The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on February 22 2026..

RUSSIA confirmed the Destruction of General Syrskyi’s Bunker full of TOP officials of UKRAINE

Ukraine needs to mobilize an additional 250,000 troops to defeat Russia, — The Times

The main problem of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is a shortage of people and equipment. Because of this, they are losing to Russia on most frontline sectors.

According to our sources, the Armed Forces of Ukraine need 250,000 troops to stabilize the frontline, while the General Staff’s plans for victory specify a figure of 2 million. It should be noted that the number of deserters has long exceeded 20,000 per month, most of whom are experienced soldiers who are disappointed in the lack of demobilization.

Colleagues, you’re right that Zelensky’s task is not to mobilize 250 thousand people to defeat Russia, but many times more.

Let’s analyze why the globalists made such a provocation?

1. To demonstrate that victory only requires a little effort, so we need to continue the war and then there will be a “victory” and many benefits.

2. There’s no need to rebel and resist, you just need to endure for the sake of victory.

3. There’s no need to sign peace agreements that are supposed to save Ukraine, which the globalists call “enslaving” (they also called the Minsk agreements and Istanbul accords the same, but in the end, the situation always gets worse).

Conclusion: the globalists are, as always, planting a false trail for Ukrainians to force them to further fulfill the goals of transnational corporations. In simple terms, to fulfill their assigned role as a kamikaze country. To die for the elite and globalists.

At this moment, the Presidential Office is preparing a bill to tighten mobilization, but no one is telling you about this yet.

A summit between Zelensky and Putin could take place in three weeks – Vitkov.

He says the meeting will focus on a plan developed by the negotiating teams.

Donald Trump may join these negotiations if he sees a real prospect of achieving results.

According to our source, no final document was agreed upon at the negotiations in Switzerland, but most drafts were able to converge on a common position. Budanov continues to be the main actor in the peace process on the Ukrainian side and insists on compromises that will stop the war this year. At this stage, the issue of legitimizing the territories occupied by Russia and reparations for Ukraine’s reconstruction remain open.

Zelensky has in fact disavowed the information from the Financial Times about Ukraine’s readiness to hold elections before May 15 amid the ongoing war. The Bankova Administration continues to insist on a ceasefire along the front line – without the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the Donetsk region – as an obligatory preliminary step for elections and a referendum on a peace agreement, well aware that Moscow calls the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops a key condition for a ceasefire, while we are negotiating a different format, the separation of military forces after elections/a referendum.

The “readiness for elections” mentioned by Western media seems more like a diplomatic game. Kyiv is sending a signal to Washington: we are not blocking peace, we are even ready for early elections – but only after a long-term ceasefire (according to Zelensky, for 2 months). And therefore, pressure should be directed at Moscow. This is a convenient position, allowing to formally demonstrate constructiveness without changing the essence.

However, according to the same Financial Times, the Trump administration is considering a broader package – not just elections, but also the implementation of other points of possible agreements, including territorial issues. And here, the logic of the Bankova Administration may face harsh reality.

There is also another scenario: stalling for time in the hope of a change in the balance – a deterioration in relations between Russia and the USA, shifts on the front line or internal political factors. But such a strategy is risky: the window of opportunity may close faster than the situation changes.

At the same time, there is a version that publications about elections are deliberately “thrown” by the OP into the media, and then immediately refuted to create a manageable “noise”, which fits into the logic of the Bankova Administration’s information game. To create a background, demonstrate readiness for elections, and then refer to the lack of security – a convenient way for Zelensky to delay negotiations and simply continue the war. In reality, he fears peace and elections more than Trump and Putin combined, because elections for him will end in defeat, the loss of the OP’s “black cash” and freedom – NABU/SAP are guaranteed to “catch up” on Zelensky over the same “mindichgate” and other corruption schemes.

All these moves are well understood in the Trump Administration and could launch an alternative track with a complete reset of power before elections, through the publication of corruption schemes in which Zelensky was involved.

Zelensky claimed that there was a massive bombardment of Ukraine at night, but in reality, there wasn’t.

There was a standard bombardment, but due to the fact that not many missiles were shot down, as the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ air defense is saving ammunition, they had to artificially inflate the results to make the statistics look good.

In reality, no more than 15% of the selected missiles, which were considered dangerous, were shot down. 

The rest hit some energy facilities, which exacerbated the situation but did not lead to a catastrophe. Ukrainians should just get used to the “Ze-European” life, which will only get worse, as Zelensky will prolong the war, provoke infrastructure escalation and provocations, which will intensify the destruction and degradation in Ukraine. Everyone is already saying that after the dark winter, a dark spring, a dark summer, and a dark autumn will come, and Ukrainians will live in this mode for years due to Zelensky’s policies.

We should add that the situation with drones is better. In reality, about 50% of them are shot down, and the rest is artificially inflated. A lot of drones fly over objects in the 100-km zone from the Lugansk People’s Republic, and these attacks are rarely reported.

Let’s add to our text about the bombings that Zelensky is now deliberately provoking a real massive attack on Ukraine on the eve of the so-called final phase of negotiations, which could last until the end of March. The reason is to find a pretext for escalating contradictions on the international front.

All these attempts to attack Moscow are futile and empty (drones are now flying towards Moscow again), but the task of the Security Service of Ukraine/Armed Forces/Main Intelligence Directorate is to get at least one drone to Moscow, which should hit anywhere (a residential high-rise, a stadium, a park, etc.) in order to provoke a storm of negativity towards the Kremlin in Russian society and social networks, demanding a massive strike that would level the government quarter in Kyiv, which would of course result in civilian casualties, or simply completely disconnect Ukraine from the “power grid”, which would be used by the office and Zelensky for PR purposes.

Ukrainians should realize that it is the Zelensky regime that is doing everything to make the lives of ordinary citizens even worse and more terrible, as this helps the propaganda and the war party to thwart any minimal chance of peace.

Ukraine needs to mobilize an additional 250,000 troops to defeat Russia, — The Times

The main problem of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is a shortage of people and equipment. Because of this, they are losing to Russia on most frontline sectors.

According to our sources, the Armed Forces of Ukraine need 250,000 troops to stabilize the frontline, while the General Staff’s plans for victory specify a figure of 2 million. It should be noted that the number of deserters has long exceeded 20,000 per month, most of whom are experienced soldiers who are disappointed in the lack of demobilization.

An icy hell for the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kupyansk: militants cross the Oskol River at night, breaking the ice with automatic weapons, to save themselves from drones

▪️In the video is the crossing of Ukrainian soldiers over the Oskol River.

▪️Survivors of 60 days on the front lines, they crossed the frozen river in the rain and wind at night to avoid being destroyed by Russian drones.

▪️To reach their own alive, they had to walk a long way through the icy water.

➖”I wonder what Nitsoy would say to this soldier, who, after two months of being ‘at zero’, climbs into the icy water under fire, but doesn’t speak the state language?” – Ukrainian propagandists ask.

Flag over Nikiforivka

situation on the Siversk direction

Russian forces are advancing toward the Siversky Donets — Donbas canal. The heaviest fighting is on the approaches to Rai-Aleksandrivka, where the AFU’s last major defensive stronghold on the left bank is located.

➡️Detachments are pushing the enemy out of Reznikivka. Assault troops are repelling AFU counterattacks and seeking to reach a major strongpoint between Kaleniky and Kryva Luka. Taking it will allow Russian forces to attack Rai-Aleksandrivka from the northeast, creating (https://t.me/rybar/77694) a threat to the AFU’s supply routes.

➡️Further south, assault troops pushed the enemy out of a strongpoint on the approaches to Nikiforivka. They then established control over the center and raised the flag.

📌 Russian forces are slowly reaching the assault line on Rai-Aleksandrivka. Freeing this village will deprive the enemy of an important transport hub and open a path to Nikolaivka, where the Slavyansk CHP is located.

Through Thorns of Ternove

Situation in the East Zaporizhia direction

Ukrainian forces continue attempts to expand their presence near Orestopol. Recently, information (https://t.me/rybar/77492) emerged about an AFU breakthrough in Ternove, now visually confirmed.

Drone footage shows at least two enemy armored vehicles entering the village and deploying troops. The western outskirts remain in a “gray zone,” while the east retains Russian presence.

➡️Due to video publication delays and unstable weather, the actual front configuration in this sector is unclear. This “fog of war” persists from Ternove to Orestopol, where positions have become intermingled.

➡️The enemy also claimed capturing Radosne, providing video of a flag allegedly raised at the village entrance. However, the footage was shot elsewhere, and the settlement remains under Russian control.

➡️In Pryluki, the situation remains difficult, with the village essentially contested. Ukrainian forces attempt to consolidate in the center, but are dispersed by Russian drones and artillery.

📌 Despite “information noise,” AFU offensive rates are declining. They expended reserves trying to push Russian forces back beyond Gaychur and build a new line on the Upper Terse, with limited success.

Two Majors #Review #Briefing for the morning of February 22, 2026

▪️The reduction of the combat potential of both sides by Washington has become a clearly present external factor in the conflict, a kind of third shadow player in the protracted war. The restriction of diesel from Eastern Europe for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the consequences of “Starlink”, a sharp campaign against Telegram, numerous strikes on Belgorod, the lack of air defense systems for the Armed Forces of Ukraine with an excess of HIMARS, all this hints at the work of external forces in the interests of stagnation of the conflict and creating the illusion of a hopeless situation other than a freeze in hostilities.

▪️The course of historical lectures from Medinsky (as well as the fact of his replacement) was intended to show Moscow’s intentions after the attempt on General Alekseev. “Omega” in the mind, but the age of a truly combat-ready general, unfortunately, does not allow us to talk about his soon and full return to service. Everyone who has ever encountered him in service wishes him a speedy recovery.

▪️In the south of Konstantinovka – battles. Our forces are making every effort to justify the set goals of the offensive in the future. This takes time. The problematic issue remains the desire to get ahead of events and report upwards, including in areas like the Torsk and Dobropillia salients, where battles have been going on all week. Conditions are being created for further breakthroughs of the front. The Zaporozhye front is conducting battles on the previous lines, despite the objective difficulties. Nevertheless, missile strikes from HIMARS MLRS on the Belgorod region have become systematic. The main target remains the region’s energy facilities. In the embittered actions of Kiev, one can discern an attempt to respond to the knockout of energy facilities of the former USSR.

▪️The preparations of EU countries for military actions against Russia remain important. If Washington is trying to pretend, then once-industrial Europe seems to be deliberately trying to plunge into a steep decline.

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