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2022-03-17 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian perspective: Russian invasion of Ukraine, March 16th, 2022
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[Korrespondent] 23:55 PACE has officially recognized Pridnestrovie as a zone of Russian occupation.
23:24 Zelensky met with representatives of the authorities of Poland, Slovenia and the Czech Republic.
23:01 According to the Pentagon, since the beginning of the invasion, Russian troops have fired more than 950 missiles at Ukraine.
22:45 The United States has tightened sanctions against Belarus.
21:52 PACE decided to exclude Russia, and also called for air defense systems to be provided to Ukraine. Russia formally remains a member of the organization until the end of the year. PACE also asks to expedite the consideration of claims against the Russian Federation in the ECHR.
21:51 Republican leader in the US Senate Mitch McConnell said that the idea of transferring combat aircraft from Poland to Ukraine is still being discussed.
21:43 Hackers from Anonymous said they hacked into the site of Rosatom, and promised to share "several gigabytes of data" and information about the security of the Russian company.
21:41 Podolyak said that online negotiations with the Russian side will continue tomorrow: "A very complex and tense negotiation process. There are fundamental contradictions. But, of course, there is room for compromise. Work in subgroups will continue during the break."
21:39 Washington plans to increase sanctions pressure on the Russian Federation, but will not announce specific measures, the State Department said.
21:37 EU regulators have ordered some banks to scrutinize the transactions of all Russian and Belarusian clients, including EU residents, to make sure they are not being used to circumvent Western sanctions, writes Reuters.
21:12 According to the experts of the Conflict Intelligence Team, the strike on Donetsk by a missile of the Tochka-U complex, most likely, was carried out from the territory controlled by the Russians. Meanwhile, the "DPR" is trying to accuse Ukraine of using Tochka-U again, this time in Makiivka.
21:10 Zelensky urged global companies to completely stop business relations with Russia. The President also called on Ukrainians from all over the world to contact the government and businesses so that they stop working with the Russian Federation.
20:53 Biden signed the Congressional approved budget for the rest of the year, which includes $13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine.
20:48 Russian invaders fired on an evacuation bus that was carrying people from Rubizhne, Luhansk region, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. 200 residents were forced to stay in the city.
At the same time, the bus successfully reached Novozolotarovka from Severodonetsk. Tomorrow's evacuation remains in doubt.
20:44 About 20,000 people have been evacuated from Mariupol along the humanitarian corridor today , Vereshchuk said.
In total, about 29,000 people left the blocked cities today through humanitarian corridors.
20:23 Naval News writes that 14 Russian warships are moving towards the Ukrainian coast. In particular, satellite imagery shows Russian Navy ships approaching the Ukrainian coast. In total, there are three groups of ships: two - from warships (with the participation of the missile cruiser Moskva), the third - from amphibious assault ships.
20:17 The number of checkpoints on the roads of Ukraine has already been reduced to 1,500, they are planned to be reduced to 800 soon, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
19:55 Russian ships began shelling the Odessa region, said the head of the regional administration Maxim Marchenko. Thus, according to him, in the morning one of the settlements was attacked by enemy aircraft and ships, two people were injured.
Around 14:00, the enemy opened fire from naval artillery, using about 90 shells. The Armed Forces of Ukraine adequately hold the defense, Marchenko added.
19:33 The US Congress is preparing a bill allowing the authorities to confiscate the property of Russians who have fallen under sanctions. The proceeds can be used to help Ukraine, said Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.
19:29 The prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia arrived in Kiev, their meeting with Zelensky will begin at 20:00 Kyiv time, Czech television reports.
19:27 Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu will visit Moscow tomorrow, and on March 17 - Ukraine, Erdogan said.
19:25 The White House has confirmed that Biden will visit Europe at the end of March to attend an extraordinary NATO summit. Earlier, the Secretary General said that the summit of the alliance on the situation in Ukraine will be held on March 24.
19:24 The EU has introduced a new package of anti-Russian sanctions , which affected a total of 15 individuals and nine legal entities.
19:22 The fighting for the liberation of the outskirts of Mariupol continues. The Azov Regiment today defeated one of the units of the 22nd separate special forces brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the General Staff reports.
In the Luhansk region, during the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed five MLRS BM-21 Grad with ammunition, three T-72 tanks, one BMP-3 and more than 15 enemy servicemen.
19:20 Russian invaders kidnapped activist Vitaly Shevchenko for organizing a rally in Berdyansk, local media reported.
19:12 Ukrainian-Russian talks have become "more constructive", a future agreement is being discussed , Igor Zhovkva, deputy head of the Presidential Office, said.
"In the first rounds, Russia was not ready to hear our position, put ultimatums: that Ukraine must surrender, lay down its arms, that our president would sign a surrender. Now Russia speaks in a slightly different tone," he said.
According to Zhovkva, Ukrainian representatives at the talks are "moderately optimistic." He stressed that "a big breakthrough in these negotiations will be achieved with the participation of heads of state."
19:04 Zelensky addressed the Canadian government and parliament: "Russia seeks to destroy everything that makes Ukrainians Ukrainians - our future, our character, our freedom. But it will not succeed."
19:00 NATO convened an extraordinary summit of the alliance on March 24 in connection with the situation in Ukraine , the Secretary General said.
18:58 PACE members from Ukraine, Great Britain, France, Estonia, Georgia, Romania and Turkey proposed to officially recognize the Russian occupation of Transnistria.
18:55 Russian invaders tried to storm Kharkiv from Pyatikhatki today and suffered a "shameful defeat", said the head of the Kharkiv regional administration Oleg Sinegubov.
18:50 The Moscow court fined Marina Ovsyannikova 30,000 rubles for running out with an anti-war poster on Channel One the day before. The accusation was brought for her video message, and criminal proceedings were initiated regarding the release with the poster under the article on "public dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian military."
18:48 In the UK, more than 100 thousand people and organizations have shown interest in providing housing for Ukrainian refugees, Johnson said.
18:47 Danilov called "complete nonsense" Lukashenka's statement that two days ago a Tochka-U rocket was launched from the territory of Ukraine towards Belarus: "We are a civilized nation, we do not kill children and women, but we protect our land."
18:33 Biden will probably visit Poland soon, the head of the Polish Foreign Ministry said.
18:14 The Ukrainian parliament has increased state budget spending on the army at the expense of a UK loan by 1.7 billion pounds.
18:12 Stoltenberg called "an absolute lie" Russia's accusations against Ukraine and NATO countries in the production of chemical weapons. He also believes that the alliance needs channels of communication with the Russian Federation to prevent "risks and incidents," and China, together with the international community, should condemn Russia's actions.
The Secretary General did not rule out that NATO could convene an emergency summit on Ukraine.
18:09 Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said that Zelensky had talked with the leaders of Great Britain, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia.
"A coalition of the willing is offering concrete defense support to Ukraine. You are not alone, we are with you, President Zelensky. Ukraine will win!" Nauseda said.
18:06 In the occupied Nova Kakhovka, Kakhovka and Tavriysk, Kherson region, the Russians, who call themselves the "military-civilian administration," announced recruitment to the "police", media reported.
18:00 Moscow is asking the UN Security Council to vote on its draft "humanitarian resolution on Ukraine" on March 16.
17:56 Russia itself decided to withdraw from the Council of Europe, said the head of the Russian delegation to PACE Petr Tolstoy. And the head of the international committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Leonid Slutsky, said that the Russian Federation "will be forced" to declare invalid the European Convention on Human Rights.
17:52 The Rada allowed the National Security and Defense Council to declare certain territories of Ukraine temporarily occupied for the period of martial law.
17:50 The Russian Federation has imposed personal sanctions on 313 Canadian citizens, including Prime Minister Trudeau, the heads of the Foreign and Defense Ministries, as well as more than 300 parliamentarians.
17:45 The Rada voted to recognize the territorial defense fighters as war veterans.
17:20 In the village of Gorenka near Kiev, as a result of Russian shelling, the operator of the FoxNews TV channel, Irish citizen Pierre Zakrevskiy, as well as Ukrainian journalist Alexandra Kurshinova, were killed, Gerashchenko said. Their colleague, FoxNews journalist Benjamin Hall, is injured.
17:17 Israel said that it would be able to let in only 5,000 Ukrainians, and only with the prior permission of the country's Interior Ministry. The head of the Presidential Office, Andriy Yermak, said that such a decision "is surprising."
"We consider the suspension of visa-free travel and the introduction of a system of electronic permits from the Ministry of Internal Affairs for entry into Israel for Ukrainian citizens to be an unfriendly step that requires immediate correction. We will respond harshly and promptly to any steps that harm the interests of Ukraine and Ukrainians," Yermak stressed.
17:14 Zelensky changed command of the Ukrainian troops in the Donbas: instead of Oleksandr Pavlyuk, Major General Eduard Moskalev, who was previously the deputy commander of the JFO, became the new commander of the JFO. And Pavlyuk was appointed head of the Kiev military administration.
"The occupiers hope that control over Kiev will give them control over Ukraine. This is absurd. To further strengthen the defense of the capital and the Kiev region, I appointed Oleksandr Pavlyuk as the head of the regional military administration," Zelensky said.
17:10 Russia has imposed sanctions against 13 Americans, including Biden and his son, Blicken, Pentagon chief Austin, presidential adviser Sullivan, CIA director Burns, White House press secretary Psaki, Hillary Clinton and other officials.
16:52 In Mariupol, the occupiers took hostage doctors and patients of the Regional Intensive Care Hospital, said the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko. According to him, one of the hospital employees managed to convey such news:
“It’s impossible to get out of the hospital. There’s a lot of shooting, we’re sitting in the basement. Cars can’t drive to the hospital for two days already. High-rise buildings are burning around ... Russians drove 400 people from neighboring houses into our hospital. We can’t get out.”
16:30 Zelensky: "Each of the more than 800 Russian missiles that hit our state is the answer to the old question about NATO. About whether the doors of the alliance are actually open for Ukraine. If they were open, if it were honest , we would not have to convince the alliance for 20 days that the sky over Ukraine should be closed."
16:07 Ukraine needs to conclude a new defense alliance, which must include a country with nuclear weapons , Danilov said. According to him, today it is Great Britain.
16:06 As a result of enemy air attack of school in the Nikolaev area seven people were lost, three more suffered, reports GSChS.
16:04 According to the updated data of the State Emergency Service, as a result of the shelling of a high-rise building in the Svyatoshinsky district of Kiev, three people were killed, five were injured, 48 people were rescued.
16:01 PACE is discussing the exclusion of Russia from the organization. According to the press service of the Verkhovna Rada, today in Stasburg about 200 deputies from 46 member states of the Council of Europe gathered for an extraordinary debate on the response of the Council of Europe to the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
15:56 The invaders are spreading information that a massive shelling is possible in Kherson. The Ukrainian army does not plan and will not shell Kherson, the governor of the Nikolaev area Vitaliy Kim said. "Perhaps the occupiers are thinking about it. Therefore, follow their movements," he warned.
"After the work of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Chernobaevka, through Kherson, a column of invaders is moving away from the Nikolaev region. They are running," Kim also said.
15:39 The Rada adopted changes to the Tax Code, which were previously announced by Zelensky . Including fuel exempted from excise duty, and VAT reduced to 7%.
15:35 The Verkhovna Rada extended martial law from March 26 for 30 days.
15:17 In Ukraine, since the beginning of the Russian invasion, 17 rescuers have died, one was captured, Colonel of the State Emergency Service Gennady Gerasimchuk said.
15:16 Podolyak said that negotiations with the Russian delegation are still ongoing: "Consultations have been resumed on the main negotiating platform. General issues of settlement, ceasefire, withdrawal of troops from the country's territory."
15:15 The US wants all countries, including China, to state their position on the situation in Ukraine. "This is not the time to pretend to be neutral," says the US envoy to NATO.
15:12 The head of the personnel department of the headquarters of the Command of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Roman Gorbach said that almost 100% of the reservists of the first stage, that is, those who had previously participated in hostilities, have already been sent to military units. Now, according to him, the mobilization of those liable for military service, who were not among the reservists of the first stage, is being carried out.
15:08 Zelensky: "Ukraine has realized that it will not become a NATO member now. We understand this, we are adequate people. Our people understand this, and we are starting to rely on our own strength."
15:02 In the Balearic Islands (Spain), the yacht Lady Anastasia was detained, which is allegedly associated with the general director of Rosoboronexport Alexander Mikheev. This is the same yacht that was partially sunk by a Ukrainian sailor at the end of February .
14:47 There are from 500 to 900 invaders at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant , said the head of Energoatom Petr Kotin. According to him, the station is still operated by Ukrainian personnel, but they must coordinate all their actions with the Russian military.
14:41 Arestovich said that Zelensky refused to evacuate on the first day of the war, despite the requests of his personal guards and the West.
According to him, "when the troops landed on Gostomel, we had 100% information that the next troops were landing on Pechersk." But Zelensky then said: "I will pick up a machine gun and fight. Even if you land ten troops here, I will not go anywhere."
14:35 Ilya Kiva wrote a statement about the resignation of the deputy mandate; four more deputies (Igor Abramovich, Tatyana Plachkova, Alexander Feldman and Vadim Stolar) announced their withdrawal from the Opposition Platform for Life faction, MP Goncharenko said.
14:33 Two thousand cars have already left Mariupol, and the same number are standing at the exit from the city, the city council said.
14:16 Since the beginning of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, at least 35 journalists have been injured during the hostilities, three have died, Denisova said.
14:14 At the Ukrainian border during the period of the Russian invasion, about 700 men of military age were detained, who tried to leave the country, reports the State Bureau of Investigation.
14:13 Great Britain imposed sanctions against Shoigu, Vaino, Reshetnikov, Khusnullin, Zakharova, Solovyov, Simonyan, as well as Medvedev and Mishustin.
14:01 Lukashenka once again stated that the troops of Belarus will not take part in the war in Ukraine. "We have nothing to do there, we are not invited there," he said.
Lukashenka also said that two days ago a Tochka-U missile was launched from the territory of Ukraine in the direction of Belarus, it was intercepted.
14:00 In the Luhansk region, 36 settlements are de-energized, 30 are without gas supply. Almost 100 thousand people were left without electricity and heat, said the head of the regional administration Serhiy Gaidai.
13:57 The General Staff reports that the invaders tried to break through the defense of the Ukrainian troops in the Kiev region, but failed. They are also trying to resume the attack on Chernigov, surround Sumy and Kharkov and continue to storm Mariupol with aircraft and artillery.
In the Lisichansk region of the Lugansk region, the Russian army suffered losses and retreated; in the Rubizhne region, it is trying to gain a foothold on the western outskirts of the city.
13:55 There were no offensives from the enemy today, the Russians are trying to make up for losses, recruiting mercenaries and solving problems with logistics, the General Staff reports. Thus, there is information about the organization of training centers for mercenaries in Russian Smolensk and Belarusian Gomel and Bobruisk.
13:42 As a result of a shell hitting a multi-storey building in the Svyatoshinsky district of Kiev, four people have already died, Klitschko said. Rescuers have been putting out the fire since early morning.
13:28 In Ukraine, conscripts will be involved in the defense of the state only in case of hostilities on a previously peaceful territory, Roman Gorbach, head of the personnel department of the headquarters of the Ground Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said.
13:26 In the Nikolaev area for the past day 80 people are wounded, from them two children. There are also those who died after an airstrike on the school on March 13, the governor said.
13:23 The Ukrainian army managed to stop the aggressor, deploy parts of the reserve and even go on the counteroffensive in certain areas, Zaluzhny said. According to him, Ukraine suffers losses - they are several times less than that of the enemy.
"But the life and health of each of our soldiers are priceless," he stressed and expressed his condolences to the relatives of the victims.
13:14 In Kharkiv, Russian invaders attacked civilians right during the evacuation, local media report.
13:09 Arakhamia said that the fourth round of negotiations, which began the day before, resumed after a break. Recall that the negotiations are held in video format.
13:08 The damage to Ukraine from the Russian invasion is about 500 billion dollars, Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko said.
12:55 The SBU announced that it had detained 60 collaborators in a day and exposed 20 enemy DRGs in different regions of Ukraine.
12:53 US Vice President Camilla Harris and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met in Poland and discussed the situation in Ukraine. "Our coordinated response - from sanctions to other economic measures - is based on our shared propensity to support the people of Ukraine," Harris said.
12:51 More than three million Ukrainians have gone abroad because of the Russian invasion , the UN has calculated.
12:47 According to a poll by the Rating group, 56% of Ukrainians surveyed believe that the main goal of the Russian invasion is the complete destruction of the Ukrainian people. This opinion dominates in all areas. Only 2% believe that Russia is trying to protect the Russian-speaking population.
72% of those polled are in favor of Ukraine's accession to NATO, compared with the previous result of 76%. The main reason for the decline in support is the unwillingness of the alliance to close the sky.
The absolute majority believes that Ukraine should use every opportunity to return the occupied territories of Donbass (86%) and Crimea (80%). This figure is now higher than before the war.
12:43 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, a grouping of enemy troops is accumulating in three directions: Novovorontsovka, Velyka Aleksandrovka, Arkhangelsk. The Russians planned to strike at Nikopol, but they were successfully driven back by Ukrainian forces, said Gennady Korban, head of the Dnieper defense headquarters.
He assured that the Dnepropetrovsk region now has enough strength to fortify and prevent the advance of Russian troops: "The region is protected along its borders and holds three fronts - the southern front, the JFO, the northern direction."
12:30 NBU warned Ukrainians about new fraudulent schemes in wartime:
under the guise of evacuation transportation, the attackers ask for an advance payment on the card and disappear;
publish fake ads for renting apartments in safe regions and ask for an advance payment on the card, after which they turn off the phone;
collect money allegedly for the treatment of children affected by the war;
create phishing sites that look like real charitable foundations, as well as fake pages on social networks and instant messengers.
12:28 The head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration Oleksiy Kuleba specified that a curfew has been introduced not only in the capital, but throughout the region. It will be valid for 35 hours: from 20:00 Tuesday, March 15 to 07:00 Thursday, March 17.
12:26 Norway's largest oil company Equinor stops trading in Russian oil and oil products, as well as transporting oil and oil products from Russia.
12:21 Klitschko called on all Kiev men to return to the capital and help defend it, "and not sit somewhere and sympathize."
"Today, the efforts of every Kiev citizen are important. Someone with weapons in their hands is in the terrorist defense. Someone helps build fortifications in the city. We need to cook food for our defenders and socially unprotected Kiev residents. Deliver food. There is a lot of other work. Everyone who loves Kyiv and wants him to survive, he must help as best he can!" - called the mayor of the capital.
12:18 Russia is planning massive deforestation of Ukrainian forests. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, this is discussed in a letter from Minister Shoigu, addressed personally to Putin.
The purpose of the document is to obtain permission for the total cutting of Ukrainian "forests, trees, shrubs and green spaces." The wood not used for the needs of the RF Armed Forces is planned to be sold, and the funds will be used to support the Russian army.
12:02 Occupants are holding hostage the village head of Chulakovka, Kherson region, Oleksandr Musiyenko. He himself stated this in his morning address to the villagers. He also warned that the Russians would conduct searches in the village.
12:00 Johnson called the West's reaction to the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014 and the hybrid invasion of the Donbass a "terrible mistake"
11:52 Most of the Belarusian servicemen, in the event of an order to cross the border with Ukraine, will be ready to lay down their arms. This information is confirmed by the families whose men are in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, writes Anton Gerashchenko.
11:50 There will be no humanitarian corridor in the Lugansk region today due to the disrupted regime of silence, said the head of the Regional State Administration Gaidai.
11:49 Since the beginning of the invasion, the invaders have damaged at least 28 buildings of spiritual significance in six regions, most of them are Orthodox churches, the State Service for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience said.
11:46 Russian "ultra-modern" and "super-valuable" Kh-101 strategic air-to-ground cruise missile was shot down in the Vinnitsa region from a conventional machine gun, said the head of the regional administration, Sergei Borzov. He urged "everyone who has something - try to shoot down: they fly low and almost always at the same time."
11:44 Great Britain bans the export of luxury goods to Russia and introduces an additional 35% tax on the import of a number of goods from the Russian Federation.
11:29 Deputy Mayor of Izyum Vladimir Matsokin announced a humanitarian catastrophe in the city, which has been under siege for two weeks without water, light, heat and food. According to him, the situation in Izyum is no better than in Mariupol.
"Those who survived the shelling are dying from diseases and lack of medicines. There is no one to bury the dead," he wrote and asked to immediately open humanitarian corridors.
11:26 New EU anti-Russian sanctions include a ban on new investments in the energy sector, exceptions are made for peaceful nuclear power and the transportation of energy resources to the European Union. There will also be a ban on any transactions with some Russian state-owned enterprises.
The EU will ban European rating agencies from assigning ratings to the Russian Federation and Russian companies, the European Commission said.
The EU will impose a ban on the import of certain steel products, which could result in a loss of 3.3 billion euros in export earnings from Russia, the European Commission said.
11:16 Tonight, Russian invaders fired rockets at the airport in Dnipro, the head of the regional administration, Valentin Reznichenko, said. According to him, the runway was destroyed, the terminal was damaged.
11:13 100 buses left Poltava towards Sumy to evacuate local residents. In the column - doctors and representatives of the Red Cross. Almost 100 tons of humanitarian aid were also sent, the head of the Poltava OVA said.
11:09 Ukrainian artillery destroyed the multiple launch rocket system of the Russian invaders, which fired at the residential areas of Chernihiv, the Operational Command of Pivnich reported.
11:06 A curfew has been announced in Kyiv from 20:00 on March 15 to 07:00 on March 17. Thus, residents of the capital should not leave their homes or shelters for a day and a half. As Klitschko explained, today in the capital is "a difficult and dangerous moment."
It is forbidden to move around the city without special passes. You can only go out to reach the shelter.
10:59 The Parliament of Belarus has ratified an agreement with the Russian Federation on the deployment of two military facilities - a missile attack warning system node in Baranovichi and a Navy radio station in Vileyka. The contract was signed for 25 years.
10:56 China said it "always stands for respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states and respect for the purposes and principles of the UN Charter." Beijing also assured that "with all its might it promotes negotiations to achieve peace" and calls on the international community to join forces for de-escalation.
China also strongly opposes "spreading false information about it, distorting and discrediting its positions."
10:46 Today you can leave Mariupol by private transport, the humanitarian corridor is open from 09:00, said the head of the Donetsk region Pavel Kirilenko. Corridor route: Mariupol, Mangush, Berdyansk, Tokmak, Vasylivka, Zaporozhye.
The governor advised for personal safety to remove instant messengers and photos, to arrive in Vasilievka no later than 18:00, and for those who do not have time, find a safe place and spend the night in Berdyansk or Tokmak.
10:45 The death toll from a strike on a TV tower near Rivne has risen to 19 people, the head of the regional administration said. Nine people were injured.
10:40 Zelensky signed a law on criminal liability for cooperation with the Russian Federation, said the first vice-speaker of the Rada Alexander Kornienko. Changes to the legislation provide for punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to 15 years for cooperation with Russia, as well as the ability to close parties and organizations associated with those convicted under this article.
10:32 Ukrzaliznytsia begins the nationalization of Russian railcars located in Ukraine. According to UZ, currently 15,000 Russian railcars are on the Ukrainian tracks, they belong to 250 companies.
10:24 The European Aviation Safety Agency has deprived Russian airlines of certificates for flights in the skies of the EU countries.
09:56 A new package of EU sanctions against Russia will be adopted today, the head of the French Ministry of Finance said.
09:54 The prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia will arrive in Kiev today for meetings with Zelensky and Shmyhal , the Polish government said.
09:31 The General Staff announced the approximate combat losses of the enemy on the morning of March 15:
personnel - more than 13,500 people
tanks - 404
armored combat vehicles - 1279
artillery systems - 150
RSZV - 64
air defense systems - 36
aircraft - 81
helicopters - 95
automotive equipment - 640
ships/boats - 3
tanks with fuel and lubricants - 60
UAV operational-tactical level - 9
09:29 Vereshchuk reported on humanitarian corridors and evacuation routes for March 15:
Berdyansk - Mariupol (convoy with humanitarian cargo and empty buses will continue to move to Mariupol);
Bogdanovka, Novaya Bogdanovka, Bobrik - Brovary;
Sumy, Lebedin, Shostka, Konotop, Trostyanets - Poltava;
Oskol - Donetsk region.
09:20 In Kharkov over the past day, three people were rescued from the rubble, the bodies of seven dead were seized from under the rubble of destroyed houses.
09:11 The Ministry of Internal Affairs told how to get a machine gun: "Every citizen of Ukraine can apply to the police department, prove that he really works to protect Ukraine, works or is in the ranks of territorial defense, volunteer formations, territorial communities, and receive the appropriate weapon. We are talking primarily about automatic weapons. We have already issued several tens of thousands of automatic weapons throughout the country."
09:08 In Rubizhne, Luhansk region, as a result of shelling by the invaders, a boarding school for children with visual problems, a city hospital and three schools were destroyed. Four people died.
09:06 In the Svyatoshinsky district of Kiev, as a result of ammunition getting into a 16-storey residential building, two people died, 27 were rescued, the State Emergency Service reports.
08:50 Extra checkpoints on the roads will be removed in Ukraine, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said. According to him, this will improve the movement of traffic flows and save time, fuel, and most importantly, the strength and nerves of both civilians and the military.
At the same time, he added that in wartime, checkpoints are indispensable, so documents and cars will be checked at the entrances to cities.
08:48 Russian forces are attacking the civilian population and infrastructure in an attempt to break the spirit of the Ukrainian people. "This is deplorable, shameful and tantamount to state terrorism," OSCE Chairman Zbigniew Rau said.
08:38 The Russians are launching a decoy missile designed to "deceive" air defense systems, writes The New York Times. The use of such "decoys" helps explain why Ukrainian air defenses have difficulty intercepting Russian Iskander-M missiles.
08:33 Spain temporarily seized the yacht of the Russian oligarch worth 140 million dollars, which was in Barcelona. It is assumed that the 85-meter superyacht Valerie belongs to the former KGB officer, head of Rostec Sergey Chemezov.
08:31 In Chernihiv, as a result of yesterday's shelling, ten people were killed, according to preliminary information, the Office of the Prosecutor General reported.
08:28 In ORDLO, the invaders are forced to suspend the mobilization of public utilities workers due to the impossibility of maintaining the life of settlements, the General Staff reports.
08:21 Russia has begun military training of reservists in the Far East, the press service of the Eastern Military District reported. "Reservists will have to carry out shooting from small arms, to study the combat capabilities of modern weapons and military equipment."
A distinctive feature of the training camp is the introduction to the program of performing fire missions with the help of mortar systems. In addition, the reservists will continue to improve their skills in driving wheeled and armored tracked vehicles.
08:16 As a result of the shelling of Kiev, the blast wave damaged the facade of the building of the Lukyanovskaya metro station and office premises.
According to the Kyiv City State Administration, two residential buildings (9 and 16 floors) in the Svyatoshinsky district, a 10-storey residential building in the Podolsky district, as well as a house in the private sector of the Darnitsa district were damaged overnight. According to preliminary information, there were no deaths. Information about the victims is being specified, evacuation is underway.
08:15 In the Osokorki area in Kiev, ammunition hit a two-story private residential building, it caught fire. At 06:40, the fire was extinguished, there were no victims or injured, the State Emergency Service reported.
08:07 In the Sumy region, on March 15, green corridors from Sumy, Konotop, Shostka, Trostyanets and Lebedin were agreed. Corridors will work from 9 am to 9 pm, said the head of the Sumy Regional State Administration Dmitry Zhivitsky.
07:29 The State Emergency Service reported that in the Podolsky district of the capital, a shell hit a ten-story residential building . The fire spread from the first to the fifth floor. One person was rescued and hospitalized. There is no information about the victims.
06:09 Power supply at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant has been restored, the IAEA reports.
05:58 In Kharkiv, Russian invaders also continue shelling the city center, local telegram channels report.
05:50 Russia fired missiles at a residential area in the center of Kiev , eyewitnesses report. This information was confirmed by the People's Deputy Goncharenko, and then by the State Emergency Service.
05:49 The UK Ministry of Defense admits that the Russian Federation may plan to use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine in order to stage an attack on its own troops.
05:40 The United States is considering imposing a complete embargo on trade with Russia, as well as blocking Russia's access to international waterways, CNBC reports, citing US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo.
05:38 Arestovich says that 75% of China's economy depends on the West, so "any sanctions from the West - and China will sell Russia three times."
05:34 Western media continue to write that Russia is asking for help from China. So, CNN reports that the Russian Federation asked to provide dry rations to its army . According to the Financial Times and the New York Times, Moscow also wants to receive air defense systems, drones, reconnaissance equipment, armored vehicles and logistics vehicles from Beijing.
The United States has repeatedly warned that if China helps Russia, it will face serious consequences.
05:24 Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russia has already fired 900 missiles at Ukraine, the Pentagon said.
05:06 The Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epiphanius, said that defending yourself and killing the enemy is not a sin: "We protect, we do not strive for someone else's. And whoever comes to us with a sword will die from the same sword."
"We, as a people, do not seek the death of our neighbors. But since they came to our house, we are protecting our family, our Motherland, our land. Our soldiers protect all Ukrainians," he explained.
05:03 In Trostyanets, Sumy region, the invaders drove local residents into fake green corridors and took away their mobile phones, said the head of the Regional State Administration Dmitry Zhivitsky.
04:58 The former commander of the US Army in Europe, retired General Ben Godges believes that in ten days Russia will run out of opportunities to conduct active military operations in Ukraine.
04:55 The Pentagon says that Russia has deployed all 100% of the troops that were supposed to invade Ukraine and occupy all of its territory as soon as possible. The Russian advance has stalled in almost every direction. In a number of cases, Russian troops deliberately stopped to regroup, but in most cases this is the result of Ukrainian resistance. This also applies to the attack on Kyiv from Gostomel.
The Pentagon also reported that the attack on the Yavoriv test site near the Polish border did not affect the supply of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine. There were no US citizens there.
04:00 Zelensky announced a tax reform in Ukraine , which includes, among other things, the abolition of all checks for all businesses.
"Instead of VAT and income tax, we give a rate of 2% of turnover and simplified accounting. For small businesses - and these are the first and second groups of sole proprietors - we set the voluntary payment of a single tax. If you can - pay, if you can't - there are no questions," the president explained .
03:05 Radar facilities of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine recorded the fact that a Russian drone crossed the state border of Ukraine in the direction of Poland.
02:40 Japan imposed personal sanctions against 17 Russian citizens, including State Duma deputies, businessman Vekselberg and relatives of businessman Kovalchuk.
02:37 In Mariupol, the number of victims of the Russian invasion reaches 20 thousand civilians, said the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko. According to him, in the coming days, the number of victims could increase many times over and everyone who did not leave the city could die.
Andryushchenko added that today 80% of the city's housing stock is uninhabitable, of which at least 80% cannot even be restored.
At the same time, the Mariupol City Council said: "The official and confirmed information as of the end of March 14, 2022 is approximately 2,357,000 dead Mariupol residents."
02:09 Zelensky: "Russian troops today are actually one of the suppliers of equipment for our army. They could not even see this in a nightmare."
02:04 The US State Department has imposed sanctions on 11 high-ranking representatives of the Russian defense sector. The head of the National Guard Zolotov, Shugaev from the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, Mikheev from Rosoboronexport, as well as several deputy defense ministers of the Russian Federation fell under the sanctions.
01:42 Biden said that the United States will make sure that Ukraine has weapons and money, as well as the Americans "with open arms" are ready to welcome Ukrainian refugees.
01:15 Zelensky introduced a visa-free regime for employees of international medical or humanitarian organizations, which will operate during martial law.
00:14 The World Bank has allocated an additional $200 million to Ukraine to support social services for vulnerable groups.
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