• Russia launched its "military operation" in Ukraine on Thursday, February 24.

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  • This Thursday, on the 309th day of the conflict, Belarus, Moscow's closest ally, announced that it had shot down a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile over its territory.

    This is the first time since the start of the conflict that an incident of this type has occurred.

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The fact of the day

Belarus, Moscow's closest ally, claimed to have shot down a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile over its territory.

This is the first such incident reported by Minsk since the start of the Russian attack in Ukraine, 10 months ago now.

The Ukrainian ambassador to Minsk has been summoned by the Belarusian authorities, who are calling for a "thorough" investigation in order to "punish those responsible".

This "S-300" type anti-aircraft missile launched from Ukrainian territory was shot down in the morning by Belarusian anti-aircraft defense systems near the village of Gorbakha, in the Brest region (south-west), bordering Ukraine , the Belarusian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

According to the Ministry of Defense, the Belarusian head of state, Alexander Lukashenko, was "immediately informed of the incident".

For the time being, the Belarusian authorities have not reported any injuries or damage.

sentence of the day

The situation is not changing at all.

We cannot defeat them completely on all fronts.

They can't either."

These are the words of the head of Ukrainian military intelligence.

Thursday, in an interview with the BBC, for Kirill Budanov, "the situation is just blocked".

"It's not moving," the official explained, making the prospects of peace remote.

For the head of military intelligence, Russia is "at an impasse", suffering very heavy losses and missing soldiers, before adding that the Ukrainian armed forces require new resources to progress in multiple fields.

The number of the day

90%.

This is the percentage of neighborhoods in the city of Lviv currently plunged into darkness, following heavy bombardments from Moscow targeting energy infrastructure.

282 localities near Lviv were also without power on Thursday.

"We have to hold on, it's war, we have to survive this and win," said Iryna Ivaneyko, a driver of a Lviv tram, stopped for lack of power.

We could also have put in the figure for the day 40%, the number of Kievans without electricity at midday due to strikes on infrastructure outside the capital.

The trend of the day

The bombardments do not weaken on this Thursday.

In the early morning, the Ukrainian army denounced a series of "massive" strikes, targeting the main cities of the country, including the capital kyiv.

More than 60 missiles were fired, according to the Ukrainian army.

On the spot, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Valéry Zalouzhny, was pleased that 54 of the 69 Russian missiles launched against Ukraine had been shot down by their anti-aircraft defense, "thereby protecting key elements of our economic infrastructure". added Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov.

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For its part, the Air Force reported 11 Iranian-made Russian Shahed explosive drones destroyed.

"The enemy is attacking Ukraine on several fronts, with cruise missiles fired from planes and ships," the Air Force said on social media.

As for three months, Moscow is concentrating its bombardments on energy infrastructure, leading to serious energy shortages and millions of Ukrainians plunged into the cold and darkness.

“Charge your phones and other devices.

Stock up on water,” Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitchko warned Thursday on Telegram to his constituents.

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