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2022-03-27 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
From the Ukrainian perspective: Russian invasion of Ukraine, March 27th, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 22:05 Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau in his article, Russia has declared war on the West. How to win outlined the main steps of the West in the confrontation with the Russian Federation:
  • arm Ukraine "to the teeth" by making Putin's imperial restoration goals unattainable;

  • increase defense investment, including the US should rearm allies and partners, including Ukraine, with the help of a new Lend-Lease program;

  • to increase the number of NATO troops on the eastern flank in Europe;

  • sanctions should be in place until the Russian Federation leaves Ukraine and pays reparations;

  • the perpetrators of military atrocities in Ukraine must be punished.

  • In addition, in his opinion, it is necessary to prepare a plan for the restoration of Ukraine, in particular, at the expense of the assets of Russian oligarchs who financed Putin's aggressive policy.

22:00 The United States will provide Ukraine with another $100 million to "ensure border security, maintain law enforcement functions and protect critical infrastructure," Blinken said.

21:58 Today, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in addition to Trostyanets, liberated the settlements of Slavgorod and Krasnopolye in the Sumy region, MP Goncharenko said.

21:56 Vereshchuk said that all ten humanitarian corridors have worked today. A total of 5210 people were evacuated.

21:55 In the Rivne region, the Russian Federation also struck at the oil depot, said the head of the Regional State Administration Vitaly Koval.

21:54 Poland has already received 2.3 million Ukrainian refugees, President Duda said during a video conference with Zelensky.

21:33 In Melitopol, the Russian occupiers were not able to hold a paid rally in support of the Russian Federation because of the patriotic position of local residents, the Zaporozhye regional administration reported.

21:31 Mayor of Slavutych Yuri Fomichev said that the city is occupied by the Russian military. He also confirmed the deaths of three local residents.

21:26 Zelensky signed a law criminalizing the publication of data that could damage the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is strictly forbidden to publish:
  • street names, bus stops, shops, factories;

  • movement of the Ukrainian military, military facilities;

  • air defense work;

  • rockets that fly or hit somewhere;

  • places of shelling or projectile impact;

  • addresses, visual reference or battle coordinates;

  • numbers of cars, armored vehicles;

  • injured or dead (other than official data).

The minimum sentence is three years in prison, the maximum is eight years. And if mercenary motives and a preliminary conspiracy are proven - from eight to 12 years.

21:25 Martial law has been introduced in the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, the authorities are asking Putin to increase the "peacekeeping contingent" of the Russian Federation.

On March 25, the Armenian Foreign Ministry stated that the armed forces of Azerbaijan had violated the line of contact of Nagorno-Karabakh in the zone of responsibility of the Russian "peacekeeping mission". The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan denied reports of an armed incident and noted that the units of the Azerbaijani army continue the process of clarifying positions and deployment points without the use of force.

And the NCC stated that the Azerbaijani army is trying to ensure the advancement of the line of contact of Nagorno-Karabakh in the eastern direction.

21:20 Venediktova said that since the beginning of Russia's war against Ukraine, 12 journalists have died at the hands of the invaders.

21:17 A ceasefire and the withdrawal of troops from the territory of Ukraine are key conditions for lifting sanctions against Russia, said British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.

21:14 The Volyn regional administration reported that, according to preliminary information, a Russian drone was shot down by Ukrainian air defense forces approximately ten kilometers from Lutsk. It is possible that it could be a rocket, the information is being specified.

21:11 Zelensky, in a conversation with Duda, expressed disappointment that Soviet-made aircraft that Eastern European countries, in particular Poland, have not yet been transferred to Ukraine. Although publicly, both these countries and the United States declared their readiness for such a decision.

"The price of delay with planes is thousands of Ukrainian lives that we are losing from missile and air strikes on peaceful Ukrainian cities," the Ukrainian president said.

21:07 Sadovyi said that Lviv suffered two attacks tonight - an oil depot in a residential area within the city and a plant, also in a residential area, were hit. Each object received two strikes. It is known about five victims, there are no victims yet, the fire is still being extinguished.

The mayor of Lviv noted that this is the second blow to infrastructure in a week. In his opinion, in this way the aggressor "says hello" to Biden, who is in Poland. At the same time, Sadovyi stressed that all military facilities were taken out of Lviv before February 25, so the enemy is hitting civilian targets.

He also said that the rockets were fired from the occupied Sevastopol.

21:00 The White House clarified Biden's words that "Putin cannot remain in power": "The president's point of view was that Putin should not be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or over the region. He did not discuss Putin's power in Russia or regime change.

20:38 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation claims that 439.4 thousand people were delivered to Russia from Ukraine, of which almost 92 thousand are children. Including 19.7 thousand people were illegally evacuated to Russia per day, including 3.3 thousand children.

20:35 Russian missile attacks on Lviv are an attempt to scare Ukrainians and diplomats who are in the "city of democratic countries," Yermak said. “Ukraine is definitely not going to be frightened by such crimes of the Russians, and I want to say to Western partners once again: close the sky, show strength, such as the Ukrainian army shows in the fight against the Russian one,” he wrote.

20:32 People's Deputy Goncharenko said that information about Russian intelligence officers in Ukraine is being sold by Kadyrovites.

20:22 Podolyak about missile strikes on Lviv: "Another big Ukrainian city. With great historical value. Near the border. Inside the city there are embassies of many countries. But the barbarians of the Russian Federation are not interested in anything - neither history, nor heritage, nor foreign diplomatic missions. Is it really Europe continue to "pacify?"

20:19 Russian troops again fired at the research nuclear installation in Kharkov at the Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology, the State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation reported.

19:59 Trostyanets has been liberated from Russian invaders, said the head of the Sumy OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.

19:57 Putin signed a law on awarding the status of a combat veteran to all participants in the "special operation" in Ukraine. It entitles them and their families to receive tax, transportation, land and housing benefits, as well as increased payments in case of injury and death.

19:52 Biden said in his speech that the war against Ukraine has already become a failure of Russia. He called "a cynical lie" Putin's claims that he wants to "denazify" Ukraine - he wants to unseat Zelensky, "who is a Jew, who is legally elected, whose grandfather fought Nazi Germany."

What happened during the Second World War, the Russian army is doing now in Ukraine, the American president said. According to him, Putin "can and must" end this war, and he cannot remain in power. And Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia, Biden is convinced.

He said that thanks to Western sanctions, the ruble "turned into ashes" and a blow was dealt to the very heart of the Russian economy. "We made real proposals to the Kremlin to stabilize the situation, but the Kremlin rejected them all," the US president added. And democracies, he said, are now recovering in months, not years, as they used to be.

Biden also reiterated that "the US military is not here to participate in the war, but to protect NATO."

19:44 Sadovyi said that as a result of new missile attacks on Lviv, "significant damage was caused to infrastructure facilities." Residential buildings, he said, were not damaged.

19:34 Biden called "the lies that Russia is spreading" the information that "we are going to expand NATO."

19:30 Biden said that the West needs to prepare for a "long struggle" between democracy and autocracy, and this struggle "will not be won in a couple of days or months."

He also said that "now Ukraine is at the forefront in the struggle for democracy and freedom," and Putin does not really need negotiations.

19:16 Another missile strike was inflicted on Lviv, Mayor Andriy Sadovyy said.

19:11 The Russians demand that the police be removed from Slavutych, Vadim Denisenko, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs, said. But everyone understands that after that there will be other requirements, he added.

Now the city is under siege by Russian invaders, but without the inhabitants of Slavutych it is impossible to ensure the vital activity of the Shelter and the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. So it is not yet clear what plans the Russians have.

19:09 In the Kiev region, the DRG of the enemy does not leave attempts to penetrate the capital. The saboteurs dress up in civilian clothes and use cars stolen from the civilian population, the General Staff reports.

19:07 In some settlements of the Chernihiv region, the invaders forcibly distribute "humanitarian aid" among the local population in order to create propaganda reports by the Russian media, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.

19:05 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the Kherson region, an increase in the terror of the local population by the invaders is recorded. They conduct searches in houses in order to identify ATO/JFO participants, military personnel, volunteers and members of their families. Numerous cases of abduction of women and torture of local residents are reported.

19:03 Russian invaders continue to actively use the transport network of Belarus, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. There is an increase in the number of air transportation of military cargo from the Russian Federation - mainly for the transfer of missiles of various types and ammunition, the enemy uses An-124 transport aircraft. This method of delivery is due to the blocking of railway tracks in certain directions.

The population of Belarus still does not support involvement in the war against Ukraine, but the provision of military support for Russian aggression and the issue of sending Belarusian units to Ukraine is being lobbied by a group of high-ranking officials and generals from the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus.

18:59 In Avdiivka, the invaders used phosphorus ammunition today, said the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Pavel Kirilenko.

18:57 The occupiers were pushed back from Kyiv by 35-70 kilometers, the Defense Ministry said.

18:41 Reznikov says that the US top leadership no longer has any objections to the list of weapons that Ukraine needs: "I spoke about the Stingers in November, and they answered us: what are you talking about, Stingers are impossible. Today we are not even talking about about this name. It's just a matter of logistics."

18:30 Russian invaders fired on Krasnohorivka, Donetsk region, with cluster munitions from Tornado-S MLRS - they fell on the streets of a residential sector, the National Police reported. Local residents are urged not to approach cluster munitions in any case, as they can detonate at any moment. Explosives are on the scene.

18:19 In Mariupol, Russian invaders forcibly took out doctors and patients of city hospital No. 1, as well as people who were hiding there in the basement from shelling, the City Council reports. It is known that there were about 700 people on the territory of the hospital, but it is not known exactly how many Mariupol residents were deported.

18:12 Very heavy fighting has been going on in Irpin for the third day, the invaders attacked from three directions, but their attacks were repulsed, the mayor of the city Alexander Markushin said.

18:09 The head of the Kiev OVA, Oleksandr Pavlyuk, explained the abolition of the enhanced curfew in the capital and the region: they decided not to introduce it so as not to create "excessive social tension." He also noted that there was a threat to the activities of sabotage groups, but now "the situation is stabilized."

Pavlyuk said that in the region the enemy is trying to regroup and attack the capital, the defenders are actively working to push the enemy back.

In Slavutych the situation has been stabilized, the organization of a humanitarian corridor from the city is proposed, information about the deceased local resident is being checked.

18:01 Pope Francis donated an ambulance to Ukraine, which he personally blessed. The car is already on its way to Lviv, it will be handed over to the city by the papal elemosinary, Cardinal Konrad Kraevsky.

17:59 It's still too early to talk about the refusal of the Russians to storm Kiev, said Vadim Denisenko, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs. “Indeed, they have no strength now. But at the same time, we understand that they are concentrating their units to the Belarusian-Ukrainian border,” he added.

At the same time, Denisenko confirmed that the Russians are now abandoning their main forces to gain control over the Donbass.

17:57 Russian occupiers launched two rocket attacks on Lviv. According to preliminary data, five people were injured, said the head of the Regional State Administration Maxim Kozitsky. He warned that the threat of a new strike still remained.

17:56 Russian troops fired on Boyarka in the Kiev region today, four civilians were wounded, including a child, the regional prosecutor's office said.

17:51 All 48 buses that the occupiers blocked in Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye region, are already moving to Zaporozhye after passing the last Russian checkpoint, Piotr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, said.

17:43 In the Odessa Regional Council, the OPPL faction dissolved itself - all 24 deputies wrote statements about leaving it.

17:25 Biden, when asked by a journalist about what he thinks of Putin, said: "I think he is a butcher."

17:21 The air command of Skhid reports the destruction of an aircraft and a drone of the Russian invaders near Kharkov.

17:16 South Ossetia has officially announced the dispatch of its military to the Donbass. In Melitopol, eyewitnesses are already reporting the appearance of vehicles with their flag on the streets.

17:02 The Turkish Ministry of Defense stated that an unknown object, due to which the Bosphorus was blocked today, turned out to be a sea mine, which the Turks neutralized. Turkey turned to Ukraine and the Russian Federation with a request for consultations.

Earlier, the Russians said that the Ukrainian side had allegedly mined the approach to its shores of the Black Sea, but the mines began to drift towards the Bosphorus. However, Russia even named their exact number - 420. Experts say that these are probably Russian mines, since it is almost impossible to accurately calculate their number in a stormy sea, Babel writes, citing Turkish media.

17:00 Since the beginning of the war, the State Bureau of Investigation has registered 330 criminal proceedings, of which almost 200 are for high treason and collaborationism.

16:59 Russian propaganda is spreading fakes about the cyber landings of US and NATO specialists in Ukraine to explain the power of Ukrainian cyber defense, reports the State Service for Communications.

16:57 The invaders launched a missile attack on the outskirts of Lviv, an oil depot was attacked, MP Goncharenko said.

16:53 Kuleba and Reznikov handed over to Biden, Blinken and Austin the fragments of one of the Russian missiles that had been fired at the Yavoriv military training ground.

"Today, in the development of contacts between Presidents Zelensky and Biden, we agreed on the next steps to ensure that fewer such missiles fall on Ukrainian soil. And, of course, for Ukraine to win," Kuleba wrote after the meeting.

16:42 The social network VKontakte massively blocks opposition publics. Among these have already turned out to be The Insider, the fan community of Ekaterina Shulman, the pages of Khodorkovsky and Navalny, The Village, Rain, Echo of Moscow, Meduza, Present Time, Radio Liberty and many others.

16:20 The rector of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epiphanius, said that "dozens of communities and several monasteries" voluntarily joined the OCU.

15:57 Podolyak says that two destructive processes are happening simultaneously in Russia:

15:42 From today, Ukraine has launched a program to provide free food to residents of settlements located in the war zone, Shmyhal said.

15:35 The city council of Slavutych asks local residents to remain calm and warns that occupiers' equipment is moving around the city in order to check the absence of weapons.

15:24 The Armed Forces of Ukraine will return control over Kherson today , adviser to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Markiyan Lubkivsky is convinced.

15:06 The Ukrainian military almost completely destroyed the elite tank army of the Russian Federation in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions, Arestovich said.

14:57 In Crimea, mobilization is underway to participate in the war on the side of Russia against Ukraine. Men of military age are massively trying to leave the peninsula through the Russian Federation, the representative office of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea reported.

14:55 The occupiers are trying to break through the Izyum to the Donbass , said the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov. According to him, they are trying to bypass Izyum, pass partially through it in order to transport their troops to the Lugansk and Donetsk regions, in fact, cut off the JFO line.

14:51 Kuleba spoke about the meeting with Biden:

Biden is convinced that what is happening in Ukraine will change the 21st century. And this is not about the war of Russia against Ukraine, but about the war of tyranny against the whole world. The American president also promised that the United States will continue to support Ukraine and increase assistance.

We discussed sanctions, agreed how and with which countries to work so that they do not become a loophole for Russia to circumvent sanctions.

On the supply of weapons, "there was a substantive discussion, progress and developments."

14:34 Ukraine has offered its underground storage facilities for storing fuel purchased jointly by the EU countries and their partners. According to Energy Minister German Galushchenko, Ukrainian underground storage facilities are the largest in Europe.

14:32 Russia hit Lisichansk with a Tochka-U missile, several houses are on fire in Severodonetsk, said the head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai. According to him, because of the shelling, the mine, where the workers are underground, has been de-energized.

14:24 There is no electricity and central water supply in Chernihiv, water is delivered to people in affordable containers. The footbridge across the Desna River has been damaged and may fall, moreover, it is under cross fire. It is not possible to arrange a large-scale evacuation from Chernihiv - they are trying to organize it only for seriously wounded people, said the mayor of the city Vladislav Atroshenko.

14:22 Great Britain will provide food supplies worth two million pounds to the regions of Ukraine surrounded by Russian troops.

14:20 In the center of Energodar near the city council, on the building of the communication center of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, the Russian invaders installed their dish to ensure broadcasting and conduct enemy agitation among the townspeople. Armed guards were posted around the building, Energoatom reports.

14:09 In the West, mainly in the US and Britain, there are funds from the Russian Federation in the amount of about one trillion dollars, according to Anders Åslund, a Swedish economist and diplomat, an expert on the economy of Eastern Europe.

14:07 There will be no enhanced curfew tomorrow in Kyiv and the region , Klitschko specified. The curfew will operate as usual, from 20:00 to 07:00 the next day.

14:04 In the Chernihiv region last night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked an accumulation of enemy equipment and an ammunition depot near the village of Vyshneve to the north of Chernihiv, Command Pivnich reports. Among the enemy equipment were electronic warfare equipment, therefore, after their destruction, the broadcasting of Ukrainian radio resumed, which until that moment had been jammed by the occupiers.

13:42 The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced the "neutralization" of an object similar to a mine in the Bosphorus Strait.

13:39 Anton Gerashchenko, citing his sources, claims that Shoigu has a heart attack, and today's video in the propaganda media allegedly with his participation is a classic "canned food" dated March 11. Moreover, according to Gerashchenko, Shoigu's condition has worsened and he continues to receive treatment at the Burdenko military hospital.

13:32 In the Kharkiv region, the Ukrainian army launched a counteroffensive and liberated several settlements in the direction of Malaya Rogan, Governor Oleg Sinegubov said.

13:14 Russian invaders fired on and damaged the memorial to the victims of the Holocaust in Drobitsky Yar on the outskirts of Kharkov, the Ministry of Defense reports.

13:11 In the Kiev region, an official Telegram bot was launched to search for missing citizens: https://t.me/findme_kyivobl_bot

13:10 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announces the withdrawal of units of the armed forces of Belarus from the points of permanent deployment to the training grounds.

13:09 Russian troops retreated to the outskirts of Slavutych, said Tatyana Melnik, adviser to the mayor.

12:48 In the Kiev region at the Tarasovka station, Russian troops fired at the Shepetovka-Kiev train, one person was injured.

12:45 Russian invaders tried to land the DRG ashore in the Odessa region, using high-speed boats, Vladislav Nazarov, officer of the Pivden operational command, said. According to him, the enemy received a worthy rebuff, the saboteurs were destroyed. The Russians continue to conduct reconnaissance of the coastline and the Black Sea with the help of aircraft, but they are actively opposed by Ukrainian air defense.

12:43 Borrell said that Europe supports Ukraine without forcing an escalation: "We do not want a conflict of a larger scale, but at the same time we want to put pressure on Russia with all our might so that it pays the price."

12:33 On the morning of March 26, the invaders launched a missile attack on an oil depot near Kiev, MP Elena Krivoruchkina said. According to her, there are no victims or injured, but rescuers cannot start extinguishing the fire because of the danger of repeated shelling.

12:27 Near Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye region, Russian invaders have created a many-kilometer traffic jam in which there are refugee cars and ambulances with wounded children, said the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko. According to him, the Russians carefully check everyone who crosses their checkpoint and create obstacles for the rapid movement of the column.

12:18 At the rally in Slavutych, one person was killed , two were injured. The Russian military throw stun grenades into the crowd and open fire, Suspilne reports.

12:16 The "authorities" of the so-called "DPR" have allowed the circulation of the hryvnia along with the ruble on the territory of the illegal formation. The Decree will be in effect until July 1. The rate is fixed at 2.5 rubles per hryvnia.

12:12 The mayor of Slavutych was released. He spoke to the local residents and said that the Russians "will let them live in peace" if there are no military men in the city. The possibility of leaving the city will be resumed, the invaders will bring humanitarian aid. The mayor stressed that the city remains under the Ukrainian flag.

12:08 In the western part of Mariupol, which is now under the control of the invaders, sweeps have begun. According to the city council, citing local residents, Russians go to the apartments of surviving houses and conduct a population census. If no one opens, they break down the doors, conduct searches, and ask neighbors.

12:03 Zelensky said at the Delphic Forum that Russia does not receive punishment for its atrocities and uses its nuclear status to threaten the whole world, so international institutions need to be reformed to restore justice. He also stressed that due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the whole world will face problems with food.

11:59 A meeting between Kuleba and Reznikov with American colleagues Blinken and Austin began in Warsaw. A meeting of Ukrainian ministers with Biden is also scheduled.

11:57 Venediktova said that the former people's deputy from the Party of Regions Oleg Tsarev was suspected. Prosecutors are asking for a life sentence for him.

11:55 Bucha City Council warned local residents that today the occupiers will try to carry out a fake "evacuation" to Belarus , you can't go anywhere with them.

11:54 Vereshchuk said that the occupiers planned a demonstrative action: they are going to forcibly deport ethnic Armenians, Azerbaijanis and Meskhetian Turks from Kherson to the occupied Crimea.

11:45 According to Ukrainian intelligence, the Russian Federation is often faced with the impossibility of restoring equipment after "reopening" from warehouses. Optical devices and electronics containing precious metals were completely stolen from combat vehicles.

In particular, in the 4th Panzer Division of the Russian Federation, they found out that out of ten "reactivated" tanks, only one is in a more or less operational condition. The rest are completely dismantled. Some of them don't even have engines. At present, plans for the transfer to the front of equipment removed from storage have actually been thwarted.

Intelligence also reports that, according to available information, the commander of the 13th tank regiment of the 4th tank division of the Russian Federation shot himself.

11:33 In Kyiv and the region, the curfew will last from 20:00 Saturday, March 26, until 07:00 Monday, March 28.

11:22 There is no power supply in the Svyatoshinsky district of Kiev: two lines are disconnected due to the shelling of the invaders in the suburbs in the directions of Gostomel and Irpin, the Kyiv City State Administration reports. Now the work of specialists is impossible, because the occupiers continue shelling. It will take several hours to repair the damage.

In addition, lower water pressure is possible on the right bank during the day. The shutdown of the lines led to a blackout of three pumping stations in the capital.

11:17 Mayor of Zhytomyr Sergei Sukhomlin said that on the evening of March 25, a military unit came under fire. In turn, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the Caliber missiles destroyed a warehouse with ammunition and weapons in the Zhytomyr region. The missiles were launched from the Black Sea.

11:10 Ten humanitarian corridors have been agreed for March 26:
  • Donetsk region: Mariupol - Zaporozhye (by private transport)

  • Kyiv region: Plesetskoye - Fastov; Severinovka - Belogorodka; Borodianka - Bila Tserkva; Chervonaya Sloboda, Rozhev, Sitnyaki - Bila Tserkva

  • Luhansk region: from Rubizhne, with. Lower, Lisichansk, Popasnoy, Severodonetsk, Gorsky

  • In addition, work is underway on the gum corridors for Slavutych, Dymer and Ivankov.

11:09 Zelensky addressed the politicians of Qatar and the participants of the Doha Forum: "It is a matter of time when European countries refuse to purchase Russian oil and gas. Responsible states, in particular, the state of Qatar, are reliable and solid suppliers of energy resources. And they can make their contribution in stabilizing the situation in Europe. They can do a lot to restore justice."

11:05 In Kiev, from March 28, the Centers for the provision of administrative services are resuming work. They will work from 10:00 to 16:00.

10:56 In the Sumy region tonight, the occupiers withdrew a significant part of the troops to the territory of Russia. There was shelling of the suburb of Sumy, information about the victims and destruction is being specified, the IVA reported.

10:37 The occupiers kidnapped the mayor of Slavutych Yuriy Fomichev , the head of the Kiev OVA Oleksandr Pavlyuk reports. The city council in full force continues its work. Also, Russian troops seized the city hospital.

10:26 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russians on the morning of March 26:
  • personnel - about 16,400 people,

  • tanks - 575,

  • armored fighting vehicles - 1640,

  • artillery systems - 293,

  • MLRS - 91,

  • air defense systems - 51,

  • aircraft - 117,

  • helicopters - 127,

  • automotive equipment - 1131,

  • ships/boats - 7,

  • tanks with fuel and lubricants - 73,

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 56,

  • special equipment - 19,

  • launchers OTRK - 2.

10:04 Lebanese prime ministerial candidate Omar Arfush called on Hezbollah to fulfill their leader's promise and not send their soldiers to fight with Ukraine.

10:02 The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has decided to suspend all contacts with scientists and research centers in Russia and Belarus.

10:01 Germany will punish for public demonstration of the sign Z. According to Deutsche Welle, such a decision has already been made by two federal states - Lower Saxony and Bavaria.

"Anyone who, using the Z sign, publicly expresses his approval of Russian President Putin's aggressive war against Ukraine should expect criminal prosecution in Lower Saxony," said Lower Saxon Interior Minister Boris Pistorius.

09:57 Residents of Slavutych took to the action for Ukraine, while a column of Russian tanks and infantry stands under the city. They shoot at checkpoints around the city, some houses in the city suffer from the blast wave, Energoatom reports.

09:52 Ukrainian air defense is forcing occupiers to use more drones, British intelligence said: “Robust Ukrainian air defense has almost completely restricted manned flights beyond their front lines, so Russia has most likely been forced to use more UAVs instead. This is likely leading to an increase demand for these assets and their depletion".

09:48 The Belarusian battalion named after Kastus Kalinovsky became part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It was created at the beginning of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine and consists exclusively of Belarusians.

09:42 Medvedev named four situations in which Russia can use nuclear weapons:
  • if the territory of the Russian Federation is struck with the use of nuclear weapons;

  • in the event of any other use of nuclear weapons against Russia and its allies;

  • if there is an encroachment on critical infrastructure, as a result of which the Russian nuclear deterrent forces will be paralyzed;

  • in the event of an act of aggression against Russia or its allies, as a result of which "the existence of the country would be in jeopardy."

09:38 After a month of the war, 45% of Ukrainian families began to worry about the lack of food. And one in five is already forced to use different ways to overcome hunger, the UN report says. According to the organization, people are cutting back on their portions and number of meals, and forgoing food in order to feed their children.

09:24 Johnson, following the results of negotiations with Erdogan, said that Britain would provide Ukraine with anti-battery systems, and Turkey would provide another batch of Bayraktars. According to him, anti-battery complexes will help the Armed Forces of Ukraine "destroy the long-range artillery of the Russians, from which they shoot Mariupol." They will also be able to destroy Russian ships at a long distance.

09:21 YouTube removed the channel of Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus, who called the heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Defense of Britain, introducing themselves as Ukrainian ministers.

09:09 Scholz said that Germany is able to abandon Russian gas faster than previously thought. He stressed that the process of gaining independence by the EU countries from Russian gas has now become irreversible.

09:06 Elon Musk said that after the start of the war in Ukraine, hackers tried to hack into the Starlink system. According to him, all attacks have so far been repulsed.

09:05 British intelligence believes that Russian troops do not want to participate in large-scale urban infantry operations, so they are going to bomb cities with aircraft and fire artillery to demoralize Ukrainian forces.

09:02 Adviser to the Minister of Defense Markiyan Lubkivsky in an interview with CNN said that PMC Wagner was supposed to kill Zelensky and Shmyhal. According to him, the conspiracy was confirmed by the Ukrainian special services and special forces that protect the president. Ukrainian intelligence tracked saboteurs in Ukraine, several groups were eliminated.

09:00 In Melitopol, the invaders began to hunt for those who do not want to obey them, the Zaporizhia District Police Department reported. So, representatives of the Russian commandant's office gather the heads of condominiums and offer to report where "fascists" live - that is, everyone who is pro-Ukrainian.

08:34 The Russians are targeting food trains in Severodonetsk, said the head of the Luhansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai. He is sure that it could not have done without a fire spotter. "Another sign of the 'Russian world' is to leave civilians without food," he added.

08:21 As a result of the shelling, the gas pipeline was damaged in Trostyanets, the invaders dropped a large bomb on Akhtyrka, the surroundings of Sumy are under fire, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.

08:00 The introduction of the NATO peacekeeping mission to Ukraine was supported by Denmark and Lithuania, said Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. According to him, there is also approval from other countries, but they are waiting for the reaction of the alliance.

07:43 According to the General Staff, the invaders are trying to intensify the activities of sabotage and reconnaissance groups in Kiev.

07:40 The enemy deployed almost all units of the Russian Guard, which were stationed on the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and in certain areas of the Kherson, Zaporozhye and Donetsk regions, in order to suppress the resistance of the inhabitants of Kherson, Genichesk, Berdyansk and Mariupol, the General Staff reports in the morning summary.

04:52 The mayor of Kherson, Igor Kolykhaev, did not rule out that the Russian occupiers could hold a referendum in the Kherson region by force. At the same time, he believes that the Russians are not interested in creating KhNR - it is more profitable for them to annex Kherson to ORDLO or the occupied Crimea.

04:46 Great Britain has imposed sanctions against another 65 individuals and enterprises involved in Russia's war against Ukraine. In particular, the Russian defense company Kronstadt, which is the main manufacturer of the Orion drone and other drones, fell under the sanctions.

03:14 The invaders are gathering in Melitopol a paid rally in support of the Russian Federation, the Zaporozhye regional administration reported.

02:55 Anonymous hackers released 28 GB of information from the Central Bank of the Russian Federation into the public domain.

01:58 During the day on March 25, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed three enemy aircraft, three Orlan-10 drones, one helicopter and at least five cruise missiles.

01:16 On the evening of March 25, in the Chernihiv region, Russians fired at a convoy with civilians, where there were foreign journalists and TSN correspondent Andrei Tsaplienko, who reported the incident. The journalist himself was wounded, the shelling lasted at least an hour and a half.

00:45 In the Kharkiv region, Russian invaders restrict the movement of the civilian population by establishing a network of checkpoints, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.

00:26 A Moscow City Duma deputy said that it is necessary to expand the boundaries of the "military operation" and "denazify" Poland, Moldova, the Baltic countries and Kazakhstan. Podolyak, in turn, commented that Russia, apparently, intends to attack a number of European countries on a full scale.

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