General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
The situation regarding the Russian invasion
Operational information as of 17:00 on the Russian invasion

As of 5 PM on February 24, the enemy continues to act aggressively along the entire line of the common border.
From the airfields of the Republic of Belarus performs demonstration activities along the northern part of the state border.
In the Sivers'kyi region, the enemy was stopped on the river Uzh in Velykyi Osnyaky and Rivne region, a tank battle continues.
Units of the 1st separate tank brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stopped columns of enemy armored vehicles near Baturyn and on the outskirts of Chernihiv.
The enemy attempted to land a tactical landing along the Kiev reservoir.

20 helicopters KA-52 and Mi-8 of the Russian Federation landed at Gostomel airfield. The battle is on.
The National Guard of Ukraine entered the battle near the city of Pripyat. The enemy landed a tactical landing in the Bessarabian and Tavriya operational areas.
After an unsuccessful landing attempt and an unsuccessful missile strike, the enemy missile cruiser Moscow began shelling Snake Island.
The mixed column of vehicles up to 300 units approached the settlement of Konotop. Mechanized units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine entered the battle. Enemy troops in the areas of Gremyach and Krolevets have been stopped.
In the Donetsk operational area defenders of Ukraine restored position on all line of collision. Fighting is taking place in the direction of Mariupol.
The forces of the  Group "South" of troops organized the defense of Melitopol and conducted a defense operation on the border of the settlements of Abrikosivka, Rykove, Azov.

The Joint Forces Operation

Village Schastya (Happiness) is currently under the full control of the Ukrainian military. During the fighting, the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower and equipment and retreated.
The Russian occupiers were taken prisoner.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting intense hostilities in the areas of the enemy's advance.
In the Black Sea Operational Zone, the Armed Forces of Ukraine use UAV “Bayraktar”.
In the direction of Rudnya (Belarus) - Vystupovychi (Ukraine), the enemy tried to cross the state border with two tanks, armored personnel carriers and vehicles. As a result of the battle, the enemy suffered losses: 5 armored personnel carriers and a military vehicles were destroyed.
The offensive of enemy tanks in the Putivl area was stopped.
A KA-52 helicopter was shot down over Vyshhorod.
Fighting is taking place in the cities of Henichesk, Skadovsk, and Chaplynka.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine / CinC AF of Ukraine Lieutenant General Valery Zaluzhny: "Ukrainian military have taken prisoners -- two Russian occupiers of unit 91701 of Yampol motorised infantry regiment.

The enemy is suffering losses.
4 enemy tanks have been burned on Kharkiv ring road.
Russian troops are storming the border in Zhytomyr Region.
Enemy military equipment has crossed the Vilcha checkpoint (Zhytomyr region).
Border guards together with Ukrainian military accepted battle.
Grad strikes have been delivered to the border guard station at Mlachivka.
Depending on the situation, border guard units redeploy to reserve positions and interact with the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard.
The enemy has attacked not only border units but also targets in Ukraine's city.
The main objective is to alarm the public and put certain military installations and critical infrastructure out of service.
From the territory of the Republic of Belarus 4 ballistic missiles were launched towards Southwestern direction.

MFA Crisis Centre

The enemy continues the offensive with the support of army aircraft crossing the Ukrainian border in the directions of Armyansk - Kherson, Chaplinka - Kakhovka.
The work of sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the Besarabian operational area and in the Black Sea operational zone is noted. The Allied Forces moved on to a defense operation. Identified operational groups of troops regrouped and moved to areas of task to effectively repel Russian aggression. Operational and tactical groups are conducting defensive battles in all directions of the enemy's advance.y 24, the armed forces of the aggressor state the russian federation launched more than 30 strikes with "Caliber" cruise missiles, MLRS, aircraft and artillery on Ukrainian civil and military infrastructure.

The Ukrainian military is fighting in the direction of Sumy Border guards with the Armed Forces and the National Guard engaged in battle with the Russian occupiers on the outskirts of Sumy. The Ukrainian military is defending itself. According to available information, the Russian Federation is carrying out an offensive from the Konotop city.

The State Border Guard Service

The Ukrainian military is fighting in the direction of Sumy
Border guards with the Armed Forces and the National Guard engaged in battle with the Russian occupiers on the outskirts of Sumy. The Ukrainian military is defending itself. According to available information, the Russian Federation is carrying out an offensive from the Konotop city.
The aggressor carried out invasion in many directions.
The fire on the border units and checkpoints was carried out by artillery and aircraft, followed by the movement of military equipment.
In particular, the Russian aggression took place within the Luhansk, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Zhytomyr, Kherson, Odessa regions, on Zmiiniy Island and in the area of environmental protection.
Depending on the development of the situation, the border units are redeployed to reserve positions and work together with Ukrainian soldiers.

Ukraine’s Appeal to the United Nations:
“On 24th February, 2022, at 5:00 am, Russia committed an act of  open aggression against Ukraine.
We, as a state that has become a victim of armed aggression,  under Article 51 of the UN Charter, inform the UN Security Council of  our inherent right to individual or collective self-defense.
The arguments, adduced by the Russian president to justify the aggression, are legally null and void and do constitute a crime in terms of universal values and in respect of the legally effective bilateral international treaties between Ukraine and the Russian Federation as  well as multilateral international treaties.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation began intense shelling of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the East of our country, launched rockets and bombs at airfields and military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine throughout Ukraine, including around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
The cities and towns of Ukraine, along the state border and on the administrative line with the occupied Crimea are under the intensive shelling. We have already registered casualties among the civilian population.

The lives of more than 40 million Ukrainian citizens living peacefully on their land are under the threat. 600,000 square kilometers of the European continent, governed by the principles of democracy, human rights and peaceful development, could be ruined.
Neither Ukraine nor NATO is a threat to peace in Europe.Today, nuclear Russia has the aim to destroy the state of Ukraine.

But in fact, Russia pursues a broader goal - to stop the democratic development of the entire European continent, to undermine international law and order. Russia threatens freedom and democracy around the world. This is a universal threat. Therefore, the response to its actions must be universal.
We request the immediate conveying of Special Session of the UN General Assembly to consider the issue of "Russia's armed attack on Ukraine"
We call on all UN member states to take all political and practical measures to stop the aggressor immediately. Hesitation with concrete actions is equivalent to complicity in crime and has the priceof human life.

We request:

- Make strong statements in support of Ukraine and condemn the criminal actions of the Russian Federation.

- Immediately disconnect Russia from SWIFT.

- Introduce an economic blockade.

- Freeze all bank accounts of Russian figures immediately – both individuals and business entities

- Block all Russian interests in your country as soon as possible.

- Provide Ukraine with all possible means of defense and other assistance, up to the deployment of military contingents to deter the Russian aggressor.

- Open borders for the organized movement of vulnerable groups of Ukrainian civil population, primarily for children and elderly”.