🔵26.03.2022
23:21 Ukrinform
According to eyewitnesses, children from Mariupol without parents, taken out of the besieged city by Russian invaders, are in the Vyshnevsky Hospital in occupied Donetsk. This was reported to the correspondent by residents of occupied Donetsk. Donetsk residents also write about it on social networks.
22:54 Ukrainska Pravda according to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk
The Cabinet of Ministers has equated helmets and bulletproof vests with humanitarian aid, which simplifies their import to Ukraine.
22:00 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
The operational situation on the diplomatic front as of 19:00 on March 26
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov held talks with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. The United States will unwaveringly support Ukraine on its path to victory over the Russian invaders.
Dmytro Kuleba: “We have talked about concrete things that the United States will do, that Ukraine and other partners will do to win this victory. We sought not only tactical but also systemic strategic solutions that would help strengthen Russia’s global deterrence front.”
Support the world
- US President Joe Biden in Poland met with Ukrainians forced to flee their homes due to the Russian war, and announced new financial assistance.
- In Warsaw, more than 4,000 people held an action “Stop promising, start acting!” to draw attention to the victims among the Ukrainian civilian population and the urgency of closing the Ukrainian skies immediately.
Isolation of the Russian Federation
- Lithuanian Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė calls for the exclusion of Russia and Belarus from Interpol.
- The Ukrainian community in New York held a protest near the headquarters of the American company Colgate-Palmolive, demanding to stop cooperation with Russia.
- European Organisation for Nuclear Research announces suspension of cooperation with Russia and Belarus.
- Great Britain imposes sanctions against the Russian defence company “Kronstadt”, which is the main manufacturer of drones and drones “Orion”.
- Terrasoft leaves the markets of Russia and Belarus. The company has already invested over UAH 10 million to support the Ukrainian army and volunteer projects.
Russian criminals on the way behind bars
- Ireland joins the Friends of Accountability Group, which brings together countries demanding responsibility for Russia’s crimes in Ukraine.
Humanitarian aid
- Great Britain will send humanitarian aid to Ukraine of 2 million pounds.
- Greece sent 75 tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine, which will reach Rivne and Khmelnytsky.
- The National Bank of Slovakia sent 2 armoured vehicles to the National Bank of Ukraine.
- Switzerland sends another cargo of humanitarian aid: 15 tons of medicines and 40 tons of food.
21:56 Head of Kharkiv Regional Administration Oleh Syniehubov
In Balaklia, the Russians detained Deputy Mayor Serhiy Poltorak and Oleh Bludov, head of the Civil Protection and Law Enforcement Department. There is information that the mayor Ivan Stolbovyi is also detained. He and his family have not been in contact for two days. Unfortunately, Mykola Sikalenko, the head of the Tsyrkunivka community, is still being held captive by the occupiers.
21:30 Head of the Rivne Regional Military Administration Vitalii Koval
The Russian military aimed at the oil depot in Dubno, Volyn region. The chemical and radiation background in the city is within the norm, there are no casualties, but the depot is completely destroyed.
21:13 Ukrainska Pravda according to the briefing of Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi and head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration Maksym Kozytskyi
6 missiles were fired on Lviv. There were hits in the industrial facilities of the oil depot and the defence plant. Currently, the Lviv local authorities know about 5 injured residents, but no one was killed. The windows of the school and kindergarten near the defence plant were blown out. According to Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy, the Russian occupiers launched missiles at Lviv from occupied Sevastopol.
20:25 Centre for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine
In the last few weeks, the German-language media has had a tendency to spread false pro-fascist narratives about the Ukrainian “Azov National Battalion.”
20:13 Verkhovna Rada Committee on Nation Health, Medical Care and Health Insurance
The Chairman of the Committee, Mykhailo Radutsky, considers the intention of the International Committee of the Red Cross to open an office in Rostov-on-Don unacceptable and called on the organisation to change its decision. Ukrainians call to boycott the Red Cross.
19:30 Ukrinform
According to the press service of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine, the nuclear subcritical installation “Neutron Source” was fired upon again in Kharkiv.
19:13 93rd Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces
Ukrainians liberated the city of Trostianets from Russian occupation.
18:47 Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova
Twelve journalists have already died in the war. They covered the war crimes of the Russian Federation and became their victims. Another 10 media representatives suffered injuries of varying severity.
18:39 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Some high-ranking officials and generals in the Security Council of Belarus are lobbying for the involvement of the Belarusian army in the Russian war against Ukraine.
18:09 Mariupol City Council
In Mariupol, the Russian occupiers forcibly took medical personnel, patients, and other residents who were hiding from enemy shelling in the basement of the City Hospital №1, in an unknown direction. There were approximately 700 people on the territory of the hospital, but exactly how many Mariupol residents were deported is still unknown.
17:28 Ukrainska Pravda
According to Reuters and the press service of the Eastern Military District of the Russian Defence Ministry, the Russians are conducting military training in the Kuril Islands, which is a disputed territory with Japan.
17:00 Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration
The occupying authorities of the Russian Federation, led by the collaborator and so-called acting mayor of Melitopol Halyna Danylchenko, planned to hold a paid rally in the central square of Melitopol. The occupiers brought 30 people from the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea (mostly people with obvious signs of alcohol and drug addiction) and tried to involve local citizens in the rally, but were flatly refused. Due to the stable pro-Ukrainian position of the residents of Melitopol, the action did not take place.
16:03 Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office
As a result of the Boyarka shelling in the Kyiv region, 4 civilians were wounded, including a child.
15:37 The Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epiphanius
Dozens of communities and several monasteries have voluntarily moved from the Moscow Patriarchate to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
15:15 Ukrainska Pravda
The Bosphorus was closed because of a mine, probably one of those used by Russia to mine the Black Sea. Turkish authorities have closed the passage through the Bosphorus in both directions after a civilian ship was notified of a suspicious mine-like object. This was reported by the Turkish state agency Anadolu.
15:14 The mayor of Chernihiv Vladyslav Atroshenko at the press conference in Ukraine Media Centre Kyiv
As of March 26, less than half of Chernihiv’s residents remained. The city is completely destroyed – it is easier to count whole houses than ruined.
13:46 Head of the Main Directorate of the National Police of the Kyiv Region Andriy Niebytov
The enemy once again struck with heavy artillery at the settlements of the Kyiv region. At least five homes were destroyed, and there were civilian casualties, including one child.
12:00 Ministry of Defence of Ukraine
“Russian invaders fired on and damaged Holocaust Memorial in Drobitsky Yar on the outskirts of Kharkiv. The Nazis have returned. Exactly 80 years later.”
11:51 Minister of Defence of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov
The United States and Ukraine are launching a 2+2 security dialogue at the level of foreign and defence officials. This was announced by Ukrainian ministers after the meeting with American colleagues. “For the first time we are holding a 2+2 meeting. We are discussing current issues and cooperation in political and defence areas between the United States and Ukraine.”
10:42 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba
Kuleba called on consumers around the world to boycott Auchan, Alcampo, Leroy Merlin and Decathlon for refusing to leave the Russian market.
10:23 Ukrainska Pravda
According to British intelligence, Russia will continue air and artillery bombardment of cities to limit its losses and demoralise defence forces. This is stated in the latest intelligence review of the British Ministry of Defence.
9:35 European Pravda
Polish General, ex-commander of the ground forces Waldemar Skrzypczak said that the Kaliningrad region is under Russian occupation and that Poland should “declare its rights”, according to Do Rzeczy.
6:04 Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration
In Melitopol, the occupiers began to hunt those who did not want to submit to the invaders. Thus, representatives of the Russian commandant’s office gather the heads of associations of co-owners in multi-apartment buildings and offer them to report on “where the fascists live.” The term “fascists” includes all those who do not agree that Melitopol is Russia, keep or display the flag or coat of arms of Ukraine, as well as those who consider the Ukrainian government the only legitimate one.
In addition, journalists who continue to work in the occupied territories of the region receive threats and demands to stop working for Ukraine. Terrorists intimidate media representatives with imprisonment under the article “Terrorism” of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in case of continued information activities.
