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[Regnum] The most severe frosts since the beginning of spring hit Moscow on the night of March 16, and “January frosts” were recorded in the Moscow region, said meteorologist and leading specialist at the Phobos weather center Evgeny Tishkovets.
The thermometer at the capital's VDNKh weather station showed -5.2, which corresponds to the climate norm for March, Tishkovets noted. In other areas of Moscow, temperatures from -1 to -8.7 were recorded.
"In the Moscow region, the range of night temperatures was from -4.7 in Dmitrov to -15.7 in Serebryanye Prudy, and this corresponds to the long-term January figures. It was also winter-like cold in other regions of Central Russia, which found themselves in a bag of radiation cold," the meteorologist reported on his Telegram channel.
In particular, in the Tula and Ryazan regions, temperatures down to -12.5 were recorded in some places, in the Kaluga region - down to -13.6, in the Vladimir region - down to -11.6 degrees, Tishkovets noted.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
21.05 The US plan to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian war consists of two parts: first a ceasefire, after which negotiations to end the war should take place. This was stated by US Secretary of State Mark Rubio.
"Plan A is to cease fire so that we can move to Plan B, the second phase, which is to get everyone to the table, perhaps through shuttle diplomacy (through a mediator - ed.), to find a way to end this war permanently in a way that is lasting and respects the needs of everyone and so on," he explained.
20:00 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a telephone conversation with American leader Donald Trump, which, in particular, touched on Russia’s war against Ukraine.
In a conversation with Trump, Erdogan supported his "decisive and direct initiatives to end the war between Russia and Ukraine."
19.30 Ukraine has outlined a number of "red lines" for any peace deal with Russia, including the impossibility of handing over to Russia additional territories that are not yet occupied, The Independent reports, citing Ukrainian officials.
The British publication lists Ukraine's "red lines" in possible negotiations:
Refusal to transfer further territories, despite Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's desire to take back four Ukrainian regions partially occupied by Russia.
The return of thousands of civilians illegally held by Russia who are not considered prisoners of war and therefore will not be included in the prisoner exchange.
The need for international security guarantees in the event that Putin violates any ceasefire agreement.
18.50 Pope Francis called on believers to continue to pray for countries suffering from war, including Ukraine.
"And we continue to pray for peace, especially in countries suffering from war: in martyred Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Myanmar, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo," the pontiff urged.
18.24 The current situation provides an opportunity for productive negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. This was stated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"It was difficult to achieve peace at first, but now the current situation provides an opportunity for meaningful and productive negotiations between Ukraine and Russia," he said.
According to Modi, the war in Ukraine has brought "a lot of suffering, even the Global South has suffered."
17:50 President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Andriy Gnatov as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to replace Anatoliy Bargilevich. The major general has over 27 years of military experience, commanded a marine brigade, the operational command troops to the east, and the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Bargilevich has been appointed Inspector General of the Ministry of Defense. His task is to monitor compliance with military standards and strengthen military discipline.
16.55 The UK is ready to send 10,000 troops to Ukraine . But the final number of foreign troops for Ukraine will exceed this figure. This was announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer at a meeting of the leaders of the "coalition of the willing".
14:00 Over the past week, Russian troops have launched more than 1,020 attack drones at Ukraine , continuing to terrorize peaceful cities and communities. The massive attacks also included about 1,360 guided aerial bombs and more than 10 missiles of various types. This was announced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
12:50 Over the course of a week, the State Special Transport Service cleared more than 1,700 hectares of territory from explosive objects. In total, 828 dangerous objects were found and neutralized, most of which were in the Kherson region. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
12.20 The Russian army struck the village of Zolotaya Balka in the Kherson region, a 40-year-old woman was killed and a 70-year-old man was injured.
11:45 Patrol police officers came under repeated fire in Chernihiv during a Russian drone attack. They were the first to arrive at the scene of the attack on March 15.
10:50 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has effectively confirmed the loss of Sudzha in the Kursk region , the press service of the department reported on Sunday, March 16. For more than six months, the Armed Forces of Ukraine had this Russian city under control; now it is controlled by the Russian army.
10:15 Europe may send troops to Ukraine without Moscow's consent , said French President Emmanuel Macron.
9.08 In Chernihiv, as a result of a Russian attack drone hitting a five-story residential building, two floors were partially destroyed; clearing the rubble continues.
8.30 On the night of March 16, the Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 47 Russian drones out of 90, and another 33 enemy UAVs were lost. The enemies launched them from different types in the following directions: Millerovo, Bryansk, Shatalovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Chauda. The Chernihiv, Kiev, Kharkov and Odessa regions were hit.
03.00 Finnish President Alexander Stubb has said that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is not seeking a truce in the full-scale war against Ukraine. His main goal, namely "the destruction of Ukraine's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity," has not changed at all.
01:30 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. During the conversation, they touched on several topics. In particular, the parties discussed further steps following the recent meetings in Saudi Arabia, and also agreed to continue working to restore communication between the US and Russia.
00.15 European countries can send their troops to Ukraine without Russia's consent, French President Macron said. Instead, Putin's refusal to deploy any European forces to ensure Ukraine's security is, according to Macron, "a clear sign of a strategic existential threat."
[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on formations of one assault battalion of the AFU and one border detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine close to Perovskoye and Kazachya Lopan (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 70 troops, six motor vehicles, four artillery guns, and one electronic warfare station.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one assault brigade and one artillery brigade of the AFU near Izyumskoye, Vyssheye Solenoye, Borovaya, Druzhelyubovka, Katerinovka (Kharkov region), and Novoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 240 troops, two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, one armoured fighting vehicle, ten motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS launcher, and two Kvertus electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Formations of seven mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, one mountain assault brigade, one assault brigade, one UAV brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade were hit near Seversk, Novaya Poltavka, Krymskoye, Novoolenovka, Gorkogo, Pleshcheyevka, Dronovka, Konstantinovka, Nikiforovka, Stupochki, and Ivanpolye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 305 troops, one tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, seven field artillery guns, to include four Western-made artillery guns and one Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 MLRS launcher. One materiel depot was destroyed.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defences. Russian troops launched an attack on four mechanised brigades, two jaeger brigades, one assault brigade, one UAV brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, two naval infantry brigades and one national guard brigade near Shevchenko, Krasnoarmeysk, Zverevo, Sribnoye, Petrovskoye, Udachnoye, Ulyanovka, Peschanoye, Uspenovka, Dimitrov, and Alekseyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 450 troops, five armoured fighting vehicles, eight pickup trucks, five artillery guns, and one electronic warfare station.
The Vostok Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line, defeated formations of one mechanised brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU and one naval infantry brigade near Veseloye, Volnoye Pole, and Konstantinopol (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 150 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, and three field artillery guns.
The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted fire on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU and three coastal defence brigades close to Pridneprovskoye, Nikolskoye, Tokarevka (Kherson region), and Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region).
Up to 90 troops, five motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, and three electronic warfare stations were neutralised.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack drones, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, assembly plants for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles and their storage as well as clusters of manpower and hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 151 areas.
Air defence systems shot down four U.S.-made JDAM guided aerial bombs and 141 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 658 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 46,917 unmanned aerial vehicles, 601 anti-aircraft missile systems, 22,297 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,529 MLRS combat vehicles, 22,620 field artillery guns and mortars, and 32,940 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
During the offensive, the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on formations of one mechanised brigade, two air assault brigades, two territorial defence brigades, and one assault regiment of the AFU close to Gogolevka, Gornal, Guyevo, and Oleshnya.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery strikes engaged AFU manpower and hardware near Gogolevka, Gornal, Guyevo, Zapselye, Loknya, and Oleshnya as well as Basovka, Belovody, Veselovka, Vodolagi, Zhuravka, Miropolye, Novaya Sech, Novenkoye, Obody, Yunakovka, and Yablonovka (Sumy region).
Over the course of the day, the AFU losses were over 220 troops, one tank, two armoured personnel carriers, one armoured fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, three artillery guns, and one UAV command post.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 67,850 troops, 394 tanks, 317 infantry fighting vehicles, 285 armoured personnel carriers, 2,200 armoured fighting vehicles; 2,442 motor vehicles, 558 artillery guns, 52 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, 120 EW stations, 16 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] 23:58 Official summary of the Office for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine from 00:00 03/16/2025 to 00:00 03/17/2025.
A total of 27 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Information was received about the death of one and the injury of eight civilians, including a young man born in 2011 and a girl born in 2008.
DAMAGED:
Five residential buildings,
Three civil infrastructure facilities.
A total of 27 armed attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 87 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:20 A total of 44 enemy drones knocked down in less than two hours
A total of 27 Ukrainian Armed Forces drones were destroyed in 40 minutes over the Kursk region and two over the Oryol region.
Another 15 Ukrainian drones were shot down over the Kursk (9), Oryol (5) and Bryansk (1) regions.
19:32 UAV operators of Stavropol paratroopers destroy military equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporizhia region.
19:30 Online is spreading video with a local resident of Sudzha. In the first part, he thanks the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the occupation, condemns the Russian authorities and even allows himself to use obscene language. In the second part, after the liberation of the city, he tells Alexander Khinshtein about the hardships he experienced.
18:45 As a result of Ukrainian armed aggression in Gorlovka, four civilians were wounded, one person died,reportedHead of the city district Ivan Prikhodko.
18:20 In Sudzha, fighters of the Guards "North" stumbled uponon a damaged American-made Stryker armored personnel carrier abandoned by Ukrainian troops after the liberation of the city.
17:35 The American vehicle was tracked by scouts in the Pokrovsky direction. Drone operators from the Vega special forces unit immobilized and destroyed it, –video.
16:10 Airborne units are burning and are being liquidated enemy in the village Gogolevka.
15:35 Despite the rapid retreat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, ceded control the skies in the Kursk region. Fighters from the 810th brigade said that they record up to 300-400 enemy drones per day in their area.
14:45 In the area of the settlement Malye Prokhody of the Khar'kov region our scouts opened movement of a Ukrainian intelligence group. FPV operator GV "Sever" caught a pickup truck "Toyota Hilux" with Ukrainian soldiers and carried out a targeted strike.
14:15 FPV drone operator of the North group of forces mixed with the ground dugout of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Servicemen of the 44th Army Corps uncovered a camouflaged bunker of a Ukrainian Armed Forces unmanned aerial vehicle crew in the Khar'kov region and promptly destroyed the detected target.
12:55 Servicemen of the North group of forces are evacuated civilians from the recently liberated Sudzha and Kazachya Loknya.
Providing assistance to the civilian population is one of the most important tasks of the units of the North group of forces. People take with them the most necessary things in the hope that they will soon return to their homes.
12:35 Russian Defense Ministry report on the progress of repelling the attempted invasion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces into the territory of the Russian Federation in the Kursk region as of March 16, 2025
By units of the North group of forces during offensive operations inflicted defeat of the formations of a mechanized unit, two airborne assault brigades, two territorial defense brigades and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Gogolevka, Gornal, Guevo and Oleshnya.
Strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation and artillery fire hit enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of the populated areas of Gogolevka, Gornal, Guevo Zapselye, Loknya and Oleshnya, as well as Basovka, Belovody, Veselovka, Vodolaghy, Zhuravka, Miropolye, Novaya Sich, Novenkoye, Obody, Yunakovka and Yablonovka in Sumy Oblast.
Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost more than 220 servicemen, a tank, two armored personnel carriers, a combat armored vehicle, five vehicles, three artillery pieces, and a UAV control center have been destroyed.
12:05 Investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee will be to investigate further criminal actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces against civilians of the Belgorod Region and the Donetsk People's Republic
According to information from executive authorities, three civilians were wounded in Gorlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic as a result of criminal actions by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In addition, a civilian was wounded as a result of shelling by Ukrainian armed formations in the village of Pobedy in the DPR.
The executive authorities report that a drone attacked a private home in the city of Gubkin in the Belgorod Region. A woman and a seven-year-old child were injured. In the village of Dolgoe in the Belgorod Region, a woman was injured as a result of an explosive device dropped from a drone.
11:10 Enemy assault group tried to reach the front line, but was discovered by soldiers of the 30th “Moscow Region” Regiment.
After opening fire to destroy, the unit ceased to exist, six occupiers were immediately eliminated.
10:15 Soldiers of the Ryazan 137th Airborne Regiment of the Tula Airborne Division destroy the artillery of the Ukrainian occupiers with field warehouses of ammunition in the Sudzhansky district, –video.
9:54 Ukrainian fighters are being liquidated consequences of their presence
Many buildings in Sudzha have been desecrated by Ukrainian occupiers with propaganda slogans, obscene remarks and other obscenities that have no place on Russian soil.
08:39 Chief of Staff with the call sign "Mongoose" told on the progress of the liberation of the settlements of Novaya Sorochina, Staraya Sorochina and Malaya Loknya in the Kursk region by servicemen of the 22nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Sever group.
07:28 Footage released defeats of the PVD and ammunition depot of the artillery division of the 34th Separate Colstal Brigade of the coast guard of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were attacked by an air strike using a FAB-500 with an UMPK in the area of the settlement of Verovka in the Kherson region.
07:06 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 31 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:
– 16 UAVs – over the territory of the Voronezh region,
– Nine UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
- Five UAVs - over the territory of the Rostov region,
- One UAV - over the territory of the Kursk region.
05:59 In the Krasnoarmeysk direction, UAV crews of the 35th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Center group of forces destroyed places where enemy manpower is concentrated, as well as firing points of Ukrainian Armed Forces units.
Their colleagues, drone operators of the Vostok group of forces, carrying out combat missions in the South Donetsk direction, hit the enemy command post, destroyed a pickup truck and thwarted an attempt to rotate militants.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
[ColonelCassad] The area where the gas pipeline exited near Sudzha, which led to the disorganization of the enemy's defense on the Kursk salient and its rapid collapse.
Funny headlines in the Western press. "70,000 soldiers in Kursk region died in vain."
Something must have happened.
Here they even went a bit overboard - according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 66,000.
But here it is rather noteworthy how now in the West they are smashing the lies of the cocaine Fuhrer about the fact that the goals of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region have been achieved, while in the West back in November-December they called for the withdrawal of troops from the Kursk salient in order to avoid further growth of losses and to preserve troops for future operations.
In this case, the enemy would have kept a number of brigades combat-ready and could have used them to attack the Bryansk or Belgorod regions, forcing us to maintain fairly large forces to cover the border. Instead, they waited until the brigades were worn out and the logistics intercepted, which led to excessive losses in people and equipment (mainly Western).
Today, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces acknowledged the loss of Sudzha. As usual, belatedly.
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