Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:03 This year the Netherlands will allocate additional funding of 2 billion euros for military support to Ukraine, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said. He clarified that this amount includes 250 million euros for the Czech initiative to purchase artillery shells for Ukraine. “And this is not our last contribution. We are also working hard to ensure that 24 Dutch F-16 aircraft are in the skies over Ukraine as soon as possible,” Rutte added.
21:47 For the first time in a month, Russia put two underwater missile carriers on alert duty in the Black Sea. The total salvo of Caliber is up to eight missiles, the level of missile danger is very high, the Southern Defense Forces warn.
21:44 The missiles that Russia used against Kiev today contained at least 1,500 components imported from “normal states,” Zelensky said in an evening video message and emphasized the need to tighten sanctions.
"Each Russian missile contains components produced by companies from other countries - not Russia. The design of the Kh-101 missiles has at least 53 types of such components. The Kinzhal missile has at least 49 types of components that Russia does not produce. A significant part of them are ", which is made by companies of the free world and is brought into Russia through various gray schemes. Blocking such schemes and everyone who supports them is mandatory. More sanctions are needed. More responsibility is needed for sanctions circumvention schemes," the president noted.
21:39 The Russians dropped an aerial bomb on a private sector in Novogrodovka, Donetsk region - two people were killed, two were injured, the prosecutor's office reported. At least 20 private and apartment buildings were damaged or completely destroyed.
21:36 Ukraine faces “difficult decisions” about withdrawing from a number of territories to “strengthen its defenses” due to the delay in new US assistance, said Pentagon Deputy Speaker Sabrina Singh.
21:28 GUR representative Andrey Yusov called the railway to Crimea, which Russia is building, a “significant goal” for Ukraine: “This is a serious challenge, a serious threat. Accordingly, this is a significant goal for the Ukrainian Defense Forces. There are plans, but they do not always correspond to reality "It's the same in the Russian case."
20:19 The Russians accidentally sank their own trawler Captain Lobanov - during Baltic Fleet exercises in the Kaliningrad region, it was hit by a Russian Navy missile, Dozhd reports citing a relative of a crew member. According to him, on March 19, three crew members were killed and four were injured as a result of a missile hitting the ship.
20:12 After a pause of 44 days, the Russian army again launched a massive attack on Kiev. A feature of today's strike was the complex trajectory of the missiles. So, after maneuvers in neighboring regions, they simultaneously approached the capital from different directions. For more details, see the material Russia is playing tricks with the trajectory.
19:45 Zelensky said that he met with the head of the NATO Military Committee Robert Bauer - they discussed the priority defense needs of Ukraine and the need for additional air defense systems.
19:36 Democrats in both houses of the US Congress are ready to support the provision of aid to Ukraine in the form of a loan in order to break the impasse, writes The Hill. "The Democrats support aid to Ukraine. Call it a loan or whatever you want, but give them the resources. You have to give them aid. If it's a loan, it's aid; if it's a bailout package with no demands, it's still aid." - said Benny Thompson, a member of the Committee on Homeland Security.
At the same time, as the publication notes, few congressmen believe that Ukraine will be able to repay these loans, but such a scheme will allow Republicans to tell their voters that they are trying to ease the financial burden for American taxpayers.
19:27 After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, about 400 Russian spies were expelled from European embassies. But even after such a rapid collapse of its intelligence network, Moscow did not give up and began recruiting European politicians and civil activists with renewed vigor. With parliamentary elections scheduled for June in Europe, this is causing increasing concern in the EU. Read more in the material Network of Agents of the Russian Federation.
19:02 The Czech Republic transferred the last two Mi-24 helicopters to Ukraine as military assistance. The country has no more such aircraft left, said Defense Minister Yana Chernokhova. Prague transferred the Mi-24 to Ukraine for the first time in July 2022, the second time in 2023.
18:34 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced today that the country's enterprises producing aviation weapons have already doubled the production of FAB-1500 bombs and have begun mass production of FAB-3000. About the danger the FAB-300 poses, see the article Second After Nuclear.
18:21 The United States proposed that its G7 allies create a mechanism for using frozen Russian assets, and use the funds received to support Ukraine, Bloomberg writes, citing sources. We are talking about creating a special fund to issue bonds worth at least $50 billion, secured by income from assets. Discussions are at an early stage, and some G7 countries, including Germany and France, have expressed caution about the idea.
16:13 Slovakia and Hungary will not join the Czech initiative to purchase shells for Ukraine, the foreign ministers of the countries said.
18:02 Hungary wants to openly cooperate with Russia in sectors that are not subject to sanctions, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said. He added that some countries already do this, but covertly. According to the diplomat, the volume of Russian gas supplies to Europe has increased.
17:58 As a result of today's ballistic missile attack on Nikolaev, an industrial enterprise was damaged, the fire was promptly extinguished. One person was killed and six plant workers were injured, the Southern Defense Forces said.
17:56 The Russian Army shelled Novogrodovka, Donetsk region - at least one person was killed and two were injured, the search and rescue operation continues, said the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
17:50 Today, throughout the day, the Russians fired drones and artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region, in particular the city of Berislav, the villages of Kazatskoe, Sadovoe and Veletenskoe. The strikes killed one person and injured four others, prosecutors said. Law enforcement also identified a resident of Kachkarovka who died as a result of explosives being dropped from a drone on March 20.
17:33 Almost all the cruise and ballistic missiles that Russia fired at Kiev today were aimed at power steering facilities, Ukrainskaya Pravda reports, citing an intelligence source. The interlocutor confirmed that they were all shot down.
16:51 The head of the NATO Military Committee, Rob Bauer, during a visit to Kiev, stated the need for mobilization: “You need not only grenades, you need people to replace the dead and wounded. And this means mobilization.”
16:45 The defense forces managed to stabilize the situation in eastern Ukraine, Syrsky said in a telephone conversation with the Chief of the Joint Staff of the French Armed Forces, Thierry Burcard.
16:34 The number of victims as a result of the strike on Nikolaev has increased to six, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
16:09 Borrell said that European politicians should not frighten their citizens with the inevitability of war. According to the diplomat, instead of talking about sending troops to Ukraine, one should focus on helping Kyiv. “This is not about dying for Donbass, this is about helping the Ukrainians,” Borrell said.
16:00 Shoigu said that mass production of three-ton FAB-3000 aerial bombs has begun in Russia.
15:28 Syrsky said that he held a meeting with the NATO delegation led by the head of the Alliance Military Committee Rob Bauer. We discussed the situation on the battlefield and the main needs of the Defense Forces, among which key priorities are ammunition and air defense.
15:25 Poland will not only contribute to the Czech initiative to purchase shells for Ukraine, but will also help deliver them, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said: “We are very pleased to contribute not only financially, but also in a very efficient logistics operation so that ammunition can be delivered to where it is needed at the front."
15:22 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. We discussed the continuation of defense cooperation, in particular the strengthening of Ukrainian air defense, and agreed to speed up work on a bilateral security agreement.
15:17 As a result of the strike on Nikolaev, one person was killed and four were injured, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim. According to him, the search is still ongoing.
14:55 Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer opposed using proceeds from frozen Russian assets to finance weapons for Ukraine, but supported the idea of using these funds for reconstruction. In turn, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz supported the use of funds to arm Ukraine. According to him, this money “does not belong to anyone.”
14:41 The mayor of Nikolaev, Alexander Senkevich, announced a ballistic missile attack on the city.
14:28 During his visit to Kiev, Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine worth 20 million euros. It will include, in particular, artillery ammunition, anti-tank guns, explosives, gas masks, sniper equipment, and smaller caliber ammunition.
14:10 The Russians fired at the critical infrastructure of the left bank of the Kherson region, as a result of which the residents of Kakhovka were left without electricity, water and gas, said First Deputy Head of the Regional Council Yuriy Sobolevsky.
13:59 As a result of a night missile attack on Kiev, the Rozetka warehouse was damaged, said Vladislav Chechetkin, co-founder of the marketplace. In addition to the warehouse, trucks and goods were damaged. When the strike occurred, there were 99 people on shift in the warehouse; they went down to the bomb shelter in time.
13:52 During the international charity fundraiser for the purchase of Sych strike and reconnaissance drones for the Main Intelligence Directorate units of the Ministry of Defense, Russian citizens turned out to be the most active, intelligence reported. Thus, over four days, almost 3,000 people joined the volunteer campaign, of which 1,538 were Russians, including 200 Muscovites, who scanned the QR code from the screens of their TVs and gadgets. At the same time, the peak of donations from Russian citizens coincided with the presidential elections.
13:15 Soldiers of the Legion of Freedom of Russia claim that as a result of their raid, the Russian army lost more than 1,500 thousand people, of which 651 were irretrievable losses, 980 were sanitary. Russian volunteers also managed to destroy and damage 171 pieces of military equipment.
12:47 The head of Grayvoron, Belgorod region, Gennady Bondarev, called on residents to leave temporarily due to constant shelling. According to him, the Yaroslavl region is ready to accept them.
12:28 Representatives of the Russian Volunteer Corps, the Russian Freedom Legion and the Siberian Battalion stated at a joint press conference in Kiev that the ultimate goal of their operations is to eliminate the Putin regime, and the primary task is to help Ukrainian troops.
Representative of the Russian Freedom Legion Alexey Baranovsky also said that volunteers, by their actions on the territory of the Russian Federation, thwarted a new Russian offensive: “In a military sense, they were forced to transfer significant forces from near Kupyansk to hold the Belgorod and Kursk regions. In fact, we thwarted the offensive plans of the Russian army. We diverted tactical aviation, it carried out more than 320 airstrikes, all the bombs landed on Russian territory. Thanks to our operation, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were able to stabilize the front and cover areas where a massive Russian attack was expected."
In addition, Baranovsky said that today the fighters took revenge for the missile attack on Kyiv: as a result of the morning attack on a military facility in Belgorod, nine military personnel and five more members of the so-called “volunteer formations” were eliminated.
12:16 For the first time since the start of a full-scale war, the highest military leader of NATO, the head of the Alliance Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, arrived in Kiev. He has already spoken at the Kiev Security Forum. “Every day we are becoming closer and more compatible. Together we are doing everything to ensure that Ukraine becomes a member of our Alliance. The Swedish flag will not be the only blue and yellow flag at NATO headquarters,” Bauer emphasized.
11:50 The Verkhovna Rada adopted a bill to ensure the rights of military personnel and police officers to social protection, said People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak. He noted that by the second reading the committee had significantly improved the document. In particular, the possibility of military personnel staying for treatment for up to 12 months, including abroad, without the need to personally undergo a military medical examination after four months, was supported. The law also establishes a monetary payment of 15 million hryvnia to the family of the defender in the event of his death. In addition, all provisions prohibiting the military from disseminating information in the media and on the Internet were removed from the bill.
11:29 EU leaders at today's summit will discuss a plan to use profits from frozen Russian assets to purchase weapons for Ukraine, but are unlikely to make a final decision, writes Reuters. This initiative is not supported by Hungary, Malta, Austria and Ireland. At the same time, it is expected that following the meeting, the leaders can determine a further course of action on this proposal.
11:08 The lower house of the Czech Parliament adopted a resolution declaring Russia the main threat to the country’s security: “The current terrorist regime in Russia, with its expansionism and attempts to extend its sphere of influence to Ukraine and other European countries, accompanied by war crimes, poses the greatest threat to the security of the Czech Republic ".
10:53 Zelensky said that Russia does not have missiles that could bypass the protection of the Patriot air defense system and other leading world systems. “World unity is able to stop terror when it helps us with air defense systems. Now this protection is needed here in Ukraine. From Kiev to Kharkov, from Sumy to Kherson, from Odessa to Donetsk region. This is quite possible if the partners have enough political will,” - the president emphasized, commenting on the night attack on Kyiv.
10:48 The EBRD intends to invest up to 10 billion euros in Ukraine over the next five years, the bank’s management said.
10:35 In the Kiev region, during a night attack, four people were injured as a result of falling debris, the OVA reported. Destruction and fires were recorded in four districts of the region in six settlements. More than 40 residential private houses, two high-rise buildings, a lyceum building and power lines are known to have been damaged.
10:19 Australia is joining the drone coalition led by the UK and Latvia, Defense Minister Richard Marles said.
09:58 The number of victims as a result of the night attack on Kiev has increased to 13, of which four were hospitalized, the Kyiv City State Administration reported. Six educational institutions were damaged - kindergartens and schools in the Svyatoshinsky and Shevchenko districts. During the attack, about 25 thousand people took refuge at the capital’s metro stations, about 3,000 of them were children.
09:11 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 21:
- personnel - about 433,840 (+750) people,
- tanks - 6832 (+4),
- armored combat vehicles - 13,074 (+16),
- artillery systems - 10 740 (+26),
- MLRS - 1018 (+1),
- air defense systems - 721 (+0),
- aircraft - 347 (+0),
- helicopters - 325 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 8365 (+10),
- cruise missiles - 1922 (+0),
- ships/boats - 26 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 14,242 (+44),
- special equipment - 1741 (+3).
09:07 Over the past 24 hours, 70 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In particular, the enemy tried 24 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the areas of Krasnogorovka, Georgievka, Novomikhailovka, Vodyanoye, Urozhaynoye of the Donetsk region. Another 17 attacks were repelled in the Limansky direction (in the areas of Belogorivka, Zolotarevka of the Lugansk region and Yampolevka, Ternov, Razdolovka, Vesyoly of the Donetsk region) and 14 - in the Avdeevsky direction (in the areas of Berdychi, Semenovka, Tonenky, Pervomaisky, Netaylovo, Nevelsky of the Donetsk region).
The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Kupyansk direction. In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled five enemy attacks in the Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky, and Kleshcheevka areas of the Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - seven attacks in the districts of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - three attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops on the left bank of the Dnieper.
08:50 Russian public pages write about the shelling of Belgorod, as a result of which five people were injured in the morning. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that air defense systems allegedly destroyed ten RM-70 Vampire MLRS rockets in the air over the Belgorod region.
08:39 In Kharkov, as a result of yesterday’s missile attack on a manufacturing plant, five people were killed and nine were injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OBA. Also in the evening, the enemy fired a missile at the town of Barvenkovo, Izyumsky district - an administrative building, equipment and a high-voltage wire line were damaged, one person was injured.
08:27 As a result of a missile attack on Kiev, 12 people were injured, KGVA reports. In the Podolsk region, a fire broke out at a transformer substation covering an area of 200 square meters. m, it has already been liquidated. There was also a fire on the roof of a non-residential two-story building. In the Shevchenko district, a multi-storey residential building was damaged - windows were broken by the blast wave, a fire broke out in the apartment, residents were evacuated. Cars and a private residential building were also on fire. In the Svyatoshinsky district, a multi-storey residential building was damaged.
07:46 Air defense at night destroyed all 29 cruise missiles and two ballistic missiles with which Russia attacked Kiev, said Air Force Commander Nikolai Oleshchuk. In particular, the enemy used two Iskander-M (KN-23)/Kh-47M2 Kinzhal ballistic/aeroballistic missiles, as well as 29 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles from 11 Tu-95MS strategic bombers (launch areas - Volgodonsk, Engels ). The missiles came from the north, the main direction of attack was Kyiv. All enemy missiles were shot down in the Kyiv region.
|
