Russia's war on Ukraine: Where fighting is on now (Feb. 27 live updates) (kyivindependent.com)
5 p.m.
Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv Oblast: Ukraine’s National Guard stopped food trucks with ATB signs on them. ATB is Ukraine’s widespread supermarket chain. Inside the trucks there were Russian military personnel. As a result of the battle, all of them were neutralized.
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4 p.m.
Sumy, Sumy Oblast: Russians opened fire on a civilian car. There were two adults and three children in the car, including an infant. One woman was hit in the head by a bullet. The woman died.
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Konotop, Sumy Oblast: Russian saboteurs entered a local meat processing plant, breaking the locks. They change into civilian clothes and go back to the city, Suspilne Sumy reports.
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3 p.m.
Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast: Ukrainian army destroyed a tank company, both the vehicles and the soldiers, of the Russian army not far from Pryluky in Chernihiv Oblast.
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Vinnytsya, Vinnytsya Oblast: Ukraine’s Police arrested a saboteur. The man was placing special marks, allegedly used to help the enemy maneuver around the country. He had an automatic gun with an optical sight, additional ammunition and other relevant equipment.
Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast: Another residential area was shelled in Mariupol.
2 p.m.
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Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast: Russian saboteur has been spotted trying to plant explosives in one of Kyiv’s residential complexes. A local resident has noticed a bearded man leaving a backpack in the hallway of the building and leaving shortly. A man called the police. Policeman found explosives in the backpack and later caught an enemy himself. They are now looking for two more members of his sabotage reconnaissance group.
Chernihiv, Chernihiv Oblast: Russians shelled the downtown of Chernihiv, a city in the north of Ukraine. Apparently the enemy targeted the local city council, but the missile hit the yard between the dental clinic and a residential building, Suspilne Chernihiv reports.
Black Sea: Russian warships took control of two more Ukrainian civilian ships. Ukrainian tanker “Afina” and a dry cargo ship “Princess Nicole” were given a command by a Russian warship to approach for a check-up. As soon as they approached the communication with them was cut off, the next time both of them were spotted on the radar were some 18 miles from the shore of the occupied Crimea. Both ships were heading to Zmiinyi (Snake) Island.
1 p.m.
Irpin, Kyiv Oblast: Three private residential buildings are on fire in Irpin, a small town not far from the capital, Suspilne reports. The houses caught fire after a recent shelling. There is a risk that there can be people taking shelter in the basements of the buildings.
Kahovka, Kherson Oblast: Police warn city residents to not leave town. The Russian forces open fire at all the civilian cars.
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12 p.m.
Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast: Street fights have been ongoing in the city for the last 4 hours. Locals report enemy vehicles in many parts of the city, including the downtown. Ukrainian army forces fight back – many Russian soldiers and saboutures are taken captive, cars and armed vehicles destroyed.
Trostyanets, Sumy Oblast: Russian soldiers steal food supplies from a local store, reports State’s Special Communication services
sharing a video from, what looks like, a store’s surveillance camera.
Dmytrivka, Kyiv Oblast: Russian armed vehicle column marked with letter V is spotted near Dmytrivka village in Kyiv Oblast,not far from Bucha, Kyiv’s satellite town heavily shelled during the last two days. The column is reportedly heading towards Zabuchya, another small village in the area north of Kyiv. Early Ukraine’s Army Commanders asked Ukrainians to watch out for this particular column. According to the army message distributed online, the column has some “special tasks”.
11 a.m.
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Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast: Two more explosions audible from city center.
Koryukivka, Chernihiv Oblast: A crowd of unarmed people in the city of Koryukivka stepped out in front of Russian tanks, halting their forward movement, Novoye Vremya reported. The news site posted a mobile phone
video of stationary tanks in front of a big group of civilians. A second video showed the crowd slowly walking towards the tanks that were backing up.
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Okhtyrka, Sumy Oblast: Ukrainian Public Broadcaster Suspilne reported that Russian forces have shot up a bus full of civilians around Okhtyrka and are not allowing ambulances to reach the site. According to Suspilne, the area has been mined but family doctors are making their way to the spot on foot.
10 a.m.
Chornobayivka. Kherson Oblast: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine posted a
video of what appears to be a convoy of trucks getting hit from the air — Ukraine’s top commander Valerii Zaluzhnyi said this was a strike against Russian vehicles by a Ukrainian, Turkish-made Bayraktar drone.
Bucha, Kyiv Oblast: The Ukrainian military blew up the bridge between the towns of Bucha and Irpin to slow down Russian troops, Novoye Vremya reported, posting a picture of a large plume of smoke in the area. Russian troops have been blocked off in Bucha, according to Novoye Vremya.
9 a.m.
Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast: The air force has shot down a cruise missile fired at Kyiv from Belarus, Ukraine’s top military commander Valerii Zaluzhnyi reported on Facebook. He called it “yet another war crime” by Belarus and Russia.
A 16-story building in Kyiv’s outer Troeshchina district has been blasted by an explosion, igniting seven nearby parked cars, according to the Kyiv City State Administration.
Okhtyrka, Sumy Oblast: Two Danish journalists were shot in the town of Okhtyrka but have been taken to the hospital and are “out of danger,” according to the Daily Beast. Okhtyrka has seen some fierce fighting since the invasion began.
8 a.m.
Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast: Russian troops have broken through into the center of Kharkiv, Oleh Sinehubov, the head of the regional government, posted on Facebook at 7:35 a.m. The Ukrainians are waging street battles with the Russians, civilians have been advised not to leave their homes or shelters.
Bucha, Kyiv Oblast: Several Ukrainian news outlets and Telegram channels posted photos of a burning nine-story residential building in Bucha, Kyiv Oblast. Ukrainska Pravda cited sources in the President’s Office and among other authorities that the fire was caused by shelling.
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