[Korrespondence] 21:52 Russia illegally took out 2,161 Ukrainian orphans, Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk said.
21:34 Zaluzhny said that he had a telephone conversation with the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley: "We discussed a number of topics that are important for us. He dwelled in detail on the issue of Ukraine's defense needs. We are talking about the supply of ammunition and equipment. He emphasized the need to strengthen the capabilities of the air defense system. defense. Told General Milli about the situation on the battlefield."
20:06 Iran has concluded a deal on the purchase of Russian Su-35 fighters, the state agency IRNA reports. Tehran stressed that the agreement was signed after the expiration of the UN arms embargo prohibiting Iran from buying conventional weapons.
20:03 The Biden administration plans to further restrict the export of chips to China, writes Bloomberg. In particular, the tighter restrictions are aimed at preventing Beijing from developing its microchip industry. The new rules could double the amount of equipment whose export requires special licenses. In addition, the US intends to coordinate its actions with the Netherlands and Japan - key countries for the production of chips.
Bloomberg notes that there are 3 main manufacturers of chip equipment in the US: Applied Materials, KLA Corp. and Lam Research Corp. Together with the Japanese Tokyo Electron Ltd. and the Dutch ASML Holding NV, they dominate the industry. Without access to their best products, it is impossible to build factories capable of producing the most advanced chips.
19:57 Zelensky, in an evening video message, commented on his decree on the enactment of a new sanctions decision against individuals and legal entities associated with the Russian Federation. We are talking about more than 280 companies and 120 people "who worked against Ukraine through gambling schemes, withdrew funds from our state and financed various Russian combinations." The President assured that "the decision was being prepared for some time, it is thoroughly worked out and closes schemes worth tens of billions. And this is not the last such decision. Ukraine will be defended everywhere. And by all civilized means."
18:22 Pope Francis said he was ready to come to Kiev, but only on the condition that he could visit Moscow: "I will go to both places or neither of them ... It's not impossible. We hope that we can do this. Please note that there are no promises. I did not close this door."
18:11 Kuleba, in an interview with Bild, called Zelensky's refusal to speak at the Oscar film awards ceremony hypocrisy: "I think if the film On the Western Front without change wins an Oscar for the best foreign film, and President Zelensky, who rules a warring country, leads the biggest in Europe war since World War II, will not be allowed to perform at the Oscars, then you will not find a better example of the hypocrisy of top managers and producers in the film industry.
17:45 The Patriot air defense system will be able to shoot down not only ballistic missiles, but also Russian aircraft at a distance of up to 150 km, Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said. He stressed that today Ukraine does not have such long-range anti-aircraft systems. The same range as the Patriot has SAMP / T, which Ukraine should soon receive from France and Italy. With these systems, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be able to shoot down Russian aircraft that bomb Ukraine from the border areas.
16:32 The Russians fired from the S-300 at a life support facility in Zaporozhye, the OVA reported.
15:26 Almost all units of the Offensive Guard have already been formed, 28,000 volunteers have applied, Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said. At the same time, he added that not everyone who wants to get into these units due to strict selection: “We have already begun training almost all units at the training grounds of our country, and not everyone can withstand it there. The exercises will continue as long as necessary to get combat-ready units ".
14:47 Commander of the Eastern Group of Forces Alexander Syrsky again visited the positions of the Ukrainian military in Bakhmut and said that the defense of the city does not allow the enemy to realize his plan, breaks his plans and forces him to refuse to move forward. "We need to buy time to build up reserves and launch a counter-offensive, which is just around the corner," Syrsky added.
14:11 The first batch of Leopard 1s within the framework of the Danish-German-Dutch project for the transfer of tanks will be sent to Ukraine during the spring, the acting official said. Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen. According to him, during 2023 Kyiv will receive from 80 to 90 tanks.
13:55 Since the beginning of the day, the Russians have fired at Konstantinovka five times in the Donetsk region - one person was killed, at least three were injured, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
12:58 The Russians fired on Kherson again: fragments of shells hit a car on the Nikolaev highway, three people were killed, two were injured, the OVA reported.
11:39 Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, during her visit to Kiev on March 10, noted that her country, along with other allies, could consider providing Ukraine with Hornet fighters. However, the Finnish leadership claims that it did not discuss this issue. Thus, the President of the country, Saule Niiniste, said that a corresponding discussion had not yet been conducted with anyone. Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen also said he was unaware of Marin's intentions to discuss fighter jets, which he says Finland will need for many years to come.
In turn, the commander of the Finnish Air Force Juha-Pekka Kerenen said that the country's Defense Forces did not discuss the possible provision of fighters to Ukraine. He explained that the Finnish Defense Forces could not afford to abandon the Hornet until they received F-35 fighter jets in return. In addition, organizing the operational training of such fighters will be a difficult task.
10:58 Zelensky, in response to the petition, the author of which proposes to officially rename Russia to Muscovy, asked the prime minister to involve scientists in the study of this issue. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that this is another evidence of "an attempt to create anti-Russia from Ukraine."
10:36 British intelligence reports that over the past four days, PMC Wagner forces have taken control of most of eastern Bakhmut, and the front line now runs in the city center along the Bakhmutka River. According to intelligence, Ukrainian forces are holding the western part of the city and have destroyed key bridges across the river, which flows from north to south through a strip of open ground 200-800 meters wide between settlements. Because Ukrainian units can fire from fortified buildings to the west, the area has become a "death zone," making it harder for Wagner to push west.
However, Ukrainian forces and their supply lines in the west remain vulnerable to continued Russian attempts to outflank defenders to the north and south, the intelligence added.
09:59 In the Luhansk region, local residents do not have access to medicine, since the occupiers have turned all hospitals into military hospitals and barracks, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. To prevent people from reporting information "outside", the Russians continue to close cities, and communications and the Internet have not appeared in settlements close to the front line. To contact their relatives, local residents are forced to go calling deep into the region.
09:47 The British government called on sponsors of the Olympic Games to put pressure on the International Olympic Committee to prevent the participation of Russia and Belarus in the 2024 Olympics, writes The Guardian. According to the edition, among these companies, in particular, - Coca-Cola, Intel, Samsung and Visa.
09:22 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed (in the village of Krasnogorovka), 14 more people were injured. In the Kherson region, three dead, five wounded. In the Kharkiv region, one person was wounded as a result of enemy shelling in the Kupyansky district, another was blown up by a Russian mine in the Izyumsky district, according to the IVA.
08:44 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 11.
- personnel - about 158,000 (+1010) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3458 (+10),
- armored combat vehicles - 6762 (+20),
- artillery systems - 2483 (+8),
- MLRS - 493 (+2),
- air defense systems - 257 (+1),
- aircraft - 304 (+0),
- helicopters - 289 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 2108 (+1),
- cruise missiles - 907 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 5344 (+7),
- special equipment - 242 (+2).
08:26 The Russian army is focusing its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Miners directions. Over the past day, the Defense Forces repelled more than 100 enemy attacks in the indicated directions, the General Staff said in the morning report .
06:30 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that Russian troops continue to establish defensive lines in rear areas away from the current front line, as well as in the depths of Russia, where combat operations will probably never take place. Analysts believe that the construction of a defensive line is a thoughtless waste of money and has an exclusively propaganda purpose to "demonize" Ukraine.
As for the appearance of Russian fortifications in Crimea, according to ISW, this may indicate that the Russian troops are not confident in their ability to hold the occupied territories in southern Ukraine in the long term.
02:45 Biden and Ursula von der Leyen discussed the economy, trade between continents, and the Russian war against Ukraine at a meeting in the United States. The head of the European Commission said that during the meeting, the parties expressed their determination to jointly support Ukraine in the struggle for freedom and independence and "make Russia pay a high price for its brutal war." Also, the States and the EU agreed to strengthen enforcement of sanctions against Russia in order to "prevent evasion and circumvention."
00:09 On April 26, Italy will host a conference on the restoration of Ukraine with the participation of Italian companies, said Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.