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[Regnum] The air temperature in April in Central Russia will exceed the norm by two to three degrees and by the end of the first ten days of the month the snow cover may almost completely melt, said Evgeniy Tishkovets, a specialist at the Phobos weather center, on March 24.
“By the end of the first ten days of April, there will be almost no snow left anywhere south of the St. Petersburg-Moscow-Saratov line,” he wrote on the Telegram channel.
Contrast with Buffalo, NY, which got 4-5” of snow last week.
Tishkovets added that if the forecast comes true, a phenological spring will begin in these regions, that is, the average daily air temperature will be above +5 °C. In this case, it will be time for vehicle drivers in the west, southwest and south of the European part of Russia to think about changing their tires.
At the same time, the weather forecaster said that April, most likely, cannot be called blissful. According to preliminary calculations, in the second ten days of the month air masses from the Arctic will arrive in the central regions. Tishkovets called this a normal phenomenon for spring and early summer.
As Regnum reported, Tishkovets also predicted an increase in temperature in Moscow to +17 °C by March 31. At the same time, in some places the air can warm up to +20 °C. The forecaster emphasized that such weather indicators correspond to the beginning of May.
Leading specialist at the Phobos weather center, Mikhail Leus, reported on March 21 that the annual temperature maximum had been updated in Moscow. The air temperature in the capital that day warmed up to +81.2 °C.
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[Korrespondent] The Russian fleet has sailed the Black Sea since 1783, but "now Russia is forced to confine its fleet to the port."
Russia, without stopping its large-scale military aggression against Ukraine, continues to suffer significant losses, in particular, the Black Sea Fleet has so far lost its functional activity, noted British Defense Minister Grant Shapps.
Thus, a British official reacted to today's defeat by the Ukrainian Defense Forces of two Russian large landing ships Yamal and Azov in occupied Crimea.
“The ongoing illegal occupation of Ukraine by Putin causes enormous damage to the Russian Black Sea Fleet, which is now functionally inactive,” the head of the British Ministry of Defense said in a publication.
He noted that the Russian fleet has sailed in the Black Sea since 1783, but “now Russia is forced to limit its fleet to the port.”
“And even there Putin’s ships are sinking!” – states Shapps.
Earlier today, March 24, the Department of Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Defense Forces carried out attacks on targets of the Russian occupiers in Sevastopol. Two landing ships Yamal and Azov were destroyed. The communications center of the Russian occupation forces and several infrastructure facilities of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in temporarily occupied Sevastopol were also hit.
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Unlike the QE, having to be towed back to the wharf?
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Azov and Yamal are Ropucha class landing ships designed for beach landings with roll-on/roll-off capabilities.
Satellite imagery seems to show them undamaged, although the piers they are docked at each appear to show the results of a missile strike. Close but no cigar?
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:12 Zelensky said in an evening video message that during this week the Russians used almost 190 missiles of various types, almost 140 “martyrs” and almost 700 guided bombs against Ukraine.
20:59 Speaker of the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces Jacek Goryszewski explained that shooting down a Russian missile that flew into the country's airspace would be risky - primarily for the local population. "The decision was based on information from our radar systems. An assessment of the missile's trajectory, speed and altitude indicated that it would leave our airspace," he added.
20:47 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, they discussed Ukraine’s need to strengthen air defense, bilateral cooperation and cooperation at the EU level. We agreed to speed up work on the preparation of a bilateral security agreement.
20:34 In the morning, the Russians fired artillery at a residential area in the city of Krasnohorivka, Donetsk region, wounding three people, the prosecutor’s office reported.
19:03 Radio Liberty showed satellite images of the consequences of a missile attack on the communications center of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. The Planet Labs satellite recorded that as a result of missile strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, one of the buildings on Rudneva Street was hit. Images from March 21 and 24 show that the roof of the building collapsed after a missile attack. Fire service vehicles are also visible near the building.
18:50 In Krivoy Rog, power outage schedules are being introduced, said the head of the city, Alexander Vilkul. According to him, hospitals, pumping stations and other critical infrastructure facilities will switch to generators.
17:19 The Kuibyshev Oil Refinery in Samara suspended operations after a UAV attack on March 23, reports the opposition Russian publication Astra. As a result of the attack at the plant, the AVT-4 installation was damaged, the production cycle of the enterprise was stopped. Over the past three weeks, this is the 12th attack on a refinery in Russia, the publication notes.
16:48 In Kharkov, the energy situation remains the most difficult - in the city, as a result of shelling, the thermal power plant and all transformer substations were destroyed, said the mayor of the city, Igor Terekhov. According to him, it is impossible to provide an exact date for the complete restoration of power supply. Electricity supplies were resumed in approximately 40% of houses, heating in 60%. The city uses stabilization shutdown schedules.
16:25 During the morning Russian attack in western Ukraine, a missile hit the ground infrastructure of one of the underground gas storage facilities, and technological equipment was damaged, said the head of the Naftogaz Group, Alexey Chernyshev. He assured that there are no critical consequences in terms of ensuring the operation of underground gas storage facilities, since the gas is located at a considerable depth. The damaged part of the ground infrastructure will require restoration, but there is enough spare capacity.
13:12 Polish air defense forces would have shot down a Russian missile that flew into the country tonight if there was confidence that it was heading towards some Polish target, Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysh said: “Each such situation is considered individually. But If there had been any indication that this object was heading towards any target located on Polish territory, it would obviously have been shot down."
10:31 Defense forces hit large landing ships Yamal and Azov, a communications center, as well as several infrastructure facilities of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, StratCom reported.
10:26 Russian public pages write that more than 30 Russian military personnel were killed as a result of the attack on Sevastopol. According to sources, the attack targeted a “well-camouflaged command post” containing more than 20 officers. Also, the attack was on the location of Russian marines. Telegram channels claim that three Su-27 aircraft were damaged at the Belbek airfield.
10:23 In the morning, the Russians struck the Lviv region with Daggers - according to preliminary information, there were two hits on the same critical infrastructure facility that was damaged at night. The rescuers who extinguished the fire managed to move to a safe place before the new strike, said the head of the OVA, Maxim Kozitsky.
08:52 Late in the evening, the Russians shelled Kupyansk, Kharkov region, one person was wounded, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
08:50 During a night attack, the port infrastructure of the Danube region was damaged as a result of a hit, the Southern Defense Forces reported.
08:43 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 24:
personnel - about 436,750 (+990) people,
tanks - 6876 (+24),
armored combat vehicles - 13,158 (+28),
artillery systems - 10 855 (+44),
MLRS - 1018 (+0),
air defense systems - 723 (+0),
aircraft - 347 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 8510 (+47),
cruise missiles - 1992 (+0),
ships/boats - 26 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 14,407 (+63),
special equipment - 1778 (+10).
08:37 Air defense overnight destroyed 18 of 29 missiles and 25 of 28 Shahed-type attack drones, the Air Force reported. In particular, at night the Russian Federation attacked with 29 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles from 14 Tu-95MS strategic aircraft (launch area - Engels). Attack UAVs were launched from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and from the Crimean Cape Chauda). Air targets were destroyed within the Dnepropetrovsk, Kherson, Nikolaev, Odessa, Sumy, Kyiv, Volyn and Lvov regions.
08:29 Over the past 24 hours, 75 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In particular, the enemy tried 34 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Konstantinovka and Urozhainy, Donetsk region. Another 15 enemy attacks were repulsed in the Bakhmut direction (in the areas of Kleshcheevka, Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky, Donetsk region) and 13 attacks in Avdeevsky (in the areas of Berdychi, Tonenkoye, Pervomaisky, Yasnobrodovka and Nevelskoye, Donetsk region).
The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Kupyansk direction. In the Liman direction, the Defense Forces repelled eight enemy attacks in the Belogorivka areas of the Luhansk region and Ternov, Yampolevka, Razdolovka, Vesely, Spornoye of the Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - four attacks in the Rabotino area of the Zaporozhye region; in Kherson - two attacks in the area of the village of Krynki, Kherson region.
08:22 In the morning, a Russian oil depot in the village of Gvardeyskoye was attacked in Crimea, local publics report.
08:10 The Polish Ministry of Defense announced a violation of the country's airspace by one of the cruise missiles launched by Russian aircraft. The object entered Polish airspace near the city of Osierdow (Lublin Voivodeship) and stayed there for 39 seconds. It was monitored by military radars throughout the flight. All necessary procedures were put in place to ensure the safety of Polish airspace, in particular, Polish and allied aviation was activated.
07:51 The Russians attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region with drones at night, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. In Krivoy Rog, as a result of falling debris, heating networks and power lines were damaged, and several boiler houses were turned off in the city. Six hospitals, more than 150 educational institutions, 3,000 houses, where 76 thousand people live, were left without heat. In the Nikopol region, debris from a downed drone damaged an energy facility. More than 3,000 subscribers in Nikopol and more than 6,400 in the region were left without electricity. Power supply has already been restored.
07:46 At night, enemy drones and missiles attacked a critical infrastructure facility in the Lviv region. A fire has broken out and rescuers are on the scene. There were no reports of casualties, said the head of the OVA, Maxim Kozitsky. The mayor of Lvov, Andrei Sadovyi, clarified that about 20 missiles and seven suicide bombers were flying into the region, targeting critical infrastructure facilities. There were no hits in Lvov itself.
07:19 At night, the Russian Federation again attacked Kiev with missiles, said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko. The enemy used Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles from the Tu-95MS strategic bombers. The missiles approached Kyiv in groups, from the northern direction. Air defense forces hit about ten enemy missiles over the capital and in the area of the capital. As a result of the missile strike, debris fell in two areas: in Desnyansky - on the territory of forest plantations, in Shevchenkovsky - on the territory of a park area and residential buildings. The façade of a multi-storey residential building was damaged; no casualties were reported.
00:54 Public accounts write about the Ukrainian attack on the main communications center of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. Explosions also occurred in Cossack Bay, where the 810th Russian Marine Brigade is located. Meanwhile, the commander of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Nikolai Oleshchuk, thanked the pilots and sailors for their successful combat work. The occupation “authorities” of Crimea stated that air defense forces allegedly successfully worked in the region.
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[EngMilRu] Last night the Russian Aerospace Forces have launched a group strike with long-range airborne precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles against facilities of the electric power industry, the gas industry, and assembly and testing sites for uncrewed boats.
As a result of the strike, the work of industrial enterprises for the manufacture and repair of weapons, military hardware, and ammunition has been disorganised, and foreign-made military equipment and means of destruction transferred to Ukraine by NATO countries have been destroyed.
All the goals of the strike have been reached.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces have defeated manpower and hardware of 14th, 32nd Mechanised, and 57th Motorised Infantry brigades of the AFU close to Sin'kovka (Khar'kov region) and Terny (Donetsk People's Republic), and also have repelled three enemy counterattacks.
The AFU losses were up to 140 servicemen, one tank, two pickup trucks, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems.
In Belgorod direction, Russian units continue to carry out measures to identify and destroy AFU sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the border areas of Ukraine.
As a result of the fire attack on AFU manpower and hardware, up to 40 servicemen, one Czech-made RM-70 Vampire MLRS combat vehicle, and one German-made Mars multiple-launch rocket system have been destroyed close to Potikhonovo and Zemlyanki (Kharkov region).
In Donetsk direction, as a result of active operations, units of the Yug Group of Forces have occupied more favourable lines, defeated the enemy near Kleshcheyevka, Krasnoye, and Kurdyumovka (Donetsk People's Republic), and also repelled a counterattack by formations of the 80th Air Assault Brigade of the AFU close to Krasnogorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 300 servicemen, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made M119 howitzer, one 122mm D-30 gun, and one field ammunition depot.
In Avdeyevka direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have improved their front line position as a result of successful actions and repelled nine counterattacks by assault groups of 24th, 47th Mechanised, 57th Motorised Infantry, 25th Airborne, and 3rd Assault brigades of the AFU close to Novgorodskoye, Shumy, Tonenkoye, Pervomayskoye, and Berdychi (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 360 troops, two tanks, five armoured fighting vehicles, and nine motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one U.S.-made M777 howitzer, one 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer have been destroyed.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces have improved their tactical position and inflicted a fire defeat on formations of the 31st Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard near Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 140 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, and one 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun.
In Kherson direction, units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have inflicted a fire defeat on manpower and hardware concentration areas of 65th Mechanised and 128th Mountain Assault brigades of the AFU, the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, as well as the 126th Territorial Defence Brigade near Pyatikhatki (Zaporozhye region), Gavrilovka, Ivanovka, and Tyaginka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses were up to 50 servicemen and three motor vehicles.
During counterbattery warfare, two U.S.-made M777 howitzers, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and one 122mm D-30 gun have been destroyed.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged ammunition and UAV storage depots, four P-18 radar stations for detecting and tracking aerial targets, one electronic warfare station, as well as manpower and military hardware of the AFU in 129 areas.
Air defence facilities have shot down 172 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as 11 Storm Shadow cruise missiles, three Neptune anti-ship missiles, four MALD aircraft guided missiles, and 22 HIMARS and Vampire multiple-launch rocket system projectiles.
In total, 577 airplanes and 270 helicopters, 16,908 unmanned aerial vehicles, 489 air defence missile systems, 15,587 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,256 combat vehicles equipped with MRLS, 8,514 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 20,153 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 21:02 Danger of UAV attack declared in Kursk region - Starovoit 19:42 Soldiers of the 1st Slavic Brigade and captured Marder infantry fighting vehicle -video.
18:50 The group covering the state border of the Russian Army continues to destroy equipment and militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces operating in the Khar'kov and Sumy regions. On video defeat of an American-made wheeled armored vehicle with mine protection.
17:47 Swedish modification of the Leopard 2A5, which was blown up by mines in the Zaporozhye region -photo.
17:10 A brief report from the front is published by the Paratrooper’s Diary:
In the border areas, the enemy continues to carry out attacks by DRG groups, although their intensity has decreased significantly. In response, we use FABs to strike at enemy concentrations of manpower and weapons in the Sumy and Chernigov regions.
Liman direction - we continue assault operations near Ternov, Yampolovka and in Serebryansky forestry.
Artyomovsk direction - we are conducting a massive attack across a wide collision zone. We are having success with Chasov Yar and Ivanovsky. In Chasov Yar itself and on the road from Ivanovsky, the enemy is suffering heavy losses; they are trying to take the wounded out of the village, but the evacuation routes are under fire from our artillery and aviation.
Avdeevskoe direction - heavy fighting continues in Berdychi, we are trying to capture the street that runs parallel to the one we occupied earlier. We also occupied the main part of Orlovka and through the area near the ponds we go south of Semyonovka. Near Tonenkoe, the situation for the Ukrofashists has deteriorated significantly; south of the village they have no connection with positions and the evacuation, as well as the supply of reserves, has practically stopped.
In Pervomaiskoye and near Nevelskoye we continue to roll forward in order to improve the tactical situation. South of Krasnogorovka we gain a foothold and continue assault operations towards the city.
Zaporozhye direction - North-west of Verbovoy we are conducting attacking actions to repel enemy defenders.
16:45 Zaporozhye Front, reports the Diary of the Paratrooper:
“Northwest of the village. Verbovoe. We took several more important strongholds from the enemy, and in a few days we advanced up to two kilometers.”
A map from enemy resources confirms the advance of our troops.
15:56 On the Vrem'evsky ledge, southwest of Staromayorsky, fighters of the Russian Armed Forces are successfully advancing, having recaptured another forest belt from the enemy.
15:53 The Paratrooper’s Diary reports from the Avdeevsky direction:
“After the capture of Tonenky from the southwestern part of the village, the Russian Armed Forces advanced along the forest belt adjacent to the settlement, half of the transverse planting was taken under control. We are moving towards Umansky.
We are actively processing the enemy's near rear positions, from where he is firing artillery fire.
Thus, south of Novoselovka, the NATO howitzer Krab was destroyed.”
15:32 A massive artillery strike is launched against the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Volchansk, Kharkov region.
14:50 The enemy confirms the advance of Russian troops to the west and southwest of Staromayorsky (Vremevsky ledge).
14:09 Direction to Chasov Yar:
Our troops are advancing west from Artyomovsk (Bakhmut). There are a couple of kilometers left to the outskirts of Chasov Yar, heavy fighting is taking place. The enemy plans to shorten the front line, retreating beyond Chasov Yar, but leaving units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to delay the advance of our troops.
14:05 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 300 servicemen in the Donetsk direction per day;
The Russian Armed Forces in the Potikhonovo and Zemlyanka areas of the Kharkov region destroyed up to 40 military APU, Vampire and Mars MLRS;
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction per day amounted to up to 140 military personnel;
The Russian Armed Forces improved the position along the front line in the Avdeevsky direction and repelled 9 counterattacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces;
The Ukrainian army in the Avdeevsky direction lost up to 360 military personnel, two tanks, five armored vehicles;
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction per day amounted to up to 140 military personnel and the M777 artillery system;
Russian air defense systems shot down 172 Ukrainian drones, 14 cruise missiles and 33 missiles in one day.
13:55 The Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a group strike with high-precision weapons on Ukrainian electric power and gas production facilities - Russian Ministry of Defense
13:50 Two destroyed German Wisent 1 mine clearing vehicles built on the Leopard base -video.
13:45 Military correspondent Evgeny Lisitsyn reports on the latest events at the front:
In the Chasov Yar area, Russian troops are actively advancing eastward from the city. There are approximately 1-1.5 kilometers left before reaching its outskirts.
In Semyonovka, reconnaissance in force is carried out, the purpose of which is to check the enemy’s defensive positions in the populated area. It is expected that active assault operations will begin in the near future.
In the Tonenky area, the Russian Armed Forces managed to significantly increase the territory under its control in the southwestern direction.
13:32 Air defense units of Russian paratroopers destroyed three reconnaissance drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson direction
Crews of man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems "Verba" and anti-aircraft missile systems "Strela-10" protect Russian units from air attack and enemy reconnaissance weapons around the clock. During the next combat duty, the paratroopers destroyed the Valkyrie, Fury and Leleka-100 UAVs.
13:22 The Diary of a Paratrooper reports on the successes of the Russian Armed Forces in the vicinity of Kharkov:
In the Kharkov region, the deployment point of enemy UAV operators was hit.
Last night, the Russian Armed Forces attacked the territory of a Kharkov children's sanatorium, in which the Ukrainians had set up a location for the deployment of manpower for groups of drone operators of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. After the strike, a fire broke out on the spot with the sounds of explosions, and a large number of ambulances also arrived at the scene, which indicates that the goal of eliminating the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants was achieved.
13:05 The results of the missile attack on the city of Stryi are reported by the SVO Reports and Analytics:
The Russian Army “modified” an enemy airfield in the Lvov region, which was prepared for F-16 fighters.
Our troops used three Kinzhal missiles. The object has been permanently “removed from the chat”.
13:02 In western Ukraine, Naftogaz facilities were damaged as a result of a missile attack, said the chairman of the company’s board.
12:56 Progress of the Russian Armed Forces over the past 24 hours:
– Chasov Yar – advancement to the east of the city. There are about 1-1.5 km left to the outskirts.
– Semyonovka – we probe the enemy’s defenses in the village. There will be an assault in the coming days.
– Tonenoye – the zone of control has been significantly expanded to the southwest.
12:45 The Russian Armed Forces hit the Ukrainian Air Force Martynovka airfield in the Nikolaev region andstruckthere are two Ukrainian Su-24s that attacked Sevastopol that night, said the coordinator of the Nikolaev underground, Sergei Lebedev.
12:12 There are reports that one of the missiles hit on the oil depot in Stryi, it is still burning.
11:50 A critical infrastructure facility in the Lviv region of Ukraine, where an explosion and fire occurred on the night of March 24, received new damage. This was announced by the head of the military administration of the region, Maxim Kozitsky.
11:31 The Russian Armed Forces shot down a Ukrainian helicopter. In the Kherson region, our fighters fired a shot from a MANPADS and shot down a Ukrainian Air Force helicopter. Presumably this is Mi-8 -video.
10:55 Explosions occurred in the Ivano-Frankivsk region in western Ukraine, the RBC-Ukraine agency reported.
10:47 Frontline summary on the morning of 03/24/2024:
Zaporozhye Front. Fierce fighting continues with the use of long-range weapons in Rabotino and north-west of Verbovoy. In the last section, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to counterattack. No success. LBS without significant changes.
On the Donetsk Front, the Russian Armed Forces, after the liberation of Tonenky and Orlovka, are developing an offensive towards Semyonovka, on the eastern outskirts of which there is a water barrier, but the capture of this village. will facilitate the task of liberating Berdychi, where oncoming fighting continues.
Bakhmut direction. The Russian Armed Forces carried out assault operations on the western outskirts of Ivanovo (Red). There are advances. Artillery and aviation of Russian troops are actively working on enemy positions in Chasovoy Yar.
On the Lugansk front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to counterattack in the Tern region, with the goal of recapturing positions previously captured by Russian troops. The Ukrainian Armed Forces also counterattacked in Sinkovka. No success.
10:35 Ukrainian media report explosions in the Lvov area.
09:42 In the morning the enemy recognizes the ongoing advance of the Russian Armed Forces to the outskirts of Chasov Yar. Also yesterday, the village of Krasnoye was liberated to the west of Artemovsk. The fighting for Bogdanovka is still ongoing.
08:16 At night, another blow was struck against Ukrainian Armed Forces targets in Ukraine. The missiles flew at targets in Lvov, Khmelnitsky and other regions, as well as the city of Kyiv.
08:03 The Russian Guard is in the DPR for the first timeapplied"Byzhigatel" UAV detection and suppression complex.
Within a week of use, the complex suppressed three enemy multi-rotor quadcopters. The first UAV was landed by the Burner during reconnaissance and search activities. The operator of the complex promptly detected an enemy drone over the area where a special forces group was performing a combat mission.
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[Regnum] A group of armed people broke into the police department building in Yerevan. A grenade exploded near the building, Sputnik reported on March 24.
The attack took place in the Nor-Nork district of the Armenian capital. It is reported that there are injuries.
Security forces cordoned off the police building. It is reported that several members of the “Combat Brotherhood” organization are allegedly located near the station, demanding that the detained people be released.
Earlier on March 24, the Armenian police announced the detention of 49 people in the republic on suspicion of illegally carrying and storing weapons and ammunition. They were taken to local police stations.
According to the press secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic Narek Sargsyan, we are talking about members of the “Combat Brotherhood” who planned to conduct tactical training in the Tavush region on March 24. The police the day before demanded that people refrain from traveling to the region.
As Regnum reported, in mid-January, two masked men burst into a school in the city of Angoulême in southern France and sprayed tear gas. A student and a teacher were injured. They were slightly injured.
Last July, four armed men attacked a police station in Sistan and Baluchestan province in southeastern Iran. They blew up the gate with grenades and started shooting. Six people, including two security forces, died. The incident occurred in the city of Zahedan. The situation repeated itself in early September in the city of Taftan - two policemen also died.
Special forces of the National Security Service of Armenia began to storm the captured police department in Yerevan and detained the armed attacker who was there. This became known on March 24.
According to the press secretary of the Armenian police, Narek Sargsyan, the man was neutralized.
“The man has been detained,” he told reporters.
It is noted that no one was injured during the operational activities.
As Regnum reported, a group of armed people broke into the building of the Yerevan police department on the evening of March 24. The attack took place in the Nor-Nork area, there were wounded. Security forces cordoned off the building; according to preliminary information, the attackers turned out to be members of the “Combat Brotherhood” organization, who demanded that 49 people detained the day before on suspicion of illegally carrying and storing weapons and ammunition be released.
It later turned out that two of the three attackers were wounded using a grenade. They were taken to the hospital, but the third man was left alone near the station.
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The very next day after the terrorist attack in Moscow, Ukrainian formations carried out a massive combined attack on Crimea peninsula, in which at least 12 tactical aircraft were involved.
Nine aircraft (presumably Su-24M and Su-27) took off from Starokonstantinov, two MiG-29 from the Uman airfield and another Su-27 from Mirgorod. After reaching the line in Zatoka, Novaya Odessa and Snigirevka, Storm Shadow/SCALP, ADM-160 and Neptune missiles were launched.
🔻Sevastopol was subjected to the most large-scale attack. Two missiles tried to hit the warship parking lot. The targets were shot down, but debris fell near the pier in Sevastopol Bay; no serious damage was recorded.
▪The use of SCALP cruise missiles was noted at the ship repair yard. The warhead of one of the missiles did not fire, and the second hit the pier. There is currently no data on the nature of the damage, but the absence of any smoke may indicate that the fire was quickly localized.
❗This time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces began to strike the civilian infrastructure of Sevastopol. The targets were two apartment buildings and two municipalities. The hits killed one civilian and injured four others.
▪Two more Storms were used to attack a building previously used by the Black Sea Fleet in the central part of the city. However, it was empty, so apart from physical damage to the infrastructure, there were no casualties.
▪The same can be said about the Cossack Bay area. Ukrainian channels talked all night about monstrous arrivals, but the rocket fell in a field not far from the special operations forces training ground. There were no casualties.
🔻In the west of Crimea, the Black Sea region came under attack. First, the Ukrainian Armed Forces intended to hit the barracks with four aircraft-type drones. The UAVs flew at an extremely low altitude, but were shot down by air defense crews.
A little later, several Neptune anti-ship missiles were fired from the Odessa region, which were shot down on approach to the Black Sea by Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft.
🔻In the central part of Crimea, Ukrainian formations attacked an oil depot in Gvardeyskoe in the morning with drones flying at an extremely low altitude. Six of them were destroyed by the crew of the Pantsir-S1 air defense missile system of the 31st Air Force and Air Defense Division.
Three more fell on the territory of the energy facility, causing a fire. But the main oil tanks were not damaged, which made it possible to extinguish the fire quickly and without casualties by the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
▪The enemy also tried to hit the deployment point of the 126th separate guards coastal defense brigade in the Perevalny area with missile weapons. Thanks to air defense units, nine missiles were shot down.
📌As you can clearly see, this time the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to hit several targets at once. This can be clearly seen in the geography of the raid: starting from the west of Crimea and ending with the central part and Sevastopol. In total, over 40 missiles and drones of various types were used.
Once again, the Ukrainian Armed Forces used decoy missiles to mislead 31 divisions. Unfortunately, not all targets were intercepted. However, timely measures taken made it possible to reduce the damage from attacks both on the Black Sea Fleet and in other units on the peninsula.
The saddest thing is that civilians were injured in the attack and became the target of a targeted attack by the enemy, which again raises the question of what the so-called Ukraine".
More from Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Based on yesterday's attack on Sevastopol.
There were flights to Rudnev to the old Ukrainian military unit responsible for communications. There were no fatalities.
There were also two or three hits on ships in the harbor.
According to current information, there were no casualties. Damage is being repaired on ships. I hope they are removable.
Some of the smoke in the harbor yesterday was aerosol smoke.
The level of damage will become clear when the enemy posts satellite photographs (and they will definitely post them - today/tomorrow).
More than 10 Storms were shot down. Air defense worked with increased load.
Also, according to some reports, in the Nikolaev region, 2 Su-24 bombers that launched missiles at Sevastopol were destroyed in retaliatory strikes. Ours, as a rule, try to catch them during such attacks, gradually reducing the number of those remaining.
All Ukrainian Neptunes over the sea were shot down. The real threat comes primarily from Western cruise missiles, which are guided by NATO drones using NATO satellite data.
In general, taking into account the large number of missiles that the enemy had accumulated for the attack, the damage was limited. It could have been a lot worse.
It is also worth noting that all the wounded civilians were from glass fragments. Authorities issue warnings not to go near windows for a reason. Think about it and comply with basic civil defense requirements.
Health to the wounded.
Unfortunately, one Sevastopol resident died from shrapnel. Peace be upon you.
Five of the six passenger sea boats were damaged during the night attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Sevastopol. The city governor, Mikhail Razvozhaev, announced this on March 24.
“Five had their windows broken. One boat is now operating on the main line “Grafskaya Pier - North Side”. During the day, the windows of the damaged boats will be replaced, and as they are restored, they will come online,” he wrote in the Telegram channel.
According to the head of the city, ground transport was also damaged, in particular three passenger buses, 13 school buses and one trolleybus. Sevastopol management companies, together with operational services and municipal employees, have already begun door-to-door visits to assess the damage caused.
As Regnum reported, the head of the city, Mikhail Razvozhaev, announced on March 23 that the Russian military was repelling a massive attack on Sevastopol. According to him, the Russian Armed Forces shot down more than 10 Ukrainian missiles, but one of them hit an office building in the area of Rudneva Street, fragments of another hit a five-story building, which is why a local resident received a shrapnel wound to her arm, another fragment hit a house down the street Grenade.
Later, the coordinator of the Nikolaev underground, Sergei Lebedev, reported that the Russian military attacked the Martynovka airfield in the Nikolaev region, destroying two Ukrainian Su-24 aircraft that attacked Sevastopol on the night of March 24. The Ministry of Defense did not confirm this information.
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[Regnum.] Poland intends to strengthen the presence of armed forces on its eastern borders. This was stated by the country's Minister of Defense Vladislav Kosinyak-Kamysh, the RAR agency reported.
“We will strengthen the presence of the Polish army in Podlaskie, Lublin, Warmia-Masuria and Subcarpathian voivodeships, in all border voivodeships,” the head of the Ministry of Defense said.
We are talking about borders with Russia (Kaliningrad region), Belarus, Lithuania and Ukraine. The Polish authorities will take such measures to support the border service. According to the minister, the constant presence of the army in the border areas is designed to deter potential opponents.
The head of the department added that recently attempts to illegally cross the Polish border from Belarus have allegedly become more frequent.
Kosiniak-Kamysh announced that the country's government will allocate 1 billion zlotys (about $250 million) to create the appropriate infrastructure to accommodate military personnel in border areas.
As Regnum reported, on March 14, joint exercises of Polish and British military personnel took place at a military training ground in Polish Orzysz on the border with Kaliningrad. Exercise Steadfast Defender-24 - Dragon-24 tested the cooperation of Polish and British soldiers. A total of about 20 thousand military personnel and 3.5 thousand pieces of equipment from 10 NATO countries took part in them, including about 15 thousand Polish military personnel.
Last summer, the Polish authorities strengthened control on the border with Belarus, including through the involvement of intelligence officers and the military. Such measures were taken against the backdrop of events with the Wagner PMC.
In early July, Poland sent 500 police officers to the border with Belarus, explaining this by the tense situation. Less than a week later, another thousand troops and two hundred pieces of equipment were transferred there.
Later, the general command of the Polish Armed Forces announced the deployment of snipers on the border with Belarus. On August 10, the country's Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak said that the Polish Armed Forces plan to station 10 thousand troops on the border with Belarus.
The object that was allegedly in Polish airspace on March 22 could have been a drone, not a missile. Warsaw did not specify what kind of ammunition we were talking about, did not provide evidence that it was a Russian object and that it actually flew over the country. Independent military expert Alexander Khramchikhin shared this assessment with a Regnum correspondent, commenting on Warsaw’s claim that a Russian missile violated Polish airspace on the morning of March 24.
Poland's military leadership said on March 24 that a Russian cruise missile allegedly violated the country's airspace early in the morning. According to their version, it appeared over Polish territory in the area of the village of Oserdów, not far from the border with Ukraine, and left Polish airspace after 39 seconds.
The expert noted that even if Warsaw can prove the fact of the flight, the short stay in Polish airspace of a Russian missile flying to its target on the territory of Ukraine, this does not mean that Moscow wanted to send any political signal to the Polish side. Moreover, the ammunition could not have flown over Poland at all, but only near its border with Ukraine. However, Warsaw’s strict anti-Russian course does not exclude provocative fiction regarding Moscow’s actions.
“Theoretically, the rocket could deviate slightly from the given course. But if this happened, which is not a fact, then this is precisely a technical point that should not be given political significance. It’s not at all clear what kind of missile the Poles have in mind. Most likely, the Kh-55 is a long-range strategic air-launched cruise missile that is launched from an aircraft beyond the reach of enemy air defenses. It can maneuver at low altitude, skirting the terrain, which makes it much more difficult to intercept. Or maybe it wasn’t a missile at all, but a drone, and it cannot be ruled out that it was Ukrainian. After all, a drone is no different from a radar-mounted missile. It’s clear that the speed of movement is different, but in any case it’s easier for them to call it a rocket,” Khramchikhin commented.
One way or another, the fact is that the Polish side did not even try to shoot down the object, which was identified in Warsaw as a Russian missile, the expert noted. And it’s not a fact that I could, even if I tried.
The operational command of the Polish Armed Forces stated on March 24 that in the early morning the country's airspace was allegedly violated by one of the cruise missiles fired by long-range aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
According to the Polish military, the missile entered their country's airspace in the area of the village of Oserdów, not far from the border with Ukraine. The object was over Polish territory for a total of 39 seconds. However, the Polish side did not provide confirmation of these statements.
At the end of December 2023, as reported by Regnum, an unidentified object flying from Ukraine was also detected in Polish airspace. The combat interceptors did not have time to shoot down the target. The country's President Andrzej Duda held an urgent meeting with the generals in connection with the incident.
Previously, air objects from Ukrainian territory had already flown into Polish airspace. In November 2022, a rocket fell near the village of Przewodów, killing two civilians. Initially, an attempt was made to blame Russia, but Polish Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro announced that the investigation had established that the missile belonged to Ukraine.
And in April 2023, approximately 10 km from the Polish village of Zamosc, debris from an unidentified airborne military object was found in a forest. Local media reported that they found inscriptions in Russian, but no one provided evidence. Information about the wreckage was classified, saying that it could belong to the Polish Air Force.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A Russian cruise missile flew over NATO territory for 39 seconds overnight triggering a major alert amid fears over an escalation of the war in Ukraine.
Allied war planes scrambled to 'ensure the security' of Polish airspace after the incursion at 4.23am local time.
The Polish armed forces confirmed the incident in a statement on X, saying: 'There was a violation of Polish airspace by one of the cruise missiles launched overnight by long-range aviation of the Russian Federation.
‘The object entered Polish space near the town of Oserdow (Lublin Voivodeship) and stayed there for 39 seconds. During the entire flight, it was observed by military radar systems.'
The military said the missile travelled about 1.2miles into Polish territory and that Polish and allied aircraft had been activated, but that the airspace over Poland was now safe.
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Poland has been itching for war. They believe they have the strongest military to confront Russia. The Macron fears at play here. Emotion rules over logic.
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