Ukraine Overview: Russia Is Said To Be Running Out Of Iranian Drones

The Wagner group reports the capture of a village near Bachmut. According to the British government, Russia hardly has any Iranian drones anymore.

Russia is running out of Iranian kamikaze drones, Britain says. This is what the British Ministry of Defense writes in its daily situation report. Accordingly, there have been no more reports of the use of Iranian Shahed 136 drones in Ukraine since February 15. In the weeks before, such missiles had been shot down again and again.

The fact that they are now absent indicates that Russia has used up its reserves, according to Great Britain. "Russia will probably try to resupply." According to the situation report, the drones are not particularly effective. Russia is likely using them as a form of decoy to distract Ukraine's air defenses from more effective Russian cruise missiles.

Meeting of G20 finance ministers ends without statement

G20 finance ministers ended their summit without a final declaration over disagreements over Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. In the statement, most G20 finance ministers again wanted to call for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. However, Russia and China blocked this. Among other things, the dispute was sparked by the word war. At the Bali summit in November 2022, the G20 was able to agree on one wording: "Most members strongly condemned the war in Ukraine." That didn't work this time.

Battles around Bachmut

According to Ukrainian sources, fierce fighting is still going on around the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. Russian troops will continue to try to break through Ukrainian defenses and take control of the city, the Ukrainian army said. It reported battles "around" and "near" Bakhmut.

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The Russian mercenary group Wagner reported having taken a suburb of the city, which had been hard fought for months. The fighters had taken "complete control" over the village of Yahidne, said Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin. The mercenary group published a photo of armed and masked men with a Wagner flag in front of the town sign of Jahidne in the Telegram online service. The village is less than two kilometers from the center of Bakhmut.

According to the Russian news agency Tass, the press service of the Wagner Group accused the Ukrainian troops of having blown up a dam near Bakhmut in order to slow down the advance of Russian fighters. This information could not initially be verified independently.

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The Ukrainian military also reported 27 Russian airstrikes and 75 multiple rocket launcher attacks across the country in the previous 24 hours . The Russian offensive continues to focus on the east and north-east of Ukraine, it said. In the Kherson region in the south, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin also reported 83 Russian artillery attacks. The provincial capital of the same name was hit nine times, including damage to a preschool and residential buildings.

Other events of the day:

Russia no longer supplies oil to Poland via the Druzhba pipeline. This was reported by the Polish company PKN Orlen. According to the company, the supply of oil under the last valid contract with the Russian Tatneft group has been stopped by the Russian side.

Shortly after the release of China's 12-point plan, a key Russian ally will fly to Beijing: Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko plans to visit China from February 28 to March 2. This was announced by the local Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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US President Joe Biden does not expect China to supply Russia with weapons on a large scale. In an interview with ABC News, Biden said: "I don't expect a big initiative from China to arm Russia."

Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Germany in a Twitter message for the support and solidarity that Ukraine has experienced in the year since Russia attacked. At the same time, he emphasized that the end of the war and long-term peace are only possible with military support from Ukraine.

Not only in Germany destroyed Russian tanks were erected on the anniversary of the Russian invasion. In Estonia, too, a T-72 wreck was presented as a memorial in the capital Tallinn.