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2023-03-09 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: March 8th, 2023
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 22:58 Zelensky, in an evening video message, thanked "everyone who these days held Ukrainian flags in the squares and streets of Georgia" "for our national anthem that sounded in Tbilisi."
"This is respect for Ukraine, and I want to express sincere respect for Georgia. There is no such Ukrainian who would not wish the success of our friendly Georgia. Democratic success. European success. We want to be in the European Union - and we will. We want Georgia to be in The European Union, and I'm sure it will. We want Moldova to be in the European Union, and I'm sure it will. All the free peoples of Europe deserve it," the President stressed.
22:05 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he held a meeting today with the military, intelligence: "The front, our defense, the battle for Bakhmut and the entire Donbass is the first priority. We are doing everything to ensure that our tactical steps work for a strategic task - for Ukraine's success in the battle for the entire temporarily occupied territory of our state."
He also said that the government is preparing new "absolutely fair" steps against those in Ukraine "who are still trying to weaken the state, undermine the strength of our society. A new meeting of the National Security and Defense Council will be held soon, and there are relevant draft sanctions decisions. The internal security of Ukraine is also the first priority ".
21:39 The Regional Directorate of the Territorial Defense Forces Pivnich of the Armed Forces of Ukraine claims that the Ukrainian soldier who was shot by Russian soldiers for the words "Glory to Ukraine" is a fighter of the 163rd battalion of the 119th separate brigade of the Chernihiv Oblast Troops Oleksandr Matsiyevsky.
20:54 The Russians fired on the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region from heavy artillery and Gradov, six people were injured, two of them were children, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak.
20:47 Polish President Andrzej Duda told CNN that Warsaw is ready to transfer all its MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine.
20:44 Russia does not have enough ammunition and troops to make significant territorial gains in Ukraine in 2023, so it can go on the defensive, dragging out the war, said US National Intelligence Director Avril Haynes.
20:36 Trump said that he would allow Russia to take away part of the territory from Ukraine "to avoid war." He emphasized that during his presidency, Russia did not capture a single country, while during the previous ones it occupied parts of Georgia and Ukraine, and under Biden generally received a buffet.
19:57 Russia probably will not be able to capture the entire territory of the Donetsk region this year, according to the annual US intelligence threat assessment report. Analysts say Putin has misjudged the capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and Russian troops will continue to face attrition, understaffing and low morale. Intelligence also believes that the effect of partial mobilization in the Russian Federation will appear only in spring and summer.
19:29 The contract for the export of Ukrainian grain through the Russian-controlled Black Sea expires on March 18, and the UN insists on another extension. President Zelensky and UN Secretary General António Guterres at a meeting in Kyiv spoke in favor of extending the grain deal. More details - in the material Grain and war .
18:54 The White House National Security Council cannot confirm the information about the alleged Ukrainian trace in the sabotage on the Nord Stream pipelines, said the head of the press service of the department, Adrienne Watson.
18:50 China will continue to cooperate with Russia, despite the negative reaction of the West, Radio Liberty reports, citing US intelligence data. According to the report, Beijing's continued cooperation with Moscow is "an attempt to challenge the US." The report also said that Russia probably does not seek conflict with the US and NATO, but the war in Ukraine carries a "great risk" that this will happen. In addition, intelligence believes that the Russian Federation in the next ten years will remain "an impressive and less predictable challenge for the United States."
18:39 Borrell announced that he proposed to allocate 1 billion euros from the European Peace Fund for the supply of ammunition to Ukraine.
18:13 The total amount of assistance provided to Ukraine from the allies during the full-scale war is about 150 billion euros, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. He clarified that military assistance is 65 billion of this amount.
18:08 Zelensky said that the future of the UN is decided in Ukraine: "It is now and it is Ukraine that is at the forefront of not just a struggle, but a real war for all the principles on which international life is based. It is now and it is Ukraine that defends the goals and principles of the Charter UN. This means that it is now and precisely in Ukraine that the future of the UN and the global role of the United Nations are being decided."
17:57 Russian propaganda is actively working to dehumanize Ukrainians with the help of outright fakes. Disinformation in the Russian Federation is often based on pseudo-heroes, and recently children have become them. So, propagandists "created" a new hero - the boy Fyodor, who saved two girls with a "wound in the chest." More details - in the material "Fight with the Ukrainian DRG" .
17:51 Latvia handed over eight cars confiscated from drunk drivers to Ukraine, Delfi reports. In particular, the Latvian government decided to donate the confiscated cars to five units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as to the Vinnitsa Regional Clinical Hospital and the territorial medical association of the Kupyansk City Council in the Kharkiv region. According to the Minister of Finance of Latvia, Arvila Asheradens, a little more than a month has passed since the idea of transferring the confiscated cars to Ukraine to its implementation.
17:44 The EU military mission will train over 11,000 Ukrainian troops by the end of March and another 30,000 by the end of the year, Borrell said.
17:29 Germany handed over to Ukraine two more Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and 6,000 ammunition for them, the report of the German government says. In total, Kyiv has already received 34 Gepard installations.
17:20 New echelons with equipment and personnel of the Russian Armed Forces began to arrive in Belarus as part of the rotation, the monitoring group Belaruska Gayun reports. In particular, on March 7, two echelons with equipment and a contingent of the RF Armed Forces arrived at the Osipovichi-1 station (Mogilev region) and Polonka (Brest region). According to the group, at least 79 pieces of equipment and 450 personnel arrived in Belarus.
17:12 The European Commission announced that it plans, if necessary, to initiate an extension of the period for granting temporary protection to Ukrainians: "The European Union is ready to support Ukraine for as long as necessary. Protection has already been extended until March 2024 and can be extended even until 2025. The Commission is ready to take the necessary steps for further extensions, if required."
17:05 Last year, about 16 million Ukrainians arrived in the EU countries, of which 11 million then returned to Ukraine, another 1 million people went further to other countries, and about 4 million refugees remained in the EU, said European Commissioner for Internal Affairs Ylva Johansson.
16:46 The ultimate goal of the UN in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine is to achieve a just peace in accordance with the UN Charter and international law, UN Secretary General António Guterres said during a visit to Kiev: "The position of the UN is absolutely clear - the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a violation of the UN Charter and international rights. The sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine must be preserved in accordance with the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine. Our ultimate goal is also clear - a just peace in accordance with the UN Charter and international law and the resolution of the General Assembly on the occasion of the anniversary of the outbreak of war."
16:18 The Romanian Parliament at a joint meeting of the two chambers adopted a declaration in support of Ukraine, which condemns the Russian invasion and aggression against Ukraine, calls on the Kremlin to withdraw the occupying troops, demands from the Russian Federation to stop nuclear threats, as well as fictitious accusations of the alleged use of biological weapons by Kiev. In addition, the Romanian parliamentarians called on the EU and NATO to strengthen sanctions against Russia.
16:11 Occupation "authorities" of Energodar announced a drone attack on the city - allegedly drones with incendiary charges hit the embankment, causing a fire with an area of 4 hectares. Before that, the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, published a photo from Energodar, which shows a large column of smoke. Local publics write that the fire occurred in the SBU control area.
16:07 Zelensky met with UN Secretary General António Guterres and a UN delegation in Kiev. “It is very important that it is in Kiev that we are talking about how to return peace and international security, the full force of the UN Charter to those norms that are equally important for all peoples on earth,” the president stressed.
15:58 Commander of the Ground Forces Alexander Syrsky again visited the positions of the Ukrainian military in Bakhmut. "Zugzwang in chess is a situation when any move by a player leads to a deterioration in his position. We are doing everything so that the enemy finds himself in such a situation in this war," he said.
15:35 This week, The New York Times, Die Zeit, The Washington Post and The Times published articles about the possible involvement of a "pro-Ukrainian group" in the Nord Stream explosions. Read more about what the Western media learned in the material Ukrainian trace .
15:06 Permanent representatives of the EU countries have agreed on the allocation of an additional 2 billion euros to the intergovernmental fund, which finances the supply of military assistance to Ukraine.
14:39 Stoltenberg said that the Ukrainian defense of Bakhmut may be defeated in the coming days, but this will not necessarily be a turning point in the war: "This only emphasizes that we should not underestimate Russia. We must continue to support Ukraine."
14:08 The fall in Ukraine's GDP in February decreased to 26% compared to 32% in January, the Ministry of Economy reported. According to the government, this was due to an improvement in the electricity supply.
13:52 Stoltenberg said that it is not yet known who is behind the sabotage at Nord Stream, the investigation continues.
13:45 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said at a meeting of EU defense ministers in Sweden that a total of 9,000 Ukrainian servicemen will be trained in Germany by the end of the year.
13:23 Reznikov said at an informal meeting with EU defense ministers in Sweden that Ukraine needs a million artillery shells: "We need a million artillery shells. This will probably require about 4 billion euros."
The minister added that he would discuss the supply of air defense systems, as well as ammunition: "Priority number one is air defense systems, as well as ammunition, ammunition and more ammunition. Therefore, I support the initiative of the Minister of Defense of Estonia Hanno Pevkur on 1 million 155-mm shells. Also IFVs for the Iron Fist, more tanks like the Leopard and we'll be ready for a counteroffensive."
13:12 The Court of General Jurisdiction of the EU decided to lift sanctions from the mother of the founder of PMC Wagner Violetta Prigozhina. As Rikard Jozwiak, editor of Radio Liberty in Europe, said, the court concluded that the connection between the woman and Yevgeny Prigozhin is based solely on family relations.
12:46 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced that 18 German and three Portuguese Leopard 2 tanks will be handed over to Ukraine in March.
12:24 The UN is studying a video of the execution of an unarmed Ukrainian soldier by Russian occupiers and, based on a preliminary examination, believes that it may be real, a spokeswoman for the UN Human Rights Office told AFP. She added that since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the UN Human Rights Office has documented numerous violations of international humanitarian law against prisoners of war, and each should be investigated.
12:15 Chinese experts are investigating the mistakes that Russia made in the war against Ukraine, and are also diligently studying the influence of American weapons and technologies, Reuters writes after analyzing about a hundred articles in 20 Chinese specialized publications on military topics. The agency emphasizes that while Chinese officials avoid criticizing the Russian Federation, military experts are more frank in their conclusions: many Chinese articles are devoted to the mistakes of Russian troops. Among them are outdated tactics, the lack of a unified command, insufficient intervention in Ukrainian communications.
Also, Chinese researchers are concerned about the role of the Starlink satellite network. China wants to develop a similar network and find ways to disable Starlink, analysts say. Much attention is also paid in China to the study of American weapons, including HIMARS, as well as Stinger and Javelin missiles, which "caused serious damage to Russian tanks, armored vehicles and warships."
12:07 Iran secretly delivered a large amount of ammunition to Russia, Sky News writes, citing its sources. According to the publication, two cargo ships under the Russian flag left the Iranian port in January, heading to Russia through the Caspian Sea. They carried about 100 million bullets and about 300 thousand shells. The ships also carried ammunition for MLRS, mortars and machine guns. In addition, there were about 10,000 body armor and helmets on board. Russia paid for the goods in cash.
11:53 Western intelligence knows the name of the Ukrainian sponsor of the Nord Stream bombing, but they deliberately decided not to disclose it in order to protect Ukraine, writes The Times. According to the publication, the name of the private sponsor of the sabotage is not associated with the Zelensky government. The name of the Ukrainian allegedly decided to hide in order to save Kyiv from a public quarrel with Berlin, which delayed the provision of Leopard 2 tanks and the IRIS-T air defense system.
Meanwhile, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius refused to comment on media reports regarding the organizers of the undermining of gas pipelines until the investigation is completed. At the same time, he did not rule out that an operation under a false flag could have taken place.
And Reznikov, in turn, said that the Ukrainian special services had nothing to do with sabotage: “For me, this is a rather strange story that has nothing to do with us. I think that an official investigation conducted by the relevant authorities will reveal all the details. a compliment to our special forces, but these are not our actions."
11:46 A meeting of EU defense ministers with the participation of Reznikov has begun in Sweden. The Ukrainian minister said that he would discuss the transfer of weapons with partners.
11:38 In the Luhansk region, the Russians are trying to capture the de-occupied villages, but they have no strategic success at the front, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the invaders are storming in the direction of Stelmakhivka in the Svatov region, but the Ukrainian defenders retain control over this village. Also, fighting continues in the direction of Makeevka-Nevsky and Kuzemovka-Novoselevsky - these villages are completely destroyed by the Russians.
11:29 China will allocate 200,000 euros through the IAEA to ensure nuclear security in Ukraine, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said.
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She also added that Beijing will continue to promote "peaceful dialogue and a political process for resolving" the situation in Ukraine. "We will eliminate the main risk factors in the field of nuclear safety, promote security at Ukraine's nuclear facilities," she concluded.
11:04 The previous day was the first since February 24, 2022, when not a single civilian was injured in the Donetsk region, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko. But, according to him, the situation remains tense - the Russians continue to shell the settlements of the Donetsk region.
10:41 At night, two Iranian kamikaze drones Shahed-131/136, with which the Russians attacked Ukraine from the north, were destroyed by air defense, the command of the Air Force reported.
10:28 The situation in the energy system is stable, there has been no shortage of power for the 25th day in a row and is not predicted yet. Ukrenergo reports that the situation will remain stable in the future in the absence of new Russian attacks on the energy system. All types of power plants operate, electricity imports are negligible.
10:05 About 40% of all military aid promised to Ukraine by the Pentagon since the beginning of the war (more than $ 8 billion) was received in three months - from December 9, 2022, writes The Economist. At the same time, arms deliveries, agreed in Germany only in January 2023, account for two-thirds of the total amount sent to Ukraine for the whole of 2022. As a result, almost a third of the Ukrainian army will soon have weapons according to NATO standards, the newspaper notes.
Zaluzhny expects to end up with three new army corps, each consisting of six brigades. Each corps - 20 thousand people, trained and armed according to NATO standards.
09:57 South Korea last year agreed on export licenses for Poland to supply Krab howitzers containing South Korean components, a spokesman for the country's Defense Ministry said in a comment to Reuters. This was the first confirmation that Seoul has agreed to transfer military components to Ukraine - albeit indirectly. Previously, it was not clear whether there was official permission for this. At the same time, the department emphasized that the position of South Korea is not to transfer weapons systems to Ukraine.
09:16 British intelligence believes that Shoigu's March 4 visit to the front in Ukraine could be a response to Prigozhin's recent visit to the front line. Wagner's open conflict with the Russian Defense Ministry continues, and Shoigu is probably painful about the comparison with Prigozhin, analysts say.
Intelligence also drew attention to the fact that the only Russian field commander shown in the video with Shoigu was Colonel General Rustam Muradov. It is noteworthy that Muradov is in charge of the Ugledarsky sector of the Donetsk region, where over the past three months several assaults have failed.
Until recently, the Russian command probably considered the breakthrough in the Vuhledar area as a key way to achieve an operationally important breakthrough of the Ukrainian positions. Now the military leadership of the Russian Federation is likely to face a dilemma: make another attempt to storm Ugledar or support fierce battles north of Bakhmut and Kremennaya.
09:08 UN Secretary General António Guterres arrived in Kiev on a visit , his speaker Stefan Dujarric said. During his third visit to Ukraine since the start of the war, he will meet with Zelenskiy to negotiate an extension of the grain deal, which ends March 18.
08:40 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 8.
- personnel - about 155,530 (+700) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3436 (+4),
- armored combat vehicles - 6723 (+9),
- artillery systems - 2463 (+7),
- MLRS - 488 (+0),
- air defense systems - 253 (+0),
- aircraft - 303 (+0),
- helicopters - 289 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 2098 (+3),
- cruise missiles - 873 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 5330 (+7),
- special equipment - 236 (+0).
08:21 The Russian army is focusing its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Miner directions. It continues unsuccessful offensive operations in the areas of Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Dubovo-Vasilyevka, Bakhmut, Kamenka, Avdeevka and Maryinka of the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in a morning report . Over the past day, the Defense Forces repulsed more than 100 enemy attacks in the indicated directions.
06:27 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Russian troops do not have the resources to obtain operational results in the event of the capture of Bakhmut. At best, it can only be a tactical victory for them. If Bakhmut is captured, analysts say, the Russian offensive in the region will culminate. The ISW also notes that the Russians lack the mechanized forces needed to advance on Bakhmut, and the assault squads are not capable of waging a maneuver war.
If the Russians occupy Bakhmut, they will have to choose between two divergent directions of attack: one towards Konstantinovka, the other towards Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. These two potential offensive lines do not support each other, and the degraded Russian forces may have to choose one of them. In addition, Ukrainian forces have powerfully strengthened their positions in both of these directions.
03:19 Biden and Macron had a telephone conversation during which they discussed support for Ukraine, the White House reported. In particular, the presidents discussed the obligation of their countries to "continue to provide security assistance to Ukraine and collect compensation from Russia for its aggression."
01:24 The US military is looking for an opportunity to install AIM-120 medium-range air-to-air missiles on MiG aircraft used by Ukraine, Politico writes, citing a source in the US Department of Defense. These efforts, if successful, could be part of the solution to Kyiv's need for additional firepower and air defense, the newspaper notes. The main problem is that the American and Soviet systems are so different that the missile and the plane "can't see" each other.
00:20 US State Department spokesman Ned Price called the video of the execution of an unarmed Ukrainian soldier by the Russians "terrible": "The terrible picture of how this unarmed Ukrainian is executed after a simple statement "Glory to Ukraine" is simply amazing in terms of its barbarity."
Price added that Russia "should be ashamed of itself" and their actions disregard "elementary humanity, the basic rules of war and decency." He also noted that, unfortunately, this is not the only case of Russian war crimes, and their number is determined by tens of thousands of facts.
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