🟡22.03.2022
23:07 Managing Partner of VDA Group Yevhen Kolomiiets
Near Kyiv, the Russians destroyed the vegetable storage and sausage production hall. Losses amount reach more than 600 million.
“During the shelling of the Brovary district of Kyiv region, which was once again staged by orcs, the vegetable warehouse “Veggy Trend Invest” and the meat warehouse “Well Meat Invest” burned down. Dozens of tons of products were destroyed. This is another blow to meeting the food needs of the Kyiv region and the whole of Ukraine,” Kolomiiets wrote.
21:36 Head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Serhii Haidai:
The occupiers fired an air strike at an oil refinery in Lysychansk owned by the Russian company Rosneft.
21:36 Chairman of the Hola Prystan City Council in the Kherson region Oleksandr Babych
Babych reported the abduction of Viktor Myroniuk, the head of Stara Zburivka.
“We have more and more cases when people disappear; they are arrested by Russian troops, who are in our community. We are now looking for the head of Stara Zburivka Viktor Myroniuk. And one resident of Nova Zburivka also disappeared,” said Oleksandr Babych.
19:55 Reuters:
A major supplier of meteorological data from Western and other governments – the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) – suspended cooperation with Russia on Tuesday, becoming the latest weather-related agency to restrict information sharing in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Weapons experts said the data – which includes near-instantaneous measurements of wind speed and direction, sunlight, precipitation, and other factors – could prove crucial in planning a biological or chemical weapons attack in Ukraine.
19:52 Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba:
Ihor Holod from Odesa, who worked at the Rizzi restaurant (Baden-Baden, Germany), was fired for his video address to Russians over Russia’s war against Ukraine.
According to the available information, the management of the restaurant, which targets the Russian-speaking population of Baden-Baden, did not like the truth about the thousands of Ukrainian civilians killed, including more than a hundred children, and dozens of cities destroyed by Russian troops.
19:17 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Operational information as of 18.00 on 22.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion
The twenty-seventh day of the heroic opposition of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion continues.
Unsuccessfully, the enemy continues to launch missile and bomb strikes using air force on military and civilian infrastructure in Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Donetsk oblasts. The enemy made more than 80 flights, including 29 from the airfields Baranovichi and Bobruisk, located in Belarus.
Bombers, assault aircraft and fighter jets were involved in the strikes. The enemy used five planes to conduct air reconnaissance of objects on the territory of Ukraine.
In the Black and Azov Seas operational zone, the ships of the Russian Navy perform tasks in certain areas of the Black Sea. Up to 5 ships of various types continue to be stationed in the north-eastern part of the Sea of Azov to support the actions of the ground forces of the occupying forces.
Despite active propaganda, the personnel of some units of the Central Military District were demoralized due to significant losses.
Cases of mass refusal of servicemen of the armed forces of the Russian Federation to take part in the war against Ukraine continue to be recorded. According to the available information, in the 155th separate brigade of marines since the beginning of the war about 220 servicemen refused to take part in the armed aggression against Ukraine. In total, since February 24 this year, about 50 servicemen of this brigade have been killed and about 110 wounded. Also, the death of senior officers in the Russian-Ukrainian war has caused a great resonance in Russian society.
The enemy, as noted earlier, has significant problems with the logistics of occupying forces in almost all directions. In addition, the occupying forces continue to suffer significant losses due to an inadequately organized medical supply system. Thus, due to untimely provision of medical care, lack of medical evacuation of the wounded and lack of medicines, units of the 7th Assault Division of the Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation suffered heavy losses.
Ukrainian defenders continue to restrain the enemy, demonstrating examples of courage and heroism, and destroy it in all directions.
Let’s win together! Glory to Ukraine!
#stoprussia
18:20 Valentyn Reznichenko, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration
Russian troops launched a missile strike on Pavlograd in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The train station was destroyed as a result. Destroyed railway line and tracks, 15 freight cars derailed. One person died. Traffic through the station is suspended for an indefinite period.
17:29 Liudmyla Denisova, Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights
Russia continues to use forbidden arms, including phosphorus shells, in the war against Ukraine.
“Yesterday in Kramatorsk another case of phosphorus munitions was recorded, the damage of which can cause particularly severe and painful injuries, chemical burns, bones and bone marrow damage, provoke slow and painful death.” – said Lyudmila Denisova.
17:01 Reuters
The Dutch energy company Eneco will not sign new contracts with Russian gas suppliers due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
16:43 Hromadske
Russian invaders released Victoria Roshchina, journalist of Hromadske TV. Now she is going to Zaporizhzhia, where she is to meet her relatives.
The Russians forced the journalist to record a video that she was allegedly not held captive, but was rescued. This became a condition for her release, Hromadske notes. Hours ago, pro-Russian media and Telegram channels began broadcasting a video in which Victoria Roshchina denied her claims to the Russian services holding her captive and said they had saved her life.
15:56 Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration
In the Zaporizhia region, local authorities report the new cases of kidnapping Ukrainian officials by Russian troops on the occupied territories.
The head of the Melitopol district state administration Igor Sudakov announced the kidnapping of the chairman of the Pryazovia settlement council Andrey Solopov, his deputy and the local police officer.
Also the Zaporizhzhia RMA reported the detention in Tokmak deputy of the local city council Olena Plaksina.
15:43 Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi
Italy wants Ukraine to join the European Union.
This was stated by Prime Minister Draghi on Tuesday after the speech of President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Italian Parliament.
14:12 Ukrinform Well-known photojournalist Maksym Levin disappeared on the front line near Kyiv, the last time he got in touch was on March 13 in the Vyshhorod district.
13:50 Serhiy Borzov, head of the Vinnytsia Regional State Administration
Russian “Iskander” cruise missile shot down in Vinnytsia region on Tuesday, March 22
13:33 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the Italian Parliament, the Senate and Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
“A little over a week ago, when I addressed a rally in Florence and dozens of other European cities, I asked all Italians, all Europeans, to remember the number 79 – so many children were killed in Ukraine at that time. Now – 117. Another 38 children these days. Such is the price of delay. Delay with pressure on Russia to end this brutal war”.
13:19 State Emergency Service
In Severodonetsk, Russian invaders opened fire on a children’s hospital. As a result, fire started on the roof. Our rescuers promptly evacuated 7 young patients and 15 adults, 8 of whom are doctors, to a safe place.
13:15 Liudmyla Denisova, Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights
The city of Chernihiv is on the verge of survival.
The outscirts of the city are completely bombed, the suburbs – by 60%. In addition, half of the population left Chernihiv, and many of the remaining (about 130,000) are sick and unable to take care of themselves.
Exits from Chernihiv to Kyiv are mined. Those who risk to leave use the “forest paths”. In the same way humanitarian aid is still attempted to be delivered. After the weather gets warmer, these paths will be washed away. The city will remain under absolute blockade.
13:00 Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine:
Given the total lack of replenishment of the combat army reserve, the occupiers resort to new forms of covert “mobilization”.
Due to the reluctance of reservists to return to the army and the mass refusal to sign contracts, the Russian Prosecutor’s Office is purposefully looking for people who have problems with loans, alimony and other debts. Accordingly, debtors are offered a waiver of all credit obligations in the event of signing a contract with the Russian army. In particular, similar proposals began to spread in the Republic of Tatarstan, Pyatigorsk, Rostov-on-Don and the North Caucasus.
Recruitment of people who have problems with the law also continues. Criminals are offered a full amnesty in exchange for participation in hostilities in Ukraine.
12:38 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
Operational information at 12.00 on 22.03.2022 of the Russian invasion
The twenty-seventh day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion continues.
The enemy continues to conduct full-scale armed aggression against our state. The tasks set by the criminal military-political leadership of Russia to the group of occupying troops of the armed forces of the Russian Federation remain unfulfilled.
Due to the lack of success of the ground phase of the operation, the enemy continues to actively launch missile and bomb strikes on important military and civilian infrastructure using operational and tactical aircraft, high-precision missile weapons and indiscriminate munitions.
The enemy is trying to form and move reserves to the borders of Ukraine. According to the available information, a joint unit of servicemen of several military units is being formed at the permanent deployment point of the 200th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Northern Fleet (Pechenha settlement).
Due to the unsatisfactory level of personnel of the 1st Army Corps in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region, representatives of the russian federation continue active measures to forcibly mobilize the local population in the cities of Horlivka, Yenakiieve and nearby settlements. After undergoing a rapid training course, the occupiers plan to reinforce the units with heavy casualties near Avdiivka and Izyum.
No active offensive actions of the enemy were recorded in the Polissya direction. Regrouping, consolidation on the occupied frontiers and logistical support of the troops are carried out.
In the Northern direction, some units of the Central Military District continue to regroup and concentrate forces and means to resume offensive operations.
In the direction of Chernihiv, the enemy is not conducting active offensive operations, continuing artillery shelling of positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the city of Chernihiv. No changes in the composition of forces and the nature of the actions of the occupying forces were noted.
In the direction of Brovary, the enemy continues to regroup in order to resume offensive operations. Logistical support of divisions and engineering equipment of occupied positions continues.
Units of the Western Military District did not carry out active offensive operations in the Slobozhansky direction. In the direction of Kharkiv and Izyum, the enemy is trying to take measures to restore the units that lost their combat capability, at the expense of separate units of the Baltic and Northern Fleets. Massive artillery shelling of Kharkiv continues.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy focused its efforts on capturing the cities of Rubizhne, Sievierodonetsk, Popasna, Vuhledar, and Mariupol.
In the area of the settlement of Kreminna the enemy didn’t carry out active actions. The forces of the 2nd Army Corp continue to consolidate in the area of the settlement of Pshenychne.
In the area of the settlement of Yampil, a separate unit of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division, the enemy carried out fire on the units of our troops in order to ensure further advance in the direction of the settlement of Torske. It was not successful.
In the direction of Donetsk – Marinka made an attempt to attack. It was unsuccessful, suffered heavy losses, and retreated.
The Russian occupiers are trying to carry out artillery shelling and assault operations in the city of Mariupol.
No changes in the composition and position of the enemy are recorded in the Tavriya direction. In the Kherson oblast, in the areas of the settlements of Kalanchak, Radensk, Brylivka and Tarasivka, Rosguard units carried out filtering measures to search for places to store small arms.
In the Pivdennyi Buh direction, the enemy attempted to carry out assault operations in the area of the settlement of Oleksandrivka, but was unsuccessful. In the area of the settlement of Bereznuvate, he conducted reconnaissance in battle, suffered casualties and withdrew.
11:09 Chairman of the Mykolaiv regional council Hanna Zamazieieva:
The occupiers fired at the civil infrastructure of Mykolaiv. They hit one of the special hospitals. For the past 24hrs, 40 people were injured in the region, most of them civilians. There are no children among the victims.
10:52 Kherson regional prosecutor’s office
Criminal proceedings have been instituted over the abduction of the Beryslav mayor and local activist. It is established that on March 19, 2022, representatives of the Russian Armed Forces abducted the mayor and a local activist, who refused to cooperate with the occupiers.
10:50 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 22.03 were approximately:
personnel ‒ about 15300,
tanks ‒ 509,
APV ‒ 1556,
artillery systems – 252,
MLRS ‒ 80 од,
anti-aircraft warfare systems ‒ 45,
aircraft – 99,
helicopters – 123,
vehicles ‒ 1000,
boats / cutters ‒ 3,
fuel tanks ‒ 70,
UAV operational-tactical level ‒ 35,
special equipment ‒ 15.
Data is being updated. The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities.
10:45 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine:
The operational situation on the diplomatic front as of 10:00 a.m. March 22
For twenty-seven days, Ukraine has been fiercely resisting Russia’s armed aggression on all fronts, including diplomatic.
Financial assistance
- EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said that the EU would provide an additional € 500 million to Ukraine following the EU Foreign Affairs Council.
- The Solidarity Fund for Ukraine will be one of the main topics during the summits of the European Council and the Group of Seven. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy is coordinating Ukrainian positions with partners on the eve of important meetings in Brussels. In particular, yesterday he held talks with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte, and the President of France Emanuel Macron.
Further sanctions
- The leaders of Great Britain, Italy, the United States, Germany, and France discussed a further coordinated response to Russia’s aggression and reaffirmed their intention to support Ukraine in the military, diplomatic and economic spheres.
Isolation of the Russian Federation
- International rating agency S&P Global Ratings will revoke the credit ratings of all Russian companies and organizations. The decision was preceded by a ban on credit rating agencies assigning ratings to Russia and Russian companies.
- The social networking analytics platform YouScan has completely closed its business in Russia. The company has stopped all new sales and will serve existing customers in Russia until the expiration of their contracts.
- Danish logistics company Maersk has decided to completely close down its operations in Russia and sell its assets.
- French banking group BNP Paribas stops new business in Russia.
- According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces, sanctions in Russia suspended the largest enterprises for the manufacture and repair of armored vehicles.
Support the world
- The European Association of Zoos and Aquariums has raised more than $ 600,000 to help Ukrainian zoos affected by the Russian invasion.
- Italian band Maneskin refused a tour of Russia in solidarity with Ukraine.
- French association Heureux comme le 5 sent 21 tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
10:06 Head of Vinnytsia Regional State Administration Serhiy Borzov:
Russians use IDPs to gather information. Borzov reported that 5 people who fled from the Kharkiv region were in constant contact with the Russian military and passed on the collected information to them.
9:59 The Pentagon
Since the beginning of the armed aggression, Russian troops have fired more than 1,100 missiles at targets in Ukraine.
8:51 European Pravda with reference to Helsingin Sanomat
Finnish customs have detained 21 yachts, which may belong to sanctioned Russian oligarchs or their companies.
If the customs gets enough confidence about the ownership, the responsible department for forced debt collection will be able to freeze the property.
8:28 State Emergency Service
In Nikolaev on March 21, enemy’s shelling caused fire at a gas station in the Korabelny district. Three men died, one woman was wounded.
8:26 Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine
As of the morning of March 22, 2022, 117 children were killed and more than 155 were injured in the armed aggression of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. Children suffered the most in Kyiv region – 58, Kharkiv region – 40, Chernihiv region – 31, Donetsk region – 30, Mykolaiv region – 24, city of Kyiv – 16, Zhytomyr region – 15, Kherson region – 15 and Sumy region – 14.
06:51 European Pravda
The UK Department of Defense has stated that Russia’s use of hypersonic missiles is likely to “divert attention from the lack of progress” in the ground campaign.
6:47 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Operational information at 06.00 on 22.03.2022 of the russian invasion
The twenty-seventh day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion began.
No significant changes in the position and nature of the actions of the defense forces during the last day have been noted. However, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other components of the Defense Forces continued to strike at groups of enemy troops who tried to hold the captured frontiers and succeeded in certain areas.
Over the past 24hrs, more than 9 enemy air targets have been hit by units of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Air Defense of the Land Forces. These are 1 plane, 6 UAVs and 2 helicopters, the number of missiles shot down is being specified.
In addition, the Air Force aircraft dealt devastating blows to clusters of enemy equipment and manpower, conducted air battles and intercepted air targets. More active actions of enemy aircraft have been noted in the last 24 hours.
The enemy did not lose significant problems with securing its troops. According to available information, the russian occupation forces operating in Ukraine have stockpiles of ammunition and food for no more than three days. The situation is similar with fuel, which is replenished by tank trucks. The occupiers were unable to organize a pipeline to meet the needs of the grouping of troops.
russian aggressors continue to carry out aggressive propaganda work on the need to take part in the war with Ukraine with the personnel of the armed forces of the republic of belarus.
In the Okhtyrka district of the Sumy oblast, the facts of disobedience of russian servicemen were recorded. About 300 occupiers refused to carry out the order to conduct hostilities, and, on 70 units of equipment, left the area of the operation.
In the temporarily occupied territories of Luhansk region, due to heavy losses of manpower, the enemy continues to mobilize citizens of the quasi-formation of the “LPR”. A large part of the population does not support the policy of the occupiers, does not want to take up arms and hides from the representatives of the occupying power. It is significant that mobilization is carried out chaotically, the people who are mobilized are not distributed by specialties, most of them have no military specialty, because they have never served in the military. Contracts are signed with citizens who have russian passports, and those who have only a pseudo-republic passport are registered as volunteers.
In the Donetsk and Luhansk directions, the enemy continues to try to advance and gain a foothold, but to no avail.
Ukrainian defenders repulsed 13 enemy attacks and destroyed 14 tanks, 8 infantry fighting vehicles, 2 multi-purpose towing vehicles light armored, 3 artillery systems and 4 vehicles. Air defense units hit 2 enemy air targets. The losses of enemy personnel amounted to about 300 people.
In addition, the defenders of Mariupol destroyed the patrol boat “Raptor” and the electronic warfare complex “Leer-3”.
We believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine! Let’s win together! Glory to Ukraine!
1:24 Russian newspaper “Komsomolskaya Pravda”
The Russian newspaper “Komsomolskaya Pravda” published the information on the deaths of nearly 10,000 Russian soldiers during the fighting in Ukraine, and then deleted the message.
1:09 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Operational information at 00.00 on 22.03.2022 of the russian invasion
The twenty-sixth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion is coming to an end.
During the fighting, the enemy temporarily holds the land corridor with the occupied Crimea and blocks access to the Sea of Azov.
Having lost its offensive potential, the russian occupation forces continue to form and move reserves from the depths of the russian federation to the borders of Ukraine.
Due to the large irreversible and sanitary losses of personnel (including command) in the armed forces of the russian federation, the planned discharge of officers, ensigns and sergeants from military service has been suspended.
The military-political leadership of the russian federation is carrying out aggressive propaganda activities aimed at servicemen of the Armed Forces of the republic of belarus regarding the need for military invasion of the territory of Ukraine.
In Polissya, during the day, the enemy tried to intensify offensive operations in several areas, suffered losses, but did not succeed. Continues to conduct air reconnaissance in order to find optimal ways to improve its position.
In the Northern direction, the enemy is not conducting active offensive operations, continues to restore offensive capabilities by introducing additional units on the territory of Ukraine, including a battalion tactical group from the 90th Tank Division.
Units of the invader continue to shell Chernihiv and other settlements, do not abandon attempts to attack in the direction of Brovary, but due to losses, have no success in advancing. They are trying to replenish stocks and conduct reconnaissance.
In the Slobozhansky direction the enemy does not carry out active offensive actions, continues to partially block the city of Sumy, carries out artillery shelling of the city of Kharkiv. Occupation forces are trying to rebuild the railway section from Valuyki to Kupyansk in order to improve the logistics of the group.
In the Donetsk and Luhansk directions, the enemy continues to try to advance and gain a foothold, but was unsuccessful.
Ukrainian defenders repulsed 13 enemy attacks and destroyed 14 tanks, 8 infantry fighting vehicles, 2 multi-purpose towing vehicle light armored, 3 artillery systems and 4 vehicles. Air defense units hit 2 enemy air targets. The losses of enemy personnel amounted to about 300 people (losses are being clarified).
Defenders of Mariupol destroyed the patrol boat “Raptor” and the electronic warfare complex “Leer-3”.
In the South Buh direction, the occupiers have taken defensive action, are taking measures to restore combat capability, trying to restore damaged armored vehicles.
In the Mykolayiv direction, owing to counterattack of divisions of Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy is compelled to retreat to unfavorable borders.
So, during the day, thanks to the heroic actions of our defenders, the state flag of Ukraine was raised over the city of Makarov, the enemy was rejected.
Enemy aircraft continue to destroy missile and bombings of infrastructure in Ukraine in Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Donetsk oblasts. At the same time, the occupiers continue to actively use the airfield network of the republic of belarus.
It is expected that the enemy will continue to launch insidious missile and bomb strikes and carry out artillery shelling of critical infrastructure of Ukraine using jet artillery, aircraft, high-precision weapons and indiscriminate munitions.
Ukraine is on our shoulders! Keep calm! Glory to Ukraine!
00:21 High Command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
On March 21, the Russian occupants increased their aviation presence in Ukraine’s airspace.
In addition to the use of many unmanned aerial vehicles, the enemy uses bombers, assault and fighter aircraft, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles in various directions.
