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Russian Perspective: Operation to denazify Ukraine: operational summary March 15 (updated)
2022-03-16
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 00:27 They are trying to covertly transfer the equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Nikolaev towards Kherson. The lights were turned off along the way. The Russian Aerospace Forces is preparing to destroy the columns at the crossing. The free hunt begins.

00:25 Neo-Nazis today from the Grad MLRS fired at the city of Pologi - a woman and a child were killed. According to local residents, the Ukrainian soldiers opened fire from the outskirts of Hulyaypole. Now the Nazis are using tactics that have long been tested on the civilians of Donbass, but this time the target is those whom they supposedly protect. The Nazis set conditions for people to leave their homes en masse, and, by the way, as the locals say, the fighters of the Aidar nationalist battalion settled there. They regularly use Tochki-U and the aforementioned Grads against civilians. Also, when shelling civilians, the Su-25 attack aircraft was repeatedly used. He was shot down by Russian air defense.

23:28 Google statistics show that since the beginning of the Russian special military operation, Ukrainians are more interested in obtaining Russian citizenship than citizenship of the EU countries. In the meantime, the pro-Russian "sleepers" are going to the EU.

23:23 According to information from the residents of Nikolaev: self-propelled guns and MLRS came out towards Kherson.

There is a possibility of a provocation in the direction of Kherson. They will fire and try to blame the RF Armed Forces

20:37 In the village of Kazachi near Kherson, people voluntarily hand over their accumulated weapons to the armed forces of the Russian Federation.

20:00 According to the Veteran's Notes Telegram channel, tomorrow, March 16, the occupation administration of the Kiev regime will take people from Kramatorsk to Western Ukraine. Everyone was warned right away - whoever decides to go towards Russia or the LDNR will be “turned around”. Locals who wanted to drive towards the DPR say that according to the military, they have orders to shoot at all vehicles that go in the “wrong” direction.

19:44 Negotiations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine have become more constructive, a future agreement is being discussed, said the deputy head of Zelensky's office.

19:35 Air raid alert in many regions of Ukraine: Kyiv and the region, Vinnitsa, Zhytomyr, Lviv, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk regions. Civilians are advised to take cover.

19:21 The power supply of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant has been fully restored, the Ministry of Energy of Belarus reported.

19:20 At one of the sites, the paratroopers crossed the Irpin and entrenched themselves on the other side. Since then, they have been supported by the artillery of the Naro-Fominsk Airborne Regiment, writes military commander Alexander Kots.

19:20 Artillery of the Russian Airborne Forces at the front line near Kiev. 4 km to enemy positions. The D-30 battery supports the guys who are conducting offensive operations in the Moshchun area with fire.

19:10 The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed a construction depot with automotive equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Nikolaev area.

19:00 The host of the Ukrainian TV channel Channel 24 called for the genocide of the Russian population.Video.Such words once again prove the correctness of the decision of the Russian Federation to conduct a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine for denazification and demilitarization.

18:27 According to the UN, more than 3 million people left Ukraine.

18:17 The Russian Airborne Forces seized a large number of foreign weapons in the Kiev region, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

18:10 Ukraine has agreed on three of the ten humanitarian corridors proposed by Russia, Kyiv has not confirmed a single route to the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Center for Defense Control of the Russian Federation, said.

18:00 Due to the defeat in the Donbass, Zelensky replaced the commander of the so-called "Joint Forces Operation". The new commander of the Ukrainian "OOS" was General Eduard Moskalev.

17:50 Russian 300-mm MLRS BM-30 "Smerch" with their TZM and support vehicles in Kherson.

Russian 300-mm MLRS BM-30 "Smerch" with their TZM and support vehicles in Kherson.

17:40 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleksiy Danilov said that Kiev needs to conclude a new defense union, which must include a country with nuclear weapons.

17:33 Footage of an exact hit of a rocket on equipment between residential buildings in Kharkiv has been published on the Web.Video.

17:30 In the Kherson region, RT correspondents discovered two downed Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft, which, apparently, fell apart while still in the air.

17:06 The Ukrainian and Russian delegations at the talks on Tuesday are discussing, in particular, ceasefire issues, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the presidential office of Ukraine, said.

17:05 The operation in Ukraine will end when the assigned tasks are completed, said Vasily Nebenzya, Russia's representative to the UN.

16:55 Today, between 14.10 and 14.40, at an altitude of 600 m, over the eastern outskirts of Chernigov, Russian air defense forces shot down the first Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft and the second to the west of the city, reports the Major and General Telegram channel. Meanwhile, NATO once again categorically refused to introduce an unmanned zone over Ukraine. Russia did it instead of NATO.

16:30 Kiev needs new formats of interaction with the West and separate security guarantees, Zelensky said.

15:54 It has become obvious that it is the American advisers who encourage and help the Kiev regime in the creation of biological and nuclear weapons, said Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev.

15:22 Near Kharkiv, Russian soldiers provide medical assistance to local residents. While the Ukrainian national battalions and units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are fighting, hiding behind the civilian population, while they, retreating, mine houses and shell the newly abandoned settlements, the Russian military is always ready to help civilians.Video.

15:20 The Russian military destroyed two infantry fighting vehicles of the Ukrainian army with Krasnopol guided artillery shells. Such ammunition is guided from a drone using a laser, which makes it possible to accurately hit the target without harming civilian objects.

15:15 President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that two days ago, a Tochka-U missile was launched from the territory of Ukraine in the direction of Belarus, which was intercepted.

15:01 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the Russian Armed Forces are now "stopping the war that the Kyiv regime has waged against the population of Donbass for at least the past eight years."

15:00 Simultaneously with the strikes on Izyum, fortified areas and strategic targets in Kharkov itself are being hit by fire, the Rybar Telegram channel writes. The Ukrainian side is bringing new military equipment to Severnaya Saltovka less and less often - more often they try to drag what is dragged away for repairs, and throw civilian cars to block the streets and for the needs of maneuverable groups. Civil vehicles began to be marked with blue ribbons. However, the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to work much more intensively, which is directed both to the northeast and north, and is deployed, if necessary, to work in a southwestern direction. Apparently, the battery is located in the vicinity of the Garden named after the 50th anniversary of October.

14:45 Residential building in Kyiv after the morning shelling of the Ukrainian Nazis. According to experts, missiles of Ukrainian air defense systems are exploding in urban areas. Presumably, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are forced to use substandard surface-to-air missiles, which are aimed at the nearest metal objects (as an option, on the reinforcement in the housing of a residential building).

According to experts, missiles of Ukrainian air defense systems are exploding in urban areas. Presumably, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are forced to use substandard surface-to-air missiles, which are aimed at the nearest metal objects (as an option - on the fittings in the housing of a residential building).

14:16 The RF Armed Forces are stepping up strikes in the Izyum region (Kharkiv region). Army aviation and artillery are active.

14:06 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published video from the Kherson region with destroyed and abandoned military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

14:00 “Happy day of liberation of Kherson from fascism! Let's repeat this feat! In Kherson, for the first time since 2015, they were able to honor the memory of the Soviet soldiers who liberated the city from the fascist invaders.Video.

13:58 An SBU employee spoke about the removal of organs from wounded Ukrainian servicemen by foreign doctors.Video.

13:33 On March 14, the Russian Aerospace Forces launched an airstrike on the Impulse plant in the city of Shostka, Sumy Region, the only enterprise in Ukraine that produces explosives (blasting caps, electric detonators, detonating cords, etc.),informs military commander Yuri Kotenok.

In 2019, a new production center was opened at the plant, thanks to which Ukraine, for the first time in history, established a closed chain for the production of rocket weapons and artillery shells. Last year, mass production of VOG-17V ammunition for underbarrel and automatic grenade launchers was launched.

12:30 Ukrainian sources report that as a result of the arrival of two missiles, the Dnepropetrovsk airport was seriously damaged. The runway was damaged, the airport terminal was damaged, various buildings were destroyed or damaged, various equipment burned down.

12:29 In Lebanon, they began to form lists of volunteers who wish to participate in Russia's special operation in Ukraine, a source from the Inside Donetsk Telegram channel said.

12:20 One of the first photos of the Stinger MANPADS in combat conditions in Ukraine.

One of the first photos of the Stinger MANPADS in combat conditions in Ukraine.

12:12 In Kyiv, from 21.00 Moscow time today until 08.00 Moscow time Thursday, a curfew is introduced, it is forbidden to move around without a special permit, said the mayor of the city Vitali Klitschko.

11:30 Zelensky signed a law criminalizing cooperation with Russia, the Verkhovna Rada reported.

10:53 In Zaporizhia, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and territorial defense are actively equipping positions in the residential area of ​​the city. At the moment, they have occupied: boarding school No. 4 at Schastlivaya Street, 2 (red region), secondary school No. 89 at Mikhailova Street, 15 (blue region), a gym on the second floor of the Selyansky shopping center at Aivazovsky Street, 9 (green area). Armed people reinforce the windows of buildings with sandbags and bring weapons with ammunition inside, the Rybar Telegram channel reports.

10:47 As part of the widespread demilitarization of Ukraine, strikes were carried out in Kyiv on the Artem plant, which produces air-to-air guided missiles, automated systems for servicing aviation guided weapons, anti-tank guided missiles, as well as instruments and equipment for aviation aircraft.Video.

10:40 Dismantling of the flag of Ukraine on the main square of Melitopol. The fighters of the Elbrus SOBR of the Department of the Russian Guard in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic are filming, guarding order in the city.

10:35 Since the start of the special military operation, the RF Armed Forces have destroyed: 156 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 1,306 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 127 multiple launch rocket systems, 471 field artillery guns and a mortar, as well as 1,054 units of special military vehicles, noted in the Russian Defense Ministry.

10:13 The Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian military shot down two Ukrainian aircraft, one helicopter and 13 drones in a day. Also, operational-tactical, army and unmanned aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed 136 military facilities of Ukraine in a day. In addition, the Russian military seized a stronghold of nationalists and foreign mercenaries in Ukraine, seized 10 Javelin missile systems and other weapons.

10:05 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have taken full control of the entire territory of the Kherson region, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

09:35 Losses of the Ukrainian side following the battles on March 14, 2022.

09:32 The Banner of Victory has flown over Energodar! The Banner of Victory, banned by a gang of Ukrainian Nazis, once again proudly flies over the city of power engineers.

09:16 To date, it has been possible to coordinate with Kiev humanitarian corridors for the withdrawal of people from Sumy and the cities of the Sumy region: Konotop, Shostka, Trostyanets and Lebedin. They will operate from 9:00 to 21:00.

09:10 The authorities of Ukraine issued tens of thousands of machine guns to the population to participate in hostilities against Russia, the process of distributing weapons continues, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said. Consequently, official Kyiv continues to increase the number of victims among civilians by distributing weapons.

08:35 An agreement between Russia and Ukraine can be concluded within one to two weeks, in extreme cases - in May, says Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine.

08:21 Near Nikolaev, the retreating Vushniks abandoned a whole fueled S-300 launcher.

08:20 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has published footage of the destruction of the place of deployment of Ukrainian MLRS and missiles for them.Video.

08:10 Russian troops at the captured Ukrainian Navy base in Berdyansk.

08:00 Russian military delivered humanitarian aid to the villages of Katyuzhanka and Borodyanka in the Kiev region.Video.

08:00 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a bill to extend the martial law regime for another 30 days from March 24.

Posted by:badanov

#3  For a while, it was "pearls before swine,"
But fast-forward a bit, and they dine
In cute gabardine suits
As they, mostly, don't shoot,
Sipping soup with round spoons, swilling wine.
Posted by: Gravirong Hupeanter5034   2022-03-16 23:49  

#2  We're getting the best information we can find from the region as websites are blocked and unblocked. It’s a cumulative process while peering through the fog of war. Badanov has been reporting the events of the region, translating from local sources for Rantburg, since the Donbas exploded more than half a decade ago.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-03-16 23:32  

#1   Rantburg has become a FSB propaganda site lately.

Fuck whoever made that decision
Posted by: Omaing Stalag1261   2022-03-16 19:13  

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