[Regnum] Six Russians, including two children, are listed as victims of the bathyscaphe crash off the coast of Hurghada, Egypt. This information was confirmed on March 27 by the Russian Consulate General.
“We regret to inform you that as a result of today’s accident with the bathyscaphe Sindbad, six Russians died, including two children,” the official statement said.
At present, diplomats specified, seven Russian citizens, including five children, who were injured in the incident, remain in Hurghada hospitals. According to doctors, their condition does not cause concern, the Consulate General concluded.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the accident of the Sindbad pleasure bathyscaphe occurred on March 27 at about 10:00 Moscow time at a distance of 1 km from the shore. On board the apparatus, which was conducting a regular underwater excursion to inspect the coral reef, in addition to the crew members, there were 45 Russians, including minors. Most of the tourists were rescued, after which the people were taken to hotels and hospitals in Hurghada.
According to the Shot Telegram channel, tourists paid about 7 thousand rubles for tickets for the pleasure bathyscaphe. Tickets for children were half the price. It was also noted that the Russians on board were staying at the Sindbad Club, Mercure Hurghada and Titanic Beach hotels. The pleasure bathyscaphe was supposed to dive to a depth of 25 meters near a coral reef.
[BBC] In Murmansk, the largest city north of the Arctic circle, President Vladimir Putin vowed to "strengthen Russia's global leadership in the Arctic", while warning that "geopolitical competition in the region" was intensifying.
The first example he gave was Donald Trump's idea to acquire Greenland.
But from the Kremlin leader there was no criticism of his US counterpart.
And that's telling, as the White House and the Kremlin try to rebuild relations.
"In short, America's plans in relation to Greenland are serious," President Putin said in an address to Russia's Arctic Forum in Murmansk.
"These plans have deep historical roots. And it's clear that the US will continue to systematically pursue its geo-strategic, military-political and economic interests in the Аrctic.
"As for Greenland this is a matter for two specific countries. It has nothing to do with us."
So said the president who had launched a full-scale invasion of a sovereign neighbouring country and claims to have annexed whole swathes of Ukraine.
When Joe Biden was in the White House, Moscow and Washington were vocal in their criticism of one another.
How things have changed.
My goodness — I do believe that is sarcasm. How terribly clever of the BBC reporter, to be sure.
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Thats just BS by Putin; he's swarming Greenland above the ice with surveillance/reconnaissance ships and below with submarines; Inviting the Chicoms to enjoy the view also. He knows if he could establish a beachhead in or near Greenland, he would only be a stones away from pacifying the Canucks!
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 20.49 The zone of forced evacuation of families with children has been expanded in Donetsk Oblast. The head of the Donetsk OVA, Vadim Filashkin, informed about the corresponding decision.
We are talking about the villages of Krasnopodillya, Matyashevo and Novogrishino of the Krivoy Rog community, the city of Belitskoye, the settlements of Vodyanoye and Chernigovka, the villages of Svetloye and Shevchenko of the Dobropol community, the villages of Kurtovka, Kondratovka and Osykovo of the Druzhkovskaya community, as well as the settlements of Novoselovka and the village of Shandrigolovo.
In total, about 500 children live in these settlements.
19:59 Foreign Ministry spokesman Georgy Tykhy rejected Russia's manipulations regarding the agreement to resume the Black Sea Grain Initiative and stressed that the maritime truce applies to all Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea region. The corresponding statement was made at a briefing in Kiev.
19:49 Ukraine is ready for any format of negotiations to end the war, and Russia's actions are blocking them. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a press conference following a meeting of EU leaders on support for Ukraine.
18:57 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he ordered Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to prepare and transmit to the United States information about damage to an energy facility in Kherson by Russians.
18.28 Drones of the special unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Prymaru (Ghosts) continue combat work over the occupied Crimean Peninsula. The GUR reported this on its Telegram channel and showed a corresponding video.
17.43 Russian occupiers took so-called "bloggers" from Indonesia, Iran and Slovenia to the Zaporizhzhya NPP. This was reported by the Center for National Resistance (CNS) on its Telegram channel.
15:56 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said after a meeting of the "action coalition" in Paris that there is no agreement among the leaders to lift sanctions against Russia. They told reporters after the meeting.
15.32 Russia is spreading fakes aimed at discrediting the mobilization process and the Contract 18-24 program. Russian propagandists are claiming an alleged "mass death" of soldiers in the Kursk direction who joined the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces under the Contract 18-24 program. This was reported by the Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
14.15 The occupiers have massively shelled the central part of Kherson, so far one person is known to have been injured and one person killed. This was reported by the Kherson GVA. It is noted that as a result of the shelling, a 56-year-old man was injured, he has a mine-explosive injury. As reported by the head of the Kherson OVA Oleksandr Prokudin, according to preliminary data, another person has died.
13.58 Russian soldiers who made their way through a pipe to the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region have suffered serious complications. This was reported by Western media citing sources in Russia, BILD reports. It is noted that the surviving soldiers have developed serious lung problems. The main version is severe methane poisoning.
13.42 During negotiations with the US in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh, the Russians did not want to discuss stopping strikes on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine. This was stated by Deputy Head of the President's Office Ihor Zhovkva in an interview with Ukrinform .
13.24 On March 27, the Parliament adopted a law on strengthening the protection of information and cybersecurity of state information resources and critical information infrastructure facilities. This was reported by Oleksandr Fediyenko, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence.
13:16 Russian troops are actively using motorcycles for attacks in the Liman and Novopavlovskiy directions, trying to quickly break through the Ukrainian defense. One of such attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces was repelled the day before by 40 motorcycles and buggies. This was reported by the press secretary of the operational-strategic group of forces Khortytsia Viktor Tregubov on the air of the telethon.
According to Tregubov, the Russians are using light equipment to quickly cross the distance to Ukrainian positions, try to gain a foothold and avoid being hit by drones.
"It's not very effective, but it's cheaper for them than spending money on armored vehicles," he explained.
13:10 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi conducted work in the units of the Defense Forces in Sumy Oblast due to the increased activity of Russians in this area. He reported this on Facebook .
13.00 The village of Malye Shcherbaki in Zaporizhia is under the control of the Defense Forces, despite the fact that Russian propaganda actively spread a fake about its alleged capture. This was reported by the spokesman for the Defense Forces of the South, Vladislav Voloshin.
12.59 In the Nikolaev region, law enforcement officers have tightened security measures due to the increase in threats. Police officers have increased the number of patrols in populated areas, stepped up control at checkpoints and in public places, and are also using modern equipment to detect explosive objects.
For the safety of residents, metal detectors and explosive detectors have been installed in crowded areas. There is also 24-hour monitoring via a video surveillance system.
The measures are due to the terrorist threat.
12:40 A summit of the "coalition of the willing" has begun in Paris, with representatives from 31 countries, the leadership of the European Union and NATO. The meeting will discuss support for Ukraine in containing Russian aggression and achieving a fair and lasting peace, the President's Office reported.
12:26 Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is preparing for a new offensive in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with Le Figaro .
12:06 The Yaroslavl Regional Court found a local resident from Rybinsk guilty of treason and sentenced him to 16 years in a maximum security penal colony. This was reported by the FSB, as reported by Russian media. It is noted that the defendant allegedly established contact with a representative of an organization used by Ukrainian intelligence for anti-Russian activities.
12:00 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived at the "coalition of the willing" summit, which is taking place at the Elysee Palace in Paris. This became known from a Reuters broadcast .
11:55 Three more Ukrainian children were returned last week as part of the Ukrainian President's Bring Kids Back UA initiative. This was reported by Daria Zarivna, Advisor to the Head of the President's Office.
"Among them is 5-year-old Ivan, who lost his speech after searches and threats from Russian military personnel and could not even say the word "mama" for over a year. Svetlana was only a year old when her family was tortured and deprived of documents - the occupation authorities threatened to take the child to a boarding school. And 13-year-old Oksana was reunited with her mother - her father was afraid that his daughter would be stopped at a checkpoint, so the team was looking for the most reliable route to rescue," she said.
11:35 Russian propaganda is spreading a fake about the Ukrainian military allegedly preparing a provocation in Mykolaiv to disrupt agreements to stop strikes on energy facilities and blame Russia for this. This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council.
"Propagandists claim that special groups have been created in the city to prepare for the operation, and they are bringing in a large number of fragments of Russian Shahed drones and explosives. Such reports may indicate that Russia is preparing a provocation and strikes on the city," the statement says.
The CPD notes that this is a classic example of the enemy using the tactic of an information alibi to justify its own actions.
11.34 The Ministry of Defense will create four interregional rehabilitation centers for the military. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Brigadier General of Justice Serhiy Melnyk during an extended meeting of the Barrier-Free Council with the participation of the First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska and chaired by Vice Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba, the press service of the Ministry of Defense reports. Melnyk presented two strategic projects of the Ministry of Defense, the purpose of which is to strengthen the military medical system - Recovery and Health Centers and the Wounded Package.
11:21 Border guards of the Chop detachment found two men who were trying to illegally cross the border with Slovakia. They were led to the border by a pensioner.
During the patrol, the service dog came across tracks of unknown persons. The servicemen found a 78-year-old man who claimed that he had come to the forest to collect birch sap. However, the border guards found two more young men nearby who admitted that the man was their guide.
According to preliminary data, the pensioner agreed to lead the draft dodgers to the border for a monetary reward that the organizers of the crossing promised him. The deal amounted to $6,000.
10:50 In Dnepr, as a result of a Russian drone attack, a historical building - the palace of Prince Potemkin - was destroyed. This was reported by the city mayor Boris Filatov.
The building, which now houses the Palace of Students and Youth, will be restored. "But we will rename it in honor of Hetman Sahaidachny, who burned Moscow," the mayor said.
10:36 Ukrainian military destroyed the Russian Zoopark radar complex and other equipment of the occupiers. This was reported by the Defense Forces of the South of Ukraine. It is noted that over the past day, enemy losses amounted to: 189 invaders, 15 artillery systems, 30 units of cars and armored vehicles, 8 UAVs of the Supercam, Zala, Orlan type, one Zoopark radar complex, 9 ATVs, three boats, 6 communication antennas, a UAV control antenna, 2 Starlink antennas, 2 observation posts, one command post, 2 video observation posts.
10:30 In Reserve+, deferments have become available for people with disabilities, data on whom is available in the Unified Information System of the Social Sphere.
10:16 The Security Service detained a Russian agent who was preparing an explosion near the TCC in Kherson. According to the instructions of the Russian Federation, the man was supposed to leave a bag with an improvised explosive device (IED) at the entrance to the military administrative building. At that moment, the Russian special service planned to remotely detonate the explosives together with its agent.
The SBU officers exposed the enemy's intentions in advance and detained the suspect "red-handed" when he was at the site of the planned terrorist attack. The executor of the occupiers' order turned out to be an unemployed resident of Cherkasy, who came to the attention of the FSB through Telegram channels looking for "quick" money.
9:58 On the evening of March 26, Russian troops launched a massive drone strike on Kharkiv. The number of casualties has risen to 11. Civilian cars and outbuildings were damaged. This was reported by the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
9:33 On the night of March 27, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 86 Shahed-type strike UAVs and drone imitators of various types. Air defense forces shot down 42 drones, another 26 enemy UAVs were lost without negative consequences.
The Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk and Chernihiv regions suffered as a result of the Russian attack.
9:15 As a result of the Russian drone attack on the Dnieper, three people were injured, more than 10 high-rise buildings, enterprises, an educational institution and more than 60 cars were damaged. This was reported by the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak.
8:49 Over the past 24 hours, there have been 224 combat clashes on the front. Most often, the Russians attacked the Pokrovskoe, Toretskoe, Kursk and Novopavlovskoe directions over the past 24 hours. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7:48 Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 1,670 Russian invaders and 363 units of weapons and military equipment of the occupiers. The total combat losses of the Russian Federation since the beginning of the war are approximately 908,890 people. This was reported by the General Staff on March 27.
03:03 In Konotop, Sumy Oblast, Russians carried out a second drone strike on a site where rescuers were working to eliminate the consequences of the previous attack. One person was injured during the first strike.
01:01 A massive drone strike on Kharkiv caused fires in the city, according to preliminary data, nine people were injured.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding back Russian attacks in the east and south of Ukraine.
The Russian aggressors are most active in the Pokrovsky direction. There are battles in the areas of 13 settlements.
Since the beginning of the current day, 159 combat clashes have occurred on the front. Russian invaders are trying to actively advance in four directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational report as of 16:00 on Thursday, March 27.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, there were four assaults by the invaders towards Volchansk.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy stormed the positions of Ukrainian units 25 times in the areas of Stepova Novoselivka, Zagrizove and in the directions of Petropavlovka, Peschanoye, Novaya Kruglyakovka, Boguslavka; 19 combat clashes are ongoing.
In the Liman direction today the aggressor attacked 27 times in the areas of the settlements of Nadiya, Kolodyazi, Mirnoye, Yampolovka and in the directions of Novosergeevka, Novoye, Olgievka, Dronovka, Grigoryevka. Currently 10 armed clashes are ongoing.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy carried out three offensive actions near the settlements of Belogorovka and Verkhnekamenskoye.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Defense Forces repelled two enemy attempts to advance near Chasovy Yar, Predtechino, and two more attacks are ongoing.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked our troops' positions 21 times in the areas of Krymskoye, Ozeryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Toretsk and in the directions of Dilievka, Leonidovka, Shcherbinovka. Three combat clashes are still ongoing.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the Russians organized 41 assaults in the areas of the settlements of Panteleimonovka, Aleksandropol, Vodyanoye Vtoroy, Yelizavetovka, Lysovka, Sukhoi Yar, Kotlinoye, Udachnoye, Uspenovka, Preobrazhenka, Andreyevka and in the directions of Malinovka and Novoaleksandrovka. Eight clashes are still ongoing.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, our defenders are repelling 13 enemy attacks in the areas of the populated areas of Konstantinopol, Razliv, Skudnoe, Dneproenergiya and Burlatskoe.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction, the enemy carried out eight assaults in the areas of the settlements of Privilnoye, Novosyolka and in the direction of Volnoye Pole.
Four enemy attacks were successfully stopped in the Orekhov direction . The enemy tried to advance in the direction of the settlements of Shcherbaki, Lobkovoye and Kamyanskoye.
Eight military clashes took place in the Kursk direction , one of which is still ongoing.
We remind you that on March 26, 224 combat clashes occurred on the front . At the same time, the Russian army lost almost 1,700 fighters killed and wounded. The total losses of the aggressor country Russia are approaching 1 million people.
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It is like Von Clausewitz meets the Hokey Pokey:
You put your left flank in,
You pull your right flank out.
You pick a new direction and spin yourself about.
[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Belgorod direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on concentration areas of manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one assault regiment of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Prokhody, Ugroyedy, Stepok, and Mikhaylovskoye (Sumy region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 80 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, one motor vehicle, and two artillery guns.
The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line. Losses were inflicted on formations of two mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, and one air assault regiment of the AFU near Kondrashovka, Boguslavka, Novoplatonovka (Kharkov region), and Yampol (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 210 troops, three pickup trucks, and nine field artillery guns, including one UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, two territorial defence brigades, and one national guard brigade near Seversk, Pleshcheyevka, Platonovka, Minkovka, Chasov Yar, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 280 troops, one tank, five armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier and one Bradley infantry fighting vehicle. Eight motor vehicles and two ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Losses were inflicted on formations of one mechanised brigade, one assault brigade, one UAV brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, one naval infantry brigade, and one national guard brigade near Mirolyubovka, Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Kotlino, Zverevo, and Alekseyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The Ukrainian armed formations sustained losses of up to 465 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defences. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, one territorial defence brigade, and the nationalist Aidar Battalion near Konstantinopol, Bogatyr, Komar, and Otradnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 135 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, one motor vehicle, and three field artillery guns.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade, two coastal defence brigades of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Novodanilovka, Lobkovoye, Stepnogorsk, Novopokrovka (Zaporozhye region), and Antonovka (Kherson region).
Up to 80 troops, five motor vehicles, one artillery gun, one electronic warfare station, and one ammunition depot of the enemy were eliminated.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck infrastructure of a military airfield, production buildings of an arms plant of the Ukrainian defence industry, assembly workshops for attack UAVs, an AFU supply depot, missile projectiles and ammunition depots, as well as clusters of manpower and hardware of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 157 areas.
Air defence units shot down one MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, two U.S.-made JDAM guided aerial bombs, and one HIMARS MLRS projectile, as well as 137 fixed-wing UAVs.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the enemy lost 660 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 48,599 unmanned aerial vehicles, 601 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,511 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,532 MLRS combat vehicles, 23,011 field artillery guns and mortars, 33,388 units of support military vehicles.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
In the course of offensive actions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of one mechanised brigade, three air assault brigades, one presidential brigade, and one territorial defence brigade of the AFU near Gogolevka, Gornal, Guyevo, and Oleshnya.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and artillery strikes inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the enemy near Gogolevka, Gornal, Guyevo, Oleshnya as well as Basovka, Belovody, Varachino, Velikaya Rybitsa, Veselovka, Vodolagi, Zhuravka, Zapselye, Loknya, Miropolye, Pisarevka, Sadki, Yunakovka, and Yablonovka (Sumy region).
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 190 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, two artillery guns, one mortar, one electronic warfare station, and one UAV command post.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses have amounted to over 70,380 troops, 402 tanks, 327 infantry fighting vehicles, 290 armoured personnel carriers, 2,228 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,555 motor vehicles, 587 artillery guns, 53 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and seven of MLRS made by the USA, 26 anti-aircraft missile launchers, one self-propelled anti-aircraft system, ten transport-loading vehicles, 123 EW stations, 18 counter-battery warfare radars, ten air defence radars, 56 units of engineering and other materiel, including 23 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five bridge launchers, one engineering reconnaissance vehicle as well as 15 armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 20:49 From 19:00 to 19:45 Moscow time, air defense systems on dutydestroyedfive Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:
Three UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region and
Two UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region. 20:24 The "East" group of forces continues offensive in Donbass
In the Razdolnoye-Dneproenergiya area, Russian forces advanced, taking up new positions and shifting the front line closer to the villages of Komar and Bogatyr.
19:36 Russian Armed Forces struck a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the Oleshnya region of the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region.
18:07 Destruction enemy weapons in Sumy region
The operator of the reconnaissance UAV GV "Sever" in a forest plantation near the settlement of Maryino (Sumy region) discovered the position of a mortar crew of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was carrying out indiscriminate strikes in the direction of Russian territory.
18:07 The moment is captured undermining field warehouse of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' ammunition from an air strike using unguided rockets.
17:46 Advance of the Russian army west of Novolyubovka –MAP
17:22 Russian Army broke through in Volnoe Pole
The "East" group of forces continues to develop the offensive in a number of areas in the Veliko-Novoselkovskaya part of the South Donetsk direction.
After the liberation of Privolnoye from the east, Russian troops broke into Volnoye Pole and stormed the village.
17:08 Improvement of the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in the Burlatskogo area –MAP
17:01 Advance of the Vostok Group of Companies on the Razdolnoye – Dneproenergia section –MAP
16:21 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of the Sudzha checkpoint –MAP
16:04 Calculations of FPV drones of the "Vostok" group destroy strongholds and firing positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction.
Each FPV drone flight is coordinated with aerial reconnaissance, allowing for the adjustment of attacks and the destruction of moving targets.
Work on the production and maintenance of FPV drones is carried out in special laboratories. The maneuverability of drones is also tested here on computer simulators.
15:07 Footage released destruction of 82mm mortar in the Rubtsovsk direction.
14:13 Krasnolimanskoe direction. Advance of the Russian Armed Forces to the settlement of Novoye –MAP
13:37 Artillerymen of the "Southern" group of troops in cooperation with scouts destroyed two enemy UAV control points together with specialists.
12:36 In the area of the settlement of Turya (Sumy region), the operator of the reconnaissance UAV GV "Sever" tracked movement of two soldiers across open terrain.
The first FPV drone managed to hit the enemy observation post, after which one of the Ukrainian fascists climbed out to make sure that his comrade was dead. Having barely returned to the dugout, he also caught the Severian kamikaze drone and was left lying lifeless under the rubble.
11:35 Rocket hit in the area of the concentration of manpower of the 80th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Oleshnya in the Kursk direction.
11:32 Russian Army broke through to Katerinovka, developing the offensive at Liman
The "West" group of forces continues to develop the offensive in the Krasnolimansk direction on the border of the DPR and LPR.
After liberating Balki Zhuravka, Ivanovka and Novolyubovka from the southeast, Russian troops broke into Katerinovka and stormed the village.
Five days ago it was reported that in the Liman direction our forces advanced in the area of the Blizhniy ravine in an area up to 2.1 km wide and up to one km deep.
11:22 Dnepropetrovsk direction
Units of the Russian Armed Forces are clearing the western street of Uspenovka, have broken through to Novoalexandrovka and have begun fighting there.
Fighting continues on the approaches to Preobrazhenka, Troitskoye and Bogdanovka.
Our units are advancing in the area of the Sarannaya and Stavkovaya ravines.
11:12 Novopavlovskoe direction
The units of the GrV Vostok repel enemy counterattacks and continue the offensive in the area of Shevchenko and Vesyologo on the western (left) bank of the Mokrye Yaly River and in the Bogatyrsky direction, where our units took the dominant heights with strong points southwest of Razliv and broke through to the eastern part of the village from the plantings northeast. Fighting began directly in the village.
Our assault forces attack the plantings west of the Captain gully, trying to physically cut off communication between Bogatyr and Razliv. The enemy unsuccessfully counterattacks, trying to regain their positions.
Enemy counterattacks continue in the Constantinpol region.
The assault group broke through north of Dneproenergiya, occupying a grove and plantings in the direction of Komar, and attacked the eastern part of Vesyoloye from the rear across the Mokrye Yaly River and two plantings.
Units of the GrV Vostok occupied the landings between Novosyolka and Volnoye Pole, driving the enemy from their positions on the heights.
10:07 In the Kursk border area, the crews of the 122mm D-30 howitzers of the Ussuri separate guards airborne assault unit continued to rout units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:59 Footage released destruction by UAV operators of the 39th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 68th Army Corps of the Southern group of troops of the Starlink station and the UAV control center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Pokrovskoe
09:50 Last night, the reconnaissance UAV of the GV Sever was on night patrol tracked the movement of a group of Ukrainian soldiers who were trying to take refuge in a forest plantation in the area of the state border.
The target was quickly hit with fire and all Ukrainian soldiers were eliminated.
08:06 Military engineers of the "West" group of troops apply robotic systems for destroying camouflaged dugouts and shelters with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Khar'kov region.
The role of the “eyes” in the robotic complex is performed by the UAV operator, who guides the “kamikaze” to the target throughout the entire route.
07:35 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:
The Russian Armed Forces storm the settlement of Volnoye Pole;
The enemy was driven out of the northern part of Guevo.
07:24 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Bryansk region.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
[ColonelCassad] In all discussions about easing sanctions, the most important thing is that the Russian Federation is discussing this issue with the United States, but not with Europe.
The main message is that these are your satellites, you decide this issue with them. Just like the communication on Ukraine is going on without Ukraine. You want to reach agreements, so impose them on the Kiev regime yourself. This is done demonstratively and pointedly.
The hysterics in Europe and Kiev are due to the fact that they understand this state of affairs perfectly well and are trying to get a place at the negotiating table with threats and hysterics, which are actually going on without them.
First, the Russian Federation and the United States agree on something.
Then Russia invites the United States to fulfill its part of the deal, for which the United States needs to bend Europe and Ukraine. The United States has the necessary levers for this.
Using the example of Ukraine, they have already shown everyone what the red lines of the cocaine Fuhrer are. The NATO Secretary General also changed his tune earlier. So, of course, Russia is unlikely to discuss lifting sanctions with the screaming Macron.
If there is an agreement with the US that they will lift some of the sanctions, then it is Trump's problem how he will twist Europe's arms. And if he cannot or does not want to, then the agreements will not work. The coming weeks will show how serious the US assurances are about the desire to change relations.
So far, the Trump administration is limiting itself to statements about revising the sanctions policy. Europe verbally refuses, but continues to increase the purchase of Russian energy resources through third countries.
[Breitbart] ‘Coalition of the willing ‘leaders are meeting in Paris to discuss supporting Ukraine but Moscow continues its bid to undermine these attempts, accusing France and Britain of provoking “direct military confrontation” between NATO and the Russian Federation.
Governments of over 30 nations and entities are represented at the ‘Coalition of the Willing’, so called, talks in Paris on Thursday, called to discuss sustaining military and economic support for Ukraine. Also on the table is the suggestion of security guarantees for Ukraine and even, as frequently discussed by the United Kingdom and France, the possibility of European peacekeepers in Ukraine to monitor any agreement achieved by the Trump talks.
The purpose of this is to “deter, in order to send that message to Putin that this is a deal that is going to be defended”, Britain’s Starmer said today.
Russia, meanwhile, which clearly would not benefit from a ceasefire being guaranteed by NATO troops on Ukrainian soil and, consequently, a nuclear tripwire for any future bids to expand territorial holdings in the country has long agitated against such notions. That process continued this morning, with the spokesman for the Russian Foreign Minister Maria Zakharova warning of bloody violence if Europe tries, and accusing the United Kingdom of trying to inveigle Europe into an “Anglo-Saxon” plot to fight Russia against their own interests.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to strike at Russian energy infrastructure facilities. This was reported on March 27 by the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry.
“Despite the statements of the Kiev regime about the alleged cessation of strikes on Russian energy facilities, over the past 24 hours the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued to strike energy infrastructure,” the statement said.
On March 26, a high-voltage line was disconnected in the Bryansk region as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian drone, and power supply to consumers in the Klimovsky district was cut off. On the same day, air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian drone in Crimea that was attempting to attack the equipment of the Glebovskoye underground gas storage facility. On March 27, a transformer substation was disabled in the Bryansk region as a result of targeted artillery shelling.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense noted that the strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Russian energy facilities, despite the current moratorium, are evidence of the inability of the Volodymyr Zelensky regime to negotiate and its intentions to disrupt the agreements reached between Moscow and Washington.
As reported by the Regnum news agency , on March 18, Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump agreed on an initiative to stop mutual strikes on energy facilities by Moscow and Kiev. The Russian President gave the corresponding order to the Russian Armed Forces, and Russian servicemen shot down seven drones that had already been sent to targets in Ukraine.
Zelensky publicly supported the agreement, but that same night the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched three drones at an oil depot in the Krasnodar region, and later, in violation of the moratorium, attacked more than a dozen energy facilities.
On March 25, the list of Russian and Ukrainian facilities that fall under the moratorium, agreed upon by the Russian Federation and the United States, was published. The ban is valid for 30 days from March 18 and can be extended, and if one of the parties violates it, the other has the right to consider itself free from obligations. The presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov reported that Putin has not yet cancelled the order to suspend strikes on the Kiev regime's energy facilities.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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