🔵28.03.2022
22:55 Centre for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine
Despite the message of the Minister for Reintegration of the TOT of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk that the humanitarian corridors will not open on March 28, it did not prevent the Russian Defence Ministry from spreading fake that “the Ukrainian side fired from small arms and mortars in the Sumy and Zaporizhzhia areas, preventing the evacuation of civilians.” The Russian Defence Ministry has once again spread a fake about “Ukrainian nationalists on Bandera mobiles.” This time, Russia said they were “firing mortars at queues near shops and ATMs, killing three people.”
20:41 The Guardian
Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital will receive 97,000 euros from the sale of Banksy’s painting at auction. The picture shows two soldiers painting a symbol of the nuclear disarmament campaign on the wall.
19:20 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The operational update regarding the Russian invasion on 18.00 on March 28, 2022.
The thirty-third day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion continues.
The Russian enemy is focusing its efforts on fulfilling the objectives of reaching the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. Also, the Russian occupation Command is making every effort to keep the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine under control.
In order to replenishment of losses of personnel, the military commissariats in the Russian federation continue to recruit citizens to form so-called “volunteer” units, which will be involved in ensuring a kind of occupation “order” in the occupied territories. The main requirement for candidates is satisfactory health. Experience in military service is not required. Also, the Russian enemy takes people with a criminal records.
Despite statements by officials from the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Russian federation regarding changes in plans and priorities, the enemy continues to increase the number of troops around the capital. Russian troops continue unsuccessful attempts to take positions from which they could attack or surround Kyiv.
Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to defend the city of Mariupol. Defenders of the city by their actions restrain the development of the Russian enemies’ offensive in other directions. The Russian occupiers continue to suffer heavy losses.
The temporarily captured city of Kherson is significantly resisting the Russian occupation, and the Russian enemy is forced to concentrate more and more forces of the Russian military and the Rosguard to keep the city under its control.
About 150 people from South Ossetia were transferred to the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea for their further actions in the neighboring oblasts of Ukraine. Measures to covertly mobilize the population of so-called South Ossetia in order to further involve it in the war with Ukraine have also been recorded.
Bringing the enterprises of the Russian defense-industrial complex involved in the production of missiles to round-the-clock operation indicates a significant reduction in the arsenal of missile weapons.
Given the international sanctions to ban the supply of high-tech products to the Russian Federation, the import substitution process will have a long-term effect, given the lack of short-term prospects for self-manufacturing high-tech electronic equipment, which is an important component of missile manufacturing.
russia’s military leadership is trying to build up reserves and restore the combat capability of units that suffered losses during the first month of the war.
Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct defensive operations and carry out successful counterattacks in some areas.
19:04 Adviser to the Head of the President’s Office Mykhailo Podoliak
“There are a lot of speculations in the information field now, different conspiracy versions and elements of one or another information game. Therefore, I will repeat once again – the members of the negotiating groups are working in regular modes today,” Podoliak commented on media reports about the possible poisoning of three participants in the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.
18:41 Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova
Venediktova confirms Russia’s use of banned cluster munitions in Kherson and Odesa oblasts, law enforcement officers gather evidence in Kyiv.
18:30 Bellingcat
Bellingcat can confirm that three members of the delegation attending the peace talks between Ukraine and Russia on the night of 3 to 4 March 2022 experienced symptoms consistent with poisoning with chemical weapons. One of the victims was Russian entrepreneur Roman Abramovich. The same information was published by The Wall Street Journal.
16:43 Mayor of Irpin Oleksandr Markushyn
Ukrainian defenders liberated Irpin, Kyiv region, from Russian occupiers.
16:12 Journalist Nataliia Bohuta
The Russian military captured the correspondent of the UNIAN news agency Dmytro Khyliuk. This was announced by his colleague, journalist Nataliia Bohuta, as well as the organisation “Media Initiative for Human Rights”.
16:07 Anonymous
Hackers of the Anonymous group published a scan of the order of the acting Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Dmitry Bulgakov to film propaganda videos to discredit the attitude of Ukrainian forces toward POWs.
16:04 Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Today, 27 units of fire and rescue and special equipment, as well as emergency rescue equipment and property were received by Ukrainian rescuers from the Government of the French Republic.
15:53 German Minister of Economy and Climate Robert Habeck according to NV Business
The G7 countries have agreed to reject Russia’s demand to pay for the import of its energy in rubles.
14:35 Ukrainska Pravda
The European Commission has called on EU member states to abolish citizenship programs in exchange for investment and to assess the possibility of withdrawing citizenship from Russians and Belarusians who have been sanctioned due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
14:13 Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
In Russia, covert mobilisation continues.
From April 1, mobilisation under the BARS-2021 program (Combat Army Reserve of the Country) will begin throughout the Russian Federation. To conceal mass mobilisation measures, it will be held at the same time as the planned conscription. This will be a cover for a large number of mobilised people who will arrive at military enlistment offices.
At the same time, the BARS program is concealing the involvement of Russian prisoners in hostilities. In particular, about 100 criminals detained in the Chernokozovo penal colony (Chechen Republic) are already preparing to be sent to Ukraine. All of them have been convicted of serious criminal offenses (robbery, murder, drug distribution). Convicts who have received terms under political articles (extremism, terrorism) are not offered such agreements. Those who agreed were promised a full amnesty in the event of a return alive after participating in hostilities. It is noteworthy that such “mobilised” people are not allowed to see their relatives and inform them about their participation in the war in Ukraine.
13:32 Ukrainska Pravda
A drifting sea mine was found off the coast of Romania on the morning of March 28.
According to Digi24, the Ministry of Defense received such information.
In the morning, the Turkish Ministry of Defense announced the discovery of a mine in the Black Sea near the border with Bulgaria. According to European Pravda, Turkish authorities reports, these are floating mines of the old model. Most likely, they were used by the Russians to mine the sea.
13:12 Head of the executive staff of the regional council in the Kherson regional council Yurii Sobolevskyi
In Henichesk, the occupiers detained Oleksii Konovalov, a deputy of the Henichesk Council.
12:56 Prosecutor General’s Office
According to the investigation, on March 27, 2022, at about 5:15 p.m., a column of military equipment of the Russian Federation was moving on the highway outside the village of Chumakove, Konotop district, Sumy region. Ignoring international law, the Russian serviceman deliberately hit pedestrians walking in the opposite direction. As a result, the family suffered – a 15-year-old boy and his mother were injured, a 33-year-old man died of his injuries in hospital.
12:15 Ukrainska Pravda according to The Economist
Zelenskyy: “[Russians] are kidnapping the mayors of our cities. They killed some of them. Some of them we can’t find. Some of them we have found already, and they are dead. And some of them were replaced.”
12:00 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Тhe operational update regarding the Russian invasion on 12.00 on March 28, 2022.
The thirty-third day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion continues.
The Russian enemy is focusing on maintaining the occupied frontiers and preparing for the resumption of offensive operations.
There is noted a regrouping of Russian troops to increase offensive capabilities to meet their objectives of reaching the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. At the same time, the Russian enemy continues to launch missile and bomb strikes on the military and civilian infrastructure of Ukraine.
Also, additional units of the Armed Forces of the Russian federation are being trained and relocated to conduct hostilities on the territory of Ukraine.
According to the available information, it is planned to send military equipment and 150 servicemen from the 155th Separate Brigade of the Pacific Fleet (permanent base of Vladivostok). A unit of the 14th special brigade of the Eastern Military District (Khabarovsk, permanent deployment point) has been formed.
In the Volyn direction, there are up to four BTGs from the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, involved in strengthening and protecting the Belarusian-Ukrainian border. It is impossible to completely rule out the involvement of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine.
In the Polissya direction, the Russian enemy did not carry out active offensive actions. It continues to inflict fire damage on units of Ukrainian troops in the areas of the settlements of Lychanka, Petrushka, Shpytka, and Moshchun.
The Russian enemy is regrouping troops and withdrawing some of the units to the territory of the Republic of Belarus to restore combat capability.
In the Gomel region of the Republic of Belarus, the transporting of the Iskander-M mobile short-range ballistic missile system in the direction of the State Border with Ukraine has been recorded.
In the Siversky direction, the Russian enemy, with the help of certain units of the Central Military District, did not conduct offensive operations. It focused its efforts on consolidating and maintaining the previously occupied borders. Carries out regrouping, concentrates equipment in settlements and forests to prevent fire damage.
The Russian enemy continues to blockade the city of Chernihiv, inflicting fire damage on civilian infrastructure. It defends previously captured frontiers and conducts engineering equipment positions. According to available data, the Russian enemy withdrew from the village of Snovsk, destroying the bridge over the river Snov.
In addition, the Russian occupiers destroyed bridges in the settlements of Konotop, Stara Rudnya, Smyach, Maly Dyrchyn, and Velykyi Dyrchyn.
In the direction of Brovary, the occupiers tried to act with the help of separate units of the 90th Tank Division and the 2nd All-Military Army of the Central Military District. The Russian enemy was stopped by active defensive actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but it continued to shell the positions of our troops near the village of Lukyanivka.
In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy is acting with the help of separate units from the Western Military District.
In the area of the city of Sumy, the Russian enemy did not conduct active hostilities, continued to regroup troops, and withdraw them to the territory of the Russian Federation to restore combat capability after the losses. According to available information, the morale and psychological condition of the personnel are extremely low. Thus, servicemen of the 15th Motorized Rifle Regiment refuse to take part in the war.
In the direction of Kharkiv city, the Russian enemy did not conduct offensive operations, continues to block the city and fire on civilian infrastructure, and carried out measures of logistical support of troops.
In the area of the city of Izyum, the Russian enemy is operating with the help of separate units of the 20th All-Military and 1st Tank Armies and the Baltic Fleet. Carries out regrouping, its replenishment of ammunition to further resume the offensive on Slovyansk.
In the Donetsk direction, the Russian occupiers are concentrating their main efforts on taking control of the settlements of Popasna and Rubizhne, exits to the districts of Vuhledar and Solodke, as well as capturing the city of Mariupol.
The Russian enemy carried out artillery and mortar shelling of the settlements of Toretske, Svitlodarsk, Troitske, and Pisky.
In the direction of Terny, as a result of a combat clash with units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian enemy suffered losses and retreated to the area of the settlement of Makiyivka.
In Rubizhne, with the support of artillery, the Russian enemy is trying to gain a foothold in the north-western part of the city, but it suffered losses with no success.
In the area of the settlement of New York, Donetsk oblast, the Russian enemy attempted assault twice. It was unsuccessful, was retreated, and continued artillery shelling the positions of Ukrainian defenders.
The Russian enemy carried out assaults in the area of Marinka. It was unsuccessful and suffered losses. In Mariupol – the Russian enemy continued to advance to the city centre and fire on the positions of Ukrainian troops.
In the areas of Stepnohirsk and Huliaipole, the Russian occupiers carried out artillery shelling of the positions of units of the Ukrainian Defence Forces.
In the Tavriya direction, Rosguard units in the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson region continue to carry out filtering measures to identify Ukrainian servicemen, participants in the anti-terrorist operation, civic activists, as well as the seizure of weapons and ammunition.
In the South Buh direction, the enemy is taking measures to restore combat capability and replenish ammunition, continuing engineering work. It carried out assault operations in the direction of the settlement of Blahodatne, but with no success.
The naval staff of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian federation performs tasks in certain areas of the Black Sea and Azov operational zones. Some ships went to a closed area, probably to launch missile strikes on targets in Ukraine.
11:27 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
The operational situation on the diplomatic front as of 10:00, March 28
For thirty-three days in a row, Ukraine has been fiercely resisting Russia’s armed aggression on all fronts, including diplomatic.
The world continues to stand with Ukraine. “Save Ukraine – #StopWar” international charity telethon in support of Ukraine was held yesterday. Leaders of states and governments, diplomats, media representatives, artists, and the world’s citizens have united around a common idea: to support Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression. The concert was broadcasted by about three dozen broadcasters around the world. The audience watched the speech of the President of Ukraine and the telethon with the assistance of our embassies in the squares and cultural centers of fifty cities and capitals of the world.
Assistance to Ukraine
- The British government allocates a £ 3 million aid package to support Ukrainian scientists. It also suspends cooperation with Russian universities and companies.
- Russian criminals on the way behind bars.
- Forty-two countries have supported the investigation of Russian war crimes and have filed complaints with the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Sanctions’ effect
- The Finnish state-owned railway company VR has suspended freight rail services with Russia due to anti-Russian sanctions.
- The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala stated that his country had frozen assets worth hundreds of millions of kroons belonging to sanctioned Russian citizens and companies.
Isolation of the Russian Federation
- Korea has banned the export of 57 non-strategic goods to Russia and Belarus. Restrictions primarily apply to semiconductors, chips, micros, and computers.
- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has suspended cooperation with Russian research institutes. The cooperation lasted for 11 years with the Skolkovo Innovation Center or the “Russian Silicon Valley”.
Humanitarian aid
- The Ukrainian Embassy in the United Kingdom purchased and shipped 20 tons of medicines to Ukraine for almost $ 1 million. Before it was collected through the withukraine.org platform.
- 590 StarLink satellite Internet stations transferred to Ukrainian medical and healthcare institutions.
- The volunteer headquarters at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Tallinn sent 20 bulletproof vests and 20 reinforced helmets to the needs of the Mykolaiv region.
- In Latvia, software developer MikroNet, known worldwide as the MikroTik brand, provided network equipment worth more than € 300,000 for humanitarian support activities. The assistance provided by MikroTik includes the establishment of network connections in bomb shelters and crisis centers in Ukraine.
11:08 Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
The Chief Directorate of Intelligence has obtained a list of 620 employees of the Federal Security Service of Russia who take part in the criminal activities of the aggressor country in Europe.
10:36 Suspilne
The Slovenian diplomatic mission in Kyiv resumes its work. The representative of Slovenia, Boštjan Lesjak, arrived in Kyiv, where he began working as the Chargé d’Affaires of the Republic of Slovenia in Ukraine. This was reported by the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
10:35 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk
Humanitarian corridors will not be opened on March 28 due to the threat of provocations.
“Our intelligence reported possible provocations by the occupiers on the routes of humanitarian corridors. Therefore, for reasons of public safety, we are not opening humanitarian corridors today,” Vereshchuk said.
10:29 Head of Kharkiv Regional Administration Oleh Syniehubov
Over the past 24 hours, Russian occupation forces have fired about 59 artillery and mortar shells. These are the districts of Saltivka, Oleksiivka, Piatykhatky, Chuhuiv, and Derhachi. There were also about 180 shellings by the enemy with MLRS, including the Smerch type, by cluster munitions prohibited by relevant international treaties. Fierce battles with the occupiers continue in Izium.
10:14 Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 28.03 were approximately:
- personnel ‒ about 17000;
- tanks ‒ 586;
- APV ‒ 1694;
- artillery systems – 302;
- MLRS ‒ 95;
- anti-aircraft warfare systems ‒ 54;
- aircraft – 123;
- helicopters – 127;
- vehicles ‒ 1150;
- boats / cutters ‒ 7;
- fuel tanks ‒ 73;
- UAV operational-tactical level ‒ 66;
- special equipment ‒ 21;
- mobile SRBM system ‒ 4.
Data are being updated. The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities.
10:48 Kyiv City State Administration
Due to the fighting near Kyiv, two high-voltage lines supplying part of the houses on the right bank of the Dnipro were damaged again.
10:11 State Emergency Service of Ukraine
On March 27, at 11:12 pm, a fire broke out on the territory of a private estate in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district due to the remains of a downed missile.
9:23 Adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Vadym Denysenko
Ukrainians are forcibly deported to the Taganrog and Rostov-on-Don regions. “We know that people are being taken to the Taganrog and Rostov-on-Don districts. Even Russian State Duma deputies specifically came to these camps to kidnap people and publicized it. Unfortunately, all this is done for the internal image of the Russian media,” Denysenko said.
He also commented on the decision of the occupying forces to introduce the hryvnia in the temporarily occupied territories: “They put the hryvnia into circulation, in those areas where they could advance – in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. They decided not to provoke riots and excessive resistance.”
Denysenko said that the militants rob not only bank branches, but also safes where people kept their money.
9:11 State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Operational information of SES units (as of 09:00 on March 28)
During the day, 761 departures were made, including 317 – to eliminate the consequences of the shelling of settlements and civilian infrastructure by Russian troops. 5 people were rescued. 103 fires caused by hostilities were eliminated.
SES pyrotechnicians were involved 156 times, 416 explosive devices were neutralized and an area of 600 hectares was inspected.
70 tents have been set up to heat and receive citizens, assisting more than 2,000 people during the day.
Currently, 1,402 settlements have been de-energized, 39 of them partially. 8 SES generators have been involved in providing emergency power supply to social facilities, 5 of them to supply electricity to hospitals.
As of today, more than 993,000 people have been evacuated, including more than 220,000 children and more than 6,000 people with disabilities.
9:06 Head of the Volyn Regional Military Administration Yurii Pohuliaiko
A Russian cruise missile fired from Belarus on the evening of March 27 hit an oil depot on the outskirts of the city, one tank exploded, and the fire is still being extinguished. According to preliminary data, there is no information about the victims.
8:49 Suspilne, Euromaidan SOS
The Russian military abducted and detained 17 residents of the Kherson region. According to the Euromaidan SOS, nine residents of the Kherson region disappeared and were detained by the Russian military. Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor Ivan Moisiienko reposted about three more. The Holoprystan mayor spoke about 5-6 detainees earlier.
According to the Euromaidan SOS in the Kherson region, the Russian military abducted and detained:
- secretary of the Nova Kakhovka City Council Dmytro Vasyliev;
- head of Stara Zburivka community Viktor Maruniak;
- head of Chulakivka community Oleksandr Musiienko;
- secretary of the Skadovsk City Council Yurii Paliukh;
- Beryslav Mayor Oleksandr Shapovalov;
- Oleshky City Council official Oleksandr Zarivnyi;
- a public figure from Nova Kakhovka Serhii Tsyhipa;
- deputy of the Korabelnyi district Council of Kherson Dmytro Afanasiev;
- the head of the village of Nyzhni Sirohozy Dmytro Takadzhy.
There are more missing people in the temporarily occupied Kherson region. This is evidenced by data from local communities. Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor Ivan Moisienko said he knew about three missing people: Oleksii Dmytriiev, head of the Zlato Tavrii agricultural enterprise, Vitalii Bohdanov, a politician, and Mariano Garcia Calatayud, a volunteer from Spain.
Hola Prystan Mayor Oleksandr Babych said in a video message that the Russian military had already detained 5-6 residents of Nova and Stara Zburivka, and another missing man had been added to the list yesterday.
8:34 Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine
143 children were killed and 216 wounded during full-scale hostilities in Ukraine. Children suffered the most in Kyiv – 67, Kharkiv – 49, Donetsk – 53, Chernihiv – 38, Mykolaiv – 30, Luhansk – 27, Zaporizhzhia – 21, Kherson – 24, the capital – 16, Zhytomyr – 15 and Sumy – 14 regions.
6:31 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Operational information at 06.00 on 28.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion
The thirty-third day of the Ukrainian nation’s heroic confrontation with the Russian military invasion is going on.
The Defence Forces continue to conduct a defense operation in the Eastern, Southeastern, and Northeastern directions.
Defensive battles continue in the areas of Topolske, Kamianka, Sukha Kamianka.
Groups of Ukrainian troops effectively restrain the advance of the enemy in the directions of the settlements of Huliaipole and Zaporizhzhia.
In the Avdiivka direction, Ukrainian soldiers repel the assaults of the occupiers in the area of the settlement of Verkhnotoretske.
In the Volyn and Siversky directions, the conduct of defense operations and other tasks in certain operational areas continues. The situation is under control and has not changed significantly.
A group of forces and means of defense of the city of Kyiv is deterring the enemy, which is trying to break through the defense from the northwest and east to take control of key roads and settlements.
In the south, the main efforts of the Defence Forces are focused on the organization of defense activities in the cities of Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhia, and Mykolayiv, the maintenance of certain areas of the sea coast, protection and defense of critical infrastructure. Stabilization operations and territorial defense tasks are underway in certain areas.
In the Donetsk and Luhansk directions, the Joint Forces repulsed 5 enemy attacks per day. Ukrainian soldiers destroyed 2 tanks, an infantry fighting vehicle, and one car. The enemy also suffered casualties. Data on quantity are specified.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 4 planes, 1 helicopter, 2 UAVs of various types, and 2 cruise missiles in the previous day. The Air Force was also involved in striking certain ground targets and occupiers.
