Russification

After the confusing launch of the invasion, it seems that the Russian army is on the way to conquer the entire Donbas, where two self-proclaimed "people's republics" which Moscow recognized are situated.

Russian forces engaged in an all-out battle in eastern Ukraine have captured the strategic town of Lyman and surrounded a key industrial centre, Moscow has claimed.

But a Ukrainian official has denied that the city of Severodonetsk -- the focus of weeks of fierce fighting -- has been encircled, saying government troops had repelled Russian forces from its outskirts.

Hungary has imposed a state of emergency, and Viktor Orbn states that Budapest will stay away from the war.
Ursula von der Leyen called for talks with Moscow to enable the delivery of wheat, which was captured in Ukraine because Russia blocked the ports.

Russian troops are advancing in eastern Ukraine, pounding key cities and aiming "to destroy everything there", President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, as Moscow signaled it was digging in for a long war against its neighbor.

A rocket attack on the Training Center of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Chernihiv region killed 87 people, said the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking in Davos.
The mobilized forces of the territorial defense of Ukraine were trained in that center.

"We did not invite any foreign leader to Victory Day. The fact is that this is not an anniversary date. This is our holiday, this is a holy holiday for all of Russia, for all Russians. But we did not invite foreign leaders," Peskov said.
Asked to clarify, he answered that the visit of the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, on May 9 is not expected.

The President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko considers Bulgaria an unfriendly state.

Today, the government in Minsk approved a list of countries it considers "unfriendly".

Belarusian troops crossed the Ukrainian border in the Chernihiv region.

This was confirmed by the Parliament of Ukraine.

‼️На Чернігівщину зайшли білоруські війська. Інформацію Суспільному підтвердив речник регіонального управління сил тероборони «Північ» Віталій Кирилов. Більше деталей згодом.

— Верховна Рада України (@verkhovna_rada) March 1, 2022

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said today that Minsk had absolutely no interest in war and that conflict could only erupt if Belarus or its close ally Russia were directly attacked, Reuters reported.

A soldier of the Ukrainian National Guard shot at members of the security in a military factory in Dnipro today for unknown reasons, killing five people and wounded five others, the Ukrainian police announced today.