🟠13.03.2022
23:15 Lana Zerkal, member of the Ukrainian delegation to participate in the oral hearings of the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague
Ukraine insists on creating a separate account to which Russians will receive money for their gas and oil from Europe, and when it comes time to pay Ukraine for the damage caused by the war, from that account the funds will be transferred.
“This account opens on the basis of EU sanctions. Then the countries that now receive energy from Russia, instead of sending these funds to Russia (which is almost a billion a month), these money are deposited in a special account. When there is a decision on whether there is an agreement… from these accounts the amounts come to Ukraine,” Zerkal said.
21:34 Adviser to the head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Mykhailo Podoliak: Negotiations go non-stop in the format of video conferences. Working groups are constantly functioning. A large number of issues require constant attention. On Monday, March 14, a negotiating session will be held to sum up the preliminary results…
21:29 Time published a statement on the death of journalist Brent Renaud. “In recent weeks, Brent was in the region working on a TIME Studios project focused on the global refugee crisis.”
Earlier it was reported that a 51-year-old American journalist Brent Renaud was shot dead by the Russian occupiers in Irpin, Kyiv region. He was found with the New York Times press badge that had been issued for an assignment years ago, but he was not on assignment for the company in Ukraine, the New York Times noted.
20:59 Head of Zhytomyr military administration Vitaliy Bunechko: Despite the non-compliance of the Russian occupation forces with the conditions for providing “green corridors” in some areas, more than 600 people were rescued from Borodianka and Kycheieve, Kyiv region. In particular, the wards of local psychoneurological institutions were evacuated.
20:31 Adviser to the Minister of Defense on a voluntary basis Markiian Lubkivskyi
confirmed the data on the redeployment of the Russian “peacekeeping contingent” from the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. In the future, these fighters are planned to be used on the side of Russia in the war against Ukraine, Lubkivskyi said in a comment to Radio Liberty.
19:51 Metinvest group press service: On March 13, the Avdiivka coke – chemical plant of the Metinvest Group came under massive shelling. The shells hit the first and second workshops, the resin and coal preparation second workshops, and the warehouse. No one was injured.
19:48 Iryna Vereshchuk
Buses and trucks carrying humanitarian goods bound for Mariupol remained in Berdiansk as the Russians attacked the city again from the air. There are civilian casualties.
This was announced by Iryna Vereshchuk, Vice Prime Minister – Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine.
Tomorrow they will try to go further and get to Mariupol.
Source: Ukrinform
19:20 UNHCR: As of March 12, more than 2,698,000 refugees from Ukraine crossed borders into neighboring countries. Over 1,6 mln people crossed the borders with Poland, 246,000 – in Hungary. As the situation continues to unfold, an estimated 4 million people may flee Ukraine, UNHCR states.
18:49 Mayor of Skadovsk Oleksandr Yakovliev: In the afternoon, a column of Russian occupiers (about 30 units of equipment) arrived in Skadovsk and will probably stay overnight. Settled in one of the children’s camps on the outskirts of Skadovsk.
18:37 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Operational information as of 18:00, March 13, 2022.
The eighteenth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues.
The Defense Forces continue to conduct a defense operation in the South, East and North.
Defensive battles are being fought, the state border of Ukraine and the sea coast of the state are being covered.
Stabilization operations in some areas and territorial defense tasks are being carried out.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repulses concentrated missile and air strikes and means of air attack of the enemy, air cover of objects of critical infrastructure of Ukraine and groups of troops.
From the beginning of the day, the enemy focused its main efforts on advancing in the direction of the city of Kryvyi Rih and capturing the city of Mykolayiv.
He does not stop trying to capture the city of Mariupol.
The occupiers continue to accumulate reserves for the attack on Uhledar and inflict artillery strikes on residential areas of the city.
In order to strike on the territory of Ukraine from the Black Sea, there is a naval group of the enemy in combat readiness “full”.
In violation of the requirements of International Humanitarian Law, the occupiers continue to take civilians hostage, launch missile bombings and artillery strikes on densely populated neighborhoods, schools and kindergartens, plunder the local population, and looting.
According to available information, the enemy is intensifying activities to carry out sabotage on the routes of transport convoys with humanitarian aid and military aid.
18:25 Energoatom:Electricity supply restored at Chornobyl NPP. Now the cooling systems of spent nuclear assemblies will work again in the normal mode, not from backup power.
18:07 State Emergency Service of Ukraine: OnMarch 13, in the village of Zelenyi Hai in Mykolaiv region, as a result of an air strike, the school building was destroyed with subsequent burning. Preliminary, 2 people were killed and 2 were injured.
The fire was extinguished on an area of 150 square meters.
Earlier, at 16:46, the head of Mykolaiv military administration Vitaliy Kim reported that Russian occupiers struck an air strike on a school in Mykolaiv region.
17:23 State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine:
2187 peaceful unarmed Mariupol residents killed by occupation troops in 17 days of war.
At least 22 bombings of a peaceful city in 24 hours. About 100 bombs have already been dropped on Mariupol.
The occupiers are deliberately striking at houses, crowded places, destroying children’s hospitals and destroying the city’s infrastructure.
17:06 Mayor of Irpin city Oleksandr Markushyn:
As of today, we ban journalists from entering Irpin. In this way, we want to save the lives of both them and our defenders.
Previously it was reported that Russian occupiers in Irpin, Kyiv region, shot dead American journalists. 51-year-old correspondent Brent Renaud. Early reports that he was working for The Times in Ukraine circulated because he was found with the New York Times press badge that had been issued for an assignment years ago, the New York Times noted.
15:09 Kyiv City State Administration
The occupiers fired artillery at the Pushcha-Vodytsia psychoneurological residential care (located in the suburb of Kyiv). Staff and wards were evacuated early.
One shell hit the boiler room: the roof was damaged, there was destruction inside. The second shell hit the morgue. As a result of the blast wave, the residential building of the institution was also partially destroyed. Currently, specialists are working at the site of the shelling.
15.06 Head of Kirovohrad Regional State Administration Andriy Raikovych:
Seven people died as a result of an air strike at Kanatove airfield, Kirovohrad region, on March 12.
14:53 Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine:
Russia continues to recruit mercenaries in Syria and Libya.
Putin’s Russia has opened 14 centers for recruiting mercenaries in Syria in territories controlled by the regime of Bashar al-Assad. In recent days, Russia has already gathered thousands of Syrian mercenaries to join the occupying forces.
In particular, they are members of the so-called “National Defense Militia” and units of the 5th Corps of the Syrian Armed Forces. The Syrians are expected to use heavy artillery and sniper weapons against the Ukrainians.
Also, there is confirmed information about Russia’s training of mercenaries from Libya to engage in hostilities in Ukraine.
Russia will pay foreign mercenaries a monthly salary of USD 300 to 600.
14:51 Ukrainian local journalist Oleh Baturyn disappeared in Kakhovka, a city in Kherson region of Ukraine on Saturday evening. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) called on the authorities to investigate the disappearance.
On 13:26, Kherson regional prosecutor’s office reported that the investigation into the alleged abduction of the journalist in Kherson region by Russian occupiers is ongoing.
Earlier, in the evening of March 12, local journalists of Kherson region reported their colleague, Oleh Baturyn, went missing.
According to his wife, at about 4 PM, “an acquaintance called Oleh and proposed to meet him near the bus station, which is located near the journalist’s house, in Kakhovka. The journalist went to the meeting, leaving his phone and documents at home. He promised to return in 20 minutes, but did not return”.
In local chats circulated information that at about 4:50 PM, Russian soldiers were spotted near Kakhovka bus station. The neighboring town of Nova Kakhovka is occupied by Russians forces who are attempting to install a Russian-controlled military-civilian administration there.
14:31 Pope Francis issued a statement in support of Ukraine: “This week, the city named after the Virgin Mary – Mariupol – became a martyr city in a fierce war ravaging Ukraine. There is no reason to justify the barbaric killings of children, innocent and unarmed civilians. population”, the pope said, European Pravda reports.
14:21 Fires broke out in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone on Sunday, March 13, Radio Liberty Belarus reports. Rescuers are unable to go out to put out the blaze due to the temporary Russian occupation of nuclear power plants. At the same time, 211 employees of the nuclear power plant have been held hostage for 18 days.
Fires are recorded near the settlements of Polissya, Babor, Stechanka, as well as in Rudnia-Veresnia, Kyiv region. According to radiation monitoring in the exclusion zone by ‘Ecocenter’ company, there are currently four fires, the area of which is increasing daily.
14:11 Head of the Main Directorate of the National Police of the Kyiv Region Andriy Niebytov: 51-year-old correspondent Brent Renaud of the world-famous New York Times was shot dead in Irpin. Two more correspondents were injured. Now the wounded have been rescued from the scene and taken to the capital’s hospital.
13:35 Okhmatdyt Hospital: a wounded journalist from the United States was brought to Okhmatdyt. He and his colleagues came under enemy fire. Video commentary by the wounded journalist.
13:30 One of Serbia’s most popular media outlets, the tabloid Vecernje novosti, which is extremely loyal to the ruling party and promotes the party line, conducts anti-Ukrainian propaganda with the spread of the dirtiest Russian fakes about the events during the Russia’s war against Ukraine, European Pravda reports based on the analysis of the publications of Serbian media.
For example, in Sunday’s issue of Novosti, they talked about the problems in Mariupol and claimed that “Ukrainian neo-Nazis” were forcing people to stay in the city by shooting them.
“Although Kyiv has said that all civilians who want to leave Mariupol will be able to leave through the humanitarian corridor, the number of people (who fled Mariupol) is minimal, because neo-Nazi battalions shoot them in the back if they notice them,” the pro-government Serbian newspaper wrote. Notably, the author of this publication writes in Moscow.
“In the previous issue, the Vecernje novosti made the main material a Russian fake about the development of a virus in Ukraine that will affect Russians on ethnic grounds,” European Pravda reported.
13:29 Security Service of Ukraine intercepts new conversations of Russian invaders looting in Sumy region.
On the intercepted audio messages it can be heard how the Russian occupiers in Sumy region are robbing shops and even homes of Ukrainians. They are looking for cigarettes, alcohol and sweets, take out laptops, TVs and other appliances, and then burn the houses.
12:32 Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko appealed to the EU Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Business Thierry Breton to ban the broadcasting of Russian TV channels in the EU.
12:27 Head of Lviv Regional State Administration Maksym Kozytskyi: Updated information on the night shelling of the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security.
At 12:00 almost all fires were extinguished, explosives technicians and other specialists inspected the area, dismantled most of the debris.
Unfortunately, more heroes were lost: 35 people died as a result of the shelling of the peacekeeping and security center. Another 134 with varying degrees of damage are in hospital.
Earlier it was reported that at night the occupiers fired rockets at the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security in Lviv region. The air strike was carried out from the Black and Azov Seas. The planes took off at Saratov airport. In total, the occupiers fired more than 30 missiles. The Ukrainian air defense system worked. Some of the missiles were shot down in the air.
In this way, the shelling is approaching the borders of NATO countries.
12:07 The head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Matti Maasikas said that work on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union had begun.
12:05 Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The operational situation on the diplomatic front as of 10:00, March 13:
The French Institute of Public Opinion conducted a large-scale survey on the war in Ukraine among citizens of France, Germany, Italy, and Poland. 71% of respondents are in favor of Ukraine’s accession to the EU. This unprecedented support confirms that Ukrainians are members of a large European family.
Economic isolation of the Russian Federation
Russia’s economy continues its downfall. The Central Bank of Russia has decided not to resume trading on the Moscow Stock Exchange until March 18. Russia fears that the ruble’s exchange rate will fall again, deepening the economic crisis
According to Bloomberg, Russia’s GDP has already boiled down by $ 30 billion. Russia has lost another $ 5 billion in military equipment. Bloomberg Economics forecasts a decline in Russia’s GDP by about 9% for 2022
Barclays Bank has temporarily blocked the bank account of Chelsea football club due to sanctions against club owner Roman Abramovich
International isolation of the Russian Federation
The Steering Committee of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) has stated that Russian and Belarusian athletes will not participate in FISU competitions and events until at least the end of 2022
The social network for athletes Strava has decided to suspend its services in Russia and Belarus due to the war against Ukraine
Humanitarian aid
Poland has already housed more than 1.6 million Ukrainians. A law supporting Ukrainian citizens who were forced to flee abroad from Russian aggression came into force in Poland. The document provides the opportunity for legal employment and access to free medicine. Ukrainian pupils and students will have the opportunity to continue their education in schools and universities
Lithuania has allocated 3.94 million euros from the state budget for the housing of Ukrainians and simplified the employment procedure
Czech community organizations have already raised 1.7 billion Czech crowns to help Ukrainian citizens. The Parliament of the Czech Republic has passed a law on a simplified procedure for obtaining documents for residence, access to medical services, employment, social security, and education in the Czech Republic
The United Kingdom has developed a «Homes for Ukraine» assistance program that will allow Ukrainians who do not have relatives in the country to stay in the country. The UK government will pay people £ 350 a month if they can offer refugees at least a separate room or separate accommodation for a minimum of six months
11:48 State Emergency Service of Ukraine: Three 500- fragmentation-demolition air bombs Chernihiv pyrotechnics removed from residential areas of the city in one day.
11:22 Head of Mykolaiv military administration Vitaliy Kim reports about 9 killed people as a result of air strikes in Mykolaiv city.
Earlier, at 10:33 National Police of Ukraine reported about the consequences of air strikes in Mykolayiv and Bashtanka town. An enemy military plane struck on Mykolaiv, as a result of which the building of one of the plant’s workshops was destroyed. In Bashtanka, air strikes were carried out on residential buildings. The number of victims is currently being determined.
10:59 Deputies of Melitopol city council called onUkraine’s President, Prosecutor General, and the governments of NATO member countries about the critical situation in Melitopol (Zaporizhzhia region).
The occupying forces of the Russian Federation are repressing the civilian population of Melitopol. They kidnapped the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov, regional council deputy Liela Ibrahimova, and local pro-Ukrainian public figure Olha Haisumova.
Russian occupying forces seized and plundered the Center for Humanitarian Aid due to which the situation with the provision of humanitarian aid in the distribution of food and medicine is at a critical level.
Moreover, Russian occupants are trying to illegally create an occupation administration of the city of Melitopol. For this purpose, the occupiers declared Halyna Danylchenko, a deputy of the Melitopol city council from “Opposition Bloc” political party an acting mayor of Melitopol.
The deputies of Melitopol city council appeal to NATO countries to close the sky over Ukraine, the President Zelenskyy to take measures to release from captivity Melitopol mayor and other civilians, the Prosecutor General – to launch a pre-trial investigation into criminal proceedings under “treason” article on the fact of attempts to establish the occupation administration of Melitopol by representatives of the political party “Opposition Bloc.”
10:33 Head of Lviv military administration Maksym Kozytskyi: As a result of air strikes on the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security in Lviv Region, 9 people died and 57 were injured. Among them are not only military but also civilians.
‘More than 30 missiles were fired in Lviv region and beyond. Our air defenses worked and shot down a few of them,’ Kozytskyi said.
Earlier, as of 07:15, it was reported that Russians fired 8 missiles at the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security, better known as the Yavoriv Military Range, located a few dozen kilometers from the border with Poland.
09:44 Head of Zaporizhzhia military administration Oleksandr Starukh: The mayor of Dniprorudne city Yevhen Matveev was kidnapped.
09:20 State Emergency Service of Ukraine: In Chernihiv, at 5:46 AM, an air strike destroyed the 2nd to 9th floors, followed by the burning of a 9-storey dormitory.
According to preliminary information, 7 people were rescued, 1 person died and 1 was injured. The work continues. Information on the dead and injured is being clarified.
09:01 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 13.03 were approximately:
- personnel – over 12 000
- tanks ‒ 374
- APV ‒ 1226
- artillery systems – 140
- MLRS – 62,
- Anti-aircraft warfare systems – 34
- aircraft – 74
- helicopters – 86
- vehicles – 600
- boats / cutters – 3
- fuel tanks – 60,
- UAV operational-tactical level – 7.
Data are being updated. The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities.
08:32 Ukrainian Railways: On the night of March 13, near Brusyn station, Donetsk region, a passenger train was hit by debris during a shelling. The train was going for evacuation to the city of Lyman to pick up residents of Luhansk and Donetsk regions who were in the zone of fierce fighting.
One of the conductors of this train was killed and another was injured and taken to Sloviansk Hospital, where she is currently being treated.
07:50 Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee: Ukraine won 29 medals at the 2022 Paralympics in Beijing. This is a record number of victories in such competitions for our Paralympic team – 11 gold, 10 silver and 8 bronze medals.
07:15 Lviv Regional Military Administration: The occupiers launched an air strike on the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security in Lviv region. According to preliminary data, they fired 8 missiles. Information on victims is being established.
The International Center for Peacekeeping and Security, better known as the Yavoriv Military Range, is a military range in western Ukraine, located 30 km northwest of Lviv, Suspilne informs. Since 1995, the ‘Peace Shield’ international exercise has been held on the territory of the test site within the framework of the Partnership for Peace program, which is held jointly by Ukraine and NATO.
02:15 Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security: Nothing sacred: the enemy attacked the Sviatohirsk Lavra [Moscow Patriarchate].
At about 10 pm, an air bomb exploded 50 meters from the bridge connecting the right and left banks of the Siversky Donets River, which is located at the entrance to the Sviatohirsk Lavra.
There are currently 520 refugees in the Sviatohirsk Lavra, including 200 children.
Earlier, at 23:47 of March 12, Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) reported that as a result of hostilities in Sviatohirsk, the buildings of the Sviatohirsk Lavra were damaged.
00:55 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Operational information on 24.00, 12.03.2022
The enemy carries out measures to restore combat capability and regroup troops, as well as prepares for the continuation of the offensive in the Polissia, Siversky, Slobozhansky, Donetsk, Tavriya and South Bug areas.
The occupying forces inflicted heavy losses, slowed down the pace of the offensive, and stopped in the vast majority of directions. Military and civilian infrastructure continues to be destroyed. In order to compensate for the losses, the occupiers organized the training of additional forces and means for conducting hostilities on the territory of Ukraine.
The enemy did not carry out offensive operations in the Volyn direction. The military leadership of the Republic of Belarus has strengthened the protection of the border with Ukraine. There is a high probability of direct participation of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus in the military operation against Ukraine. There is an air reconnaissance of objects on the territory of Ukraine with the help of UAVs, probably from the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
No active offensive actions of the enemy were recorded in the Polissia direction. Measures are being taken to restore combat capability and regroup troops. The enemy is trying to reconnoiter and clarify the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and possible ways of attack. The occupiers continue to tax the logistics system by creating repair bases on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
In the northern direction, the enemy focused on improving the operational construction of troops and the logistics system of the group.
In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy carried out offensive operations in the area of Izium settlement , further trying to move in the direction of Sloviansk. After the losses received in the area of the city of Kharkiv, he withdrew to the territory of the russian federation (Belgorod region) one of the BTGs of the 6th All-Military Army to restore combat capability. At the same time, it strengthened the groupings in this direction due to the introduction of units from the Northern Fleet.
In the Donetsk and Tavriya directions, the enemy carried out assault operations and fire raids. It does not abandon attempts to storm the city of Mariupol. The Russian occupiers are trying to prepare reserves and go on the offensive in Severodonetsk, Vuhledar and Zaporizhzhia. The enemy has had little success in the Volnovakha direction – it has captured the eastern outskirts and is trying to move on.
At the same time, the enemy does not refuse to attempt an offensive on Kryvyi Rih. It did not succeed. It looks for weaknesses in the defense of Ukrainian defenders. In order to increase efforts, the enemy puts into operation reserves from the Airborne Forces. In some areas it is trying to keep the previously occupied borders.
