Ukraine: realities presents «The Weekly Five»

Ukraine ends heating season with surplus capacity, says Energy Minister

During an expanded meeting of the congress of local and regional authorities under the President of Ukraine, Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko reported that Ukraine is ending the heating season with a surplus of capacity, as well as sufficient reserves of gas and coal. Despite Russia's scare tactics about the possibility of Ukraine and the West freezing in winter without their gas, Ukraine has managed to ensure its fuel supply.

"We are emerging from a difficult winter fully provided with fuel – as of February 3, coal reserves at TPP and CHP warehouses amount to 1,160 thousand tons. This is 375 thousand tons more than on the same date last year. Natural gas reserves in underground storage facilities in Ukraine amount to 9.7 billion cubic meters (about the same as last year's volumes)," said Halushchenko.

Source: statement on the Cabinet of Ministers' website.

Russia has lost over 200,000 soldiers in the war

Commander of NATO Joint Forces in Europe, General Christopher Cavoli, has stated that since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine in February of last year, over 200,000 Russian soldiers and over 1,800 officers have been killed or wounded. Additionally, Russia has already lost over 2,000 tanks, and on average, the Russian army fires more than 23,000 artillery shells per day.

Source: "Європейська правда" with reference to Spiegel.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was mocked in India for his lies

Lavrov was speaking on a separate panel at the Raisina Dialogue – the main Indian conference on geopolitics and geo-economics. He was ridiculed during his speech when he stated that Russia wants to stop the war in Ukraine.

"The war we are trying to stop, which was started against us using Ukrainians," – the attendees in the hall laughed at this phrase – after a brief pause, Lavrov continued: "has affected Russia's policy, including energy. A bright example of change – we no longer rely on any partnerships in the West."

The video was posted on his Facebook page by the spokesperson of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oleh Nikolenko.

Russia planned to build a torture chamber in the occupied Ukrainian territories, according to international lawyers

On the occupied territories of Ukraine, the Russians have created a network of at least 20 torture chambers that are part of a thought-out Russian strategy to destroy Ukrainian identity, according to Ukrainian and international lawyers. Such torture chambers were operating, in particular, in Kherson. It is reported that the investigation by lawyers has revealed that Russian forces in several occupied areas were following a very specific plan, with clear patterns indicating a general plan of occupation of Ukraine by Moscow.

Source: CNN.

Russians begin to fight against Putin's regime

On March 2, the "Russian Volunteer Corps" announced that their fighters entered the territory of the Bryansk region (Russia) to show that free Russian people with weapons can fight against the Putin regime.

Representatives of the "Russian Volunteer Corps" stated that they entered the villages of Sushany and Lyubechane in order to free the Russian Federation from the dictatorship of the Kremlin and called on other Russians to join them.

"It's time for ordinary Russian citizens to realize that they are not slaves. Rebel, fight," said a representative of the RVC.

Source: Суспільне

We would also like to remind you that recently, in an interview for «СВОЇ.CITY» Director of Operations Global Empowerment Mission Ukraine, Andrii Negrych, talked about the humanitarian work and horrors he has faced during a year of war.

The project «Ukraine: realities» is implemented by the News agency «Konkurent» together with the Civic Movement «SVIDOMI» and the charity organization Global Empowerment Mission in English for readers from other countries to tell the stories of people who survived the horrors of the Russian occupation.

Проєкт «Ukraine: realities» реалізовується Інформаційним агентством «Конкурент» спільно з Громадянським Рухом «СВІДОМІ» та благодійною організацією Global Empowerment Mission на англійській мові для читачів з інших країн аби розповісти історії людей, які пережили жахи російської окупації.