept away with the support of artillery and heavy equipment. They came from the Luhansk, Sumy, Kharkov, Chernigov and Zhytomyr regions, as well as from the territory of Crimea.

Sent 03:45, 24Feb2022
A Russian amphibious assault has landed in Odessa.

The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is paralyzed. Massive strikes have destroyed military warehouses, bases with equipment, headquarters, and airfields. Ukrainian air defense is unable to withstand Russian missile strikes, and almost all strikes reach their targets. Military infrastructure is critically damaged throughout the country.

Kremlin: "Foreign powers that intervene in the Ukrainian conflict will face the consequences they have not seen before.

According to preliminary data, Mariupol has been liberated. [see News from the Front - 3 for an update - prh, ed.]

Any looters, robbers, or rapists on the streets of the liberated Ukrainian cities will be shot right at the moment of the crime."

The naval base in Ochakov, which Putin spoke about in his address to the Russians on February 21, has been destroyed.

Sent 05:49, 24Feb2022
Ukrainian servicemen are suffering losses and are asking for the opening of humanitarian corridors, said the official representative of the People's Militia of the DPR, Eduard Basurin.

"Kremlin: Demilitarization and denazification will be carried out in Ukraine. It is impossible to occupy the country and no one will do it and will not try."

The Russian Aerospace Forces and missiles have destroyed all planes of the 7th tactical aviation brigade, Turkish Bayraktar UAVs at the airfield in the Nikolaev region, and facilities at the Ivano-Frankivsk Airport.

The remaining Ukrainian planes fled to Romania and surviving air defense systems have been relocated to other parts of the country.

Decision-making centers have also become the target of attacks. Among them are the headquarters of the National Guard, the Joint Forces Operation (JFO), and the 72nd TsIPSO.

In Ochakov, a Ukrainian naval base that was built with the participation of the US and Britain has been destroyed.

Ochakov naval base

Parts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated from several settlements of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The People's Militia of the LPR reported the downing of several Bayraktar drones, as well as two Su-24 bombers.

The first units of the Russian army reached the outskirts of Kharkov. Other units crossed the border in the Kherson region. Russian MLRS "Smerch" worked on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian army is preparing to defend Mariupol.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the downing of several Russian planes and helicopters, but these reports were not confirmed. Ukrainian air defense managed to intercept several air-launched missiles.

Kharkov is blocked by Russian troops. There are fights taking place.

A severe fire started at a military airfield near Kharkov

Ukrainian and Hungarian media report that the Hungarian minority - inhabitants of some districts in Ukraine near the border with Hungary - plan to hold a referendum on joining Hungary. At the same time, Budapest pulled up its troops to the Ukrainian border.

Sent 16:22, 24Feb2022
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation took the Kakhovka hydroelectric complex and unblocked the Crimean Canal. Crimea got water!!!

A missile strike was carried out on the main intelligence department of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense in Kiev.

The Russian military column entered the city of Sumy without any shooting.

Heavy fighting is taking place in the suburbs of Kharkov.
Chernobyl is now under Russian control! Great news!

Equipment and the military at the northern exit from the city lined up in a column towards Zaporozhye. All entries and exits are controlled.

According to local residents, the Russian troops entered the city of Melitopol very carefully, simply asking everyone not to leave their homes. Melitopol is next to Zaporozhe, so Russian military columns are moving toward it.

Special forces are already in the Kiev airport area. In the evening and at night, advanced units will begin to enter Kiev.

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