National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine

Russia is once again speculating on the downing of the Russian IL-76 near Belgorod, while Ukraine is demanding a transparent international investigation and access to the crash site.

The curfew in Zaporizhzhia and the region will last from midnight to 5 a. m. on March 1.

According to Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, russia now has special units that interfere in the elections of every European country using artificial intelligence, which significantly strengthens its disinformation campaigns.

The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine believes that for a long time Europeans have ignored the threats posed by russia.

According to the NSDC Secretary, Russian agents distribute more than 166 million posts on social media every week as part of a disinformation campaign against Ukraine, of which more than 36 million are aimed at discrediting officials.

According to Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Ukraine's airspace will remain closed until security guarantees are provided.

President Zelenskyy is conducting an audit of Ukraine's army institutions and reserves to assess weaknesses and ensure that all military personnel are serving at the front.

Russia did not plan for a long war, and each additional month of fighting leads to catastrophic consequences for its economy and internal situation.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is conducting a check, because there are servicemen who have not been at the front despite two years of war.

The Ukrainian parliament passed a draft law on the demobilization of conscripts, which provides for a one-year postponement of mobilization.

The Parliamentary Committee on National Security supported the demobilization of conscripts and the postponement of further mobilization for 12 months.

The Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who brought the stolen Mi-8 helicopter to Ukraine, may have lived in the Spanish district of La Cala (Villajoyosa) for only a few weeks, according to interviews with locals and business representatives who did not recognize him.

During a meeting with his party faction, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that military personnel who have served on the front line for two years should receive a salary increase of up to UAH 200,000.

The court ruled to postpone the bail of UAH 1. 8 million for the former head of the state defense enterprise, who is a fugitive from justice and is accused of misappropriating UAH 2 million of state funds intended to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Ukraine will face challenges from political developments in the United States and Poland, as well as Russia's goal of fully occupying Luhansk and Donetsk regions in 2024.

Commenting on whether Putin and Trump, or someone else who will be the president of the United States, can decide the fate of Ukraine behind Kyiv's back, Danilov said it does not work that way.

The NSDC Secretary noted that the draft law on mobilization in Ukraine should clearly define the duties and rights of citizens and be adopted "for the life of our country. "

Danilov said that Russia lacks the resources to launch a new offensive against Kyiv after Ukraine has weakened Russian troops over the two years of war.

The former deputy secretary of the National Security and Defense Council was served with another suspicion for personally directing the dispersal and beating of students from the office of the Kyiv police chief during the 2013-2014 protests.

Ukrainian troops captured a group of Russians who were trying to advance in the Zaporizhzhya sector.

Ukrainian Defense Forces capture a group of Russians in Avdiivka after strategically withdrawing from the area to avoid encirclement.

Ukrainian defenders have repelled more than 30 Russian attacks around Avdiivka, while fierce fighting continues in the city and surrounding areas.

Russia plans to destabilize Ukraine internally after its own March elections by spreading disinformation on the Internet, the National Security and Defense Council Secretary said.

The military are hiding from constant enemy shelling in the basements of the Koksokhim plant in besieged Avdiivka, where the ceiling is collapsing due to regular shelling, and medics are stabilizing the wounded.

The NSDC Secretary noted that the situation in Avdiivka is very difficult, and their main task is to save the lives of Ukrainian soldiers, as the Russians have turned the settlement into almost ruins due to constant shelling.

The russians used the technology of deepfake to create a fake video in which Ukrainian servicemen called for the overthrow of the constitutional order, which was refuted by the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation as propaganda.

The head of the National Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting said that Ukrainian lawmakers are discussing measures to regulate the Telegram messenger as it has become a problem and its anonymous administration does not respond to requests to remove toxic content.

Russians in Italy have put up propaganda posters with images of Zelenskyy and his wife to create the illusion of fatigue with the president and Ukraine.

Ukraine has called on the FATF to blacklist Russia at its upcoming meeting due to Russia's growing financial ties with Iran and North Korea, which threaten global security.

The draft law proposes additional payments and benefits for Ukrainian servicemen to motivate them to serve for a long time and build a professional army.