Russia attacks Ukraine: live update, March 2022

On February 24, 2022, Russian Federation started a full-scale military invasion in Ukraine.

LIVE UPDATE

🔵31.03.2022

21:16 Yuri Fomichev, Mayor of Slavutych 

Russians who left the Chornobyl nuclear power plant took with them Ukrainian border guards, who have been held captive since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine on February 24

20:49 Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister of Poland 

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told CNN on Thursday that he believes Russian troops will “quite soon” aim to capture one-third of the land in Ukraine and that Moscow will use it to strengthen its negotiating hand. 

“I see the Russian troops regrouping, reorganizing. I think that they will try to surround the Ukrainian forces quite soon — in the Donbas region in particular. And then having captured one-third of the land in Ukraine, they will want to negotiate from this … very strong position,” the prime minister told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview.

20:26 Iryna Vereshchuk, Vice Prime Minister

According to information of the Ukrainian authorities, the Russian occupants illegally deported 45,000 Mariupol residents to the territory of the Russian Federation and the territory controlled by the so-called “DNR” militants

19:31 Serhii Haidai, head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration

The situation in Luhansk region is getting worse, Russian troops are bringing a lot of equipment, and Chechen militants have also entered the region.

“The situation is getting worse. We note that a lot of equipment is brought. Most of them are unloaded in Debaltseve and then pulled to our region. Chechens have already arrived in the region on the temporarily occupied territory. Our people covered about 50 units of equipment with an artillery fire yesterday and shot the Chechen headquarters. Nobody came out alive”, Serhii Haidai stated.

19:24 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Operational information as of 18.00 on 31.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion

The thirty-sixth day of the heroic opposition of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion continues.

Russian occupying forces are trying to create a new group of troops in the Slobozhanshchyna direction in order to establish control over parts of the Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk regions, including the blockade of the cities of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk.

The enemy continues to attack the city of Popasna, presumably in order to divert the attention of Ukraine’s military leadership from attempts to establish control over Izium and Mariupol.

Mercenaries from the Middle East have been transferred to the Belarusian city of Gomel in the Sivershchyna direction.

According to the information received, on March 29, 200 mercenaries were transferred to the Gomel military airfield. In addition, Russia continues to transfer missile units to the Republic of Belarus in order to increase the intensity of ballistic missile attacks on settlements and infrastructure in Ukraine. Thus, in the Gomel region, three Iskander missile systems and two S-300 air defense systems were detected to cover them.

Leaving military equipment on the territory of Ukraine, the occupants are increasingly resorting to its mining. In addition, the use of mine traps by the enemy has become more frequent.

In the territories temporarily occupied by the enemy, he continues to restrict the movement of the local population, Russian invaders take Ukrainian citizens hostage and export goods looted from civilians.

In the Russian Federation, the practice of submitting applications to the judiciary for military leadership by relatives of Russian servicemen killed in the war with Ukraine has begun. In particular, a similar case of filing a lawsuit against the commander was recorded in the 752nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division of the 20th Army of the Western Military District.

Ukraine’s defense forces continue to successfully carry out their tasks, pursue the retreating enemy, break through the occupiers’ defensive positions and gradually liberate Ukrainian lands.

Let’s win together! Glory to Ukraine!

#stoprussia

18:42 US Treasury Department

The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on 13 Russians and 21 Russian companies working in the spheres of high technology, including for the needs of the Russian army.

They are mainly related to Russia’s engineering developments and actions in cyberspace.

Restrictions include, among others, the Vector Research Institute, Micron, Certal, Sernia Engineering, and other technology companies closely involved in military development.

18:13 Energoatom

The Board of Governors of the World Association of Nuclear Power Plant Operators (WANO) has decided to transfer Energoatom, together with all stations and nuclear power units, to the WANO Paris Center.

Now it includes:

⚡️ Zaporizhzhia NPP (6 WWER-1000 units),

⚡️ Rivne NPP (2 WWER-440 units, 2 WWER-1000 units),

⚡️ South Ukrainian NPP (3 WWER-1000 units),

⚡️ Khmelnitsky NPP (2 WWER-1000 units).

17:26 National Bank of Ukraine

The NBU has written a letter to the Nuclear Risk Insurers Association and the Nuclear Insurance Pool requesting it to terminate all business relations with nuclear insurance pools and insurance companies in Russia and Belarus.

17:05 Energoatom

Part of the Russian forces, who seized the Chornobyl nuclear power plant and other facilities in the Exclusion Zone, marched in two columns towards the Ukrainian border with Belarus. A “small number” of Russian troops remain at the station

Updated at 17:59. The occupants confirmed their intention to leave the Chornobyl nuclear power plant by a relevant “document”. It states that “there are no claims from the administration of the protected object against the troops of the National Guard of the Russian Federation”.

Updated 18:55. Energoatom also reports that information has been confirmed about fortifications, trenches, which Russians built directly in the Red Forest – the most polluted site in the entire Exclusion Zone.

It is noted that the occupants received significant doses of radiation and panicked at the first sign of illness: “Among the military almost a riot began to breach, and they began to gather from there”.

15:58 Suspilne TV

“We have heard the recent statements from Russia that it will reduce hostilities near Kyiv and northern Ukraine. But Russia has repeatedly lied about its intentions. Therefore, we can pay attention not to its words, but only to its actions. According to our intelligence, Russian troops are trying to regroup, provide supplies and weapons to the military group in Donbas. Russia is also continuing to increase pressure on Kyiv and other cities. Therefore, we expect even greater tensions, which will lead to greater suffering”, said Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General at a press conference on the report on NATO’s activities in 2021.

14:51 State Emergency Service

As of 13:00 on March 31, after the hit of the Russian missile to the building of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration 20 people died (rescuers removed 19 bodies from under blockages and 1 person died in resuscitation).

The work continues.

Earlier it was reported that 17 people died

14:42 Ukrinform referring to the Telegram-channel of the Azov Regiment, which are currently defending Mariupol

In blocked Mariupol, Russian invaders are looting apartments, killing and raping city residents.

“We know that in the temporarily occupied areas of the city, these criminals are robbing civilian apartments, killing and raping city residents. Now these scum have become less, “the statement reads.

14:30 Ekonomichna Pravda

Google stated that a hacker group from Russia, known as Coldriver or Callisto, attacked NATO training centers and military organizations in several Eastern European countries. This was reported by Reuters.

14:14 Main Intelligence Agency of the Defence Ministry of Ukraine

The Main Intelligence Agency of Ukraine obtained personal data on individual servicemen (106 people) of the 38th Paratrooper Brigade (unit 92616, Brest) of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus.

 Remember! All war criminals will be prosecuted for crimes against the civilian population of Ukraine.

View the list in PDF format (name, photo, military rank, position, identification number, registration/residence address, contact phone, brand and number of car owned).

13:52 Suspilne TV

Russian military fired on 5 buses with volunteers near Chernihiv, there are dead and injured

This was announced by Anton Gerashchenko, Adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs, in his Telegram channel. The video published by Gerashchenko together with the message shows that four buses burned down. According to preliminary information, one volunteer died and four others were seriously injured. One car managed to escape from the shelling on damaged wheels. The driver was injured and later hospitalised.

13:40 Mykhailo Podoliak

The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine initiated 3,457 criminal proceedings against the Russian servicemen. According to the article “violation of the laws and customs of war.” All crimes are heavy – killings, mass rapes, child abuse, and tortures. Documentary facts. The consequences for Russia are catastrophic in all jurisdictions.

13:23 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The operational update regarding the Russian invasion on 12.00 on March 31, 2022.

The thirty-sixth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion began.

• The main efforts of the Russian enemy are focused on maintaining the occupied borders, preparing for the resumption of offensive operations in certain areas, and establishing full control over the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.
• The Russian enemy is taking measures to regroup and form groups of the armed forces of the Russian Federation to conduct an offensive in the Eastern Operational Zone. The transfer of part of the enemy’s troops and equipment from the territory of the Republic of Belarus to the territory of the Russian Federation by rail was recorded.
• There is a threat of Russian enemy use of missile weapons on the objects of the defence-industrial complex and logistical infrastructure of Ukraine. Additional units of the armed forces of the Russian federation are being relocated to Ukraine to conduct hostilities. At the same time, some military units of the Russian enemy have already exhausted the possibilities of forming reserves.
• In the Volyn direction, no significant changes in the composition and position of Russian enemy troops were noted. The Russian enemy continues to conduct demonstrations in this direction.
• In the Polissya direction, the enemy’s main efforts are focused on withdrawing units from the territory of Ukraine, restoring their combat capability, and, probably, transferring them to other directions. In particular, the enemy is moving units of the 35th, 36th Combined Arms Armies, and the 76th Airborne Assault Division of the Airborne Troops from the Polissya Operational District.
• To ensure the withdrawal of troops, the occupiers are conducting artillery fire on the positions of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and carrying out remote mining of the area by means prohibited by international conventions. Due to the critical situation, the withdrawal of units of the 35th Combined Arms Army is personally organized by the commander of the army, Lieutenant General Oleksandr Sanchyk.
• According to the available information, during the fighting against Ukraine, the losses of the 1st Motorised Infantry Battalion of the 36th Separate Motorised Infantry Brigade (unit 06705, Borzya) of the 29th Combined Arms Army accounted for more than 60% of the personnel.
• In the Siversky direction, the Russian enemy operates with the help of separate units of the 2nd, 41st Combined Arms Army, and 90th Tank Division of the Central Military District.
• The Russian occupiers continue to block and carry out artillery shelling of Chernihiv. They are fixed on the occupied frontiers and regroup. The Russian enemy uses UAVs to conduct reconnaissance and adjust artillery fire.
• In the Brovary direction, the enemy continues to withdraw units, probably to the border areas with the Russian federation.
• Some units remain at positions and checkpoints along with transport communications and on the approaches to temporarily occupied settlements, mines areas, and civilian objects.
• In the Slobozhansky direction, the Russian enemy continues to carry out artillery shelling of the city of Kharkiv.
• In the direction of Slovyansk, the Russian enemy continues to regroup troops and replenish ammunition and fuel, and oil with the help of certain units.
• In the Donetsk direction, the Russian enemy is concentrating its main efforts on taking control of the settlements of Popasna, Rubizhne, as well as the capture of the city of Mariupol. 

The Russian enemy intensified airstrikes with the use of operational and tactical aircraft on troops and facilities in the areas of the settlements of Lysychansk, Rubizhne, Popasna, and Kreminna. It tried to bypass our units but was unsuccessful. It strengthens the group in the Donetsk direction. The arrival of railway echelons with weapons and equipment at the Rovenky railway station was noted.

The Russian enemy continues assaulting the city of Mariupol.

The Russian enemy concentrated its efforts on maintaining the occupied positions in the areas of the settlements of Novozlatopil and Liubymivka.

• In the Tavriya direction, near Nova Kakhovka, the enemy deployed a logistics base and does not take active action.
• In the South Buh direction, the Russian enemy is taking measures to restore combat capability and continues to carry out engineering support activities. It is trying to block the actions of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with artillery fire.

13:02 Office of the President of Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the people and politicians of the Netherlands: “We have no right to give this war another 36 days! We must all work together to make Russia seek peace as soon as possible! Hundreds of children were killed. Thousands were killed. Tens of thousands of houses were destroyed. Burned cities, villages. Russian occupiers rape women in occupied areas. They steal everything they find. They don’t even kill anymore to achieve any military success. Not to sow terror. They started killing because it was fun for them! Entertainment for people who have as many weapons as possible and no deterrents. We will never accept this! And we will not stop defending ourselves.”

12:47 Suspilne 

Russian troops have abducted and detained 24 government and local officials. Data on two more are being clarified. The information based on statements of local military administrations was provided by the media in the President’s Office.

11:29 State Emergency Service of Ukraine

The shelling in the Luhansk region has not abated. A small child aged almost two died in Lysychansk. An 8-year-old girl was injured. Her condition is stable after the operation. Yesterday, March 30, several injured and dead residents of Lysychansk could not be taken from the streets for hours due to the intensity of the shelling.

In the evening, a school in Sievierodonetsk and a reservoir for oil products in Lysychansk caught fire. Dozens of high-rise and private residential buildings, outbuildings, garages, and cars were engulfed in flames.

In Pryvillia and Kreminna, dry grass and reeds caught fire due to Russian shelling. 

Today, March 31, as a result of the shelling of the residential area of Sievierodonetsk, the house was destroyed. Two citizens were rescued. One person was pulled out from the rubble without signs of life.

Firefighters are currently extinguishing a fire in a 200-square-meter warehouse in Sievierodonetsk.

Over the past 24 hours, the pyrotechnics of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Luhansk region have worked out more than 30 addresses on the presence of explosive devices.

In addition, 260 people were evacuated from Lysychansk yesterday, 25 from Rubizhne, 73 from Sievierodonetsk, 58 from Kreminna, and 13 from Popasna. All evacuees are already safe.

10:54 Suspilne and State Emergency Service of Ukraine

The number of people who died as a result of a missile attack by the Russian troops on the building of the Mykolaiv regional state administration increased to 17. Works on dismantling blockages and searching for people proceeded all night. As of 10:00 rescuers released the body of one more man from under the blockages.

Earlier it was reported that as of 07:00 on March 31, 16 people died (rescuers released 15 bodies from the rubble, 1 person died in intensive care).

10:53 Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov

Over the past day, Russian troops have struck 47 times with artillery, mortar, and tank strikes on the areas of Piatykhatky, Oleksiivka, and the Kharkiv Tractor Plant. About 380 shellings from BM-21 “Grad” and BM-30 “Smerch” were recorded. In Saltivka, the enemy damaged the gas pipeline causing a conflagration. Rescuers have localized it.

10:05 Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko

At night, the Russians continued shelling in the central part of the region. In Marinka, Krasnohorivka, and Novomykhailivka, the enemy used phosphorous munitions again. Eleven wounded civilians from the Marinka community, including 4 children, were taken to the Kurakhiv City Hospital.

9:36 Joint Stock Company Kharkivmiskhaz

Another direct hit of a projectile in one of the districts of Kharkiv destroyed an underground gas pipeline of medium pressure with a diameter of 720 mm.

Due to the active actions of the aggressor, about 34 thousand residents were left without a gas supply. Active hostilities, constant shelling, and unpredictable bombing make it impossible to carry out repair work on this section of the pipeline.

8:56 Commissioner for Human Rights of Ukraine Liudmyla Denisova

148 children have died and 232 children have been injured since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion in Ukraine.

8:50 Press service of the Prime Minister of Australia

The Australian Government is taking further action to increase the economic costs to Russia following its illegal invasion of Ukraine, supported by Belarus, by applying an additional tariff of 35 percent for all imports from Russia and Belarus. This will take effect from 25 April 2022 and will be in addition to the general duty rates that currently apply

8:20 Defence Intelligence of Great Britain 

Russian forces continue to hold positions to the east and west of Kyiv despite the withdrawal of a limited number of units. Heavy fighting will likely take place in the suburbs of the city in the coming days.

7:10 Head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Serhii Haidai

The school, the oil depot, dozens of houses in Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk were engulfed in flames. It was impossible to pick up the injured and dead residents of Lysychansk from the streets for hours.

The fires broke out in 9 houses in Lysychansk, in 5 houses and schools in Sievierodonetsk, and in one house in Rubizhne. A number of houses were damaged without fire.

Russians are shelling residential areas with all kinds of heavy weapons. To date, every neighborhood was hit by Russians. Each of the three main parts of Lysychansk suffered from artillery and BM-21 “Grad”. Two people died. Two children are in critical condition.

7:08 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The operational update regarding the Russian invasion on 06.00 on March 31, 2022.

The thirty-sixth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion began.

• The leadership of the Russian Federation is considering the formation of occupation authorities on the temporarily occupied territories. According to the available information, employees of law enforcement agencies, prosecutor’s offices, and courts of the Russian Federation are being selected for deployment to the territory of Ukraine.
• To implement the scenario of creating another pseudo-republic in the Kherson region, the work of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, the 652nd Group of Information and Psychological Operations, and officers of the 12th Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Federation is noted. The main activity of these units is the so-called “explanatory work” with local authorities and the public. Information support is provided by showing videos with fictitious persons.
• The moral and psychological condition of the enemy troops and the level of motivation of the personnel of the occupying forces to take part in hostilities remains low and tends to deteriorate. According to the available information, two platoon commanders were removed from their positions in the units of the 60th Separate Motorised Infantry Brigade of the 5th Combined Arms Army of the Eastern Military District due to non-fulfillment of the order to conduct hostilities. The Deputy Commander of the Brigade for Military and Political Work is scheduled to arrive in the area of ​​combat missions of the battalion tactical group in the Yasynivka, Donetsk region.
• Numerous cases of refusal to continue service and reluctance to sign contracts with conscripts have been reported in units of the Baltic Fleet, in particular the 79th Separate Motorised Infantry Brigade of the 11th Army Corps.
• On the territory of the Republic of Belarus, the movement of military equipment of the armed forces of the Russian Federation was recorded, probably for the purpose of regrouping units, as well as creating a reserve to replenish losses in manpower, weapons, and equipment of groups operating in Ukraine.
• On the territories of the Kyiv region left by the enemy, there are frequent cases of mining of the territory and buildings of local residents.
• The Defence Forces Group continues to conduct a defence operation in the Eastern, Southeastern, and Northeastern directions. In all directions, the enemy is successfully restrained by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in some – our troops are carrying out successful counterattacks.
• The Joint Forces in the Donetsk and Luhansk areas repulsed 5 enemy attacks in a day. Our soldiers destroyed 10 tanks, 18 armored and 13 units of vehicles, 15 artillery systems. The enemy suffered casualties.
• The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has hit 7 air targets in the previous day – 4 planes, UAVs, and 2 cruise missiles. Air Force aircraft continue to launch missile and bomb strikes on places of accumulation of equipment and the enemy manpower.

1:30 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The operational update regarding the Russian invasion on 24.00 on March 30, 2022.

The thirty-fifth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion is coming to an end.

• The threat of using missile weapons on the objects of the defense-industrial complex and logistics infrastructure of our State remains. In the Black Sea are ships equipped with cruise missiles naval base “Caliber”. The replenishment of the Caliber anti-aircraft missile system on the Admiral Makarov frigate has been completed at the Sevastopol naval base.
• Additional units of the armed forces of the Russian federation are being relocated to Ukraine to take part in the war. According to the available data, the vast majority of conscripts of the Eastern Military District remained in the permanent deployment points of military units and subdivisions, which indicates the exhaustion of opportunities for the formation of additional units.
• To control the temporarily occupied territories of Southern Ukraine, the enemy is trying to create military-civilian administrations and has begun preparations for a referendum on a quasi-state entity in the Kherson region (the so-called “Kherson People’s Republic”).
• In the Volyn direction. In the areas of the settlements of Pinsk, Luninets of the Republic of Belarus, units of the airborne troops of the armed forces of the Russian Federation were recorded, which were probably withdrawn from the territory of Ukraine. The planned regrouping of units of the Eastern Military District continues in the Polissya direction. These units are expected to move to other areas. The enemy did not take active action in the northern direction. The occupiers have focused on sabotage and reconnaissance activities and continue to take measures to establish logistics. Soon, it is expected that the fire on Ukrainian units will intensify to ensure the movement of their troops, with the further task of blocking the city of Chernihiv.
• In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy continues to block Kharkiv, conducting artillery shelling of the city. Carries out the movement of artillery units in the area of ​​the city of Izyum, creates strike groups, in particular from the previously withdrawn troops.
• In the Donetsk direction, the main efforts of the occupiers continued to focus on taking control of the settlements of Popasna, Rubizhne, as well as the capture of the city of Mariupol. The enemy tried to carry out assault operations in the areas of Popasna, Rubizhne, Novobahmutivka, Marinka, and Zolota Niva. He was not successful. In Mariupol, the occupiers continue to carry out assault operations. Attempts are expected to launch an offensive in the directions of Kramatorsk and Pokrovsk, as well as to concentrate efforts in the direction of Svitlodarsk.
• In the South Bug area, the enemy is taking measures to restore combat capability and replenish supplies. Units of the Defense Forces restored control over the settlements of Orlove, Zahradivka, and Kochubeivka. To restore the previously lost position, the enemy is trying to conduct offensive operations in the direction of Oleksandrivka.
• According to available information, the command of the armed forces of the Russian Federation with the beginning of the armed aggression against Ukraine lost several military leaders from among senior officers, namely: Commander of the 1st Panzer Army Lieutenant General Serhiy Kisel, removed from office; Commander of the 6th General Army Lieutenant General Vladislav Yershov, removed from office and arrested; Chief of Staff – Deputy Commander of the 35th All-Military Army, Major General Sergei Nirkov, was seriously wounded; Chief of Staff – Deputy Commander of the 36th General Army, Major General Andrei Seritsky, was seriously wounded; Deputy Commander of the 41st All-Military Army, Lieutenant General Andriy Sukhovetsky, died; Commander of the 49th General Army Lieutenant General Yakov Ryazantsev, died; Commander of the 58th All-Military Army, Lieutenant General Mykhailo Zusk, was removed from office and arrested.

🔵30.03.2022

23:30 Derhachi City Council, Kharkiv region

During the last 24 hours, the occupiers have been intensively and cynically bombing civilian objects in the Derhachi community. Prudianka, Slatyne, and Bezruky were shelled. Derhachi suffered the most. One of the city council’s administrative buildings was destroyed in the city. Many private houses in various areas and traction substations were severely damaged. Several streets are without electricity.

At least one person was killed and three were injured. Due to the constant shelling, it is not possible to obtain more information about the number of victims yet.

22:15 Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration Valentyn Reznichenko

The missiles hit an oil depot in Dnipro and one of the plants in Novomoskovsk. No one was killed. Rescuers and law enforcement officers are working on the spot.

22:08 Centre for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine

Centre for Countering Disinformation collected fakes and manipulations that the enemy spread on March 30, 2022:

• Fake: The Federal Security Service of Russia has announced the detention of several supporters of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi organization “Maniacs: the cult of murder”, created allegedly for terrorist attacks and mass killings in Russia. The FSS also stated that this organisation was created under the control of Ukrainian special services;
• Fake: The daily update of the Russian Ministry of Defense was focused on Kharkiv. The occupiers claimed that “flying death squads” of nationalists were shelling apartment buildings, nationalists had placed heavy weapons in residential areas, the Security Service of Ukraine was conducting mass arrests, and Kharkiv residents were blocked;
• Manipulation: Russian propagandists stated that Russia has provided 14 million rubles to Ukrainians as financial aid. “One-time payments were received by 1.4 thousand residents of Ukraine.”

20:53 White House

President Biden informed President Zelenskyy that the United States intends to provide the Ukrainian government with $500 million in direct budgetary aid.

20:21 Mayor of Dripro Borys Filatov 

The Russians attacked the city of Dnipro. Strong explosions are heard. There is a suspicion of a missile strike.

19:12 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The operational update regarding the Russian invasion on 18.00 on March 30, 2022.

The thirty-fifth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion continues.

The thirty-fifth day of the heroic opposition of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion continues.

The enemy continues to conduct full-scale armed aggression against our state. Carries out partial withdrawal of certain units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from the territory of Kyiv and Chernihiv regions.

The enemy has significant difficulties with the introduction of combat equipment removed from long-term storage. Thus, according to available information, a significant amount of inoperable equipment was found in the 163rd Panzer Regiment of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division. The enemy is considering the possibility of transporting faulty equipment to the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk region with the help of tractors, for its further restoration.

The enemy continues to suffer significant losses. According to the available information, on March 28, a farewell ceremony with the fallen servicemen took place at the permanent location of the 83rd separate assault brigade. Their number is approximately 200 people.

The self-proclaimed leader of the Republic of Belarus continues to deny participation in the war against Ukraine, freely providing territories for the Russian Armed Forces, airfields, and transport networks, as well as locations for cruise and ballistic missile launchers. At the same time, in accordance with international legal acts, an aggressor can be considered “a country that provides its airspace, its territory for strikes on a third country.”

The Republic of Belarus also provides the Russian occupiers with the opportunity to use the network of medical institutions on its territory. So, during the last days, the arrival of a large number of Russian servicemen with various degrees of wounds from the territory of Ukraine to the settlement of Narovlya in the Gomel area is noted.

18:53 Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko

The Russians used banned phosphorus munitions in Marinka, Donetsk region, and there were about a dozen fires in the city. As a result of the shelling, Avdiivka was cut off from electricity again.

18:10 Head of the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management Yevhen Kramarenko

The Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant receives power from Belarus. There is no energy supply in the territory of Chornobyl and other areas of the exclusion zone.

17:27 Spokesman for the Ministry of Defence Oleksandr Motuzianyk

The Defense Ministry believes that the Russians have not given up attempts to capture or at least surround Kyiv and Chernihiv, despite Russia’s statements about a drastic reduction in hostilities in these areas.

16:19 Mayor of Irpin Oleksandr Makrushyn

According to preliminary data, up to 300 civilians and up to 50 servicemen were killed in Irpin. 50% of the city is destroyed, there may be people under the rubble. The mayor said that the Russians shot civilians and run over them with a tanks.

15:53 Director of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation

As part of the presentation of this year’s program to mark the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora concentration camps, Foundation Director Prof. Dr. Jens-Christian Wagner announced that official representatives of the governments of Russia and Belarus are not welcome at the commemorative events in Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora. This decision is connected with the recent death in Kharkiv of the former prisoner of Buchenwald, 96-year-old Borys Romanchenko. It was agreed with other former concentration camp prisoners from several countries.

13:36 United Jewish Community of Ukraine

Information about the use of synagogues in Uman by the military is untruthful. On Wednesday, March 30, Major General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said at a briefing that allegedly Jewish facilities in Uman are being used by “Ukrainian nationalists.” The United Jewish Community of Ukraine declares that all synagogues and Jewish facilities in Ukraine are used exclusively for their intended purpose, for religious activities, or to help members of Jewish communities and the local population.

13:12 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The operational update regarding the Russian invasion on 12.00 on March 30, 2022.

The thirty-fifth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion continues.

The Defence Forces of Ukraine continues to conduct a defence operation in the Eastern, Southeastern, and Northeastern directions.

The Russian enemy continues to conduct full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine. It suffered significant losses and probably temporarily gave up the task of blocking Kyiv. It regroups and focuses on offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone and increases the system of logistical and logistical support of troops in the Donetsk and Tavriya areas.

The Russian enemy’s military command continues to send servicemen from military support units, including educational institutions due to the need to recruit units of the armed forces of the Russian federation involved in the war against Ukraine and suffered significant losses.

The Russian enemy personnel is demoralized and have low motivation to take part in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine. Thus, according to available information, the attempts of the Russian military command to mobilize “volunteers” do not have the support of the population. In particular, only 17 so-called “volunteers” were recruited in the Kaliningrad region.

In the Volyn direction, the movement of enemy tactical units and changes in their composition were not recorded. Operational and combat training measures are underway in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus.

In the Polissya direction, the movement of enemy troops along the state border of Ukraine with the Republic of Belarus is noted. At the same time, the occupation forces continue to accumulate in the area of ​​the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the Shelter facility, and the Exclusion Zone in general. Thus, the movement of mixed columns of Russian enemy vehicles from the settlement of Ivankiv in the direction of the Chornobyl NPP was recorded.

In the Siversky, the enemy focused its efforts on sabotage and reconnaissance activities, engineering equipment of positions, and artillery strikes on positions of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and infrastructure facilities near the city of Chernihiv.

In the Brovary direction, there was a partial withdrawal of units from the area occupied by the Russian occupiers towards the border with the Russian federation.

In the Slobozhansky direction, the Russian invaders continue to block the city of Kharkiv and inflict artillery strikes on residential areas of the city.

In the Izyum direction, the enemy is increasing its efforts by moving separate units from the 20th All-Army and the 1st Tank Army from other directions. It continues to launch missile and bomb strikes and fire artillery.

In the Donetsk direction, the Russian enemy intensified fire and assault operations, continues to strike air and missile strikes on settlements. The main efforts are focused on taking control of the cities of Popasna, Rubizhne, and Mariupol.

In the South Buh area, the enemy is trying to take measures to restore the combat capability of its troops, replenish ammunition and fuel and oil, continue the engineering equipment of the occupied frontiers. He is trying to restrain the actions of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with artillery fire and airstrikes.

Yesterday, in the Russian city of Belgorod, due to neglect of safety rules and violation of the requirements for the transportation of ammunition, their unauthorized detonation took place. This situation is an example of the typical mass use of obsolete dangerous munitions by Russian servicemen, including during the Second World War. Only yesterday, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine warned of the threat of self-detonation of ammunition, a huge number of which Russia has set up in the area of ​​the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

Russia must withdraw its troops from the Chornobyl zone immediately.

11:10 Ukrainska Pravda

The occupiers in Mariupol are deliberately destroying a building marked with a red cross on a white background by air and artillery shelling, Azov battalion fighters report.

11:05 Security Service of Ukraine

The security service published intercepted telephone conversations of the occupiers. In one such call with the invader, his wife asks for a laptop, sneakers, and a suit from the captured Ukrainian homes. In another conversation, the occupier tells his wife about the rape of a 16-year-old girl by three Russian soldiers.

10:35 Suspilne

In Kherson, unknown people abducted priest Serhiy Chudynovych. According to the church where Chudynovych serves, he was abducted at about 8:30 a.m. on March 30. Nobody knows what is happening to him now and where he is.

10:33 Suspilne 

The number of victims as a result of the missile hit of the Russian military in the building of the Mykolaiv regional administration on March 29 increased to 14 people, reported in SES.

9:56 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 30.03 were approximately:

• personnel – about 17300,
• tanks ‒ 605,
• APV ‒ 1723,
• artillery systems – 305,
• MLRS ‒ 96 од,
• anti-aircraft warfare systems ‒ 54,
• aircraft – 131,
• helicopters – 131,
• vehicles ‒ 1184,
• boats / cutters ‒ 7,
• fuel tanks ‒ 75,
• UAV operational-tactical level ‒ 81,
• special equipment ‒ 21,
• mobile SRBM system ‒ 4.

Data are being updated. The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities.

9:47 Head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration Viacheslav Chaus

Despite the Russians having publicly stated that they are reducing their offensive in the Chernihiv direction, civilian infrastructure, libraries, shopping malls, and homes have been destroyed again.

9:11 Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine

The occupiers fired on food warehouses in the Kyiv region. Prosecutors of the Brovary District Prosecutor’s Office have launched an investigation into violations of the laws and customs of war (Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). According to the investigation, on March 29, 2022, the armed forces of the Russian Federation carried out an airstrike on the territory of Brovary district. The shell hit warehouses where food, household chemicals, and other consumer goods were stored. As a result of the airstrike, warehouses with a total area of ​​20,000 square meters caught fire. 

8:41 Head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Military Administration Serhii Hamalii

During the day, the Russian aggressor fired a missile at a military facility in the town of Starokostiantyniv in the Khmelnytsky region. At night, there were 3 strikes at industrial facilities in the region. The fires were localized by the SES. Information about the victims is being verified.

8:26 Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine

145 children were killed and 222 wounded during Russian full-scale invasion in Ukraine. Children suffered the most in Kyiv – 69, Kharkiv – 49, Donetsk – 54, Chernihiv – 39, Mykolaiv – 30, Luhansk – 28, Zaporizhzhia – 22, Kherson – 25, the capital – 16, Sumy – 16, Zhytomyr – 15 regions.

The bombing and shelling damaged 790 educational institutions. 75 of them were destroyed. The worst situation is in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kyiv, Kherson, Chernihiv regions and the city of Kyiv.

These data are not conclusive, as it is not possible to inspect the sites of shelling in areas of active hostilities and the temporarily occupied territories.

7:33 Head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Serhii Haidai

At approximately 6:30 a.m., an enemy with heavy weapons opened fire on residential neighbourhoods in one of the Lysychansk districts. There is significant destruction of high-rise buildings. Information on the number of dead and wounded is being clarified. There are a lot of blockages. 

6:29 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The operational update regarding the Russian invasion on 06.00 on March 30, 2022.

The thirty-fifth day of the heroic confrontation of the Ukrainian people against the Russian military invasion has begun.

The enemy continues to conduct full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine.

Units of the 4th (Tskhinvali district, South Ossetia) and 7th (Abkhazia) military bases, which are part of the Southern Military District, were transferred from the occupied territories of Georgia to the territory of Ukraine to recruit the armed forces of the Russian Federation.

From the 4th military base, three battalion tactical groups with a total number of up to 1,200 Russian and Ossetian servicemen were formed and sent to Ukraine. Two battalions of tactical groups were formed from the units of the 7th Military Base, which is about 800 people.

In the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhia and Kherson oblasts, the enemy continues to commit illegal acts against the local population.

Thus, in the settlement of Velyka Bilozirka, units of the Russian occupiers were scattered throughout the settlement and placed equipment between residential buildings.

In the city of Melitopol, the invaders on the outskirts of the city equipped checkpoints and strengthened the bypass regime.

The enemy continues to loot homes and apartments of residents, detain pro-Ukrainian activists and government officials of Ukraine.

In the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region, the occupying authorities plan to hold another wave of mobilization from April 1 this year. Such efforts may be made in the recently occupied territories of the region.

According to available information, the armed forces of the Russian Federation continue to have problems with staffing units. Thus, servicemen of the 26th Panzer Regiment of the 47th Panzer Division, who signed contracts after they participated in the war with Ukraine, began to submit reports requesting to terminate the contract and send them to a permanent location for further service.

The Joint Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk and Luhansk areas have repulsed four attacks by the Russian occupiers over the past 24 hours. Ukrainian soldiers destroyed 7 tanks, 7 armored units, 2 units of vehicles and an anti-tank gun. The enemy suffered casualties.

6:28 Head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Serhii Haidai

Due to yesterday’s shelling by the Russians, the high-pressure gas pipeline in Lysychansk was damaged. 35,000 residents of Lysychansk, Pryvillia, Novodruzhesk, Bilohorivka, Zolotarivka, Shypylivka were left without a gas supply.

5:42 Suspilne cited CNN

United States Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman charged Tuesday that Russia’s war in Ukraine has created a critical food shortage in Ukraine, with ripple effects of a “global food crisis” felt worldwide. At a United Nations meeting Tuesday held on the impact of Russia’s war on global food security, Sherman said that Russia has bombed at least three civilian ships carrying goods out of the Black Sea. She said that the Russian Navy is blocking access to Ukraine’s ports, cutting off Ukraine’s ability to export grain and preventing about 94 ships with food from reaching the Mediterranean Sea. 

00:39 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The operational update regarding the Russian invasion on 24.00 on March 29, 2022.

The thirty-fourth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion is finished.

The tasks of reaching the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, encircling the city of Kyiv, and establishing control over the left-bank part of Ukraine remain unfulfilled by the enemy.

Withdrawal of units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from the territory of Kyiv and Chernihiv oblasts continues.

According to some indications, the Russian enemy is regrouping units to focus its main efforts on the East. At the same time, the so-called “withdrawal of troops” is probably a rotation of individual units and aims to mislead the military leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and create a misconception about the occupiers’ refusal to plan to encircle the city of Kyiv.

There are no significant changes in the composition and position of the Russian enemy’s troops in the Volyn, Polissya, and Siversky areas. The Russian occupiers are trying to keep the previously occupied borders, they are not carrying out active offensive operations in these areas.

In the direction of Slovyansk, the enemy continues to hold positions in the area of ​​the settlements of Kamyanka, Sukha Kamyanka? implement measures to supply Russian troops, regroup units and replenish supplies continued.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy continues to fire and storm. It carried out air and missile strikes in the areas of Kreminna and Mariupol. Its main efforts were focused on taking control of the settlements of Popasna, Rubizhne, as well as the complete capture of Mariupol, which was not successful.

No changes in the composition and position of the enemy were recorded in the Tavriya direction.

In the South Buh direction, the Russian enemy is taking measures to restore the combat capability of its units. It does artillery fire and airstrikes, trying to restrain the actions of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Russian enemy carried out artillery shelling of the positions of the units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine near the settlements of Stepnohirsk, Orikhove, and Huliaipole.

In the areas of Novokarlivka and Luhivske settlements, the Russian enemy continues to carry out fortification equipment of occupied positions and install minefields.

There are without significant changes in the Black Sea and Azov operational zones. 

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22:08 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

The Russian military mined the Black Sea to discredit Ukraine, using mines seized in 2014 after the occupation of Crimea.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine states that since the beginning of the large-scale aggressive war against Ukraine, the Russian Federation has been intensifying the illegal activities of its naval forces in the Black Sea.

In addition to capturing and destroying civilian ships, bombing Ukraine from the sea, Russia has invented a new method of piracy, which is the use of sea mines as uncontrolled drifting munitions. Such drift mines were discovered on March 26-28, 2022 off the coast of Turkey and Romania.

According to the results of the identification, it was established that these are sea mines, which, as of the beginning of 2022, were not registered with the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

These mines were seized by the Russian armed forces in 2014 during the military invasion and temporary Russian occupation of the Ukrainian city of Sevastopol. Thus, Russia, using naval mines seized in 2014, deliberately provokes and discredits Ukraine in front of international partners.

By such actions, the aggressor state seeks to conceal its illegal activities in the Black Sea, which is contrary to the principles and norms of international maritime and humanitarian law, and to evade responsibility for war crimes and piracy.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine emphasizes that Russia’s deliberate use of drifting sea mines turns them into de facto weapons of indiscriminate action, which threatens, above all, civilian shipping and human life at sea in the entire waters of the Black Sea and the Sea of ​​Azov, but also the Kerch and the Black Sea straits.

Responsibility for the use of drifting mines, as well as for their unpredictable consequences, lies solely with the Russian Federation and its navy.

Ukraine insists on bringing Russia to international responsibility for illegal actions in the Black Sea, war crimes, and, in particular, the use of sea mines as weapons of indiscriminate action, which is spreading uncontrollably in the Black Sea.

Ukraine has notified the International Maritime Organization of Russia’s use of drift mines in the Black Sea, in compliance with its international obligations, including during an extraordinary session of the Council and the IMO Legal Committee, as well as international partners through the international automated maritime navigation safety system NAVTEX.

20:35 State Emergency Service of Ukraine

During the dismantling of blockages of the building of the Mykolaiv regional state administration rescuers withdrew the bodies of 12 victims. 33 people were injured.

20:11 Head of the Zaporizhia Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Starukh

Russian troops are obstructing the work of humanitarian corridors in the Zaporizhzhia region. 70 buses for evacuation and trucks with humanitarian cargo, which left the regional center in the morning, could not reach the occupied territory.

At the same time, the Russian military did not allow evacuees from Enerhodar and Berdiansk, who left Zaporizhzhia on the afternoon of March 29, to enter Zaporizhzhia.

18:53 Mariupol City Council

The occupiers continue to kidnap residents of Ukrainian Mariupol. More than 70 people were forcibly taken from the maternity hospital №2 in the Livoberezhnyi district – including medical staff and patients.

Earlier it was known about the deportation of staff and patients of the city hospital №1. There were about 600 people from Mariupol.

18:40 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The operational update regarding the Russian invasion on 18.00 on March 29, 2022.

The Russian Federation and its numerous agencies in international organizations deny the transportation and accumulation of large quantities of ammunition by Russian troops near the Chornobyl Shelter Structure. The activities of the Russian occupation forces at any time could lead to the detonation of ammunition, damage to the Shelter, and radiation contamination of the territory where hundreds of millions of Europeans live.

We emphasize that, as in most other cases, the Russian Federation and its agents of influence are spreading misinformation. The use of the Chornobyl zone for the transportation and accumulation of ammunition, as well as the deployment of command posts of Russian troops, is carried out deliberately, as the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot conduct combat operations in the exclusion zone. The risk of detonation of Russian ammunition is high and without hostilities, due to the occupiers’ neglect of security measures, as well as the widespread use of old and substandard ammunition. Such incidents occur in Russian warehouses and arsenals regularly and in peacetime, which is well known.

18:13 Secretary of the State at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister and government spokesman Piotr Müller

The Polish government has adopted draft legislation that will allow a ban on imports of Russian coal, a cabinet spokesperson said on Tuesday.

“We don’t want these imports to be possible any longer, although we realise that there’s a risk related to the fact that the European Union has not approved such actions to date,” Piotr Muller told reporters in Warsaw.

17:28 Mayor of Kyiv Vitalii Kytchko 

“Leaders of Ukrainian communities are being kidnapped again. Now the head of Beryslav Oleksandr Shapovalov has been kidnapped

Murders, abductions and torture of civilians – this is what the Russian aggressor is doing, who came to destroy Ukraine and Ukrainians.

During the war, on February 24, the occupiers abducted 11 mayors and eight other municipal officials.”

17:20 Office of the President of Ukraine

During the talks with Russia in Turkey, the Ukrainian party officially outlined its proposals for a new system of security guarantees for Ukraine. This was announced by the Head of the Ukrainian delegation, Head of the Servant of the People faction David Arakhamia.

“Today we came up with an official proposal for a new system of security guarantees for Ukraine. We insist that this must be an international treaty signed by all countries – guarantors of security, which will be ratified, so as not to repeat the mistake that was once in the Budapest Memorandum. We want it to be a working international mechanism of concrete security guarantees for Ukraine,” he said.

David Arakhamia noted that the representatives of the Ukrainian delegation did not sign any documents – they only voiced Ukraine’s proposals.

According to him, the future treaty must contain a provision according to which within three days after the start of the war, aggression, military operation, any disguised, hybrid war against Ukraine, the guarantor countries hold consultations, after which they are legally obliged to provide military assistance to our country, in particular in the form of armaments and the closure of the skies.

It is suggested that the guarantors will be permanent members of the UN Security Council: the United States, Great Britain, France, China, and the Russian Federation, but “this should be discussed separately.” Ukraine also wants to see Turkey, Germany, Canada, Italy, Poland, and Israel among the guarantors. In addition, it is offered to provide for the free accession of other guarantors to the treaty.

17:01 Commissioner for Human Rights of Ukraine Liudmyla Denisova

Denisova has asked her Russian counterpart Tatiana Moskalkova to provide lists of Ukrainians who were forcibly deported to Russia.

Speaking about the number of deported Ukrainians, Denisova cites a figure of half a million people. The first 90 thousand, according to her, were taken from the territories of some districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions on February 18 before the start of a full-scale Russian invasion.

16:55 Colleague of the journalist Yakiv Noskov (post from 28.03, at 20:16)

“In the Zaporizhzhia region, the occupiers arrested journalist Iryna Dubchenko. The occupiers took her to her native Rozivka. The girl stayed there because of the need to look after her old grandmother. Ira is accused of supporting and hiding the Ukrainian military.” – wrote Jacob Noskov.

Iryna Dubchenko worked on the Depo website, in the newspaper Subota Plus and in other media.

16:35 Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine

The Russian occupiers kidnapped Oleksandr Babych, the mayor of the occupied Hola Prystan in the Kherson region.

16:20 Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleh Nikolenko

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine considers the false messages spread by the head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry Péter Szijjártó to be deeply immoral.

Péter Szijjártó accused the opposition of over-supporting Ukraine because the opposition leader supported rallies in memory of the victims of the Mariupol bombing, and said the opposition was already negotiating with Ukraine on its actions in the event of a possible victory in the April 3 election.

Nikolenko refuted the minister’s assumptions. “We categorically reject Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó’s attempts to involve Ukraine in Hungary’s internal political struggle.… We have not and will not interfere in Hungary’s internal affairs. The Hungarian people and history will ultimately evaluate the actions of Hungarian politicians,” he said.

13:37 Ministry of Digital Transformation

Ukrainian government institutions have launched an international information campaign DO NOT sponsor murder to help businesses boycott Russian and Belarusian goods and services.

13:34 State Emergency Service of Ukraine

In the Zhytomyr region, rescuers extinguished a fire at one of the enterprises in the Korosten district, which broke out today as a result of a missile strike. No one was killed or injured.

12:12 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The operational update regarding the Russian invasion on 12.00 on March 29, 2022.

The thirty-fourth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion continues.

The Russian enemy did not meet the goal of the offensive operation. The withdrawal of certain units of the armed forces of the Russian Federation from the territory of Kyiv and Chernihiv oblasts is noted. At the same time, there is a high risk of the Russian occupiers attacking military and civilian infrastructure.

There is a problem with strengthening and rotating the existing Russian enemy group. Thus, only in the Pacific Fleet of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, recruitment units, due to the refusal of personnel to participate in the so-called “special operation”, are not able to staff even one battalion-tactical group.

In the Volyn direction, the group of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus provides cover for its state border, conducts demonstration actions.

In the Polissya direction, the Russian enemy is limited to artillery shelling, regrouping of existing units, and their partial withdrawal to the territory of Belarus.

In the Sivershchyna direction, the Russian occupiers continue to blockade Chernihiv, trying to gradually destroy military and civilian facilities. The enemy did not take active action in the direction of Brovary.

In the Slobozhansky direction, the Russian occupiers continue to use aircraft and artillery in the settlements of Kharkiv and Barvinkove, trying to capture the city of Izyum. Fighting continues in the area of ​​the settlements of Kamyanka, Sukha Kamyanka, Tykhotske. The Russian enemy increased the existing group by involving separate units from the 1st Tank Army of the Russian federation. The 200th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Russian enemy lost two battalion-tactical groups and personally the brigade commander, Colonel Denis KurilIt in the battles near Kharkiv. The losses only of one 200th brigade amounted to more than 1,500 servicemen.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy increased its firepower and intensified assault operations in most areas. He struck air strikes in the settlements of Voevodivka, Rubizhne, Lysychansk, Kreminna, Zolote-4, Popasna, Toretsk, and Novhorod. It focuses its main efforts on taking control of Popasna and Mariupol. The Russian enemy is not successful.

In the city of Berdyansk, the Russian occupiers are trying to restore the port infrastructure.

In the South Buh direction, the enemy, under cover of artillery fire, takes measures to restore combat capability, replenish ammunition and fuel.

The Defence Forces Group continues to conduct a defence operation in the Eastern, Southeastern, and Northeastern directions, restrains the enemy in all directions, in some directions – displaces the enemy.

11:47 Ukrinform

At least 30-40 people abducted and detained by the Russian occupiers are known in the Kherson region. On some of them, the information is specified.

This was reported to Ukrinform by phone by the first deputy chairman of the Kherson regional council Yurii Sobolevskyi. He stressed that some people are “pressed, broken very hard”, to the point that they then need serious medical care.

11:30 Ministry of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko 

Another wave of hatred on Russian television. The Kremlin media began to actively promote theses aimed at cultivating Russian hatred of all Ukrainians. “A large part of Ukrainians are overwhelmed by the madness of Nazism,” the propagandists have already stated.

“Putin has not been able to ‘denazify’ us with high-precision weapons and is already preparing the ground for acquittal for killing Ukrainians. We are being demonized so that no Russian, military or civilian, has the slightest doubt that Ukrainians can and should be killed,” – stated Tkachenko. 

11:27 Ukrinform

Amnesty International is accusing Russia of committing war crimes in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. The human rights organization will soon release an in-depth report on the devastation caused by Russia’s assault on the city on the Sea of Azov, Amnesty’s Secretary-General Agnes Callamard said in a press conference in Johannesburg.

11:23 Ukrinform with reference to Interia.pl

The Visegrád Group Defense Ministers’ meeting will not occur in Budapest on March 30 due to the pro-Russian stance of the Hungarian government and Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

The refusal to participate in this meeting was first announced by the Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic Jana Černochová, and later she was joined by the Minister of National Defense of Poland Mariusz Błaszczak.

11:14 Head of Kharkiv Regional Administration Oleh Syniehubov

Over the past day, the Russian occupation forces fired 46 times on the districts of Kharkiv and the regions: Saltivka, «Novi Budynky», the town of Zhukovskoho, Piatykhatky, Oleksiivka, «Horyzont», Kulynychi, Chuhuiv, Derhachi. There were also about 280 shellings by the enemy with MLRS of the BM-21 “Grad” type. 

11:03 Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine

According to the investigation, on March 27 and 28, 2022, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, ignoring the norms of international humanitarian law, shelled the village of Sviatopetrivske, Bucha district. 4 civilians were killed by enemy shells. Houses were damaged and destroyed.

10:55 Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration Valentyn ReznichenkoThe Russians fired several missiles at the area. In the Novomoskovsk district, a missile hit the territory of the farm, injuring one person and damaging equipment. The second missile strike occurred in the Nikopol district. There are no casualties.

10:30 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Information about the Russian invasion

The operational situation on the diplomatic front as of 10:00, March 29

Ukrainian diplomacy continues Russia’s complete isolation, particularly in the energy sector, which is actively fueling Russia’s military machine. The energy ministers of the Group of Seven have made a responsible decision, rejecting Russia’s demands to pay gas bills in rubles.

Dmytro Kuleba: “I welcome the statement of the Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Gabek regarding the decision of the Group of Seven to reject Russia’s demands to pay for Russian gas in rubles. Blackmail of the Russian Federation is unacceptable. I am grateful to France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the European Union.”

Deputinization of the world

• Northern Macedonia is deporting 5 Russian diplomats for violating the Vienna Convention. They must leave the country within five days.
• Riga’s tallest buildings, the Z-Towers, changed their name to Zunda Towers in response to a negative association with the letter Z, which the Russian military uses in symbolic terms for its invasion of Ukraine.
• The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced the closure of its offices in Moscow and Minsk due to Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine.

Isolation of the Russian Federation

• Sri Lanka’s national airline SriLankan Airlines Limited will suspend flights to Russia from March 28.
• The European Commission appealed to Affiliated Countries to immediately abolish any existing schemes for gaining citizenship for investment and to provide strict checks are in place to address the risks associated with residence permit schemes, as well as to revise previously issued “golden passports”.
• International rating agency Fitch Ratings will no longer publish data on Russia’s sovereign rating.
• The government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has decided to suspend state-funded research and innovation cooperation with Russian universities and companies that are strategically important to the Russian government.
• The United Arab Emirates Investment Fund Mubadala Investment Company suspends investments in Russia.

Humanitarian aid

• Since the start of the war, the American charity company United Help Ukraine has collected more than $ 10 million in donations from Americans, which will be spent on humanitarian and medical aid to Ukraine.
• Material and technical assistance worth a total of 163,000 euros arrived in Ukraine from Slovenia.
• Thanks to the efforts of the public organization Razom for Ukraine, $ 20 million was raised in the United States from 60,000 privates. 

10:11 Head of Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration Vitalii Kim

On March 29, at about 08:45 in Mykolayiv, as a result of shelling and hitting a nine-story administrative building, the central section of the building from the 9th to the 1st floor was destroyed, without subsequent burning. As of 9:25 a.m., SES units released 9 injured from the rubble and handed them over to medics.

9:39 Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Gliński aacording to Politico 

Poland is prepared to continue accepting Ukrainian refugees for as long as needed, its deputy prime minister said, but stressed that the main priority for both Poland the rest of the Western alliance should be to help Ukraine defend itself. Over the past month, Poland has taken in 2.3 million refugees, Gliński said, more than any other European country. The number of arrivals has recently fallen off, but Warsaw is preparing for future waves. 

8:58 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 29.03 were approximately:

• personnel ‒ about 17200, 
• tanks ‒ 597, 
• APV ‒ 1710, 
• artillery systems – 303, 
• MLRS ‒ 96, 
• anti-aircraft warfare systems ‒ 54,
• aircraft – 127, 
• helicopters – 129, 
• vehicles ‒ 1178,
• boats / cutters ‒ 7,
• fuel tanks ‒ 73, 
• UAV operational-tactical level ‒ 71,
• special equipment ‒ 21,
• mobile SRBM system ‒ 4.

Data are being updated. The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities. 

8:26 Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine

As a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation, as of the morning of March 29, 2022, 144 children were killed and more than 220 were injured. The most affected children were in Kyiv – 68, Kharkiv – 49, Donetsk – 54, Chernihiv – 38, Mykolaiv – 30, Luhansk – 28, Zaporizhzhia – 22, Zhytomyr – 15, Sumy – 15, Kherson – 25 regions and the city of Kyiv – 16. Data on dead and injured children in Mariupol are being clarified.

• On March 28, 2022, a 3-year-old child died from mine injuries in the Luhansk region.
• On March 28, 2022, as a result of the shelling of a village in the Zaporizhzhia region by the occupiers, three civilians were wounded, including a child.

The bombing and shelling damaged 773 educational institutions, 75 of which were completely destroyed. The most damaged were in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Kyiv, Kherson regions, and the city of Kyiv.

These data are not final, given the inability to inspect the shelling sites where the aggressor country is waging active hostilities and in the temporarily occupied territories.

7:21 Centre for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine

The dissemination of another disinformation by the Russian media about the alleged achievements of the Russian armed forces in Chornobaivka was recorded. On March 28, the Ukrainian Armed Forces defeated a group of Russian occupiers there for the twelfth time. On the same day, Russia boasted for the first time that their occupiers had shot down five Ukrainian missiles and one drone in Chornobaivka.

7:15 State Emergency Service of Ukraine

On March 28, at 9:05 p.m., a missile attack on one of the settlements of the Rivne region caused a fire at a fuel storage plant. There is no spillage of oil products outside the embankment. Rescuers from the State Emergency Service are working at the scene. Extinguishing continues. There are no victims.

6:21 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Operational information at 06.00 on 29.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion

Over the previous day, Ukrainian forces hit 17 air targets — 8 aircraft, 3 helicopters, 4 UAVs of various types, and 2 cruise missiles.

Divisions of the Defence Forces continue to conduct a defense operation in the Eastern, South-Eastern, and North-Eastern directions. In all of them, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hold back the enemy.

The enemy continues to deliver missile and bomb strikes, trying to destroy the infrastructure and residential areas of Ukrainian cities. Concentrates on fuel storage facilities complicate logistical support and create conditions for a humanitarian crisis.

Russian invaders continue to terrorize the local population. Shelling houses; robbing, stealing, and holding civilians hostage, engage in looting.

The units of the Joint Forces in the Donetsk and Luhansk directions repulsed 7 enemy attacks in a day. Ukrainian soldiers destroyed 12 tanks, 10 infantry fighting vehicles, and 3 vehicles.

05:27 Suspilne

The governments of many Asian countries are preventing demonstrations in support of Ukraine under quarantine restrictions, said Nataliia Poshyvailo-Toller, vice president of the World Congress of Ukrainians in East, South, and Southeast Asia, Oceania, and Africa.

“In the countries of South and Southeast Asia, there are a lot of problems. First, it is impossible to hold any actions, they are simply prohibited. People find such opportunities, go one by one, stand at a distance provided by law, according to the rules. I recently spoke with Hong Kong. The fine is $ 3,000 because there have been several actions. And now such “dark forces” influenced by the Russian Federation have joined. I am sure they complained about the violation of the rules and fined the community for that amount,” Nataliia Poshyvailo-Toller said.

An explosion occurred in one of the countries near the house of the head of the local Ukrainian community, she added.

00:59 Suspilne 

According to British intelligence, militants of the Private Military Company “Wagner” have deployed forces in eastern Ukraine and plan to attract more than a thousand mercenaries to the war in Ukraine. Due to heavy losses, Russia was forced to deploy militants of “Wagner”, expelling them from operations in Africa and Syria.

00:44 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Operational information at 24.00 on 28.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion

The thirty-third day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion is ending.

The Defence Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct a defence operation in the Eastern, Southeastern, and Northeastern directions, focusing on:

– preventing the advance of the enemy in the directions of the settlements of Sloviansk and Barvinkove;

– the taking of the settlements of Kamianka, Topolske;

– creating conditions for improving the tactical situation in the area of the city of Chuhuiv;

– deterring enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Rubizhne, Lysychansk, Popasna, preventing the bypass of the main forces of the group.

At the same time, the Defence Forces of Ukraine continue to maintain the circular defence of the city of Mariupol and defend and deter the advance of the enemy in the Chernihiv region.

In order to improve the operational situation and maintain the outer line of defence, the group defending Kyiv is continuing hostilities and controlling the situation in the settlements of Motyzhyn, Lisne, Kapitanivka, and Dmytrivka.

Part of the Ukrainian forces continues to conduct a defence operation in other identified areas, a stabilization operation is being carried out, territorial defence tasks are being carried out and counterattacks are being carried out in certain areas.

The enemy is weakened, disoriented, much of it is cut off from logistics and the main forces.

The command of the Russian occupying forces is trying to compensate for the decline in the combat potential of the enemy’s units by indiscriminate artillery fire and rocket-bomb attacks, thus destroying the infrastructure of Ukrainian cities.

🔵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.

🟡27.03.2022

22:50 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk

Ukraine demands that the UN Security Council take immediate measures to demilitarise the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone and establish a UN special mission there.

“In the context of nuclear security, the irresponsible and unprofessional actions of the Russian military pose a serious threat not only to Ukraine but also to hundreds of millions of Europeans. Therefore, we demand that the UN Security Council take immediate measures to demilitarise the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone and establish a special UN mission there to eliminate the risk of a recurrence of the Chornobyl accident as a result of actions of the Russian occupation forces.”

22:39 Head of Volyn Regional Military Administration Yurii Pohuliaiko 

Explosions were heard in Volyn. These were missile strikes on the oil depot. The cruise missile was fired from the Republic of Belarus. Rescuers are still working at the site. According to preliminary data, there are no victims.

21:13 The Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea 

The Representative became aware of the illegal entry of Russians into the office in Kherson: they broke down the door, removed the state flag, and probably took out the equipment and documents that remained on the Representative’s premises. Provocations from the occupiers are possible.

20:52 Head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Pavliuk

The militarization of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone by Russian occupation forces continues. This seriously increases the risk of damage to the insulation structures built over the fourth power unit of the station after its explosion in 1986.

Such damage will inevitably lead to the entry of significant amounts of radioactive dust into the atmosphere, which contaminates not only Ukraine but also other European countries.

The occupying forces of the Russian Federation ignore threats and warnings and continue to transport and store a significant amount of ammunition near the nuclear power plant.

Dozens of tons of rockets, artillery shells, and mortar ammunition are transported daily by units of the Eastern Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from the logistics base deployed in the Narovlya district of the Gomel region of Belarus.

The transport corridor of the invaders passes through the city of Pripyat and a few hundred metres from the isolation facilities of the nuclear power plant. Further ammunition is stored in the city of Chornobyl, near the city of Prypiat, which is also a short distance from the nuclear power plant.

In the city of Chornobyl, the occupiers deployed a temporary command post of the Eastern Military District, as well as a command post of the 38th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade.

18:30 Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine 

An international charity concert-marathon in support of Ukraine Save Ukraine – #StopWar will start on Sunday, March 27 on the basis of the Polish TV channel TVP (Live).

18:00 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Operational information at 18.00 on 27.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion.

The thirty-second day of the Ukrainian nation’s heroic confrontation with the Russian military invasion is going on.

The enemy continues to conduct full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine.

The enemy continues to violate the requirements of the International humanitarian law in the temporarily occupied territories, commits kidnapping and intimidates residents, holds Ukrainian civilians hostage.

In connection with the disruption by the Defense Forces of the enemy’s logistics supply, in the settlements of Ivankiv and Orane, the occupiers are asking the population for food, behaving non-aggressively, no looting has been recorded.

The militarization of the exclusion zone of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant by the Russian occupation forces continues. This seriously increases the risk of damage to the insulation structures built over the station’s fourth power unit after its explosion in 1986. Such damage will inevitably lead to a significant amount of radioactive dust entering the atmosphere and contaminating not only Ukraine but also other European countries. The occupying forces of the Russian federation ignore threats and warnings and continue to transport and store a significant amount of ammunition in the immediate vicinity of the nuclear power plant.

Dozens of tons of rockets, artillery shells, and mortar ammunition are transported daily by units of the Eastern military district of the armed forces of the Russian federation from the logistics base deployed in the Narovlya district of the Gomel region of Belarus. The transport corridor of the invaders passes through the city of Pripyat and a few hundred meters from the isolation facilities of the nuclear power plant. Further ammunition is stored in the city of Chornobyl, near the city of Pripyat, there is also a short distance from the nuclear power plant. In the city of Chornobyl, the occupiers deployed a temporary command post of the Eastern military district, as well as a command post of the 38th separate motorized rifle brigade.

According to available information, the Russian occupation forces are increasingly using old and substandard ammunition. Thus, the 165th artillery brigade from Belogorsk, Amur region, which is part of the grouping, received permission to use this ammunition. This increases the risk of their detonation even when loading and transporting. The facts of such self-detonation of ammunition in Russian military depots and arsenals are well known and occur regularly.

The defense forces continue to systematically inflict losses on the enemy in all directions.

17:12 Ukraine’s Parliamentary Envoy for Human Rights Lyudmyla Denisova

The invaders of the Russian Federation are carrying out a mass deportation of the population of the occupied territories of Ukraine.

The Ministry of Defense of the occupier reports that 90,000 citizens of Ukraine, Moldova and Russia have already been deported from the Kherson region. The racists call the grounds for relocation “appeals of embassies and applications submitted to the military commandant’s office of Kherson.”

Over the past day alone, more than 19.6 thousand civilians, including 3,300 children, were deported from the temporarily uncontrolled territories of Ukraine in Donetsk and Luhansk regions!!

This was announced by the head of the National Center for Defense Management of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev. In total, the racist military notes the removal of 439,420 civilians “from dangerous areas of Ukraine,” of whom 91,673 are children, and 98,081 people were displaced from Mariupol “due to nationalist arbitrariness,” including 4,183 children.

The scale of the forced relocation is comparable only to Hitler’s deportation to World War II.

The occupying country is cynically and grossly violating the provisions of Article 49 of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, which prohibits the forced relocation or deportation of persons from the occupied territories.

I appeal to the International Committee of the Red Cross to take all possible measures to assist in the return of Ukrainians illegally deported to Russia and to open safe humanitarian corridors from the regions of hostilities.

I call on the international community to put even more pressure on the occupying power to liberate the entire territory of Ukraine from the racist army. 

16:26 Suspilne 

Suspilne spoke with local journalist Nadezhda Sarana about the situation in occupied Slavutych.

Russian troops have been stationed in Slavutych since March 26. Earlier in his video address, Mayor Yuriy Fomichev said that the occupiers were looking for weapons in the city, and when they checked everything, they would leave the city. During the peaceful protest, the Russians used tear gas and stun grenades against civilians. A young man was injured by the wreckage and is currently in hospital in critical condition. The day before, when the occupiers attacked Slavutych, civilians and representatives of the territorial defence were injured and killed. On March 26, the mayor confirmed the deaths of three civilians.

14:35 Ukrainska Pravda 

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave an interview to Russian journalists (Medusa, Rain, and Kommersant) for the first time since the start of the war. Roskomnadzor warns the Russian media about the need to refrain from publishing this interview.

13:53 Ukrainska Pravda

Traders made the first deliveries of Ukrainian corn to Europe by train, as Ukraine’s seaports remain blocked due to Russian invasion. This was reported by APK-Inform, which specialises in agricultural issues, writes Reuters. Ukraine is a major world producer and exporter of grain, and almost all of its exports traditionally come from Black Sea ports. Monthly grain exports before the war exceeded 5 million tons.

12:52 Buzzfeed news journalist Christopher Miller 

Russian forces are using white phosphorus against Ukrainians on the frontline near the eastern city of Avdiivka.

12:06 Economic Pravda

Auchan CEO Yves Claude said the network would continue to operate in Russia because it “acts in the interests of the civilian population.” This was reported by Le Journal du Dimanche.

12:00 Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

Ukraine works to remove Russia from key positions in IAEA due to nuclear terrorism.

11:51 Ukrainska Pravda

The leader of the so-called “LNR” Leonid Pasichnyk said that in the near future on the territory of the “LPR” may be a referendum on joining Russia. 

According to Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is convinced that the international community does not recognize the results of the so-called “referendum of the Luhansk People’s Republic” on joining the Russian Federation.

11:07 Oleksandr Tkachenko Minister of Culture

Ukrainian representatives of the theatre call on their colleagues around the world to ban Russia. The aggressor country should be removed from the world’s leading theatre festivals and unions, and Russian artists will be blacklisted to perform around the world.

10:20 State Emergency Service of Ukraine

Operational information of SES units (as of 10:00 on March 27)

During the past 24hrs, SES units have made 1,585 departures, including 533 to eliminate the consequences of the shelling of settlements and civilian infrastructure by Russian troops. 8 people were rescued. 281 fires caused by hostilities were eliminated.

Pyrotechnics of the State Emergency Service carried out 149 operations, neutralized 507 explosive devices and 6 kg of explosives, including 3 air bombs, and inspected an area of ​​over 500 hectares.

75 tents have been set up on the western borders for receptions and heating citizens, assisting more than 1,400 people during the day.

At present, 1,455 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.

More than 979 thousand people were evacuated.

09:15 Ukrainska Pravda

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, showed a video about the participation of Chechens in the capture of Mariupol, which depicts Ruslan Geremeev, who is considered the organizer of the assassination of opposition Russian politician Boris Nemtsov.

08:00 Office of the Prosecutor General

As of the morning of March 27, 139 children had been killed and more than 205 wounded in the armed aggression of the Russian Federation. On average, these are three victims per day.

Children suffered the most in Kyiv – 65, Kharkiv – 45, Donetsk – 53, Chernihiv – 38, Mykolaiv – 29, Luhansk – 25, Zaporizhia – 19, Kherson – 21, the capital – 16, Zhytomyr – 15 and Sumy – 14 regions.

07:56 Melitopol media ria-m.tv 

The occupiers disconnected Melitopol from Ukrainian communications and the Internet.

05:33 Ukrainska Pravda

Cameraman and photographer from Lviv Yurii Oliinyk was killed during hostilities in the Luhansk region.

00:50 Head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyy

Many facilities in Trostianets liberated from the occupiers yesterday, including a hospital, remain mined.

🔵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.

🟡25.03.2022

20:47 State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience

Since the start of the war, the Russian military has destroyed and damaged at least 59 buildings of spiritual significance, not including nearby buildings, in at least eight regions. According to the agency, on average, Russians destroy two buildings a day.

20:23 Suspilne

The Russian military abducted Olga Sukhenko, the head of the village of Motyzhyn in the Kyiv region, and her husband and son.

19:00 Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Russian missiles hit the territory of the Air Force Command in Vinnytsia. The invaders launched six missiles at Vinnytsia. Several of them were shot down by the Ukrainian air defence system, but some hit the command building. The destruction of infrastructure is significant.

18:41 Kyiv School of Economics

As of March 24, the amount of damage inflicted on Ukraine’s infrastructure during the war reached $ 63 billion (UAH 1.8 trillion).

18:30 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 

Operational information as of 18.00 25.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion (Video)

The 30th day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion continues.

During today, the enemy continued to regroup troops to build up strike groups to resume offensive operations. In some areas, the enemy is trying to carry out assault operations and does not abandon attempts to inflict fire damage on certain units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is not successful.

The enemy is taking measures to restore combat capability, replenish ammunition, fuel, and oil to ensure the readiness of offensive operations.

The Defence Forces continue to conduct a defence operation in certain areas, conduct a stabilisation operation, and perform territorial defence tasks.

The defence forces involved in the defence of the city of Kyiv continue to repel the enemy’s offensive, inflict fire on him and hold certain boundaries.

The facts of criminal activity of the Russian military-political leadership, systematic violations of international humanitarian law, norms of humane treatment during the war continue to be recorded.

In the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, the occupiers continue to terrorize the local population, forcing people to be deported to the territory of the Russian federation. In order to intimidate the local population, Russian invaders are carrying out chaotic shelling of settlements, confiscating vehicles and personal belongings.

In the temporarily occupied Luhansk, in the local hospital, the occupiers located a military hospital, which is fully occupied by wounded servicemen of the Russian federation. Part of the hospital is set aside for the storage of corpses since the local morgues are overcrowded.

The enemy continues to suffer losses among the command. Thus, on March 25, Ukrainian defenders eliminated the commander of the 49th All-Military Army of the Southern Military District, Lieutenant-General Yakov Rezantsev.

18:25 The Federal Council of Switzerland according to CNN 

Switzerland has adopted further sanctions against Russia in line with the European Union’s latest package of sanctions, the Swiss Federal Council announced on Friday. It has imposed bans related to the energy and financial sectors, plus dealing with luxury, iron, and steel goods, the statement said. However, the Federal Council noted it had decided to allow “certain exceptions from the financial sanctions for humanitarian purposes,” saying it would “ease” business relationships “necessary for the work of humanitarian organizations.”

16:17 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba for Ukrainska Pravda

Kuleba stated that as of 25 March, there is no consensus with Russia on the four points of negotiations mentioned by the President of Turkey.

Quote from Kuleba: “There is no consensus with Russia regarding the four points mentioned by the Turkish president. In particular, the only state language in Ukraine is Ukrainian and will remain so. And in general, the classification of key negotiation topics into four points, or any other number, is inappropriate.”

Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had said that Ukraine was ready to agree to four of the Russians’ six demands, including giving up NATO membership and recognizing Russian as a second state language.

15:53 Ukrainska Pravda 

Russia’s Defense Ministry has said it will focus on “full liberation of Donbas” but may try to storm Kyiv, Kharkiv and other regional centers.

15:30 Center for Countering Disinformation

Specialists from InformNapalm report on the possible use of sarin in those cities where the occupiers can not break through the defenses. For military purposes it is used as a combat poison of neuro-paralytic action. 

Fact from InformNapalm intelligence:

1. On March 17, Russian officers fighting in Ukraine receive an injection of Pralidoxime (an antidote to organophosphorus compounds);

2. On March 20, the command staff of the Russian Federation received ampoules of atropine (antidote for chemotherapy).

Occupational propaganda also spreads narratives about “American biolabs in Ukraine” and “pathogen leakage”.

15:20 Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov

In Melitopol, the Russian military blocked the distribution of humanitarian aid to citizens, which arrived on March 25 in the city.

Thirteen tons of food and two tons of baby food and medicine were delivered to the city. However, it is not possible to distribute them to the citizens at the moment.

15:18 Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine

Russian occupation forces are destroying Ukraine’s environment. Currently, the only means of monitoring fires throughout Ukraine is remote sensing of the Earth. Ukraine receives such data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS).

“They testify that as of today, as a result of Russian aggression, almost 102,000 hectares of all types of landscapes in Ukraine have been damaged,” the Ministry of Environment said.

14:02 Ukrainska Pravda 

Dmytro Takadzhy, head of the Russian-occupied town of Nyzhni Sirohozy in the Henichesk district of the Kherson region, has disappeared. He had previously announced his resignation. It is unknown where Takaszhy is and what happened to him. Occupiers seized the town council and blocked access to the offices. Military checkpoints of Russian combat formations have been set up on the territory of the community.

14:02 Slavutych City Council

The City Council said that snipers are working in Slavutych, which is administratively subordinated to the Kyiv region.

13:47 Suspilne

The occupiers shot dead two people from the village of Velykyi Sambir, Konotop district, in their own yard. A 62-year-old man and a woman died from gunshot wounds. This was reported on the Facebook page of the Sumy Regional Prosecutor’s Office.

13:45 Ukrinform

Russia needs to be deprived of new financial resources, in particular, from the sale of energy that could go to war with Ukraine. However, Germany, Austria, and Hungary do not want to sever trade relations with Russia.

This was announced on Friday in Brussels as part of the EU summit by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

13:06 Ukrinform, Ukraine’s Parliamentary Envoy for Human Rights 

Russia forcibly moves Ukrainians from the occupied territories to Russia. They also make them pass through “filtration camps” as Russia’s security service seeks to identify Ukrainian military. 

13:00 Ukrinform, Ukraine’s Parliamentary Envoy for Human Rights 

Naples’ court released Ukrainian Yevhen Lavrenchuk, ruled Russia’s charges brought against him falsified and political, said Ukraine’s Parliamentary Envoy for Human Rights Lyudmyla Denisova. Ukrainian opera director Lavrenchuk was arrested in Italy in December 2021 at Russia’s request.

12:50 General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, report of 12:00
The Russian troops failed to reach its main goals of a large-scale war – the blockade of Kyiv and access to the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The enemy has had partial success in creating a land corridor between the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and part of the Donetsk region.

Measures are being taken to replenish the losses of the occupational forces, by forming and sending consolidated units from the 37th Omsbr (Kyakhta), the 5th Otbr (Ulan-Ude) of the 36th Army, the 38th Omsbr (Ekaterinoslavka) of the 35th Army. 40th Separate Brigade of Marines (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) of the Pacific Fleet of the armed forces of the russian federation, to belarus.

On the Volyn axis, the enemy has not been active. The probability of involving the armed forces of belarus in the aggression against Ukraine is estimated as high.

In Polissya, the enemy has not carried out offensive operations. Their efforts have been concentrated on shelling the positions of Ukraine’s Armed Forces in the regions of the settlements of Nova Buda, Nalyvaykivka, Ozerchchyna. They are carrying out the movement of units, logistics, and are attempting to gain foothold on the occupied frontiers. Eastern Military District troops have set up a rear area (field camp) in the Chernobyl region.

On the axis of Siversk, the occupational forces continue to hold the previously captured borders, and are attempting to grow their groups and blockade Chernihiv. They continue to shell the city’s infrastructure. Air reconnaissance with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles continues. With the aim of decreasing resistance from the civil population, the enemy has distributed leaflets.

Advancement in the direction of Brovary has been unsuccessful – the occupants were stopped immediately, have switched to defence and are attempting to gain foothold at their current positions.

On the axis of Slobozhansk the enemy is attempting to hold down their positions near Sumy and Kharkiv, and are replenishing their losses in equipment and manpower. They do not stop in utilising aviation and artillery to destroy the cities’ residential areas.

In the region of the city of Izum the enemy has attempted to break through the defences of our troops from the South, in the region of Kamyanka, and was stopped in the region of Tikhotsky. The enemy has been wedged, and is being destroyed.

On the axis of Donetsk the enemy continues to replenish their losses, is re-grouping units, simultaneously firing, using artillery and aviation, at the infrastructure of peaceful cities. They are not giving up on the idea of entering the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.

On the Tavriya axis, in the temporarily occupied territories, measures of preparing for the implementation of an occupational government are taking place, specifically by the rosguart units. Measures were taken to isolate the railway station of Kherson.

The enemy is growing its naval fleet in the waters of the Sea of Azov. There has been a record of the passage of the small minesweeper “Valentyn Pikul”, the missile boat “Naberezhnye Chelny” and two landing craft, via the Kerch Strait, in the north direction.

The Defense Forces Group continue their defense operation, focusing their efforts on preventing the enemy from breaking through, defending the state border of Ukraine, destroying the enemy on land, in the air and at sea.

11:44 Ukraine’s Ministry of Justice

The records center of Ukraine’s Security Service was destroyed by fire in Chernihiv region. Those were the records of repressions by the Soviet regime against Ukrainians, head of Ukraine’s Archival Service Anatoliy Khromov said.

11:26 European Pravda

Armenia faulted Azerbaijan for violating the line of contact and seizing Parukh village in Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia called on Russia’s “peacekeeping forces” to oust Azerbaijan from the area.

11:19 Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Renault halts production in Russia.

Philip Morris said it would cut operations and halt investment in Russia.

The EU will establish the Ukraine Solidarity Trust Fund to help rebuild the country.

The U.S. announced an additional USD 320 million in democracy and human rights funding to Ukraine and its neighbors.

Japan rolled out the 9^th package of sanctions against Russia. It will freeze the assets of 25 more Russians and prohibit exports to 81 Russian companies.

France, Bulgaria, and Estonia sent humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

11:13 Ukraine’s Security Service

Ukraine’s Security Service detained more than 350 saboteurs since Russia began a full-scale invasion. Ukraine’s operatives also blocked international channels Russia used to recruit mercenaries.

In Kyiv, the Security Service destroyed a Russian subversive group pretending to be a territorial defense unit.

Ukraine’s operatives uncovered more than 10 Russian agents in Luhansk region.

They detained Russia’s agents spying on Ukraine’s electronic warfare units and drones.

In Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine’s Security Service prevented Russia’s agents infiltration into local self-government aimed to “federalize” the region.    

10:59 Mariupol City Council

In Mariupol, Russia set up an office of United Russia party in the Metro shopping mall, local residents report. The office makes propaganda efforts, hands out mobile SIM cards of Phoenix provider that operates in the occupied territory of Donetsk region since 2014.

10:45 Ukraine’s Defense Ministry

Total combat losses of the Russian troops between March 24 and March 25:

• personnel – about 16,100 
• tanks ‒ 561, 
• armored fighting vehicles  ‒ 1625, 
• artillery systems – 291, 
• multiple launch rocket systems – 90, 
• air defense systems – 49,
• aircraft – 115, 
• helicopters – 125, 
• vehicles – 1,089,
• warships, motor boats – 5,
• fuel tanks – 72, 
• operational-tactical drones – 53.
• Other special equipment – 18.

Data are being updated. The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities.

10:40 Mariupol City Council, testimony of witnesses
Around 300 civilians were killed as Russia drop a bomb on Mariupol’s Drama Theatre, witnesses say.

10:34 National Security and Defense Council’s Center for Countering Disinformation
The Center warned of Russia’s disinformation efforts. Russian opposition leaders spread false claims. Some of them are: peacekeeping missions in Ukraine pose a threat as they aim to “partition Ukraine” returning to 1939 borders. Hungary, Romania, and Poland plot aggression against Ukraine.
Rallies in support of Russia’s war in Serbia, Bulgaria, Armenia, and Syria failed, the Center adds.  

10:25 Police in Kharkiv region

At around 07:45 in Kharkiv, Russia shelled a primary medical care center in Osnovyanskyi district converted to a humanitarian aid center. There are no military targets nearby.

Four civilians were killed and three more were injured as Russia struck civilian infrastructure from multiple launch rocket systems on the morning of March 25.

10:14 Suspline

On the morning of March 25, the Russian forces abducted two people in the Snovska hromada, in Chernihiv region. They are Oleksandr Medvedyov, head of the hromada and Hryhoriy Bozhok, entrepreneur and former deputy of the regional council.

Russians take them toward Horodnya, head of Koryukivka district military administration said.

09:44 head of Kharkiv regional administration Oleh Syniehubov
On March 24, Russia made 55 attacks, used Grad and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems around 240 times. On the evening of March 24, the Russian forces attacked the airport of Kharkiv from multiple launch rocket systems. Russia’s attacks damaged civilian infrastructure, communication lines, and a hospital in Derhachi. There are casualties.    

08:11 Ukraine’s Emergency Service
At around 20:00 on March 24, Russia’s strike hit an oil storage area in Kalynivka village, in Kyiv region’s Fastiv district. The facility caught fire. As of 06:25, the fire continued to burn, but did not spread outside the storage area.

07:58 Office of the Prosecutor General
As of the morning of March 25, 135 children were killed as Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 184 children were injured. Region breakdown: Kyiv region – 64 children’s casualties, Kharkiv – 44, Donetsk – 46, Chernihiv – 34, Mykolayiv – 25, Zaporizhzhia – 26, the city of Kyiv – 16, Zhytomyr – 15, Kherson – 15, and Sumy – 14. 

07:30 head of Luhansk regional administration Serhiy Hayday

Three residential houses in Rubizhne caught fire as Russia’s attack struck the city at night. Two civilians were killed. On March 24, 21 fires broke out. The city lacks firefighters.    

06:33 General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, report of 06:00

The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to conduct a defensive operation on the Eastern, Southeastern and Northeastern axes.

The joint forces are conducting a sustained defensive operation

in the Donetsk, Slobozhansky and parts of the Tavriya areas in the designated

operational zone, focusing their efforts on preventing enemy breakthroughs.

So, during the previous day the Ukrainian troops repulsed 9 enemy

attacks, destroyed 12 tanks, about 20 units of armoured and automotive

equipment and 9 artillery systems. The enemy lost more than 200 servicemen. Air

defence units shot down 2 planes and 2 enemy UAVs.

The group of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit 6

enemy air targets: 1 plane, 1 UAV and 4 cruise missiles. The Air Force

patrolled the airspace, destroyed the troops and facilities, and fired on the

armoured personnel carriers, logistics centres, and clusters of enemy troops.

In Volyn, the main efforts of the defence forces are focused on

covering the state border.

A defence operation continues in the Siverskyi region. A group

of troops holds the city of Chernihiv and hinders the advance of the enemy in

the direction of Kyiv.

At the same time, the grouping of forces and means of defence of

the city of Kyiv continues to repel the enemy’s offensive, inflict fire damage

on it and maintain all the defined lines of defence.

In the South, the defence operation continues in the designated

operational zone, a stabilization operation is underway, and territorial

defence tasks are being performed.

russian terrorist forces continue to fight, knowingly violating

international humanitarian law and the rules of war.

00:41 General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, report of 12am

The occupiers’ tasks of reaching the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, encircling the city of Kyiv, and establishing control over the left-bank part of Ukraine failed. The enemy managed to partially succeed in the Donetsk operational district in continuing the temporary maintenance of the land corridor between the Rostov region and temporarily occupied Crimea.

The enemy continues to replenish losses by training and relocating reserve units of the

armed forces of the russian federation.

The enemy did not carry out offensive operations on the Volyn axis.

On the Polissya axis, the enemy did not carry out offensive operations, continued to carry out artillery and air strikes, and tried to restore the position of its forces in the areas of Kyiv and Makarov.

On the northern axis, the enemy is trying to concentrate forces and means to resume offensive operations with the help of certain units. It makes unsuccessful attempts to block Chernihiv. On the Brovary axis it moved to the defence, carries out engineering equipment positions.

Probably, the enemy will try to resume offensive operations in the direction of the

cities of Brovary and Boryspil in order to block Kyiv from the east.

On the Slobozhansky axis, the enemy is blocking the cities of Sumy

and Kharkiv. It strikes on civilian infrastructure. Trying to resume offensive

operations in the area of ​​the city of Izyum, it bears losses.

The withdrawal of certain units of the occupying forces operating in the area to

the territory of the russian federation is noted due to the loss of more than

50 percent of the personnel.

On the Donetsk axis, the enemy holds the occupied frontiers. The main efforts, focused on capturing the cities of Popasna, Rubizhne and Mariupol, are without success.

Up to five battalion tactical groups (BTGs) moved to the defence in the Zaporizhzhya

direction.

In the South Buh area, the enemy is occupying the established lines of defence with the forces of the group, trying to take measures to restore the combat capability of units and replenish supplies.

In the Azov operational zone, according to updated information, a large landing ship

“Saratov” was destroyed during the attack on the occupied Berdyansk port. Large landing ships “Caesar Kunikov” and “Novocherkassk” were damaged. Other losses of the enemy are being clarified.

01:32 Deputy of Kherson regional council Serhiy Khlan

The Russian forces abducted Dmytro Afanasiyev, deputy of the Korabelna district council, head of faction of European Solidarity (Yevropeiska Solidarnist) party.

00:31 Ukraine’s Emergency Service in Dnipropetrovsk region

At 22:38 on March 24, Russia conducted two missile strikes on a military base on the outskirts of Dnipro. The base was damaged. Two sites caught fire. There are no casualty reports.

🔵 24.03.2022

20:33 RL/RFE

The UN General Assembly has adopted an optional resolution calling for the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine and an immediate end to the war.

The resolution, adopted on March 24 at UN headquarters in New York, was supported by 140 countries in the 193-member assembly. Four countries – Syria, Belarus, North Korea and Eritrea – joined Russia in voting against, and 38 abstained.

20:15 Alexander Kamyshin, Chairman of the Board of “Ukrzaliznytsia” (Ukrainian Railway)

Evacuation train 43 Kyiv – Ivano-Frankivsk has just come under fire near Vasylkiv, Kyiv region. Windows were smashed in three cars. According to the operative data, there are no victims.

The enemy is once again targeting the railway infrastructure. This time an evacuation train with people came under fire. This is the most sacred thing we have now.

I ask the whole civilized world again – help us, #closethesky

19:21 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba 

“Russia’s belligerent actions are endangering global sea commerce. We are doing our utmost to protect the shipping. Taking into account the threat of potential false flag operations by Russian navy, we urge all ships, insurers, and crew to avoid Russian ports for their own safety,” – Kuleba stated.

18:56 Head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Serhii Haidai

5 killed and 8 injured as a result of today’s shelling of Luhansk region by Russians. 18 people were rescued. The shelling damaged a school and a cinema in Sievierodonetsk.

17:55 Speaker of Lithuania Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen

Speakers of the parliaments of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, despite the fighting in the vicinity of the capital and the threat of shelling, arrived on a visit to Kyiv.

16:49 Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

In the libraries of the temporarily occupied territories of Luhansk, Donetsk, Chernihiv, and Sumy regions, the seizure of Ukrainian historical and fiction literature, which does not coincide with the postulates of Kremlin propaganda, has begun. For this purpose, Russian units of the “military police” were involved. The police are most interested in books on the history of Ukrainian Maidans, Anti-Terrorist Operation and Joint Forces Operation, and the history of Ukrainian liberation struggles. “Extremist” literature includes school textbooks on Ukrainian history, scientific and popular historical literature. The occupiers have a whole list of names forbidden to be mentioned. Among them: Mazepa, Petliura, Bandera, Shukhevych, Chornovil.

In Starobilsk, Luhansk Oblast, the Russian occupation administration is taking steps to distribute Russian rubles into circulation in shops and markets.

16:46 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk

On March 24, the first full-fledged prisoner of war exchange between Ukraine and Russia took place. In exchange for 10 occupiers captured by the Ukrainian military, Ukraine was able to return 10 Ukrainian defenders.

In addition, 11 Russian civilian sailors were sent to the Russians, who were rescued from a sunken ship near Odesa. Instead, 19 Ukrainian civilian sailors from the Sapphire rescue ship will return to Ukraine. They were captured by the occupiers while trying to take Ukrainian troops from Zmiinyi Island. 

15:36 Antonov State EnterpriseAntonov State Enterprise proposes to launch the International Fund for the Revival of the An-225 Mriya Transport Aircraft.

15:32 Deputy Chief of Police of Kyiv Region Maksym Ocheretianyi

Russian invaders continue to attack civilians in the Kyiv region on a daily basis. In the last 24 hours alone, the police have received more than 100 reports of shelling of civilians.

15:04 Head of Kharkiv Regional Administration Oleh Syniehubov

In Kharkiv, near Akademik Pavlov Street, Russians fired at long-range weapons at a post office near which Kharkiv residents were receiving humanitarian aid. According to preliminary data, 6 civilians were killed and another 15 were injured, who were hospitalized. The number of victims is being clarified.

14:39 Suspilne 

Russia has committed 148 crimes against journalists and the media since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. As of March 24, five journalists had been killed in the line of duty, seven had been injured, and one had gone missing. This is stated by the Institute of Mass Media (IMI).

13:28 Ukrainska Pravda

More than a hundred MEPs have called on EU member states to impose a full trade embargo on Russia and Belarus, including a ban on energy trade.

This is stated in the address of MEPs to the governing bodies of the EU and the President of France, which currently holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union, before the summit of EU leaders in Brussels.

13:07 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the forced deportation of residents of Mariupol by Russia

The Russian Federation has launched a new phase of terror against the city of Mariupol. Residents who survived Russian bombing and artillery shelling are now being forcibly deported to Russia.

15,000 residents of the Left Bank district of Mariupol are in grave danger. The Russian occupiers are forcing them to move to Russia. The invaders confiscate people’s passports and other identity documents.

According to the information available, the Russian army has forcibly deported about 6,000 Mariupol residents to Russian filtration camps in order to use them as hostages and put more political pressure on Ukraine.

At the same time, the Russian armed forces are firing on evacuation columns trying to leave Mariupol for the territory of Ukraine free from Russian occupation. Russian troops continue to hold in detention a humanitarian convoy of buses that arrived a few days ago from Zaporizhia to take people from Mariupol.

Such actions by Russia are a gross violation of the laws and customs of war, the norms of international humanitarian law, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions.

We call on the world leaders gathered in Brussels today for the NATO, Group of Seven and EU summits to take urgent action to save the lives of the residents of Mariupol and other Ukrainian cities who have found themselves in an inhumane siege by the Russian army.

The international community must impose new tough sanctions on Russia to stop its deadly military machine, as well as cut off all business ties with Russian companies to stop funding Russia’s war against Ukraine.

13:06 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 

Operational information as of 12.00 24.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion.

The 29th day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion continues.

The full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine continues. The enemy continues to suffer significant losses.

To replenish them, the Russian invaders are recruiting reserve officers, conscripts, and sergeants. The practice of recruiting mercenaries, recruited by Russian private military companies, persists.

To restore combat capability, the commanders of the Armed Forces of the Russian federation have made many decisions to remove from storage and send to military units that restore combat capability, obsolete armored vehicles.

In the territories temporarily occupied by the enemy, there are frequent cases of seizure of trucks and special agricultural machinery from private entrepreneurs and farmers.

According to the information received, the military-political leadership of the Russian Federation has decided to adjust the plans for further hostilities on the territory of Ukraine since the goals set before the war with Ukraine were not met in time.

Over the past two weeks, more than 20 enterprises of the military-industrial complex of the Russian federation have been forced to suspend their activities in whole or in part due to lack of components and parts. In particular, the production of aircraft missiles at the Russian research and production enterprise “Vimpel” was suspended.

At the same time, the Russian military leadership is transferring weapons and military equipment from military districts to the territory of Belarus and the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The goal is to attempt to prepare and implement offensive actions for the encirclement of the city of Kyiv.

The Russian military leadership is beginning to realize that the available forces and means are not enough to maintain the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and conduct defense operations.

In the Volyn, Polissya, and Siversky directions, the enemy was forced to abandon offensive operations, regroup troops, and hold previously occupied frontiers. Takes measures to mislead our units and continues to conduct reconnaissance.

Units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus continue to be involved in covering certain sections of the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.

Enemy units are trying to blockade Chernihiv and capture the city of Slavutych but did not achieve their goal.

In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy continues to blockade the city of Sumy. It did not take any active actions in the direction of Kharkiv. The main efforts focused on the destruction of the city’s civilian infrastructure.

It was not successful in the Izium direction. The Russian enemy suffered losses. It retreated to the southern part of the city.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy does not refuse to conduct offensive operations, with the ultimate goal of reaching the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

In the South Buh area, the enemy is defending, taking measures to restore combat capability, replenishing ammunition and fuel, and oil in preparation for the resumption of offensive operations.

Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked large landing ships stationed in the port of Berdyask. As a result, a fire broke out on a large landing ship of project 1171, followed by the detonation of ammunition (enemy losses are being clarified).

12:33 Adviser to the Head of the Office of the President Mykhailo Podoliak

The Russians are trying to turn the war into a partially “protracted phase.” The reason is too high losses in personnel and equipment and the lack of any significant progress in all directions. To reduce losses and try to “clean up” their rear from disloyal elements (which is almost 90-95% of the civilian population), the Russians are trying to introduce new mandatory elements in their military tactics. There is a partial entrenchment of Russians on the occupied borders and concentrate forces and means of destruction around large cities to deliberately provoke humanitarian catastrophes.

This tactic has clear legal definitions in international law in the area of ​​war crimes and crimes against humanity.

12:01 Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

The Russians are mass transporting Ukrainian citizens from the occupied territories to Russia. After passing the filtration camps, Ukrainians are sent to economically depressed areas of Russia. Several northern regions are mentioned as the final destination, in particular Sakhalin. Ukrainians are “offered” official employment through employment centers. Those who agree receive documents banning them from leaving Russian regions for two years.

Today, information about the establishment of a Russian filtration camp in Dokuchaevsk, Donetsk region, has been confirmed. Civilians are being sent there en masse. Their documents are being confiscated. Employees of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation “work” with people. Their goal is to find Ukrainian military and law enforcement officers who took part in the Anti-Terrorist Operation and Joint Forces Operation. Then people are transported to Russia, in particular to Taganrog (Rostov region) and Krasnodar Krai.

There is indisputable evidence of inhuman treatment of Ukrainians, like denial of medical care. There are problems with the food supply.

Recall that the forcible transfer of civilians to the territory of the aggressor state, in particular children, is a gross violation of international law, including international humanitarian law and another proof of Russia’s behavior as a terrorist state.

11:56 Energoatom

A new group of propagandists has arrived at the Russian-occupied Chornobyl nuclear power plant to make another fake movie about the station’s operation. In this way, the invaders want to convince the IAEA of the “normality” of nuclear terrorism and hide the actual situation with radiation leaks and environmental pollution.

11:07 Security Service of UkraineThe Security Service of Ukraine regularly intercepts conversations of Russian servicemen. The occupiers see the siege of Kyiv as an opportunity to ensure their “prosperous” lives through looting.

10:21 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk:

Ukraine expects to exchange captured Ukrainian servicemen from Zmiinyi Island for Russian sailors. “By the way, we saved 11 sailors and are ready to give them away. For what do we need them? Let them [the Russians] return our people,” Iryna Vereshchuk said.

9:19 State Emergency Service in the Chernihiv region

The projectile hit the engine room of the ammonia production hall of one of the food industry enterprises, causing depressurization of the gas pipeline and technical tank and leakage of ammonia. The concentration of ammonia fumes in the air is within the permissible norm. There are no victims.

8:53 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 24.03 were approximately:

personnel – about 15800, 

tanks ‒ 530, 

APV  ‒ 1597, 

artillery systems – 280, 

MLRS – 82, 

anti-aircraft warfare systems – 47,

aircraft – 108, 

helicopters – 124, 

vehicles – 1033,

cutters – 4,

fuel tanks – 72, 

UAV operational-tactical level – 50,

special equipment – 16.

Data are being updated. The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities. 

7:46 Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Serhii Shkarlet

During the war, 566 educational institutions were damaged by bombing and shelling, 73 of which were completely destroyed.

6:55 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Operational information as of 06.00 24.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion (Video)

The 29th day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion has begun.

The Defence Forces continues to conduct a defence operation in the Eastern, Southeastern and Northeastern directions.

The enemy did not succeed in any of them.

Groups of troops deter the enemy in these areas, conduct a stabilization operation and perform territorial defence tasks.

Enemy aircraft continue to be active, striking from the air, and more than 250 aircraft flights have been recorded in the last 24 hours (60 more than on March 22). The enemy’s main targets remain military and civilian infrastructure in Kyiv, Chernihiv and Kharkiv oblasts.

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repulses concentrated missile and air strikes and air attacks of the enemy, air cover of important objects of Ukraine and groups of troops. For the previous day, 11 enemy air targets were hit (7 planes, 1 UAV, 1 helicopter and 2 cruise missiles.) Information about their final downing is being clarified.

In the temporarily occupied territories of Kherson region, in connection with peaceful protests against the occupation, the enemy resorted to terror of the local population, actively using rosguard units to prevent these actions of civil disobedience to the occupation authorities.

The enemy continues to lose manpower and equipment in all directions. Total resistance of the Ukrainian people continues.

2:31 Radio Svoboda

The United Nations Security Council almost unanimously abstained from Russia’s draft resolution on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine.

1:31 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 

Operational information as of 24.00 23.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion

The 28th day of the Ukrainian people’s heroic opposition against Russia’s military invasion is coming to an end.

The enemy has not fulfilled the task of reaching the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, encircling the city of Kyiv or gaining control of the left bank of Ukraine.

They are not abandoning their attempts of resuming offensive operations with the goal of capturing Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Mariupol.

Due to suffering numerous losses of the command of the occupational forces, with the aim of improving their situation on the front, they continue to form and move additional units of armed forces of the russian federation to the Ukrainian borders. According to the available information, with the aim of recovering from the losses of the 144th motorized rifle division of the 20th field army of the Western Military District, contracting measures have been intensified in the military commissariats of the Smolensk region. In order to replenish the occupational forces, soldiers returning from business trips in Syria are also being recruited.

Remains of units of the Eastern Military District and airborne forces are arriving from russia at the border with Ukraine at the Gomel region in the republic of belarus.

No offensive operations were conducted by the enemy in the Volyn direction. There remains the possibility of the involvement of certain units of the armed forces of the republic of belarus in the russian aggression against Ukraine. According to the available data, there are up to 4 BTGs from the armed forces of belarus located near the Ukrainian-belarussian border.

In the Polissya direction the enemy has intensified air reconnaissance in the settlements of Glibivka, Lutizh, Lebedivka. Along the line of contact the enemy continues to supply the engineering of positions and installation of minefields. Over the course of the day the enemy carried out artillery shelling in the areas of Kalynivka, Horinka, Pushcha-Vodytsia, Novi Petrivtsi, Pomannivka and the northeastern outskirts of Kyiv.

In the northern direction the enemy, with the help of separate units of the Central Military District, continues to concentrate its efforts and means in order to attempt to resume offensive operations.

In the Cheriniv directions the enemy is attempting to blockade and occupy the city of Chernihiv, has conducted air reconnaissance of the city’s areas, likely with the aim of estimating the result of air strikes and identifying the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ units.

In the Brovary direction the enemy has been stopped. They attempted to break through the defensive positions of our armed forces’ troops with the aim of reaching the north-western outskirts of Kyiv, and had no success.

In the Slabozhansk direction the enemy carried out artillery strikes on the city of Kharkiv, but the occupying forces failed to carry out active offensive operations.

In the direction of Sumy, units of the 1st Guards Tank Army did not conduct any active offensive operations. The main efforts were focused on blocking the city, and carrying out artillery and air strikes on civilian infrastructure objects.

In the direction of Izum the occupants made an attempt to break through the defense of our troops in the regions of Donetske, Topollske, Kam’yanka, and the fighting continues.

In the Donetsk direction the enemy is shelling the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the vast majority of directions. The main efforts are being concentrated on seizing the settlements of Rubizhne, Severodonetsk, Popasna, Verkhnyoteretske, Mar’yinka, and Mariupol. Re-grouping and building groups is taking place in order to resume offensive operations. They are actively carrying out reconnaissance and attempting to move forward, bypassing the positions of our troops and places of resistance without engaging in battle.

In the region of Popasna, with the help of artillery, the enemy continued attempts to move further into the city and secure their previously captured positions, but had no success and suffered losses.

They continue to carry out air and artillery strikes on objects of civilian infrastructure of Mariupol, and have had no success.

In the Tavriya direction there have been no changes in the composition oк position of the enemy.

In the South Buh region the enemy continues to supply the engineering of positions. Measures are being taken to restore combat capabilities, replenish ammunition, and fuel and lubricants with the aim or preparation to renew offensive operations.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine, in cooperation with the Defence Forces units are giving the invader worthy rebuff in all directions. The enemy is suffering significant losses in personnel and equipment.

2:05 ABC News

According to the US Department of Defense, since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops have launched more than 1,200 missiles.

The official said that Russia’s military is “running the lowest on our air-launched cruise missiles” but that they still have “over 50% of what they had assembled prior to the invasion”. Russia still has a significant number of ground-launched cruise missiles, short-range ballistic missiles, and medium-range ballistic missiles.

1:04 AnonymousThe international group Anonymous has hacked the Central Bank of Russia, as well as the websites of companies that have not yet left the Russian market due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

🔵 23.03.2022

23:04 Suspilne

An 11-year-old gymnast Kateryna Diachenko died during the shelling by the Russian army in Mariupol.

22:01 Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine

Russia is spreading new disinformation about international support of the Russian war against Ukraine by the people of different countries.

The Kremlin media reports that action in support of Russia took place in New York. According to the propagandist materials, protesters carried posters with inscriptions like “Russia is not an enemy for us! NATO and Ukrainian Nazis are our enemies!”

21:19 European Pravda

The European Union will double the aid to the Armed Forces of Ukraine – this decision was announced on March 23.

“The aid measures will increase the initial budget, announced on February 28, 2020, by an additional 500 million, thus doubling the initial amount to 1 billion euros”, the statement said.

20.00 Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs 

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called for a boycott of the French carmaker Renault for refusing to stop working in Russia.

“Renault refuses to pull out of Russia. Not that it should surprise anyone when Renault supports a brutal war of aggression in Europe. But mistakes must come with a price, especially when repeated. I call on customers and businesses around the globe to boycott Group Renault.”

19:55 Texty

A website has been launched in Ukraine that allows the Belarusian military to learn the truth about the war.

The zarmy.rip website allows you to send text messages by mail, SMS or WhatsApp from your phones to randomly selected Belarusian soldiers and their families.

18:35 Kyiv City State Administration

The parking lot of a shopping center in Podilskyi district was damaged by shelling. One person died and two were hospitalized.

Addition:

Oksana Baulina, journalist of The Insider, was killed in the shelling by Russian forces.

Baulina was performing an editorial task in Kyiv – she was filming the destruction after the Russian troops fired on the Podilskyi district and came under new fire, The Insider reported.

18:22 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Operational information as of 18.00 23.03.2022 regarding the russian invasion

The twenty-eighth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues.

The defense forces continue their defensive operation against the russian invaders, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy.

russia, having disrupted all terms of the offensive operation, continues to consider the possibility of encircling certain groups of troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to issue further ultimatums during the negotiation process. At the same time, the russian occupiers, in violation of international humanitarian law, do not stop artillery fire, missile and air strikes for deliberate destruction of urban infrastructure, and chaotic mining and destruction of agricultural machinery threatens the beginning of the sowing campaign in some regions of Ukraine.

In Volyn, Polissya, Sivershchyna and the Tavriya direction, the enemy’s actions did not change.

In the Slobozhansky direction, in the city of Vovchansk, the occupiers, demonstrating a kind of “humanitarian mission” of the russian federation, organized a demonstration of so-called “humanitarian aid” to local residents under the personal signature and passport of a citizen of Ukraine.

In the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia region, the enemy, due to problems with logistics, is trying to replenish fuel reserves by seizing it from the civilian population and farmers.

Ukraine’s defense forces continue to defend Ukraine both on the ground and in the air, gradually liberating it from the russian occupiers.

We believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine! Keep calm! Glory to Ukraine! 

#stoprussia

18:14 Ukraine NOW

20 sports facilities were destroyed or severely damaged after shelling by the occupants. For example, in Volnovakha the stadium was completely destroyed, in Mariupol a new swimming pool was significantly damaged, and in Irpen a children’s sports school was completely destroyed. In Kharkiv, in a professional sports college, mines and two unexploded shells lie on a football field.

Also, the “Ruscists” severely damaged several youth centers and hubs: three were destroyed and 5 were severely damaged. Kyiv and Chernihiv oblasts suffered the most.

17:56 Sociological group “Rating”

Approximately 44% of Ukrainians had to separate from their families because of the war.

17:37 Oleg Synegubov, head of the Kharkiv OVA

Russia has been preparing another batch of provocations.

There are intelligence reports that the Russians will attack their territories, especially civilian targets, and then blame the Armed Forces of Ukraine. These actions of the Russians are aimed solely at discrediting Ukraine and our defenders.

Do not believe the lies of the occupiers, trust only the official information.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine will never strike at civilian infrastructure and civilians, as the “Ruscists” do.

We protect only our own, only on our own land!

17:19 Yevhen Vasylenko, spokesman ofr the State Emergency Service in Kharkiv Region

Since the day of the shelling of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration on Sumska Street, the bodies of 24 victims have been removed from the rubble. Disassembly of the debris continues.

14:28 Mariupol City Council:

Russian invaders destroyed the building of the Arkhyp Kuindzhi Art Museum in Mariupol, where the original paintings of world-famous masters were kept.

According to the head of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine Konstantin Chernyavsky, the original works of Arkhip Kuindzhi were not in the museum at the time of the shelling – only copies by Andriy Yalansky and Oleksandr Olkhov remained. The fate of the works of Ukrainian artists – Ivan Aivazovskyi, Mykola Hlushchenko, Tatiana Yablonska, Mykhailo Derehus, and others is currently unknown.

12:54 Head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Serhii Haidai:“BM-21 “Grad”, phosphorus bombs, aviation. Russians do not care by what they kill Ukrainians. Russians are using all their weapons to kill civilians. Russians clearly understand who and why they are shooting, no one has believed fables about “military bases” for a long time. Two small children from Rubizhne also died today. Russian aviation works in the Luhansk region for the third day. A few days earlier, orcs dropped a phosphorus bomb on Popasna. Yesterday, the queue of Sievierodonetsk residents to the store was covered with “Grad”.”

12:43 Ukrainska Pravda:

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that two prisoner exchanges allegedly took place between Ukraine and Russia. In Ukraine, this information is denied.

Zakharova’s direct speech: “Two prisoner exchanges took place between Russia and Ukraine.”

Vereshchuk’s direct speech: “No, I do not have such information. Russia lives in a parallel reality, conducting exchanges by itself and writing about it. We did not conduct exchanges.”

12:42 Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine:This morning, Russian terrorists abducted and took away in an unknown direction the director of the Kherson Regional Music and Drama Theater and deputy of the Kherson Regional Council Oleksandr Knyha. He is also the founder of one of the most famous international theater festivals in Ukraine – “Melpomene of Tavria”.

12:39 Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrskyi:

Since the beginning of the Russian armed aggression against Ukraine, SES pyrotechnics have made 2,485 trips, seized and disposed of 9,434 explosive devices and 224.9 kg of explosives, including 393 aerial bombs, and surveyed an area of 932.8 hectares.

12:36 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine: 

The international charity concert-marathon Save Ukraine – StopWar will take place on March 27. The concert will start at 17:30 Central European Time from Warsaw (18:30 Kyiv) on the basis of the Polish TV channel TVP.

12:28 Ukrinform, the address of Zelenskyy to Japan’s Parliament:

“It will take years after Russian troops leave Ukraine to investigate the damage they have done to Chornobyl. What sites of radioactive materials disposal were damaged. And how radioactive dust spread on the planet,” Zelensky said in his video address to Japan’s Parliament, streamed live on Ukraine’s nationwide telethon, Ukrinform reports.

The President reminded that thousands of tonnes of contaminated materials had been disposed of in the entire 30-kilometer exclusion zone after the Chornobyl disaster. On February 24, Russian armored vehicles passed through this land, lifting radioactive dust into the air.

“We are warned about possible chemical attacks, in particular with the use of sarin. As it was in Syria. And one of the main topics for discussion of world politicians is the question: how to react if Russia also uses nuclear weapons. Any confidence of any person in the world, any country is completely destroyed,” the President of Ukraine said.

12:27 Suspilne:

An online broadcast of Radio Ukraine has started in the Czech capital, Prague. The project is designed for Ukrainians who were forced to move to escape the Russian war against Ukraine.

12:27 Irpin Mayor Oleksandr Markushyn:

Yesterday, March 22, late in the evening, the Russian occupiers used banned phosphate munitions over the northwestern outskirts of Kyiv.

12:21 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:

Operational information as of 12.00 23.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion. 

The twenty-eighth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion continues. The group of defense forces continues to conduct a defense operation in certain areas.

No active actions of the enemy were detected in the Volyn direction. The return of some units of the republic of belarus to permanent locations is partially confirmed. At the same time, the Lukashenko regime continues to maintain a significant group of troops near Ukraine’s state border.

In Polissya, the occupiers are trying to gain a foothold on the achieved frontiers, regrouping after the losses. The invaders tried to advance into the area of ​​the settlement of Teterivske, however, due to limited forces, they were unsuccessful and were forced to withdraw. Air reconnaissance is underway, air defense equipment is being built up and approaches to the positions of their troops are being mined.

In the Sivershchyna, due to an unsuccessful attempt to blockade Chernihiv, the enemy is trying to recover from significant losses and organize logistical support for its units. In the Brovary direction, the occupiers are continuing engineering work, mining the infrastructure and civilian objects. The enemy continues to hold checkpoints on the routes of logistics in the areas of settlements Novy Bykiv, Losynivka, Velyka Doroha, Monastyryshche, Berestovets, Prokhori, Talalaivka, Makeyevka.

In the Slobozhansky direction, units of the Russian occupiers are concentrating their efforts on blocking the cities of Kharkiv and Sumy and restoring the loss of personnel.

As a result of the fighting in the Izyum direction, the Ukrainian defense forces destroyed up to 60 percent of the personnel and military equipment of the occupation units.

In the Donetsk direction, the aim of the armed forces of the Russian Federation remains to establish control over Rubizhne, Severodonetsk, Popasna, Verkhnotoretske, Mariinka and Mariupol. The enemy is unsuccessful, incurs losses, tries to increase the group by transferring additional forces to the Izvarino area and carrying out the forced mobilization of the civilian population of the so-called “republics” in the temporarily occupied territories of Donbas.

No significant changes were detected in the Tavriya direction. In the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, in the area of ​​Dzhankoi, the arrival and concentration of personnel and military equipment of the armed forces of the russian federation was recorded.

In the South Buh direction, the enemy is not taking active action, strengthening the engineering equipment of the positions.

The enemy is demoralized, has significant losses and significant problems with their replenishment, as well as logistics.

The Defense Forces of Ukraine in some areas are conducting a stabilization operation, restraining the advance of the enemy, in some areas forcing the enemy to withdraw.

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues to cover ground forces and important infrastructure facilities, repel concentrated air strikes by the enemy.

11:35 State Border Guard Service of Ukraine:

The situation at the Western border 

On 22 March, over 63 thousand people and nearly 12 thousand vehicles crossed the state border of Ukraine with the EU and the Republic of Moldova. The data from the past few days indicate that passenger traffic at the western border has stabilized and fluctuates between 60-65,000 people per day.

In the last 24 hours, over 45 thousand people left Ukraine. Over 30 thousand of them crossed the Ukrainian-Polish border. We would like to remind you that crossing the border to the EU can also be done at crossing points with Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, and the Republic of Moldova. Currently, there are no queues for pedestrians and vehicles.

In the last 24 hours, over 18 thousand people arrived in Ukraine, over 15 thousand of whom are Ukrainians. Most of them are men who are ready to join the ranks of Ukrainian defenders. Overall, since the beginning of the overt armed aggression, nearly 370 thousand of our countrymen have returned to Ukraine.

11:23 Ukrainska Pravda:

Poland will expel about 40 Russian diplomats for their activities, incompatible with diplomatic status – for espionage. This was reported to Onet by government sources.

11:17 Ministry of Defense of Ukraine:

As of March 23, nine humanitarian corridors have been agreed to evacuate people from settlements affected by the Russian invasion, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk.

10:55 Ministry of Defense of Ukraine:

The Ministry of Defense confirmed information about preparations for blocking traffic on the Crimean bridge towards the Russian Federation by Rosguard forces. The occupation authorities will also restrict the movement of ferries and air connections of the peninsula with Russia.

The formal reason for such actions is the fight against Ukrainian saboteurs and the prevention of possible “terrorist attacks”.

Thus, the occupiers seek to stop the flow of refugees from the peninsula. After the Russian army’s invasion of Ukraine in February, there was a trend towards the outflow of Russian citizens from the Crimea. At the same time, in the first ranks of the “fugitives” – members of the families of Russian officers, law enforcement officers and representatives of the occupation administration of Sevastopol. They urgently sell real estate, change the registration of residence, remove business and assets from the peninsula.

By restricting the possibility of leaving Crimea, Putin is actually holding hostage 600,000 Russian citizens who are currently illegally on the peninsula and are beginning to understand the uncertainty of their legal status.

10:53 National Police of Ukraine:

Operational information of the Donetsk police on March 23, 2022

14 settlements have been shelled by Russians for the last 24 hours. The strikes damaged at least 24 civilian properties, including homes, a school, and a bus stop. There are dead and wounded civilians, including children.

During the past 24 hours, Mariupol, Marinka, Krasnohorivka, Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka, Ivanopillia, Vovchanka, Ocheretyne, Novobakhmutivka, Pershotravneve, Uspenivka, Andriivka, Berdychi, and Mykolaivka were under fire from the occupiers.

The enemy fired on civilians from aircraft, missiles and heavy artillery.

10:52 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine: 

The operational situation on the diplomatic front as of 10:00, March 23

For 28 days in a row, Ukraine has been fiercely resisting Russia’s armed aggression on all fronts, including diplomatic.

Today is an important day at the UN. A special emergency session of the UN General Assembly on the situation in Ukraine will continue in New York. The General Assembly is going to adopt a resolution “Humanitarian Consequences of Aggression against Ukraine.”

World’s Support

• Readers of Politico magazine called President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy the most influential human in Europe.
• The Paris City Hall unanimously voted to grant Kyiv a citizen of honor.

Isolation of the Russian Federation

• The Polish Chamber of Tourism, which includes 500 businesses in the field of hotel, tourism, and logistics services, has announced its intention to suspend cooperation with Russian businesses.
• The French banking group Crédit Agricole has announced a decision to suspend its activities in Russia.
• The French oil and gas company TotalEnergies has decided not to buy Russian oil products.
• New Zealand dairy producer Fonterra will close its Moscow office and leave the Russian business.

Assistance to Ukraine

• France is transferring support of 11 fire engines, 16 rescue vehicles, 49 tons of medical and emergency equipment to Ukrainian rescuers.
• The Estonian Chamber of Commerce has raised 100,000 euros to transfer to the account of the National Bank of Ukraine.
• The National Charitable Foundation of Latvia Ziedot.lv has already received about 6.2 million euros in donations for Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.

10:52 Еuropean Pravda

Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev acknowledged that Russia’s decision not to give owners their leased aircraft on demand is theft.

He said this during a meeting of the Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy on March 22. “They (planes – ed.) will not be serviced in the West, they will not even be released because we took away someone else’s property,” – said the minister.

10:29 National Union of Journalists of Ukraine:

Another Ukrainian journalist, the main director and senior cameraman of the Mariupol-based Sigma-TV channel Viktor Diedov, has been confirmed dead due to the Russian occupation.

10:12 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 23.03 were approximately:

• personnel – about 15600, 
• tanks ‒ 517, 
• APV  ‒ 1578, 
• artillery systems – 267, 
• MLRS ‒ 80, 
• anti-aircraft warfare systems ‒ 47,
• aircraft – 101, 
• helicopters – 124, 
• vehicles ‒ 1008,
• boats / cutters ‒ 4,
• fuel tanks ‒ 70, 
• UAV operational-tactical level ‒ 42,
• special equipment ‒ 15.

Data are being updated. The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities.

9:55 Radio Svoboda:

On March 22, the German parliament honored 96-year-old Borys Romanchenko, who was killed during a shelling by Russian troops in Kharkiv. He was a prisoner of several Nazi concentration camps during World War II.

8:45 Head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyi:

As a result of hostilities in Trostianets, one of the enterprises caught fire last night. Fire is still raging as a result of shelling. The Russians do not allow the SES to the scene for extinguishing.

8:21 Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine:

As of the 28th day of Russian aggression in Ukraine, 121 children died. 167 children received injuries of varying severity. The most affected children were in Kyiv – 61, Kharkiv – 41, Donetsk – 40, Chernihiv – 32, Mykolaiv – 24, the capital – 16, Zhytomyr – 15, Kherson – 15 and Sumy – 14 regions.

• In the Donetsk region, the Russian military continues to shell cities and civilian housing. Thus, a 9-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy were killed by Russian weapons, and 3 children were injured.
• On March 17, 2022, the father of a large family was ruthlessly killed by the Russian occupiers in front of his 14-year-old son. The boy received bullet wounds. This happened when they went for humanitarian aid and medicine to the center of occupied Bucha, Kyiv region, where the family lives because there was no gas, electricity, or water in the family home for almost two weeks.
• On the evening of March 22, 2022, an enemy projectile hit a high-rise building in Rubizhne, Luhansk region. Three died, two of them children.

As a result of daily bombings and shelling, 548 educational institutions were damaged. 72 of them were completely destroyed. It is more than 220 schools, 155 kindergartens. The worst situation is in the Donetsk, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kyiv, Kherson, Chernihiv regions and in the city of Kyiv. In addition, more than 40 children’s facilities were affected by enemy fire, including medical facilities, art schools, sports facilities, and libraries.

These data are not conclusive, as it is not possible to inspect the sites of shelling in areas of active hostilities and in the temporarily occupied territories.

7:59 Suspilne:

In Chernihiv, the Russian military bombed a road bridge across the Desna, which connected the city with Kyiv. Air bombs were dropped on the bridge, one of the spans fell. The information was confirmed by the head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration Viacheslav Chaus. This bridge served as a route for evacuation transport and humanitarian aid.

6:50 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:

Operational information as of 06.00 23.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion

The 28th day of the Ukrainian people’s heroic resistance against russia’s military invasion has begun.

The defence forces continue to conduct a defence operation in the Eastern, Southern, and Northeastern directions.

In the Eastern direction the operational groups of troops are operating in the Donetsk, Slobozhansk, and Eastern part of the Tavriya operational districts. They are not giving the enemy an opportunity to renew their offence in the directions of Slov’yansk and, part of the forces, on the Lozova locality. They are restraining the advances of the enemy in the direction of Zaporizhya.

The combined forces are holding back the invader in the direction of the cities of Popasna and Kurakhove. They are also carrying out the circular defence of Mariupol.

In the North-Eastern direction, the defence operation continues in a designated operational zone. The main efforts are focused on covering the state border, holding back the enemy’s offence in the area os Malyn.

In the Siversky region, a group of troops holds the defence of Chernihiv and holds back the advancement of the enemy in the direction of Kyiv.

In the South-East direction a defence operation is being carried out, as well as the support of troops’ ground operations and individual units, and the defence of bases and seaports in the Black Sea operational zone. The defence of the city of Mykolayiv and Mykolayiv region continues.

Our defenders are holding back the enemy in the direction of Kryviy Rih and Novovorontsovska, conducting a stabilising operation, and carrying out territorial defence tasks.

There is a note of the enemy’s aviation carrying out active tasks, as well as missile strikes, over the past 24 hours.

The Air Force and Armed Forces of Ukraine are repulsing concentrated missile and air strikes of the enemy, covering important objects in Ukraine from the air, and grouping troops. Over the past 24 hours over 17 of the enemy’s air targets have been hit (6 aircrafts, 5 UAVs, 1 helicopter and 5 cruise missiles). Additionally, the aviation of the Air Forces have made devastating blows to the accumulation of equipment and manpower of the enemy, and have damaged the enemy’s cruise missiles.

On the territory of the russian federation, covert mobilisation continues, with the aim of replenishing the personnel losses in the occupying group of troops operating on the territory of Ukraine. Military commissariats are making efforts to attract former servicemen to serve and sign the relevant contracts of former servicemen, and preference is given to those with combat experience.

On the territory of belarus the representatives of the opposition forces and concerned citizens who condemn the assistance of the current illegitimate government of the russian federation in the war with Ukraine, have partially disrupted the railway connection between republic of belarus and Ukraine.

Information to be confirmed.

At the same time, based on the available information, russian and belarussian military equipment is being actively moved across the territory of the republic of belarus, and further accumulated along the Ukrainian border.

In certain areas, the enemy has been demoralised. Thus, during the storming of the city of Mariupol, in one of the special forces units that were involved in active hostilities, less than 10% of the personnel are prepared to continue to take part in the war, and the remaining personnel are either killed, wounded, ill, or demoralised.

4:05 BBC News:

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for an end to imports of Russian hydrocarbons. This means the actual cessation of oil and gas transportation from Russia.

01:03 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:

Operational information as of 24.00 22.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion

The 27th day of the Ukrainian people’s heroic resistance  against russia’s military invasion is coming to an end.

Russian occupation forces continue to conduct their strategic offensive operation against Ukraine. Due to a lack of success in their war against the Ukrainian people, the enemy has proceeded to turn to a total destruction of critical objects of infrastructure.

They continue to carry out artillery shelling and rocket attacks of residential neighbourhoods, historic architectural sites, schools, hospitals, and civilian industries.

In towns and villages that peacefully resist the occupants’ armed forces, they resort to looting and violence against civilians.

Ukraine’s Armed Forces, in close cooperation with other defense service units, continue to hold down the occupied frontiers, carry out reconnaissance of the enemy in all directions of its advances, and fire back with all forces and means.

Thus, in the Donetsk and Luhansk directions, the enemy has attempted to move forward and secure their position, but had no success.

The military-political leadership of the republic of belorus continues the provide comprehensive support to the enemy’s military, by giving it the use of its airfield and transport network, certain healthcare facilities, and is acting as an accomplice in crimes against the Ukrainian people.

At the same time, there is the possibility of involving the armed forces of the republic of belorus in the war against Ukraine on the side of the russian federation. However, according to the information available, a large number of personnel as well as some commanders are refusing to participate in the occupation of our state.

Ukraine’s protectors have repulsed 7 of the enemy’s attacks and destroyed 7 tanks, 2 infantry fighting vehicles, 6 artillery systems and several automobiles, and have seized 3 infantry fighting vehicles. Air defense units hit enemy targets, namely 2 UAVs, 4 aircrafts and a “Point-U” missile. The losses of enemy personnel are estimated to be approximately 100 individuals (the losses of occupants are being confirmed).

00:42 State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management:The Russian occupiers illegally seized a modern laboratory worth 6 million euros, which is located in the Chornobyl exclusion zone.

Ukraine resists Russia’s invasion. Day 27: war could cause environmental disaster, Belarus to join Russia in war against Ukraine, terror against civilians proceeds

🟡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.

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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.

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22:27 European Pravda

Hungary will not support EU sanctions against Russia in the energy sector, and opposes a no-fly zone over Ukraine and a peacekeeping mission proposed by Poland.

This was stated by Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Siyarto on the sidelines of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, according to “European Pravda” with reference to the Hungarian newspaper “Portfolio”.

22:24 Ministry of Foreign Affairs

OPERATIONAL SITUATION ON THE DIPLOMATIC FRONT as of 19:00 on March 21

The Danube Commission adopted a resolution extending the mandate of all Secretariat staff members, except the representative of Russian Federation. The decision was initiated by the Ukrainian side. On the previous day our state managed to remove the Russians from the work of all meetings and working bodies of the Danube Commission.

☑️ Effect of sanctions

🔺 Estonian Money Laundering Bureau records 68 cases of financial sanctions against Russian-registered companies registered in Estonia

🔺 The Latvian Road Transport Directorate has blocked the Yandex.Go mobile application

🔺 In France, are frozen €22 billion of assets of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, €856 million of assets and property of Russian oligarchs in France. Of these – €150 million in private accounts, real estate in France worth €539 million and two yachts worth €150 million 

🔺 Swiss authorities arrested mountain apartments belonging to one of the Russian oligarchs

🔺 The Swedish corporation SSAB has decided to completely stop the import of iron ore from Russia

☑️ Support the world

🔺 The European Commission has started preparing an opinion on the basis of Ukraine’s application for EU membership

🔺 Representatives of the Lithuanian Seimas arrived in Kyiv to support Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression

🔺 Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala calls for further sanctions against Russia to stop its war against Ukraine

🔺 In London, a unique anti-war painting by Banksy’s CNC Soldiers, Unsigned, was exhibited at a charity auction in support of Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital

☑️ Humanitarian aid

🔺 Actors Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis raised $35 million for Ukraine

🔺 Great Britain provides Ukrainian firefighters with 22 units of equipment equipped with the necessary rescue equipment

🔺 The French government sent a humanitarian aid plane to Ukraine: among the cargo – blood collection machines, 41 generators, 4.1 tons of baby food

🔺 Unprecedented flow of humanitarian aid from Poland continues: only today 7 cars, 7 trucks and 9 minibuses of humanitarian aid, as well as 24 ambulances have been sent

22:05 Viktor Mykyta, head of Zakarpattia Regional State Administration

We recorded the subversive activities of the special services of Russia in the form of information operations aimed at internal destabilization in Transcarpathia.

The expected target of these events is the Hungarian community in our region, whose representatives began to send fake messages with threats from unknown social media accounts.

At the same time, Russian information resources spread disinformation about the so-called “desire of the Hungarian community in the region to secede from Ukraine.” We knew about such intentions long before this information attack began. We are ready, so we systematically and effectively counteract these attempts.

21:57 Suspilne TV

Debunking Russian fakes on March 21 such as:

In Germany, a group of Ukrainians “killed a young man to death”

In the western regions of the country, more IDPs are being mobilized “more actively than locals”

Ukraine “committed genocide” in Donbass

Ukrainian “nationalists” mined the building of the institute in Kharkov to hide work on nuclear development

The Red Cross said that Ukraine was suffering huge losses

The Red Cross issues certificates that allow men to cross freely the border.

20:21 Iryna Vereshchuk

Today in Melitopol, the Russian occupiers kidnapped three Israeli citizens: Tatiana Kumok and her parents – Vera and Mikhail Kumok.

19:21 State Emergency Service of Ukraine

In Mykolaiv, the Russian forces shelled a gas station, three men died, one woman was wounded.

18:58 Oleksandr Starukh, head of Zaporizhzhya Regional Militarye Administration

Cars with children came under fire from automatic weapons. THERE ARE CHILDREN IN A HEAVY CONDITION! 

Three children came under fire in the village of Malynivka, in the Polohy district. Families escaped from Mariupol. One child is in critical condition. Another family came under fire in the village of Kamyanske, as well a child is in critical condition. They moved along the humanitarian corridor (Today more than 20 buses are trying to reach the green corridors).

The Russian occupants accused Ukrainian servicemen inf this crime. The victims completely refuted this misinformation.

Let’s add: Russian servicemen at checkpoints at first seem to let civilian cars go from areas under constant shelling to safer regions. However, as soon as the car leaves 100-500 meters, they open fire. The occupants do not even pay attention to the fact that there are small children in the car.

Such shootings are systematic: the day before yesterday, in addition to adults, six children were injured, yesterday – four kids, today – four more children. All injuries are heavy and extremely critical, several cases of limb amputations.

18:48 Vitaliy Barabash, head of the military administration of Avdiivka, Donetsk region

Today, the Russian army again brought death and destruction to Avdiivka – killed five our residents, wounded about ten civilians.

18:31 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Operational information as of 18.00 on 03/21/2022 regarding the Russian invasion

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The twenty-sixth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues.

Occupying troops operating in Ukraine are in dire need of repairing and rebuilding damaged weapons and military equipment.

According to the available information, due to the lack of receipts of foreign-made components, the work of the enterprises of the Uralzavod Corporation and the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant has been suspended. These companies specialize in the manufacture and repair of tanks and other armored vehicles for the armed forces of the russian federation.

Cases of desertion among the personnel of the occupying forces continue to be recorded. Thus, in the area of ​​the settlement of Gavronshchyna, Makariv district, Kyiv oblast, a group of Russian invaders seized the cars of local residents, changed into looted civilian clothes and drove towards the border with the republic of belarus.

Continuing illegal activities in the temporarily occupied territories of the Zaporizhia region, in some settlements the invaders are making covert preparations for the elections of the pro-russian administration of districts and cities.

In order to organize the so-called “russian humanitarian convoys”, the occupiers concentrated in the port of Berdyansk a column of white KAMAZ tilts trucks of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the russian federation. Such trucks were used for covert transportation of ammunition to the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. This may indicate the intention of the occupiers to organize similar “humanitarian convoys” in the Zaporizhya region.

On the territory of one of the settlements of this region, the enemy deployed a point for the repair of armoured vehicles with the involvement of equipment and workers of defence enterprises of the russian federation. Up to 20 units of armoured vehicles are under restoration.

In Nova Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast, the occupiers are checking documents at city checkpoints to identify and detain local residents who participated in the anti-terrorist operation / joint Forces Operation.

In addition to heavy casualties during the fighting, there is also a high death rate among the badly wounded russian invaders.

Let’s win together! Glory to Ukraine!

#stoprussia

18:16 Ukrainska Pravda referring to Russian Foreign Ministry and Interfax.ru

Russian Federation has stated that it will no longer continue negotiations with Japan on the peace treaty and status of the southern Kurile Islands. 

Russia has also decided to suspend visa-free travel for Japanese citizens on the basis of 1991 visa-free exchange agreements between the “Southern Kuril Islands of the Russian Federation” and Japan and the 1999 accords on facilitation for former Japanese residents of the southern Kurile Islands. 

In addition, Russia abandons the dialogue with Japan on the joint economic activities in the southern Kurile Islands.

17:53 Ukrinform:

Melitopol activist, a participant in anti-occupation rallies Olha Haisumova told about being in Russian captivity. She was subjected to psychological pressure, interrogated, required to sign documents on cooperation, and kept with a bag on her head.

17:45 Ukrainska Pravda referring to RIA Novosti

Russia is threatening new missile strikes, namely with Kh-47M2 Kinzhal (“dagger”) hypersonic aero-ballistic air-to-surface missiles. 

17:40 Ukrinform:

The Russians fired on 135 hospitals, killing 6 Ukrainian medics and injuring 16. This was stated by Health Minister Viktor Lyashko at a briefing at the Media Center Ukraine.

17:26 Ukrainska Pravda:

In the Kyiv region, in the village of Demydiv, which is currently under occupation, animals in the XII Months Zoo suffer from a lack of food and heat. The invaders did not allow the delivery of diesel fuel to heat the animals, said the head of the institution Mykhailo Pinchuk. Without humanitarian aid and corridor, all 300 animals are doomed.

16:48 Ukrainska Pravda: 

The Russian Foreign Ministry handed a note of protest to US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan over remarks by US President Joe Biden addressed to Vladimir Putin.

16:44 Head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Serhii Haidai:

In Rubizhne, the invaders fired a shell at a private house. According to preliminary information, there may be three children in the basement. Due to constant shelling, rescuers are still unable to reach the scene.

16:41 Ukrinform:

Exports of all dual-use goods to Russia must be completely stopped in order to put additional pressure on the Russian economy.

This was stated to Guildhall by Michael Gahler, a member of the European Parliament from Germany and a member of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany.

16:01 Suspilne: 

Anonymous has called on Western companies to stop operating in Russia: “We call on all companies that continue to operate in Russia by paying taxes to the budget of the Kremlin’s criminal regime: Pull out of Russia! We give you 48 hours to reflect and withdraw from Russia or else you will be under our target!”

15:52 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine:

The Ministry released a list of fifty Western companies still operating in Russia including Auchan and Metro, Leroy Merlin, Crédit Agricole, Raiffeisen Bank and UniCreditGroup, Société Générale, PepsiCo and Nestlé, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson.

15:47 Ukrainska Pravda:

Borys Romanchenko, a former prisoner of several concentration camps, died in Kharkiv as a result of a shell hitting a residential building. This was reported by the administration of the Buchenwald Memorial Complex.

15:43 Head of Kherson regional administration Hennadii Lahuta: 

On Saturday, March 19, at about 11 a.m., the Russians abducted Berislav Mayor Oleksandr Shapovalov and another local activist.

15:30 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine:

The Humanitarian Aid website was made for everyone who wants to help Ukraine. The platform was developed by the Office of the President of Ukraine and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for those who are seeking information about sending humanitarian aid and transferring funds to support the army or to help affected civilians.   

14:44 Head of Kharkiv regional administration Oleh Syniehubov:The Russian occupiers continue to terrorize the civilian population of Ukraine. Today the head of the village of Tsyrkuny Mykola Sikalenko was abducted from his own house.

14:16 State Border Guard Service of Ukraine:

Russian warships paint over names and board numbers. Ukraine sees this as preparation for future provocations against civilian ships, with further accusations of Ukrainian warships.

13:33 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine:

According to the information received, on March 19, the Russian occupation forces illegally deported to the territory of the Russian Federation 2,389 children who were in the occupied districts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

Forced displacement of civilians into the territory of the aggressor state, including children, shows signs of abduction. Such actions are a gross violation of international law, in particular international humanitarian law.

By destroying homes and killing the parents, the Russian Federation deprives Ukrainian children of parental care and puts their lives in further jeopardy in Russia.

We call on the international community to respond to the illegal removal of children, to increase pressure on Russia to make it stop the barbaric war against the Ukrainian people.

The facts of abduction of children, as well as other facts of crimes of the Russian occupiers against civilians in Ukraine, are being investigated by law enforcement agencies. The perpetuators of these crimes will be brought to justice.

13:23 MOST and Ukrainska Pravda:In Kherson, on Freedom Square, the occupiers hurled stun grenades at pro-Ukrainian protesters and opened fire. There are wounded.

12:45 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: 

Operational information at 12.00 on 21.03.2022 of the Russian invasion

The twenty-sixth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues.

The armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine continues. The vast majority of tasks set before the occupying forces by their command remain unfulfilled.

Due to the active opposition of the Defense Forces in cooperation with civil society to the Russian aggressor, Ukraine continues to maintain the line of defense of a united Europe.

Given the large shortage of human resources, the enemy is forced to move to the borders of Ukraine reserves from the Central and Far Eastern military districts, to conduct covert mobilization and seek support from their small allies. Also, the occupiers continue the practice of involving personnel of military units and support units in direct combat operations, which is evidence of the critical state of the situation in the army of russian invaders.

In the Volyn, Polissya and Siversky directions, the enemy is trying to organize engineering equipment for position defense, to restore the logistical support of its units.

The enemy continues to insidiously destroy the infrastructure in the captured cities, launch missile and bomb strikes on peaceful neighborhoods of Ukrainian cities and villages, rob, kidnap and take hostage civilians.

The enemy is concentrating forces and means in certain areas to resume an attempt to carry out offensive actions.

In the direction of Chernihiv, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations. He continued to insidiously fire on the positions of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and densely populated areas of the city.

The Russian enemy suffered heavy losses and was stopped while attempting to attack Brovary. Attempts to take measures to restore combat capability and engineering equipment of the occupied frontiers.

The enemy is not conducting active offensive operations in the Slobozhansky direction. The blockade of the city of Sumy continues. The available forces are trying to block the city of Kharkiv, exert fire on the defensive lines and civilian infrastructure of the Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv and Chuhuiv.

The occupiers continue to make significant efforts to establish control over the city of Izyum, and the troops are being dispersed in the area. The enemy is trying to strengthen the group, arranges a strip of strongholds.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy is conducting assault operations and conducting fire raids along the entire line of contact. He tried to break through the defense of the positions of our troops in the Avdiivka direction, was unsuccessful, suffered losses and retreated.

In the South Buh direction, the enemy is trying to hold the previously occupied frontiers, is taking measures to restore combat capability, replenish supplies.

11:41 Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine:

The enemy continues to “mobilize” civilians in the temporarily occupied territories. In particular, the next wave is taking place in the Donetsk region. In order to increase the number of potential “conscripts”, the occupiers are increasing the age limit for “conscripts” from 55 to 65 years.

10:43 Land forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 21.03 were approximately:

personnel ‒ about 15000, 

tanks ‒ 498, 

APV  ‒ 1535, 

artillery systems – 240, 

MLRS – 80, 

anti-aircraft warfare systems ‒ 45,

aircraft – 97, 

helicopters – 121, 

vehicles ‒ 969,

boats / cutters ‒ 3,

fuel tanks ‒ 60, 

UAV operational-tactical level ‒ 24.

special equipment ‒ 13.

Data are being updated. The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities. 

10:17 Tetiana Kumok, daughter of the Melitopol publisher Mykhailo Kumok

On March 21, the Russian military detained and deported a group of representatives of a local media holding in an unknown direction in Melitopol, according to the relatives and the media holding.

Mykhailo Kumok, a publisher from Melitopol and the head of the MV holding, Yuliia Olkhovska and Liubov Chaika, journalists, and Yevhen Borian, editor-in-chief of the Melitopol Vedomosti newspaper, were abducted.

Earlier in the Zaporizhzhia region Viktoriia Roshchyna, a Hromadske journalist, disappeared.

9:40 Reuters:

EU prepares fifth round of sanctions against Russia over war in Ukraine and discusses possible embargo on Russian oil.

9:36 Minister of Finance of Belarus Yuri Selivestrov:

Russia has agreed to postpone the payment of Belarus’ debts on Russian state loans for 5-6 years. It is unknown what conditions Putin has set and what Belarus should give in exchange for the postponement.

9:23 Office of the Prosecutor General:

On the evening of March 20, 2022, the armed forces of the Russian Federation, using the means of warfare prohibited by international law, launched a missile attack on the Podilskyi district in Kyiv. As a result of enemy shelling and emerged fire, the shopping center was destroyed. Windows of nearby houses and parked cars were damaged. According to preliminary data, eight people died.

8:00 Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki:

Morawiecki said the country intends to confiscate Russian property located on its territory.

“We have no Russian yachts. But there are some real estate and financial assets, that is, shares of companies that we have to take away. In any case, our coalition is strongly in favor of this,” Prime Minister stated.

7:32 State Emergency Service of Ukraine:

On March 21, at 3:55 am, the territory of PJSC Sumykhimprom was shelled in Sumy, as a result of which 1 tank with ammonia was damaged.

As of 05:00 there was a slight leakage of ammonia.

Units of the State Emergency Service are carrying out work to settle the ammonia cloud. There is no threat to the city population. According to preliminary information, there are no victims.

7:11 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: 

Operational information at 06.00 on 21.03.2022 of the Russian invasion

The twenty-sixth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion began.

The situation and the nature of the actions of the defense forces have not changed significantly during the last day. The Armed Forces of Ukraine and other units of the Defense Forces continue to strike at groups of enemy troops trying to hold the captured frontiers.

At the same time, there is a decrease in the intensity of the use of manned aircraft by the enemy. In order to assess the effectiveness of the results of missile and bomb strikes, the enemy used operational and tactical unmanned aerial vehicles.

During the previous day, units of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit 7 air targets of the enemy (1 plane, 4 UAVs and 2 cruise missiles). In addition, bombers and assault aircraft dealt devastating blows to clusters of enemy equipment and manpower.

The occupiers continue to terrorize the local population and looting in the temporarily occupied territories. The enemy exports home appliances, automobiles, food and other material resources to the russian federation.

There have been many cases of russian occupiers deploying personnel, weapons and equipment on civilian infrastructure.

The occupiers continue to carry out forced mobilization measures in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. Thus, according to available information, budget organizations of Stanychno-Luhansk village community have been notified of the need to arrive on April 1, 2022, male workers aged 18 to 60 years in the local police department for registration. The reasons for this “registration” are not explained, although it is connected with the next wave of mobilization to the 2nd Army Corps to be sent to the combat areas.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces give a worthy rebuff to the invader in all directions. The destruction of enemy support columns also continues.

The situation in the regions on the morning of March 21

🔵20.03.2022

22:04 Bruno Le Maire, Minister of Economy and Finance of France

French authorities have frozen Russian assets for €850 million. According to the minister, after the creation of a special group, the French authorities blocked the personal accounts of Russians for €150 million, real estate for €539 million (about thirty objects) and two yachts for €150 million.

21:58 Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration

As a result of the Russian shelling in Donetsk region, 3 people were killed and 5 were injured.

21:11 Irina Venediktova, Prosecutor General of Ukraine 

Six European countries have started investigating Russian war crimes. 

“Six countries have already started investigating Russian war crimes: Estonia, Lithuania, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden. We are working closely with them to speed up the exchange of information and evidence”, Venediktova wrote.

20:41 Ministry of Foreign Affairs

OPERATIONAL SITUATION ON THE DIPLOMATIC FRONT as of 19:00 on March 20

The international art community is uniting around Ukraine. During the weekend, charity concerts were held in support of our state in Austria, Finland, Germany, Poland and other countries.

Ukrainians abroad and foreigners continue to take part in actions in support of our state, promoting the adoption of new sanctions and the provision of humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

 Support the world

• On the eve of the meeting of the EU Council of Foreign Ministers, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkevics called on the EU to strengthen sanctions against Russia and Belarus, including closing European ports to Russian ships.
•  Legislatures in several states in the US, including California, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Mexico, Washington, Kentucky, West Virginia, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, approved the resolution in support of Ukraine.

 Isolation of the Russian Federation

• France has frozen assets of the Central Bank of Russia for more than € 22 billion euros
• The American IT company Netcracker is leaving the Russian market. The company stops sales and investments in Russia, as well as closes training centers and stops hiring people
• Swiss oil service company Weatherford has announced a halt to supplies and new investments in Russia

Assistance to Ukraine

•  Australia will provide Ukraine with 70,000 tons of coal to strengthen energy security.
• UN Food and Agriculture Organization ready to support almost 23,000 Ukrainian farmers
•  The second transport of Starlink satellite communication equipment has arrived in Zhytomyr
•  UNICEF has raised $ 50 million in aid for Ukraine

20:19 State Emergency Service of Ukraine

In the Zhytomyr region, as a result of an air strike on the settlements of the Korosten district 13 buildings were damaged. Preliminary, three people were injured.

The fires caused by the shelling have been eliminated. SES units continue to dismantle debris of the damaged buildings.

19:43 Oleh Syniehubov, Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration

Any communication with the humanitarian convoy heading to Vovchansk was cut off at the entrance to the temporarily uncontrolled territory. A humanitarian convoy of ambulances, buses and trucks headed for Vovchansk, Kharkiv region.

19:04 Suspilne TV

In Chernihiv, a Russian shell hit a car delivering water to the civilians. According to the preliminary information, two people died and several were injured.

18:50 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Operational information as of 18.00 on 03/20/2022 regarding the Russian invasion

The twenty-fifth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues.

The occupying forces lost their offensive potential, and their advance was halted in almost all directions. The enemy continues to suffer losses, has significant problems with staffing units and units with personnel and logistics.

The military commissariats of the Kuban, Primorsky Krai, Yaroslavl Oblast, and regions of the Ural Federal District are conducting covert mobilization measures to make up for the losses of russian occupation army personnel. However, the population of these regions does not want to take part in the war. There are mass cases of dismissal.

At the same time, russian propagandists began preparing the population of the russian Federation for a long war. Official communication channels spread propaganda about the alleged success of the so-called “special military operation”, public events are held in support of the war in Ukraine.

According to available information, during the visit of the head of the Libyan National Army Khalifa Haftar to moscow, an agreement was reached to send Libyan “volunteers” to Ukraine to take part in hostilities on the side of the russian federation. The transfer of military mercenaries is likely to be carried out at the expense of the private military company “League” (formerly “Wagner”), aircraft of the russian Air Force.

Mobilization measures continue in the temporarily occupied territories of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts. The management of educational institutions (technical schools, institutes) called students over the age of 18 for so-called registration. Today, the vast majority of personnel of the 1st AK are the mobilized population of the temporarily occupied territories. The moral and psychological condition of the personnel is extremely low, most of the mobilized have no experience and desire to take part in hostilities. The equipment of those called by the occupiers is outdated. In the units, which are based on those called to mobilize, panic spreads due to a large shortage of manpower, weapons and equipment.

The occupiers began replacing military units with Rosguard and police units in the city of Kherson.

During another attempt to attack Kyiv, the occupiers lost a combined detachment of the 6th Tank Regiment. Due to the active actions of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in some areas in the Brovary district, the enemy units remain cut off from the supply of fuel and food.

Ukrainian defenders continue to restrain the enemy, demonstrating examples of courage and heroism, and trophy equipment – to join the Ukrainian defence forces.

Let’s win together! Glory to Ukraine!

18:43 Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine

Center for Countering Disinformation reports a new information attack by the enemy. A huge number of disinformation publications and fake intrusions dispersed by “Ruscist” bot networks is registered. They all have one goal – to seed quarrels amidst Ukrainians.

17:54 Energoatom

On the Chornobyl NPP, a partial rotation of personnel and evacuation of persons who were on the territory of the occupied station was carried out. 64 people were evacuated. The staff spent about 600 hours in the workplace, performing their professional duties and maintaining an adequate level of safety.

17:35 Oleksandr Babych, Mayor of Hola Prystan, Kherson region 

“The Russian military arrived at the Hola Pristan Public Order Protection Point and kidnapped two local civilians”, Babych said. 

According to him, these people were accused of tracking Russian columns. 

17:26 Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

At least 902 civilians have been killed and 1,459 wounded during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

16:08 Le FigaroAfter the start of the war in Ukraine, France blocked the assets of Russian oligarchs for almost €850 million.

15:41 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk:

According to intelligence, along the route of the agreed humanitarian corridor Kharkiv-Mala Rohan in the temporarily uncontrolled territory, there are signs that the Russians are preparing to mine the road with the subsequent capture of the column.

15:18 State Emergency Service of Ukraine:

A fire broke out in a residential building in the Sviatoshynskyi district of Kyiv as a result of hitting downed missile fragments. Information about the victims is being clarified.

15:17 Ministry of Defense of Ukraine:

Russian invaders in Zaporizhzhia region are hiding begind refugees to shell Ukrainian positions and regroup. The occupiers are deliberately detaining columns of civilians, and forming their own column of armored vehicles in the forest strip adjacent to the Berdiansk-Zaporizhzhya humanitarian corridor.

14:29 Hromadske:

In Berdiansk on March 20, about 200-250 people went on a peaceful protest against the Russian occupation. The occupiers began beating and detaining them.

14:24 Ministry of Energy of Ukraine:

More than 278,000 consumers remain without gas supply in Ukraine. More than 1,336 settlements were cut off electricity, with a total of more than 1 million consumers.

14:00 Head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Serhii Haidai:

In Luhansk region, soldiers from the 24th Detached Mechanized Brigade destroyed the Russian fuel depot and liquidated some equipment.

13:52 Sister of journalist Olha Perepelytsia:

The Russians released Oleh Baturyn, a journalist from the Kherson region. They held him captive for almost eight days, beating, humiliating and threatening to kill him.

13:29 Mayor of Enerhodar Dmytro Orlov: 

On March 20, the first deputy mayor of Enerhodar, Ivan Samoidiuk, was abducted.

12:32 Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine:

Putin and Shoigu are preparing to use minors in the war against Ukraine. The corresponding order “On the organization of involvement of members of the military-patriotic public movement “Yunarmiya” (Young Army Cadets National Movement) in conducting a special operation on the territory of Ukraine” was signed by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Shoigu. The order deals with the preparation of reports on the potential human reserve aged 17-18 to be involved in hostilities in the occupying army. “Yunarmiya” is a Russian children’s and youth military organization under the Russian Ministry of Defense.

12:24 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: 

Operational information at 12.00 on 20.03.2022 of the Russian invasion

The twenty-fifth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues.

The state, position and nature of the actions of the defence forces have not changed significantly in the last 24 hours. Defenders of Ukraine securely hold the occupied areas and borders.

Due to heroic national resistance, russia did not achieve its aggressive goals in Ukraine.

At the same time, there is a threat of long-range high-precision missile strikes by the enemy, including the “Kinzhal” hypersonic missile system.

The next significant losses among the top management and command staff of units and military units of the russian federation were confirmed. During the fighting, the commander of the 346th separate special brigade from Prokhladny was wounded, the commanders of the 331st parachute landing Kostroma assault regiment were killed, “Forges of Commanders” – 247th Airborne Assault Caucasian Cossack Regiment from Stavropol; 6th Guards Tank Red Banner Regiment from Chebarkul.

Signs of preparation of the Armed Forces of the republic of belarus for direct invasion of the territory of Ukraine have been recorded. The defence forces of our state are ready to fight back. The direct involvement of Belarusian troops in russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine, against the will of ordinary soldiers and the vast majority of the belarusian people, will be a fatal mistake of Alexander Lukashenko.

In the Polissya direction, the enemy is trying to gain a foothold on the occupied frontiers, expects the group to strengthen due to the arrival of reserves, and is preparing to attack the capital of Ukraine, the city of Kyiv.

The invaders resumed air reconnaissance and shelling of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the use of army aircraft and artillery.

There were no active offensive operations in the Siversky direction. The enemy continues to regroup and concentrate forces and means to resume offensive operations. According to the positions of the occupiers, our defenders inflicted a fire defeat. Having suffered numerous losses, the enemy is forced to move to the defence, resorting to mining.

The occupiers did not carry out active offensive operations in the Slobozhansky direction. On the territory of the Belhorod region, near the State border of Ukraine, positions of high-power artillery were found. The enemy did not abandon its intentions to establish control over the city of Izyum, but lost the combat capability of its units and was stopped.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy’s main efforts are focused on storming the settlements of Rubizhne, Severodonetsk, and Popasna. He tried to break through the defenses of our troops in the area of ​​the settlement of Verkhnotoretske, suffered losses and was unsuccessful.

The blockade and shelling of the hero city of Mariupol continues.

There were no active offensives in the South Buh direction, the enemy moved to the defence in some areas.

12:06 Head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Serhii Haidai:

On March 11, Russian occupiers fired from a tank at a nursing home in Kreminna. 56 people died on the spot. The occupiers abducted 15 survivors and took them to the occupied territory in Svatove to the regional geriatric boarding school. It is still impossible to get to the site of the tragedy.

12:02 Azov Special Operations Detachment:

Mariupol was shelled by 4 ships of the Russian Navy.

11:41 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine  

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 20.03 were approximately:

• personnel ‒ about 14700, 
• tanks ‒ 476, 
• APV  ‒ 1487, 
• artillery systems – 230, 
• РСЗВ / MLRS ‒ 74, 
• anti-aircraft warfare systems ‒ 44,
• aircraft – 96, 
• helicopters – 118, 
• vehicles ‒ 947,
• boats / cutters ‒ 3,
• fuel tanks ‒ 60, 
• UAV operational-tactical level ‒ 21,
• special equipment ‒ 12.

Data are being updated. The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities. 

9:43 Representative of the initiative group Natalia Panchenko for European Pravda:

Ukrainian and Polish activists, demanding a total ban on trade with Russia, are blocking trucks carrying goods to Belarus and Russia. The queue of vehicles stretches for 45 km.

8:43 Mariupol City Council:

On March 19, the occupiers dropped bombs on the Art School #12 in the Livoberezhnyi district of Mariupol, where about 400 residents (women, children and the elderly) were hiding. It is known that the building was destroyed, and civilians are still under the rubble. Information on the number of victims is being clarified.

8:23 Office of the Prosecutor General:

115 children died in Ukraine as a result of armed aggression by the Russian Federation. More than 140 were injured. The largest number of victims was in Kyiv – 58, Kharkiv – 36, Donetsk – 29, Chernihiv – 30, Mykolaiv – 22, Zhytomyr – 15, Sumy – 14 and Kherson regions – 14.

7:57 Head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Serhii Haidai:

12.5 thousand people were evacuated from Luhansk region through three humanitarian corridors.

7:13 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: 

Operational information at 06.00 on 20.03.2022 of the Russian invasion

The twenty-fifth day of the Ukrainian nation’s heroic resistance with the Russian military invasion continues.

The condition, position, and caracter of the actions of the defense forces have not changed significantly. Ukraine’s defense forces continue resist effectively to the occupiers. Three russian combat helicopters were shot down by the Air Defense of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

During the day the enemy did not conduct active offensive operations, focusing on replenishing current losses, restoring partially destroyed equipment, transferring foreign mercenaries to border areas with Ukraine, solving chronic logistics problems of the occupying forces that operating in Ukraine.

The occupiers use terrorist methods to impose a brutal administrative and police regime, deliberately creating conditions for a humanitarian crisis in the temporarily occupied territories. 

So, last night to the Kherson area from the city of Apostolovo of the Dnipropetrovsk region 14 trucks with foodstuff and medicines of the first necessity had been moved. The russian occupiers did not give access to humanitarian convoy for moving without reason.

In this way occupiers try to force the local population to collaborate. At the same time, the invaders are distributing leaflets with proposals to appeal to the occupation administration, citizens are promised to cancel credit debts, and local entrepreneurs are given preferences in doing business.

It became known that just one serviceman from the combined detachment of the 331st Guards Parachute Landing Kostroma Regiment, which took part in the fighting in the Kyiv direction, survived, and he is in hospital.

Against the background of similar circumstances, the command of the russian Black Sea Fleet is urgently taking measures to replace 130 defectors-contractors of the 810th Marine Brigade with 7 paratroopers. The FSS decides on their further service.

In addition, in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region, russian curators announced another wave of mobilization to replenish the 1st Army Corps. The maximum age of the demobilized has been raised to 65 years. The same is expected for the TOT of Luhansk region, given that trucks filled with killed in actions soldiers arrive daily from the area of ​​the 2nd Army Corps to the settlements of Luhansk, Sorokine and Dovzhanske.

russian terrorist forces continue to violate openly International Conventions on the Rules of War. The facts of using the uniform of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to carry out subversive and discrediting actions by russian saboteurs are being recorded.

00:30 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 

Operational information at 24.00 on 19.03.2022 of the Russian invasion

The twenty-fourth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian nation to the full-scale armed aggression of the russian rederation is coming to an end.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces continues its defense operation in the Eastern, Southeastern and Northeastern directions. Measures of the martial law regime, stabilization actions, and territorial defense tasks are being carried out.

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repulses concentrated missile and air strikes and air attacks of the enemy, air cover of densely populated cities, important industrial facilities of Ukraine and troops operational groups.

In the southern direction the front line of defense was restored along some borders. In this direction the enemy is forced to regroup, deploy additional reserves, take measures to restore the combat effectiveness of units.

In the Donetsk direction russian occupation forces are conducting assaults and fire.

In the Volyn and Polissya direction the enemy did not carry out the active action, building fire control systems, engineering support and logistics in preparation for the attack on the city of KYIV.

Offensive operations are also not underway in the Siverski and Slobozhansky directions. Enemy forces are shelling Ukrainian settlements.

In the direction of IZYUM the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops, but was unsuccessful, the assault units of the invader were actually destroyed.

The occupiers suffer significant losses. The moral and psychological condition of the personnel is low and deteriorating with each passing day of hostilities. Punitive units of the Rosguard involved in hostilities have lost a significant amount of weapons and military equipment. Recovery of losses is due to outdated and partially defective equipment.

The commandant’s office of the russian city Belgorod is investigating case about 10 servicemen of the 138th Motorized Rifle Brigade who took part in the offensive in Kharkiv and, due to heavy losses, refused to take part in hostilities and incited the rest to return home.

It is noteworthy that the head of the 652nd IPSO group of the russian terrorist forces was severely reprimanded for his weak work on the creation of the so-called “Kherson People’s Republic”. The Kremlin leadership is not satisfied with the fact that due to popular resistance there is not even a conditional demonstration “picture”.

🟡19.03.2022

🔗Ukraine resists Russia’s invasion. Day 24: talks to win time to plot more attacks, missile strike in Western Ukraine, one-third of Ukraine’s economy shut down

🔗The story of defense of Bashtanka community, Mykolaiv region

00:30 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 

Operational information at 24.00 on 19.03.2022 of the Russian invasion

The twenty-fourth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian nation to the full-scale armed aggression of the russian rederation is coming to an end.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces continues its defense operation in the Eastern, Southeastern and Northeastern directions. Measures of the martial law regime, stabilization actions, and territorial defense tasks are being carried out.

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repulses concentrated missile and air strikes and air attacks of the enemy, air cover of densely populated cities, important industrial facilities of Ukraine and troops operational groups.

In the southern direction the front line of defense was restored along some borders. In this direction the enemy is forced to regroup, deploy additional reserves, take measures to restore the combat effectiveness of units.

In the Donetsk direction russian occupation forces are conducting assaults and fire.

In the Volyn and Polissya direction the enemy did not carry out the active action, building fire control systems, engineering support and logistics in preparation for the attack on the city of KYIV.

Offensive operations are also not underway in the Siverski and Slobozhansky directions. Enemy forces are shelling Ukrainian settlements.

In the direction of IZYUM the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops, but was unsuccessful, the assault units of the invader were actually destroyed.

The occupiers suffer significant losses. The moral and psychological condition of the personnel is low and deteriorating with each passing day of hostilities. Punitive units of the Rosguard involved in hostilities have lost a significant amount of weapons and military equipment. Recovery of losses is due to outdated and partially defective equipment.

The commandant’s office of the russian city Belgorod is investigating case about 10 servicemen of the 138th Motorized Rifle Brigade who took part in the offensive in Kharkiv and, due to heavy losses, refused to take part in hostilities and incited the rest to return home.

It is noteworthy that the head of the 652nd IPSO group of the russian terrorist forces was severely reprimanded for his weak work on the creation of the so-called “Kherson People’s Republic”. The Kremlin leadership is not satisfied with the fact that due to popular resistance there is not even a conditional demonstration “picture”.

23:50 Head of military administration of Kryvyi Rih Oleksandr Vilkul:

Russian soldiers fired on Velyka Kostromka from BM-21 “Grad”, a suburb of Zelenodolsk in the Dnipropetrovsk region. One house was damaged. There are no victims.

22:52 Russian Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Igor Kalabukhov:Kalabukhov said that Bosnia and Herzegovina has the right to decide whether to join NATO, but Moscow reserves the right to respond to such a possibility and threatened to repeat the events in Ukraine. “We have plans against NATO. We are assessing the geostrategic situation, looking at where the threats are coming from and responding,” he stated.

22:07 Belarus begins to mark its military vehicles with red squares, Belarusian activists recording movements of military vehicles said. On Saturday, they spotted movement of materiel from Drahicyn toward Brest, and between Ivanova and Drahicyn. 

It was also noted that Belarusian military began using the same rapid identification system -red tape – that was used by separatist forces of the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics and the Russians in the early days of the invasion,  Ukrainska Pravda reported with reference to Belarusian Telegram news channels @Hajun_BY, @paradachak.

21:34 Ukrinform

More than 6.6 thousand people were evacuated from Donetsk, Kyiv, and Luhansk regions on March 19, the Vice Prime Minister, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk said.

20:52 Ukrainska Pravda quoting RIA Novosti

A Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson, Major General Igor Konashenkov said the Azov battalion plots a terrorist act in Lviv against the diplomats from the U.S. and other Western states to fault Russia for the attack. The “provocation” aims to “put more pressure on NATO so that it enforces a no-fly zone over Ukraine and provides more weapons”. Konashenkov also said that the Ukrainian nationalists mined ammonium and chlorine depots on a chemical plant in Sumy to poison the residents if the Russian troops enter the city.   

20:05 Suspilne Kharkiv

Buildings in Kharkiv’s neighborhoods Pivnichna Saltivka and Velyka Danylivka, and in the area near the tank factory caught fire as a Russian airstrike hit the city. There are casualties including a child.

20:03 General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, report of 18:00

The operational situation has not changed significantly. Defenders of Ukraine are holding on to the frontiers of defence, concentrating their main efforts around strategically important cities – Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol, Mykolayiv, and forcing the enemy to abandon the continuation of the offensive.

Due to the professional and heroic actions of the Defense Forces and strong national resistance, the enemy did not fulfil the tasks set by the kremlin leadership: the encirclement of Kyiv, access to the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions and establishing control over the left bank of Ukraine.

The Russian troops continue to launch missile and bomb strikes on military and civilian infrastructure using high-precision weapons, unguided aircraft bombs and high-impact munitions.

Violating the norms of international law and human morality, the russian invaders are attacking densely populated Ukrainian cities and villages, critical and industrial infrastructure, schools, hospitals, and government agencies.

russian troops continue to suffer heavy losses. In the temporarily occupied Crimea, some marine units have lost up to 90 percent of their personnel, and there are no reserves to recover.

There are attempts to recruit companies to be sent to Ukraine at the expense of those sent from other military units. In these units, more than 20 people wrote reports of refusal to take part in the war against Ukraine, and repressive methods of influence were applied to “deniers”.

In recent days, enemy units in the Mykolayiv direction, manned by mobilization in the temporarily occupied Donetsk region (recall that forced mobilization of the population in the occupied territories is a direct violation of the Rome Statute and the Geneva Conventions), have also suffered significant losses. During the two days of fighting, the irreparable losses of the enemy amounted to more than 200 people, the rest are demoralized and refuse to take part in hostilities. The mobilized openly accuse the russian command of using them for “combat reconnaissance” to identify the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Refrigerators with a load of “cargo 200” arrive at the Luhansk Regional Hospital every day. Queues of relatives of the dead lined up near the district executive committees on death certificates.

Unsuccessful in open combat, the occupiers continue to terrorize the local population. With the help of propaganda stories, the enemy is trying to form a picture of the loyal attitude of the local population to the occupying power. In the settlements of Chernihiv region, russian invaders tried to distribute “humanitarian aid”. The locals did not take anything from the enemy, even under pressure. The enemy is trying to carry out similar measures in Kyiv and Kherson oblasts.

18:39 General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

In the Zaporizhia direction, the Ukrainian troops downed a KA-52 helicopter and damaged another Russian aircraft. About 60 russian occupiers and several units of enemy armoured vehicles were also eliminated.

Another “superalligator” KA-52 was shot down in Kyiv region.

18:24 Oleksandr Pavlyuk, Kyiv regional military administration

Russia’s pontoon bridge over the Irpin river was destroyed as the water rose. The Russian troops try to rebuild it to continue the advance. The Ukrainian troops thwart these attempts.

17:51 Head of Kharkiv regional administration Oleh Syniehubov

Russia did not agree civilian evacuation corridors in the region. The administration urges for delivery of humanitarian aid and civilian evacuation from Mala Rohan and Izyum area.

17:43 Defense Ministry spokesperson Oleksandr Motuzyanyk

Constant Russian attacks hamper rescue efforts in Mariupol’s drama theatre, Ukrinform reports.

17:44 Ukraine’s Emergency Service

A warehouse in Sumy caught fire as it was hit by Russia’s artillery attack on March 18. Firefighters extinguished the fire on the afternoon of March 19. The fire covered 6,000 square meters. More than 60 firefighters were deployed to battle the fire. There were no casualties.

17:37 Deputy Prime Minister for the Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk: Now, officially, we have 562 Russian prisoners of war. And there is also the so-called “cargo-200” – we also compile data here and organize work together with the Red Cross.

16:48 Ambassador of Ukraine to the Czech Republic Yevhen Perebyinis: Czech police have already opened 27 criminal cases in support of Russian aggression. Some of them concern the use of the letter “Z”. The investigation is conducted in particular under the 405 Criminal Code article  – “denial or justification of genocide”. The accused are facing up to 3 years in prison. 

16:31 Ukraine’s Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights in Ukraine Liudmyla Denisova:  In the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, russian terrorist forces are carrying out mass “arrests” – the abduction of Ukrainian activists, volunteers, journalists, and representatives of local governments.

In the city of Berdyansk, Russists’ kidnapped “HromadskeTV” journalist Victoria Roshchyna, who was preparing materials about hostilities in eastern and southern Ukraine. Her whereabouts are currently unknown.

The russian occupiers illegally detained Dmytro Vasyliev, secretary of the council of Nova Kakhovka amalgamated territorial community. He is being held in the basement of Nova Kakhovka police building, which the russian military is using as the office of the so-called “commandant’s office.”

Militants are pressuring Vasyliev to change his attitude toward the Russian occupation.  Physical and moral pressure is applied to the secretary, including elements of torture.

Russian invaders detain Skadovsk city council secretary Yuriy Paliukh.

In Volnovakha, the occupiers “arrested” more than 20 Ukrainian activists.  All of these activists were on the lists reported by numerous Western media outlets in February – lists of activists to be “killed or sent to concentration camps” after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

16:28 Ukraine’s Minister of Culture and Information Policy Oleksandr Tkachenko: More than 70 organizations have refused to have cultural cooperation with Russia – the Cannes Film Festival, La Scala Theater and many other cultural organizations.

They are forbidden to take part in the biennial, triennial in Italy. That is, in fact, we are launching an offensive to establish a cultural veil, at least during the war, and we meet a lot of support from fellow ministers of culture, as well as from specific cultural institutions and organizations,” Tkachenko said, Ukrainian Pravda reported.

15:35 In Demydiv village, Kyiv region, which is temporarily occupied by the Russian military, there is a threat of flooding due to the destruction of the dam. “The village of Demydiv in the Kyiv region may be completely flooded due to the destruction of the dam. As a result of active hostilities in the region and the destruction of the dam on the Kyiv Reservoir, water is constantly flowing to the village,” reported Ukrainian Pravda with reference to DOM TV channel.

14:28 Ukraine’s State Emergency Service: On March 19, as a result of the shelling, a residential building in the town of Rubizhne in Luhansk region was destroyed, people were trapped. The fire and rescue unit of the SES of Luhansk region arrived at the scene.

At first, two children without signs of life were rescued from the rubble. Rescuers performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but, unfortunately, upon arrival, emergency medical workers pronounced the children dead. 

Rescuers continued to dismantle the debris and found another woman and 1 child. So far, medical staff have stated the death of the woman. The child was saved, her condition is stable and satisfactory.

13:30 Police of Kyiv region: Seven people were killed and five were injured in a mortar attack on Makariv town.

On March 18, the occupiers fired heavy artillery at settlements in Bucha area. As a result of enemy shelling of Makariv, seven civilians were killed. Five people were injured and are in hospital.

11:54 Spokesman of Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration Ivan Arefiev: The enemy killed 9 people near Zaporizhia with two missile strikes.

On March 18, Russian invaders fired two missiles at a suburb of Zaporizhzhia, killing nine people and wounding 17.

11:51 Chief Intelligence Department: The occupiers use the mobilized from the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions as cannon fodder to detect the fire positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Russian occupiers are actively “mobilizing” the male population in the occupied territories of the ORDLO. The units formed in this way are characterized by extremely low combat training, discipline and morale.

11:33 Member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense Fedir Venislavskyi: Ukraine cannot refuse to join NATO and enshrine its non-aligned status in the Constitution during martial law for legal reasons.

“We must remember that Ukraine’s course in NATO is enshrined in the Constitution of Ukraine. This is a rather complex procedure for amending, on the one hand. Two sessions of the Verkhovna Rada, and the opinion of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. And we must remember that amid martial law the Constitution cannot be changed. This is a norm of the Constitution itself,” the People’s Deputy explained, Suspilne reported.

11:25 Adviser to the Head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office Mykhailo Podoliak: “Minister Lambrecht openly said: “NATO won’t intervene in the conflict & won’t create a no-fly zone in Ukraine.” Each such statement by politicians encourages to massacre in Ukraine. If you don’t recognize the war & are afraid of Putin, at least don’t make provocative statements,”- Podoliak wrote on Twitter addressing Federal Minister of Defense Christine Lambrecht.

10:08 Project manager at the Black Sea Institute for Strategic Studies and editor-in-chief of BlackSeaNews Andriy Klymenko: The real danger at sea: Russia has mined the recommended routes from the Bosphorus to Odesa and said it was Ukrainian mines.

On March 18, 2022, the seaport of Sochi sent a warning to shipowners and ship captains in the region about the threat of “detonation of mines of the Ukrainian Navy drifting in the Black Sea”.

This warning is intended to prevent maritime traffic of commercial vessels in the Black Sea. It needs the immediate deployment of the NATO Permanent Mineral Trawler Group in the Black Sea!

We emphasize once again: according to BlackSeaNews sources, the Russian Black Sea Fleet is mining the recommended routes of commercial vessels from the Bosphorus in the direction of Odesa (photo 2). It is covered by lies about “Ukrainian mines destroyed by storm”. The mines drifting in a stormy sea cannot be counted in principle – this can only be done by the one who installed them.

9:27 Ukraine’s State Emergency Service:  As of 8:00 am on March 19, a total of more than 691,000 people were evacuated, including more than 146,000 children and more than 12,000 people with disabilities.

At present, 876 settlements are de-energized, 84 of them are partially without electricity.

9:13 European Pravda: The United States has banned the maintenance of nearly 100 aircraft associated with Russia. The US Department of Commerce has proceeded to the actual “landing” of 100 aircraft that recently flew to Russia and are suspected of violating export control rules.

9:05 Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres:

The war in Ukraine is already disrupting supply chains and causing the prices of fuel, food and transport to skyrocket.

We must do everything possible to avert a hurricane of hunger and a meltdown of the global food system.
8:58 Office of the Attorney General of Ukraine: Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, 112 children have been killed and more than 140 wounded. The largest number of victims was in Kyiv region – 57, Kharkiv region – 36, Donetsk region – 28, Chernihiv region – 30, Mykolaiv region – 21, Zhytomyr region – 15, Sumy region – 14 and Kherson region – 14 .

The situation in the regions on the morning of March 19

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22:30 Center for Countering Disinformation of Ukraine:  During the briefing, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that the Security Service of Ukraine mined the city hospital in Dnipro and plans to blow up the building while flying over the city of the Russian plane”.

The Center for Countering Disinformation of Ukraine warns this is how the enemy tries to create an “alibis” for themselves and transfer the blame on Ukrainian defenders for the war crimes committed by Russian troops.

“Russists began to actively use the information tactics of the preliminary media announcement of the targets planned for the attack. This is especially true of shelling of civilian and critical infrastructure, which are classified as war crimes and provoke a wave of public condemnation in the international community,” the Center informed

22:00 The Bellingcat Investigation Team created an interactive map of civilian harm in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion

Bellingcat and members of its Global Authentication Project have begun to log and map incidents on an interactive TimeMap. The aim of this project is to detail incidents where there is open source evidence of potential civilian harm in Ukraine, as well as attempting to clarify where and when such events took place. Documenting these incidents is important given claims by the Russian government in particular that it is not seeking to attack civilians and avoid impacting civilian infrastructure. 

Readers are invited to explore the map by date and location. It must be noted that only events that have been pictured, captured on video or posted to social media are included in Bellingcat’s dataset. It is likely that there will be many other instances of civilian harm that are not documented on video or on social media and therefore not included in the TimeMap.  

Bellingcat has been documenting and logging incidents of civilian harms which have been posted to social media channels to depict incidents of civilian impact or harm since the beginning of the conflict.

Some detail incidents of extreme violence as they take place while others appear to show the aftermath of missile strikes or shootings. 

21:40 Ukraine strengthens its cybersecurity under the martial law

The Verkhovna Rada has adopted Law No. 7152 to strengthen the protection of state information systems.  

Whom the law concerns – Public authorities, bodies of local self-government, state and communal enterprises, institutions, organizations; citizens.

The purpose of the law – State administrations will be able to use cloud servers abroad for information and communication systems as well as public electronic registers to function properly. Citizens will benefit from enhanced data protection and state electronic resources.

What the law regulates – Enhancing the protection of information and communication systems, electronic communication systems and public electronic registers.

20:39 High-voltage power line is restored at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
Repairmen of NPC Ukrenergo have restored the 750 kV high-voltage power line Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant – Kakhovska, which was damaged by the invaders.The power line has been put into operation and ensures stable operation of Zaporizhzhia  NPP.
At the Zaporizhzhia site, which Russian forces took control of on March 4, Ukrainian personnel have continued to operate Units 2 and 4. The units were running at “slightly decreased” power lines had been damaged by the fighting.

20:25 The Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmygal

The Cabinet of Ministers has adopted a resolution simplifying all customs procedures as much as possible.

“We aim to create the fastest customs service in the world,” Shmygal said.

19:15 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Operational information as of 6 p.m. on 18.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Today is the twenty-third day of the Ukrainian opposition to the Russian military invasion.

Continuing endeavours to restore the combat capability of individual units involved in hostilities, the military leadership of the russian federation plans to transfer to Ukraine some units from the 102nd Russian military base in Armenia.

The refusal of some russian servicemen to take part in hostilities is confirmed. It occurs due to the low level of the moral and psychological condition of the Russian occupiers after the clashes with the Ukrainian defence forces. Thus, at the permanent deployment point of the 20th Motorized Rifle Division of the 8th All-Military Army of the Southern Military District, about 130 servicemen rejected participation in hostilities.

The enemy personnel was demoralized, suicides and self-mutilation became more frequent.

Due to the lack of positive results and inability to fulfil the objectives, high command intends to remove Colonel Vadym Pankov, commander of the 45th special brigade of the special purpose air force of the russian armed forces. He is accused of failing to perform a combat mission at Hostomel airfield.

The pro-government Russian media persist in spreading false information about the armed aggression of russia on the territory of Ukraine. They create and distribute staged propaganda videos through all available information channels, including in the countries of the European Union and the United States, to discredit the activities of the military-political leadership and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

In the city of Dzhankoi, in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the educational process in local secondary schools has been suspended with their further use to accommodate servicemen of the armed forces of the Russian Federation arriving in the city.

In the Chernihiv region, Russian occupiers are intimidating locals to quell civilian resistance.

The occupiers continue to defiantly violate the norms of international humanitarian law and destroy the infrastructure of cities, creating the preconditions for deepening the humanitarian crisis.

The Defense Forces of Ukraine persist step by step to liberate the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine in all directions.

18:47 

18:20 Radio Svoboda

The foreign ministries of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia announced the expulsion of several Russian diplomats on March 18.

16:50 The Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis

The Prime Minister of Greece said that Greece is ready to undertake the reconstruction of the maternity hospital in Mariupol destroyed by the Russian occupiers.

“Greece is ready to rebuild the maternity hospital in Mariupol, the centre of the Greek minority in Ukraine, a city dear to our hearts and a symbol of the barbarity of the war.”

16:45 Deputy Chief of Staff of the Land Forces Command, Brigadier General Oleksandr Hruzevych

The plan of Russia to quicklytakeoverKyiv has failed. Today, on the right bank of the Dnipro river, the enemy was stopped at a distance of almost 70 kilometres.

Now the enemy has switched to another tactic. It implies cynical shootings of houses and kindergartens, not only in Kyiv but also in other cities.

16:14 Komersant

The Russian aviation authorities continued to close the airspace over the southern part of the country until 3:45 am (at Moscow time) on March 26.

Initially, the restriction lasted until March 1, then extended until March 8, 14 and 20.

16:11 Hromadske

The journalist of Hromadske Victoria Roshchina has been probably captured by the Russian occupiers. She made videos and wrote articles from hotspots in eastern and southern Ukraine all days of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

On March 12, Hromadske was unable to contact Victoria. As learned from witnesses, who are left anonymous, the journalist was in temporarily occupied Berdyansk at the time. On March 16, Hromadske learned that the day before (probably March 15), Victoria Roshchina was detained by the Russian Federal Security Service. Currently, nothing is known about her whereabouts.

Hromadske made every effort to release the journalist. But it turned out to be ineffective. Therefore, Hromadske calls on the Ukrainian and international community to join actions to the release of journalist of Hromadske Victoria Roshchina.

14:40 Radio Svoboda

More than 1,300 people remain in the basements of the Mariupol Drama Theater. There is no information about them. 130 people were brought to the surface.

This was announced by the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Liudmyla Denisova on Channel 24.

14:38 Head of Luhansk Regional Military Administration Serhii Haidai:

The Russian army fired 10 shells at one of the medical institutions in Lysychansk. The hospital and nearby residential buildings were left without windows. Information about the victims is being clarified.

14:06 Kyiv City State Administration:

Almost 400 companies resumed their operations in Kyiv.

13:35 Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine:

According to the investigation, since the beginning of the Russian full-scale military aggression, occupiers under the pretext of evacuation forcibly relocate citizens of Ukraine who found themselves in temporary occupied territories of the Donetsk region to the territory of Russia.

13:36 Kyiv City State Administration:

“Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian aggression, 222 people have died in Kyiv, including 60 civilians, 4 of whom are children. During the period of hostilities in the capital 889 wounded, 241 of whom are civilians, including 18 children, 3 ambulance drivers, 1 ambulance doctor. Since the beginning of the war in the capital, the enemy damaged 36 houses, 5 private estates, 6 schools and 4 kindergartens. Facades, balconies and windows in 55 houses were damaged.” – First Deputy Chairman of the Kyiv City State Administration Mykola Povoroznyk.

13:03 Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine:

Mass cases of involvement of minors and preschool children to support Russia’s terrorist actions have been recorded:

– Schools forcibly arrange “actions”;

– Children are not allowed to objective and unbiased information;

– Involvement of children from boarding schools and orphanages (avoidance of objections from parents).

The occupiers violate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), namely the right to:

– free expression of personal opinion, the formation of own views, the development of own social activity;

– obtaining information appropriate to her age;

– the right to liberty, security of person and protection of dignity.

12:23 European Pravda:

The Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki has announced the “Anti-Putin Shield” program to overcome the consequences of the turbulence in the economy caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He wrote this on his Facebook page.

12:11 Head of Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleh Syniegubov:

In some temporarily occupied territories, the Russian occupiers are trying to create a positive image of themselves, distribute food among the residents and film it. For example, in Lyptsi, Russian propagandists filmed an unknown gym, such building does not exist at all in this settlement. This is a montage and an outright provocation. The occupiers are creating a false “picture”, filming people who pretend to be residents of this community and rejoice in the “Russian liberators”.

12:06 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:

Operational information on 12.00, 18.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion

The twenty-third day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues.

russian occupation forces continue offensive operation against Ukraine. Strategic tasks related to the defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, access to the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions and the establishment of control over the left bank of Ukraine remain unfulfilled. The enemy partially managed to temporarily occupy settlements and establish control over the routes in the Donetsk and Pivdennobuzhsky operational districts.

The enemy is trying to take measures to increase the number of troops in the direction of Kyiv by moving uncoordinated and incompetent units from the Central and Eastern military districts.

Due to the consumption of almost all missile ammunition and some types of ammunition, the military-political leadership decided to transfer the enterprises of the russian military-industrial complex involved in the production of “Caliber” and ammunition to MLRS “Tornado” to round-the-clock .

No significant changes in the activities of the occupying forces have been recorded in the Volyn, Polissya and Siversky areas. The enemy focused on the fortification equipment of the occupied frontiers.

In the Slobozhansky and Sumy areas, units of the russian occupation forces are not conducting active offensive operations, the enemy is regrouping and trying to establish logistical support. The occupiers are more active in reconnaissance.

russian terrorist forces do not stop trying to capture the city of Izyum, strengthen the group by introducing additional units, take measures to organize engineering and logistics.

In the Luhansk region, the enemy intensified hostilities in the area of the village of Rubizhne, has partial success. It continues to shell unprotected civilian infrastructure in order to intimidate the local population and limit the actions of the defense forces.

In the Donetsk region, the enemy did not conduct active hostilities.

In the Tavriya direction, the enemy is trying to establish a strict administrative and police regime in the temporarily occupied settlements of the Kherson region.

No active actions of the Russian occupiers were noted in the South Bug direction. The enemy continues to shell civilian infrastructure, increasing the logistics system of the group.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine, in close cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces, are resisting the russian aggressors, inflicting significant losses on their manpower and military equipment.

11:59 Ukrainska Pravda:

Lavrov in an interview with Russian propaganda channel RT: “The transfer of Soviet S-300s from other countries to Ukraine is impossible and illegal, Moscow will not allow it. We have made it very clear that any cargo that enters Ukraine, which we consider to be carrying weapons, will be a legitimate goal.”

11:21 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine:

Operational situation on the diplomatic front as of 10:00 a.m. March 18

For twenty-three days, Ukraine has been fiercely resisting Russia’s armed aggression on all fronts, including diplomatic.

We are working to put maximum pressure on Russia. Ukraine is seeking the complete closure of the Russian media around the world because they are poisoning public opinion and undermining democracy. Dozens of countries have already restricted the broadcast of propaganda channels. In particular, the relevant sanctions were imposed by the European Union.

Today, the British media regulator Ofcom revoked the license of RT to broadcast in the UK. Ukraine will continue to work to suppress Russian propaganda abroad and make it impossible to circumvent the bans.

● World support

• The parliament of Latvia adopted a decision calling on the UN countries to immediately agree on measures to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine. Earlier, such resolutions were approved by the parliaments of Estonia and Lithuania.

● Sanctions

• Australia imposed sanctions against 11 Russian banks and government agencies that manage Russia’s sovereign debt. Thus, 80% of all banking assets of the aggressor state were subject to Australian sanctions. The restrictions also affected two Russian oligarchs.
• The New Zealand government imposed a package of sanctions against Russian officials, including Russian President Putin, Prime Minister Mishustin, Foreign Minister Lavrov and Defense Minister Shoigu.

● Isolation of the Russian Federation

• International rating agency S&P Global Ratings downgraded Russia from “CCC-” to “CC” as the country reported difficulties in repaying debt on its 2023 and 2043 Eurobonds. This means that a default in Russia is more than likely.
• The International Biathlon Union has begun the process of eliminating the national federations of Russia and Belarus.
• Italian company Pirelli, one of the world’s largest tire manufacturers, announced the suspension of operations in Russia.
• American The Bank of New York Mellon has suspended the purchase of Russian securities for investment management.

● Help for Ukrainians

• The UK will provide Ukrainians who have been forced to flee their homes with access to public services, including health care and education.
• PayPal payment system has officially started operating in Ukraine, cards of Ukrainian banks can already be tied to the wallet.
• The parliament of Latvia has adopted amendments to the law on assistance to the civilian population of Ukraine, which provide for a one-time assistance of 272 euros per adult and 190 euros per child for temporarily displaced persons from Ukraine.

11:05 Head of Vinnytsia Regional Military Administration Serhii Borzov:

Ukrainian air defenses shot down three missiles over the region.

10:55 Head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration Oleksandr Pavliuk: 

Situation as of this morning in Vyshhorod district of Kyiv region:

In the occupied Ivankiv, Dymer ta Polissia territorial communities – a humanitarian catastrophe. There is no communication, electricity, food and medicine. The evacuation of people from the occupied Dymer community continues.

Slavutych is completely isolated. There is a need for food and medicine.

10:21 Head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko:

In the morning, the Russians launched a missile strike on Kramatorsk. They hit a residential building and an administrative building. It is currently known about 2 dead and 6 wounded. The information is being clarified.

10:20 State Emergency Service of Ukraine:

In Kharkiv, as a result of enemy shelling, a six-storey educational building of a higher educational institution and two neighboring residential buildings were severely damaged. One person was killed, 11 people were injured and 1 person is under the rubble. Fires were extinguished in two residential buildings. The information is being clarified.

10:08 State Border Guard Service of Ukraine:

The situation at the Western border

On March 17, more than 73 thousand people and 14 thousand vehicles crossed the state border of Ukraine with the EU and the Republic of Moldova. There was a substantial decrease in passenger traffic compared to the previous day.

Yesterday, over 55 thousand people left Ukraine. Over 33 thousand of them crossed the Ukrainian-Polish border. Currently, there is low traffic of people and vehicles in all directions.

Yesterday, over 18 thousand people arrived in Ukraine. Almost 15 thousand of them are Ukrainian men. Overall, since the beginning of the overt armed aggression, more than 302 thousand Ukrainians have returned.

10:01 Spokesman of the Zaporizhzhia regional military administration, colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ivan Ariefiev:

In the suburbs of Zaporizhzhia, the Russian occupiers carried out a mass shelling of the military training ground and one of the factories and the quarry adjacent from the BM-30 “Smerch” multiple rocket launchers at about 8:00.

As a result, a fire broke out on the territory of the plant. The extent of the destruction and loss is being established. Currently, the fire is localized and is being eliminated by the SES.

9:56 Head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko:

In two days, Mariupol was able to leave about 35 thousand civilians.

9:08 The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine:

As a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation, as of the morning of March 18, 2022, 109 children were killed and more than 130 were injured. Children suffered the most in Kyiv – 55, Kharkiv – 34, Donetsk – 26, Chernihiv – 29, Mykolaiv – 20, Zhytomyr – 15, Sumy – 14, and Kherson – 14 oblasts.

The bombings and shelling damaged more than 439 educational institutions, 63 of which were completely destroyed. The most damaged were in Donetsk – 126, Kharkiv – 77, Mykolaiv – 39, Sumy – 32, Kyiv – 41, Kherson regions – 21 and the city of Kyiv – 35.

These data are not conclusive due to the inability to inspect the sites where active hostilities are taking place and in the temporarily occupied territories.

9:04 Ministry of Defense of Ukraine:

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 18.03 were approximately:

• personnel ‒ about 14200, 
• tanks ‒ 450, 
• APV  ‒ 1448, 
• artillery systems – 205, 
• MLRS ‒ 72, 
• anti-aircraft warfare systems ‒ 43,
• aircraft – 93, 
• helicopters – 112, 
• vehicles ‒ 879,
• boats / cutters ‒ 3,
• fuel tanks ‒ 60, 
• UAV operational-tactical level ‒ 12.
• special equipment ‒ 11.

Data are being updated. The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities. 

8:33 Kyiv City State Administration:

The occupiers fired on a residential area in the Podilskyi district of Kyiv. A fire broke out in a 5-storey residential building. According to preliminary information from the State Emergency Service, 12 people were rescued, 98 people were evacuated and 4 people were injured. 1 person died.

8:21 Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi:

Russian missiles hit an aircraft repair plant – the building was destroyed. The active work of the plant was stopped in advance. Rescuers and utilities are working on site.

8:00 Mayor of Voznesensk Yevhen Velychko:

In the morning on March 18 Russians made air strike on Voznesensk in the Mykolaiv region. The front line remains unchanged.

According to the mayor, there are no victims among the civilian population.

7:18 State Emergency Service of Ukraine

The fire that broke out on March 17 in one of the largest shopping centers in Kharkiv is underway. As a result of the shelling, trade pavilions in various parts of the market caught fire. All efforts of the rescue service units are aimed at preventing the spread of flames to the housing sector and other related facilities. In total, more than 10 residential buildings were saved. During the firefighting, the enemy fired again. Two rescuers received numerous shrapnel wounds and were immediately sent to a medical facility. During hospitalization, one of the rescuers died of his injuries.

7:12 Head of Luhansk Regional Military Administration Serhii Haidai:

More than 20 residential and infrastructural facilities were destroyed overnight in Sievierodonetsk and Rubizhne. At 5:00, Kreminna and Lysychansk were covered with BM-21 “Grad”. The number of civilian casualties is being determined.

06.00 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:

Operational information on 06.00, 18.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion

The twenty-third day of the heroic resistance  of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion began.

The state, position and nature of the actions of the defense forces have not changed significantly during the last day. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continued to strike devastating blows at groups of enemy troops trying to consolidate and hold the captured defensive lines.

During the past 24hrs, Ukrainian defenders have partially destroyed and halted the advance of units of the 437th Training Regiment and the 26th Tank Regiment of the Armed Forces of the russian federation into Ukraine, and the enemy’s losses are being clarified.

Also, for the previous day, bombing and assault aircraft of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted heavy blows on the columns of enemy military equipment. Anti-aircraft missile forces and fighter jets hit 14 enemy air targets (7 planes, 1 helicopter, 3 UAVs and 3 cruise missiles).

Due to the fact that the occupiers have significantly exhausted human resources (irreversible and sanitary losses caused by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, cases of self-mutilation, in order to evade hostilities and psychogenic losses), the command of the armed forces of the russian federation is forced to extreme measures in matters of staffing. They are conducting covert mobilization, attracting so-called “volunteers”, conscripts and cadets, as well as mercenaries from the Syrian Arab Republic.

In some temporarily occupied territories, the Russian occupiers are trying to create a positive image by distributing food to the civilian population. At the same time, they are actively searching for and detaining pro-Ukrainian activists, civil servants, members of the Anti-Terrorist Operation / Joint Forces Operation and members of their families, as well as other citizens who may organize resistance to the occupation.

The enemy continues to suffer losses. They have problems with providing units. The low moral and psychological condition of the personnel leads to an increase in the number of desertions and refusals of servicemen of the armed forces of the russian rederation and mercenaries to take part in the war against Ukraine.

The situation in the regions on the morning of March 18

🟡17.03.2022

21:59 Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine:

Ukraine establishes a National Information Bureau in accordance with international humanitarian law. The key goal of this body is to collect (in all possible ways), summarize data on Ukrainian prisoners of war, dead, missing, illegally detained in Russia, including among the civilian population.

21:50 Radio Svoboda:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine: Russia must relinquish its veto power in the Security Council if it does not want to comply with a UN court ruling.

“The court order is binding and, in accordance with international law, creates legal obligations for the Russian Federation. The allegations of the Russian side about the lack of jurisdiction in the court to consider the claim of Ukraine, and accordingly to execute it, are insignificant. During the hearings, the court rejected Russia’s objections and confirmed its authority to issue its order,” said in a statement.

20:31 Mariupol City Council:

The Italian Minister of Culture offered to help rebuild the Drama Theater, which was bombed by the Russians.

19:30 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine: 

Operational situation on the diplomatic front as for March 17, 7pm

Ukrainian diplomacy dealt another devastating blow to the enemy on the diplomatic front.  Today, Ukraine has succeeded in removing Russia from work in the Danube Commission.

Dmytro Kuleba: “We continue systematic work on the deputinization of all international organizations, commissions and other international platforms.”

● Sanctions

• Canada imposes new sanctions on Alexander Lukashenko’s regime over Belarus’ involvement in Russia’s war against Ukraine. The sanctions list includes 22 senior Belarusian Defense Ministry officials who supported the aggression, including allowing their country to become a platform for Russian invasion.

● Aids

• The Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France Jean-Yves Le Drian announced that France has provided financial assistance to Ukraine with 300 million euros.

● Isolation of Russia and Belarus

• The European Space Agency (ESA) has refused to work with Roscosmos to develop the ExoMars mission.
• The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has decided to terminate all relations with Belarus due to its active participation in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.
• Austria’s largest car producer Steyr Automotive has suspended production cooperation with Russian carmaker GAZ due to EU sanctions against Russia.
• Signet Jewelers, the world’s largest retailer of diamond jewelry, has stopped working with Russian companies.
• The American corporation, developer, publisher and distributor of video games Electronic Arts (EA) has banned Russians and Belarusians from participating in their e-sports programs Apex Legends and FIFA 22.
• On March 31, the American index provider S&P Dow Jones will exclude bonds of Russian and Belarusian issuers from the indices calculated by the company.

● Humanitarian aids

• More than 700,000 euros were raised to help the Ukrainian people during a “Glory to Ukraine” charity concert organized by Estonian musicians and volunteers in Tallinn.
• Ukrposhta received 30 tons of medical supplies and equipment from the United States worth a total of $ 2 million.
• Hungary will send one truck with first aid equipment for the Ukrainian military.

19:18 Kyiv School of Economics:

As of March 17, the amount of damage caused by Russian troops to Ukraine as a result of a large-scale invasion is 1.8 trillion hryvnias ($ 62.6 billion).

19:11 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:

Operational information on 18.00, 17.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion.

The twenty-second day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues.

The occupying forces lost their offensive potential and were stopped in all directions. The enemy has significant problems with logistics, continues to suffer losses. In some areas it blocks units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Due to the fact that the enemy used almost the entire set of cruise missiles based on the sea “Caliber” and operational and tactical missile systems “Iskander” during the first twenty days of the operation, the enemy continues to launch missile and bomb strikes on infrastructure and housing neighborhoods of large cities using indiscriminate weapons.

In violation of international humanitarian law, the russian occupiers continue to take hostages and kill civilians, shoot civilians, obstruct the movement of humanitarian convoys to evacuate the population through defined and mutually agreed “green corridors”, use civilian infrastructure for weapons and armaments. looting.

The enemy continues to keep the Ukrainian city of Mariupol under siege and has moved to the total destruction of civilian infrastructure, housing and livelihoods, creating the preconditions for a deepening humanitarian crisis in the city.

In order to intimidate the civilian population in the temporarily occupied territories, the invaders abducted and detained representatives of state authorities and local self-government.

In addition to units of the russian armed forces in the Kherson region, police officers from the Krasnodar Territory and the russian-occupied Crimea have been detained. FSB task forces perform punitive functions. The enemy is campaigning to involve the local population in the so-called “police”.

According to the available information, due to the impossibility of high-quality staffing of the occupying forces, the next wave of mobilization to the ranks of the 1st Army Corps will start on March 20 this year in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk region.

Aviation units of the 960th Assault Aviation Regiment of the 4th Army of the russian Armed Forces suffered significant losses. The moral and psychological condition of the flight crew is extremely unsatisfactory. Cases of dismissal reports continue due to unwillingness to take part in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine.

Ukrainian defenders inflicted significant losses on units of the 252nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Western Military District, which are fighting in the areas of Kharkiv and Izyum. Up to 30 percent of personnel, weapons and military equipment were lost. Besides, divisions of forces of defense liquidated the commander of the 3rd motorized infantry division of colonel Igor Nikolaev.

19:02 Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk:

“The Parliament of the Republic of Latvia has now entered the top three, who have decided to close the sky over Ukraine. With this statement, Latvian parliamentarians express their support for Ukraine, its Defenders, and the People of Ukraine in the battle against Russia,” – stressed Stefanchuk and thanked his Latvian colleagues for their support.

18:25 Head of Luhansk Regional Military Administration Serhii Haidai:

Russian occupation forces fired on an evacuation bus from Popasna. There were no casualties. 

18:03 Head of Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleh Syniegubov:

Russian troops captured the mayor of the Velykyi Burluk territorial community Viktor Tereshchenko.

17:38 Mariupol City Council:

The situation in Mariupol is critical. The city has been under blockade for 16 days, more than 350,000 Mariupol residents continue to hide in shelters and basements from continuous shelling by Russian occupation forces. On average, 50 to 100 air bombs are dropped on the city per day. The destruction is enormous, according to preliminary estimates, about 80% of the city’s housing stock is destroyed, of which almost 30% – can not be restored.

16:23 Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba: 

Dmytro Kuleba had a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in Lviv: “Turkey’s solidarity remains unwavering. Grateful for political and humanitarian support, as well as Turkey’s ongoing diplomatic efforts to put an end to Russia’s devastating war against Ukraine.”

15:34 Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine:

In Bucha district and Irpin, the occupiers fired from tanks at an evacuation column of civilians. Two policemen were killed.

The occupier, under the guise of “humanitarian corridors”, redeploys its forces and equipment. All rescue operations in the Kyiv region were conducted under enemy fire.

15:27 Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office:

On March 17, 2022, at about 3:30 am, Russian servicemen fired artillery at the town of Merefa in the Kharkiv region, as a result of which a secondary school and a city house of culture were destroyed.

21 people died. 25 people were injured, 10 of them are in critical condition. Work to clear the debris continues.

14:00 Ukrinform:

A spokesman for the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, said that Russia was not going to comply with the first decision of the UN International Court of Justice demanding an end to the war in Ukraine. This was reported in the Telegram channel TASS. 

“Russia cannot take into account the demand of the UN International Court of Justice to stop the military operation in Ukraine,” Peskov said. He also clarified that “Putin’s plans do not include a trip to the area of the Russian operation in Ukraine and a meeting with soldiers in hospitals.”

14:00 European Pravda:

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made clear that NATO will not “intervene militarily” in Ukraine during talks with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg. 

The meeting came just after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the German Bundestag. Scholz opened his remarks alongside Stoltenberg by praising Zelenskyy for his “impressive words.” But the German leader reiterated NATO’s refusal to intervene militarily in Ukraine.

“One thing must also be made clear: NATO will not intervene militarily in this war,” Scholz stressed. 

“I commend Germany for providing Ukraine with many types of support,” Stoltenberg said, highlighting how Germany has given Ukraine military, humanitarian and political support, as well as welcomed a share of Ukrainian refugees.

13:43 Police of Chernihiv region:

The occupiers once again carried out heavy artillery attacks on unarmed civilians. There are dead and wounded people. Among the dead – a US citizen.

13:38 State Emergency Service of Ukraine:

In Chernihiv, rescuers retrieved the bodies of 5 people under the rubble of the dormitory caused by a Russian airstrike. These were the parents and 3 of their children: twins (a boy and a girl) of 3 years and a girl of 12 years.

12:44 Ukrinform:

Turkey does not recognize the annexation of the Crimean peninsula by Russia, supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. This is stated in a statement by the Turkish Foreign Ministry on the occasion of the anniversary of Russia’s illegal referendum in Crimea.

12:23 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Оperational information on 12.00, 17.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion.

The twenty-second day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues.

Russian terrorist forces continue strategic offensive operation against Ukraine.

The enemy does not stop trying to reach the administrative borders of Luhansk and Donetsk regions. It is not successful.

In order to restrain the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy is trying to blockade settlements north of the capital.

At the same time, the enemy does not refuse to launch missile and bomb strikes on civilian infrastructure in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Dnipropetrovsk and other oblasts where there is no active hostilities.

Intensive use of the territory and infrastructure of the Republic of Belarus by a group of troops of the russian federation to strike at the territory of Ukraine and provide logistical support to a group of occupation troops operating in the Polissya direction is recorded in the Volyn direction.

The possibility of participation of certain units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus in hostilities on the side of the russian federation remains.

In the Polissya direction, the enemy made attempts to capture the previously occupied frontiers, which were lost as a result of successful actions of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He has no success in this direction, he suffers losses. It is trying to regroup troops and establish logistics.

The enemy did not conduct active offensive operations in the Seversky direction, and is continuing preparations for the resumption of the offensive in order to further blockade the city of Kyiv from the northeastern direction. Carries out chaotic shelling of positions of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, tries to conduct reconnaissance.

In the Slobozhansky direction, the occupiers tried to carry out offensive operations from the area of ​​the city of Izyum, but were unsuccessful. Attempts are being made to gain a foothold in the occupied frontiers and to improve the logistics system.

russian invaders strengthen the group at the expense of additional units of the 1st Tank Army and the coastal units of the Baltic Fleet.

The enemy carried out offensive operations in the Donetsk and Tavriya directions. It had partial success in the Rubizhne area (fixed on the western and north-western outskirts of the city, moving to the southern part of the city).

He carried out unsuccessful assault operations in the Popasna and Volnovakha areas in the areas of Verkhnotoretsk and Mariinka. He suffered losses. Carries out regrouping of troops, carries out replenishment of stocks.

The storming of the city continues in the Mariupol direction.

The occupiers did not carry out active offensive operations in the Zaporizhia direction.

In the South Bug direction, the enemy conducted reconnaissance and carried out engineering equipment for the positions held.

He tried to carry out offensive operations in the Kryvyi Rih direction, took control of settlement Mala Shisternyia, but had no general success, is fixed in the positions held.

In the Tavriya direction, the enemy continued to increase the system of logistics of the group of troops. A collection point for damaged equipment has been deployed at Dzhankoi airfield.

The enemy is trying to spread disinformation through all available channels of communication, both to the population of the temporarily occupied territories and to its own population in order to form a myth about the “invincibility” of the armed forces of the russian federation.

The Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine appeals to the media community to limit as much as possible the coverage of personal data, photographs containing the faces of officers (unit commanders), geolocation, visual, address reference to the places where they perform tasks.

Eliminate photo and video recording, the spread of accurate territorial coverage of bomb shelters (shelters for civilians) in the media, in order to make it more difficult for the enemy to obtain current information from open sources for rocket and bomb attacks on civilian infrastructure.

12:08 Commissioner for Human Rights in Ukraine Lyudmyla Denisova:

In Mariupol, the release of civilians from the rubble of the drama theater has begun.

 The building withstood the impact of a high-powered air bomb and protected the lives of people hiding in the bomb shelter. Work is underway to unlock the basement.

 Alive adults and children come from there.

 There is currently no information about the dead or wounded under the rubble of the theater.

 The air strike on this building, which is marked on all sides with the words “children”, is an act of genocide and a terrible crime against humanity, as defined by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

 Punishment for the racist troops and the leadership of the terrorist state will be inevitable and cruel.

12:03 Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine:Syrian mercenaries see participation in war on Russia’s side as a chance for further desertion and illegal migration to EU countries.

11:58 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine:

The operational situation on the diplomatic front as of 10:00, March 17

For twenty-one days, Ukraine has been fiercely resisting Russia’s armed aggression on all fronts, including diplomatic.

Ukrainian diplomacy continues to provide sustained support from the world. Significant progress has been made in recent days in providing military and financial assistance. At the same time, Russia continues to fall into the abyss and plunge into complete isolation from the world.

• Helping

After the speech of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy before the US Congress, President Joe Biden announced the allocation of an additional $ 800 million in security assistance to Ukraine

• World’s support 

🔺 The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy addressed the deputies of the German Bundestag and called on them not to delay Ukraine’s accession to the European Union

🔺 The Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania passed a solid vote resolution calling on the UN to take immediate measures to secure a no-fly zone over Ukraine to stop the mass deaths of civilians

☑️ Isolation of the Russian Federation

🔺 Canada has banned broadcasting in the country of the Russian propagandist channel RT (Russia Today)

🔺 The American company Qualcomm, which develops wireless communications, has stopped selling its products to Russian companies

🔺 The United States has set up a multilateral task force with other countries to persecute Russian oligarchs and officials. The group collects and exchanges information to take a specific action, including sanctions, asset freezes, and criminal indictment

🔺 According to the analytical company Sensor Tower, 6982 applications have been removed from the Russian App Store since the beginning of the war in Ukraine

🔺Illy coffee stops supply to Russia

🔺 Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, as well as the University of Łódź  and the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn have stopped cooperating with universities in Russia and Belarus

🔺 Canada bans Belarusian planes from entering the country’s airspace

🔺 Serbian airline Air Serbia has refused to operate flights between Belgrade and Moscow

☑️ Humanitarian aid

🔺 Belgian monarchs King Philippe and Queen Mathilde will provide shelter to Ukrainians who have been forced to escape from their homes due to the Russian war

🔺 The Japanese government has allowed Ukrainians escaping from Russian aggression to enter, even if they have no relatives or acquaintances who could act as guarantors

🔺EU countries reserve more than 10,000 hospital beds for Ukrainians. In particular, medical care is provided for preterm babies and their mothers, for children, for cancer patients, patients with severe burns, and patients in intensive care units

11:47 Hanna Zamazeyeva, head of Mykolayiv regional council

On March 16, 21 civilians including one child were injured in Mykolayiv region. They were taken to hospital. As of morning, 202 people injured in Russia’s attacks get hospital treatment in the region. 

11:44 Ukraine’s Environmental Protection Agency

On February 24, Russia seized all hydraulic facilities of the North Crimean Canal that control water supply from the Kakhovske reservoir to the Crimean peninsula. On February 27, they ruined a temporary dam, road bridge and the Canal’s lock. Russia takes water from the Kakhovske reservoir as the hydraulic facility of the North Crimean Canal partially lost hermeticity. Its capacity is 50m³/s or 4,320,000m³/d. Ukraine’s daily losses are estimated as more than UAH 32.6 million (approx. USD 1.1 million). Ukraine has already lost UAH 620 million (approx. USD 20.9 million) since the invasion.     

11:44 Serhiy Hayday, head of Luhansk regional military administration

Deputy head of the Shchastya military civil administration Volodymyr Tyurin went missing on March 4. He was alleged abducted by the Russian troops. His whereabouts are unknown. There is no connection with him.  

11:30 Oleh Syniehubov, head of Kharkiv regional administration

The Russian forces launched 49 attacks on Kharkiv region.

11:24 Lithuania’s Parliament, European Pravda

Lithuania’s Seimas unanimously adopted a resolution calling on the UN to immediately secure a no-fly zone over Ukraine to stop mass deaths of civilians. The resolution proposed by the vice speaker passed unanimously.  

11:14 Serhiy Hayday, head of Luhansk regional military administration

Russia continues to shell the Christ Nativity Cathedral in Sievierodonetsk. Today, a missile hit the church that serves as a bomb shelter.  

11:09 Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal“Talked to Nestlé CEO Mark Schneider about the company’s unethical operations in Russia. Unfortunately, to no avail. By giving jobs and paying taxes to the government of a terrorist state the company finances killings of children and women. I hope Nestlé will change its mind,” Shmyhal twitted.   

11:05 Europeiska Pravda quoting the Balkan Observer

Bosnia and Herzegovina has the right to decide on NATO membership, and Russia reserves the right to react to that, Russian Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Igor Kalabukhov said on Bosnian television. “It’s on Bosnia and Herzegovina to decide on (NATO) membership. Another thing is our reaction. Example of Ukraine demonstrates our expectations. If there’s a threat, we’ll react to it,” the Russian Ambassador said.  

11:02 National Police in Kharkiv regionAt night, the Russian troops launched a missile attack on Merefa, in Kharkiv region. A school, community house and academic center were hit. In Zolochivska hromada, a woman was killed as a missile hit a residential area. She covered her daughter with her body and saved her. 

10:30 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 17.03 were approximately:

• personnel – about 14000
• tanks ‒ 444 
• APV  ‒ 1435
• artillery systems – 201
• MLRS – 72
• Anti-aircraft warfare systems – 43
• aircraft – 86
• helicopters – 108
• vehicles – 864
• boats / cutters – 3
• fuel tanks – 6
• UAV operational-tactical level – 11
• special equipment – 10

Data are being updated. The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities. 

7:15 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: 

Operational information on 06.00, 17.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion

The twenty-second day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion began.

The state, position and nature of the actions of the defense forces have not changed significantly during the last day. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continued to inflict devastating kicks on groups of enemy troops trying to consolidate and hold the defense of the captured frontiers.

During the past 24hrs, Ukrainian defenders destroyed the command post and support units of the 35th All-Military Army of the Eastern Military District of the Armed Forces of the russian federation, and the enemy’s losses are being clarified.

In addition, for the previous day, thanks to the skill of Anti-aircraft missile forces of the Air Force and Air defense of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed ten enemy air targets: two Su-34 fighter-bomber, three Su-34SM fighters, three helicopters and UAVs. Information on the type of another downed plane and the deaths of pilots is being clarified. Units of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to work actively to deprive the occupiers of aircraft of the ability to dominate the air.

The enemy, unsuccessful in conducting a ground operation, continues to launch missile and bomb strikes on the infrastructure and densely populated areas of Ukrainian cities.

The Russian occupiers continue to act insidiously in the information space – carrying out cyber attacks, physically destroying broadcast relay station of television and radio signals, continuing a mass information campaign to discredit the top military and political leadership of Ukraine and the Defense Forces.

At the same time, the enemy continues to actively spread misinformation about the course of the so-called “special operation” among its own population.

The occupying forces continue to suffer losses. They have big problems with the staffing of combat units and support units. The enemy’s personnel were demoralized, which led to an increase in the number of desertions and the refusal of servicemen of the armed forces of the russian federation to take part in the war on the territory of Ukraine.

6:38 State Emergency Service of Ukraine:

In Kyiv, a high-rise building was destroyed and set on fire as a result of the fall of a downed missile. According to preliminary information, 30 people were evacuated, of which 3 were injured. 1 person died.

6:25 VP of Global Public Policy of Twitter Sinéad McSweeney:

Since the war in Ukraine began, Twitter has removed more than 75,000 accounts for violations of platform manipulation and spam policy. In line with synthetic and manipulated media policy, more than 50,000 pieces of content with deceptive, misleading, or inaccurate context, including old videos of conflicts, shared as if they’re taking place in Ukraine, were labeled or removed.

00:58 Spokeswoman of the President’s Office Daria Zarivna:

Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov was exchanged for nine Russian conscripts.

00:50 Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine:

The Center reported the threat of sabotage groups entering Ukraine under the guise of journalists’ IDs. They come to us from Europe with the certificates of journalists of Ruptly video agencies, which is a subsidiary of Russia Today. The Russian video news agency has an office in Berlin. It can also be called “Redfish Channel” or “Maffick Agency”.

00:00 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: 

Operational information on 24.00, 16.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion 

The twenty-first day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues.

The enemy continues the offensive operation against our State. As of March 16, the enemy had not fully achieved any of the strategic goals of the offensive.

In the Volyn direction, the russian occupation forces, with the full support of the military and political leadership of the Republic of Belarus, continue to actively use its territory to deploy missile systems, launch missile strikes on Ukraine and organize all types of troops. Also, the armed forces of the Russian Federation are actively using the airfield network and transport infrastructure of the Republic of Belarus.

The State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus constantly monitors the situation in the areas bordering Ukraine. In order to obtain intelligence information, Belarusian intelligence agencies are interviewing citizens crossing the Ukrainian-Belarusian border.

In the Polissya direction, the enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting reconnaissance and trying to organize a counter-battery fight. Has no significant success. During the fighting, units of the 36th All-Military Army of the Eastern Military District suffered significant losses in personnel and equipment and were forced to mobilize reserves prematurely.

There are no active offensive actions by the enemy in the Siversky and Slobozhansky directions. The occupiers are trying to gain a foothold on the previously captured borders, regroup troops and replenish supplies.

The enemy did not stop trying to advance south of the city of Izyum, probably in order to continue the offensive in the direction of Slovyansk. It is not successful.

In the South Buh area, the enemy continues to try to gain a foothold. After the attack on the Kherson airfield by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which is temporarily under enemy control, the occupiers are trying to relocate the surviving equipment.

The naval group of the Black Sea Fleet of the russian federation continues to block shipping in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.

The situation in the regions at 8 am on March 17

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21:57 Swiss Internet Bank Dukascopy Bank helps Russian citizens circumvent sanctions, “Schemes” investigation (Radio Liberty) found out.

The Swiss Internet bank Dukascopy Bank allows citizens of the Russian Federation to open a multi-currency account, which, inter alia, provides access to plastic or virtual cards of international payment systems Visa / Mastercard. By ordering such a card, the bank promises, you can “pay for goods and services wherever Visa / Mastercard is accepted.”

19:12 Head of Donetsk military administration:  The Russians are deliberately striking at civilians! These scum seek to physically destroy Mariupol and the people of Mariupol, which have long been a symbol of our resistance. 

Today, they launched an air strike on the Drama Theater and the Neptune Pool. According to preliminary data, several hundred Mariupol residents were hiding in the Drama Theater. What is with them now is unknown, as the entrance to the bomb shelter is blocked by debris. The Russians are already lying, as if the headquarters of the Azov Regiment were there. But they themselves are well aware that there were only civilians.

Similarly, only civilians were in “Neptune”. Now there are pregnant women and women with children under the rubble. This is pure terrorism!

It is currently impossible to determine the number of victims of these shellings, let alone the extent of the destruction.

Besides, today the Russian scums fired with BM-21 GRADs at the motorcade going from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia. There are 5 wounded, including one child.

16:17 Ukrenergo National Energy Company: The power systems of Ukraine and Moldova are fully synchronised with the Continental European network. The relevant decision was approved by the association of system operators ENTSO-E on 11 March 2022. Physical operations to interconnect the power systems were performed on 16 March.

 “This is a historic event that today has become something more than just a guarantee for the development of Ukrainian and European energy sectors. This step will give Ukraine the opportunity to receive electricity if the aggressor continues to destroy our power infrastructure, and thus to save our power system. We are sincerely grateful to our European partners for their great support and assistance during these difficult times. We have been preparing for this event for five years and have ensured the technical readiness of the Ukrainian power system for the synchronisation. Our power grid proved its resilience by working steadily in an autonomous mode during Russia’s military aggression. After the war, this synchronisation will open wide opportunities for both Ukraine and Europe to develop the electricity market, switch to renewable energy sources and strengthen Europe’s energy security,” said Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, Chairman of the Management Board at Ukrenergo.

14:47 Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language: The Russian occupiers continue the policy of genocide – linguocide. In Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, which have just been occupied by Russian troops, the enemies continue the policy of de-Ukrainization of educational institutions. Enemies report the resumption of the educational process in schools, but say that subjects such as “Ukrainian language”, “Ukrainian literature” and “history of Ukraine” will not be studied.

In addition, Russian criminals are deliberately continuing to shell Ukrainian television towers in order to stop the broadcasting of our broadcasters, seizing TV centers to further launch Russian television.

13:38 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Operational information on 12.00, 16.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion:

The twenty-first day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues.

Russian occupation forces continue strategic offensive operation against Ukraine. The tasks of defeating the groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reaching the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions and establishing control over the left-bank part of Ukraine have not been fulfilled. Partially reached the goal in the Donetsk direction, stopped in the Mykolayiv direction.

The enemy is trying to move additional reserves of the Eastern Military District.

Due to heavy losses in the south, the command of the aggressor country’s armed forces refused to strengthen the grouping of troops in Polissya with additional reserve units from the 5th Combined Arms Red Banner Army.

The enemy did not carry out offensive operations in the Volyn direction. Air reconnaissance with the use of the Orlan-10 UAV was noted.

The Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus plan to rotate units that cover the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.

The enemy is trying to resume offensive operations in the direction of Vyshgorod. During the day the enemy tried to advance towards Kyiv. He was unsuccessful and moved on to defense.

The enemy was stopped in the northern direction.

The occupiers are trying to gain a foothold on the achieved frontiers, are regrouping troops and trying to restore the combat effectiveness of their units.

The enemy does not abandon attempts to capture the city of Chernihiv, however, does not conduct active offensive operations. He regroups troops and tries to organize logistical support, but has no success.

In the direction of Brovary there is a movement of small groups of occupiers’ equipment within the occupied area of ​​the settlements Bohdanivka and Velyka Dymerka.

Air reconnaissance of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is carried out with the use of UAVs “Orlan-10”.

In the Slobozhansky direction, the occupiers are trying to gain a foothold on the occupied frontiers, regrouping troops and replenishing stocks of ammunition and fuel and lubricants.

The enemy continues to blockade the cities of Sumy, Lebedyn and Okhtyrka. The enemy does not carry out active offensive actions. The occupiers continue unsuccessful attempts to block Kharkiv.

In the Donetsk and Tavriya directions, as a result of assaults in the Popasna area, the enemy suffered losses and was forced to withdraw for regrouping.

In the area of ​​Severodonetsk, the occupiers conducted reconnaissance by fighting, had no success, trying to gain a foothold on the eastern and western outskirts of the city of Rubizhne. At the same time, according to available information, on March 15, enemy aircraft fired on the positions of their troops near the village of Smolyaninovo.

In the Volnovakha direction, the occupiers are trying to develop an offensive in the direction of the settlement of Velyka Novosilka.

In the Kryvyi Rih direction, the enemy is trying to resume the offensive in the direction of the settlements of Velyka Kostroma, Mala Kostroma and Kryvyi Rih. As a result of the fire damage inflicted by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy was stopped, suffered losses and retreated to unfavorable borders.

Enemy aircraft continue to launch missile and bomb strikes on military and civilian infrastructure in Kyiv, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Sumy and Donetsk oblasts, actively using the airfield network of the Republic of Belarus and the occupied Crimea.

In the Black Sea operational zone, warships shelled the coast in the areas of the settlements of Lebedivka, Sanzheika, Zatoka and Bilenke.

The Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine draws the attention of military experts, bloggers and active users of social networks to the inexpediency of immediate demonstration of the consequences of hostilities, trophies, and other information that may be used in future defense operations. 

13:23 European Pravda:

Switzerland announced further sanctions against Russia on Wednesday and added more than 200 Russian businesspeople and institutions to the list.

Economy Minister Guy Parmelin approved the imposition of sanctions on more than 200 additional individuals and entities in connection with serious violations of international law by Russia in Ukraine, the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research said in a statement.

“Switzerland’s list of sanctioned individuals and entities now fully mirrors that of the EU,” it said. “A further 197 individuals are now subject to financial sanctions and travel restrictions and 9 additional entities are now subject to financial sanctions.”

Switzerland announced it condemned Ukraine “in the strongest way” after Russia attacked Ukraine.

13:17 Ukrinform:

The United Jewish Community of Ukraine states that there are no Nazis in power in Ukraine. “We look at this issue from our professional point of view on the number of cases of anti-Semitism and in general on the situation with this phenomenon in Ukraine,” the community said.

13:14 Ukrainska pravda:

On Thursday, March 17, Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the German Bundestag. This was announced by Deputy Head of the President’s Office Andriy Sybiga during an information telethon.

13:08 Office of the President of Ukraine:

Zelenskyy: “We are stepping up work to bring the invaders to justice. There must be an international tribunal. And it will be. For everything they did against Ukraine. Against our people. For every act of terrorism of Russian troops on the territory of our state.”

The investigative group of the International Criminal Court has started working in Ukraine, which together with Ukrainian law enforcement officers is already collecting all the evidence of war crimes of the invaders on the territory of Ukraine. The President had a conversation with the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague Karim Khan, who has already arrived in Ukraine.

12:59 State Emergency Service of Ukraine: 

At 10:42 in the Vyshhorod district as a result of shelling there was a fire in the production and warehouse building of bread products. At 12:42 the fire was localized. According to preliminary information, there are no victims.

12:55 Bucha City Council:

Civilians, abducted by Russians on March 16, were released. They all had their SIM cards confiscated.

12:52 Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

The occupiers do not pay compensation for those killed mobilized from the so-called “LPR”, “DPR” and burn the bodies of Russians.

The so-called “police” of the Russian occupation army hand over the bodies. Of the documents, the relatives of the victims are issued only a death certificate and a burial permit. There are no documents on where, how and under what circumstances they died. Relatives are explained that no payments for the deaths of those mobilized from the “LPR” and “DPR” are provided, even with a Russian passport. To hide the real number of dead, the occupiers are using the Donetsk Metallurgical Plant to burn the corpses of local “recruits” and volunteers who came from Russia. The exact number of people burned is unknown. Forced recruitment to the 1st Army Corps of the Russian Federation continues in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk region.

12:46 Suspilne

In Chernihiv, in one of the residential districts, Russian troops fired on people standing in a queue for bread. This was reported by the correspondent of Suspilne from the scene. According to her, the shelling took place on March 16 at about 10 am. The shelling killed at least 10 civilians.

12:37 Maksym Marchenko / Odesa Regional State Administration:

French philosopher and writer Bernard-Henri Lévy, who visited Odessa on March 16, joined the initiative to close the sky over Ukraine.

12:30 Ukraine 24:

Russian hackers broke the news feed on Ukraine 24 TV channel and launched a fake “statement” of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s surrender. He immediately recorded a video message and offered the Russians to lay down their arms. 

12:28 Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

The issues of support for Ukraine were raised during the meeting of Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal with President of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala, Prime Minister of Slovenia Janez Janša, and Deputy Prime Minister of Poland Jarosław Kaczyński.

“We urge the whole world to help Ukraine replenish the funds for the restoration of our state. We are grateful for the help and support that dozens of countries and millions of people around the world are already providing to Ukraine, “said Denys Shmyhal.

12:26 Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine:

The head of National police Ihor Klymenko reported: Explosives technicians of the National Police of Ukraine neutralized more than 350 unexploded ammunition dropped by the Russian occupiers.

12:25 State Emergency Service of Ukraine: 

Since the beginning of the war, 189 people were rescued by Kharkiv rescuers in the destroyed buildings.

12:12 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine:

Commentary on the 8th anniversary of the illegal “referendum” in Crimea: On March 16, 2014, the Russian Federation, seizing power by force in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, held a so-called “referendum on the status of Crimea.”

12:02 Suspilne:

The Russian military began shelling Mariupol from the Sea of Azov. Adviser to the Minister of the Armed Forces Vadym Denysenko announced this on air of Suspilne.

12:00 State Emergency Service of Ukraine: 

The Russian invaders once again wanted to capture Rubizhne, Severodonetsk and Lysychansk in the Luhansk region. The enemy continues to cynically fire on civilians. Dozens of houses were on fire in Severodonetsk, Rubizhne and Lysychansk during the night. Many civilians were killed and injured. The shelling does not subside. Since there is no ceasefire, there will be no humanitarian corridor today. Russian troops fire on convoys of buses and gathering places where evacuations were planned.

11:59 Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov: 

«Discussed joint issues with Minister of Defense of Japan Nobuo Kishi in the context of Russian aggressive policy & de-occupation of the territories occupied by Russia: Donbas, Crimea, and Northern Territories, etc. I also thanked our partners for their support of Ukraine with the humanitarian aid.»

11:46 The Wall Steet Journal:

Hours after Russia invaded Ukraine, control of an investment vehicle long linked in public filings to oligarch Roman Abramovich and used to hold stakes in renewable energy and tech startups in the U.S., U.K., and Israel was moved to one of his business associates, according to securities filings.

11:44 Ministry of Health of Ukraine:

The occupiers damaged 117 hospitals during hostilities against Ukraine, 7 of which cannot be rebuilt. 43 ambulances were fired upon.

11:34 State Border Guard Service of Ukraine:Over 16 thousand people came to Ukraine on March 15. Almost 13 thousand of them are Ukrainians, the prevailing majority of which are men who are ready to defend the country. In general, approximately 273 thousand Ukrainians returned since the beginning of open-armed aggression towards Ukraine.

11:21 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine: The operational situation on the diplomatic front as of 10:00, March 16

For the 21st day in a row, Ukraine has been fiercely resisting Russia’s armed aggression on all fronts.

Ukrainian diplomacy has won another battle — the EU has approved another package of sanctions.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba: “It was a difficult positional battle for our diplomacy. But Ukraine won it. Another destructive shock of the economy and self-esteem of Russia. I am grateful to all EU Member States for this decision.”

First of all, sanctions will hit the energy sector of the Russian Federation, which fuels the occupation. The Russian state-owned company Rosneft-Aero, as well as several military-industrial enterprises, were restricted.

● Deputinization of the world

• The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe unanimously decided to exclude Russia. The 216 delegates voted for it. The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe must now vote finally.

● Financial Aid

US President Joe Biden has signed a law on public funding that provides Ukraine with “historic” funding of $ 13.6 billion

• Isolation of the Russian Federation

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has changed the venue of the 2022 World Chess Olympics — instead of Russia, the competition will take its place in India

Slack’s corporate messenger began deleting Russian users’ chats without warning. For example, this happened to the team of Sberbank

Xerox has suspended supplies to Russia because of the war against Ukraine

The American pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly is stopping the export of medicines to Russia but will ensure that patients with cancer and diabetes receive their medicaments

• Humanitarian aid

The United States is providing more than $ 186 million in additional humanitarian aid to support Ukrainians who have to desolate their homes because of the war in Russia

Another lot of Starlink has arrived in Ukraine

The staff of the Klaipeda State Seaport Administration in Lithuania handed over first aid kits and thermal clothing to support Ukrainian ports

The Estonian Rescue Board sent humanitarian aid of 30,000 euros to the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Lviv Oblast: 2 ZIL fire trucks.

11:03 Office of the President of Ukraine:

As of March 16, the Ukrainian side has not received a response on the approval of humanitarian corridors, and so far there are no guarantees for the safe evacuation of residents of settlements affected by the Russian invasion. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister – Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk.

11:01 Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine:

Juvenile prosecutors: 103 children died due to the armed aggression of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.

At least 5 children die in shelling in Ukraine every day. As of the morning of March 16, 2022, 103 children died and more than 100 were injured in the armed aggression of the Russian Federation. Children in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Zhytomyr oblasts suffered the most.

Bombing and shelling damaged more than 400 educational institutions, 59 of which were completely destroyed. The largest number of destructions was in the following regions: Donetsk – 119, Kharkiv – 50, Mykolaiv – 30, Sumy – 28, Kyiv – 35, Kherson – 21. In the city of Kyiv, 24 institutions were damaged.

Eleven medical institutions and 3 rehabilitation centers were shelled, including for children with disabilities.

These data are not conclusive due to the inability to inspect the sites where active hostilities are taking place and in the temporarily occupied territories.

10:44 State Service of Special Communication of Ukraine:

The occupiers fired on the TV tower of the Broadcasting, Radiocommunications & Television Concern in Vinnytsia. Broadcasting in the city is temporarily out of order.

9:57 Chairman of the Public Council at the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management Oleksandr Syrota:

Russian military plunders the Chernobyl zone, takes away overalls and computer equipment.

9:33 Bucha City Council:

Russian invaders abducted six people who were in the building of the Bucha City Council and provided assistance to residents. Among the captured are City Council employees and volunteers.

9:10 Ukrzaliznytsia and head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration Oleksandr Starukh:

As a result of enemy shelling, the infrastructure of Zaporizhzhya-2 station was damaged. Staff and passengers were not injured. In particular, tracks, catenary, windows in buildings and suburban trains that stood at the station without passengers were damaged.

The second missile landed in the area of the botanical garden.

09:00 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 16.03 were approximately:

personnel – about 13800, 

tanks ‒ 430, 

APV  ‒ 1375, 

artillery systems – 190, 

MLRS – 70, 

anti-aircraft warfare systems – 43,

aircraft – 84, 

helicopters – 108, 

vehicles – 819,

boats / cutters – 3,

fuel tanks – 60, 

UAV operational-tactical level – 11,

special equipment – 10.

Data are being updated. The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities. 

08:22 European Western Balkans:

For the first time since 2014, Serbia has joined the EU’s restrictive measures against Russia over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

It is noted that Serbia has complied with the decision of the Council of the European Union to continue restrictive measures against Yanukovych and the former leadership of Ukraine in 2010-2014.

The relevant Declaration of the High Representative of the European Union was registered on the website of the Council of the EU on March 12, 2022.

08:00 State Emergency Service of Ukraine: 

In Kyiv, as a result of enemy shelling, there was a partial collapse in a 12-storey residential building.

07:35 Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine:

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the law №5101 banning the production and distribution of information products aimed at promoting the actions of the Russian Federation.

The law prohibits the press, television and radio from justifying, recognizing legitimate, denying the Russian Federation’s armed aggression against Ukraine in 2014, in particular by presenting Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine as “internal conflict”, “civil conflict”, “civil war”, denial of temporary occupation parts of the territory of Ukraine.

It is prohibited to glorify persons who carried out Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine in 2014, representatives of both armed groups of the Russian Federation and armed gangs and groups of mercenaries, in particular by defining them as “insurgents”, “militias”, “polite military people”.

The law also provides for the possibility of terminating the activities of parties, religious and public organizations in Ukraine aimed at eliminating Ukraine’s independence, changing the constitutional order, violating its sovereignty or territorial integrity, promoting war or justifying Russia’s actions as an aggressor.

06:45 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Operational information on 06.00, 16.03.2022 

The twenty-first era of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion began.

The state, position and nature of the actions of the defense forces have not changed significantly during the last day. The Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to inflict devastating blows on groups of occupying troops in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and, in some areas, to counterattack.

According to the results of the previous day, due to the actions of the air defense of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three planes (two of them – Su-34) were destroyed. In addition, one helicopter, three operational-tactical UAVs and two cruise missiles were shot down. Additional information is currently being clarified.

Air Force aircraft continued to launch missile and bomb strikes on ground targets. Nine air strikes were carried out on columns of equipment and clusters of occupying troops.

The occupying forces continue to launch missile and bomb strikes on the infrastructure and densely populated areas of Ukrainian cities.

The enemy continues to bear losses on retreats in certain areas. The main efforts of the occupiers are focused on consolidating and maintaining previously occupied borders and defense areas.

05:24 Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Denys Monastyrskyi:

It will take several years to demine Ukrainian territory after the war with Russia. 

“Therefore, colleagues are already preparing such assistance – a large-scale landing of rescuers from all countries, the European Union in particular, and the United States and Britain to help during this period,” – stressed Monastyrskyi.

01:57 Reuters, AP:

U.S. Senate unanimously condemns Putin as war criminal.

“All of us in this chamber joined together, with Democrats and Republicans, to say that Vladimir Putin cannot escape accountability for the atrocities committed against the Ukrainian people,” Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a speech on the Senate floor ahead of the vote.

01:40 Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal (press statement with the Prime Ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia):

Ukraine’s losses due to Russia’s invasion amount to $ 565 billion. These are the funds that will be needed to restore Ukraine – both at the expense of reparations by Russia and at the expense of Ukrainian partners.

01:30 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:Russia has already lost almost 40% of its troops in the war against Ukraine.

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UNICEF. Ukraine war creating a child refugee almost every second.

“Every day, over the past 20 days, in Ukraine more than 70,000 children have become refugees. That’s every minute, 55 children fleeing the country,” said James Elder, spokesperson for the UN Children’s Fund.

22:28 The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe officially recognized Transnistria as a zone of Russian occupation.

22:19 Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe voted to withdraw from the Council of Europe. The number of votes in favor

 of the exclusion of Russia is 216 out of 219. The Committee of Ministers is authorized to make a final decision.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba says it should have been done in 2014.

21:41 Adviser to the head of the President’s Office Mykhailo Podoliak

Negotiations with the Russian delegation ended on March 15 and will continue tomorrow.

“We will continue tomorrow. It is a very difficult and vicious negotiation process. The parties face fundamental contradictions. But there is room for compromise. During the break, work in subgroups is under way”, —Podoliak wrote on his Twitter.

21:17 Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrskii

In Ukraine, the aggressor completely or partially destroyed 3,500 infrastructure facilities, including 230 transport infrastructure facilities, 165 livelihood facilities, such as power substations and gas pipelines, more than 2700 destroyed houses, 10 social institutions, more than 400 buildings of the State Emergency Service, the National Police.

20:40 Energoatom

More than a million Ukrainians are deprived of electricity and gas due to the hostiles of russian occupiers.

During the day, Ukrainian power engineers restored power supply to about 43.5 thousand consumers.

Due to the occupiers, 1,679 thousand settlements or more than 928 thousand consumers remain without electricity.

About 259 thousand consumers remain without a gas supply.

20:18 Head of Luhansk Regional Military Administration Serhiy Haidai

Russian troops fired on an evacuation bus carrying people from Rubizhne, Luhansk region.

Today the bus of the Vostok-SOS Charitable Foundation came under fire. Volunteers helped us take people out of Rubizhne. Two hundred border guards remained in the city, which is constantly under fire. From Severodonetsk, the bus successfully reached Novozolotarivka. Tomorrow’s evacuation is in doubt.

19:33 EU Council

Today, the EU Council decided to impose sanctions on 15 more individuals and 9 legal entities connected with Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine.

The list includes oligarchs Roman Abramovich and Herman Khan and other leading businessmen working in main sectors of the economy such as ferrous metallurgy, energy, banking, media, military and dual-use goods and services.

The list also includes lobbyists and propagandists, such as the CEO of Channel One, Konstantin Ernst, who are promoting the Kremlin’s narrative of the situation in Ukraine.

UNICEF

Ukraine war creating a child refugee almost every second.

“Every day, over the past 20 days, in Ukraine more than 70,000 children have become refugees. That’s every minute, 55 children fleeing the country,” said James Elder, spokesperson for the UN Children’s Fund.

22:28 The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe officially recognized Transnistria as a zone of Russian occupation.

22:19 Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe voted to withdraw from the Council of Europe. The number of votes in favor

 of the exclusion of Russia is 216 out of 219. The Committee of Ministers is authorized to make a final decision.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba says it should have been done in 2014.

21:41 Adviser to the head of the President’s Office Mykhailo Podoliak

Negotiations with the Russian delegation ended on March 15 and will continue tomorrow.

“We will continue tomorrow. It is a very difficult and vicious negotiation process. The parties face fundamental contradictions. But there is room for compromise. During the break, work in subgroups is under way”, —Podoliak wrote on his Twitter.

21:17 Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrskii

In Ukraine, the aggressor completely or partially destroyed 3,500 infrastructure facilities, including 230 transport infrastructure facilities, 165 livelihood facilities, such as power substations and gas pipelines, more than 2700 destroyed houses, 10 social institutions, more than 400 buildings of the State Emergency Service, the National Police.

20:40 Energoatom

More than a million Ukrainians are deprived of electricity and gas due to the hostiles of russian occupiers.

During the day, Ukrainian power engineers restored power supply to about 43.5 thousand consumers.

Due to the occupiers, 1,679 thousand settlements or more than 928 thousand consumers remain without electricity.

About 259 thousand consumers remain without a gas supply.

20:18 Head of Luhansk Regional Military Administration Serhiy Haidai

Russian troops fired on an evacuation bus carrying people from Rubizhne, Luhansk region.

Today the bus of the Vostok-SOS Charitable Foundation came under fire. Volunteers helped us take people out of Rubizhne. Two hundred border guards remained in the city, which is constantly under fire. From Severodonetsk, the bus successfully reached Novozolotarivka. Tomorrow’s evacuation is in doubt.

19:33 EU Council

Today, the EU Council decided to impose sanctions on 15 more individuals and 9 legal entities connected with Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine.

The list includes oligarchs Roman Abramovich and Herman Khan and other leading businessmen working in main sectors of the economy such as ferrous metallurgy, energy, banking, media, military and dual-use goods and services.

The list also includes lobbyists and propagandists, such as the CEO of Channel One, Konstantin Ernst, who are promoting the Kremlin’s narrative of the situation in Ukraine.

19:31 independent military experts Naval News, head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration Maxim Marchenko

According to satellite images, military experts noticed the approach of three groups of warships of the Russian fleet in the direction of Odesa. On the evening of March 15, Ukrainian authorities confirmed the shelling and 2 casualties.

At about 2 p.m., the Russian occupiers fired at the naval artillery in another settlement. According to Marchenko, the Russians fired about 90 shells.

19:26 The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba

The fourth package of EU sanctions ✅

The ban sends:

– operations with several Russian enterprises, including the military-industrial complex: Rosneft-Aero, Rosoboronexport, High-precision complexes, Kurganmashzavod, Russian Helicopters, United Aircraft Corporation, United Shipbuilding Corporation, Uralvagonzavod and Zelenodolsky Plant named after Gorky;

– new investments in the energy sector of the Russian Federation;

– credit rating services and access to services related to credit rating activities;

– cast iron and steel (extended trade restrictions);

– luxury items;

– key oligarchs, businessmen, lobbyists and propagandists who promote Russia’s policy towards Ukraine and lead key companies in the military-industrial complex (personal sanctions);

It was a difficult positional battle for our diplomacy. But Ukraine won it. Another devastating blow to the economy and self-esteem of Russia. I am grateful to all EU Member States for this decision.

But we can’t stop there until we stop Putin. The offensive on the sanctions front will continue until Russia stops bombing our cities and committing war crimes against our people.

19:08 Ukrinform

The Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Lithuania made a joint statement.

“Ministers condemn the barbaric aggression launched by the Russian Federation with the direct participation of the Republic of Belarus against a sovereign, peaceful and independent Ukraine. Lithuania and Ukraine demand that Russia immediately stop the unprecedented and unprovoked aggression on Ukraine’s borders “, the document states.

Ministers call on the international community to find a way to force Russia to: 

• withdraw troops from peaceful nuclear facilities; 
• introduce at least 30 kilometres of demilitarized zones around the NPP;
• provide proper working conditions for staff, allow them to rest.

19:05 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 

Operational information as of 18.00, March 15 regarding the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The twentieth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues.

An offensive operation against Ukraine persists. The enemy failed to achieve the goal promptly and incurred losses in manpower and equipment.

Boldly ignoring the norms of international humanitarian law, the Russian invaders are launching missile and bomb attacks on the critical infrastructure of Ukraine, civilians, residential areas, schools and kindergartens. The facts of holding civilians hostage, robbing the local population and looting are recorded.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are fulfilling their tasks of repelling armed aggression against Ukraine. Deployed parts of the reserve in certain areas were regrouped and counterattacked.

Fighting continues for the liberation of the outskirts of Mariupol. Soldiers of the Azov Regiment defeated one of the units of the 22nd Special Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian federation.

In the Luhansk region, during the day, the defenders of Ukraine destroyed five MLRS BM-21 “Hrad” with ammunition to them, three T-72 tanks, one APC-3 and more than 15 enemy soldiers. Updated information is coming next.

Measures are being taken to cover the state border of Ukraine and the sea coast. Territorial defence performs its duties and tasks concerning stabilization operation in some areas.

The Ukrainian people continue to eradicate the russian invaders’ staff.

19:00 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

The emergency summit of NATO on Ukraine will take place in Brussels on March 24.

“I convened an extraordinary summit on March 24 at NATO Headquarters. We will consider Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, our strong support for Ukraine and further strengthening of NATO deterrence and defence. At this critical time, North America and Europe must continue to stand side by side”, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg tweeted.

18:58 Department of Physics and Astronomy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

On March 13, in Vorzel, Kyiv Region, the Russian military assassinated Vasyl Kladko, an experimental physicist and deputy director of the Lashkarev Institute of Semiconductor Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

18:26 Official statement from the Government of the United Kingdom.

The UK is imposing sanctions on March 15 against 370 people from Russia and Belarus, including Russian oligarchs and their families, Russian politicians and Putin’s propagandists.

The government estimates that the sanctioned oligarchs own assets totalling more than £ 100 billion.

18:03 Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Piotr Tolstoy

Russia is leaving the Council of Europe. The Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov delivered the relevant letter to the Secretary-General of the organization.

The Russian MP blamed NATO countries for Russia being at this stage. They allegedly used the topic of human rights to “pursue their geopolitical interests and attacks on Russia.”

“Due to the unprecedented political and sanctions pressure on our country, Russia does not plan to pay an annual contribution to this organization. I would like to emphasize that Russia is leaving the Council of Europe of its own accord. It is a well-considered and well-considered decision,” Tolstoy added.

Upon leaving the Council of Europe, Russia will denounce the European Convention on Human Rights, said the chairman of the International Committee of the State Duma, Leonid Slutsky.

17:29 Fox News

Fox News reported the death of its TV operator Pierre Zakrzewski. He died in the Kyiv region as a result of shelling by the Russian occupiers.

A Fox News presenter said Zakrzewski worked with TV channel journalist Benjamin Hall, whose injuries were reported on March 14. Their car came under fire in the Kyiv region. The presenter called the 55-year-old Zakrzewski a true legend and professional who covered the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria.

16:49 Russian state agency TASS

❗️ Russia has imposed sanctions on top US officials

The list includes Joe Biden, Anthony Blinken, Jan Psaki, Jake Sullivan, Hillary Clinton and Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin.

Source: Radio Svoboda

16:41 Mariupol City Council

The Russian occupiers took doctors and patients of the Regional Intensive Care Hospital as hostages.

Then there is a quote from one of the hospital staff: “It is impossible to leave the hospital as Russian troops shoot hard. So, we need to sit in the basement. Cars have not been able to drive to the hospital for two days. High-rise buildings are burning around. Russians rushed 400 people from neighbouring houses to our hospital. We can’t leave. “

The other day, the Russian occupiers practically destroyed the medical facility as the floor slabs fell in the main building from the bombing. But staff and patients adapted to work and be treated in the basement.

16:08 President Zelenskyy spokeat a meeting of the Joint Expeditionary Force chaired by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson. 

Ukrane’s President noted that European countries, especially those bordering Russia, are now not sure that the Alliance will not be afraid to react if Russian missiles and planes fly to them. After all, Russian state propagandists are already directly saying that the war against Ukraine is just the beginning, that other European countries will be next. This is not denied in the Kremlin.

“We emphasize that we need new formats of interaction, new determination. And if we cannot enter NATO’s “open door”, then we must work with communities available, communities that will help us. Like yours. And have some guarantees. We would like to have reliable guarantees that will work for us. And also for you,” the President of Ukraine noted.

16:06 Ukraine’s Parliament extended the martial law in Ukraine until April 25, 2022, MP Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze informed.

15:48 Head of  Chernihiv regional prosecutor’s office Serhiy Vasylyna:

In the village of Mokhnatyn, near Chernihiv, the Russian occupiers shot three local teenagers. Two died for 17 years, one – 19, Suspilne reported.

14:00 State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience states that “Russian invasion destroys churches, mosques, synagogues and religious educational institutions in various regions of Ukraine”  – evidence with photos (in English). 

12:33 Security Service of Ukraine detained more than 60 collaborators in various regions of Ukraine and identified 20 sabotage and reconnaissance groups over the past 24 hours (March 14).

The Security Service also documents the crimes of Russian invaders in the temporarily occupied territories. It is recorded that they bring “prosecutors” from the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk region to villages in Luhansk region to create occupation punitive bodies.

12:04 Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine: The occupying state plans mass deforestation of Ukrainian forests. This is stated in a letter from Russian Defense Minister Shoigu “On the possibility of slash on defense lands,” which is addressed personally to Putin.

The document aims to obtain a permit for the total clearance of Ukrainian “forests, trees, shrubs and greenery.” It is planned to cut down “any intensity and any age, regardless of ownership and category of land with the right to use the resulting wood.” At the same time, the letter states that wood not used for the needs of the Russian Armed Forces will be sold, and the proceeds will go to support the occupying army.

Today, without exception, all forests in the temporarily occupied territories are in the highest risk zone. The total slash of greenery is another terrible crime of the occupiers and the creation of an ecocide.

The last time this happened on the territory of Ukraine was during the Nazi occupation when the invaders destroyed and exported material and natural values.

10:40 Head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration Valentyn Reznichenko: At night, the enemy attacked the airport in Dnipro city. Two missile strikes – the runway was destroyed, the terminal was damaged. Large-scale destruction.

10:04 Deputy Mayor of Izium for Humanitarian Affairs Volodymyr Matsokin:

Izium town (Kharkiv region) is under siege for two weeks. Without water, without light, heat, food, medicine, communication.

The situation is no better than Mariupol. The enemy is insidiously shelling the road to Sloviansk, and the road from Kharkiv is controlled by the occupier. 

Izium URGENTLY needs humanitarian corridors on both sides (Kharkiv and Sloviansk) for the delivery of humanitarian goods and green corridors for the evacuation of citizens.

10:00 Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The operational situation on the diplomatic front as of 10:00, March 15

On the 20th day, Ukraine fiercely resists Russia’s armed aggression on all fronts, including diplomatic.

Every day of the war against Ukraine makes Russians poorer. The fourth package of EU sanctions is already approved at the ambassadorial level. The new sanctions will deal another destructive shock to Russia’s economy to oppress the Kremlin’s military machine.

Sanctions

The EU Committee of Permanent Representatives has decided to approve the fourth package of sanctions against Russian individuals and legal personalities. As well as certain sectors of the Russian economy

Japan has announced the freezing of active assets of 17 individuals from Russia. In total, Tokio has already imposed sanctions on 61 Russians for the war against Ukraine

The United States has imposed sanctions on 11 people working in the Russian defense sector. In particular, the restrictions apply to the heads of the Russian Ministry of Defense

Isolation of the Russian Federation

Spain has confiscated a $ 140 million yacht owned by a Russian oligarch

The Korean Air company has suspended passenger and freight traffic to Moscow and Vladivostok

One of the largest US banks, Citigroup, will close its operations in several areas of the Russian market

The European Aviation Safety Agency has suspended the licenses of dozens of Russian airlines, including products, spare parts, appliances, and training centers

Humanitarian aid

The United Nations will provide an additional $ 40 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine

Since the beginning of the war, international partners have provided more than $ 50 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine

The British government has launched a special website “Home for Ukraine” for those who are ready to accept Ukrainians forced to escape from Russian armed aggression. 43.8 thousand people have already expressed their readiness

Russian criminals on the way behind bars

On March 16, the UN International Court of Justice will terminate the case of Ukraine v. Russia on charges of genocide under the Genocide Convention

09:53 Office of the Attorney General of Ukraine: 97 children died due to the armed aggression of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.

At least 5 children die under shelling every day.

Bombing and shelling damaged more than 400 educational institutions, 59 of which were completely destroyed.

09:45 Head of Rivne Military Administration Vitaliy Koval:

The death toll from a missile strike on March 14 on the Rivne TV tower rose to 19 people, and 9 more people were injured.

09:42 Serhiy Haidai, head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration:

In Rubizhne, Luhansk region, Russian invaders destroyed a residential care for the visually impaired children, a hospital and three schools. Four people were killed.

Also, in Luhansk region, there is no regime of silence – so there will be no humanitarian corridor today, Serhiy Haidai reported. 

“The Russian army wants more hostages of war among the civilian population and makes evacuation impossible. The shelling does not subside,’ he said.

09:06 Chairman of the Board of Ukrainian Railways Oleksandr Kamyshyn:

Ukrainian Railways starts nationalization of Russian train cars in Ukraine.

This became possible after the President signed the Law “On the Basic Principles of Compulsory Seizure of Property Rights of the Russian Federation in Ukraine”.

09:00 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 15.03 were approximately:

• personnel -more 13500 
• tanks ‒ 404
• APV  ‒ 1279 
• artillery systems – 150
• MLRS – 64,
• Anti-aircraft warfare systems – 36 
• aircraft – 81 
• helicopters – 95 
• vehicles – 640 
• boats / cutters – 3 
• fuel tanks – 60,
• UAV operational-tactical level – 9.

Data are being updated. The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities.

03:48 Former Commanding General of the U.S. army in Europe Ben Hodges: “Russian forces will culminate within the next ten days if we maintain pressure on them…they have manpower problems and ammo shortages. Accelerate/expand support to UKR to destroy Russian arty, rockets, and cruise missiles. Now is the time to keep our foot on the gas.”, Hodges wrote on Twitter.

01:41 Head of Sumy Military Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyi: The Russians bombed enterprises in Shostka in the Sumy region on March 14. It will be impossible to resume their work

00:15 Command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces: Occupiers’ UAVs already in NATO countries. Radar means of the Air Force recorded the fact of crossing the state border of Ukraine in the direction of Poland of a preliminary Russian UAV complex of “Outpost” type. 

The occupier’s drone first circled over the Yavoriv test site, apparently studying the consequences of the rocket attack in Lviv region, then delved into Poland, returned to Ukrainian airspace and was shot down by our air defense. Remains are sought.

In addition, there is information about the downing of the Orlan-10 UAV in neighboring Romania, which is in service of the Russian armed forces.

00:05  In Kharkiv, a car of Help Army volunteers came under fire near Gorky Park. A volunteer was killed and another wounded as a result of the shelling, Suspilne reported.

🔵14.03.2022

📌Situation in Ukraine’s regions: March 14, 2022

March 14th is Ukrainian Volunteer Fighter Day – Glory to the Heroes!

22:20 The Brussels Times reports about the new Ukraine refugee registration centre opening in Brussels.

From Monday, Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion can now register their presence in Belgium and apply for protection at Palace 8 at the Brussels Exhibition Centre in Heysel.Ukrainian refugees can register to receive “temporary protection” which gives them the right to remain in the country and access the Belgian labour market.

19:34 Pavlo Kovtonyuk, co-founder of the Ukrainian Health Center (UHC)

For today our team has recorded 64 cases of attacks on medical facilities and doctors. These are 44 attacks on hospitals and 20 attacks on medical personnel.

We recorded the most cases in Kharkiv region – 9. 8 each – in Kyiv and the region and Luhansk region. These are all crimes for which those who committed them will be punished.

19:26 US Treasury Department

The United States, as part of new sanctions against Russia over Russia’s war against Ukraine and continued escalation of hostilities, does not rule out the possibility of a full embargo on trade with Russia.In particular, they are discussing a ban on imports of nickel, uranium and titanium from Russia, as well as a ban on “cryptocurrencies of Russian structures.” This was stated by US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo

Source: Censor.net

19:20 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed an order appointing Andriy Anikienko head of the Novgorod-Siversky district state administration of Chernihiv region.

18:32 Reuters

Meta forbade to wish death of Putin and Lukashenko on Facebook and Instagram.

18:31 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 

Operational information on 18:00, 14.03.2022 regarding the #russian_invasion

The nineteenth day of the heroic opposition of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion continues.

Occupying troops continue offensive operation against Ukraine.

The main goal of hostilities on the territory of our State by the enemy has not been achieved. 

Receiving repulse and incurring losses, the occupying forces are increasingly forced to turn to defense and surrender to Ukrainian defenders.

In most areas, when trying to move forward, the enemy faces resistance from the Armed Forces of Ukraine and civil resistance from the local population.

Without much success, the enemy continues to launch missile and bomb strikes by aircraft, destroying military and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine. Uses high-ammunition and indiscriminate munitions in residential areas of large cities, defiantly ignoring the rules of international humanitarian law.

Given the current situation, the invaders have strengthened the protection of the Ukrainian-Belarusian border by units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus.

The occupiers are trying to seize settlements near the city of Izyum.

The Defense Forces continue to conduct a defense operation within the Southern, Eastern and Northern Operational Zones.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces, demonstrating mass examples of heroism, courage and high professionalism, successfully destroy enemy troops.

18:09 Iryna Venedyktovа, prosecutor 

British journalist suffered a fragmentary fracture of both legs on March 14 as a result of hostilities by Russian troops in Ukraine

18:06 Vitaly Koval, the Head of the Rivne Regional Military Administration

As a result of the air strike on the TV tower in the village of Antopil near Rivne, nine people died and as many were injured.

17:54 Victor Zhora, Deputy Head of the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine

The Ukrainian Cyber Army is a self-organized volunteer movement that involves 400,000 activists.

“Russians believe that attacks on their information structure of this magnitude could only be organized by a superpower. Probably because they did not know about the existence of our superpeople!”, Victor Zhora said.

17:43 Ihor Terekhov, the mayor of Kharkiv

Russian occupiers ruined about 600 residential buildings in Kharkiv.

These establishments are no longer subject to restoration, so people have lost their homes. Also, in Kharkiv, 50 schools and several medical institutions were bombed, including maternity hospitals.

17:24 The Director-General of International Atomic Energy Agency

The Ukrainian side told the International Atomic Energy Agency that the staff of the Chornobyl NPP no longer repairs and maintains safety-related equipment, partly due to physical and psychological fatigue after continuous operation for almost three weeks.

“211 technicians and security guards are still not relieved: they started their shift  the day before Russian troops entered the site on February 24. In addition, the regulator expressed concern about the safety of transporting personnel outside the exclusion zone established after the accident. The regulatory body has no direct contact with the staff, but it receives information from the NPP management outside the site,” the IAEA Director-General said in a statement.

17:05 Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

The occupiers are deliberately destroying agricultural machinery in Ukraine. Systematic cases of such actions have been recorded in Brovary district (Kyiv region), Melitopol district (Zaporizhia region), Pryluky, Nizhyn, Novhorod-Siversky districts (Chernihiv region), in several districts of Kherson and Kharkiv regions.

Also, invaders requisitioned agricultural machinery en masse for engineering works and construction of fortifications. They use tractors for the displacement of armored vehicles. The local population in the occupied settlements is forcibly involved in these works.

On the night of March 13 in the settlements of Chupakhivka and Olenynske of Okhtyrka district (Sumy region), a targeted air-bomb attack was carried out on the places of storage of agricultural machinery. As a result of the strike, all equipment, more than 30 units, was destroyed.

Such actions of the enemy indicate the following:

⚠️The enemy is deliberately destroying agricultural machinery. It will jeopardize the sowing campaign in the spring which could lead to a humanitarian crisis in some regions of Ukraine.

⚠️Food security is threatened not only in Ukraine. Our country is one of the main suppliers of many types of crops to the markets of Europe and China.

⚠️Occupiers continue the practice of striking civilian objects. It grossly violates the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law.

16:51 CNN

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will make a virtual address to the US Congress on Wednesday, March 16 at 9:00 local time.

16:03 Energoatom

“There are 11 Rosatom representatives present at Zaporizhzhia NPP. Obviously, the detonation of ammunition on the site of the station is carried out with their direct participation. So it turns out that Rosatom is also involved in this terrorism.”

Earlier, at 3:33 PM,Energoatom reported that the occupiers detonated part of the ammunition on the site of the Zaporizhzhia NPP near the ruins of the training centre and Unit 1 of the NPP. During the explosions, personnel left their jobs.

15:55 Mykhailo Podoliak Adviser to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine

A technical pause has been taken in the negotiations until tomorrow. There is a need for additional work in the working subgroups and clarification of individual definitions. Negotiations are under the way.

15:24 The Representation Office of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea

⚡️ The occupation administration of the Russian Federation in Crimea continues to hide the real number of dead soldiers of the Russian army sent to the war from Crimea.

According to information possessed by the Office and media investigations, the morgues in Crimea are overcrowded with dead Russian soldiers. The Russian occupation administration in Crimea is hiding real numbers and not telling relatives the real situation so as not to panic and continue their hostile propaganda. At present, the occupation administration of the Russian Federation in Crimea does not disclose the total number of the dead called to war against Ukraine from Crimea.

14:45 Mariupol City Council

As of 13:00, more than 160 private cars managed to leave Mariupol on the way to Berdiansk. The people of Mariupol followed the previously established direction of the humanitarian corridor along the established route. There is also confirmation of a ceasefire along the established humanitarian corridor.

14:09 Ukrainska Pravda with reference to the Belarusian journalist and photographer, founder of the MotolkoHelp project Anton Motolko on Twitter 

On the territory of Belarus, columns of military equipment with both Russian and Belarusian numbers continue to move towards Ukraine. In addition, there were noticed traffic police cars from Chechnya.

13:59 Ukrinform

Metropolitan Epiphanius of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine claimed that three chaplains of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine who served in the Ukrainian people and the Ukrainian army have died. They are persecuted in the temporarily occupied territories, persuaded to join the side of invaders and, in case of refusal—kidnapped. 

At the same time, he assured that, despite the danger, priests are zealous in their pastoral duties, serving, helping, and volunteering. 

He noted that the head of the Russian Church, Kirill Gundyaev, openly blessed the Russian army, the commander of the Russian Guard for killing Ukrainians, those who are partly his flock, who before the war belonged to the Russian Orthodox Church.

13:44 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs

During an online briefing of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister urged several large companies that have not yet left Russia, namely Leroy Merlin, Metro, Auchan, Spar, Pirelli and Bridgestone Tires, Accor and Intercontinental, OTIS Worldwide, Honeywell, Mohawk Industries, Arconic, Oriflame, Kimberly-Clark, Koti, Ecco, Salvatore Ferragamo, Philip Morris, Papa John’s and Kellogg, Raiffeisen Bank, OTP Bank, City Group, Société Générale, UniCredit, Intensa Sanpaolo to leave the Russian market as soon as possible and the rest of governments and consumers to boycott these companies until they stop working in Russia.

Besides, he mentioned two milestones where Ukraine has tight negotiations with Germany. These are the disconnection of new Russian banks from the SWIFT payment system, primarily Sberbank of Russia, and the suspension of the supply of Russian energy to Germany.

13:42 The Russian armed forces consider taking large settlements in Ukraine under their full control , Ukrainian Pravda reports with reference to Ria Novosti citing the press secretary of Kremlin Dmitriy Peskov

13:33 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The operational information as of 12 a.m. of March 14 regarding the russian invasion of Ukraine.

The nineteenth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion keeps on.

Russian occupation forces, following the criminal orders of the military-political leadership of the russian federation, continue the offensive against Ukraine.

However, to date, the enemy failed to complete its main tasks of defeating groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reaching the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts and establishing control over the left bank of Ukraine.

Occupation troops have been stopped in Mykolayiv and Kryvyi Rih.

Without significant success, the enemy continued bombing to destroy the military and civilian infrastructure of Ukraine. Russians were using high-power ammunition to indiscriminate action on civilians. Such actions are classified by international humanitarian law as war crimes.

In the Volyn direction, the enemy continues measures to strengthen the protection of the Ukrainian-Belarusian border by units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, with the help of UAVs performing air reconnaissance of certain areas along the state border.

In the Polissya direction, the Russian occupation forces persisted trying to overcome the barrier along the Irpin River and gain a foothold in the area of ​​the settlements of Bucha and Irpin.

Russian troops were seeking to organize defence operations.

Sabotage and reconnaissance groups were ready for actions under the guise of servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The enemy did not conduct active offensive operations in the Siversky direction and carried out regrouping to resume the offensive in the direction of Kyiv.

In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy was concentrating its main efforts on restoring the losses received from a decisive repulse near the city of Kharkiv and a counterattack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the city of Izyum.

In the Donetsk and Tavriya directions, the enemy kept on active hostilities. Due to the numerical advantage in some areas, occupiers retained partial success.

In the South Buh direction, the enemy was trying to continue the offensive in the direction of Kryvyi Rih. Established on the achieved frontiers, it regrouped troops and replenished supplies. It kept attempting to surround Mykolayiv.

The Russian occupiers persisted in accumulating reserves on their territory to wage war against Ukraine.

Detachments of mercenaries were being formed. They are ready to carry out the criminal orders of Russian commanders for a reward. According to available information, mercenary recruitment centres were established in Syria, where more than a thousand people had been recruited in recent days. About 400 people had already arrived in Russia.

Camps for their accommodation and training had been set up near the Ukrainian border in the Rostov (Russia) and Gomel (Belarus) regions.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine, in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces, were holding back the enemy, inflicting significant losses on manpower and military equipment, demoralizing its personnel both in combat areas and in reserve formation areas.

13:32 The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

The Prime Ministers of Ukraine, the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Lithuania have made a joint declaration condemning Russia’s unprecedented, brutal, unprovoked military invasion of Ukraine. Prime Ministers also discussed the cooperation on humanitarian issues and the establishment of funds for the reconstruction of destroyed infrastructure.

13:03 Naftohas

The enemy shelling has ruined the Olyshiv underground gas storage facility in Chernihiv region.

12:45 The World Health Organization

The World Health Organization has called for the termination of the attack on Ukraine’s medical system.

The current estimated number of victims in Ukraine is 18 million, of whom 6.7 million are internally displaced people, and about 3 million have left Ukraine.

12:33 Suspilne

In Chernihiv, a bomb attack smashed one of the pumping stations for water supply to the city. Four people died (one security guard, one worker and two members of his family). Serhiy Maliavko, director of Chernihivvodokanal, confirmed the information to the public.

12:32 Oleksii Kuleba, the Head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration

This morning, Russian troops launched an airstrike on the village of Komarivka, Kyiv region. Two private houses and a shop were destroyed. An update on casualties is to follow.

12:24 Energoatom

The occupiers damaged the line leading to the Chornobyl NPP again, which was restored yesterday by Ukrenerho specialists. Emergency crews returned to the danger zone and repaired the damage. 

“At 7:07 pm on March 13, the line was put under voltage, and the power supply of the Chornobyl infrastructure and the city of Slavutych was restored. However, these works could not be completed because the occupiers soon damaged the line again”, Ukrenergo reported.

Reliable power supply to the Chornobyl NPP is critical to ensure nuclear safety.

12:17 Vitaliy Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv

Today, Kyiv was attacked by the enemy. Early in the morning, the shell hit a 9-storey residential building in Obolon, the region of Kyiv. According to updated data, one person died, 10 were injured. About 70 residents were evacuated from the house.

And just recently, the wreckage of a rocket fell on the road in Kurenivka, another region of Kyiv. One person is dead, and six are injured. An ambulance took the two wounded.

The trolleybus, which was without passengers, was smashed. Windows flew away, damaged balconies of surrounding houses and commercial premises on the ground floors. Rescuers and ambulance crews are working on the spot.

12:09 Mykhailo Podoliak (Twitter)

The Ukrainian and russian parties are actively expressing their positions, which have already been clarified. Communication is going difficult, but it proceeds. The reason for the differences is that we (Ukraine) have very different political systems. Ukraine is about a free dialogue in society and a mandatory consensus. In contrast, Russia is about the ultimate suppression of its community.

12:01 Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of Donetsk Regional Military Administration

Tonight the Russians fired on Kramatorsk. The shell hit a residential area, killing two people. In addition, in Donetsk region, the Karlivka filter station was de-energized as a result of hostilities. More than 200 thousand people living in Pokrovsk, Myrnohrad, Rodynske, Selydove, Ukrainsk, Novohrodivka, Hirnyk, Bilytske, Bilozerske, Vodyanske, and partly Dobropillya were left without water.

12:00 The Centre for Strategic Communication

The chemists are present in the occupation contingent of the Russian Federation. It may indicate that Russia is preparing a terrorist attack against Ukraine with the possible use of chemical weapons.

11:34 The National Police of Ukraine

According to the operational report of the Donetsk police on March 14, 2022, the russians are constantly shooting at 15 settlements—Mariupol, Avdiivka, Vuhledar, Volnovakha, Marinka, Krasnohorivka, Kramatorsk, Druzhkivka, Andriivka, Sviatohirsk, Kamyanka, Pavlivka, Zaitsevo, Ivanivka, Verkhnotoretske. There are casualties—both killed and wounded.

11:00 Serhiy Bolvinov—the Head of the Investigative Department of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Kharkiv region

A 14-year-old child died in Derhachi (Kharkiv region) as a result of russian shelling.

10:46 Ukraine’s State Emergency Service

A Russian airstrike hit a four-story residential building in Kharkiv (video). Update on casualties will follow.

10:40 Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine

Ninety children were killed, 59 schools destroyed, and 379 damaged by the Russian troops since Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine.

10:34 Zhytomyr regional council

The web site of the Zhytomyr regional council was hacked with a fake message on civilian evacuation.

10:40 The Office of the Attorney-General of Ukraine

During the war, the Russian occupiers killed 90 children, destroyed 59 and damaged 379 educational institutions.

10:00 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, daily update:

Sanctions: The Central Bank of the Bahamas has banned accountable financial institutions to conduct transactions of Russians and Belarusians who are imposed to Western sanctions 

Isolation of the Russian Federation:

🔺 Footwear manufacturer Vans suspends delivery of goods to customers in Russia

🔺 Toyota Motor Russia has suspended production at its plant in St. Petersburg, as well as car imports to Russia

🔺 Paysend’s British remittance system is shutting down in Russia because of the war against Ukraine. 

🔺 6,500 Russians can neither fly out of Thailand nor pay for services because their cards are blocked due to sanctions 

🔺 Activists of the Ukrainian community in Poland have launched an indefinite blockade on the movement of goods to Russia and Belarus. Due to this, a 15-kilometer queue of trucks with Russian and Belarusian license plates has appeared on the Polish-Belarusian border 

Deputinization of the world:

🔺 Korean carmaker Hyundai has suspended a sponsorship deal with English football club Chelsea over sanctions against club owner Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich

🔺 The German Football Association has withdrawn the title of honorary member of former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who is the head of the committee of directors of Russia’s state oil company Rosneft

🔺 The Ukrainian community in Warsaw mounted a protest to make the Putin people get out of Poland. The walkout took place in front of the complex where Russian diplomats live

Rallies in support of Ukraine:

During March 12-13, massive rallies in support of Ukraine took place in Berlin, Helsinki, and a number of Canadian cities.  

Helping:

🔺 A group of Ukrainian children suffering from cancer has arrived in the UK for treatment 

🔺 12 Starlink satellite communication terminals have arrived in Kyiv 

🔺 The Mayor’s office of Vienna has sent 6 humanitarian aid trucks to Ukraine, including 150 hospital beds, 50 stretchers, blankets, and ultrasonic equipment 

🔺 On March 13, 25 trucks, 9 buses, and 58 humanitarian aid cars left Poland for Ukraine

10:12 National Bank of Ukraine

More than UAH 11.6 billion raised (approx. USD 388.8 million) to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces and address the humanitarian needs. The money was sent from Ukraine and abroad. About UAH 3.4 billion (approx. USD 114 million) received from abroad in foreign currency.

09:57 Ukrinform

In occupied Berdyansk, in Zaporizhzhia region, the Russian forces abducted Ukraine’s Orthodox Church priest Oleh Nikolayev, searched his house. His whereabouts are unknown. Earlier, he received death threats.

A day earlier, the Russian troops killed chaplain Platon Morhunov in Volnovakha, in Donetsk region, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine said.

09:40 General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

Russia’s troop and equipment losses on day 19 of the invasion:

• more than 12,000 troops,
• 389 tanks,
• 1,249 armored fighting vehicles,
• 150 artillery systems,
• 64 multiple launch rocket systems,
• 34 missile defense systems,
• 77 aircraft,
• 90 helicopters,
• 617 vehicles,
• 3 vessels / motor boats,
• 60 fuel tanks,
• 8 unmanned aircraft.

09:30 Minister for Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk

Ten humanitarian corridors in Kyiv and Luhansk regions are expected to open on March 14.

09:23 Suspilne, Ukraine’s public broadcaster

House of Kherson city council’s chief Halyna Luhova burnt down, arson is suspected.

“I don’t have a house anymore. I am on the ‘death list’,” Luhova said.

09:07 head of Chernihiv regional administration Vyacheslav Chaus

A Russian airstrike hit the Polytechnic Institute in Chernihiv. Russia shelled Nizhyn with Uragan multiple launch rocket systems.

08:00 Ukraine’s State Emergency Service in Mykolayiv regionDozens of residential houses damaged as the Russian troops shelled Mykolayiv region

08:21 Kyiv city state administration: In Kyiv, the occupiers fired on a high-rise building and the Antonov plant.

Earlier, on 07:28, the State Emergency Service reported that in Kyiv, a missile hit a 9-storey building.

08:00 State Emergency Service in Mykolaiv region:

As a result of attacks in Mykolaiv region tens damaged houses.

07:30 Mayor of Okhtyrka Pavlo Kuzmenko: At night there was an air bombardment of the city of Okhtyrka, the private sector, residential buildings.

07:03 State Emergency Service: Near Zhytomyr, Russian troops destroyed 7 buildings

07:14 Polish Minister of Climate and Environment Anna Moskwa asked the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to exclude Russia from all bodies of this organization, Polish media RMF24 reported.

06:53 Head of Rivne Regional State Administration Vitaliy Koval:

As a result of the air strike, the TV tower in Rivne region was damaged.

TV and radio broadcasting does not work.

06:43 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Operational information on 06.00, 14.03.2022 

The nineteenth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion has begun.

Status, position and nature of actions of the defense forces are without significant changes. The Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted devastating blows on the rear infrastructure (field bases and warehouses) in order to disrupt the system of logistical support of the enemy in the territories of Ukraine temporarily occupied by the occupiers. During the previous day, four planes, three helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles were hit by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (information on the type is being clarified).

The occupying forces did not have significant success in conducting an offensive operation in all directions. The main efforts of the occupiers were focused on consolidating and retaining the previously occupied borders.

Repeated cases of the enemy’s use of civilian infrastructure, including religious sites to equip firing positions, deploy weapons and military equipment, have been reported.

The moral and psychological state of the enemy remains low, which leads to the refusal of servicemen of the rf Armed Forces to carry out the orders of the command. According to available information, a military camp of the Belhorod Military Commandant’s Office is located in the city of Belhorod on the territory of the russian federation. The camp holds russian servicemen who have been discharged from hospitals after treatment and are waiting to be sent to units. Also in the specified camp there are servicemen of the Armed Forces of the russian federation who refuse to take part in hostilities, with them actions of pre-judicial inquiry are carried out.

Regarding the readiness of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus to wage war with Ukraine. According to one of the high-ranking officials of the special operations forces of the Republic of Belarus, special forces of the Armed Forces of Belarus will not take part in the war with Ukraine.

05:08 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Melanie Joly:  “Canada strongly condemns Russian regime’s missile strike on Yavoriv International Peacekeeping and Security Center”

00:47 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Operational information on 24.00, 13.03.2022 

The eighteenth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion is coming to an end.

russian occupation forces continue the offensive operation against our state. They are trying to gain a foothold in the occupied positions and maintain the pace of the offensive in certain areas.

In order to increase the number of groups in the Polissya, Tavriya and South Bug operational areas, the enemy is forming and moving strategic reserves to our borders.

There have been cases of mass refusals by russian servicemen to “travel to Ukraine” to take part in hostilities, despite promises of “war veteran” status, additional daily allowances and higher salaries.

Ignoring the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the russian occupiers continue to destroy stationary military and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine. Thus, on March 13, missile strikes were carried out on objects in the settlements of Uman, Ivano-Frankivsk, Starychi with the use of strategic aircraft. In addition, the launch of a mobile short range ballistic missile system “Iskander” (SS-26 Stone) from the territory of Belarus continues.

In the Volyn direction, the enemy carried out demonstration operations by units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus along the State Border of Ukraine.

In the Polissya direction, units of the occupying forces carried out measures to restore combat capability and regroup troops, and improved logistics. In order to exclude the suddenness of actions by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy is actively conducting reconnaissance.

In the Northern direction, the enemy focused on regrouping, replenishing supplies, preparing to resume the offensive in the direction of Brovary.

In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy is trying to gain a foothold on the achieved frontiers, regrouping troops and trying to resume offensive operations on the cities of Kharkiv and Sumy.

In the Izyum direction, as a result of active offensive actions of Ukrainian defenders, the enemy suffered losses in the area of ​​the settlements of Topolske, Shpakivka, Donetsk and retreated.

In the Donetsk and Tavriya directions, enemy units are trying to carry out assault operations, concentrating their main efforts on advancing in the direction of Severodonetsk.

Attempts to capture Mariupol remain unsuccessful.

In the South Bug direction, the enemy is trying to conduct raids and gain a foothold on the achieved frontiers.

🟠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.

🟣12.03.2022

23:30 Deputy Head of the Patrol Police of Ukraine Oleksiy Biloshpytskyi:Russians hit Popasna (Luhansk region) with banned phosphorus munitions

21:01 At the emergency session of Kherson Regional Council, 44 deputies accepted the appeal that “Kherson region is Ukraine” and there will be no pseudo-republic in the region, the deputy of regional council Sergey Rybalko reported.

19:11 Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine: Russians shot a column of women and children in Kyiv region 

On March 11, during an attempt to evacuate from the village of Peremoha (Baryshivka area, Kyiv region) to the village of Hostroluchcha along an agreed “green” corridor, the occupiers shot a column of civilians, consisting exclusively of women and children.

The result of this brutal act – seven dead people, one of them is a child. The exact number of injured is currently unknown.

After the shooting, the occupiers forced the remnants of the column to return to the village of Peremoha and did not let them out of the village. At present, it is almost impossible to establish contact with them, as well as provide humanitarian and medical assistance.

19:10 Ukrainian Railways JSC is ready to increase the volume of humanitarian cargo transportation. During the 16 days of the war, the railway transported 548 freight cars of humanitarian aid and more than 4.7 thousand tons in passenger trains.

19:00 Mayor of Henichesk, a town in Kherson region temporarily occupied by Russian troops, Oleksandr Tulupov announced about surrendering the leadership. “We have to state that we have been put in such conditions when we cannot work and exercise our powers as representatives of the Ukrainian local self-government. Therefore, today I, the deputies, the secretary of the council and the manager of affairs of the executive committee, many members of the labor collective decided to resign.” – the statement reads.

18:49 President Zelenskyy: Promoting Ukraine’s membership in the European Union is one of the important means of supporting our country by European countries, he said during a meeting with representatives of foreign media in Kyiv.

18:35 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Operational information as of 18.00, 12.03.2022.

The seventeenth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion continues.

Due to an unsuccessful attempt to conduct an offensive, the occupiers were forced to change tactics. Due to significant logistical problems and stretched communications, the enemy is unable to provide its units with fuel and oil, food and ammunition, which encourages the occupiers to resort to looting of locals, shops, pharmacies and more. In addition, the actions of the occupiers are accompanied by numerous cases of serious crimes against civilians.

The number of cases of attempts to return to the territory of the russian federation on their own has increased.

Given the heavy combat losses of personnel and problems with the recruitment of reserve units, the command of the armed forces of the russian federation involves in combat operations in Ukraine so-called “conscripts” from the territory of the Russia-occupied parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts and mercenaries from Abkhazia, South Ossetia and prisoners from correctional facilities of the russian federation.

In almost all areas of advance, the occupiers are trying to gain a foothold in the previously captured borders, but have not had much success.

The enemy continues to launch missile and bomb attacks on critical infrastructure, residential neighborhoods and airfields, cynically disregarding the rules of international humanitarian law.

In the Volyn direction, there is a threat of sabotage at military facilities and civilian infrastructure.

The group of defense forces continues to conduct a defense operation in the southern, eastern and northern directions, covering the state border of Ukraine and the sea coast. A stabilization operation is being carried out in some areas and territorial defense tasks are being carried out.

17:32 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

About two hundred global companies have already left the Russian market.

Their number continues to grow – (infographics in the post)

15:33 Serhii Khlan, Deputy of the Kherson Regional Council

A referendum on the establishment of the People’s Republic of Kherson is being prepared in the Kherson region.

The occupiers are calling the deputies of the Kherson Regional Council to cooperate with them.

15:15 The State Bureau of Investigations

The State Bureau of Investigations initiates the announcement of the Ukrainian MP Illia Kyva on the international wanted list.

14:59 Suspilne with reference to the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

With the consent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Russians are preparing two scenarios for the Chernobyl terrorist attack. The first is an attempt to blow up a nuclear waste repository. The second one is to set fire to forests in the exclusion zone, which will lead to similar consequences—the spread of radiation.

This was announced by the Head of Intelligence of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov.

13:34 The Center for Countering Disinformation

The Center for Countering Disinformation warns of a powerful wave of disinformation produced by the enemy.

Kherson is the only large Ukrainian city that has been under temporary Russian occupation since the beginning of the war. Russian propaganda actively “works” with the minds of the local population, and through its agents in Kherson spreads among the citizens of Russia false messages that discredit the actions of the Ukrainian authorities:

🔺 “Kherson has been left”;

🔺 “Ukraine does not need Kherson”;

🔺 “Ukraine has left the civilian population without means of existence”.

But in fact, this is not the case. Ukraine will never leave the people of Kherson in trouble. Against the background of the situation at the front, the Ukrainian army is reckless to start fighting within the city, sacrificing civilians. Ukraine appreciates the efforts of the local population, which, despite the temporary occupation of Russia, goes to rallies in support of Ukraine.

13:34 The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

Units of Putin’s troops remain cut off from supplies indefinitely and have been instructed to move to “self-sufficiency” until further orders. That means the permission to take away everything necessary from the local population and rob warehouses, shops, drugstores.

13:29 Ukrinform

At the propaganda talk show “Evening with Soloviiev” on the state TV channel Russia-1, it is proposed not to stop at the borders of Ukraine in the military sense but to go further to the Europe. The possibility of a nuclear strike is also being discussed with reference to the Russian army comedy.

13:26 In a video address, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrinform reports, calls on world leaders to demonstrate their influence on the situation and help free Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov from Russian aggressors captivity.

“Throughout the night and today, we are constantly talking to partners about this situation with our mayor. The demand is simple – to release him from captivity immediately. We appeal to all world leaders who speak to Moscow. France, Germany, Israel and others. I have personally already called German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. He spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron. I will talk to everyone who needs to release our people. We expect the leaders of the world to show how they can influence the situation, how they can do a simple thing—to release one person. A person who represents the entire Melitopol community. Ukrainians who do not give up, “Zelensky said.

13:00 Olexandr Senkevich, the mayor of Mykolaiv

In Mykolaiv, more than 160 houses, three hospitals and eleven educational institutions were damaged last night. Eight civilians were injured.

12:57 Pavlo Kyrylenko / Donetsk Regional State Administration

“In the morning, the Ocheretyn and Avdiivka communities came under fire. The Russians fired on the Avdiivka direction from the Point-U and Grad installations. We are establishing the consequences of the shelling. Kamianka was shelled in the Ocheretyn community. Fortunately, there are no civilian casualties, but there are damaged homes. In addition, the shells cut off a high-voltage power line, leaving Troitske, Novobakhmutivka, Novoselivka and Oleksandropil without electricity.”

12:43 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The seventeenth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues.

The enemy continues its offensive against Ukraine.

Having suffered losses in the Polissya, Siversky, and Pivdennobuzhsky directions, it stopped at the previously reached frontiers, regrouped troops, restored the combat capability of his units, and replenished its reserves.

Failing to achieve its goals, it attempted to launch missile and bomb strikes on critical infrastructure.

The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Volyn direction. The military leadership of the Republic of Belarus is taking measures to strengthen the protection of the border with Ukraine. The possibility of direct participation of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus in hostilities against Ukraine on the side of Russia remains.

No active actions by the enemy have been recorded in the Polissya direction. After significant losses, the Russian occupiers are seeking to restore combat readiness and regroup troops.

In the northern direction, the enemy carries out engineering equipment of positions in the areas of Mykhailo-Kotsyubynske, Levkovychi, Zhukotka, Hrodna (Chernihiv region).

In the Slobozhansky direction, the occupiers failed to resume offensive operations.

The enemy has established itself in the northern part of the city of Izyum, does not abandon attempts to capture it.

In the Donetsk and Tavriya directions, the main efforts of the occupiers were focused on capturing the cities of Mariupol and Severodonetsk. The enemy captured the eastern outskirts of Mariupol.

After an unsuccessful assault on the village of Rubizhne, the occupiers retreated to settlement Capytolivka.

In the Volnovakha direction, the enemy is trying to develop an offensive in the direction of settlement Krasna Polyana.

According to available data, the occupying forces that attacked in the Donetsk operational area met with strong resistance from the Armed Forces of Ukraine and lost offensive capabilities.

In the South Bug direction, the enemy doesn’t leave attempts of restoration of offensive actions for the encirclement of Mykolayiv.

In support of the offensive, the invaders tried to deploy units of missile forces and artillery and air defence. They were unsuccessful. The enemy retreated to the area of ​​the village of Mylove, carried out engineering equipment of occupied positions and drew up reserves.

12:15 Center for Emergency Care and Disaster Medicine in Kharkiv region

On March 12, 2022, a paramedic from the Emergency Medical Care (EMC) Center received a shrapnel wound. After serving a call in one of the districts of Kharkiv, the brigade came under fire. A specialized EMC car broke through, whereas the paramedic was wounded in the abdomen. Fortunately, the driver quickly took the injured colleague to the nearest specialized medical institution, where the paramedic underwent emergency surgery. As of now, the life of the medical worker is not in danger. Her condition is of moderate severity.

12:15 Ukrainska Pravda with reference to Ria Novosti, with reference to Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov

“Convoys of foreign weapons, which are thoughtlessly supplied to Ukraine, will become legitimate targets for the Russian Armed Forces.”

Ryabkov noted that “I would not say that Russia’s proposals on security guarantees remain fully valid as the situation has changed.”

12:11 The State Security Service of Ukraine

The Russian command has engaged against Ukraine recruits and conscripts who, instead of military service, work on public works.

12:00 The State Emergency Service of Ukraine

In the Dnipro region, 11 people were injured in a fire in a private house, 9 of them are children.

In Dnipro, the rescuers put out the fire at the enterprise caused by fragments of the shot down rocket.

11:57 Evropeiska Pravda

Belarus has said it will send five battalion tactical groups to the border with Ukraine to replace the troops stationed there, denying that it is part of preparations for Russia’s war. According to “Evropeiska Pravda”, the message was posted by the Ministry of Defense of Belarus on its Telegram channel.

11:17 Serhiy Haidai Head of Luhansk Regional State Administration

The local woman and two of her twin children from Severodonetsk were injured in the shelling.

11:00 The Ministry of Internal Affairs

On March 11, the occupying forces fired on the cities of the Luhansk region 32 times.

As a result of the shelling, civilians were killed and wounded. Multi-storey and private houses in Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Rubizhne, Kreminna and Zolotoye were damaged. Some houses caught fire due to the shelling.

In the city of Zolotye, the enemy fire smashed a gas pipeline.

The police continue to serve in an intensified mode and record all the facts of war crimes.

Also yesterday during the day, joint crews of patrol officers and Lysychansk police officers delivered humanitarian aid to shelters, where people are hiding from shelling.

10:30 The Ministry of the Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

The operational situation on the diplomatic front as of 19:00, March 12

The 17th day of the heroic resistance of Ukrainians to the armed aggression of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian diplomacy is working day and night to implement further sanctions pressure on Russia. The new sanctions announced by the United States and other G7 countries and the EU are cracking down on Russia’s economy, bringing it to a final collapse.

☑️ Sanctions

🔺 United States Department of the Treasury has expanded the list of sanctioned people due to the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army. The family of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was restricted. Sanctions were also imposed against 12 members of the State Duma of Russia involved in the process of recognizing the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic” and the “Luhansk People’s Republic”. Restrictions include freezing real estate and assets in the United States and banning all financial transactions;

🔺 The Italian Financial Guard has arrested a yacht of Russian oligarch Andrey Melnichenko worth 530 million euros

☑️ Isolation of the Russian Federation;

🔺 German manufacturer of window profiles, water floors, and heating pipes Rehau has announced the cessation of activities in Russia

🔺 The American company Colgate-Palmolive has decided to limit the supply of its products to Russia;

🔺 German Deutsche Bank announced the closure of business in Russia and condemned the aggression against Ukraine;

🔺All works by the world-famous rock band Pink Floyd and solo recordings by its soloist David Gilmour will be removed from music platforms in Russia and Belarus;

🔺 Instagram leader Adam Mosseri said that on March 14 the social network would stop working in Russia;

🔺 LINX disconnects key Russian providers (Rostelecom, MegaFon) from international traffic exchange.

☑️ Humanitarian aid

🔺 Canada will send a large humanitarian cargo to Ukraine. Assistance will include tarpaulin covers, portable kitchens, vanity kits, and blankets;

🔺 Since the beginning of the full-scale aggression of the Russian Federation, Poland has provided Ukraine with 9 trucks of humanitarian aid with medicines, medical supplies, medical equipment, provisions, baby food, thermal blankets, electric generators, hygiene products, and clothing;

🔺 Hungary has handed over more than 10,000 airtight blood containers that have already been delivered to Ukraine;

🔺 Fifteen large trucks have already been sent from Switzerland to Ukraine with assistance which includes medicines, medical equipment, ventilators, food, clothing, hygiene products, tents, respirators, etc.

10:10 Telegram of the Office of the Attorney General of Ukraine

The occupiers have killed 79 Ukrainian children since the beginning of the war. Almost 100 children were injured.

Most victims were in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Sumy, Kherson and Zhytomyr regions. This number is not final due to the lack of opportunity to inspect the places of offensives where the Russian armed forces are conducting active hostilities. So far, more than 280 educational institutions have been smashed, 9 of them are completely destroyed. 7 million children were deprived of the opportunity to study due to active hostilities on the territory of Ukraine and the deliberate destruction of educational institutions.

09:45 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 12.03 are approximately:

• Personnel—more than 12 thousand people,
• Tanks—362 units,
• AFV—1205 units,
• Artillery systems—135 units,
• MLRS—62 units,
• Anti-aircraft warfare—33 units,
• Aircraft—58 units,
• Helicopters—83 units,
• Automotive equipment—585 units,
• Ships/ boats—3 units,
• Fuel tanks—60,
• UAV operational and tactical level—7,

Data are being updated. The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities.

09:36 Ekonomichna Pravda with reference to Reuters

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has halved half of the world’s neon chip production.

According to the agency, from 45 to 54% of the world’s neon semiconductor class, important for lasers used for chip production, come from two Ukrainian companies – Ingas and Cryoin (factories in Mariupol and Odesa).

09:28 Telegram of Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Deputy Head of the President’s Office

Residents of Melitopol went to a public rally: they have demanded that the occupiers release the mayor.

More than 2,000 people went to the seized building of the Melitopol District State Administration with a demand to release the mayor Ivan Fedorov, who was captured by the occupiers yesterday.

09:10 video briefing by Iryna Vereshchuk, Deputy Prime Minister and head of The Ministry of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories

Ukraine announced 15 new humanitarian corridors on March 12 (text list on Ukrainian Pravda)

08:45 telegram

Vyacheslav Chaus, head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration

Chernihiv was left without electricity, gas, water and heating. As a result of the night bombings, Hotel Ukraina in the city center was also destroyed.

08:45 «Economichna Pravda»

London has disconnected Russian providers from the point of traffic exchange.

It’s expected that Russian traffic will now pass through Asia, leading to delays and falling pings.

08:50 Police of Kyiv region

Powerful air strike on Vasylkiv. 

At around 7 am, the enemy dropped at least six missiles into the area of ​​the military airfield. The ammunition depot was damaged. Detonate shells. A fire broke out. Rescuers are working on the spot.

Update: At about 7 a.m. today, enemy forces shelled the town of Vasylkiv. 8 missiles hit the airport. As a result of missile strikes, the airport was completely destroyed

08:17 Air Command «Skhid»

The Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down a cruise missile over Dnipro

08.57 DSNS

The enemy fired on Kyiv: there were two fires

08:28 telegram from Oleksiy Kuleba, the head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration.

An oil depot is on fire in Vasylkiv near Kyiv after an air strike

8:42 NV.Business – a source vlast.kz

Kazakhstan will transport cargo and oil to Europe via Azerbaijan

8:23 HB

The Zaporizhzhya NPP gathered management staff and said that the station is now owned by Rosatom and no longer belongs to Ukraine. This was stated by the head of NNEGC “Energoatom” Petro Kotin.

07:48 telegram Bucha City Council

Evacuation from Bucha and Vorzel on March 12 is possible by own cars

Mykulychi – Nemishayevo – Vorzel – Mykhailivka – Rubezhivka – Bilogorodka;

Gostomel – Bucha – Mykhailivka – Rubezhivka – Bilogorodka

07:35 Evropejska Pravda – Reuters source.

In the United Nations on Friday said it has no evidence that Ukraine has a biological weapons program, while Washington and its allies have accused Russia of spreading unproven statements as a possible prelude to launching its own biological or chemical attacks.

07:41 Ukrinform with reference to NHK

The Japanese government intends to tighten sanctions against Russia by banning the export of 57 more items of technological products to this country.

Thirty-one battalion-tactical group of the enemy, operating on the territory of Ukraine, lost combat capability since the beginning of hostilities

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

06:41  General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 

Operational information on 06.00, 12.03.2022 regarding the #russian_invasion

The seventeenth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion began.

Ukraine’s defense forces are repelling and holding back the offensive of the russian armed forces in all directions.

The enemy, in the Polissya, Siversky, and Pivdennobuzhsky operational areas, has heavy losses in manpower and equipment, has been stopped and is trying to gain a foothold on the previously captured frontiers.

In the Donetsk direction, during the attempts to advance, the occupiers received a decent rebuff from the Ukrainian Defenders and were stopped in some directions, in the rest – the enemy significantly reduced the pace of advance.

Since the beginning of hostilities, thirty-one battalion-tactical groups of the enemy operating on the territory of Ukraine have lost their combat capability.

As a result of hostilities, most units of the Armed Forces of the russian federation that had direct fire contact with units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are demoralized, the moral and psychological condition of personnel continues to decline, there are cases of capture by individual groups. During the last three days, small groups of enemy deserters have been moving towards the state border.

The enemy is experiencing a big problem with manning the reserve.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine, in coordinated cooperation with other components of the security and defense sector of the state and the forces of national resistance, are restraining the massive offensive of the occupying forces.

#stoprussia

05:14  State Border Guard Service In Mykolaiv there are fierce fights. The Chief of Department of Health Care of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration Maxym Beznosenko adds, that in the evening the enemy fired at the oncology hospital in Mykolaiv.

01:03 Center for Countering Disinformation

Russia has become the world leader in the number of sanctions over the past 70 years

00:47 Facebook – Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration 

Territorial defense in Sumy region neutralized three Russian tanks and ACS

00:46 In Ukraine has been established a Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners

In Ukraine has been established a Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners – Zelensky

00:04 Ukrinform

Kuleba on talks with IAEA: We will fight for Russia’s attempts to gain a foothold in our nuclear facilities

“I told Mr. Grossi, the director of the IAEA: “And why, I apologize for my diplomacy, will the Russian nuclear regulator take part in consultations on Ukraine’s nuclear power plant? If you are principled people, if you stand for certain rights, then you must tell the Russians: “Kish. Go beyond nuclear facilities, demilitarize nuclear facilities and hand them over to the control of Ukrainian and IAEA specialists,” the minister said.

11.03.2022

23:58 video interview 

Kyrylo Budanov – Head of Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine – for Ukrinform

Russia is preparing two versions of nuclear blackmail. The first is large-scale burning of radioactive forests. This will immediately raise a radioactive cloud, which will go in the direction where the wind blows. The second is the use of artillery on nuclear storage. The result will be the same.

23:20 Ukrainska Pravda with reference to @operativnoZSU – Telegram

The Russian military in Ukraine is covered by Red Cross flags.

23:07. About 100 thousand jobs lost by Russians as a result of aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and sanctions of the western partners, – the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.

22:50 Radio Svoboda

Energoatom Chairman Petro Kotin: The Russians who seized the Zaporizhzhya NPP have stated that it is owned by Rosatom and no longer belongs to Ukraine. Their goal is to capture all nuclear power plants in Ukraine.

22:55 Facebook Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The International Maritime Organization has condemned Russia’s attacks on commercial vessels

“Following the meeting, the Council strongly condemned Russia’s violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as Russia’s military attacks on commercial vessels. It called for the full restoration of Ukraine’s rights as a coastal state, flag state and port state, emphasizing the need to establish a maritime humanitarian corridor for the evacuation of civilian ships and crews from the war zone and the resumption of commercial shipping” ,- the statement said.

“The Council also called on the member states of the International Maritime Organization and relevant organizations to ensure the security of maritime supply chains, in particular for the delivery of food and medicine to the civilian population of Ukraine, and to provide maximum assistance to seafarers,” the statement said.

22:42 Ukrinform

Biden warned Putin of the harsh consequences of using chemical weapons. “Russia will pay a heavy price if they use chemical weapons,” he said.

22:06 Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba: “As of today, we Ukrainians know 100% that we will become a member of the EU. The only question is when this will happen,” said Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, European Pravda reports.

21:37 NV

In Mykolaiv, active hostilities have begun.

The occupiers are firing chaotically, there are fires in the city,the head of the regional state administration of Mykolaiv Vitaliy Kim reported. Preliminary, one man received shrapnel wounds, two shells hit residential buildings, another hit a boiler room, and a fire broke out in a cafe in the city. Also reported a car fire.

21:33 Radio Svoboda

According to the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the new sanctions imposed by the EU include:

• abolition of Russia’s status as the “most favoured nation” for European markets, termination of Russia’s right to membership in international financial institutions, including the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank;
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• further pressure on Russian elites close to Vladimir Putin; Ministers of Finance, Justice and Home Affairs of the Group of Seven are expected to meet next week to coordinate work in this direction;
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• blocking Russia’s use of cryptocurrency to circumvent sanctions;
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• ban on the export of any luxury goods from the European Union to Russia;
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• ban on imports of iron and steel from Russia.

21:08 The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy released a video calling for closing the skies over Ukraine or providing Kyiv with fighter jets. A futuristic video shows a Russian plane dropping a bomb on the French capital, and states: “Just think if it happened in another European capital.”

21:06 The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine

The German thrust Deutsche Bahn (DB) has organized a logistics network of road and rail components to deliver humanitarian aid from Germany to Ukraine.

Initially, the goods are collected and transported to the Berlin hub using trucks, where they are packed in containers and then transported by DB Cargo freight train to Poland for further transportation to Ukraine.

20:50 Ukrposhta

“Ukrposhta” has chosen a sketch of the stamp “Russian ship, go to f*ck yourself!”

20:40 Ukrainska Pravda, the primary source–UN

The UN has evidence of the use of cluster munitions by the Russian military in Ukraine.

“We have also received credible reports of several cases of cluster munitions being used by Russian forces, including in populated areas,” said Liz Throssell, a spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

19:45 Facebook Head of Sumy Military Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyi:

104 Russian invaders were taken prisoner in the Sumy region last night

19:26 Head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration Oleg Syniehubov

Russia today thwarted an evacuation from Izium (Kharkiv region). We prepared 20 buses and everything we needed. A “green corridor” was created, but due to the shelling of the occupiers, it was never launched.

18:54 Twitter Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd removes its music on digital platforms in Russia and Belarus

“In order to strongly condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Pink Floyd’s works starting with 1987 and all of David Gilmore’s solo recordings will be removed from all digital platforms in Russia and Belarus from today,” Pink Floyd said in a statement.

18:53 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 

The sixteenth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues.

The enemy continues to conduct an offensive operation against Ukraine.

At the same time, the Russian invaders did not achieve the main goal of capturing certain cities and territories. There is a high probability that Russia will intensify terrorist methods of hostilities, launch missile and bomb strikes on civilian infrastructure, residential areas, intimidate the local population, conduct informational, psychological actions to undermine public confidence in local government, dissemination of misinformation, take the local population hostage.

Units of the occupying forces did not stop trying to continue the offensive in all directions. To do this, Russian troops form and reconcile reserves in the Russian Federation. A significant part of Russian units is restoring combat capability.

The enemy is trying to establish logistical support for units and units conducting hostilities.

The Russian occupiers continue to conduct air reconnaissance of the positions of our troops in the Donetsk, Tavriya, Pivdennobuzhsky and Bessarabian operational areas.

To involve the Republic of Belarus in the war against Ukraine, the enemy resorted to provocative actions. According to available information, the aircraft of the Air Force of the Russian Federation struck the settlements on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, located near the state border of Ukraine. In order to disguise, the occupiers attacked from the airspace of Ukraine.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine, in close cooperation with other components of the security and defense sector, are repelling the occupiers, inflicting significant losses on manpower and military equipment.

The moral and psychological state of the enemy is extremely low. In some areas the occupiers surrender.

18:49 Interfax-Ukraine

Rosatom takes part in seizure of Zaporizhzhya NPP – Energoatom chairman Petro Kotin

“Today a group of civilians arrived at Energodar, among whom we identified the chief engineer of the Rostov NPP and the deputy chief engineer of the Balakovo NPP.

There were eight other people trying to take the leadership of ZNPP into their own hands. They were not allowed there, but all these cases show that Rosatom also took part in this aggression and is practically raiding now, trying to seize and control the nuclear power plant.”

18:43 Evropeiska pravda

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, signed a decree banning the supply of dollar bills to the Russian Federation.

The relevant decree is posted on the White House website.

18:34 Agropravda

The war in Ukraine remains a major factor impacting world wheat prices. Analysts do not understand when Russia will stop the attack and to what extent grain exports from major wheat-exporting countries will resume.

In a March report, USDA experts raised the forecast for world production and wheat stocks.

18:28 Obozrevatel

New US sanctions:

• ban on imports of Russian alcohol, diamonds and seafood;
• ban on the export of luxury items;
• blocking the possibility of receiving funds from the IMF and other financial institutions;
• personal sanctions against State Duma deputies.

18:21 Ukrainska Pravda

1582 civilians from Mariupol were killed by Russian occupation forces in 12 days of blockade of the city and ruthless shelling of residential neighbourhoods. The bright memory of those killed in this terrible war.

18:19 NV

According to preliminary data, Belarusian troops may be involved in the invasion on March 11 at 21:00. At the same time, the Belarusian Ministry of Defense stated that there was no bombing.

17:47 Evropeiska pravda

US President Joe Biden has announced that the United States is revoking Russia’s “most favoured nation” status, which provides for continued normal trade relations with the United States.

“Withdrawal of status will make it difficult for Russia to do business with the United States. And by doing so with other countries that make up half of the world’s economy, we are dealing another devastating blow to Russia’s economy, which is already suffering severely from our sanctions,” Biden said.

17:25 Obozrevatel

The European Union is ready to adopt a fourth package of sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. The EU has also provided EUR 300 million in emergency macro-financial assistance to Ukraine.

This was stated by President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. She announced new sanctions against Russia after the informal EU summit in France.

16:52 NV

The mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov was abducted by the occupiers, said the adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs Anton Gerashchenko. Earlier, Fedorov refused to cooperate with the Russian occupiers.

“In Melitopol, a group of 10 occupiers kidnapped Mayor Ivan Fedorov, who refused to cooperate with the enemy. During the abduction, invaders put a plastic bag on the mayor’s head. Enemies detained him in the city crisis centre, where he dealt with the livelihood of the Ukrainian city. Ivan Fedorov had a Ukrainian flag, “Gerashchenko said.

16:45 Radio Svoboda

The site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant received additional diesel fuel for spent nuclear fuel storage and confinement, according to the State Inspectorate for Nuclear Patrol.

16:27 Censor.net, the source—Reuters

The Ukrainian energy system is ready to be synchronized with the ENTSO-E continental European energy system. The final decision may be made shortly.

After synchronization with ENTSO-E, Ukraine will be able to provide 15% of its daily electricity consumption through imports from Slovakia, Hungary and Romania.

16:01. Air Force Command of the UA Armed Forces

Today at 2:30 pm the SBGS reported that Russian planes entered the territory of Ukraine, 

made a U-turn over our settlements HORODYSCHE and TUMEN, and then inflicted a fire damage on the settlement of KOPANI (Belarus).

Now the 9th Border Detachment is watching the occupation of this settlement by the enemy.

This is a provocation. The goal is to involve the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus in the war with Ukraine.

15:39 source Ukrainska Pravda

Maxim Kryshtop at the press conference: “My third combat flight was on March 6. There were 4 tons of high-explosive aircraft bombs on board.During the combat mission, I realized that the target was not the enemy’s military facilities, but houses and civilians, but I obeyed the criminal order. Then I was shot down by the Air Defense of Ukraine and taken prisoner by the military of the National Guard of Ukraine.”

14:45. Pavlo Kazarin, journalist:

My friend Petro Andryushchenko writes from Mariupol: «Right now 86 Turkish citizens are taking refuge in a mosque. 34 of them are children. And right now the Russian army is shelling from the area of ​​the village of Shiroka Balka in the direction of the city (without a break from 6 o’clock in the morning). Shelling is aimed at including the mosque building.»

14:41. State Special Communications

The government’s Computer Emergency Response Team CERT-UA, which operates under the auspices of the State Special Communications Service, has revealed the distribution of fake e-mails on behalf of the state bodies of Ukraine with instructions to increase information security.

In the body of the letter there is a link to the website hxxps://forkscenter [.]fr/, from which it is proposed to download “critical updates” in the form of a file “BitdefenderWindowsUpdatePackage.exe” about 60MB in size.

This file is run by the “alt.exe” boot loader, which installs a number of files.The study determined that running the downloaded file “one.exe” will damage your computer with the malicious program Cobalt Strike Beacon.

If you have received or opened the specified letter, immediately notify cert@cert.gov.ua.

14:15. Suspilne

Russian troops can enter Odessa from unrecognized Transnistria and surround the city. At the same time there may be an attack from the sea. The mayor of Odessa Gennady Trukhanov announced this at a briefing for foreign media.

“The aggressor plans to take our city via Voznesensk from Transnistria. In this way the city will be cut off and surrounded. We also assume that, perhaps, at this time the landing ships of the Russian Federation will approach and will surround our city from the sea “, – Trukhanov reported.

According to him, the city is preparing for a situation where it may be surrounded. To do this, form strategic reserves of food and medicine.

13:34 Minister of Culture O. Tkachenko

“Today is another confirmation that Nazism is flourishing in Russia. Goebbels of Russia – Dmitry Peskov – said, quoting verbatim: “A real Russian is not ashamed that he is Russian – and if he is ashamed, he is not Russian and not with us.” From a philological point of view, this delusion can be reduced to one thesis: the real Russian is not ashamed. From a philological point of view, this delusion can be reduced to one thesis: true Russian is not ashamed. Never for nothing. … Based on the history of mankind, such statements can be assessed as National Socialism, because Nazism is a totalitarian political ideology based on the thesis of the value of the nation and its supremacy in the process of state formation.

It is about Russians as “saviors of the planet” that Russian propaganda channels tell. At the same time, the audience is pumped with hatred for other countries. These are not Orwellian two minutes of hatred. This lasts 24 hours a day. But the detachments of Kadyrovites, who do not allow the demoralized Russians to escape from the battlefield, are another story – the Soviet one. It seems to me that fascist Russia has amassed the worst in human history. There are probably only concentration camps left. Because the crematoria are already working.”

13:28 Reports Ukrinform with reference to Interfax (RU)

At a meeting of the Russian Security Council, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the development of measures to increase the Russian group on the country’s western borders, against NATO countries.

13:19 Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

Putin is preparing a terrorist attack on the Chornobyl NPP

According to available information, Vladimir Putin has ordered the preparation of a terrorist attack at the Chornobyl NPP.

The Russian-controlled Chornobyl NPP plans to create a man-made catastrophe, for which the occupiers will try to shift responsibility to Ukraine.

Nevertheless, such actions by Putin will have catastrophic consequences for the whole world. 

It seems that this is what the Russian dictator is counting on, demanding unacceptable concessions.

12:59. Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine protests against the unfounded, politically motivated decision of the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don of March 10, 2022 to sentence five citizens of Ukraine on trumped-up charges in the so-called “The second Simferopol group” Hizb ut-Tahrir “.

Crimean Solidarity public journalist Remzi Bekirov and human rights activist Riza Izotov were sentenced to 19 years in prison, Shaban Umerov to 18 years, Raim Aivazov to 17 years, and Farkhod Bazarov to 15 years.

12:56-13:23. Yuriy Pohulyayko / Volyn Regional State Administration

Update on missile strikes at the airfield near Lutsk. As a result of strikes there are 4 dead and 6 wounded. 

According to the military, the shelling took place with 4 cruise missiles. According to the command, they may have been released from a Russian army bomber from the Black Sea region.

12:51. Ukrainska Pravda

Peskov said that the Kremlin would check whether Facebook and Instagram really allowed calls for violence against occupying soldiers in the context of the invasion of Ukraine.

If this is confirmed, the Kremlin promises to “resolutely stop their activities.” Meanwhile, Facebook is not working in Russia, it was blocked a week ago.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia Federation is asking to limit access to Instagram and has appealed to the court to recognize Meta as an extremist organization.

12:39. EP

The Leroy Merlin network, part of the French group Adeo, will continue to operate in the Russian market despite the aggressor’s war and mass boycotts of business. This was reported by Russia’s Interfax with reference to a letter to partners at the disposal of the editorial office.

12:27. General Staff

Operational information on 12:00, 11.03.2022 regarding the #russian_invasion 

The sixteenth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues.

The enemy, having suffered losses in the Polissya, Siversky, and Pivdennobuzhsky operational districts, was stopped, tried to gain a foothold, and was forced to do so on unfavorable frontiers. In the Donetsk direction, during the fierce fighting, the defenders of Ukraine repulsed the enemy, the pace of the invasion of the invaders slowed down.

Kyiv and Mariupol remain the main areas of concentration of the enemy’s efforts, as well as advances in the directions of Kryvyi Rih, Kremenchuk, Nikopol and Zaporizhia.

Unable to succeed, the enemy continues to launch missile and bomb strikes on cities in the depths of Ukraine – the Dnieper, Lutsk and Ivano-Frankivsk.

The formation of enemy reserves and their transfer to the areas of hostilities on the territory of Ukraine continues.

There is an increase in the air defense system of the occupying forces in the Donetsk and Tavriya areas.

In Volyn, there is a threat of sabotage of military and civilian infrastructure. 

The occupiers are not conducting active offensive operations in the Polissya direction. Measures are being taken to restore the combat capability of units.

As a result of active, coordinated actions of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other components of the defense forces, the enemy suffered significant losses, which forced him to retreat from the previously captured settlements of Kyiv region.

In the northern direction, active offensive operations by the enemy are not carried out. In some areas, the enemy carried out raids and reconnaissance of the positions of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy kept Sumy surrounded and partially blocked Kharkiv from the north. Conducts regrouping of troops.

In the Donetsk and Tavriya directions, the occupiers did not abandon attempts to capture the cities of Mariupol and Severodonetsk, and were unsuccessful. Plans to establish control over Mykolayiv and advance towards Zaporizhia and Kryvyi Rih have not been implemented by the enemy. Due to significant losses, the invaders are forced to turn to defense and try to provide comprehensive support.

12:21

Dmytro Lunin, Temporary Acting Head of Poltava Regional State Administration 

An enemy missile was shot down in the sky over Poltava region.

12:07. Ukrainska Pravda

In Kharkiv, about 350 houses were left without heating due to the shelling. People will be relocated to surviving schools, but almost 50 schools have been destroyed.

12:03 Head of Sumy Regional State Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyi

In Okhtyrka, the CHP and power substation are completely destroyed, there is no heat carrier in the city.

Water supply, sewerage and electricity supply are interrupted.

There is no connection with two settlements – Trostyanets and Krasnopillya, so the situation there is currently unknown. 

More than 100 subscribers remain without gas supply in Sumy, more than 300 – in Okhtyrka, single – in Konotop, Kyrylivka, Krasnopillya, Pysarivka village of Krasnopil district. In the village of Mezenivka, Krasnopil district, 34 subscribers have no gas.

More than 50,000 subscribers are left without electricity, 9,000 of whom are residents of Sumy district. 

A significant proportion of residents of Okhtyrka (13,000 subscribers), Velyka Pysarivka (8,200), Trostyanets (2,500), Krasnopillya (14,000), and Lebedyn (5,700) don’t have electricity.

In all other cities of the region, the services provide public services on a full-time basis.

11:45

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine / CinC AF of Ukraine:

Since the beginning of an uncovered invasion, Russia launched 328 cruise missiles of Iskander and Kalibr types on peaceful cities, towns and villages of Ukraine.This bloody crime of Putin’s regime is a blatant violation of the international humanitarian law violation that needs International Criminal Court investigation.

11:20 Ruslan Martsinkiv – the mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk:

After the explosions, no one was reported killed. The infrastructure is not damaged. He asks the residents of Opryshivtsi, Krykhivtsi, Chukalivka, who live near the local airport, to move if possible.

11:15 Ukrzaliznytsia

Since the beginning of the war, Ukrzaliznytsia has evacuated more than 2 million people“During the 15 days of the war, Ukrzaliznytsia has evacuated more than 2 million people. 226,000 of them are abroad,” the statement in telegram said.

11:07 Ukraine’s State Emergency Service: 

Baryshivka village, Kyiv region: on March 11, an air strike damaged apartment buildings, partially destroyed and damaged the infrastructure of the village. 6 people were injured. 

Oskil village, Kharkiv region: an enemy shell hit one of the buildings of psychoneurological residential care facility, 5 floors high. The explosion destroyed the building structures on the 2nd and 3rd floors, as well as local fires in several places. Fortunately, there were no casualties. All 30 staff members and 330 patients (mostly elderly and disabled) were in shelter at the time of the shelling.

Dnipro city: at about 06:10 AM,  there were three air strikes in the city, namely: hitting a kindergarten,  an apartment building, and  a two-story shoe factory with subsequent burning. 1 person died, the fire at the shoe factory was extinguished.

11:03 Operational Command “North”: Defense forces operating in Chernihiv region liberated 5 settlements (from Russian occupiers) and captured two enemy’s armored personnel carriers

10:59 Luhansk Regional State Administration: Occupiers distribute propaganda letters and videos where Ukrainians allegedly support Putin’s regime. In Svatove, Luhansk region, 

ten unknown people, playing the role of locals, recorded a video in support of the Putin regime. The filming site was set up near the Svatove military registration and enlistment office. There is an instruction for recording such videos, distributed in Svatove.

10:10 Ukraine’s MFA: Information about the Russian invasion

The operational situation on the diplomatic front as of 10:00 AM, March 11

On the th day, Ukraine fiercely resists on all fronts against Russia’s armed aggression.

Thanks to the round-the-clock work of Ukrainian diplomacy, foreign partners, the Ukrainian community abroad, and volunteers, dozens of trucks with the necessary assistance are arriving in Ukraine every day.

Financial Aid

The US Senate has approved budget estimates for 2022, providing 13.6 billion US dollars to help Ukraine and US partners in NATO

Refusal of the gas needle of the Russian Federation

The Australian government has decided to ban imports of oil, petroleum products, natural gas, coal, and other energy sources from Russia. The sanctions will take effect on April 25

International isolation of the Russian Federation

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has decided to consult with the PACE on new measures to be taken against Russia in response to serious irregularities of its statutory obligations

27 Polish cities have unilaterally terminated bilateral cooperation agreements with 29 Russian cities and 4 Belarusian cities

Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials are excluded from competitions under the auspices of the World Karate Federation (WKF)

The Riga City Council has decided to rename the part of the street where the Russian Embassy is located to the Street of Ukrainian Independence

Economic isolation of the Russian Federation

The International Monetary Fund predicts a “deep recession” in the Russian economy due to Russia’s war against Ukraine

Turkish airline Pegasus Airlines is canceling its flights to and from Russia for two weeks due to EU sanctions

Kazakhstan’s Air Astana has canceled all flights to Russia and over the country due to the termination of flight insurance

The largest US bank, JPMorgan, is closing down in Russia and closing existing commitments in the country

Google Cloud service has stopped registering new users from Russia

Humanitarian aid

The Greece Government has decided to send vehicles to Poland for the voluntary deportation of Ukrainians who were forced to escape from Russian aggression

A plane with medicines, first aid, equipment, special clothes, and other necessities for Ukraine left Edmonton, Canada

American actress Mila Kunis and her husband actor Ashton Kutcher have raised more than $ 20 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine

(поки не брати) – Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petro Andryushchenko (wrote in the evening on March 10)

For the first time, Russian troops used an air bomb for 1000 kilograms of Trinitrotoluene (TNT) during the bombing of Mariupol.

Wikipedia writes that ultra-small nuclear munitions have less than 1 kiloton (equivalent to 1,000 kilograms of TNT); small 1-10 kt.

09:50 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 11.03 are approximately:

• Personnel—more than 12 thousand people,
• Tanks—353 units,
• AFV—1165 units,
• Artillery systems—125 units,
• MLRS—58 units,
• Anti-aircraft warfare—31 units,
• Aircraft—57 units,
• Helicopters—83 units,
• Automotive equipment—558 units,
• Ships/ boats—3 units,
• Fuel tanks—60,
• UAV operational and tactical level—7,

Data are being updated. The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities.

Enemy losses per day:

• Personnel—266,
• Tanks—18 units,
• AFV—60 units,
• Artillery systems—2 units,
• MLRS—2 units,
• Anti-aircraft warfare—2 units,
• Aircraft—0 units,
• Helicopters—0 units,
• Automotive equipment—32 units.

#stoprussia

09.35 Decentralization 

The Ukrainian Association of District and Regional Councils, leading scientists, public figures and environmentalists have appealed to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to prevent an environmental catastrophe due to the uncontrolled situation at the Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhya NPPs.

09.27 Ukrinform with reference to Vedomosti

The Russian military admitted that in the morning of March 11 struck at airfields in Lutsk and Ivano-Frankivsk.

08.23 Telegram channel of Energoatom

Energoatom completely abandons Russian nuclear fuel.

8.20 UNIAN with reference to Gitanas Nausėda

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda claimed that European Union leaders approved Ukraine’s European integration.

“A historic night at Versailles. After five hours of heated discussions, EU leaders said yes to Ukrainian eurointegration. The process started. Now it is up to us and Ukrainians to accomplish it fast. The heroic Ukrainian nation deserves to know that they are welcome in the EU.”

08:13 Telegram channel of the mayor of Energodar Dmytro Orlo

Humanitarian aid has arrived in Energodar and will be distributed on March 12.

Arranged delivery by the Red Cross.

07.50 Ukrinform with reference to Reuters

Facebook has allowed calls for Putin’s death and violence against invaders.

“As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we have temporarily amended the forms of political expression that usually violate our rules, such as aggressive statements, namely, death to the Russian occupiers,” a spokesman for Meta Platforms said.

Temporary changes in social media policies regarding calls for violence against Russian soldiers (except prisoners of war) apply to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine.

07:40 Ivano-Frankivsk Mayor Ruslan Marcinkiv confirmed the strike at the local airport in the morning.

06:53 Evropeiska Pravda

Forty-two US senators called on Biden to provide Ukraine with combat aircraft and air defence equipment.

06:36 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 

Operational information on 06.00 as of 11.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine

The sixteenth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people against the russian military invasion has begun.

Ukraine’s defence forces are repelling and holding back the offensive of the Russian armed forces in all directions.

There have been no significant changes in the position of our troops and enemy troops in the last six hours.

Regarding the actions of the enemy, aggressive Russian propaganda is beginning to work actively in the temporarily occupied territories. By spreading pro-Russian messages, the occupiers are trying to negotiate with the local population.

In the Kherson region, the enemy is seeking to introduce an administrative-police regime, creating a system of commandants’ offices to maintain “order” in the temporarily occupied settlements.

During the clashes with units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which continue in the Chernihiv region, the invaders persist suffering significant losses. As a result, the personnel of the occupying forces in this area have been demoralized and surrendered.

In some settlements, the enemy, in violation of international humanitarian law, commits robberies, hostages and executions of civilians.

In the urgent need to replenish units of the Russian Armed Forces and other illegally created terrorist armed groups, in the Rostov region, in correctional colonies, there is continued work among prisoners with a proposal to join the occupying forces in exchange for amnesty. The armed forces of the russian federation are ready to take everyone for the service, even those who have no experience of military service.

06.51 State Emergency Service of Ukraine

At 06:10 in the Novokodatsky district of Dnipro, there were three airstrikes in the city. They hit near a kindergarten and an apartment building and smashed a two-story shoe factory.

06.20 The enemy struck on Lutsk and Dnipro, there are victims

The mayor of Lutsk Igor Polishchuk reported explosions near the airport. State Enterprise Lutskteplo temporarily stopped the work of two boiler rooms.

The head of the Volyn Regional State Administration Yuriy Pohulyayko clarified that two people were killed and six wounded, as a result of the shelling of the military airfield in Lutsk by the Russian occupiers.

05.44 Ukrainian Pravda with reference to the APnews

The US Congress has finally approved USD 13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine.

04.47 Evropeiska Pravda 

The President of Lithuania believes that the EU summit said “yes” to Ukraine’s integration into the EU.

04.35 Evropeiska Pravda (refers to the decision at their disposal)

The EU summit adopted a compromise solution in support of Ukraine’s European perspective to join the EU. 

03.45 Ukrainian Pravda with reference to CNBC

Pentagon claimed that the Russian occupiers fired more than 775 different missiles across Ukraine.

01:36 Ukrinform with reference to the online briefing of the head of the IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva

The economic recession in Russia will be profound. The possibility of default is no longer “unlikely”.

00:50 Air Force Command of UA Armed Forces

On March 10, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed two large columns of enemy equipment and struck 10 occupiers’ planes.

According to preliminary information, this is a whole regiment of landing troops of the Russian Federation with a full set of equipment: tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, “Grady”, and others.

UNICEF

The number of refugee children from Ukraine has exceeded one million.

National Guard of Ukraine

In Mykolaiv, the member of the National Guard, from a distance of more than a kilometre, destroyed the enemy sniper with a machine gun.

10.03.2022

19:59 Ukrainska Pravda: Evacuation of civilians from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia failed as the Russian troops fired toward the evacuation corridor. Delivery of humanitarian aid to the besieged city was halted.

“(In Mariupol), 300,000 people have no access to water and food, suffer from cold. The enemy blocks us from saving them,” said the Minister for Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vershchuk. 

18:15 Security Service of Ukraine: Russia plans to blast a warehouse of ammonia in Kharkiv region and fault the Ukrainian Armed Forces for that.

18:15 General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces:

In Polissya and Volyn, the Russian troops were forced to retreat. In the North, the Ukrainian troops liberated Baklanova Muraviyka.

The troops that defend Kyiv firmly hold their positions.

The Russian troops were stopped in all directions. They suffered significant losses in personnel, weapons and equipment.

Russia is spreading disinformation on Ukraine’s military and political leadership through cyber units and the federal media.

The military of the Russian Armed Forces deployed to Ukraine are demoralized. They fear that Russia’s Defnese Ministry will not pay them due to the sanctions imposed on Russia.   

In Shestovytsia, in Chernihiv region, the Russian troops seek ways to surrender. 

17:06 Operator of the gas transportation system of Ukraine: The Russian troops attempted to enter the compressor stations in Novopskov in Luhansk region and Kupyansk in Kharkiv region, and interfere with the operation of the gas transportation system.

That poses a threat to safe and uninterrupted transportation of gas in Ukraine and Europe, the operator said. The company reported the threat to law enforcement, government agencies, and Gazprom. 

11:19 National POlice of Ukraine: For March 9, Russian troops killed 5 peaceful residents in Donetsk region, among the victims – a 5-year-old girl. 22 people were wounded

11:14 Main Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine: The commander of the occupier’s regiment, Colonel Andrey Zakharov, was liquidated. During the fighting in Brovary area, Kyiv region, the battalion tactical group of the 6th tank regiment (Chebarkul) of the 90th tank division of Russia’s Central Military District suffered significant losses in personnel and equipment. In particular, the regiment commander Colonel Andrey Zakharov was liquidated. The BTGr of the 6th Tank Regiment together with the BTGr of the 239th tank regiment of the 90th tank division were forced to retreat and move to the defense.

10:10 Two hundred and fifteen thousand Ukrainians have returned home from abroad since the Russian attack,  State Border Guard Service spokesman Andriy Demchenko said during a telethon, Ukrainian Pravda reported.

10:02 National Police of Ukraine: In Zhytomyr region, as a result of air attacks during March 9, 6 people were killed and 12 were injured.

09:47 In Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia region, the armed men in Russian military uniform broke into the house and took away the deputy of  Zaporizhzhia Regional Council Liela Ibrahimova, the member of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Eskender Bariev reported.

09:10 More than 10,000 people have been evacuated from Kyiv’s satellite cities – Vorzel, Irpin – on March 9, the head of Kyiv regional state administration Oleksiy Kuleba reported, Urkinfrom https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-regions/3425344-iz-mistsuputnikiv-kieva-vdalosa-evakuuvati-ponad-10-tisac-ludej.htmlcites. Yet, it was impossible to get in Bucha and Gostomel cities, Kuleba added.

08:42 Russian squadrons have moved from Odesa to Crimea, no landing is expected yet, says representative of the Operational Staff of Odesa military administration Serhiy Bratchuk, Ukrainian Pravda reported.

08:00 More than 43,000 people were evacuated from Sumy on March 9 by buses and private cars, the head of Poltava military administration Dmytro Lunin reported. “At night, all three columns arrived in Lubny (Poltava region) and from there people by rail went to the west of the country. Those who remained in Poltava region were provided with accommodation”.

07:30 Czech republic want to equate the symbol of the Russian occupiers in Ukraine (“Z” mark) to the Nazi swastika and prosecute accordingly for its use, European Pravda reports with reference to Seznam Zpravy.

07:28 Ukraine’s State Emergency Service: The enemy with renewed vigor at night carried out shelling and aerial bombardment of various objects in residential areas of Kharkiv and rural settlements of the region. The enemy hit a private house in a village of Balaklia community. As a result of the destruction of the building, 4 people died: 2 women and 2 children. A 5-year-old girl managed to survive. She was injured and hospitalized.

06:56 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Ukraine’s defense forces continue to hold back the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces in Donetsk, Slobozhanskyi and parts of Tavriyskyi operational areas. Continues the defense of Kharkiv and Okhtyrka. The main efforts are focused on preventing the enemy from advancing in the south-eastern direction. The circular defense of the city of Mariupol continues.

06.41 The US Congress approved a $ 13.6 billion aid package to Ukraine,  European Pravda reports with reference to Reuters

06:33 IAEA in recent days had lost remote data transmission from its safeguards systems installed to monitor nuclear material at the Chornobyl NPP and another Ukrainian nuclear power plant now controlled by Russian forces, the Zaporizhzhya NPP. 

06:28 Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs: Defenders of Mariupol destroyed and damaged 16 units of enemy equipment

01:59 Head of Sumy military administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyi:Russian aircraft bombed the outskirts of Sumy and Okhtyrka at night, where the gas pipeline was probably damaged, an oil tank caught fire due to the shelling in Mala Pavlivka village, and the occupiers’ fired on Trostianets with artillery.

07.03.2022

11:37 Svitske Zhyttia

The Editorial Board of Ukrainian TV show Svitske Zhyttia created a Telegram channel to help those who have been lost or lost contact during the war in Ukraine. Link here: https://t.me/poshuk_znyklyh.

11:10 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

Hearings on Ukraine’s lawsuit against Russia in genocide case have begun at the UN International Court of Justice.

10:58 Ukrainska Pravda

In the village of Vyazivka in the Zhytomyr region, Russian invaders destroyed the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, built in 1862.

10:37 The Security Service of Ukraine

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) detained a unit of militants of the so-called terrorist “DPR” entity. 

Thirteen occupiers fired on civilians, housing estates and critical infrastructure in Mariupol, Kramatorsk, Volnovakha, Sartan and Talakivka. Also, SSU detained a Russian intelligence agent in Kyiv, the director of one of the defence companies in Dnipro, which specializes in the supply and software of drones. His latest task from the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is to obtain data on the Ukrainian military in the area of ​​the Joint Forces operation.

SSU confined two Russian intelligence agents in Mykolaiv and one–in Rivne. In the Luhansk region, criminal proceedings have been instituted against a former member of the Party of Regions, who is currently trying to head the occupation administration in the temporarily occupied city of Belovodsk.

10:21 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Operational Info on the diplomatic front as of 10:00 a.m. March 7

It is the 12th day of the total resistance of the Ukrainian people against the armed aggression of the Russian Federation.

• Global sanctions are hitting Russia’s economy and elites hard. Dissatisfaction with Russian society is growing;
• Ukraine is coordinating efforts with international partners to force the aggressor state to pay the highest price for its war against the Ukrainian people and to stop it as soon as possible;
• Hearings on Ukraine’s lawsuit against Russia begin in The Hague today to bring it to justice for crimes against our state.

Sanctions

• New Zealand has banned 102 Russian and Belarusian citizens responsible for organizing an armed invasion of Ukraine, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

Financial Aid

• The United Kingdom allocates an additional USD 100 million to support the Ukrainian economy. The funds will come through the World Bank.

Isolation of the Russian Federation

• American Express suspends all operations in Russia and Belarus;
• Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein and Warners close their stores in Russia;
• Coursera and EdX educational platforms have announced the termination of cooperation with Russia;
• South Korea has decided to suspend transactions with the Central Bank of Russia;
• Audit firm KPMG has announced the closure of its branches in Russia and Belarus;
• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan has classified Russia as the 3rd level of danger, meaning the recommendation to refrain from any trips to Russia;
• Denmark plans to give up Russian gas because of Russia’s war against Ukraine;
• The Organizing Committee of the 2022 World Games, an international competition in non-Olympic sports, has excluded athletes and officials from Russia and Belarus from the tournament.

 Information isolation

• The EU has imposed sanctions on state-run media RT / Russia Today and Sputnik;
• The social network TikTok is temporarily suspended in Russia;
• Video service Netflix has stated that it is leaving the Russian market and suspending all operations.

Humanitarian help

• Lithuanian volunteer organization Blue/ Yellow, which provides support to the Ukrainian military, has raised EUR 17 million.

10:14 Ukrainska Pravda

British newspaper “Financial Times” with reference to European intelligence services and officials reports that Russian authorities have instructed the FSB to prepare punitive operations in the captured Ukrainian cities to break the resistance of the population.

According to representatives of European intelligence, the Russian FSB was instructed to maintain political order in the captured cities. “Russian officials are considering aggressive measures to quell possible protests and resistance, including violent crowd control, repressive detentions of protest organizers, and possibly public executions to deter Ukrainian protesters.”

10:00 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 07.03 were approximately:

Personnel—more than 11 000,

Tanks—290 units,

Combat vehicles—999 units,

Artillery systems—117 units,

Multiple rocket launchers—50 units,

Anti-aircraft warfare systems—23 units,

Aircraft—46 units,

Helicopters—68 units,

Vehicles—454 units,

Speedboats—3 units,

Fuel tanks—60 units,

UAV of operational-tactical level—7 units.

Data are being updated. The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities.

09:21 State Emergency Service

The search for victims under the rubble at the airport near the village Havryshivka of Vinnytsia district continues.

As of 7 a.m. on March 7, 15 people have been discharged from the rubble of buildings at Vinnytsia Airport, including 9 dead (5 civilians, 4 militaries). The search operations are underway.

09:07 Suspilne

The Deputy Prime Minister for the Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, Iryna Vereshchuk, at a briefing, addressed Mr Macron, Mr Johnson, Mr Biden:

“Please help open real effective humanitarian corridors that will save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, including foreigners.”

08:58 Regional military administrarion of Zaporizhia

The troops of Kadyrov fired at the tank and ran over the car of Ukrposhta employees who distributed pensions. A man and a woman died on the spot.

The employees of Ukrposhta delivered pensions and mail along the route that passes through the settlements of Orikhiv, Omelnyk, Yegorivka and Novoselivka. On the way between the settlements of Yegorivka and Novoselivka, a tank drove to meet a civilian car. The driver took a little to the right to pass military equipment. In response, Russian soldiers opened fire on a civilian car from afar and ran over it.

08:49 Ukrainska Pravda, Hostomel territorial community

The head of the territorial community of Hostomel, Yuriy Prylypka, was killed by the occupiers while he was delivering medicine and food to the locals. Also, the mayor of Bucha was wounded.

08:00 The State Emergency Service

Operational info as of 07:00 a.m. on March 7, 2022, in the Kharkiv region.

The enemy resumed shelling and air bombardment of residential neighbourhoods and various facilities in Kharkiv and rural settlements of the region, resulting in many destructions and fires. At 7:15 p.m., another massive air bombardment of Kharkiv took place, completely or partially destroying multi-storey residential buildings, administrative buildings, medical facilities, educational institutions and dormitories. There were also large-scale fires in 21 buildings in the central part of the city. Rescuers rescued and evacuated about 200 people during firefighting and dismantling. Firefighters also found the bodies of 8 people under the rubble. 

The final information on the dead and injured are currently being clarified.

07:47 The Vekhovna Rada of Ukraine

A powerful explosion erupted in Luhansk at night.

The oil depot is on fire.

07:25 Suspilne

At 5:15 a.m., the Russian troops began shelling of Mykolaiv from rocket installations of volley fire “Tornado”.

Rescuers also report that many shells in the city did not explode. As of 7:00 a.m., part of the city is deprived of heat. As of 7:20 a.m., there is no official information on the casualties.

07:04 Evropeiska pravda with reference to CNN

The USA claims Russia fired 600 missiles at Ukraine and used 95% of the power accumulated at the borders.

06:40 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Operational info regarding Russian invasion as of 06:00 of March 7, 2022

The twelfth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion has begun.

The enemy continues its offensive against Ukraine.

From the beginning of the day, the russian occupier continued to carry out rocket-bomb and artillery strikes on settlements in Ukraine.

The invaders continue to use the airfield network of the Republic of Belarus to carry out airstrikes on Ukraine.

Acting insidiously, the occupiers violate the rules of international humanitarian law, shell civilians, “green corridors”, take women and children hostage, place equipment, ammunition in residential areas of cities, artificially create a humanitarian crisis in the occupied settlements. Yes, the city of Irpin remains deprived of light, water and heat for more than three days. There is no supply of food and water. The occupiers forbade citizens to leave their homes.

There are numerous cases of staging reports for Russian TV channels about the alleged humanity and humanity of the invaders’ soldiers. Also, on social networks, the enemy continues to distribute the content created from the first person, which negatively covers the activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Group of the Defense Forces of Ukraine carries out a defence operation in all areas of the enemy advance. The enemy continues to suffer heavy losses in manpower, ground equipment and means of air attack. Surrenders to captivity.

04:00 Ukrainska Pravda

On Monday, South Korea had decided to suspend transactions with Russia’s central bank.

Denmark will significantly increase its defense budget and will get rid of Russian gas amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

03:52 Ukrainska Pravda

In Russia, a Kostroma priest will be prosecuted for linking to a “No War” petition on the parish’s website and an anti-war sermon.

02:50 Ukrainska Pravda

The Wall Street Journal reports, citing four US officials, that Russia is recruiting Syrians who are aware of fighting in urban conditions to transfer them to Ukraine. 

“Russia, which has been operating in Syria since 2015, has been recruiting fighters from there in recent days, hoping that their experience of fighting in urban conditions will help take Kyiv and deal a devastating blow to the Ukrainian government.”

00:45 Suspilne

A spokesman for the Operational Headquarters of the Odesa Regional Military Administration Sergei Bratchuk reported that Russian troops launched a missile strike on critical infrastructure near the village of Tuzla. As of 00:40 on March 7, no one was killed or injured. Information about the settlements located near Tuzla is being clarified.

00:30 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Updated info regarding Russian invasion as of 00:00 of March 6, 2022

The eleventh day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion is over.

The enemy continues the offensive operation against Ukraine, focusing on the encirclement of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and Mykolayiv, reaching the administrative borders in Luhansk and Donetsk regions, creating a land corridor with the Crimea in the direction of Mariupol–Novoazovsk.

The invaders did not achieve the ultimate goal of eleven days of occupation.

The enemy group began to accumulate resources for the storming of Kyiv.

At the same time, the occupiers did not stop trying to prepare for the offensive in the Polissya, Siversky, Donetsk, and Tavriya directions.

In the Polissya direction, the enemy is seeking to establish full control over the cities of Bucha and Irpin and get closer to the capital of Ukraine.

In the area of ​​the city of Irpin, the enemy is moving in the advance tank and motorized infantry units.

From the territory of the Republic of Belarus through the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone the supply of fuel and other material means for the occupying forces continues.

In the northern direction, the occupiers are trying to provide a tactical advantage to reach the eastern outskirts of Kyiv through Brovarsky and Boryspil districts, as well as to establish control over the cities of Chernihiv and Sumy.

After the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted fire damage on the places of accumulation of the enemy’s weapons in the areas of Nova Basan and Skripali, the enemy suffered significant losses, redeployed additional forces to replenish manpower and equipment.

In the Tavriya direction, the occupiers are conducting an offensive with forces of up to three battalions in the direction of the city of Zaporizhia. The enemy managed to restore the movement of trains on the Antonov railway bridge across the Dnieper.

In addition, the advance of enemy units in the northeastern direction along the Ingul River continues. Battalion tactical groups forced the river and occupied the settlement Kashpero-Mykolaivka.

The Armed Forces continue to conduct a defence operation in the South, East and North. In the course of hostilities, the city of Chuhuiv was liberated. The occupiers suffered heavy losses in personnel and equipment. Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Safronov, Commander of the 61st Separate Marine Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces, and Lieutenant Colonel Denis Glebov, Deputy Commander of the 11th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces, were killed.

00:05 State Emergency Center Department in Zhytomyr region

At about 9 pm, the towns of Korosten and Ovruch were hit by Russian aircraft. The school was damaged, houses were destroyed.

є ❗️ The first session of the International Criminal Court in The Hague will take place today, on March 7, said Fedor Venislavsky, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense, and Intelligence, during a telethon.

#StopRussia

#StopRussianAggression

#StandWithUkraine

#SanctionRussiaNow

#UkraineWillResist

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06.03.2022

22:18 Censor.net

Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov reported that, according to his information, the TV tower on Pavlov Field is in place. 

“There was a hit, the cable was broken. Let’s see when the shelling ends. We will restore” – he mentioned. 

21:38 Evropean Pravda

Tetiana Pechonchyk, Chairman of the Board of the ZMINA Center for Human Rights, claims that more than 50 Ukrainian organizations have appealed to the UN to set up a special international tribunal over Putin.

The special tribunal should investigate military aggression and bring to justice the top leadership of the Russian Federation and all senators of the Federation Council who formally agreed to Putin’s use of Russian troops in Ukraine.

20:49 Interfax

On March 5, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has introduced licensing for the export of wheat, corn, poultry, chicken eggs and oil by adopting the respective resolution #207.

Ukraine has expanded the list of goods permitted to be exported by the Ministry of Economy to five positions. From now on, wheat, corn, poultry, chicken eggs and oil have become subject to licensing.

20:39 Interfax

Vinnytsia region faced a rocket fire, targeting Vinnytsia airport, said Serhiy Borzov, head of the regional military administration.

“Vinnytsia region was shelled from the south, probably from the Black Sea or Transnistria. Eight cruise missiles hit our airport. People were injured. First, there are casualties, both military and civilian. The blockages have not been dismantled yet, so we will clarify how many people died later. Fuel tanks caught fire, but they could not be completely blown up due to coordinated actions of the State Emergency Service (SES). The localized and extinguished the fire,” Borzov said on Facebook.

SES cadets were involved in the analysis of the debris. Six employees of the airport are under the rubble. Their current condition is unknown.

“This is the first powerful bombing of Vinnytsia, so I call on all Vinnytsia residents—when you hear an alarm, go to the shelter immediately,” – Borzov emphasized.

20:16 Radio Svoboda

On March 6, Irpin Mayor Oleksandr Markushin reported that eight civilians were killed in a shelling by Russian troops during evacuation.

“We had an evacuation across the bridge, across Romanivka. Russian invaders fired on our civilians. The family died after a shell hit it. Two small children and two adults died, in front of my eyes. In total, about eight people passed away during today’s shelling, “Markushin said in his video report.

20:04 Obozrevatel

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba appealed to NATO to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine again as a 500-kg Russian bomb fell on a residential building in Chernihiv and didn’t explode. However, many others did, killing innocent men, women and children. He urges NATO to provide the Armed Forces with combat aircraft to protect civilians from constant bombings.

19:03 Suspilne Kharkiv

According to preliminary information from rescuers, Russian aircraft hit the TV tower on Pavlov Field (Kharkiv). The State Emergency Service reported that there is also information about the shelling in the area of ​​the Square of the Heavenly Hundred (Nebesnoi Sotni).

18:14 Minister for the Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk says more than 2,000 foreign nationals studying in Ukrainian universities in Ukraine cannot leave due to the shelling of the Russian occupiers.

“We are trying to help Chinese students – I am in constant contact with the Chinese ambassador to Ukraine. We are trying to agree on a humanitarian corridor for more than 100 students from Sumy, who for 10 days, are afraid for their lives”.

17:51 Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmygal called on allies to suspend Russia’s and Belarus’ membership in the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group, Economic Pravda reports.

16:41 Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs: Despite the shelling by the enemy, police and military took 200 civilians out of the combat zone, including 50 children and one wounded.

The evacuation was carried out near the village of Romanivka under mortar fire from the enemy.

16:38 Interfax Ukraine

In occupied Nova Kakhovka (Southern Ukraine), the Russian troops fired on civilians and used stun grenades to disperse the rally against the occupation. Five people were wounded.

16:18 Ukrainian Railways is working to ensure the export of Ukrainian grain under the blockade of seaports – the main channel of freight traffic.

“Every tenth loaf of bread in the world is baked from Ukrainian grain. The war against Ukraine threatens the world with food shortages. In order to prevent the global food crisis and save Ukrainian exports, JSC Ukrainian Railways  is ready to urgently organize the delivery of agricultural products by rail. The logistics of grain delivery to the border with Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland are currently being worked out, from where the grain will be delivered to ports and logistics hubs of European countries”, company stated. 

15:50 Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba said that there still remain some loopholes for the operation of Visa and Mastercard in Russia.

“Someone needs to interact, and someone needs to push Visa and Mastercard to completely cut off any business ties with the Russian market,” the minister said during a telethon.

14:00 Ukraine’s Security Service Department in Kharkiv region: Once again, Russian terrorist forces are launching targeted strikes on Ukraine’s nuclear facilities. Today, the Russian aggressor fired from GRAD multiple rocket launchers on the territory of the National Research Center “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology (NRC KIPT).

The NRC KIPT has a research facility “Neutron Source”, in the core of which are loaded 37 nuclear fuel cells.

The destruction of a nuclear facility and storage facilities for nuclear materials could lead to a large-scale environmental catastrophe.

13:47 Head of Vinnytsia regional administration Serhiy Borzov

Russia conducted an air strike on Vinnytsia.

Eight missiles struck the city, destroyed the airport, the Ukrainian President said in a video address.   

13:30 Ukrainska Pravda quoting acting chairman of the board of Ukrzaliznytsia Oleksandr Kamyshyn

Russia would not accept remains of its soldiers, as the Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) sent 20 refrigerator cars to Fastiv, Odesa-Zastava, Podilsk, Merefa, and Zaporizhzhia. The cars remained on the stations for three days, but the remains were not loaded to the cars.

“Ukrzaliznytsia stands ready to send refrigerator cars once again as soon as Russia is ready to take back the remains of its soldiers and send them to the families,” the company said.  

13.30 Russia is planning to drop bombs on Odesa — President of Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy called this a «historical crime». He addressed Russians, asking them to remember the sincere love they were always greeted with by the citizens of Odesa.

«Russians have always come to Odesa. Always felt only warmth in Odesa.  And now what? Bombs against Odesa? Artillery against Odesa? Missiles against Odesa? It will be a war crime. It will be a historic crime», the President of Ukraine said in his speech on March 6, 2022.

13:25 Regiment Azov

The Russian troops fired toward the evacuation corridors in Mariupol. That’s the second attempt to evacuate civilians from besieged Mariupol.

12:55 Head of Kharkiv regional administration Oleh Synehubov

In the morning, Ukraine’s air defense in Kharkiv shot down Russia’s Su-25 aircraft.

Five to seven Russian fighter and attack aircraft are constantly in the sky over Kharkiv. They conduct air strikes on the city’s residential areas.

12:47 Ukraine’s Ombudsman Liudmyla Denisova: 38 children have died and 71 children have been injured as of 12:00 on March 6, 2022, since the beginning of the invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.

Only for the last day a one-and-a-half-year-old boy died as a result of shelling by the Russian occupiers in Mariupol.

In the town of Bucha, Kyiv region, two seriously injured children died due to inability to receive medical care.

The boy, who was born in Kharkiv 40 days ago, died of pneumonia, which he contracted during a several-day stay in a bomb shelter in Kharkiv.

“I call on international human rights organizations to take all possible measures to increase pressure on the Russian Federation to end military aggression against Ukraine,” – Denisova said.

12.44 Russian forces aim to capture the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant – Arestovych.

The adviser to the President of Ukraine, Oleksiy Arestovych said commenting the current situation, that occupiers are trying to “advance north of Mykolayiv and are trying to turn towards the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant to try to capture the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.”

12.30 Updated info regarding the Russian invasion. 12:00 06.03.2022
The opponent does not give up his intentions and continues the offensive operation against Ukraine. The occupants, despite the losses in personal composition and equipment, with the support of aviation, focused basic efforts on trying to surround the cities of Kiev, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv and at the exit to the administrative borders of Luhansk and Donetsk regions, created not a land corridor with temporarily occupied Crimea.

Without achieving the goal of occupying the capital of Ukraine during the first days of the war, the occupiers focused the main attention on active actions in the southern regions, in order to deprive Ukraine of the exit to the Black and Azov Seas. The tanks have spent almost all of the basic reserves and are preparing to send additional units from the Eastern, Central and Western military districts.

The army of the defense forces continues to conduct the defense operation.

In the Eastern direction, a defense operation is carried out in Donetsk, Slobozhansky and partially, Tavrijsky operating areas.

The United Forces Group is carrying out a defense operation in the Donetsk direction.

In the slobozhansʹkomu direction mehanízovaní parts of the zs of Ukraine zdíjsn нюtʹ defense of the cities of Kharkiv and Okht

The defense of Chernihiv continues in the Siberian region.

The grouping of forces and defense forces of the city of Kiev continues to steadily maintain defined boundaries and lead battles to maintain important defense areas in threatening directions.

Stabilization operation is carried out in other directions and territorial defense tasks are carried out.

The Air Force group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine carries out the repellent missile strikes and air strike means of the opponent, focusing efforts on the anti-air cover of important (critical) objects of Ukraine and grouping of troops.

Total combat losses of the opponent since the beginning of the operation: personnel warehouse – over 11,000 people, tanks – up to 285; BBM – up to 985, artillery systems – 109, RSV – 50, Air Force – 21; aircraft – 44, helicopters – 48, Bpla – 4, ships/boats – 2, ATT – 447.

12.15 Kyiv region. Updates on the morning 6th of March

Buchansky district. Makariv, Irpin, Gostomel fought at night. The Russians placed the equipment along Nemishayev community, Mykhailivska Rubizhivk, Bucha. Russians shelling residential buildings, civilians, preventing the evacuation. The evacuation of civilians and deliver humanitarian aid are preparing. A ceasefire is required.

Boryspil district. Utilities and infrastructure facilities are operating normally. The boundaries of the district are being strengthened.

Fastiv district. No shelling during the night. Important infrastructure facilities are protected.  A limited quantity of goods in local stores and pharmacies. No fuel at the gas stations. 

Bilotserkiv district. Airstrike alarms lasted all night long. Saboteurs are being fought. The volunteer movement to help the military and the population intensified. The organization of humanitarian aid is carried out.

Vyshgorod district. The north of the district remains occupied by the Russian forces. Poliska, Dymer, Ivankiv communities on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe. There is a constant regrouping of the forces of the invader. The district receives humanitarian medical and food aid. But the invader does not provide an opportunity to help the occupied communities.

Brovarsky district. The movement of enemy vehicles on the territory of settlements Baryshivska, Kalityanska and Velykodimerska was recorded. At night the enemy troops attacked Zavorichi and Semipolky villages. Currently, Russian troops are located in Velyka Dymerka. The organization of humanitarian aid is carried out. Medicines and supplies are also expected to arrive.

Obukhiv district. Work on restoring the utilities and providing the necessary assistance to the population.

12.00 The evacuation of civilians from Mariupol have started.

At Sunday noon the evacuation of civilians has begun in Mariupol.
Humanitarian corridor runs along the following route: Mariupol – Portivske – Mangush – Republic – Rozivka – Bilmak – Pologi – Orikhiv – Zaporizhzhia.  The Red Cross is leading the column.
On March 6th, from 10:00 to 21:00 ceasefire is declared. 

11:59 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: 

Operational information on 12.00, 06.03.2022 regarding Russian invasion 

The eleventh day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues.

The enemy does not give up its intentions and continues the offensive operation against Ukraine. Despite losses in personnel and equipment, the occupiers, with the support of the air force, focused their efforts on encircling the cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Mykolayiv and reaching the administrative borders of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, and creating a land corridor with the temporarily occupied Crimea.

Unable to achieve the goal of capturing the capital of Ukraine in the first days of the war, the occupiers focused on active action in the southern regions, in order to deprive Ukraine of access to the Black and Azov Seas. The invaders have spent almost all their main reserves and are preparing to send additional units from the Eastern, Central and Western military districts.

The Defence Forces of Ukraine continues to conduct a defense operation.

In the eastern direction, a defense operation is being conducted in the Donetsk, Slobozhansky and, in part, Tavriya operational districts.

The Joint Forces Group is conducting a defense operation in the Donetsk direction.

In the Slobozhansky direction, mechanized units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are defending the cities of Kharkiv and Okhtyrka.

The defence of Chernihiv continues in the Siverskyi region.

The group of forces and means of defence of the city of Kyiv continues to hold steady borders and fight to keep important areas of defence in threatening areas.

Stabilization operations are being carried out in other areas and territorial defence tasks are being carried out.

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repulses missile and air strikes and means of air attack of the enemy, concentrates its efforts on air cover of important (critical) objects of Ukraine and groups of troops.

Total enemy combat losses since the beginning of the operation: personnel – more than 11,000 people, tanks – up to 285; APV – up to 985, artillery systems – 109, MLRS – 50, air defence – 21; aircraft – 44, helicopters – 48, UAVs – 4, ships / boats – 2, vehicles – 447.

11:37 Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense Olexiy Reznikov: Appeal to the international community 

First of all, I would like to thank our partners for their support. The whole of Europe understands that they are sending aid to Ukraine because hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians today, at the cost of their lives, the lives of their relatives and even children, are deterring the aggressor from invading other countries.

At the same time, NATO refuses to close the sky over Ukraine. The arguments about murders, targeted bombing and rocket attacks on residential buildings, hospitals, maternity hospitals and kindergartens, and the destruction of one of the European nations are not sufficient in 21st century. Fine.

Then all of those, who are now blocking the closure of the sky over Ukraine, should recall April 1986. The Saturday night, April 26. Do you recall? That was the night when the disaster happened. The disaster that is considered to be the most massive in the history of nuclear energy, both in terms of the number of people killed and affected by its consequences, and in terms of economic damage. The radioactive cloud from the Chernobyl accident passed over the European part of then existing USSR, the largest part of Europe and the eastern part of the USA.

Today we are talking about Zaporizhzhia NPP. The LARGEST one in Europe. The consequences of the Chernobyl accident with only one power unit were catastrophic for the world. And now imagine what will happen if another Russian missile hits the Zaporizhzhya NPP, which has SIX power units.

Currently, the site of Zaporizhzhya NPP, as well as the Chernobyl NPP are under the control of the Russian armed forces. Targeting Energodar with its Zaporizhzhya NPP was not an accident. These are purposeful actions. Russia has committed an act of nuclear terrorism. We were miraculously lucky, as the fire was liquidated. But tomorrow may not be so lucky.

If the ZNPP explosion occurs, the consequences will be devastating not only for Ukraine, but for the whole world, as a nuclear disaster of this scale will surpass all previous accidents at nuclear power plants, including Chernobyl and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

So now there is a question: is the world ready for a catastrophe SIX times as massive as Chernobyl? Are all those who hesitate now, whether it is necessary to close the sky over Ukraine, ready to sacrifice the lives and health not only of Ukrainians, but also of their children? This is not about a war somewhere far away in Ukraine. It’s about your safety. And about the nuclear danger to the whole world. So, consider the situation. Ask yourself a question: are you ready to just hope that the rocket will not hit the nuclear power plants, as they “do not accidentally hit” to homes and kindergartens. Preventive sanctions were not imposed. Everyone is now watching from a distance the consequences of these hesitations on TV.

You cannot observe a nuclear catastrophe from afar – it is not going to work out that way. Your arguments that the current refusal to implement A2/AD is related to the fact that NATO is trying to avoid the nuclear war is not convincing, since Russia has already started it. Historical lessons are severe and they must be taken into account.

Listen to your people.  Yesterday’s Reuters / Ipsos poll made it clear that the outrage over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is growing.  About 74 percent of Americans, including the vast majority of Republicans and Democrats, said the United States and its North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies should introduce a no-fly zone in Ukraine, the poll said.

If Eisenhower had supported Europe before the World War II, the United States would have never had Pearl Harbor. If the countries of the world imposed the same sanctions against Russia as today, a full-scale war would not have begun. Say the least of it, the only way for all of us to survive, and I mean the whole world, is the A2/AD zone.

11.30 Missile strike on Ovruch, Ukraine-Belarus border – 30 private houses were destroyed 

A total of 30 private residential houses have been destroyed in a missile strike launched by the Russian military in Ovruch, 50 km south of the Belarusian border. Data on casualties or injuries to follow, State Emergency Service reports.

11:25 Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs:  In light of the allegations of unequal treatment of foreign students leaving Ukraine because of the Russian armed aggression, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine wishes to state the following. 

Discrimination of any kind, which includes discrimination based on race, skin color or nationality, has never been condoned in Ukraine which has been a key destination for foreign students from all corners of the globe for decades. The Ukrainian government takes very seriously all accounts alleging unequal treatment, including when it comes to the crossing of the state border by foreign citizens. 

We continue to prioritize supporting foreign citizens to leave Ukraine as safely and as quickly as possible. Over the past week, the government of Ukraine has assisted more than 130,000 foreigners to leave the country, including 10,000 Indian, 2,500 Chinese, 1,700 Turkmen and 200 Uzbek students. 

We call on diplomatic missions of other countries to be more proactive in joining our efforts to evacuate their nationals from the conflict zones, and keep regular contact with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. 

Russian armed forces continue to shell Ukrainian cities in violation of the ceasefire agreement. This has a direct, negative impact on our ability to secure the safe evacuation of foreign citizens out of Ukraine. Russia’s armed aggression continues to result in the killing and maiming of innocent people, the destruction of civilian infrastructure and it continues to create obstacles for the safe departure of foreign citizens.  

We urge all foreign governments to demand from President Putin that he immediately stops his war on Ukraine. 

Please note that despite extremely difficult conditions, the Ukrainian government has continued to keep all checkpoints on the western border open, 24 hours a day. Checks and check-in operations have been simplified as much as possible and the list of necessary documents has been minimized.

Citizens of all nationalities who are traversing the border are asked to comply with law and order and to act responsibly in light of the challenging situation. Those who are crossing are asked to have documents ready and to be as organized as possible. In addition, we ask that those crossing show mutual respect and understanding to everyone at the border during this extremely challenging time.

08.50 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 06.03 were approximately:

• personnel –  more 11 000,
• tanks ‒ 285,
• APV  ‒ 985 од,
• artillery systems – 109,
• MLRS – 50,
• Anti-aircraft warfare systems – 21,
• aircraft – 44,
• helicopters – 48;
• vehicles – 447,
• light speedboats – 2,
• fuel tanks – 60,
• UAV operational-tactical level – 4.

Data are being updated. The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities.

08:46. Source Ukrainska Pravda

Russian propagandists to justify Russia’s war against Ukraine write that Ukraine allegedly had a “nuclear program”, work on which intensified in 2014.

At once three central agencies of Russia disseminated such misinformation with reference to “an informed source in one of the competent agencies of the Russian Federation”. In this way, the Russians are trying to justify the attack on Ukraine and the capture of ZNPP and Chornobyl.

08:44. Bucha City Council. Official page

The enemy mercilessly continues to fire on all quarters of Bucha: every day – the struggle for survival.

The Bucha community has been without electricity, heat, communication and the Internet for several days.

Every day we receive almost thousands of messages from the residents of Bucha and settlements of the community about the need for food, water, restoration of communications.

Residents are asking to help the sick and those who have been unable to find relatives for several days.

A significant number of residents are in basements.

The enemy continues to fire on houses, cars, kill civilians and even children, looting shops.

It is impossible to deliver humanitarian goods: the community is under siege by the enemy.

08:23. MIA and SES

On the night of March 6, the enemy carried out several air strikes on residential buildings in the cities of Korosten and Ovruch in the Zhytomyr region. As a result of the shelling, several dozen private houses were destroyed. There are victims among the civilians. In the town of Korosten, 10 private houses were destroyed and 1 building caught fire. 1 person died and 2 were injured. 5 children were rescued from the basement.

In Ovruch, 15 private houses were destroyed, 5 of them completely. According to preliminary information, there are no victims.

Also at night, due to the shelling, there was an explosion in a residential area of ​​the private sector in Ovruch. According to preliminary data, there are no victims.

At the moment, work is underway to dismantle the blockages and restore communications.

08:04. General Staff

In social networks, the enemy has activated a large network of bots, trying to sow panic and despair of the people of Ukraine!

There are a lot of messages like “Everything is gone!”, “Help Kyiv (Kherson, Chernihiv, etc., depending on the operational situation);” “Everyone left us!” and like this.

In particular, messages are sent from newly created “patriotic” accounts with Ukrainian symbols in Ukrainian and Russian.

We remind you once again – filter the information, trust ONLY VERIFIED sources! Detect and block bots!

#stoprussia

07:35. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

The Russian Ministry of Defense orders to bury its soldiers in mass graves with the provision of numbers, in particular, in Belarus.

The Russian Ministry of Defense orders to bury its soldiers in mass graves with the provision of numbers, in particular, in Belarus.

«Requirement: To provide from March 1, 2022, the hidden removal (at night) of the bodies of fallen servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to permanent locations and their burial in a mass grave (including in the Republic of Belarus) with assignment of a number. If it’s impossible to evacuate the bodies from March 1, 2022, take measures to destroy them on the spot.»

Document received by Operational Command «North» signed on February 26 (!)

07:25. Source ESPRESSO

Russian occupiers shot auto with volunteers. This was announced by the animal protection organization UAnimals on its Facebook page. “In Bucha, the Russian occupiers shot volunteers as they took aid to an animal shelter. Eternal memory,” the report said.

07:07 European truth

Visa and Mastercard will block all Russian cards and stop working in Russia

“We are forced to act in response to Russia’s unprovoked invasion in Ukraine, in response to the unacceptable events we have witnessed,” the American news agency AP quotes the head of Visa Alfred Kelly.

“This decision was not easy for us… But the world has been witnessing shocking and devastating events for more than a week due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” a similar statement from MasterCard said.

Payment systems have committed themselves to stopping all transactions involving Russia. Visa and Mastercard issued in Russia will no longer be serviced anywhere in the world. Visa added that cards issued in foreign banks will cease to be serviced in Russia.

7:05 Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security

Planes of Russian oligarchs have become more frequent in the UAE. Ukrainian intelligence suggests that they are taking their valuables there

06:53 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Operational information as of 06:00, March, 6, 2022.

The eleventh day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people against the Russian military invasion has begun.

The Armed Forces and units of the Security and Defense Forces of Ukraine are fighting fierce battles to maintain certain borders.

The enemy, suffering losses, makes constant attempts to avoid direct fire contact with our troops.

The Defense Forces are conducting a defense operation within the Southern, Eastern and Northern operational zones in order to repel the attack of the occupying forces, inflict maximum losses, prevent their invasion, maintain areas of the state and create favorable conditions for their defeat and regain control on the lost territories, repulses blows of means of air attack of the enemy.

The Joint Forces are conducting a defense operation in the eastern part of the Donetsk operational district. The main efforts are focused on defending the city of Mariupol and inflicting fire damage on the overwhelming forces of the enemy.

Other groups are conducting a defensive operation and conducting defensive battles in Slobozhansky and in the eastern part of the Tavriya directions.

In particular, units of the Ais-Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stopped enemy columns trying to advance towards Dnipropetrovsk region from Balakliya.

An operation to defend the city of Chernihiv is underway in the Siverskyi region.

In the Volyn direction, measures are being taken to prepare the entire defense zone in a certain operational zone along the state border of Ukraine.

In the coastal direction – the defense of bases, seaports on the Black Sea. So in the Mykolayiv area capture of a considerable quantity of armored and automobile equipment of the enemy was planned and realized.

In other areas, units and subdivisions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine conduct a stabilization operation and perform territorial defense tasks in order to prevent offensive actions and activities of enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups.

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has focused its efforts on repelling enemy missile and air strikes, air cover of important (critical) objects of Ukraine and groups of troops.

In total, as of now, the losses of aircraft of the Russian occupation forces are up to 88 aircraft and helicopters.

Some enemy pilots who catapulted and survived were found by Ukrainian soldiers. They have received medical treatment and are already testifying about the Putin regime’s crimes against humanity.

The enemy is trying not to lose offensive potential but, in the current situation, has great losses in weapons, equipment and personnel. Due to the resistance of the entire Ukrainian people, the enemy was demoralized. The reserves of the Russian occupiers, which are coming to replenish units, have an extremely low moral and psychological state, due to awareness of the real state of affairs.

The enemy continues to suffer losses.

1:46 Dmytro Zhyvytskyy – Head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration

In one of the villages of the Trostyanets community, which is occupied by Russians today, on the main street and in the surrounding area near almost every yard there is a Russian tank.

The Russian army has created a “living shield” of the villagers, according to our information, made to protect the deployed S-300 anti-aircraft missile system of medium range.

Depending on the specific type of installation and interceptor missiles, the maximum range can reach 150, 200, 300 kilometers. It’s intended for direct cover of the armies which are close to the enemy, first of all from ballistic missiles and planes and also various other purposes.

1:41. Dmytro Zhyvytskyy – Head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration 

The Russian Air Force continues to bomb infrastructural and critical facilities of the Okhtyrka district! Yesterday, the Russians destroyed the CHP. 5 civilians – peaceful workers – were killed. There is no heating in Okhtyrka. Partly there is no water and electricity in the houses. And Okhtyrka herself is also partially gone.

Russian aircraft today destroyed the city’s food base, building materials warehouse and parking lot. The housing sector came under fire.

All day enemy artillery shelled the peaceful village of Velyka Pysarivka. Damaged houses and electrical networks, no light in the village.

05.03.2022

18:40 General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, report of 18:00

Day 10 of Ukraine’s resistance to the Russian invasion.

The Russian troops continue to conduct air raids including air strikes on civilian infrastructure.

On March 5, in Kyiv region, an air strike hit the city of Bila Tserkva. More than 20 residential buildings were damaged. In Irpin, an air raid damaged the railroad and disabled a train for civilian evacuation.

Russia intensified recruitment of mercenaries with prior experience in the special operations forces into private military contractors. PMC Wagner set up headquarters in Russia’s Rostov-on-Don.

Russia fakes video reports to show a “successful operation” in Ukraine.

In Kyiv region, near Peremoha outside Brovary, the Ukrainian troops conducted an air strike on Russia’s 15th motorized infantry brigade of the Central Military District. Details on the Russian troops’ losses are to follow.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces eliminated the commander of the 247th Guards Assault Regiment of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces, Colonel Konstantin Zizevsky.

The Ukrainian troops downed two Russian planes, and took three pilots captive, one was killed. They also downed five helicopters and a drone.

18.00 Russia planned to establish so-called Federal Republic of Ukraine in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, the organizer was detained 

The Security Service of Ukraine revealed and detained the organizer and key participants of the network on creating in the Ivano-Frankivsk region the so-called Federal Republic of Ukraine. According to the intelligence services, they had to recruit more than half a thousand traitors in western and central regions. 

The Federal Republic of Ukraine was to include the following oblasts: Ivano-Frankivsk; Zakarpatska Oblast; Lviv; Ternopil; Chernivtsi. The logic of creating pseudo-formation is to destabilize the situation in the back of the Ukrainian military. Namely, in those areas that cannot be captured by the regular army of the Russian Federation, The Security Service reported.

16:58 head of Mykolayiv regional administration Vitaliy Kim

The Ukrainian Armed Forces regained control over Mykolayiv and forced the Russian troops out of the city. They also seized the Russian materiel. 

“We’ve not only forced them out of the city and Kulbakino (airport). They are fleeing, mostly toward Kherson, Shevchenko, Luch, Snihurivka,” Vitaliy Kim said. There are civilian casualties, he added.

15:55 Forbes Ukraine

Since the beginning of Russia’s all-out war, the Ukrainian army has destroyed about USD 3 billion (RUB 331.3 billion) worth of the Russian military equipment including 33 aircraft, 37 helicopters, 251 tanks, and 939 armored fighting vehicles.

14.50 Four Russian military helicopters have been shot down in the Mykolayiv region

Marines in cooperation with Operational Command “South” have shot down four Russian military helicopters in the Mykolayiv region.

“One of the Marines has shot down three units at once. A real example of professionalism, courage and heroism! And this is another sure step to victory!”, – said Rear Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa, Commander of the Navy of the AFU. 

14.50 Russian tank opened fire on civilian car in Kyiv region — two dead, four injured

Six civilians were driving from the village of Vorzel, Bucha district, Kyiv region when they met a Russian column of military equipment of the occupiers, marked with the letter “V”. The car was shelled with tank machine guns. Two people – a woman and a 17-year-old girl – are dead. Four other people received shrapnel wounds, including girls aged 17 and 7.

“The actions of the aggressor country’s military are qualified as violations of the laws and customs of war,” the prosecutor’s office of Kyiv region claimed.

13.10 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 10th day of war

The enemy continues its offensive against Ukraine. Due to unsuccessful actions, units of the RF Armed Forces continue to commit criminal acts of shelling of civilian infrastructure, which leads to numerous losses of civilians. The occupiers continue to focus their efforts on encircling the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Mykolayiv, reaching administrative borders in Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, and creating a land corridor with the Crimean Autonomous Republic of Crimea, but are gradually losing offensive potential.

In the Volyn direction, the advance of the occupiers deep into our territory and active action by the enemy is not observed.

The military leadership of the Republic of Belarus has strengthened the state border with Ukraine. According to the available information, combat-ready units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, which are ready to go on the offensive, continue to be on the opposite side of the border. At the same time, the moral and psychological condition of the personnel continues to deteriorate, the special services of the Republic of Belarus work with the military, and “motivate” the personnel with long prison terms.

In the Polissya direction, groups of troops from the Eastern Military District, the Pacific Fleet and the Air Force of the Russian Armed Forces with a total number of up to 15 BTGs continue to blockade the city of Kyiv from the north and partly from the west. By force

two BTGr enemy does not stop trying to increase efforts in the direction of Vyshgorod. In the area of ​​Ivankiv occupiers are deploying a field site for army aircraft.

As a result of damage by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 488th Motorized Rifle Simferopol Red Banner Regiment of the Western Military District of the RF Armed Forces lost its combat capability.

In the Severodonetsk direction, units of the 20th All-Military Army of the Western Military District of the RF Armed Forces are conducting offensive operations in the direction of Severodonetsk.

The enemy is preparing for offensive operations in the direction of Kharkiv with the involvement of units of the 6th and 20th all-military armies of the RF Armed Forces.

In the border areas with Ukraine of the Belgorod region in the area of ​​Bezsonivka noted the concentration of up to 3 thousand reservists who came to replenish losses. The moral and psychological condition of reservists is extremely low.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy is trying to continue offensive operations in the directions of the cities of Dnipro and Zaporizhia with forces of up to seven BTGs from the 1st, 2nd Army Corps and 150th Motorized Rifle Division of the 8th All-Military Army.

In the Severodonetsk direction, the enemy forces of up to two BTGs of the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division from the 20th All-Military Army was stopped on the Siversky Donets River. Concentrated about 500 units of weapons and military equipment, trying to bypass the positions of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In the Mariupol direction, the aggressor continues to block Mariupol, conducting artillery fire on the city’s infrastructure facilities and residential neighbourhoods in order to intimidate the population. In violation of the requirements of International Humanitarian Law, it advances armed units along the agreed “green” corridors for the evacuation of civilians.

On the Tavriya direction, a group of troops of the 49th All-Military Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces, the 22nd Army Corps of Coastal Troops of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and the 7th Airborne Assault Division surrounded Mariupol and is trying to advance in Zaporizhia.

Forces of the 8th all-military army of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the 22nd army corps of coastal troops of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation are preparing to resume the offensive on Mykolayiv. In total, the enemy concentrated up to 17 BTGr in the direction.

In the Black Sea and Azov operational zones, the enemy continues to prepare for a naval landing operation. Units of the 810th Airborne Division arrive in the Novoozernye district to load large landing ships.

Air strikes of operational and tactical aircraft from airfields in Russia – Seshcha, RB – Lida, Luninets, Baranovichi and TOT of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea – Belbek were involved in air strikes on objects on the territory of Ukraine, as well as detection and destruction of the air defense system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The enemy bears the losses. Enemy planes continue to shoot down over Chernihiv. Territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine receives all new trophies, which are used against the Russian occupation forces.

13:00 About 3500 tons of humanitarian aid were imported to Ukraine during the past 24 hours, Minister of Social Policy Marina Lazebna reported.

“We simplified all possible procedures for providers and recipients of humanitarian aid to ensure it arrives promptly. Customs, logistics warehouses are working full time. Regional military-civil administrations and coordination headquarters have worked on humanitarian aid algorithms” — Marina Lazebna says.

As a result, the amount of help is increasing every day. There were 2,500 tons of humanitarian aid received on March 3rd. Yesterday 3500 tons of aid arrived. 

“The aid includes food, clothing, personal hygiene products, medicine and medical equipment, other goods needed to meet the life needs of people who have been forced to change their habitat, war victims and those who have joined the territorial defence. The whole world is helping us! », – commented by Marina Lazebna. 

12:42 Mariupol city council informed that residents’ evacuation was postponed because Russians didn’t adhere to the regime of silence and continued shelling of both Mariupol and its outskirts. At the moment, negotiations are underway with the Russian Federation to establish a regime of silence and ensure a safe humanitarian corridor.

11:45 The chairman of the Parliament of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk appealed to members of the European Parliament to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine and provide other military and sanctions support.

“You have a mandate for action. People today demand peace, security, and the end to the war. That is why the international community must act and be united in action! According to world history, the most critical decisions have always been made in parliaments.

So do not be afraid. Act!”, Stefanchuk said.

11:33 Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense: In Kharkiv area, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine switched to the counterattack. That became possible due to the invincibility of the Ukrainian people, absence of prepared Russian reserves, demoralization of the occupational troops and the withdrawal of so-called People’s Republics of Luhansk and Donetsk troops to the occupied territories of Luhansk and Donetsk regions, after the occupation of some towns in Luhansk oblast.

10:49 Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs:  The operational situation on the diplomatic front as of 10:00 AM March 5

Financial Aid

The World Bank has prepared a credit to Ukraine of $ 500 million. Additional aid in the amount of $ 200 million is being considered

The Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved immediate financial aid to Ukraine in the amount of € 668 million

Sanctions

Singapore authority imposes sanctions against the banks “ВТБ”, “Россия”, “Промсвязьбанк” и “ВЭБ.РФ”, blocks transactions with cryptocurrency, as well as restricts the supply of items of dual-use

Isolation of the Russian Federation

The international electronic payment system PayPal has stopped providing its services in Russia

Samsung Electronics suspends deliveries to Russia

The Booking.com service doesn’t work on the Russian market

The Japanese corporation Hitachi stops production in Russia and exports of equipment to the country

The Kering group of companies, which owns luxury brands Gucci, Balenciaga, and Yves Saint Laurent, has announced the closure of its stores in Russia due to its aggression against Ukraine

The Bosch plant in St. Petersburg will suspend production from March 16

Informational vacuum

Due to dictatorial laws restricting freedom of speech and criminalizing the dissemination of allegedly “fake” information about the army, foreign broadcasters have stopped working with Russia

The British broadcaster BBC is temporarily suspending the work of its correspondents in Russia

Canadian media CBS News and Australian ABC News have stopped broadcasting from Russia

Bloomberg has announced the closedown of work in Russia

The American television company CNN has announced the closedown of broadcasting in Russia

Deputinization of the world

Group of Seven have agreed on giving up the Russian gas

The German cities of Dusseldorf, Cologne, Duisburg, and Neuss have terminated their partnership with Russian cities

Yachts of two oligarchs who are close to Putin have been arrested in Italy. It is also reported that the villa of the former deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation in Tuscany was confiscated

Humanitarian aid

Samsung Electronics is providing $ 6 million to help Ukrainians affected by Russian aggression

10.42 Russian occupiers blew up the railway in Irpin to prevent evacuation of city residents

Irpin administration was about to evacuate city residents by train when Russian occupiers have blown up the railway, Alexander Markushin, Irpin mayor, says.

Women, children and the elderly were asked to get to the Novoirpin highway (Romanivka village), where they will be evacuated by buses to the Kyiv railway station.  

Irpin is a city located right next to Kyiv.

10.23 Russian military aircraft attacked the city of Bila Tserkva, 80 km south of Kyiv

Almost 20 residential houses were damaged, reported police of Kyiv Oblast`. The amount of injured and casualties is being specified.

Local police and the State Emergency Service of Ukraine are helping citizens to overcome the consequences of the explosion.

Bila Tserkva is the largest city in Kyiv Oblast and part of the Right Bank. Bila Tserkva is located on the Ros River approximately 80 km south of Kyiv.

10.18 Chernihiv was being systematically bombed by Russian military aviation for two days, civil casualties are increasing

Chernihiv was under aircraft attack by Russian military aviation for the last two days (4th to 5th of March), informs the Administration of Chernihiv Oblast

About 30 fires were recorded in the region, 29 of them occurred due to shelling (22 – in the residential sector). Four people were rescued, one injured and one killed.

In total, 124 fires have occurred since the beginning of the war: 75 of them are due to shelling. As recorded, 37 people were killed, 29 were rescued, including 10 children.

According to the latest information of health institutions, 17 people were killed as a result of the shooting during the day, 13  were injured.

Chernihivobylenergo informs about 200 settlements remain without electricity supply due to combat.

10:01 Presidential Office of Ukraine: A website – fightforua.org –  has been launched, which will contain all the necessary information for citizens of foreign countries who want to join the International Defense Legion of Ukraine.

09:56 Head of Sumy military administration Dmytor Zhyvytskyi: From the very morning shells began to explode on the outskirts of Sumy. Then the Russian air force inflicted point strikes on the city, in particular on infrastructure facilities. The city of Lebedyn also suffered from air strikes by Russian aircraft, which has been without electricity for the second day due to enemy airstrikes.

09:52 Ukraine’s Minister of Defense Olexiy Reznikov: 66 224. This is the number of men to date who have returned from abroad to defend their country.

09:32  Head of Donetsk military administration Pavlo Kyrylenko: Evacuation of civilians starts in Mariupol and Volnovakha. On March 5, from 9:00 to 16:00, a silent mode will be established. The evacuation of civilians begins at 11:00.

09:27 09.27 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 05.03 approximately are: 

• personnel – more than 10 thousand people,
• tanks – 269 units,
• AFVs – 945 units,
• artillery systems – 105 units,
• MLRS -50 units,
• air defense means – 19 units,
• aircraft – 39 units (to be specified),
• helicopters – 40 units (to be specified),
• automotive equipment – 409 units,
• light speed boats – 2 units,
• fuel tanks – 60,
• UAV of operational and tactical level – 3.

The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities.

09:17 State Border Service of Ukraine: On the western border, passenger traffic increased by about 30 thousand people for the past day. More than 104,000 people went abroad, more than 14,000 people came to Ukraine.
08:17 Head of Donetsk military administration Pavlo Kyrylenko: During the night of March 4-5, Russians injured four more people: 2 in the village of Taramchuk, 1 in Novotroitske and 1 in Volnovakha. In total, since the beginning of the invasion, Russians have wounded at least 261 of our peaceful compatriots.

08:10 Mayor of Enerhodar city of Zaporizhzhia region: City officials were unable to enter the city hall – the occupiers locked the door. The mayor’s office currently works in the premises provided by the owner of the pizzeria. Nevertheless, local authorities work under the flags of Ukraine.

08:01 As of 7:00 AM on March 5, 2022, the radiation background in the territory of Zaporizhia region remains unchanged and does not pose a threat to life and health of the population, the head of Zaporizhzia military administration Oleksandr Starukh reports.

06:20 People who worked at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant on the first day of the Russian invasion still remain at the station, Suspilne cites the mayor of Slavutych Yuriy Fomichev. According to him, there is limited communication, but currently there is no guaranteed green corridor to replace the entire shift of the station.

People have been working their shift for 10 days, they are exhausted morally and physically – this is the danger of the nuclear facility itself. In addition, the collapse of unstable structures can lead to the release of large amounts of radioactive dust.

The occupier’s equipment passing through Chornobyl zone on its wheels carries radioactive dust throughout Ukraine further in the direction of Kyiv, and it does not stop for days.

00:49 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Operational information at 24.00 on March 4, 2022 of the Russian invasion

The enemy continues the offensive operation against Ukraine with the support of aircraft and uses high-precision weapons. The main efforts of the occupiers were to surround the cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv. In addition, the enemy intends to reach the administrative borders in Luhansk and Donetsk regions and further create a land corridor with the occupied Crimea.

In Polissya, the enemy began engineering work to block roads in the Borodianka area probably with the aim of further moving in the direction of Kyiv. Occupation units were stopped in Shybene and Katiuzhanka districts. In the area of ​​Dymer the occupier continues to create a defense area.

Enemy is actively using the mobilization resource from the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions as part of the advanced units of Russia’s Armed Forces, which operate in the directions of Kharkiv and Mariupol. The occupiers do not stop trying to identify weaknesses in the defense of Mariupol.

Russian army units are trying to continue the offensive in the direction of Zaporizhzhia, at the same time, some units are trying to bypass Kharkiv and move southwest.

In the Black Sea, due to worsening weather conditions, the invader withdrew a group of ships and landing ships to the area west of the Crimean peninsula.

Kyiv defense continues to repel the enemy’s offensive, defeat its offensive group, and maintain certain boundaries.

BTGs of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus continue to be located on the Belarusian border with Ukraine. However, due to the refusal of a significant number of servicemen to carry out criminal orders, work is underway to persuade personnel to carry out tasks on the territory of Ukraine.

04.03.2022

19:25 Spiegel and European Pravda

700 hundred of the 2,700 “Arrow” anti-aircraft missiles promised for Ukraine by the Ministry of Economy of Germany are not only obsolete but unusable. Besides, they have tiny cracks that have led to corrosion.

At the same time, the German Ministry of Defense expressed surprise at this statement, as the “Arrow” missiles were declared outdated and put into storage in 2014. They are at least 35 years old and are no longer considered safe to use.

18:40 General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, report of 18:00

The Russian troops focused on encircling Kyiv and weakening resistance efforts in the cities they blocked. They conducted a series of air raids on the cities, used artillery and multiple launch rocket systems to destroy critical infrastructure and residential houses.

In Volyn, the Ukrainian troops’ positions did not change.

The Ukrainian troops defend Chernihiv and hold their positions. Near Mykhailo-Kotsyubynske, in Chernihiv region, a Russian column of up to 200 units of materiel and troops stopped ahead of the river. The bridge over the river was destroyed.

In Slobozhanshchyna (an area that includes Kharkiv), the Ukrainian troops hold the defense and strike the Russian troops.

Two operational-tactical groups of Ukraine’s Joint Forces conduct the defense operation.

An operational group of the Ukrainian troops is stationed in Prymorskyi section to protect the sea coast and allow no encirclement of Mykolayiv.

The Ukrainian Air Force repels Russia’s air strikes. The Russian troops have lost 37 aircraft and 37 helicopters since Russia invaded Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to repel the advance of the Russian troops toward Kyiv. The Ukrainian troops strike the Russian offensive units and hold the positions.

The Russian troops are demoralized. Civilians in Ukraine resist.

18:40 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The ninth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military invasion continues.

The main efforts of the occupiers were focused on the encirclement of Kyiv and the weakening of resistance in the settlements they blocked. The occupiers also continued to launch missile and bomb strikes on settlements. Artillery and multiple rocket launchers were used to destroy critical infrastructure and residential buildings.

In the Volyn direction, the position of our troops has not changed significantly.

In the Northern direction, Chernihiv carries out heroic defence. Units of the operational group of troops hold positions on the holding frontiers.

In the area of ​​the settlement of Mykhailo-Kotsyubynske, Chernihiv region, a column of up to 200 units of equipment and manpower is standing in front of the water barrier. The bridge across the river was destroyed.

In the Slobozhansky direction, units of the group continue to conduct defensive battles, successfully carry out the enemy fire.

The Joint Forces are still running a defence operation, with the help of two operational and tactical groups.

In the Primorsky direction, an operational group of troops covers the sea coast and performs tasks to prevent the encirclement of the city of Mykolayiv.

The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repulses enemy airstrikes. Continue to conduct systematic hostilities. By this time, the russian invaders had lost 37 aircraft and 37 helicopters.

Defenders of the city of Kyiv continue to repel the enemy’s attack, defeat his offensive group and maintain certain boundaries.

The enemy is demoralized. The local population shows in every way that russia is not welcomed here.

The struggle continues across the country. Let’s win together!

We urge you to use only proven sources of information and do not panic. The enemy is waiting for this.

Glory to Ukraine!

18:15 European Pravda

Proxy government of “Transnistria” has sought recognition of independence over Moldova’s bid to join the European Union.

18:12 Kyrylo Tymoshenko

Information for the foreign partners about humanitarian aid coordination:

📌 Humanitarian Headquarters for Coordination of Humanitarian Aid was established, coming from foreign partners and concerned citizens of the world

📌 A clear list of the most needed humanitarian aid has been formed

📌 Logistics centres have been established in Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Italy, Portugal, Sweden and Ukraine

📌 The Government of Ukraine has simplified the import of humanitarian aid into the country, created green corridors to increase the volume of humanitarian aid

On March 2, 2022, 1,764 tons of humanitarian cargo were imported to Ukraine from Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania.

Thank you to the neighbouring countries for their support and assistance! Together we will win!🇺🇦

18:04 NV

The Russian-occupying troops go on a counteroffensive on the Kulbakin airfield in Mykolaiv, the head of the Mykolaiv regional state administration Vitaly Kim reported.

“Ukrainian Army knocked them out in the city. The fight continues on the outskirts,” said Vitaliy Kim.

18:00 The State Service of the Special Communication and Protection of Information of Ukraine 

⚡️Ukraine to be accepted as a Contributing Participant to NATO CCDCOE

🔻 This week, the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) held its 30th Steering Committee. With a unanimous vote, the 27 Sponsoring Nations in the Steering Committee of the CCDCOE agreed to Ukraine’s membership in the NATO CCDCOE as a Contributing Participant.

📢 “Ukraine’s presence in the Centre will enhance the exchange of cyber expertise, between Ukraine and CCDCOE member nations. Ukraine could bring valuable first-hand knowledge of several adversaries within the cyber domain to be used for research, exercises and training,” emphasized Col Jaak Tarien, Director of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence.

📢 “Capability and knowledge comes from experience, and Ukraine definitely has valuable experience from previous cyber-attacks to provide significant value to the NATO CCDCOE. Estonia as a Host Nation of the CCDCOE has been a long-term partner for Ukraine in enhancing its cybersecurity capacity and cyber resilience and we welcome the decision of the members of CCDCOE agreeing to Ukraine’s membership,” commented Minister of Defence of Estonia Kalle Laanet.

📨 After Ukraine sent a letter to confirm its remaining interest in joining NATO CCDCOE as a Contributing Participant, their membership was put on the vote in the Steering Committee of the CCDCOE. The Centre has already expanded its memberships outside the NATO-nations.

ℹ️ The CCDCOE is a NATO-accredited cyber knowledge hub, research institution, and training and exercise facility. The Tallinn-based international military organization focuses on interdisciplinary applied research, as well as consultations, training and exercises in the field of cybersecurity.

Additional information and press inquiries:

Liis Linn

In capacity of Head of Communications at NATO CCDCOE

media@ccdcoe.org

17:47 Radio Svoboda

About 100 people may be under the rubble of houses in Borodyanka in the Kyiv region. Their fate is currently unknown. Currently, rescuers do not have access to them at the moment.

17:36 Censor.net

The largest Japanese and one of the world’s leading electronics manufacturers “Panasonic Group” has announced the suspension of operations with Russia due to economic, logistical and other practical problems.

It is noted that the company will continue to monitor developments and provide humanitarian assistance if necessary.

17:00 Dmytro Kuleba

Dmytro Kuleba took part in the extraordinary meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers. His message: act now before it’s too late. Don’t let Putin turn Ukraine into Syria. We are ready to fight. We will continue fighting. But we need partners to help us with concrete, resolute and swift actions, now.

16:50 The National Bank of Ukraine

The National Bank obliged banks to work seven days a week from March 7 to 8, 2022, during martial law.

“Under martial law, banks must fulfil their civic duty and work seven days a week, providing the necessary banking services to Ukrainians,” said the Chairman of the National Bank, Kyrylo Shevchenko. “To do this, banks must ensure the proper and uninterrupted operation of their branches and outlets, in the absence of threats to life and health.”

16:49 Radio Svoboda

The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has backed a resolution condemning alleged human rights abuses during Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine. The Council will set up an independent commission to investigate them.

32 out of 47 participants voted for this decision. 13 abstained (these are, in particular, Armenia, Cuba, China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan). Only Russia and Eritrea opposed it.

16:40 Yurii Butusov

Russia has lost the battle for Kyiv and has thrown all its forces south to capture Mariupol, Donbas, Mykolaiv, Odesa, and the entire Black Sea coast of Ukraine.

16:35 Office of Attorney-General of Ukraine

The enemy is threatening an ecological catastrophe in Ukraine and Europe. Therefore, the Attorney-General, together with the Security Service of Ukraine, launched an investigation of the ecocide and a terrorist act (Part 2 of Article 28, Article 441 and Part 2 of Article 258 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine) on the territory of Ukraine.

International law prohibits the military or any hostile use of means of impacting the environment.

16:16 Russian troops do not allow trucks with humanitarian aid into Kherson

Russian occupiers did not give good on the “green corridor” to supply humanitarian aid to Kherson region, reports Kherson Regional State Administration.

19 vans were formed by the Ukrainian authorities to provide the needs of Kherson and the region as necessary.

And now the Russians say that they will provide humanitarian aid themselves.

Regional authorities will continue to demand from the occupiers the possibility of transporting Ukrainian humanitarian aid!

In addition, currently mobile communication in Kherson region is not working due to numerous fiber-optical network outages. The local TV center has been taken over, reported Igor Kolykhaev, mayor of Kherson.

16:00 Radio Svoboda

NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg mentioned the NATO members agree that Alliance planes should not fly over Ukraine, and NATO troops should not be present in Ukraine during the war with Russia.

Mr Stoltenberg acknowledges that Russia is likely to step up its offensive against Ukraine, which began on 24 February, and that the coming days are likely to be “worse”.

14:50 UN Human Rights Council established the International Commission of Inquiry to investigate facts of Russian war crimes against Ukraine

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced the establishment by the UN Human Rights Council of an international commission to investigate the facts of war crimes of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.

“I welcome the establishment by the #UN Human Rights Council of the International Commission of Inquiry to investigate facts of Russian war crimes against Ukraine. Evidence will be documented and used in international courts. Russian war criminals will be held accountable”, Zelensky said on Twitter,

14:21 Volodymyr Zelensky survives three assassination attempts in days

President Zelensky has survived at least three assassination attempts in the past week, The Times has learnt.

Two different outfits have been sent to kill the Ukrainian president — mercenaries of the Kremlin-backed Wagner group and Chechen special forces. Both have been thwarted by anti-war elements within Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB).

Wagner mercenaries in Kyiv have sustained losses during their attempts and are said to have been alarmed by how accurately the Ukrainians had anticipated their moves. A source close to the group said it was “eerie” how well briefed Zelensky’s security team appeared to be.

13.40 Invaders in captured Ukrainian cities create humanitarian crisis to send their “humanitarian convoys” – Zelenskyy 

The invaders are creating a humanitarian crisis in the occupied cities of Ukraine, blocking Ukraine’s “green corridors” and thus forcing people to leave to the territory of Russia. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a conversation with representatives of the Western media.

“Humanitarian cargoes for food, drinking water, medicines, insulin, there are especially many appeals from retirees – they are constantly sent on. Entrances for our humanitarian cargoes in the occupied towns have been blocked,” the Head of State said.

According to the President, the invaders are deliberately blocking the “green corridors” so that their humanitarian goods can enter the city from the other side.

They also do not allow Kharkiv residents to pass through “green corridors” to other regions of Ukraine, but instead create conditions and corridors for our citizens to leave to the territory of Russia, said Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

“They say: ‘Here’s another green corridor’. Go to Russia. Come to Russia, we will give you food, water, no one will kill you there,” he said.

The President stressed that Ukraine will never ban or hinder the departure of citizens to Russia who decide to do so for rescue or other reasons. However, he stressed, Ukrainians do not want to go to Russia.

“I can’t force people to go to Russia. I can’t drive them with sticks. Many of them say: “We will not go there,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated.

The Head of State also noted that difficult living conditions are being created in the Russian-occupied settlements, which were unable to repel the attack in conditions when the invader significantly outnumbered them.

“Somewhere in some towns, they cut off electricity, take food from stores and then distribute stolen goods in the square to the people with the words: “There you go. We brought you the humanitarian convoy”. Cynicism,” the President summed up.

13.34 Russians seize Europe’s largest nuclear plant after attack, three Ukrainian troops killed

The attack on the southeastern city of Energodar and its Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant unfolded as the invasion entered its second week. Three Ukrainian troops were killed in the blast, according to the Ukrainian state nuclear company.
On 4 March the IAEA stated that a projectile had hit a building within the site of the Zaporozhe nuclear plant. The SNRIU said a resulting fire at the site had not affected “essential” equipment and that plant personnel were taking mitigatory actions. The SNRIU said there was no reported change in radiation levels at the plant and the IAEA confirmed that the six reactors were not affected and that there had been no release of radioactive material. The IAEA also confirmed that the radiation monitoring systems at the plant remained fully functional.

According to the IAEA, just one of the six reactors (unit 4) at the Zaporozhe nuclear plant is currently producing electricity. It is operating at about 60% of its total capacity. The statuses of unit 1 (maintenance outage) and units 5 and 6 (held in reserve, operating in low power mode) are unchanged following the events on 4 March. Units 2 and 3 have undergone a controlled shutdown.

13.08 Operational information at 12.00 on 04.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The ninth day of the Ukrainian people heroic confrontation with the Russian military invasion is going on.

The second echelons and most of the operational reserves of the Russian Armed Forces were put into operation.

In Slobozhanshchyna, units 20A of the enemy continue to carry out attempts to continue the offensive on the Joint Forces in the Novoaydar and Severodonetsk directions.

In the Donetsk operational direction the enemy is trying to keep the encirclement around the city of Mariupol with the help of six BTGs. To minimize the negative effect of the losses in the Donetsk region, Russian curators began to bring Russian Armed Forces servicemen to the Ilovaisk station.

The main goal of the enemy remains the encirclement of Kyiv and the weakening of resistance in the blocked settlements. In the course of this task, groups of the RF Armed Forces exhausted most of the operational reserves and began to transfer additional forces and resources from the Southern and Eastern military districts.

In the Black Sea the Black Sea Fleet was withdrawn from naval bases with the task of striking the surface forces of the Navy forces, but more often civilian ships and their crews become the victims of Russian pirates.

Having an intention to take over the Black Sea coast, the enemy continues to prepare for the landing of marines in the region Zatoka – Chornomorsk. 40 km east from Chornomorsk there are two large landing ships of the occupiers.

Up to 80 representatives of the Russian media and a large group of “demonstrators” were set up in the occupied cities of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea to organize public gatherings of “local residents”.

They will probably be sent to Kherson in the near future to organize fake rallies with the participation of propaganda media, to support the change of Ukrainian government on the ground and to legalize the occupation.

the use of airborne troops to ensure the construction of bridges over water obstacles has increased;

the Russian occupiers pay considerable attention to intensifying measures of psychological influence on the population and troops;

There have been changes in the tactics of Russian criminals:

failing to fulfil the task of military “blitzkrieg”, the Russian Federation is turning to openly terrorist methods of conducting hostilities on the territory of Ukraine;

special units are used as assault units in the city suburbs;

in the near future, we should expect a comprehensive and large-scale spread of fake news by the enemy, which will be carried out with the involvement of the full range of modern media.

We urge Ukrainians to be vigilant and careful, to believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and to use information from official and verified sources.

The struggle is going on !!! The victory will be ours !!!

Glory to Ukraine!!!

12.06 Russia is recruiting the reserve of the Russian Armed Forces to the war against Ukraine 

The order was signed on 22 January 2022. According to the order, by April 20, the heads of mobilization departments must verify the registration cards of reserve services, and gather them at the mobilization departments.

The document was published by Russian businessman and public figure Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Facebook.  

11:40 Fake demonstrations in Kherson may be staged by Russian occupiers

Russians are preparing to perform fake mass demonstrations in Kherson, Ukraine. It is needed for creating a propaganda story for Russian media, State Special Communications Service (SSCS) of Ukraine warns. 

“The Russian occupiers are looking for new ways to misinform Ukrainians and justify their aggressive actions, at least in front of their own people”. 

According to the Security Service, about 60-80 Crimean people have already settled in the Frigate Hotel to attend the staged meeting welcoming Russian forces. 

As expected, during the day they will go on a provocative action in the central square under the guise of local residents with Russian flags and “gratitude” to the Russian “liberators”. 

There is also information that the occupiers seized a warehouse with water police clothes. Therefore, disguised Russian servicemen may come to the rally, who will also “thank” the invaders in the form of Ukrainian police.

SSCS warns: such actions have nothing to do with the real mood of Ukrainian citizens in Kherson and other citizens! This is a part of the information war as fakes and misinformation.

10.08 . Держприкордонслужба 

A fire adjuster of Russian invaders was detained in Kharkiv region

At the blockpost, the border guard of the Dergachi department of the Kharkiv detachment detained an enemy fire adjuster, a citizen of Ukraine born in 1989, who was driving a Lexus car.

During observation of luggage compartment of the car, border guards found AKS-74, 240 of its ammunition, quadcopter, 50 thousand UAH, military identity card, passport and mobile phone, which indicated connection with the last subscribers, named “Harmata” (“Cannon”), “Kurator” (“Curator”). The citizen was unable to explain the reason of his presence in the area of the roadblock.

Accomplice of criminal activity of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is transferred to the Security Service of Ukraine.

01:18 The Center for Combating Disinformation collected the main theses from President Zelenskyy long interview to international media

🔺Russia does not count its dead. The occupiers brought with them a crematorium for themselves. These are acts of genocide and Nazism

🔺The end of the world has already happened. Ukraine is the fence between civilization and non-civilization

🔺Russian mothers can come to Russia and pick up the bodies of the dead

🔺Russia wants to seize not only Ukraine, but also Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Moldova, Georgia, Poland

🔺Ukraine demands the introduction of a “closed sky” regime, our state needs planes

🔺Ukraine is not attacking Russia, and is not going to do so. Ukraine is not a member of NATO

🔺Ukraine is losing some cities, where Russia is blocking the entrance for Ukrainian humanitarian goods

🔺Ukraine deserves to be on a par with Germany and other EU countries

🔺In the occupied Donbas, units are being formed from reservists, which the occupier will transfer to Kharkiv

🔺In Kyiv, the military continues to repel the enemy’s attack

01:11 The Russian occupiers fire on power units of Zaporizhzia nuclear power plant, the representative of the press service of NPP Andriy Tuz announced.

“There is a real threat of nuclear danger at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. We demand a ceasefire on heavy equipment at Zaporizhzhya NPP power units. ”

The situation is developing…

03.03.2022

23:07 A mass rally is being brought to Kherson to create a picture of “congratulations” to the occupiers

Russian media spread rumors that Kherson residents want to annex the region to Russia, Vholos reports. 

Russian occupiers  are bringing “their” people into the city through the Crimea and want to make a video, as if Kherson city residents are begging to join Russia. 

“Several Russian buses have been brought to Kherson to depict happy Kherson residents who greet Russians with flowers tomorrow,” posted Vadym Denysenko, Adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. 

Thus, locals ask not to be led on fake news from Moscow, because the people of Kherson do not want to go to the occupying country.

Earlier, in Kherson, the mayor’s office has released preliminary information about the victims of the aggressor’s attack – work is underway to collect data to determine the exact number of killed and their identification.

In particular, in the park on Naftovykiv street –  64 killed, near “Nova Linia” store – 8; at the stop near the shopping center “Fabryka” – a man and a boy aged 14 years, on Parovozna street – 11 people. The mayor’s office also reports about a family from Zelenivka shot on Beryslav highway and about the bodies of people near the entrances, in cars, on the streets.

20:05 Belarusian paratroopers have been ordered to cross the border into Ukraine

The Armed Forces of Ukraine maintain boundaries in the Volyn region, reported General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

According to available information, the command of the 38 separate assault brigades of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus was ordered to cross the Ukrainian-Belarusian border to act in the Volyn region. 

Currently, forces are located in the territory of the Republic of Belarus in the woods. However, the moral condition of the paratroopers is extremely low. Officers and soldiers do not want to play the role of Russian mercenaries. A significant number of soldiers are willing to terminate their contracts, most of which expire in May. 

19:54 President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a resolution to ensure the signing of agreements with the European Union and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to provide financial support to Ukraine.

19:52 Ukraine-Russia talks: no results, waiting for the third round
Ukraine did not get the results it had hoped for during the talks, said Mykhailo Podoliak, a Ukrainian advisor to the head of the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy

The parties agreed on the joint provision of humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians, as well as for the delivery of medicines and food to the most violent areas with the possibility of temporary use of fire during the evacuation in the sectors where it operates.

19:08 Putin says invasion is going to plan – as he praises Russian soldiers as ‘real heroes’

Russia’s Vladimir Putin is speaking live now, where he is praising his soldiers as “real heroes”. 

He announces a posthumous award to a fallen Russian soldier who he says “blew himself up” with a grenade to avoid being captured. 

Mr Putin says Ukrainians and Russians are “one people” but that Ukrainians are “threatened and brainwashed”. 

He also continues his bizarre claims that Russia is fighting “neo-Nazis” and that civilians are being used as “human shields”.

Contrary to what Ukraine has said, he says Russian forces have provided humanitarian corridors for civilians to flee and that Ukrainian “nationalists” are blocking them. 

Meanwhile, he says the “special military operation” – as Russia has been calling it – is going to plan. 

“All objectives that were set are being resolved or achieved successfully,” he says. 

This is despite Western intelligence suggesting the invasion is behind Russia’s schedule. 

19:04 Dmytro Kuleba Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
We will hold Russia accountable for its war crimes and crimes against humanity. Together with 45 states, Ukraine has launched the OSCE Moscow Mechanism on Russia’s invasion. The expert mission will submit findings to accountability mechanisms, including international courts & tribunals.

10:52 The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine:

Kharkiv region: the operational information as of 08 a.m. on March 3, 2022

For the past 24 hours, from March 2 to 3, the enemy continued to strike residential neighbourhoods and entire settlements with its deadly bombs, shells and rocket-propelled grenades, cynically killing civilians. The cities of Kharkiv, Izyum, the villages of Yakivlivka and Khorosheve in the Kharkiv district were hit hard. In general, the statistics of losses among the civil population is impressive: 34 people died, 285 were injured, including 10 children.

As a result of ammunition entering houses and administrative buildings, several dozen fires occurred, 30 of which were rescued by rescuers, working even under fire.

At around 8 am, the centre of Kharkiv came under a massive missile attack. The rockets hit 2 administrative buildings, which caught fire. The area of ​​the fire was 600 sq.m. During rescue operations, SES fighters rescued 10 people from the rubble. Unfortunately, 4 people died.

At 13:31, an enemy projectile hit a residential building on Sq. Constitution in the centre of Kharkiv. There was the partial destruction of this building. The blast damaged building structures and destroyed the windows of another house. 17 people were rescued.

At 13:33, the shell hit a garage cooperative on Academic Pavlov street. There was a fire with an area of ​​300 square metres. As a result, 3 dead bodies were found on the spot.

At 13:57, the shell hit between the 4th and 5th floors of a 16-storey building on Lesya Serdyuk street. 20 people were evacuated from the house.

At 14:40, a fire on the street in the centre of Kharkiv on Myronosytska street. 3 houses burned at once. The reason is the same. Rescuers retrieved 13 people.

At 22:13, the bomb was dropped on the house on Silska street in Kharkiv. As a result of an airstrike on the building, 2 people were rescued from the wreckage, 3 were injured and 2 died.

At 22:57, the enemy cynically attacked an ordinary Ukrainian village, where there is no military infrastructure. The blow was inflicted on the village of Yakivlivka, Kharkiv district. Two cars and an outbuilding caught fire, and private households were damaged. As a result, 7 people were injured and 2 died.

At midnight there was a massive air raid on the peaceful city of Izyum—the city of Cossack glory. It lasted from 00:14 to 02:02. The bombs hit houses on Soborna street, Ukrainian street, M. Fedorenko street and others. As a result of the airstrike, a 5-storey residential building was damaged, in which a woman was rescued. Also, street 8 people died in Ukraine, including 2 children (approximately 5-6 years old). Rescuers pulled their bodies out from under the rubble. On M. Fedorenko street, State Emergency Service officers rescued 2 women who were trapped in a destroyed house.

In addition, a massive air strike affected the Saltovsky residential area. Information on the presence of victims is currently being clarified. Rescuers received about 236 reports of unexploded ordnance. Pyrotechnic units of the State Emergency Service, despite the threat of enemy fire, demined 230 of them.

10:52 Ukrinform:

The Ministry of Economy of Germany has approved the supply of 2,700 anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine, in particular the armament of the Soviet development “Arrow” from the former armed forces of East Germany.

According to the dpa, the Ministry of Defense has been investigating in recent days what other weapons it could supply to the Ukrainian armed forces to resist the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The first batch of weapons was reported the day before—1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles.

Since last Friday, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government has changed its long-standing export control policy and allowed direct arms supplies to Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion of its neighbour. For years, Germany has refused to export any weapons to combat zones or allow third countries to send German weapons to such areas.

10:41

Kazakhstan does not support any of the parties in Russia’s war against Ukraine, mentioned the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan has declared the country’s neutrality in the war that Russia launched against Ukraine on the night of February 24. President Kasim-Jomart Tokayev believes that an agreement should be reached through negotiations.

10:30 Deputy Minister of Finance Vladislav Rashkovan:

Ministry of Finance of Ukraine is fulfilling the Ukrainian debt obligations. Yesterday, the Ministry made a coupon payment for Eurobonds maturing in September 2022. The Ministry of Finance assures that even in conditions of military aggression, the Ministry of Finance, the Treasury and the National Bank of Ukraine ensure all necessary payments.

As of February 28, the balances on the single treasury account amounted to UAH 33 billion, which is enough for current payments.

For comparison: eight years ago, after the escape of Yanukovych, when the Russian Federation began the occupation of Crimea, the account in the State Treasury was only UAH 108.1 thousand.

10:10 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The operational situation on the diplomatic front as of 10:00 a.m. of March 3

The eighth day of the heroic struggle of Ukrainians against the invasion of Russian troops. Ukraine has resisted and is fiercely resisting on all fronts, including diplomatic.

Ukrainian diplomacy continues to work continuously.

• 141 states joined the anti-war coalition in defence of Ukraine—just as many states voted in favour of the UN General Assembly resolution “Aggression against Ukraine”.
• Russia’s economy continues to fall into the abyss. The value of the ruble has reached its historic minimum. Much of the foreign exchange reserves of the Central Bank are blocked. International business is fleeing Russia en masse.

 Military assistance

• Ukraine received the second batch of Javelin anti-tank missile systems from Estonia
• 19 countries send Ukraine the latest weapons, ammunition, protective equipment, medical equipment and fuel for the needs of the Ukrainian army regularly
• Diplomats are in intensive talks to provide additional combat aircraft for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from partners in the shortest possible time

 Sanctions

• Russia is increasingly wrapped in the flywheel of global sanctions. Canada announces new sanctions against 10 key people from 2 important companies in Russia’s energy sector—Rosneft and Gazprom
• US State Department imposes total sanctions on Russia’s defence sector to suppress Russian military machinery
• Ireland is preparing to close its ports to Russian ships and freeze bank accounts owned by Russian companies

 Insulation

• The World Bank has suspended all cooperation with Russia and Belarus
• The development of alternative energy in Russia is impossible. The Danish company Vestas, which is a world leader in the manufacture of wind turbines and was to build wind farms in Russia, has severed the links with Russia
• Ukraine and Poland have initiated the termination of Russia’s membership in the Council of Europe
• The Warsaw City Council has launched legal proceedings to put on balance the buildings used by Russian diplomatic missions. After the completion of legal proceedings, it is planned to house Ukrainian citizens who left Ukrainian territory as a result of Russian armed aggression

 Deputinization of the world

• Slovakia abolishes visa-free regime for holders of diplomatic passports of the Russian Federation
• Bulgaria terminates membership in International Investment Bank and International Bank for Economic Cooperation, where Russia is the largest shareholder
• International Paralympic Committee suspends Russian athletes from Beijing Games
• 15 Polish cities have decided to unilaterally terminate cooperation agreements with 15 Russian cities

Humanitarian aid

• The Slovak Ministry of Defense has donated medical equipment to a hospital in Uzhhorod.
• Greece and Ukraine have agreed on the possibility of accommodating Ukrainian children who have cancer and their parents in Greece
• UAE announces USD 5 million in humanitarian assistance to civilian victims of Ukraine’s war

10:06 

Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Lieutenant General Valerii Zaluzhnyi: “We have just shot down a russian SU-30 fighter aircraft over Irpin. The combat crew of the air defence complex worked perfectly!”

09:50 Ukrzaliznytsia

Ukrzaliznytsia provided the Armed Forces of Ukraine with refrigerated wagons to transport the dead Russian occupiers.

Ukrzaliznytsia was authorized to send 20 carriages to remove 200 dead Russian troops from Fastiv, Odesa-Zastava, Podilsk, Merefa, and Zaporizhia stations.

The carrying capacity of one refrigerator car is 50 tons, so it will be able to transport 10,000 killed soldiers of the Russian occupation army.

The carriages are already at the stations waiting for a full load.

Ukrzaliznytsia also develops regulations for the movement of such trains at a sanitary distance from other trains and settlements.

These wagons will be used exclusively to transport the killed occupiers of the Russian army. Dead Ukrainian soldiers are evacuated by the Armed Forces without the help of Ukrzaliznytsia.

09:32  The State Emergency Service of Ukraine:

On March 3 at about 08:10 in Chernihiv on Chudinov street on the territory of State Enterprise “Kombinat Aystra” during the shelling, a projectile hit the oil depot, resulting in a fire in the tank group with a total capacity of 3 thousand cubic meters of diesel fuel.

Information on victims and injured is being clarified. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine involved 25 people and 5 units of machinery.

09:18 Ukraine is waiting for active assistance from international organizations to create humanitarian corridors — The Office of the President of Ukraine.

It is necessary to organize humanitarian corridors in the villages and towns where the Russian army is located.

Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to the head of the President’s Office, announced this on Twitter, Censor.NET reports.

“Villages and towns where columns of Russian troops are disposed immediately become places of looting, robbery and murder. Humanitarian corridors are needed—food, medicine, ambulances, evacuation of children. We are waiting for active help from international organizations, including the OSCE. Enough words!” he wrote.

08:14 Today, on March 3, the second round of negotiations between the Ukrainian and Russian sides will take place in Belarus in Bialowieza Forest. First of all, delegations plan to discuss a ceasefire.

Positions of Russia for the second round are:

🔻Crimea is a part of Russia

🔻Recognition of “L/ DNR” within the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions

🔻Demilitarization, “parameters to be discussed”

🔻Denazification

The position of the aggressor looks extremely odd, given the number of killed occupiers and burned Russian equipment.

#stoprussia

08:04 The German Bundeswehr (The Armed Forces of Germany) considers supplying Ukraine with additional weapons from its reserves.

“The Ukrainian Armed Forces has sent a very long list to NATO, from medical supplies to ammunition to vehicles,” said Bundeswehr Inspector General Eberhard Zorn.

“Let’s see what else we can provide,” he added. Zorn stressed the importance of Ukraine’s military support. “All the Western partners are supplying weapons, equipment and ammunition. It’s a lot together. If at least half of the anti-aircraft weapons reach the target, it could change the game,” he mentioned.

According to the Inspector General, Germany could also deploy additional forces to NATO’s eastern flank, deploying approximately 150 to 200 additional marines.

07:28 The occupiers fired missiles at Sumy, causing 5 victims of civilians.

On the morning of March 3, Russian troops launched a missile strike on Sumy. This was announced by the head of the Sumy Regional State Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyi.

“We woke up today from a powerful missile strike on the territory of our 27th artillery brigade, the military department of the Sumy State University and the cadet corps. Five casualties are in the hospital”.

06:58 Operational information as of 06.00 March 03, 2022 about Russian invasion of Ukraine:

The eighth day of the heroic opposition of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion continues.

The occupying forces, failing in almost all areas in which they were advancing, resorted to tactics of night shelling of the residential areas in large cities.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine go on steadfastly defending the borders, counterattacking, and blocking the occupiers’ forces in various directions.

In the Volyn direction, the enemy continued to perform demonstrational actions along the state border.

In the Polissya direction, the enemy was seeking to carry out offensive operations in the area of ​​the settlements of Kozarovychi, Vyshhorod, Fastiv, and Obukhiv. The Armed Forces noted the further deployment of Russian field logistics camps in the Borodyanka, Katyuzhanka and Gavronshchyna districts. 

In the northern direction, the Russian invaders, without success in the Ukrainian cities of Chernihiv, Nizhyn and Sumy, Lebedyn and Okhtyrka, trying to avoid clashes with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, attempted to reach the northern outskirts of Kyiv.

Enemy units and subdivisions were concentrated in the areas of the settlements of Baryshevka, Nova Basan, and Lyubech. Part of the forces to the battalion tactical group of the Northern Fleet of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which had lost combat capability, was regrouping and trying to attack in the direction of Brovary and Kyiv.

In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy was conducting an offensive operation in the areas of Zolochiv, Kharkiv, and Balakliya, trying to keep on the offensive in the direction of Lozova, and catastrophically in need of replenishment of lost equipment and personnel.

In the Donetsk direction, the occupiers, with the support of artillery, continued their offensive operations in the areas of the settlements of Novy Aidar, Volnovakha and Mariupol. The enemy did not achieve the main goal of capturing Mariupol and reaching the administrative border of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

In the Tavriya direction, the enemy did not abandon attempts to conduct warfare. After regrouping and introducing a part of operational reserves, they concentrated the main efforts in the direction of Mykolaiv – Voznesensk.

In the Black Sea Operational Zone, naval groups of the Black Sea Fleet continued to fire on civilian ships and capture sailors.

For the first time, Russian war criminals faced mass deaths of their soldiers and casualties. During the evening briefing, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published information about the losses of the Russian occupation forces in Ukraine: 498 dead and 1,597 wounded. These numbers are much diminished than the real ones reported by the Ukrainian side.

Part of the enemy forces persisted to operate in the areas of settlements Energodar, Vasylivka, Tokmak, Novopetrivka. After regrouping and introducing part of the operational reserves from the 205th separate motorized infantry brigade of the 49th General Army of the Russian Armed Forces, Russian troops carry on the offensive to reach the outskirts of Zaporizhia and Mariupol.

To ensure further landing of tactical airborne troops from the 10th special brigade of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of ​​the settlement of Balovnoe, the invader landed an away team, which was neutralized.

In the waters of the Black Sea, there was a movement of the landing detachment of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation consisting of four large landing ships accompanied by three missile boats in the direction of Odesa.

Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities are suffering from enemy missile strikes. Social networks and well-known information resources are beginning to comment in real-time on the consequences of the impression and the accuracy of enemy missiles.

And most importantly, we appeal to bloggers, experts and ordinary members of the Internet community: your operational information may be of interest to Russian gunners, who may further adjust the next shot of the enemy! Be careful when disseminating information about shelling in real-time.

The enemy is demoralized and continues to suffer losses! Let’s win together!!!

Glory to Ukraine!!!

02:21 At midnight, March 3, 2022, the Russian occupiers carried out air strikes on the city of Izium in Kharkiv region. Six adults and two children were killed in a private house hit by a shell of Russian invaders. All are civilians.

The enemy aimed at the police building, where the fire broke out.

In the city center, significant damage, in particular – from the building of the Executive Committee of the City Council flew out window panes, reported Suspilne:Kharkiv with reference to Deputy Mayor of Izium Volodymyr Matsokin.

00:52 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Russian occupying forces continue to suffer losses from air strikes and air strikes defense of the Air Force (Air Force Command of the UA Armed Forces)

On March 2, the crews of the Su-24m and Su-25 combat aircraft provided air support to units of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, destroying columns of Russian military equipment and manpower in Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Kharkiv oblasts.

During the day, anti-aircraft missile units destroyed three enemy planes and two helicopters of the occupiers.

Believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine! Let’s win together!

#stoprussia

00:50 President Zelenskyy: Key theses 

• We are a nation that broke the enemy’s plans in a week. Plans that have been built for years. Meanly. Calculated. With hatred for our country, for our people – for any people who have two things – freedom and heart. But we stopped them. We beat them.. with anything that shoots.
• But Ukrainians are even beating the enemy without weapons.I sincerely admire the heroic civilians of Konotop, Bashtanka, Enerhodar, Melitopol, other cities and villages of Ukraine, who do not let the occupiers in, blocking everything for them: blocking the road, people come out in front of enemy vehicles. It is extremely dangerous, but how courageous!
• (Russian army) These are not warriors of the superpower, these are confused children who were used. Take them home.
• The occupiers will receive only one thing from the Ukrainians – rebuff, fierce rebuff. One that they will forever remember that we don’t give away what is ours. They will remember what the Patriotic War is. For Ukrainians it is the Patriotic War.
• Our army is doing everything to break the enemy completely. Almost 9,000 Russians were killed in one week
• In Mykolaiv direction, occupiers have to take away their KIAs with tens of helicopters. 19, 20 years old – what did they see in life, except the invasion of another’s land? But most of them remain everywhere. Get home with your whole army! Tell your command that you don’t want to die, you want to live. The war must be stopped and peace restored as soon as possible.
• Brilliant result at the UN General Assembly – 141 countries supported a resolution calling on Russia to withdraw from Ukraine immediately. Those who voted for Russia – only 4 – North Korea, Eritrea, Syria, Belarus. These are its friends, and can’t be others – for a state that can not live in peace.
• Held a meeting today with the heads of cities and regions of Ukraine. On the ground they are working hard to organize a “green corridor” to take out civilians and to bring medicine. Volnovakha, cities of Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv regions and in the south of Ukraine. It is very difficult, we are opposed by terror. But I am sure that the terror will lose thanks to our heroes.
• Today I signed the Decree on conferring the title of Hero of Ukraine for 15 of our defenders. All 40 million are like these fifteen heroes! Glory to Ukraine!

02.03.2022

22:33 In Mykolaiv, Russian missile hit on the foreign vessel, as a result of the strike the citizen of the Republic of Bangladesh was killed. The information was confirmed to the correspondents of Suspilne in the port of Olvia.

21.50 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov: key points fromhis speech at the telemarathon, as informs Center on Countering Disinformation: 

• Putin’s inner circle is convinced that he is insane
• Troops of Belarus transferred to maximum alert
• Horlivka is a Ukrainian city. We take ours.
• Everything is done according to the plan that is in our structures. If the enemy thinks that we will only defend ourselves, they are wrong.
• The occupiers do not understand where they are and are disoriented, frightened and without fuel. They just want to get home.
• Our people will come out and defend our country.
• Our President will not betray us and our people will not betray us
• We are working on closing the sky over Ukraine. If we don’t, our children will be vulnerable. This is now a top priority.

21:44 Ukrzaliznytsia  

Aviation Strike on the Southern Railway Station in Kyiv

Russian forces launched an aviation strike on the Southern Railway Station in Kyiv, where thousands of Ukrainian women and children are being evacuated, reported Ukrzaliznytsia.

The squadron struck near the Ibis hotel, the station building resisted and suffered minor damage.

Information about the victims is being specified.

The train movement continues.

20:56 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

Ukraine welcomes the adoption by 141 votes of the UN General Assembly resolution “Aggression against Ukraine”.

The document condemns the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, which is a violation of paragraph 4 of Article 2 of the UN Charter.

The UN General Assembly urges the Russian Federation to immediately cease the use of force against Ukraine and to refrain from any further threat or use of force against any UN member state, as well as to immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all its military forces from Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders.

The resolution reaffirms its commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders and territorial waters.

The document condemns violations of international humanitarian law and calls for unimpeded access to humanitarian aid for those in need in Ukraine.

Belarus’s involvement in illegal use of force against Ukraine is strongly condemned and the country is called upon to abide by its international obligations.

The document also calls for an immediate peaceful solution to the armed conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine through political dialogue, negotiations, mediation and other peaceful means.

The document was the result of work of the UN General Assembly in an emergency, which in fact took over the functions of the UN Security Council, primarily due to Russia’s violation of the UN Charter, its basic norms and principles.

The resolution has become an important part of the international toolkit for bringing Russia to international responsibility for its crimes against the Ukrainian people.

Ukraine is grateful to the international community for supporting the UN General Assembly resolution with an unprecedented number of votes.

20.38 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine calls on the Russian Federation to immediately cease its hostilities in Kharkiv and Sumy so that we can arrange the evacuation of the civilian population, including foreign students, to safer Ukrainian cities.

There are students from India, Pakistan, China and other countries who cannot leave because of the indiscriminate shelling and barbaric missile strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on residential areas and civilian infrastructure.

The Government of Ukraine stands ready to assist foreign students to relocate from Kharkiv and Sumy should Russia commit to a ceasefire. Attempting to arrange evacuations through cities that are being subjected to Russian bombing and missile strikes is extremely dangerous.

We urgently call on the governments of India, Pakistan, China and other countries whose students have become hostages of the Russian armed aggression in Kharkiv and Sumy, to demand from Moscow that it allows the opening of a humanitarian corridor to other Ukrainian cities.

The Ukrainian government is committed to providing foreign students with all necessary assistance to enable them to return safely to their home countries.

20:21 CinC AF of Ukraine had a telephone conversation with the Commander of the U.S. European Command and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Todd Walters, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Millie.

“I have informed the partners about the course of the defense operation to repel the open armed aggression of the Russian Federation. It was a pleasure to hear and I would like to recite the words of the generals to the entire Ukrainian people, that our military service members, our President and our nation are the pride of the whole world today.

I am grateful for the support and look forward to further effective assistance from the partners to the State Defense Forces!

20:16 Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine informs international representatives, diplomatic missions and consulates about possible provocations in the city of Mariupol using the symbols of the National Guard of Ukraine regiment.

“We officially announce that currently, during the active phase of hostilities, this unit (the National Guard of Ukraine) performs tasks to defend the city together with the Armed Forces of Ukraine and is not involved in any way to accompany any diplomatic delegations, missions, consulates or international missions.

19:55 State Emergency Service: Today rescuers of Bucha district of Kyiv region together with volunteers evacuated more than two hundred residents of Borodyanka. People were trapped under the rubble of buildings for more than two days, in basements and cellars.

19:05 Russian Federation admitted that they have losses in the war against Ukraine, but 10 times less than it actually is, Ukrainian Pravda reports. Russia’s Ministry of Defense reported that 498 Russian soldiers were killed and 1,597 were wounded. At the same time, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense states that from February 24 to March 2, the enemy lost 5,840 personnel. 

16:51 Ukrlandfarming PLC: Due to the actions of the Russian occupiers, Kherson region is under the threat of ecological catastrophe

One of the largest and most modern enterprises in Europe for the production of chicken eggs, poultry farm “Chornobaivska” near Kherson, was left without the ability to feed poultry and export finished products. This will lead to the extinction of the bird and the impossibility of its disposal, as well as the disposal of stocks of eggs.

Due to the constant brutal shelling by the occupiers, the civilian population suffers, and logistical ways to ensure the livelihood of settlements and industrial facilities are destroyed.

3 million chickens actually die of starvation due to the inability to supply feed for their feeding. They cannot be disposed of, just as it is impossible to dispose of finished products due to hostilities by the aggressor.

In addition, the Bohodukhiv poultry farm and the Okhoche poultry farm in Kharkiv region, which are also part of the Avangard agricultural holding (Ukrlandfarming group of companies), found themselves in a similar situation. In addition, the largest incubator in Europe in Makariv, Kyiv region, is currently without electricity.

In addition to the environmental danger, the shutdown of enterprises may lead to a shortage of eggs in Ukraine. Our group of companies provided chicken eggs to 30% of the Ukrainian market. Now we can talk about the actual loss of 15% of egg production in the country.

At the same time, Avangard continues to support the country’s defense. In coordination with the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, Avangard donates 500,000 eggs free of charge to the country’s defense. The group of companies also provides fuel and lubricants and necessary equipment, including trucks, to our defenders. We are grateful to our courageous and dedicated soldiers! We will definitely win!

15:05 Interfax Ukraine quoting Financial Times: Buyers are boycotting oil from Russia, although it is offered at a historic discount

Large buyers are boycotting Russian oil because of the situation around Ukraine, which has already led to a jump in the price of Brent above $ 113 per barrel at trading on Wednesday.

According to the consulting company Energy Aspects, it is difficult to find buyers for almost 70% of Russian oil supplied for export. 

Sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union do not currently restrict energy exports from Russia, but ordinary buyers are actually imposing sanctions on themselves, preferring to look for alternative sources of supply, Financial Times writes.

15:02 Adviser to the head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Mykhailo Podoliak wrote on Twitter that on March 4, both chambers of the Russian parliament will convene an emergency meeting. 

“On the agenda, as I understand it, is a preventive imposition of martial law in Russia. With a total ban on all rallies, disconnection from any communication with the outside world, large-scale food and financial restrictions. The evacuation of those who can afford it is now beginning across the country… “,

14:55 Interfax Ukraine quoting UNHCR
Nearly 836,000 people fled Ukraine to neighboring countries since Russia started an all-out war, news reports quote UNHCR. Nearly 454,000 people had fled to Poland. The highest tally (more than 100,000 Ukrainians) was recorded on Monday.   

14:37 Ukrainska Pravda quoting Ukraine’s State Emergency Service

More than 2,000 civilians were killed since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24.

14:29 Ukraine’s Ombudsman Liudmyla Denisova:  The situation in Ukraine remains tense. As of 1 p.m. on March 2, 2022, the Russian occupier continued to use heavy weapons and exterminate the civilian population. 

So far, 21 children have been killed and 55 injured in the analysis of information from various sources since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

As a result of the shelling, the infrastructure of the cities of Kyiv, Irpin, Kharkiv, Mariupol, Zhytomyr, Kherson and the settlement of Vasylivka in Zaporizhia region was destroyed.

Thus, a maternity hospital in Zhytomyr was damaged during a missile strike by the occupiers.

At the same time, Russian troops continue to shell civilians in the Zaporozhzhia region. Yesterday, at 9:00 am, the Russian occupation forces fired on the center of the village of Vasylivka, Zaporizhia region. The shells landed in the yard of a local school.

Kharkiv and Kherson continue to come under heavy fire from the occupiers.

Tonight one child was killed and 6 children were injured in an air strike in Zhytomyr. They were rescued from the basements of dilapidated houses.

Through their actions, the armed forces of the Russian Federation continue to cynically violate the fundamental rights of children – the right to life and health, guaranteed to every child in the world by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Some of these deaths could have been avoided if a no-fly zone was established over Ukraine. I call on the international community and international human rights organizations to support the initiative to close the Ukrainian skies from enemy fighters.

Meanwhile, two triplets were born in a maternity hospital under shelling in Chernihiv. As long as such angels are born in Ukraine, we are invincible!

14:28 Ukrainska Pravda citing anonymous source in Ukraine’s intelligence

Ukraine’s runaway president Viktor Yanukovych is in Minsk as part of the Kremlin’s special operation, said Ukrainska Pravda quoting an anonymous source in Ukraine’s intelligence.

In one of the scenarios, the Kremlin would reinstate him as the Ukrainian president. The Kremlin might be planning an information operation, the source said.

13:35 EU bars seven Russian banks from Swift – Council of the EU 

The Council of the European Union introduced further sanctions on Russia.

The Council decided to exclude some Russian banks from the SWIFT system including Bank Otkritie, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank, Rossiya Bank, Sovcombank, VNESHECONOMBANK (VEB), and VTB BANK.

The Council’s decision prohibits to invest, participate or otherwise contribute to future projects co-financed by the Russian Direct Investment Fund.

The Council also prohibited to sell, supply, transfer or export euro denominated banknotes to Russia or to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Russia, including the government and the Central Bank of Russia, or for use in Russia.

13:46 Dalia Grybauskaitė, former President of Lithuania called on NATO to step into the war fighting alongside Ukraine. “If we do not stop Putin in Ukraine, we will still have to fight a war, but in our countries,” she said in a statement released on March 2. Full text.

“It is beginning to look like it. Sanctions will not stop putin whatever they may be. They are necessary, but without any exceptions such as those we see in SWIFT cut-offs or the energy sector and the banks that serve it…

Only a war that has already been launched can stop another war. There is no need to pretend and try to appease our conscience by supplying Ukraine with nothing but arms, and too late at that. The people of Ukraine are fighting the war for us and the children of Ukraine are shielding us from putin’s madness.

Repeating the mantra that NATO cannot help Ukraine already sounds pathetic and shows the cowardice of the West.

Putin sees it too. Although it is learning fast, the West still does not understand that there is a European war going on in Ukraine. Either you participate in it and fight the aggressor or become an accomplice to war crimes by just standing and watching it Ukraine and its people being destroyed. Yes, an accomplice.

If we do not stop putin in Ukraine, we will still have to fight a war, but in our countries.

Ukraine is asking for real help, while we are watching residential areas blown down on our TV screens and keep saying that we ‘strongly support Ukraine’.

I am ashamed to hear NATO leaders and officials muttering that they ‘cannot get involved in a conflict’. But we did it in Syria, Libya, Africa, Yugoslavia, and Afghanistan, didn’t we?

Today, Ukraine is fighting for the survival of its nation and for the peace of Europe. Are we going to just continue watching an independent state being destroyed?

Slava Ukraini! Glory be to her heroes, and so far only to her heroes, because there are no others on the horizon.”

13:35 Deputy head of the Kharkiv regional administration Roman Semenukha:

In Kharkiv, a cruise missile hit the city council.

13:15 Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba: There are no details on a new round of Russia-Ukraine talks, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in a video address. Ukraine will not accept Russia’s ultimatums, he added.

“In the second half of the day, closer to evening, our delegation will be in place to await Ukrainian negotiators,” spokesperson of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said, Novoe Vremia reports.. He revealed no details about the place of the talks. Medinsky will lead the talks, Peskov said.

12:58 General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: Report as of 12:00, March 2. In a number of directions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces gained tactical initiative. The Russian troops avoid direct combat situations. Civilians also block their advance.

In Volyn, the Russian troops lost tactical initiative, hold no offensive.

In Polissya, the Russian troops continue their advance toward Makariv-Brusyliv-Fastiv, some units advance toward Kyiv.

The advance toward Malyn and Irpin lost offensive dynamics. The Russian troops incurred losses. The offensive was blocked.

In Chornobyl area, the Ukrainian troops stopped the advance of the Russian troops toward Demydiv and Irpin. The Russian troops lost their offensive potential.  

In Zhytomyr region, the Russian troops try to deploy their forward units to Horenychi, Shpytky, and Petrusky. They station field and logistical camps near Borodyanka, Katyuzhanka, and Havronshchyna.

In Siversk area, the Ukrainian troops stopped the advance of the units of Russia’s 1^st tank army and 20^th army incurred losses near Bohodukhiv, Chuhuyiv, and Shevchenkove. Earlier, these Russian units launched an offensive toward Krasnohrad and Izyum to encircle the Ukrainian troops.   

In Chernihiv area, the Ukrainian Armed Forces stopped the Russian troops.

In Nizhyn area, the Russian troops advanced toward Nova Basan and Kozelets.

In Donetsk region, efforts by the hybrid 1^st and 2^nd army corps and the 8^th army aimed to seize all of Donetsk and Luhansk regions failed. The Russian troops failed to block Mariupol.

In the south, the Russian troops continue to advance toward Zaporizhzhia, some units

advance toward Mariupol.

The Russian troops prepare an airborne landing on the Black Sea coast near Zatoka

and Odesa. Russian warship units were deployed in the open sea.

The Russian troops continue to lose personnel and materiel. The troops are demoralized. 

12:37 Ukraine’s Ground Forces command

Ukraine received a fresh consignment of Bayraktar TB2 drones. They are immediately sent to support the Ukrainian troops.  

11:38 Mayor of Kherson Ihor Kolykhaev asks journalists to help prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in the city.

“To the attention of all media – Kherson, regional, all-Ukrainian, global! All journalists who know me, who love Kherson, root for its fate, I ask you to use the strength of fourth power and help us get a “green corridor” for the removal of the wounded and the dead, the transport of medicines and food to the city. Without all this, the city will perish!

I count on the friendly involvement of journalists and their connections not only with Ukrainian, but also with world politicians. Help Kherson get the opportunity to save its people from an impending humanitarian catastrophe!”, the mayor said.

11:17 Department of the Security Service of Ukraine in Ivano-Frankivsk region: SSU together with the police and the specialized prosecutor’s office detained a fire adjuster who guided an attack with a Russian “Kalibr” cruise missile at Ivano-Frankivsk airfield. 

The traitor of Ukraine arrived in Ivano-Frankivsk on February 22. He settled in a motel near the airfield.

On February 23, on the eve of the Russian missile strike on Ukraine, he passed information in Russia about the location of a military facility.

As a result of missiles hitting the airfield, its infrastructure was destroyed.

After that, the fire adjuster reported on the outcome of the strike in Russia.

The saboteur was detained while trying to commit the next crime aimed at reducing our defense capabilities.

He will be sentenced to 15 years in prison under the article “Treason”.

10:42 Sociological group “Rating: According to the survey conducted on March 1, 90% of the respondents feel hope when they think about the situation in Ukraine. Only 5% experience disappointment. Compared to the pre-war times, the share of those who feel hope has tripled. The record high level of hope is observed in almost all the regions of Ukraine.

• 88% of the respondents believe that Ukraine will be able to repel Russia’s attack. This number is increasing almost daily. Today, only 10% are not confident in this. The belief in Ukraine’s victory prevails in all regions of the country.

• 98% of the respondents support the activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 93% support the activities of the President, and 84% support the actions of local mayors.

• 80% of the respondents said they were ready to defend the territorial integrity of Ukraine with weapons in hand. Compared to the pre-war times, this figure has significantly increased (it was 59% in 2020). The highest level of readiness is observed in the West and in the Center, while a slightly lower one, in the South and in the East. But even in the South-Eastern regions, the readiness to fight for the Motherland is extremely high (almost 80% in the South and almost 60% in the East).

• The support for Ukraine’s accession to the European Union and NATO is the highest over the history of our surveys: 86% support accession to the EU and 76% support joining NATO. Compared to the pre-war period, the support for EU and NATO accession has increased by more than 20 percentage points. This positive dynamics took place due to the growing support for accession to the Western structures among the population of the South and the East. In terms of age, there is unanimous support for Ukraine’s accession to the EU and NATO in all the categories.

• 61% of the respondents believe that Ukraine will become a member of the EU in the nearest future (within 1 or 2 years). 13% believe that our country will become a member of the EU in 5 years, while 6% believe it will happen later. 17% are not sure in their estimates. Only 4% do not believe that Ukraine will become a member of the EU. Compared to last year, the share of those who do not believe in Ukraine’s European integration has decreased significantly (it was 26% in November 2021).

Audience: the population of Ukraine aged 18 and older in all oblasts, except for the temporarily occupied territories of the Crimea and Donbas. The sample is representative by age, sex and type of settlement. Sample population: 1200 respondents. Survey method: CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews). Error of representativeness of the study with a confidence level of 0.95: no more than 2.8%. Date: March 1, 2022

10:29 Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine: The Government of Ukraine is resetting the hotline for prompt collection of inquiries on humanitarian issues – ☎️ 1545.

The government hotline operates 24 hours a day.

For citizens of Ukraine who are abroad, the phone number of the government hotline +38 044 284 19 15.

10:17 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine: Information Regarding the Russian Invasion

Operational Situation on the Diplomatic Front, March 2, 2022, 10 AM

Day of the unwarranted Russian invasion.

The international community consolidates the anti-Putin coalition to fight the Russian invaders back.

Sanctions

Seaports are being closed to Russian vessels globally

Canada forbade Russian ships access to Canadian ports and territorial waters. The United Kingdom adopted a resolution aiming for the same results

NordStream-2 is over. The managing company Nord Stream 2 AG declared its bankruptcy due to international sanctions

The skies are being closed for Russian aircraft. USA and Montenegro closed their respective airspace for Russian planes

The sanction pressure is mounting. Montenegro joins the EU sanction policies to the full extent

The United Kingdom introduced sanctions against Belarus for participating in the invasion of Ukraine

Deputies of the European Parliament unanimously voted for the resolution that condemns the Russian military operation and calls for harsh sanctions against Russia

Isolation of the Russian Federation

Global business severs all ties with Russian enterprises

Irish aircraft leasing companies AerCap, SMBC Aviation Capital, Avalon decided to cancel deals with various Russian airlines

Paramount, Disney, Sony Pictures, and Warner Bros halt movie releases in Russia

Cannes Film Festival disinvites the official delegation from Russia

Apple Corporation stops selling its goods via official online stores in Russia

The Nike company stopped delivering its goods to the Russian Federation

BMW freezes its production line in Kaliningrad and vows not to export its automobiles to Russia

Deputinisation of the world

Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation in the Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was sacked from the post of Vice-President of the World Food Program

Valeriy Gergiev was dismissed as the chief conductor of Munich Philharmonic because of his friendship with Putin

Humanitarian Aid

Canada announced humanitarian aid for Ukraine worth $ 100 mln

France is activating a financial package of € 100 mln to assist the civil population suffering from the war

Finland has allocated € 8.2 mln for the humanitarian activities of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Committee of the Red Cross in Ukraine

Latvia will direct € 1.2 mln for the needs of Ukrainian civil society, including the media

Punishment for Russian criminals

The UN International Court of Justice will hold public hearings in the case concerning Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. Russian Federation) on Monday 7 and Tuesday, March 8

The European Court of Human Rights has decided to indicate to the Government of Russia to refrain from military attacks against civilians and civilian objects

10:03 Ukraine’s State Emergency Service:

Russian troops hit an apartment building in Irpin outside Kyiv with a missile. Ongoing search and rescue works.

09:53 Head of Mykolaiv regional state administration Vitaliy Kim: 

Russian airborne troops landed near Balivnyi. There are four helicopters. Curfew took effect immediately. Civilians were ordered out of the streets. Ongoing fighting near Kalynivka, Russian troops suppressed. Some retreated toward Bashtanka. No hostile troops entered Mykolayiv.

Aircraft from Sevastopol nearing the area. Air raid sirens on.

9.40 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:  The Russian Navy is a pirate of the 21st century.

For the safety of civil navigation, the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine closed navigation in the north-western part of the Black Sea. At the same time, the Russian Black Sea Fleet continues the tactics of Russian ground forces trying to hide behind civilian lives.

Thus, as of March 2, 2022, Russian ships require the civilian ship HELT to enter the dangerous zone of the Black Sea so that the occupiers can cover themselves with a civilian ship as a human shield, otherwise russian ships will open fire on the ship HELT. This is nothing but 21st century piracy.

It will be recalled that during the full-scale invasion on February 24, the Russian fleet had already fired on 2 civilian ships and captured 2 ships of the Russian occupiers (including the Sapphire search and rescue ship on a humanitarian mission).

01:08 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Operational information as of 24.00 on 01.03.2022 regarding the Russian invasion

The Republic of Belarus, as a satellite of the Russian Federation, provides assistance in the deployment of troops and weapons of the enemy on its territory. In the future, it is likely to be able to support the Russian invaders in the Russian-Ukrainian war and help achieve the goals of the occupiers.

Thus, from February 24, 2022, missile strikes on military and civilian facilities have been systematically launched from the territory of Belarus. Today it is noted that the Belarusian troops are in combat readiness and are in areas of concentration as close as possible to the state border of Ukraine. During the current day, according to intelligence, significant activity of aircraft was recorded. In addition, the movement of convoys of vehicles with food and ammunition in the area of ​​settlements Baranovichi, Lyakhovichi and Pinsk.

According to available data, the Russian occupiers are preparing to launch a large-scale information and psychological operation in the near future. Its goal is to break the resistance of the Ukrainian people and the Ukrainian army with the help of lies. Using tactics of total disinformation and intimidation of the civilian population, the enemy will try to sow panic and chaos.

Due to the fact that the enemy fails to achieve its goals, due to the significant resistance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the resistance of patriotic civilians, he moved to the destruction of information infrastructure and critical government facilities. Thus, the occupying forces, as they move deeper into the territory of Ukraine, destroy the relay towers of cellular communication. On March 1, 2022, a rocket strike was launched on the TV tower of Kyiv.

The enemy continues to cynically disregard the norms of international humanitarian law during hostilities.

Groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are defending certain borders and inflicting a devastating defeat on the enemy in all directions.

During the fierce fighting in the Chornobyl direction, the Chief of Staff of the 36th general troops army of the Eastern military district was wounded, and the commander of 11 separate airborne assault brigades of the Airborne Forces of the Russian Armed Forces was killed in the Siversky Operational District.

Evil will be punished!

We believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine! Beat the occupier!

Glory to Ukraine!

#stoprussia

00:19 State Emergency Service of Ukraine: In Zhytomyr, on March 1, at about 10:16 pm, an air strike damaged 10 private houses (3 of them caught fire) and damaged windows in the city hospital building.

According to the preliminary information, 2 people were killed and 3 were injured. There might be people in the rubble of damaged private houses.

Rescuers dismantle the debris and put out the fire. Information on the destruction and casualties is being clarified.

01.03.2022

22:33 Joint Forces Operation: During the current day, the SES units involved in the Joint Forces operation made seven trips to eliminate the fires caused by the combat operations.

During the past 24 hours, on February 27, 63 people, including 11 children, were evacuated from the settlements of Sartana, Novotoshkivske, Severodonetsk, Svatove, Lebedynske and Voevodivka to safe places.

8 entries were made for the supply of basic necessities to the settlement of Shchastia and drinking water to the settlements of Severodonetsk, Shchastia, Svitlychne, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Gostre, Avdiivka, “Shakhta “Centralna”.

 Also, SES units were involved in dismantling the structures of the collapsed building as a result of hostilities in the village of Shchastia.

In total, 27 units of equipment and 79 personnel were involved in these works.

Due to the constant shelling by the Russian occupation forces, reconstruction work is not yet underway.

21:03 Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine: The international community must block Russian shipping

Ukraine has sent almost 50 appeals to the world’s leading maritime powers and associations with information about the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine and the facts of its gross violation of international maritime law. We demand to stop sea connections with Russian ports, as well as the service of Russian ships in foreign ports.

20:02 CinC AF of Ukraine:  By waging the bloody war in Ukraine, Russia is committing actions that are unjustifiable, both militarily and morally.

Killing civilians, shelling kindergartens, hospitals and homes, provoking environmental disasters, shooting school buses and blocking ambulances, using cruise missiles in housing estates – this is an incomplete list of war crimes committed by Russia’s top military and political leadership. Crimes that have no statute of limitations and for which there is no amnesty.

I want to draw the attention of the International community to the cynical systemic violation of International humanitarian law and human morality by the Russian Federation. War criminals must be tried by the International Criminal Court and face the most severe punishment for the suffering caused to the Ukrainian people.

19:49 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 

The Russian-Ukrainian war continues for the sixth day. The Ukrainian nation is strongly resisting the Russian aggression. The enemy failed to achieve the goals quickly. The Russian occupiers have demonstrated to the world their cunning: rocket attacks, multiple rocket launchers and air strikes show that they are incapable of fighting the Ukrainian nation, which is ready for complete resistance. The “courage” of the occupiers is only in intimidating the civilian population and looting.

At the same time the Ukrainian Defenders in the Northern Region continue to conduct defensive battles on the occupied frontiers, with the task of preventing the enemy from advancing in the directions of the settlements of Kipty and Nizhyn.

Part of the forces continues to defend Chernihiv, fires the enemy by all available means and prevents the enemy from wedging into the city boundaries.

In Slobozhanshchyna units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct defensive battles on the occupied frontiers, inflict losses on the enemy in manpower and equipment, and capture prisoners.

In the Prymorskyi direction our defenders continue to conduct a defensive operation in a certain area of responsibility.

The Kyiv Defense Group continues to fight and hold certain areas of defense, and part of the forces is preparing to perform suddenly emerging tasks.

Assault and artillery units have taken up defenses on the outskirts of the capital and are improving the fortification equipment of the positions. 

Territorial defense units strengthen the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and perform tasks on protection and defense of important infrastructure facilities of the capital. 

19:31 State Emergency Service of Ukraine: 5 people had been killed and 5 injured as a result of shelling of Kyiv TV tower. 

“The video shows the consequences of another crime. And this proof is another nail in the coffin of the Kremlin’s piece of land. Because it is difficult to even call it a state – during these six days of the war there is no trace of statehood left”, states Ukraine’s SES.

19:18 Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Information on the Russian invasion

Operational situation on the diplomatic front as of 7pm, 1st of March

Ukrainian diplomacy continues to engage on all diplomatic fronts in order to protect Ukraine and its people.

Today, the whole of Europe watched the Ukrainian President Zelensky’s address during the emergency session of the European Parliament.

Ukraine deserves full membership in the European Union already today

Romania and Hungary joined the group of European countries which support Ukraine’s membership in the EU on a fast-track procedure.

Military aid

A new shipment of Javelin and NLAW anti-tank weapons has arrived in Ukraine

The Government of Australia has approved 50 million dollars in military and technical aid for the Ukrainian Defense Force

Financial aid

Japan has approved additional 100 million dollars in aid for Ukraine. The total amount of aid from Japan amounts to 200 million US dollars

The Estonian company Bolt has agreed to provide 1 million EUR in aid for Ukraine. The company plans to provide 4 million EUR more within the next 2 weeks

Boycotting Russia

Representatives of more than 50 nations walked out of the meeting room in protest during the speech by the foreign minister of Russian Federation in Geneva

Greece is suspending all cultural events with the participation of the Russian Federation

The American oil corporation Exxon Mobil is withdrawing all of its specialists from all Russian oil and gas projects

The Danish company Moller-Maers, which carries out 20% of all cargo shipments in the world, has announced that it will no longer accept goods to be delivered to and from Russia

Humanitarian aid

Australia has approved 25 million dollars in humanitarian aid

New Zealand has approved 2 million dollars in humanitarian aid for Ukrainians

France has already sent 33 tons of humanitarian aid for Ukraine. Two more planes with medical aid will arrive today

Additional humanitarian aid is on its way from Lithuania

18:32 The European Parliament by the vast majority approved a resolution urging EU member states to work towards granting Ukraine candidate status to join the EU. 

17:45 Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine:  Russia is preparing a deliberate provocation to justify the introduction of Belarusian troops.

According to available intelligence, there are now about 300 Belarusian tanks near the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.

The convoy has not yet crossed the border and is waiting on the route Pinsk – Ivanovo – Drahichyn (approximately 30 km from the State Border of Ukraine).

Russia is expected to carry out a deliberate provocation to justify the planned attack by Belarusian troops.

17:19 Ministry of Finance of Ukraine: Ministry of Finance of Ukraine has placed military bonds worth UAH 8.1 billion.

17:09 Adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs: The occupiers shot the broadcaster’s hardware on the TV tower in Kyiv. 

16:50 Ministry of Internal Affairs, Kharkiv region

As of 16:00, as a result of an air strike between the 2nd and 3rd entrances of a five-storey residential building (6 entrances in total) in Kharkiv, 8 people died and 6 were injured, 38 people were rescued (2 of them were released from the rubble). The work continues.

16:49 State Emergency Service: Today, on March 1, at 15:24, the enemy armored vehicle began firing on the tanker of rescuers of the 2nd fire department in Kherson while they were going to extinguish fire in the building of the shopping center “Factory” in Kherson. Six rescuers who were in the fire truck were forced to leave the attacked vehicle and found shelter almost a kilometer from the scene of the attack in the hospital.

Fortunately, none of the men were hurt, and the enemies have nothing to lose – they will burn in hell anyway.

16:16 Secretariat of the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Rome: Information has been received that Russian troops are preparing an air strike on the most important sanctuary of the Ukrainian people since the times of Kyivan Rus – St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv.

16:02 Ukrainian Pravda: ECHR ordered Russia to stop attacks and bombing of civilian objects in Ukraine. On 28 February, Ukraine applied to the ECHR for preliminary measures in accordance with Rule 39. This rule allows the Court to issue an order to any State party to the European Convention on Human Rights pending consideration of a complaint of violation of that convention. The order of the Court is binding.

15:56 Suspilne Kharkiv

An enemy plane bombing Kharkiv was shot down in Kharkiv. According to preliminary information from the head of Novobavarsky District Administration Tetyana Tsybulnyk, the plane crashed near the market “Losk”. This is the plane from which the bomb flew to a residential building on Novobavarsky Avenue, where they continue to rake up the debris. Previously: 8 people died in the house and nearby, 8 were injured.

15:55 – Dmytro Zhyvytskyy, Head of Sumy Regional State Administration

The first exchange of war prisoners in Sumy region took place! We exchanged our five people from the Armed Forces for one Russian military police officer.

15:46 National Guard of Ukraine

Soldiers of the National Guard of Ukraine together with units of the Armed Forces continue to fight with the Russian occupiers in Energodar area.

The enemy concentrated about 90 units of military equipment in the area of ​Dniprovka village. At the moment, the Russian unit has nowhere to retreat, so they are trying to get to Energodar and take position near the largest nuclear power plant in Europe – Zaporizhzhya NPP.

Realizing that the column will be completely destroyed, the occupiers are trying to take at least some minimally advantageous position and hope to make a breakthrough to the power plant to cover their location hoping that they will not be under fire.

This is another manifestation of the rather insidious tactics of the Russian army, which can disregard all norms of international humanitarian law, the lives of its servicemen and civilians.

Currently, the advanced group of 8 armored personnel carriers and 20 units of Russian vehicles have advanced from Dniprovka towards Energodar. However, they will face a harsh rebuff.

The Ukrainian military acts professionally and inflicts significant losses on the enemy.

15:52 Mariupol City Council

Today the army of terrorists of the Russian Federation cynically fired on residential areas of Mariupol. As a result of the military terrorist attack, several houses on Shevchenko Blvd. and school No.16 in the same area. In addition, residential buildings in Livoberezhnyy district, as well as the territory of Kommunalnyk were shelled again. The number of victims is being clarified.

“The occupiers from Russia are leading a real genocide of the Ukrainian people. Their actions are no different from the tactics of the fascist-nazi troops, which from 1941 to 1943 occupied and besieged entire cities. They are no different from the nazis, who ruthlessly killed women and children. Almost 80 years ago, Ukraine repulsed nazi attacks. Let’s fight back now. We will expel from our land the occupiers who are killing the civilian population of our cities. This is an inhuman, cruel and incredibly vile act. We will never forget and we will never forgive” said Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko.

15:19 Ukrainian Pravda: Russian Defense Ministry threatens to strike at facilities in Kyiv and urges people “Ukrainian citizens who are involved by Ukrainian nationalists to carry out provocations against Russia, as well as Kyiv residents living near the relay nodes to leave their homes” –  clumsily explain that this is an inform attack

15:17 Suspilne

During the shelling of the city, shells fell on the territory of hospital No.3 in Novobaravsky district, Svitlana Gorbunova-Ruban, deputy mayor of Kharkiv, confirmed to Suspilne.

“Everyone who lived there was evacuated. There are people without permanent residence, whom we settled there to take care of. Nine people are being taken to another hospital, we will accept them.”

Yuriy Sorokolat, director of the city’s health department: “The only thing I know is that the doctors and medical staff were not injured. Patients were not injured either. We will now transfer 9 homeless patients to hospital No.31.”

14:38 State Emergency Service of Ukraine: Operational information. Mykolaiv region

Currently, firefighters of the 7^th Fire and Rescue Department are extinguishing fire in the store – furniture warehouse on Soborna Street of Bashtanka. At 13:00 it was notified about the fire on the special line 101, it happened during the artillery shelling. At 13:23 the fire was localized, liquidation continues.

14:37 Center for Countering Disinformation.

Official address of the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov:

⁃ On the sixth day of the Ukrainian National Resistance makes devastating strikes in response to the Russian occupation army, which the Kremlin considered invincible.

⁃ Russia’s Blitzkrieg was completely defeated.

⁃ All Russian military and political leadership of the Russian Federation has unquestionable prospects for the Hague Tribunal for crimes against Ukraine and its people.

⁃ The enemy is on the verge of exhaustion, while Ukraine is getting stronger every day, as is Ukraine’s support from the world’s most influential countries.

⁃ Russia is a terrorist country left in blatant loneliness, without allies, without honor and dignity! No one will go unpunished.

Let’s fight, hold on!

Glory to Ukraine!

#stoprussia

14:07 Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security: Key theses from the President Zelenskyy address to the European Parliament: 

•  Today we give for values, for rights, for freedom, just for the desire to be equal, the same as you – we give our best people, most hearty,  the strongest  Ukrainians.
•  There is such an expression: the Ukrainian choice of Europe. I would very much like to see Europe’s choice of Ukraine today.
•  Kharkiv today. Dozens of victims – that’s the price of freedom. We are just fighting for our land and for our freedom. And no one will enter our freedom and our state.
•  Nobody will break us. We are strong. We are Ukrainians.
•  We want our children to live. Yesterday 16 children died. Will Putin say again that this is some kind of operation there and they are only hitting the military infrastructure? Where are our children, at which military plants do they work ?! On which missiles are they, on which tanks ?!
•  We are fighting for our rights, freedoms, for life. And now we are fighting for survival. And this is our main motivation. But we are also fighting to be equal members of Europe.
•  Today we show everyone that that’s what we are. With us, the European Union will definitely be stronger. Without you, Ukraine will be lonely.
•  We have proved our strength. We have proven that we are just like you. Prove that you are with us. Prove that you do not let us go. Prove that you are truly European.
•  And then life will overcome death, and light – darkness. Glory to Ukraine!

13:55 Chernihiv Regional State Administration

About an hour ago, the occupiers fired BM-21 Grad at Masany neighborhood and Myru Avenue on the way out of Chernihiv in the direction of Ripky.

Rescuers are currently working there.

A request to all: do not interfere with their work and do not touch the shells!

13:38 Ukraine’s Minister of Defense Oleksiy Reznikov: According to available data, the Russian occupiers are preparing to launch a large-scale information and psychological operation in the near future.

Its goal is to break the resistance of the Ukrainian people and the Ukrainian army with the help of lies.

Initially, they plan to arrange communication channels disconnection. 

After that, there will be a lot of fake reports that the Ukrainian military-political leadership seems to have agreed to surrender.

Supposedly signed “documents”, as well as edited fake videos will be distributed to “confirm” this fake.

THIS IS A LIE. Don’t count on it!

There will be no surrender! Only victory!

Warn everyone you can.

Many of those who expected to take Kyiv in 2-3 days are already in hell.

Let’s hold the weapon firmly! We continue to resist!

Glory to Ukraine!

13:11 Reuters reports that the Swiss-based company which built the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany is considering filing for insolvency, two sources familiar with the situation said, as it attempts to settle claims ahead of a U.S. sanction deadline for other entities to stop dealings with it.

13:00 State Emergency Service of Ukraine: On March 1, 2022, at around 12:00 the village of Dachne of Odesa rayon was shelled. As a result a gas pipeline and about 9 private houses were damaged and a private garage caught fire, as a result of which 1 person died and 2 were injured. The information is being clarified.

12:56 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Operational information on 12.00, 01.03.2022 regarding #russian_invasion 

The Russian occupier has reduced the pace of the offensive but is still trying to develop the pace of the offensive in certain areas in the offensive against Ukraine.

The sixth day of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine continues.

Columns of armored vehicles of the Russian aggressors slowed down the pace of the offensive and have problems with security in Ukraine. Enemy troops are deprived of a systematic supply of fuel and ammunition.

Unsuccessful in capturing the oblasts centers of Kharkiv and Chernihiv, the occupiers fired rockets at residential areas of these cities.

In addition, the Russian occupiers continue to surround the Ukrainian cities of Sumy, Lebedyn and Okhtyrka, the enemy is regrouping in order to continue the offensive in the direction of Kyiv.

In the Donetsk region, enemy troops with forces 1, 2 Army Corps units and the 8 Army of the Armed Forces of Russian Federation with the artillery support of the RF Armed Forces focused their efforts on capturing the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, to no avail. The goal of reaching the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions was not achieved.

In the Tavriya direction, the enemy reached the border with the available forces in the areas of the settlements of Skadovsk, Hola Prystan, Kherson, and Nova Kakhovka. After regrouping the offensive in the direction of Mykolayiv continues.

There were cases of robberies and looting by the occupiers in the areas of Bucha, Gostomel, Nova Basan.

Despite the fact that the russian federation is a state party to the Geneva Conventions for the Protection of Victims of War, its armed forces and the terrorist groups it supports continue to systematically and defiantly violate the norms of international humanitarian law in Ukraine.

Having lost offensive capabilities, the enemy concentrated on the encirclement of the city of Kyiv.

As of 12.00 on 01.03.2022, the approximate losses of weapons and military equipment of the enemy of the RF Armed Forces were: aircraft – 29 units, helicopters – 29 units, tanks – 198 units, AFV – 846 units, artillery systems – 77, air defence – 7 units, MLRS – 24 units, UAV – 3 units, vehicles – 305 units, fuel tanks – 60, ships, boats – 2.

12.40. State Border Guard Service of Ukraine:  We are working to get Zmiinyy island defenders back home as soon as possible. 

On February 26, Russian media reported that troops from the island had been taken to occupied by Russia Sevastopol. Analyzing the video materials distributed by the Russian Federation, we  together with colleagues from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, identified the majority of our servicemen. Of course, the Russian Federation is trying to use them in its information propaganda, and we are well aware that captivity is a place that does not have the best effect on fellow human beings.

We have now joined international humanitarian missions to get a list of all the guys who are with the enemy.

It should be noted that the information about the 13 dead border guards was announced on the basis of preliminary data obtained at the time of the enemy’s attack on the island, after which communication was lost. We tried to check the fate of border guards and soldiers of the Armed Forces by involving a civilian ship of the Sapphire Maritime Search and Rescue Service, which was leaving to carry out a humanitarian mission. However, together with the crew, it was illegally captured by the occupiers.

We emphasize: Ukraine does not abandon its own.

We will do our best to bring them home.

12:25 President Zelenskyy: I decided to appoint a professional military man as the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration during the war. To guarantee the defense of the city. To block the enemy’s approaches to our capital. That the people of Kyiv had everything they needed. The head of the military administration will be General Mykola Zhernov.

9.55 – Ministry of Defense of Ukraine – Ukrainian operators cut off communication to the occupiers, blocking access to phones with Russian numbers to their networks.

Communication is one of the key elements of effective combat.

Having lost the opportunity to call from their numbers, the occupying forces are increasingly taking away phones from citizens.

We call on Ukrainians whose mobile phones have been confiscated by representatives of the enemy troops to inform the operator as soon as possible and ask them to block the stolen phone. We understand that doing this when the phone is taken away is not an easy task.

However, this is very important – find neighbors who have a phone, use a landline – it depends on the security of our state and the lives of Ukrainians.

8.53 – During the day, employees of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine left 44 times on the “Alarm” signal. Of these, 25 exits to eliminate fires (19 in the city and 6 in the region). 10 departures to provide assistance to the population, 10 – other departures.

In addition, pyrotechnic units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine carried out demining work: 69 explosive devices were neutralized.

During the day, 24 fires caused by enemy shelling were eliminated.

8.05 Igor Kolykhaev, Kherson Mayor

First day of spring. Kherson is still Ukraine, and this is the first good news this morning.

Not much changes since the night: the city was not shelled – and this is the second good message.

I am ready to perform my direct duties. Today, the number one task remains to control the work of shops, pharmacies, etc. All city functions are in the normal mode: cleaning, garbage collection, transport.

Yesterday we opened accounts for the financial support of the city and people from all over the world began to provide us with it. But the most valuable thing in these transfers is not even the amounts (and they are different – from 100 UAH to several tens of thousands), but the purpose of payment: “Kherson in the heart”, “Hold on, dear ones”, “Go away Russian ship …”. ..

We will stand up to anything. Because it’s in our blood! We remain wise – we do not provoke uninvited guests, we keep calm for the sake of our city and the safety of people.

Kherson, I love you! Our flag is Ukrainian

9.47 Kyivstar

Kyivstar has made the home Internet free

Statement:

In these difficult times for Ukrainians, we make every effort to keep you connected and up to date. Therefore, the Home Internet service will run at a limited speed, even if you could not pay for it. However, if you have such an opportunity, please pay at your rate so that we can continue to maintain and restore the network.

Users with insufficient funds will still be notified of the suspension. So please do not pay attention to this SMS.

9.39 МВС України 

Ситуація щодо російського вторгнення 

Втрати ворога

#stoprussia

8.49 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 

The total estimated losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 01.03 as of 06:00 were: :

In personnel – 5710 осіб

Prisoners – 200.

Destroyed and damaged:

aircraft  – 29, 

helicopters  – 29, 

tanks‒ 198, 

APV ‒ 846, 

artillery systems– 77, 

Anti-aircraft warfare systems – 7,

MLRS – 24, 

fuel tanks – 60, 

UAV operational and tactical level – 3, 

boats– 2 одиниці, 

Vehicles – 305.  

Data are being updated. The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities. 

#stoprussia

7.49 Reznikov Alexey

Dear Ukrainians!

122 years of resistance.

On the fifth day of the intervention, the Russian occupiers were unable to conceal that they were in agony.

The barbaric rocket attacks and the multiple launch rocket system of peaceful cities are evidence that they are no longer able to fight armed Ukrainians. Only with the peaceful, like the last cowards.

This is a war crime. Its direct performers and organizers are doomed for the rest of their existence to bear the brand of murderers and hide. They are awaiting trial.

It will be fair if a special international tribunal is established in Kharkiv. By the way, it was in Kharkiv in 1943 that the first trial took place, as a result of which the nazis were convicted of war crimes.

Now the Kharkiv tribunal must sentence the Kremlin’s followers of Hitler, who have already “surpassed” him.

Thanks to the heroism of our defenders, new fronts are opening up, where the enemy is suffering losses. I want to celebrate our boys and girls in the east. They have become an insurmountable barrier for the enemy, which demoralizes him terribly.

On the economic front, Russia has already suffered devastating destruction. Russian currency is converted into ordinary paper. There is the first ban on Russian oil exports.

The international IT community joined in the destruction of the occupying army.

The supply of weapons and everything necessary from Europe is increasing.

Even Ukrainian schoolchildren went on the offensive on the cyber front.

Hundreds of thousands of people in Russia have already learned that the government is lying to them. That there is no “special operation”. There is the usual war of aggression. On which thousands of Russians died. Resistance to war within Russia itself is growing by the hour.

These days, Ukrainians are showing Russians how free people differ from slaves, and that citizens differ from those enslaved by tyrants. Those who have been obsessed with the rabid maniac for years are now doomed to decades of redemption.

Ukraine will win!

Glory to the Ukrainian Army!

Glory to Ukraine!

7.34 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Operational information on 06.00, 01.03.2022 regarding the #russian_invasion 

 From the beginning of the day, the enemy regrouped troops and fired missiles and bombs from the air. He attempted to land tactical landings. Widely uses sabotage and reconnaissance teams to attack civilian and military infrastructure.

Defensive battles continue in the Siverskyi region in order to prevent the enemy from advancing to the capital from the north-eastern direction.

In the suburbs of Chernihiv, the appearance of separate enemy DRGs was noted, which, with the support of armoured vehicles, tried to break into the city, but were destroyed by Ukrainian defenders.

In other areas, tank and mechanized units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of aircraft and artillery, continue to conduct defensive battles on the occupied borders. Fire defeat of the enemy by all available means is carried out.

In Slobozhanshchyna, mechanized brigades and BTGs of Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the operational group are destroying the manpower and military equipment of the russian occupiers, who are trying to get in and restore the position on the first line of defence.

The Kyiv Defence Forces continues to defend the city, maintain the outer borders of the defence and critical state infrastructure, preventing the occupation units from approaching the suburbs of the capital. Active measures are being taken to identify and destroy the DRG of the enemy, who, ignoring the norms of international humanitarian law, disguises himself in the military uniform of the Armed Forces, National Guard and National Police of Ukraine to penetrate Kyiv through the combat formations of our troops.

The steady defence of our troops rapidly lowers the morale of the enemy and his will to win. Cases of desertion and voluntary captivity by entire units have been reported.

Thanks you for the work of our Air Force. In the last day alone, they destroyed 5 planes of the russian aggressor. About the total losses of the enemy a little later.

Victory will be ours! Evil must be punished! Glory to Ukraine!

#stoprussia

5.01 Air Force Command of UA Armed Forces

“Ghosts of Kyiv” will now become more!

+70 planes for the Ukrainian army!

Our partners give us the MiG-29 and Su-25! If necessary, they will be able to be based on Polish airfields from which Ukrainian pilots will perform combat missions.

🇧🇬 Bulgaria (MiG-29) – 16 pcs

🇧🇬 Bulgaria (Su-25) – 14 pcs

🇮🇩 Poland (Mig-29) – 28 pcs

🇸🇰 Slovakia (Mig-29) – 12 pcs

Glory to Ukraine!

1.51 State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine

❗️ Mobile and Internet interruptions are possible in places where hostilities are taking place / have taken place.

This is due to the fact that the infrastructure of the operators may suffer as a result of our heroic resistance.

The National Center for Operational and Technical Management of Telecommunications Networks of the State Special Service promptly monitors and controls the situation 

The State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine, as the Communications Administrator of Ukraine, fruitfully cooperates with mobile operators and Internet providers.

Communication is extremely important in the current situation in Ukraine.

In addition, mobile operators are currently recording heavy loads on the network, so there may be interruptions in communication.

Keep in touch, everything will be Ukraine

00.58 Air Force Command of UA Armed Forces

DURING THE DAY 28.02.22 THE AIR FORCE DESTROYED FIVE ENEMY FIGHTERS, ARMORED COLUMNS, FUEL COLUMNS, ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILE SYSTEM, HELICOPTER, CRUISE MISSILE 

#stoprussia https://fex.net/uk/s/x5nb78x

The occupiers have now forced politicians to scold the emperor live. Even those who have never done that say the empire of evil has crossed all borders, and the whole world sees it!

And rest assured, the empire will be punished for crimes against humanity! Especially for the houses destroyed today in Brovary, Vasylkiv, Bila Tserkva and Tokmak, for the shelling of Kharkiv by “tornadoes”, for schools and kindergartens, for killed and wounded civilians, children.

Air Force Command of UA Armed Forces has already punished the occupiers today, the Russian troops have suffered huge losses from air strikes, anti-aircraft missile forces and unmanned aerial vehicles.

During the provocative air raids of the occupiers on Vasylkiv and Brovary, Ukrainian fighter pilots intercepted and shot down two Russian planes.

The work of Ukrainian fighters was completed by a anti-aircraft missile systems S-300, hitting three planes of the occupiers. So the Air Force shot down five fighters. According to preliminary data, these are Su-30 and Su-35.

An anti-aircraft missile system “Buk” M-1 shot down a cruise missile and an enemy helicopter near Kyiv.

Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft worked in units and pairs and fired several missile and bomb strikes at columns of armored vehicles and enemy manpower in Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions.

Bomber aircrafts also worked successfully. The Su-24m of the Air Force inflicted at least four devastating bombardments on tank columns, columns of mechanized equipment, motor convoys with fuel and lubricants in the Chernihiv region and near Berdyansk.

Well, traditionally, once again we celebrate the jewelry work of the crews of Bayraktar TB2. This time – three targets – an enemy tank and two anti-aircraft missile systems “Buk” occupiers!

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Let’s keep the defense!

Let’s fight back!

Ukraine is above all! 

00:53 International Criminal Court Prosecutor, Karim A.A. Khan QC: I have decided to proceed with opening an investigation into the Situation in Ukraine, as rapidly as possible. Ukraine is not a State Party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or the “Court”), so cannot itself refer the situation to my Office. But it has twice exercised its prerogatives to legally accept the Court’s jurisdiction over alleged crimes under the Rome Statute occurring on its territory, should the Court choose to exercise it. I have reviewed the Office’s conclusions arising from the preliminary examination of the Situation in Ukraine, and have confirmed that there is a reasonable basis to proceed with opening an investigation.

00.08 Ukrinform

Canada will completely abandon the purchase of Russian oil due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to Ukrinform, this was stated by the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau in Ottawa. “Today we announce our intention to ban all crude oil imports from Russia. “President Putin and his oligarchs have benefited greatly from this industry, which provides more than a third of Russia’s federal budget revenue,” Trudeau said. He added that “in recent years, Canada has imported small amounts of Russian oil, but this step will send a strong message.”