Strelkov Igor Ivanovich, [03/02/2022 09.18]
The situation on the morning of March 2, part 2

There is no evidence of a deep advance of Russian troops west and south-west of Kharkov - towards the troops of the Southern group advancing near Zaporozhye - into the envelopment of the enemy's Donetsk group from the north. Apparently, the task of the speedy complete mastery of Kharkov was set as a priority.
To the north of Kharkov, Russian troops occupied the city of Trostyanets. thus creating a single continuous front line from Kharkov to Chernigov and further to Kiev.
Sumy and Chernihiv are "left alone" for the time being - there are no reports of battles in them.

On the right flank of the Central Front - pulling up forces to Kiev from the east. Information about the offensive of Russian troops on Boryspil has not yet been received.

Right Bank Front. (northwest and west of Kyiv).

Fighting continued along the entire perimeter without major advances. It is obvious that yesterday the Russian troops did not try to achieve deep breakthroughs, consolidating the previously achieved results and conducting active reconnaissance (including reconnaissance in force). For today, I predict more active actions here, since there is no time to lose - the enemy hastily pulls up the remaining reserves to Kiev and urgently creates new irregular formations.
All operational tasks remain the same - to cut off Kyiv from communications in the southwestern and southern directions.

General points of the operation.

I am glad that an understanding has matured in the Russian military-political leadership of the need to "fight not for fun" - that is, to use the entire arsenal of forces, means and military methods laid down in a big serious war. Finally, the objects of television broadcasting, which supported the "fighting spirit" (or rather, "zombie") of the population and propagandized Russian people, who stood up to fight in order to "stop being Russian", were struck. The result will not be instantaneous, but "the path begins with the first step." Also, all observers and sources from the field note a sharp increase in the actions of Russian aviation, which now strikes not only at purely military targets, but also at the main nodes of the administrative control of the so-called. "Ukraine". Which will certainly give a positive effect in the near future. Including - as an additional incentive for many Ukrainian officials to "think about the prospects" and "change their shoes in time."
The quality of Russian military propaganda has also noticeably improved over the past two days.
I especially want to note the fact that "a terrible thing happened" (not for us) - the subversive "Echo" and "Rain" were blocked from broadcasting - traditionally serving the external enemies of the Russian people and the Fatherland. We did not expect this either during the First or the Second "Chechen" campaigns ...

Conclusions:
The operations of the Russian troops continue, acquiring a more planned and organized character. There are important operational successes (still not yet developed into a strategic success). The enemy's resistance over the past day also did not weaken, but he suffered a number of sensitive defeats (I believe two were the main ones over the past day: 1) the capture of Volnovakha and the establishment of a direct land connection between the Southern grouping and "mainland Russia"; 2) the destruction of centralized television broadcasting (although this work must be continued tirelessly, not stopping at half measures, and not forgetting also about the Internet)).
Obvious "pluses" - clearly demonstrated by the authorities and confirmed by the actions of the military, the intention to complete the operation under any circumstances. As well as less "captive" planning of hostilities, which should significantly reduce losses in manpower and equipment.
"Cons" - the revision of approaches to the conduct of the operation inevitably extends the terms of its probable completion. Which will have an extremely negative impact on the economic and socio-political situation in the Russian Federation in the near future. But this is an order of magnitude better than getting local defeats "out of the blue" without any positive results (which will even worse affect the general situation).