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[Korrespondent] 22:40 Slovenia has joined the Czech initiative to search and purchase artillery ammunition for Ukraine, said Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky. Slovenian media write that the country could allocate 1 million euros for these needs, but the amount was not officially announced.
22:27 The UN released its 38th report on the human rights situation in Ukraine. Experts interviewed 60 Ukrainian soldiers who were recently released from captivity and found that most of them were subjected to sexual violence. They also said that the Russian military and officials torture prisoners, in particular, they use beatings, electric shock, force them to remain in an uncomfortable position for a long time, threaten or imitate execution.
In addition, the mission documented credible reports of the execution of at least 32 Ukrainian prisoners of war between December 1, 2023 and February 29, 2024. Experts noted that this is more than in previous periods.
21:15 The reboot of power, especially the security bloc, announced by Zelensky, continues. The President dismissed Alexei Danilov from the post of Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, his position was taken by Alexander Litvinenko, who previously headed the Foreign Intelligence Service. About what Danilov is remembered for, and about his successor, see the material Rebooting Power Continues.
20:31 Zelensky said that he met in Kiev with a delegation of the Estonian Parliament led by Speaker Lauri Hussar. We discussed further assistance to Ukraine from Estonia and other partners, progress in preparing a bilateral security agreement, and the use of Russian frozen assets in favor of Ukraine.
19:59 France will soon be able to supply Ukraine with 78 Caesar self-propelled howitzers, Defense Minister Sebatien Lecornu said. In addition, according to him, Paris intends to transfer 80 thousand shells for 155 mm guns to Kyiv this year. Since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion, 30 thousand of these shells have been handed over.
19:28 Zelensky said in an evening video message that Danilov’s dismissal from the post of NSDC secretary took place as part of a “reboot of the management system”, and he will be transferred “to another direction.” According to the president, his successor, Alexander Litvinenko, “will combine his experience in leading the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine with the tasks facing the National Security and Defense Council.”
18:43 This afternoon the Russians hit Kharkov with an X-35u missile, which hit a sports college dormitory. The roof and the ceiling between the upper floors were destroyed, one person was injured, said Sergei Bolvinov, head of the Investigation Department of the State Administration for Police in the Kharkov region.
18:40 In Mariupol, the Russians used excavators to destroy the ancient historical landmark Ded Kurgan, dating back to the 5th millennium BC. Its modern height reached 6 m, diameter - 70 m. The prosecutor's office stated that such actions are a violation of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property and the Provisions of the IV Convention on the Laws and Customs of War on Land.
18:33 The North Atlantic Alliance is considering the possibility of shooting down Russian missiles, in particular over the western regions of Ukraine. About whether the members of the alliance will dare to make such a decision - in the material NATO can protect Ukraine from missiles .
18:27 Macron began a three-day visit to Brazil, where the main issue on his agenda will be an attempt to convince Brazilian President Lula da Silva to take a more pro-Ukrainian position on the war, Bloomberg writes, citing French officials. They said the French leader views Brazil as a key player among the group of countries from the Global South, especially given its rotating presidency of the G20.
17:51 Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said that within the framework of the Prague initiative, Ukraine could potentially receive 1.5 million shells. However, he could not say how long deliveries to the front line would take.
17:30 According to preliminary estimates, the damage to the environment from a missile attack on the Dnieper hydroelectric power station is about 140 million hryvnia, said Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Ruslan Strelets.
17:18 Director of the FSB of the Russian Federation Alexander Bortnikov said that the primary data received from those detained in the case of the terrorist attack in Crocus “confirms the Ukrainian trace.”
Meanwhile, Lukashenko said that the terrorists allegedly wanted to flee to Belarus first: “Due to the combat situation itself, we brought our units into action. Therefore, they could not enter Belarus in any way. They saw this. Therefore, they turned away and went to the section of the Ukrainian-Russian border.” . The President of Belarus noted that he “has suspicions” about the terrorists’ curators.
16:29 Since the beginning of the month, Kharkov has been under massive shelling. At the same time, Russian opposition media, citing sources in the Kremlin, claim that Putin has a plan to re-attack the city. This is partially confirmed by Ukrainian officials. What is known about the situation is in the material Where the Russian Federation is preparing a second offensive .
16:02 The Cabinet of Ministers appointed Artur Dobroserdov to the position of Commissioner for Issues of Missing Persons under Special Circumstances.
15:48 Zelensky, by his decrees, dismissed Alexey Danilov from the post of Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council and appointed in his place the former head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Alexander Litvinenko. The president appointed Oleg Ivashchenko , the former deputy head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, as head of the SVR.
15:27 Hungarian law enforcement officers will help the Ukrainian police conduct DNA research to identify those killed during the war. Such an agreement was reached during a meeting of the head of the National Police of Ukraine Ivan Vyhovsky with his Hungarian colleague Janos Balog.
15:20 Czech volunteers from the Gift for Putin initiative donated 1000 RPG-75M anti-tank grenade launchers for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. They reported that they collected more than 900 thousand euros.
14:59 As a result of yesterday's rocket attack in Odessa, ten people were injured, seven remain in hospitals, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OBA. As a result of the strikes, about 300 apartments were damaged and several buildings were destroyed. The Sports Palace also suffered significant damage.
14:28 In the Khortytsia group, a lieutenant colonel from Volyn, who worked for the FSB, was detained, said the head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk. According to him, Syrsky, who at that time led this group, helped identify him. At the same time, the detainee refused the FSB salary and worked “for the idea.”
14:12 In the village of Odradokamenka, Kherson region, the Russians hit a bus carrying humanitarian aid with two FPV drones. The vehicle and cargo were destroyed, no people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
14:09 Shoigu called “complete stupidity” rumors about a new mobilization in the Russian Federation for an offensive in the Kharkov region and the creation of a “sanitary zone” near the borders of the Belgorod region. A number of opposition Russian publications wrote about Russia’s possible attack on Kharkov and the impending mobilization.
14:04 The head of the FSB of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bortnikov, said that the terrorist attack in the Moscow region “was prepared by Islamist radicals, and the Ukrainian special services contributed to everything.” According to him, Ukraine allegedly trained militants in the countries of the Middle East. At the same time, Bortnikov added that Moscow “preliminarily received information about Kyiv’s involvement in the terrorist attack in the Moscow region,” but the mastermind of the terrorist attack has not yet been identified.
Bortnikov claims that the militants allegedly intended to get from Russia to Ukraine, where they were “waited for” and “wanted to be greeted as heroes.” The head of the FSB said that the SBU should be recognized as a “terrorist organization,” and the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov, is “a legitimate target for the Russian Armed Forces, like everyone who commits crimes against Russia.”
14:00 At night, the Russians shelled Novogrodovka, Donetsk region - one person was killed, one was wounded, said the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin. The missiles destroyed the administrative building and hangar, damaged a dormitory, two private houses and two non-residential premises.
13:51 Russia supplies North Korea with oil in exchange for weapons, writes the Financial Times. According to the newspaper, direct oil supplies began in March of this year. In exchange for this, Moscow receives shells and missiles, which it uses to bombard Ukraine.
13:43 Russia is holding more than 10 thousand Ukrainians on its territory and in the occupied territories of Ukraine, Prosecutor General Andrei Kostin said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine. “There are different figures. We estimate tens of thousands, more than 10 thousand for sure,” he noted. At the same time, Kostin clarified that we are talking only about those who were forcibly resettled, and not about those who made such a decision at their own discretion.
The Prosecutor General also said that in criminal proceedings alone, 5,600 Ukrainians have been identified as victims of torture, but the real numbers could be much higher, since there is no reliable information from the occupied territories.
13:07 The Russians hit civilian housing infrastructure in the Shevchenkovsky district of Kharkov, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. A non-residential building was damaged, and windows in a neighboring high-rise building were blown out. There were no wounded or dead.
12:59 Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, answering the question of who was behind the terrorist attack in Crocus near Moscow - ISIS or Ukraine, said: “Of course, Ukraine.”
12:48 Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albarez said that neither the EU, nor NATO, nor his country are preparing for any war, despite the threat from the Russian Federation and its unleashed war against Ukraine.
12:09 Kuleba said in an interview with Politico that he receives “irritated responses” from Germany every time he calls for giving Ukraine a Taurus: “Listen, I’m tired of answering this question. Sorry. You can quote me, I don’t mind. But every time, "When I answer this question, I get irritated responses from Berlin. Leave it to them. They got themselves into this situation. Let them look for a way out." The minister also called on the West to give Ukraine “these damn Patriots” to defend against Russian missile attacks.
11:24 NATO is considering the option of shooting down Russian missiles when they fly towards the territory of the Alliance, said Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Szejna: “NATO is analyzing different concepts, in particular, that such missiles should be shot down when they are already very close to the border "NATO. But this would have to happen with the consent of the Ukrainian side and taking into account international consequences. Then NATO missiles would hit Russian missiles outside the territory of the Treaty."
10:58 Kiev did not ask that NATO troops be deployed on the territory of Ukraine, but the West needs to come to terms with the fact that “this day may come,” Kuleba said: “I understand perfectly well that Europeans are not accustomed to the idea of war. But this is carelessness, "which Europeans simply cannot afford - neither for themselves nor for their children. Ukraine can win. But if Ukraine loses, Putin will not stop."
10:47 The southern defense forces reported that the Zircon missile, which the Russians used to hit Kiev the day before, has an average speed of 9,000 km/h. and even more. So, Zircon flies in one minute to Odessa, Kherson and Nikolaev, in two and a half minutes - to Zaporozhye and Dnepr, in three minutes - to Kropyvnytskyi.
10:42 The Navy clarified that the large landing ship Konstantin Olshansky was hit on March 24 during a missile attack on Sevastopol. At the same time, the landing ships Yamal and Azov and the reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs were hit.
10:20 The difficult situation with electricity supply after the Russian attacks remains in Kharkov, Odessa, Krivoy Rog and the Nikolaev region. But there is no threat of negative consequences for the energy supply throughout Ukraine, said the head of Ukrenergo Vladimir Kudrytsky. According to him, in Odessa it was possible to stabilize the situation in the energy system and return to the schedule of planned outages. The worst situation is in Kharkov, where the enemy tried to destroy almost all main-level objects using ballistics.
09:54 EU High Representative Josep Borrell called on the United States to unblock aid to Ukraine, since this is in the interests of the entire West: “We cannot allow Russia to win this war. Otherwise, the interests of the United States and Europe will suffer greatly. It’s not just about generosity. It’s not about supporting Ukraine "because we love the Ukrainians. It's in our own interests. And it's also in the interests of the United States as a global player - which wants to be seen as a responsible partner for the security of its allies. So we urge the United States to release and approve additional assistance."
09:11 The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the ship Konstantin Olshansky with a Neptune missile, said Naval Forces spokesman Dmitry Pletenchuk. According to him, the damage is being clarified, but the ship is not in combat readiness. This landing ship belonged to Ukraine before the occupation of Crimea. It stood in the bay for nine years, and over the past year the Russians have restored it.
Pletenchuk also confirmed that Ukraine, during a missile attack on Sevastopol on March 23, damaged the ship Ivan Khurs, which received damage to its stern equipment.
08:58 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 26:
personnel - about 438,160 (+770) people,
tanks - 6893 (+6),
armored combat vehicles - 13,207 (+24),
artillery systems - 10 904 (+27),
MLRS - 1019 (+1),
air defense systems - 727 (+1),
aircraft - 347 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 8553 (+14),
cruise missiles - 2014 (+4),
ships/boats - 26 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 14,498 (+44),
special equipment - 1789 (+4).
08:26 At night, the Russians attacked Kharkov with drones. The building of a private enterprise was damaged, but no people were injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
08:07 Over the past 24 hours, 57 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in a cancer report . In particular, the enemy tried 22 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - near the settlement of Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region. Another 15 enemy attacks were repulsed in the Liman direction - in the areas of Belogorovka, Lugansk region, as well as Ternov, Yampolevka, Razdolovka and north of Vesely, Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansky direction, the Defense Forces repelled one enemy attack in the Ivanovka area of the Kharkov region; on Bakhmutskoye - four attacks in the Kleshcheevka area of the Donetsk region; in Avdeevsky - four attacks in the Berdychi and Pervomaisky districts of the Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - four attacks in the areas of Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region, as well as southwest of Belogorye and northwest of Verbovoye, Zaporozhye region. The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Kherson direction.
07:42 In the morning, the Russians shelled Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, with artillery - nine private houses were damaged, one person was injured, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak.
07:39 Air defense at night destroyed all 12 Shahed-type attack UAVs, which Russia attacked from the Crimean Cape Chauda and from the Kursk region. The drones were destroyed in the Nikolaev and Kharkov regions, the Air Force reported. In addition, the Russians fired two S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles in the direction of the Donetsk region.
06:18 Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said that as a result of the night attack, destruction of infrastructure was recorded. According to him, on approaching Belgorod, air defense forces allegedly shot down 13 air targets. In the village of Dubovoe, two people were injured.
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[EngMilRu] Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a group strike by long-range sea-based and ground-based precision weaponry and unmanned aerial vehicles at decision-making centres, Ukrainian Security Service objects, defence industry enterprises, as well as deployment areas of Ukrainian nationalist formations and foreign mercenaries.
All the targets have been engaged. The goal of the strike has been achieved.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces inflicted losses on enemy units and improved the tactical situation along the front lines.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 20 Ukrainian troops and two motor vehicles.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on units of the AFU 54th, 93rd mechanised brigades, and 81st Airmobile Brigade near Belogorovka (Lugansk People's Republic), Kleshcheyevka, and Verkhnekamenka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 425 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and seven motor vehicles.
Moreover, four electronic warfare stations, one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery warfare station, and one U.S.-made M777 howitzer were neutralised.
In Avdeyevka direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces inflicted losses on enemy units and improved the tactical situation along the front lines.
Four counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 24th, 47th, 59th mechanised brigades, and 25th Airborne Brigade were repelled near Novgorodskoye, Vodyanoye, Pervomayskoye, Tonenkoye, and Berdichi (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 280 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, and six motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, two U.S.-made M777 howitzers, one UK-made AS-90 self-propelled artillery system, one D-20 howitzer, and one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system were wiped out.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces delivered strikes and repelled two counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade near Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 105 Ukrainian troops, five motor vehicles, two UK-made FH-70 howitzers, and one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
In Kherson direction, as a result of Dnepr Group of Forces' cohesive actions, the tactical situation along the front line was improved, and losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware clusters of the AFU 65th Mechanised Brigade and 108th Territorial Defence Brigade near Rabotino and Novosyolovka (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 50 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made M777 howitzer.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 114 areas during the day.
Over the past 24 hours, air defence units shot down 131 unmanned aerial vehicles, two S-200 surface-to-air guided missiles converted to hit ground targets, and 15 HIMARS and Vampire MLRS projectiles.
In total, 577 airplanes and 270 helicopters, 17,142 unmanned aerial vehicles, 489 air defence missile systems, 15,604 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,256 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 8,531 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 20,215 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 03/26/2024 to 00:00 03/27/2024.
36 facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were no reports of civilian casualties
10 shellings in the Donetsk direction
26 shellings in the Gorlovka direction
A total of 108 units of various ammunition were produced.
21:30 Air raid warning announced in a number of regions of Ukraine:
Dnipropetrovsk region
Zhytomyr region
Kiev region
Kirovograd region
Poltava region
Sumy region
Kharkov region
Cherkasy region
Chernihiv region
Kiev
20:21 Telegram channel “Fisherman":
Ukrainian formations continue to attack Russian territory: over the past week, the Belgorod and Kherson regions, as well as the Donetsk agglomeration, were most often under enemy fire. To engage the Ukrainian Armed Forces with fire, they also used drones and artillery.
The most difficult situation was recorded in the Belgorod region, in the border area of which the enemy’s DRGs were active a week earlier. Despite the decrease in the intensity of strikes, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 859 ammunition in the region this week. 14 civilians were killed, another 31 were injured of varying degrees of severity.
In the rear regions of Russia, the Kiev regime tried to attack targets in the Voronezh and Saratov regions. In the latter case, Ukrainian drones were intercepted by the Russian air defense system on approach to the city of Engels, where the strategic aviation airfield of the Russian Aerospace Forces is located.
And at the end of the week, the enemy did not ignore the Crimean peninsula, carrying out a massive combined attack. The strikes also hit Sevastopol: one civilian was killed and four more were injured.
It was no less dangerous in the populated areas of the Donetsk People's Republic. Moreover, Ukrainian formations have intensified attacks, including with cluster munitions, on civilian infrastructure. Over the course of a week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired over 700 shells: four people were killed and 23 civilians were injured.
While shooting battles are going on in the Krynok region and adjacent territories, Ukrainian formations daily shell settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region. In total, just under 400 shells were fired across the region. Three people were killed and seven were injured. The Kakhovka district was under the most intense fire.
19:19 Around 18.30 Moscow timesuppressedan attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Duty air defense systems destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Belgorod region.
18:39 Statement by the head of the press center of the Dnepr group -video.
In the Kherson direction, as a result of coordinated actions of units of the Dnepr group of troops, the situation along the front line was improved, and also fire damage was caused to accumulations of manpower and equipment of the 65th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 108th technical defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Rabotino and Novoselovka, Zaporozhye region .
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 50 military personnel, three vehicles, as well as a US-made M777 howitzer.
17:10 Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group -video.
In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of troops inflicted fire damage and repelled two counterattacks by assault groups of the 72nd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Staromayorskoye, Donetsk People's Republic.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 105 military personnel, five vehicles, two FH-70 howitzers made in Great Britain, as well as a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount.
16:15 Summary: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of March 26, 2024)
Within 24 hours, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a group strike with high-precision long-range sea- and land-based weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles against decision-making centers, SBU facilities, military-industrial complex enterprises, as well as locations of Ukrainian national formations and foreign mercenaries. All objects are hit. The objectives of the strike have been achieved.
In the Kupyansk direction, the active actions of units of the “Western” group of forces inflicted fire damage on enemy units and improved the situation along the front line. The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 20 military personnel and two vehicles.
In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of troops occupied more advantageous positions and defeated the formations of the 54th, 93rd mechanized and 81st airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka of the Lugansk People's Republic, Kleshcheevka and Verkhnekamenskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 425 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles and seven vehicles.
In addition, four electronic warfare stations, a US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar, and a US-made M777 howitzer were destroyed.
In the Avdeevsky direction, units of the "Center" group of troops defeated enemy units and improved the situation along the front line.
Four counterattacks of assault groups of the 24th, 47th, 59th mechanized, 25th airborne brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Novgorodskoye, Vodyanoye, Pervomaiskoye, Tonenkoye and Berdychi of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 280 troops, two tanks, two armored combat vehicles and six vehicles.
During the counter-battery fight, two M777 howitzers made in the USA, an AS-90 self-propelled artillery mount made in the UK, a D-20 howitzer, and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount were hit.
In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of troops inflicted fire damage and repelled two counterattacks by assault groups of the 72nd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Staromayorskoye, Donetsk People's Republic.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 105 military personnel, five vehicles, two FH-70 howitzers made in Great Britain, as well as a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount.
In the Kherson direction, as a result of coordinated actions of units of the Dnepr group of troops, the situation along the front line was improved, and also fire damage was caused to accumulations of manpower and equipment of the 65th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 108th technical defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Rabotino and Novoselovka, Zaporozhye region .
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 50 military personnel, three vehicles, as well as a US-made M777 howitzer.
Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery from groupings of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit the personnel and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 114 regions.
Air defense systems destroyed 131 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles within 24 hours, as well as shot down two S-200 anti-aircraft guided missiles converted to hit ground targets and 15 rockets from the HIMARS and Vampire multiple launch rocket systems.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 577 aircraft, 270 helicopters, 17,142 unmanned aerial vehicles, 489 anti-aircraft missile systems, 15,604 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,256 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 8,531 field artillery and mortar guns, as well as 20215 units of special military vehicles.
15:25 Special military operation. Situation on March 26 –map.
14:45 Hit at the location of an enemy reconnaissance unit in Novogrodovka.
Tonight, Russian troops launched a strike on the enemy’s temporary deployment point in the temporarily occupied territory of the DPR. Ballistic missiles were used.
Coordinates: 48.1985768, 37.3303791
A temporary deployment point was organized in the dormitory building of PJSC Mashzavod. According to available information, the reconnaissance company of the 3rd Specialized Brigade (former Azov* battalion) was stationed at the facility.
A targeted strike from two ballistic missiles destroyed the hostel building and destroyed/damaged military equipment that was in close proximity to the target. After the attack, a fire broke out at the site, which was accompanied by the sounds of secondary detonation.
At the moment, 7 representatives of the Azov* reconnaissance unit are known to have been killed and 9 wounded.
“Azov*” is a terrorist organization banned in Russia.
13:15 Statement by the head of the press center of the “West” group -video.
Units of the West group of forces continue to carry out combat missions in the Kupyansk direction.
Motorized rifle units, in cooperation with artillery, repelled an attack by assault groups of the 57th motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sinkovka area.
The artillery units of the group carried out fire strikes on over 350 enemy targets, including temporary deployment points, platoon strongholds, artillery positions, concentrations of manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
During the counter-battery fight, the crew of the D-30 howitzer under the command of junior sergeant Evgeniy Zheltov destroyed the crew of a 120-mm mortar in the area of the village of Berestovoe.
The group's air defense systems shot down three missiles from the Haymars multiple launch rocket system.
Enemy losses in the Kupyansk direction amounted to up to 20 military personnel, two mortar crews, an ammunition supply point, two pickup trucks, three control points for unmanned aerial vehicles and a 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled gun.
12:35 Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group -video.
The Center group of troops continues to carry out combat missions in the special military operation zone.
Artillery fire and air strikes hit 370 identified targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including 20 strong points and about 100 field artillery positions. During the counter-battery fight, an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount, a D-20 howitzer, an MT-12 Rapier anti-tank gun, and three 120-mm enemy mortars were destroyed.
Air defense systems shot down four unmanned aerial vehicles and a Khaimars MLRS rocket.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 120 military personnel. Six tanks, a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, an M113 armored personnel carrier, and seven vehicles were destroyed.
11:52 From Krasnoye (Ivanovsky)report paratroopers:
Our 11th brigade took the village completely, the Ukrainian Armed Forces rolled in, but nothing worked out for them, the guys sat out at night, the commander told the guys to rest, they worked on the Ukrainian infantry, which was going to be evacuated, to rotate, and in addition, they also worked on duty targets.
The enemy really made a powerful attack yesterday, again actively entered Krasnoye and tried to seriously gain a foothold there. The fighting went on all day. The counterattack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was intended to stabilize the deteriorating situation in the Artemovsk direction, where the Russian Armed Forces were advancing towards Chasov Yar. Perhaps the enemy will try his luck near Krasny a couple more times.
10:30 Area settlement Marinka.
It is reported that our assault units carried out a successful attack andcapturedseveral enemy armored vehicles.
Our mortars preliminarily worked and suppressed the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
09:53 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
according to n.p. Dnepryan 5 shells;
according to n.p. Kakhovka 6 shells;
according to n.p. Staraya Zburevka 5 shells;
according to n.p. Alyosha 7 shells;
according to n.p. Korsunka 4 shells;
according to n.p. Cossack Camps 6 shells..
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Peschanivka, n.p. Golaya Pristan, n.p. Kardashinka, Maslovka village, firing a total of 16 shells from cannon artillery.
In Kakhovka, Kyiv militants entered a residential building, as a result of which an innocent child was injured - a four-year-old girl is in intensive care.
09:28 Telegram channel «WarGonzo":
Frontline report for the morning of 03/26/2024
- Zaporozhye Front. On the Rabotino-Verbovoye line, the Russian Armed Forces continue to put pressure on the positions of the Ukrainians. The Armed Forces of Ukraine remotely mine the approaches to their positions in order to impede the advance of Russian troops. Long-range weapons are actively working. In Rabotino itself there are no changes. There are fierce oncoming battles, where neither side has yet achieved an obvious advantage.
– On the Donetsk Front, the Russian Armed Forces advanced to Novomikhailovka, capturing almost the entire eastern part of the village. At the same time, Russian troops are advancing towards the village from the south. In the Pobeda area, in Georgievskoye, on the southern approaches to Krasnogorovka and in the Nevelskoye area, there were counter battles. In Pervomaisky, the Armed Forces of Ukraine stubbornly hold the line, offering serious resistance, but the Russian Armed Forces are still gradually pushing through the Ukrainian defense, taking more and more new positions. The fighting is taking place in the central part of the village. In the Tonenkoye area, Russian troops continue to develop their offensive in the direction of Umansky and Yasnobrodovka. Fierce fighting on the approaches to Semyonovka, where the Russian Armed Forces are attacking from Orlovka and from the area between Orlovka and Berdychi, trying to take control of the road supplying the Ukrainian garrison in this settlement.
– Artemovskoe direction (Bakhmutskoe) direction. Russian troops took assault actions in the Kleshcheevka area, and continue to develop an offensive towards Chasov Yar south of Bogdanovka and along the heights north of Ivanovsky (Krasny). In the last n.p. The Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to counterattack on the western outskirts. No success.
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Chronicle of a special military operation for March 25, 2024
– Ukrainian formations carried out another raid on a Russian energy infrastructure facility, firing two dozen drones at the Novocherkassk State District Power Plant. Also in the sky over the Rostov region, air defense systems destroyed two modified S-200 anti-aircraft missiles.
– In turn, the Russian Armed Forces again struck targets in the rear areas of the so-called. Ukraine. In Kyiv, the targets of the attack were the airport in Zhulyany and buildings used by the SBU; in Odessa, an explosion occurred on the territory of a sanatorium, and in the Odessa region - at several substations.
– In the Artemovsk (Bakhmut) direction, under pressure from the Russian Armed Forces, Ukrainian formations are gradually withdrawing forces from Bogdanovka to prepared positions near Chasov Yar. In the Donetsk direction there are battles in Krasnogorovka, where the control zone has been slightly expanded east of the O0532 highway.
– In the Avdeevsky direction, Ukrainian formations are trying to hold the lines in the Berdychi area and are preparing a defense line in the vicinity of Novobakhmutovka and Ocheretino.
– In the Ugledar direction, the enemy was driven out of the farm in the north of Novomikhailovka, and in the center of the village, Russian troops occupied buildings on Sobornaya, Tsentralnaya and Mira streets.
08:10 Official summary Representative office of the DPR in the JCCC
15 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC.
There were no reports of civilian casualties.
Damaged:
4 residential buildings,
1 civil infrastructure facility.
9 attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction,
5 attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Gorlovsky,
One shelling from the Ukrainian Armed Forces was recorded on Yasinovatsky.
In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces produced 40 units of various ammunition.
[IsraelTimes] 32-year-old US citizen is being held at Moscow’s Lefortovo prison, notorious for its harsh conditions; is to be kept in custody until June 30
A Moscow court on Tuesday ordered Wall Street Journal news houndEvan Gershkovich held in jail on espionage charges until at least late June, court officials said.
The 32-year-old US citizen was arrested in late March 2023 while on a reporting trip and has spent a year behind bars. His arrest was extended until June 30.
Photos from the courtroom released by court officials showed Gershkovich, clad in a black checkered shirt, smiling from the glass defendant’s box.
Gershkovich and his employer have denied the allegations. No, no! Certainly not! and the US government has declared him to be wrongfully detained.
His arrest in the city of Yekaterinburg rattled journalists in Russia, where authorities have not detailed what if any, evidence they have to support the espionage charges.
Gershkovich is being held at Moscow’s Lefortovo prison, which is notorious for its harsh conditions.
US Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy attended the court hearing on Tuesday and reiterated that "the accusations against Evan are categorically untrue."
"They are not a different interpretation of circumstances. They are fiction," Tracy told news hounds outside of the courthouse. "No justification for Evan’s continued detention, and no explanation as to why Evan doing his job as a journalist constituted a crime. Evan’s case is not about evidence, due process or rule of law. It is about using American citizens as pawns to achieve political ends."
Analysts have pointed out that Moscow may be using jugged Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! Americans as bargaining chips in soaring US-Russian tensions over the Kremlin’s military operation in Ukraine. At least two US citizens arrested in Russia in recent years — including WNBA star Brittney Griner — have been exchanged for Russians jugged Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! in the US.
Gershkovich is the first American news hound to be arrested on espionage charges in Russia since September 1986, when Nicholas Daniloff, a Moscow correspondent for US News and World Report, was arrested by the KGB. Daniloff was released without charge 20 days later in a swap for an employee of the Soviet Union’s UN mission who was arrested by the FBI, also on spying charges.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] There remains a threat of terrorist acts in Russia. This was announced by the director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia, Alexander Bortnikov, on March 26 after participating in the expanded board of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.
“Yes, unfortunately, this is so,” the FSB director answered the corresponding question.
At the same time, he recalled the prevention of terrorist attacks organized by the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in many regions of Russia, especially in the regions bordering Ukraine.
“This happened last year and is happening now,” Bortnikov added.
On the same day, the press service of the Russian Guard reported that after the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, the number of calls calling for terrorist acts to be committed in Russia increased.
Earlier, the Russian Federal Security Service called on residents of the country to be vigilant due to calls from Ukraine encouraging terrorist attacks.
The department noted that parents need to warn minor children from communicating with the authors of incoming provocations.
As reported by Regnum news agency, Russian special services almost daily neutralize terrorists and stop attempts to commit terrorist attacks on the territory of the country. Thus, on March 26, the FSB announced the prevention of terrorist activities in the Zaporozhye and Samara regions.
A day earlier, on March 25, the FSB reported that it had thwarted an attempted terrorist attack in Barnaul on the eve of the Russian presidential elections.
Before this, on March 18, a Russian woman was detained in Crimea for planning to set fire to a relay cabinet on a railway. She was supposed to carry out the terrorist attack in Simferopol on instructions from the Ukrainian special services.
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[Regnum] The head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, dismissed Alexey Danilov from the post of Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine. The corresponding decree was published on March 26 on Zelensky’s website.
“Dismiss Aleksey Myacheslavovich Danilov from the post of Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine,” the document says.
By another decree, Zelensky appointed Alexander Litvinenko as secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, having previously dismissed him from the post of head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine. Oleg Ivashchenko was appointed to this place.
Danilov has served as Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine since October 2019.
As Regnum reported, Zelensky, in a video message published on March 4, announced a number of new personnel appointments in the Ukrainian defense forces. Then he did not specify what kind of reshuffles were expected. He only explained that “real combat commanders from the front” were involved in developing solutions.
Earlier, Ukrainian media reported that Zelensky was thinking about dismissing Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba. According to sources, many complaints have accumulated against him regarding the ambassadorial candidacies provided by the ministry. In addition, the administration of the Kyiv regime is generally dissatisfied with the work of the Foreign Ministry.
On February 8, Zelensky dismissed Valery Zaluzhny from the post of commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On March 7, it became known about Zaluzhny’s appointment as ambassador to the UK. The head of the Kiev regime explained this by saying that he himself asked for this position.
The head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, was forced to dismiss Alexey Danilov from the post of Secretary of the National Security Council of Ukraine under the influence of a number of factors, one of them was the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall. This opinion was expressed to a Regnum news agency correspondent on March 26 by Nikolai Kostikin, an expert at the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis.
The expert believes that Danilov’s dismissal was due to the fact that he confirmed Ukraine’s involvement in the terrorist attack at Crocus and stated that “Russia will have such fun more often.”
“After the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall, the US statement about Ukraine’s alleged non-involvement in this terrorist act and Russia’s attack on the location of the SBU, the leadership in Kyiv began to panic. Russia has made it clear that it is starting a hunt for those responsible for this terrorist attack,” says the military expert.
That’s why Zelensky fired Danilov in order to comply with US policy and distance himself from participation in the terrorist attack, Kostikin clarified.
As Regnum reported, Alexander Litvinenko became the new secretary of the National Security Council of Ukraine. The corresponding decree was signed by the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky. Litvinenko previously served as head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine.
The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, asked who would believe the US words that Kiev was not involved in the terrorist attack, if in the past the West applauded extremists in Ukraine.
She recalled that Washington says that supposedly Ukraine had nothing to do with it. And who will believe them, when in 2013-2014 it was Washington, it was Britain, it was Germany, Brussels, Paris, Warsaw, all the Baltic countries applauded, distributed money, as much as they could, cookies, and so on to those who threw Molotov cocktails at the same civil buildings, infrastructure in the center of Kiev, Zakharova said.
Terrorists attacked Crocus City Hall on the evening of March 22. The armed men began shooting visitors and then set the building on fire. According to data as of March 26, 139 people were killed as a result of the attack. The list of victims includes 121 people.
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[Regnum] In Poland, Brigadier General, Chief of Staff of the Allied Operation Althea Command, the EU-led military mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Adam Marczak, died unexpectedly. The operational command of the country's Armed Forces reported this on the social network X.
It is alleged that the death of the Polish officer occurred on March 26 from natural causes, while off duty.
Adam Marczak graduated from the Higher Officer School of Mechanized Forces. He participated in command positions in operations in Bosnia and Afghanistan. In 2017, Marczak led the 25th Air Cavalry Brigade, and then headed the Council for Intelligence and Electronic Warfare at the High Command of the Polish Armed Forces.
In mid-2021, Marczak became deputy chief of staff of the Eurocorps command in Strasbourg. After some time, he took the post of chief of staff of the EU operational command “Althea” in Mons, Belgium, the Polish publication Rzeczpospolita clarified.
[ColonelCassad] In the Chasov Yar area, the Russian Armed Forces killed Polish Brigadier General Adam Marczak. The bunker with the general was visited by an Iskander OTRK missile.
The Poles confirm Marczak's sudden death, but say that the general "died of natural causes."
Marczak once commanded the Polish occupation contingent in Afghanistan, as well as in Bosnia. He was also involved in NATO command structures.
This is the highest-ranking NATO military personnel killed in Ukraine since the beginning of the war.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Evgeniy Balakin
[RIA] The people who came to the Crocus City Hall for the concert of the Picnic group were far from the war - but it came to them in the same way as it once did to Donetsk, Lugansk, Belgorod. They, unarmed, died in a war unleashed against us by Western countries using Ukraine (losing the characteristics of a state and acquiring the features of a terrorist entity) and radical Islamism as a weapon of death.
Can what happened be justified? No. But it is necessary to understand the enemy. It pains us to even think about it, but we must penetrate into its logic - this is the only way to win.
In itself, no matter how terrible it is, an act of terrorism is not capable of changing the course of events at the front: every day the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffer much more significant losses from a military point of view. But as one of the elements of a network war, it is quite meaningful: in combination with attacks on oil refineries, a suicidal attack on the Belgorod and Kursk regions, arson of polling stations and damage to voting ballots, panic messages spread on social networks, this could have tangible consequences.
Fortunately, the planned chain of events fell apart into separate links and the instigators of the online war (the purpose of which is to disperse attention, cause paralysis of political will and force the victim to voluntarily surrender) did not achieve the effect they had hoped for: they failed to disrupt the elections and shake the political system. However, one strike still reached its target - and its consequences could be disastrous for the country.
The organizers of the terrorist attack surgically pinpointed the pain point of our society: migrants and the radical Islamism associated with them. That is why four citizens of Tajikistan were chosen as performers : Dalerjon Mirzoev (32 years old), Rachabalizod Murodali (30 years old), Shamisidin Fariduli (25 years old), Muhammadsobir Fayzov (19 years old). All of them speak Russian extremely poorly (or pretend to), three of them communicate only through an interpreter.
Reuters and the New York Times (NYT) stated in the very first hours of the attack that the ISIS group took responsibility for it. It should be especially emphasized here that this banned organization does not have official channels where the mentioned publications could receive this information. To add “unambiguity” to what was happening, the Kyiv authorities immediately disowned the bloody massacre - and in this they were instantly supported by the American authorities, placing responsibility on the same ISIS.
Further, following the logic of this diabolical plan, the next chain of events should have started. The emotions of society, which is in a state of righteous anger after the terrorist attack, are heated through a controlled media network that operates on the principle of a swarm (that is, network elements are supposedly independent of each other) and (ideally) masquerading as the opinions of the citizens themselves.
At the same time, a narrative is launched about the fight against the “ultra-right”, who incite ethnic hatred and are ready to carry out pogroms. Then these two points of view (more precisely, the people captured by them) collide, which leads to a new round of mutual aggression. Categorical demands are being made to the authorities: some call to punish migrants and Islamists (soon this hostility will spread to all non-Russian ethnic groups and Islam as such), others to curb the aggression of the “ultra-right.” As a result, each side accuses the authorities of weakness and inability to cope with the situation, which (in the extreme) leads to open civil confrontation. Need I repeat that in war conditions such a development of events could be fatal for Russia?
But the enemy miscalculated again.
Despite the grief that gripped the people, calls for lynching and pogroms were not heard anywhere, and no “ultra-right” groups entered the arena of history. Moreover, society showed its best: queues lined up at blood transfusion centers, entrepreneurs and large companies provided assistance to the families of the victims. The heroic behavior of the young guys who brought hundreds of people out of Crocus deserves special attention : Artem Donskov, Nikita Ivanov, Islam Khalilov and Ilya (whose last name is not yet known). The examples of courage shown by people at this tragic moment are so numerous that we cannot list all the names here.
However, the brilliant work of the special services, which in the shortest possible time revealed the motives and background of the terrorists, played a huge role in the sustained reaction of society: these creatures carried out the massacre not because they were radicals, but simply for money. They are not ideological fighters, but banal mercenaries. And this only emphasizes the staged nature of the terrorist attack with the aim of inciting interethnic and interreligious hatred. If the customers needed it, they would have found Russians, Jews or blacks from Africa to carry it out. But it was Muslims and precisely migrants from Central Asia that were needed.
However, it should be recognized that the problem of illegal migration is acute - and no less acute is the situation when legal migrants, from a legal point of view, in fact do not have (and do not want to have) any immersion in Russian culture and have a consumerist attitude towards our country. This ultimately creates the vulnerable spot that the organizers of the massacre in Moscow were targeting. Considering how decisively many government officials have spoken on this issue, there is every reason to believe that migration policy will be revised - rationally, balancedly, consistently, and not under the influence of emotions, as the enemy is seeking.
Finally, it is incorrect to assign the status of “terrorist” to any nation. Vladimir Putin directly pointed this out, saying that “terrorists, murderers, non-humans who do not and cannot have a nationality face one unenviable fate - retribution and oblivion. They have no future.”
This should be understood in such a way that a terrorist, crossing the line of what is permitted, loses his human face, betrays his faith and his people. The Russian President’s call to the world community for a joint fight against international terrorism is essentially a continuation of the joint struggle with the countries of the Global South against the collective West, which is behind the terrorist attack in Moscow. And although Russia is at the forefront of this struggle, victory can only be achieved together with other countries - regardless of differences between religions and peoples.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
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