St Petersburg Airspace Closed | Kyiv Kills 550 Russian Troops, Prigozhin Attacks Shoigu’s Son-In-Law

Ukraine’s General Staff said that Russian forces launched 8 missile attacks and 28 air strikes, including 12 drone attacks, on Feb. 27. Ukraine said that Russian forces also used MLRS to attack Ukrainian positions over 55 times on Feb. 27. Ukraine said that its forces killed over 550 Russian troops over the past day. Ukraine said its Air Force launched four strikes on enemy personnel and military equipment concentrations. Ukraine’s Air Force said that Russia has lost about 650 cruise missiles and a similar number of kamikaze drones over the past five months. Russia’s Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg temporarily suspended all flights on Tuesday, the city government said. A Ukrainian commander has said that the situation is “extremely difficult“ around the eastern city of Bakhmut. A pro-Russian official claims that Russian forces have cut off all supplies to the Ukrainian forces in Bakhmut. Wagner Group Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has demanded Putin to send Defence Minister Shoigu’s son-in-law to joi