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2023-03-15 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: March 14th, 2023
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 22:45 The grain deal between Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN on the unblocking of Ukrainian ports was supposed to be extended, but something went wrong. Something, as always, concerns Russia. The agreement expires on March 18, but the parties continue negotiations. Read more in the material Russia disrupts the deal?
21:59 A Russian fighter jet attacked a US Air Force reconnaissance drone over the Black Sea, the US military claims. An MQ-9 Reaper UAV and two Russian Su-27 aircraft were flying over international waters when one of the Russian fighter jets intentionally flew in front of a U.S. drone and dumped fuel near it several times. The aircraft then struck the drone's propeller, incapacitating it. This forced US forces to shoot down the MQ-9 in international waters. For more details, see Russia's Attack on an American UAV .
21:25 In Melitopol, the car of a local "entrepreneur", collaborator Ivan Tkach, who was driving the city's municipal transport, was blown up. The "authorities" of the occupied Zaporozhye region confirmed that he died in the hospital from his wounds.
20:38 The Pechersky District Court of Kiev sentenced to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property the organizer of the sabotage and reconnaissance group of the GRU of the Russian Federation, who was preparing for the murder of Reznikov, Budanov and a well-known Ukrainian activist, the SBU reported. For the murder of each of them, Russian "curators" promised a reward in the amount of 100 to 150 thousand dollars. The attacker was detained as a result of a multi-stage special operation on the territory of the Volyn region in August 2022.
According to the investigation, the defendant is a resident of Lugansk, who, as part of the "LNR", took an active part in the hostilities against the ATO forces in eastern Ukraine. After a full-scale invasion, he was recruited by a career Russian military intelligence officer to carry out subversive activities.
20:01 The United States will not object to the decisions of other countries to supply fighter jets to Ukraine, said John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council.
19:05 Putin called the version about the involvement of Ukrainian activists in the explosion on Nord Stream "complete nonsense". According to him, the United States could theoretically be interested in undermining the Nordic Streams in order to supply its liquefied gas to the European market.
18:36 Reznikov announced the creation of a naval coalition for Ukraine, which already includes three countries. According to him, we can talk about the creation of such a coalition thanks to today's announcement of the Netherlands on the joint transfer of minesweepers with Belgium. Earlier, Britain has already transferred two such minesweepers to Ukraine. "The maritime state of Ukraine will develop its fleet. Plus, we are building the Ukrainian fleet in Turkey. Now we can safely say that a naval coalition has been created," Reznikov said.
18:21 Soldiers of the Polish special forces guarded the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, who acted as an intermediary in Ukrainian-Russian negotiations in the first weeks of a full-scale war, and also ensured the safety of Ukrainian representatives at the talks in Belarusian Brest in late February and early March 2022, writes Dziennik Gazeta Prawna with reference to sources.
18:08 The Netherlands, together with Belgium, will provide Ukraine with two Alkmaar-class minesweepers in 2025, Defense Minister Kaisa Ollongren said. Also, the Netherlands will begin to train Ukrainian units. In addition, the Netherlands will provide bridges and M3 crossings, the minister said.
17:36 Lithuania purchased 16 radars for Ukraine using 14 million euros donated by the population and business representatives, Jonas Okhmanas, one of the organizers of the fundraising campaign, said. According to him, at first it was planned to purchase 14 Israeli-made radars worth 1 million euros each, but after consultations with the Ukrainian military, the plan was adjusted according to their wishes. As a result, several sets of equipment of lower cost were selected and a total of 16 systems were purchased. Part of the equipment has already been sent to Lithuania and is on the way.
17:07 The government of Latvia has approved the decision to donate to Ukraine 18 more cars confiscated from drivers for drunk driving.
16:59 Prime Minister of Iceland Katrin Jakobsdottir is visiting Kiev , Zelensky said. "We appreciate that Iceland helps us politically, financially, in humanitarian and other areas," the president stressed.
16:45 Ukraine and the whole world are waiting for a major counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There is growing concern in the Russian information space about Ukraine's combat potential. Although not everyone is sure that Kyiv has the strength for a counteroffensive. About what to expect at the front in the coming months - in the material, the Russians run out of steam .
16:23 Zaluzhny said that the defense operation in Bakhmut "is of paramount strategic importance for deterring the enemy, it is key to the stability of the defense of the entire front."
15:46 Consultations on the extension of the Black Sea grain initiative continue "with all parties and at different levels," said Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
15:01 At a regular meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief on March 14, all participants expressed a common position on the further retention and protection of Bakhmut , the presidential press service reported. The meeting also analyzed the provision of weapons and ammunition to the units of the Defense Forces at the forefront. Separately discussed were the rates and volumes of the receipt of equipment and weapons from Ukraine's partners and their distribution by groupings of troops.
14:43 In Bakhmut, the cameraman of SuspŃ–lny Aleksey Olkhovik died, his wife said. He was the 49th media worker to die in the war, according to the Institute of Mass Communication.
14:30 Prosecutors have already recorded 71,147 war crimes committed by the Russian Federation in Ukraine, said Yury Belousov, head of the Department for Combating Crimes in the Conditions of Armed Conflict in the Office of the Prosecutor General. According to him, the prosecutor's office announced the suspicion of 293 Russians, 105 cases were sent to court, 29 sentences were issued. Belousov also said that in Ukraine, 210 prosecutors are investigating war crimes committed by the Russian Federation.
14:06 Poland can transfer MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine within the next 4-6 weeks, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said.
13:57 The Russians have suffered significant losses in the Donetsk direction and are experiencing a shortage of ammunition, so they have reduced their activity, said Alexei Dmitrashkovsky, spokesman for the Defense Forces of the Taurida direction: "In fact, the enemy has run out of steam ... There is a lot of talk about the lack of ammunition," artillery hunger ". To the invaders there is a limit set today that they cannot exceed. If they exceed, they are left without ammunition the next day. And this is not only a problem for Prigozhin, who says that he is not given ammunition. This is a common problem in the Russian army."
13:42 Trump's likely rival in the upcoming US presidential election, Ron DeSantis, said that helping Ukraine is not Washington's key interest. He called Russia's invasion of Ukraine a territorial dispute, while it is more important for the US to contain China. DeSantis is against the supply of long-range missiles and aircraft to Ukraine because of the risks of a "hot phase of a war between the two largest nuclear powers in the world."
13:31 Russian Su-24 aircraft fired four anti-radar missiles, presumably X-31P, towards the coast in the Odessa region, said the speaker of the OVA Sergey Bratchuk. The missiles were destroyed over the sea, but a kindergarten on the coast and several private houses around were damaged by debris and a blast wave. There were no casualties.
12:52 The Seimas of Lithuania has recognized PMC Wagner as a terrorist organization. 117 members of the Seimas voted unanimously for the relevant resolution.
12:49 Ukroboronprom announced that it has begun producing 125-mm shells for a tank gun - this is the second ammunition, the production of which the concern's enterprises have launched in close partnership with a NATO country abroad. The first batch of shells for T64, T72 and T80 tanks has already been delivered to the Ministry of Defense.
In general, for the first time since independence, Ukraine has launched its own production of ammunition: 82 mm and 120 mm mortars, 122 mm and 152 mm artillery rounds, and now a 125 mm tank shell. For security reasons, production has been moved outside the country, but Ukrainian designers, technologists, turners, casters, etc. take part in the creation of ammunition.
12:45 In Kramatorsk, the number of wounded as a result of the Russian morning strike has increased to seven, one person has died. Nine high-rise buildings, a kindergarten, the Oschadbank building, and civilian cars were damaged, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
12:36 The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted a law on punishment of up to 15 years in prison for "fakes" about any participants in the "special operation", including volunteers, and up to seven years for their "discredit".
12:29 The European Union has increased the volume of the European Peace Fund, from which arms supplies to Ukraine are paid, by 2.2 billion euros - up to 7.98 billion euros, the EU Council said. Borrell noted that ensuring the financial sustainability of this instrument is critical to supporting not only Ukraine, but also EU partners in other parts of Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
12:05 Peskov said that the extension of the grain deal for 60 days is "a goodwill gesture from Russia." He also expressed hope that the part of the agreement concerning Russian exports would be implemented.
11:46 The coalition to create a special tribunal already has 32 states, Kuleba said: "Two more countries have joined the coalition to create a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine. Currently, 32 states are working together to hold Russia's top political and military leadership accountable .Putin and his associates will stand trial."
11:28 Russia during the year of sanctions was able to keep abroad about a third of the likely income in the amount of $ 227 billion received from the export of goods, writes Bloomberg. The agency estimates that about $80 billion is held abroad in the form of cash, real estate and investments.
11:25 Russians fired at the fire and rescue unit of Volchansk, Kharkiv region, in the morning. One of the shells hit a civilian car, one person died, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
11:16 The head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim reports that the missiles with which the Russians now often fire at Ukraine one by one from the north and south from the air are most likely anti-radar. Thus, the Russian Federation is looking for Ukrainian air defense, Kim believes.
11:00 British intelligence reports that in recent weeks the shortage of ammunition for Russian artillery has escalated to such an extent that in many sectors of the front there are extremely tight restrictions on their use. According to analysts, this explains the fact that not a single Russian unit has recently been able to carry out operationally significant offensive actions.
In order to somehow make up for the lack of ammunition, Russia resorts to issuing old and unusable shells and introduces the principles of a command economy to its military-industrial complex. Thus, the Russian Federation "recognizes that its defense production capacity is a key weakness in the conditions of the NVO, which is increasingly depleted," the intelligence said.
10:53 UN since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia officially recorded 21,965 civilian casualties in Ukraine, including 8,231 killed and 13,734 wounded. The UN emphasizes that the real number of victims is much higher.
10:26 The Russians launched a missile attack on the central part of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region. The rocket hit an apartment building, four wounded were pulled out from under the rubble, one of them died in the hospital, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
10:12 The Atesh guerrilla movement said it blew up the "deputy head" of the Novokakhovka "military administration" - an explosive device went off next to Vitaly Gura's car when he stopped near the Smachna Kraina canteen in Nova Kakhovka. According to the Baza channel, the collaborator was injured and taken to the hospital.
09:50 In Kiev, the system of engineering barriers will be improved, said the head of the city military administration, Sergei Popko. In particular, some roadblocks and engineering structures will be updated and equipped with new concrete structures and anti-tank hedgehogs, dugouts will also be strengthened, trenches will be put in order. At the same time, part of the engineering barriers will be completely dismantled, another part will be put into "sleep" mode - they will be removed from the roadway, but concrete blocks, sandbags, anti-tank hedgehogs, etc. left ready nearby.
Popko assured that the introduction of such a systemic solution would make Kyiv more comfortable for residents and would relieve traffic on the capital's roads.
09:33 The Russians will no longer be able to advance in the south of Ukraine, Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of the OK Pivden, said: "They will no longer be able to advance in the south. Firstly, even the geography of our country provides them with additional obstacles - the Dnieper, the Dnieper Estuary."
She added that the Russians had already tried to advance towards the islands, but had failed. In particular, over the past 24 hours alone, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed eight pieces of equipment, including the one that the enemies brought to the islands, trying to deploy their observation posts there. According to Gumenyuk, the Russians are trying to take positions on these islands only in order to see what the Ukrainian Defense Forces are preparing for.
09:04 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, three people were killed (two in Konstantinovka and one in Avdeevka), 14 more were injured. In the Kherson region, one person died, six were injured. In the Kharkiv region, two people were injured in the Kupyansky district, according to the IVA.
08:35 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 14.
- personnel - about 160,540 (+740) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3484 (+10),
- armored combat vehicles - 6789 (+15),
- artillery systems - 2519 (+16),
- MLRS - 495 (+2),
- air defense systems - 260 (+1),
- aircraft - 304 (+0),
- helicopters - 289 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 2120 (+11),
- cruise missiles - 907 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 5367 (+13),
- special equipment - 256 (+5).
08:16 The Russian army continues offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Shakhtyorsky directions. Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repulsed more than 100 enemy attacks in the indicated directions, the General Staff said in a morning report .
07:20 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that Kadyrov is probably losing his allegiance to Putin, as he can show little in terms of military achievements of the Chechens. At a meeting with the Russian president on March 13, Kadyrov said that the Chechen fighters "conscientiously carry out Putin's orders and strive to act to the bitter end." At the same time, analysts noticed that during the meeting the head of Chechnya was visibly nervous.
The ISW also notes that Chechen units currently play a minimal role on the front in Ukraine. Analysts speculate that Putin may pressure Kadyrov to increase the role of Chechen fighters in the fighting due to the constant losses of both PMC Wagner and regular Russian troops.
In addition, the ISW commented on the intentions of the State Duma of the Russian Federation to immediately raise the maximum draft age from 27 to 30 years, and the minimum from 18 to 21 years in stages, annually raising the draft age by one year. Analysts say the move is intended to widen the age range for conscription to meet a certain portion of the Russian military's immediate manpower needs, and then to reduce the overall demands of Russian society for conscription in subsequent years. The ISW believes that the expansion of the age range for conscription indicates that the Kremlin does not intend to conduct a full mobilization.
06:07 Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said that Russian mercenaries from PMC Wagner are behind the influx of boats with migrants from African countries trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea and get to Europe. In his opinion, in this way Russia takes revenge on the countries that support Ukraine. "This is largely part of a clear strategy of hybrid warfare, which is being carried out by PMC Wagner, using its significant weight in some African countries," the Italian minister said.
Crosetto indicated that around 20,000 people arrived in Italy this year, compared to 6,100 during the same period in 2022. Prigozhin himself, in turn, denies Wagner's involvement in the growth in the flow of illegal migrants: "We have no idea what is happening with the migrant crisis, it does not concern us."
05:44 The US will send $3.6 billion to contain Russia in Europe in fiscal year 2024, the Pentagon said. In addition, the United States will contribute $601 million to the NATO budget, $293 million will be transferred to the NATO Security Investment Program and another $300 million to initiatives to promote Ukraine's security.
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