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2022-03-12 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: March 12th, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 21:54 Erdogan said that the insufficient reaction of the world community to the occupation of Crimea by Russia in 2014 led to the current aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.

"If the whole West and the whole world had raised their voice against the invasion of Crimea in 2014, would we be faced with today's picture?" - he said.

21:53 The US State Department said it would consider Russia's involvement of Syrian militants to participate in the war with Ukraine as an escalation.

21:48 After the second missile attack on Ivano-Frankivsk airport, its infrastructure is almost completely destroyed. Local authorities are asking people living near the airport to leave their homes.

21:46 In Irpen, 26 marauders were detained on a hot trip. According to the mayor of the city Alexander Markushin, they are immediately sent to corrective labor in the terrorist defense.

21:43 The State Department said that the United States is imposing sanctions against Peskov's wife and his adult children.

21:40 In the Nikolaev region, the Russian military staged "indiscriminate firing at civilian objects," Governor Vitaly Kim said. According to him, in this way the invaders cover their movement.

21:22 In the Kharkiv region on March 11, as a result of the Russian invasion, ten people were killed, of which three were children. According to the National Police, since the beginning of the war, 201 people have died in the region, including 11 children.

21:20 The war in Ukraine can increase world food prices by 20 percent, the UN warns.

21:13 Melitopol media report that on March 12 at 07:00 the city's residents are going to protest because of the abduction by the Russians of Mayor Ivan Fedorov, who refused to cooperate with the occupiers.

21:11 More than 40 Republican senators call on Biden in an open letter to send fighter jets to Ukraine, which independently opposes Russia, BBC News reports.

20:55 The head of the Zaporozhye regional administration Oleksandr Starukh said that the humanitarian convoy from Mariupol was again unable to reach Zaporozhye due to the shelling of the Russian military.

20:30 According to UN estimates, 18 million Ukrainians may suffer from Russian aggression, including up to 6.7 million will become internally displaced persons.

20:28 Ukraine is ready for Belarusians to join Russia , NSDC Secretary Aleksey Danilov said. At the same time, he warned the Belarusians: "It is better to stay at home than to go home with a load of 200."

20:20 The head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration Oleg Sinegubov said that Russia had disrupted the evacuation from Izyum. The city was left without electricity, heat, water and communications. Ukraine prepared 20 buses, created a green corridor, but because of the shelling of the occupiers, it was never launched.

20:19 The European Commission will propose a ban on imports from Russia of key iron and steel products, and will also consider a ban on investments in the energy sector of the Russian Federation, Ursula von der Leyen said.

20:15 Biden said that 12,000 US troops have been moved to the borders of Russia, and the US will protect "every inch of the NATO countries." Biden also stressed that the US will respond to any Russian move that threatens NATO.

20:09 The UN stated that they received evidence of the use of cluster munitions by the Russian Federation in Ukraine. In particular, they were used in Kharkov and Vugledar. The UN stressed that the use of cluster munitions in populated areas "is incompatible with the principles of international humanitarian law."

20:07 Vitaly Kim reports that the Russian occupiers are shelling Nikolaev from the northeast side.

19:58 Russian propaganda media are spreading another fake - a photo of an allegedly Ukrainian Tu-141 Strizh drone shot down over Crimea, from which they did not even bother to erase the red star.

19:52 Zelensky, in an address to the Poles, recalled the words of Lech Kaczynski, said in Tbilisi in 2008: "We know very well: now Georgia, tomorrow Ukraine, the day after tomorrow the Baltic countries, and then, perhaps, the time will come for my country - Poland."

“On February 24, this terrible “tomorrow” came for Ukraine, which President Kaczynski spoke about. And today we are fighting so that such an evil time does not come for the Baltic countries and Poland,” Zelensky said.

19:42 YouTube begins blocking Russian state media channels around the world, Reuters writes. YouTube is also suspending all monetization methods on its platform in the Russian Federation and will remove war content that violates the site's policy.

"Our community guidelines prohibit content that denies, downplays, or trivializes well-documented events of violence. We are currently removing content about Russia's invasion of Ukraine that violates this policy," the company said.

19:27 The Chernobyl nuclear power plant received additional diesel fuel for the operation of generators - this will provide emergency power supply for spent nuclear fuel storage facilities, the State Nuclear Regulatory Agency reports.

19:25 The authoritative Polish publication Rzeczpospolita writes that Warsaw has already received 200,000 refugees from Ukraine and is unable to accept more. A similar situation is observed in Krakow.

19:21 The General Staff warns that there is a high probability that Russia will strengthen terrorist methods of warfare. In particular, we are talking about missile and bomb strikes on civilian infrastructure facilities, residential areas; intimidation of the local population, carrying out informational, psychological actions in order to undermine the trust of the population in local government representatives, spreading misinformation, taking the local population hostage.

19:19 British American Tobacco ceases operations in Russia.

19:18 Roskomnadzor announced that Instagram will be blocked in Russia on March 14, at midnight Moscow time.

19:09 Zelensky thanked Poland: "I feel that we have already formed a very strong alliance with Poland. Let it be informal. But an alliance that grew out of reality, and not from words on paper. If God willing and we win this war, then we share the victory with our brothers and sisters. This is our greatness. And your greatness."

19:02 PMC Wagner has opened a large-scale recruitment of mercenaries to be sent to the war in Ukraine, the Air Force reports. According to the publication, the organization has canceled most of the previous restrictions, so they accept almost everyone.

18:58 The Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council told the details about Russia's planned provocation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. In particular, near the airport in Gostomel, Russian automobile refrigerators were seen collecting the bodies of dead Ukrainian defenders - they will be passed off as killed saboteurs in the Chernobyl zone.

Belarusian and Russian "specialists" entered the plant under the guise of nuclear workers to organize the terrorist act. The probable "action" is very similar to the provocation with the shelling of the maternity hospital in Mariupol, in which Russia tried to blame the Ukrainian military.

18:54 The EU will adopt the fourth package of sanctions against Russia on March 12, the European Commission said. Including, as expected, the European Union, following the United States, will ban the export of luxury goods to Russia. The EU will also propose a "big ban" on new European investments in the Russian energy sector.

18:50 According to The Wall Street Journal, Biden personally vetoed the supply of Polish fighter jets to Ukraine so as not to provoke Putin.

18:42 Meduza writes that Putin launched repressions against the 5th service of the FSB, which, on the eve of the war, supplied him with data on the political situation in Ukraine. So, the head of the FSB foreign intelligence service Sergey Besed and his deputy Bolukh were arrested.

18:30 Macron said that the EU cannot apply exceptional measures to join the Union of a country that is at war.

18:27 Biden banned the supply of dollar bills to Russia.

18:19 Biden listed Putin's defeats: "He hoped to dominate Ukraine without a fight - he failed. He wanted to split European resolve - he failed. He wanted to weaken the transatlantic alliance - he failed. He wanted to divide American democracy in terms of our positions - he failed. The world is united and we support the people of Ukraine."

18:05 Biden again said that the United States will not fight against Russia in Ukraine, because a direct confrontation between NATO and Russia should be avoided.

"But we know that Putin will never win in Ukraine because he is opposed by us and our allies. We are for the people of Ukraine and we will not allow autocrats who claim to be emperor to threaten democracy," he added.

17:56 During the 12 days of the blockade of Mariupol, Russian invaders killed 1582 civilians, the city council said.

17:55 The Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security, as well as a number of Ukrainian media reports that, according to preliminary data, Belarusian troops may be involved in the invasion of Ukraine as early as today at 21:00.

17:52 1,800 people were evacuated from Bucha today, accompanied by the Ukrainian Red Cross. The wounded from the Buchansk hospital were also transported to a safe place.

From Gostomel, 1000 residents arrived in Belogorodka. Further logistics are provided to Kyiv and, if necessary, to the west of the country.

17:50 The United States will impose "blocking sanctions" on deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation and the heads of Russian banks that have fallen under sanctions, the White House said.

17:49 The Ministry of Defense of Belarus called the information about the shelling of the Belarusian village fake.

17:45 Borrell said that Putin could be tried in The Hague. According to him, Russia is not able to capture Ukrainian cities, so it bombs them, as in Syria and Chechnya.

17:43 The G7 countries will deprive Russia of access to financing through international organizations, including the IMF.

17:42 The evacuated residents of Energodar, Dneprorudny and Vasilyevka were brought by bus to Zaporozhye, said Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Kirill Tymoshenko.

17:38 The United States is imposing a ban on the import of alcohol, diamonds and seafood from Russia, Biden said. The United States also prohibits the supply of luxury goods to Russia.

In addition, according to Biden, the United States, the EU and the G7 will cancel the most favored nation treatment in trade with the Russian Federation.

17:37 Zelensky talked with Biden, discussed further defense support and new sanctions against the Russian Federation.

17:36 Invaders from small arms fired at people who were waiting for evacuation in Bucha, Kiev region. One person was injured, the Attorney General's Office said.

17:32 Fighting is underway in the Brovarsky district of the Kiev region, some communities are on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe , the governor said.

17:29 Von der Leyen and Macron assured that Ukraine is a member of the European family and the path to Europe is open to the Ukrainian people.

17:19 Roskomnadzor has restricted access to Instagram on the territory of the Russian Federation "due to calls for violence against Russians."

17:14 Kiva was arrested in absentia by a Ukrainian court. As the chairman of the Lychakovsky district court of Lvov, Serhiy Girich, said, a preventive measure in the form of detention was chosen for him. Kivu is suspected of encroaching on the territorial integrity of Ukraine, treason and dissemination of symbols of communist regimes.

17:12 Macron said that, together with Scholz, he would again talk with Putin in the coming hours.

17:09 NATO will continue sanctions pressure on Russia until it stops hostilities, Stoltenberg said.

17:01 By mid-May, the European Commission will present a plan for phasing out Russian energy carriers until 2027 and a draft reform of the energy market, said the head of the EC, Ursula von der Leyen.

16:54 Ukraine bought Russian fuel for its nuclear power plants in the amount of 6-8 billion hryvnias a year, now the aggressor will not receive this money, said the head of Energoatom Petr Kotin.

16:53 The command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also reported on the shelling of the settlements of Bukhlichi and Upper Terebezhov in Belarus.

16:50 The Turkish Embassy moves from Kiev to Chernivtsi.

16:48 In the Zhytomyr region, a Russian Forpost drone was shot down, which was used to adjust and direct artillery fire, Gerashchenko reports.

16:46 The Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed that Su attack aircraft, flying into the territory of Ukraine from Belarus, bombed Ukrainian territory, after which they launched air raids on the territory of Belarus.

16:43 In Melitopol, the invaders kidnapped the mayor of the city Ivan Fedorov , who refused to cooperate with the enemy, Gerashchenko said. According to him, the mayor was detained at the city crisis center and put a plastic bag over his head.

16:39 The EU will prepare a fourth package of sanctions against Russia, said the head of the European Commission von der Leyen.

16:17 Today at 14:30, information was received from the State Border Service that Russian planes took off from the Dubrovitsa airfield in Belarus, entered the territory of Ukraine, turned around and fired on Kopani Belarus , the command of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.

Reznikov wrote that the Russian occupiers plan to shell Belarus from the territory of Ukraine in order to draw Belarusian troops into the war. He stated that the Ukrainian army had never shelled and was not going to shell Belarus.

16:00 The damage inflicted by the Russian army on Ukraine's infrastructure reaches at least $120 billion, the Economy Ministry said.

15:49 Canada has imposed sanctions against five Russians: Roman Abramovich, Alisher Usmanov, Ella Pamfilova, Elena Morozova and Igor Yanchuk. They will be banned from operations in Canada and their assets will be frozen. Canada also banned 32 Russian companies and government agencies from receiving defense equipment from the country.

15:45 Free-fall high-explosive bombs were used in Kharkov, the radius of destruction of which is 60 meters, one of the captured pilots said at a briefing.

15:27 Adviser to the Mayor of Mariupol Petr Andryushchenko reports that right now 86 Turkish citizens are hiding in the territory of the mosque, including 34 children. The Russian army has been firing from the area of ​​the village of Shirokaya Balka in the direction of the city without a break since 06:00. The direction of the shelling - including on the building of the mosque.

15:23 Russian pilots were told back in January that they would bomb Ukraine, one of the prisoners said at a briefing in Kiev.

15:22 Canada has banned the import of petroleum products from Russia.

15:15 A Ukrainian court has arrested RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan in absentia, Venediktova said.

15:11 Canada has included in the sanctions list the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Foreign Intelligence Service, Rosoboronexport, the RCC Progress, the Kazan Helicopter Plant, the Russian aviation corporation Irkut, the Admiralty Shipyards and Russian Helicopters enterprises.

15:02 The mayor of Odessa, Gennady Trukhanov, said that the Russian invaders plan to surround the city through Voznesensk from the side of Transnistria and the Nikolaev region.

"We also assume that at this time the Russian military landing ships will approach and surround Odessa from the sea. We assume that the city may be surrounded, and we are preparing for such a situation - we are stocking long-term food and medicines," he added. Trukhanov.

14:56 The Ukrainian government is negotiating with the governments of European countries so that the arrested 415 billion dollars of Russian reserves will be used to compensate for damage to Ukraine from the Russian invasion, First Deputy Economy Minister Denis Kudin said.

14:52 To hide the defeat near Nikolaev, invaders are going to carry out rotation of troops on March 17, but they will not be in time, the head of Regional State Administration Vitaly Kim promised.

14:49 The EU has provided Ukraine with the first 300 million euros of macro-financial assistance.

14:29 On March 10, a month ahead of schedule, 12.5 billion hryvnias were transferred to military units to pay additional remuneration for the duration of martial law to all categories of military personnel, Reznikov said. He specified that this is the first tranche for February - early March. After the systematization of combat orders, other tranches will follow.

The minister recalled that the payment to the combatants is 100,000 hryvnia per month, not counting bonuses for destroyed equipment, etc.

14:22 Zelensky: "If this continues, then the sanctions packages against Russia are not enough. I expect new sanctions decisions from our partners today."

14:18 Lukashenka told Putin that his conscience is clear: "An attack was being prepared on Belarus, and if six hours before the "operation" a preventive strike had not been delivered on positions (I will show four positions now, I brought a map), they would have attacked our troops of Belarus and Russia, who were at the exercises. Therefore, we did not unleash this war, our conscience is clear."

14:16 Zelensky said that Ukraine has already achieved a "strategic turning point" and is moving towards victory.

14:05 In the Sumy region, more than half a million subscribers, or about half of the population, are left without electricity, said the head of the Regional State Administration Dmitry Zhivitsky.

14:03 Today, the commander of the 29th Army of the Eastern Military District, Major General Andrey Kolesnikov, was killed, Gerashchenko reports.

14:00 The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation applied to the court with a request to recognize Meta as an extremist organization and ban its activities in Russia. The Prosecutor General's Office also demanded that Roskomnadzor restrict access to Instagram.

13:55 There is a battle in Izyum, the Russians are advancing on the southern part of the city. Local authorities report that the evacuation has been thwarted.

13:53 Oleg Lyashko found an apartment belonging to Kiva in Koncha-Zaspa with an area of ​​500 square meters, bought "for the money of the FSB", and asks the Prosecutor General's Office to arrest her, transferring the funds for the needs of the Ukrainian army.

13:48 Podolyak says that Russia's use of ex-ISIS fighters and propaganda statements about chemical weapons indicate an attempt to implement the Syrian scenario in Ukraine.

13:46 According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Putin ordered the preparation of a terrorist attack at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. In particular, it is planned to create a man-made disaster, the responsibility for which the occupiers will try to lay on Ukraine.

13:34 Putin said that the USSR has always lived under sanctions and "achieved success."

13:33 Lukashenka believes that by the end of the year people will forget about the "conflict" in Ukraine. Also, the Belarusian "leader" said that he brought to the meeting with Putin a map "revealing plans for an attack on Belarus." According to him, Ukraine would have attacked Belarus if not for a "preemptive strike" from Russia.

13:32 Putin told Lukashenka that there are "certain positive shifts" in the negotiation process with Ukraine, Russian media report.

13:31 Great Britain imposed sanctions against 386 Russian deputies who voted for the independence of the LDNR.

13:23 Peskov threatens "drastic measures" if Facebook and Instagram do not block "calls for violence against the Russian Federation."

13:21 The authorities of Ivano-Frankivsk are asking those who live near the local airport to temporarily leave their homes.

13:15 Kazakh Air Astana and Turkish Pegasus cancel flights to Russia at the request of insurers.

13:12 From under the rubble of the airfield in Lutsk, which was hit by an airstrike today, the bodies of two dead were removed, Mayor Igor Polishchuk said. Thus, the death toll rose to four, six more were injured of varying severity.

12:54 The EU has not yet changed enough to grant membership to Ukraine, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janshi said.

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Cros, in turn, noted that Ukraine, before becoming a full member of the EU, must complete all the necessary procedural steps. At the same time, he added that closing the doors for the country would be a mistake.

12:48 The White House once again stated that the United States will not send its military to Ukraine under any circumstances, even if Russia uses chemical weapons. According to Psaki, the United States is already involved in the war, as it provides Ukraine with weapons and humanitarian aid.

12:34 Peskov said that "the crisis around Ukraine and in relations between the Russian Federation and the West will end when the demands of Russia" transferred to Kiev are met.

12:31 From March 14, training resumes in eight regions of Ukraine: Lviv, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Khmelnytsky, Zaporozhye, Odessa, Kirovohrad. According to the Ministry of Education, each institution will choose the format of training independently.

12:26 The Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated the village of Viktorovka, Chernihiv region, from the invaders.

12:24 In the Romensky district of the Sumy region, the police, together with representatives of the terrorist defense, captured 29 invaders who were moving towards the border on the map.

12:22 The most dangerous areas in the Kiev region are the Zhytomyr highway, Bucha - Irpin - Gostomel, Makarov and the north of the Vyshgorod region, Governor Alexei Kuleba said.

12:21 As a result of the shelling of the Oskol psycho-neurological boarding school in Kharkiv, there are no casualties, all 30 staff members and 330 patients were in shelter at the time of the shelling, the State Emergency Service reports.

12:20 The European Nuclear Society (European Nuclear Society) suspends all activities with organizations associated with the authorities of the Russian Federation and Belarus until the end of Russian aggression in Ukraine, Energoatom reports.

12:18 Denmark has resumed the construction of the Norway-Poland gas pipeline, which was stopped nine months ago for environmental reasons.

12:16 US intelligence chief William Burns believes that Moscow is now agreeing to some kind of negotiations with Kiev in order to obtain tactical benefits, since Putin does not have a specific permanent goal in this war.

12:15 Stoltenberg said that Russia's war against Ukraine should not turn into a NATO war with Russia, CNN Turk reports. At the same time, the Secretary General added that the world community should do everything possible to put an end to Russia's war against Ukraine.

12:12 Ukrainian air defense forces shot down a missile over Novye Sanzhary, Poltava Mayor Oleksandr Mamay said.

11:53 According to UN estimates, the total number of refugees from Ukraine since February 24 has exceeded 2.5 million people. Polish border guards report that the country has received about 1.5 million Ukrainians.

11:51 Erdogan's spokesman said that a meeting between Putin and Zelensky is possible in the near future. According to him, "there are reasons to believe so."

11:50 Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said that there is no consensus in the EU on the status of Ukraine as a candidate, so the decision has not yet been made: "We are ready to give a perspective and start the procedure. I would like Ukraine to receive the status of a candidate right now. It was a task maximum, but it is impossible to get now, but we will return to this issue."

11:37 AFU liberated five settlements in the Chernihiv region, OK Pivnich reported, without specifying their names.

11:25 NATO called on all European allies to increase their defense budgets.

11:22 Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have been shelling Severodonetsk, Lisichansk and Rubizhne almost continuously. The police registered 34 cases of shelling. There are dead and wounded, their number is specified.

11:05 According to CNN, the Russian military is actively using the territory of Belarus as a springboard for aircraft sorties that bomb Ukrainian cities. So, in one day up to 20 aircraft took off.

11:03 Borrell said that the West made "a number of mistakes", including the promise to Ukraine and Georgia of NATO membership, which is still impossible to fulfill.

11:01 This year there will be no EIT for applicants. According to the head of the Ministry of Education and Science Shkarlet, "it will be created like an UPE, but without the participation of a child." "Everything will be transparent, because the computer is not involved in any corruption schemes," the minister added.

10:57 Moody's downgraded Belarus' credit rating from B3 to pre-default Ca.

10:56 The head of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, said that Russia is expecting a "sharp decline", after which global economic growth will also slow down.

10:52 Lyashko called on Western partners "who know the system of biosecurity and epidemic surveillance in Ukraine thoroughly" to make an official statement about the absence of biological weapons development in Ukraine.

10:44 Putin agreed to attract "volunteers" from the Middle East to the war in Ukraine.

"If you see that there are people who want to come on a voluntary basis and help people living in the Donbass, you need to meet them halfway and help them move to the war zone," Putin told Defense Minister Shoigu.

He, in turn, replied that about 16,000 applications had already been received from the Middle East for "voluntary participation" in the "special operation in Ukraine."

Earlier, the media reported that the Russian Federation was recruiting Syrians to participate in urban battles in Ukraine.

10:41 Russian troops have made "limited progress" in advancing to Kiev and may be preparing for a new attack on the Ukrainian capital in the coming days, the British Ministry of Defense said.

10:38 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are asking Ukrainians to report the location of especially dangerous weapons and equipment of the enemy. In particular, we are talking about means of electronic warfare (EW) and electronic intelligence (REW) of various modifications. You can report them through the Telegram bot @stop_russian_war_bot or to the Ministry of Defense hotline 0800 500 442.

10:36 It is impossible to deliver spare parts, equipment and specialized personnel to the Zaporizhzhya NPP, captured by Russian invaders, for scheduled repairs. The maintenance of one power unit has been reduced to the minimum allowable level, said IAEA Director General Rafael Grosi.

10:34 A missile attack was carried out on Baryshevka, Kiev region. According to preliminary information, the shelling was carried out by the Iskander system. Four apartment buildings and ten private houses were completely damaged, information about the victims is being established.

10:33 Greece is ready to take 30,000 Ukrainian refugees from Poland.

10:28 In Kharkov, the invaders fired at the Oskol psycho-neurological boarding school, where there were 330 people, 50 of them inactive. The number of victims is being specified, the Kharkiv Regional State Administration reported.

10:26 In Gorodnya, Chernihiv region, a local resident who did not want to work for the invaders shot himself. The Russians wanted to make him mayor, said former Prime Minister Alexei Goncharuk. According to him, the FSB officers began to look for someone to replace the mayor, and they came to a local resident, Roman Makas. The man was put under pressure. Propagandists started rumors that he agreed to cooperate with the invaders, then Roman shot himself.

10:17 The Ministry of Defense announced the approximate combat losses of the enemy on March 11:

personnel - more than 12,000 people,
tanks - 353,
BBM - 1165,
artillery systems - 125,
MLRS - 58,
air defense systems - 31,
aircraft - 57,
helicopters - 83,
automotive equipment - 558,
ships/boats - 3,
tanks with fuel and lubricants - 60,
UAV operational-tactical level - 7.

10:01 Australia supported the embargo on Russian oil and other raw materials. The decision is registered in the register of legislative acts of Australia, it was signed by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From April 26, Australia will no longer buy coal, gas, oil and refined products from the Russian Federation.

09:57 Biden today will call for the termination of normal trade relations with Russia, Reuters reports.

09:48 In Chernihiv, Russian invaders bombed the Gagarin stadium and the library tonight, the head of the Regional State Administration Vyacheslav Chaus said.

09:47 Vereshchuk named humanitarian corridors and evacuation routes for March 11:

Mariupol-Zaporozhye (with mandatory clearance of the entire route);
Pologi-Zaporozhye;
Volnovakha-Pokrovsk;
Energodar-Zaporozhye;
Izyum-Lozovaya (Kharkiv region);
Bucha-Kyiv;
Gostomel-Kyiv;
Kozarovichi-Kyiv;
Mikulichi-Kyiv;
Andreevka-Zhytomyr (Kyiv region);
Makarov-Zhytomyr;
Borodyanka-Zhytomyr.

09:34 Chairman of the Volyn Regional State Administration Yuriy Pogulyayko specified that as a result of the shelling by Russian invaders of a military airfield in Lutsk, two people were killed and six were injured.

09:16 The Russian military dispersed a huge convoy of equipment in the Kiev region , the BBC reports, citing satellite images. The 64-kilometer Russian column "largely dissipated," the newspaper notes. The equipment was dispersed in forest belts near the villages of Lubyanka and Ozera, Borodyansky district, Kiev region.

09:12 The United States explained that they are not sending Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine, since they need the US military on site to use them.

09:11 Russia has fired more than 775 missiles at Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion, according to the US Department of Defense. A senior official told CNBC that they were missiles "of all stripes" and varieties, including short-range, medium-range, ballistic and cruise missiles.

09:06 As a result of a rocket attack on Lutsk, one person was killed, the mayor of the city, Igor Polishchuk, said.

09:05 Detachments of Kadyrov's supporters are standing near Kiev to hold back the fire of Russian occupiers who do not want to fight or are trying to flee, MP Fyodor Venislavsky said. He stressed that the Russian Federation repeats the Stalinist and Hitlerite methods of warfare.

09:04 The Ukrainian military liquidated the captain of the Russian army Maklagin and the chief of intelligence of the regiment, Major Burlakov.

08:59 In Dnipro, according to the State Emergency Service, there were three air strikes around 06:10 in the Novokodat district. A hit was recorded near a kindergarten and an apartment building, as well as in a two-story shoe factory, followed by a fire. Previously, one person died.

08:57 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the strikes on airfields in Lutsk and Ivano-Frankivsk were carried out by "high-precision long-range weapons."

08:50 Chernihiv was left without water supply due to shelling.

08:49 The command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the attack aircraft of Ukraine, supported by helicopters, struck two large columns of equipment of the Russian troops.

The Ukrainian air defense forces also hit four air targets - previously, three Su-25 and Su-34 attack aircraft. At least four air targets were destroyed, mainly Su-25 aircraft. Ground Forces units shot down two Su-25 attack aircraft.

08:48 Energoatom announced that Ukraine completely refuses to purchase Russian nuclear fuel.

08:47 Vitaly Kim reported that in the Nikolaev area at night for the first time there were no attacks.

08:31 Facebook temporarily allowed to publish posts about the war in Ukraine with a call for violence against Russian soldiers invading the country. Also, the social network will not block messages calling for the death of Putin, according to Reuters.

08:04 Lutsk and Ivano-Frankivsk were subjected to air strikes on the morning of March 11 . According to preliminary information, there are no victims. The mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ruslan Martsinkiv, said that the attack was on the city's airport. According to him, the air defense warning system did not work.

07:45 The Russian military in some settlements are engaged in looting and killing the civilian population, the General Staff reports.

In the Rostov region, prisoners are being "mobilized" with a proposal to join the occupying forces in exchange for an amnesty.

07:27 For the first time in two weeks of the war , three air strikes were carried out on the Dnieper . According to preliminary data, one person died.

06:29 The US Senate finally approved the allocation of 13.6 billion dollars of assistance to Ukraine and Eastern Europe. About half of this amount will be used to arm and equip the Ukrainian army.

06:07 The EU Council recognized the European aspirations and the choice of Ukraine. The European Commission was asked to provide its findings on the Ukrainian application for membership in the European Union. EU leaders also stressed their readiness to continue providing political, financial, material and humanitarian support to Ukraine.

04:00 Twitter and Facebook removed from their platforms a message from the Russian embassy, ​​which says that the maternity hospital in Mariupol, fired upon by the Russian Federation, allegedly did not function and was used as a military base.

00:05 Zelensky: "I am the president of an adequate country and an adequate people. And the father of two children. No chemical or any other weapons of mass destruction have been developed on my land. The whole world knows this. And if Russia does something like that against us, it will get harshest sanctions."

00:02 Russia asks to hold a meeting of the UN Security Council on US military biological programs in Ukraine on March 11.

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#1 09:16 The Russian military dispersed a huge convoy of equipment in the Kiev region , the BBC reports, citing satellite images.

This seems significant:
They are able to move now.
Better hiding places.
Getting ready to go to work on investing Kiev? It is probably the right time in the negotiations to remind everyone what the stakes are.

00:05 Zelensky: "... No chemical or any other weapons of mass destruction have been developed on my land. "

I keep seeing the phrase "no chemical weapons". Sounds like a lawyerly denial, given the news about bio weapon labs. Which don't exist/Which *do* exist/Which are research facilities/Which belong to someone else.
Posted by SteveS 2022-03-12 01:12||   2022-03-12 01:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Doesn't dispersed into the forests mean that they are no longer available for military purposes. What will the crews of the vehicles do for food and fuel?
The way is now clear to create another such debacle. A blockage along the way caused succeeding vehicles to pile up behind them.
Posted by Goober Choluque6459! 2022-03-12 13:37||   2022-03-12 13:37|| Front Page Top

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