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[Korrespondent] 21:42 It is technically impossible to take Kiev, says Arestovich.
According to him, another attempt to capture the capital from the north will be doomed to failure: “They can try to attack, but they have to go through the suburbs of Kyiv. We have been seeing how they go for 24 days: Bucha, Gostomel, Brovary… elite units. They are gone now. Now some hodgepodge will try to perform the same operation - well, what is the prospect?"
21:36 In Poland, 57 cities have unilaterally terminated cooperation agreements with 48 cities of Russia and 12 cities of Belarus, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reports.
21:34 Today, the enemy fired at the village of Novye Petrivtsi near Kiev from Gradov - a field caught fire, a gas station was damaged. According to preliminary data, no victims.
21:12 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation says that the Azov battalion allegedly plans to stage a terrorist attack in Lviv against diplomats from the United States and other Western countries in order to present it as an attack by Russia.
21:11 Enemy intelligence has come to the conclusion that due to the strong resistance of the Ukrainians, it is impossible to establish pro-Russian authorities in the territories temporarily controlled by the invaders, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine says.
21:04 Today, 6,623 people have been evacuated along humanitarian corridors, according to the OP. 4,128 people left Mariupol for Zaporozhye, almost 500 Mariupol residents were transported from Mangush to Berdyansk, who will be able to leave for Zaporozhye tomorrow morning.
1820 people were evacuated from the Kiev region, 675 people from the Lugansk region. Food and medicines were delivered to the settlements of the Lugansk region.
21:03 Podolyak reacted to Poland's initiative on the Marshall Plan-2 for Ukraine: "Marshall Plan 2.0 is the moral responsibility of those who do not want to stand by when Russian missiles hit our cities. The destruction of civilian infrastructure is a war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine "Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is impeccable in his initiative to help rebuild. Poland is a sincere friend of Ukraine."
21:01 The RF Ministry of Defense declares that "Ukrainian nationalists have mined storage facilities with ammonia and chlorine at a chemical plant in Sumy in order to poison the residents if the Russian military enter the city."
In addition, according to the invaders, "Ukrainian militants brought containers with chemical substances to the school building in the village of Kotlyarovo in the Mykolaiv region, they are planned to be blown up when the Russian military approaches."
20:56 Arestovich: "Our conditions put forward at the negotiations contain many surprises for the Ukrainian society. We will not allow Putin to realize his wishes through the blood shed in Ukraine."
According to him, the Russians have chosen "the most ridiculous course of action - they will attack and lose another ten thousand people."
Arestovich believes that the Russians will agree to negotiations after another attempt to seize something. "Why do this - the questions of the Russian people to their leadership," he added.
20:54 The deputy commander of the Azov regiment "Kalina" said that the Ukrainian military is ready to launch a counteroffensive: "We can free those who are under temporary occupation in Berdyansk, Melitopol. There is only one step to liberate the South - the deblockade of Mariupol."
20:30 In the Chernihiv region, the Russian invaders tried to distribute "humanitarian aid", but the locals, even under pressure, did not take anything. The enemy is trying to hold similar events in the Kiev and Kherson regions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
20:28 Refrigerators with a cargo of "200" arrive daily at the Lugansk regional hospital, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. These are the bodies of soldiers of the 2nd Army Corps, who suffered significant losses. Lines of relatives of the victims lined up near the district executive committees.
20:27 In Crimea, separate units of the Russian Marine Corps have lost up to 90% of their personnel, there are no reserves to restore losses, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.
20:24 Sadovyi said that there is a complete ban on the sale of alcohol in Lviv. Earlier, the governor said that in the region the ban is valid from 21:00 to 10:00.
20:22 The governor of the Nikolaev area Vitaly Kim calls on local residents whenever possible to clean up bodies of the Russian occupiers in the released territories. According to him, they will not turn into fertilizers - this is a myth. On the contrary, cadaveric poison will then interfere with the sowing.
20:16 Mayor of Mariupol Vadym Boychenko said that the Russian invaders force people to leave Ukraine for the territory of Russia. According to him, over the past week, several thousand Mariupol residents were taken there.
20:07 Johnson believes that Putin is now in "total panic" because of a possible revolution in Moscow, "so he is trying to brutally extinguish the fire of freedom in Ukraine."
20:04 The Ukrainian Armed Forces of Ukraine refute the information of the Russian media that Rubizhne in the Luhansk region was "cleansed" by Kadyrov's and terrorists from ORDLO.
19:54 Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that the EU should develop a plan for the restoration of Ukraine, and called it the Marshall Plan-2. He promised to raise this issue at a meeting of the Council of Europe.
19:53 North Macedonia has canceled the visa-free regime for Russians, which has been in effect since 1989.
19:43 AFU in the Zaporozhye direction destroyed a Russian Ka-52 helicopter and damaged another one. They also eliminated about 60 Russian invaders and several enemy armored vehicles, the General Staff said.
19:39 Spokesperson of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Oleg Nikolenko: "All the desperate mantras of Minister Lavrov about neo-Nazis in Ukraine and the oppression of the Russian-speaking population, to justify Russia's war against Ukraine, mean only one thing: the Russian warship is sinking. His team is trapped, and a happy ending for they won't be."
19:37 American officials confirm that the Russian Federation used hypersonic missiles against Ukraine last week , CNN reports citing its sources. US officials believe that Russia wanted to test the weapon and send a signal to the West about its capabilities.
19:31 The governor of the Nikolaev region Vitaly Kim said that the Russian occupation troops are retreating from Nikolaev. At the same time, according to him, the enemy continues to shell residential areas, doing this from a distance of 50-70 kilometers.
19:29 Former British Prime Ministers Gordon Brown and John Major want to create a special tribunal to investigate Putin's actions in Ukraine.
In Britain, 140 scientists, lawyers and politicians have signed a petition calling for a legal system modeled after the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals after World War II.
19:28 The head of the board of Ukrzaliznytsia, Alexander Kamyshin, said that there is no longer a railway connection between Belarus and Ukraine.
19:16 The Georgian Central Bank stated that Georgian banks do not serve cards of the Mir payment system - moreover, their acceptance for payment in the country is considered a violation of the law.
19:23 Director General of Azovstal Enver Tskitishvili said that the plant can be restored: "Those two shells that hit Azovstal ... We cannot say that the plant has been stopped forever. We will return to the city and rebuild this plant, we will revive it, and it will be just work and bring glory to Ukraine, as he always did."
19:21 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, together with the fighters of the Azov regiment, blew up a railway bridge near the border with Russia. On this bridge, the Russian troops could supply ammunition and provisions to their units.
19:13 Johnson addressed Zelensky: “We know we must do more to help. I promise you that we will do it. I know that Ukraine is fighting not only for your life and your homes, but also for the cause of democracy and freedom itself."
19:00 According to the Kyiv City State Administration, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russian troops, 228 people have died in Kiev, including four children. 912 people were injured, including 16 children.
18:35 A total of 170 civilians, including 46 children, were evacuated from the Donetsk region from under the shelling of Russian troops, the National Police reports. Including 73 people (17 children) were evacuated from Avdiivka, 71 people (20 children) from Ugledar, 22 people (7 children) from Ocheretino, four people, including two children, from Bolshaya Novoselka.
18:11 Russian cosmonauts on the ISS dressed in suits of yellow and blue . Versions of this act are very different from each other. Crew commander Oleg Artemiev said that they "had accumulated a lot of yellow material, so it was necessary to use it."
Some media, citing sources in Roscosmos, admit that this could have been a planned action, since the cosmonauts have suits of four colors at their disposal: blue, red, gray and yellow.
Roscosmos officially announced that the overalls were made in the colors of the MSTU emblem, where all three cosmonauts studied, and the design was agreed upon long before current events.
18:02 Russian occupiers are passing Ukrainian settlements, State Special Communications Service warns. Mines and other explosive objects can be anywhere: in abandoned houses, on the streets, on playgrounds, in fields, forests, water bodies, on roadsides, etc.
In cities, these are primarily valuable items - mobile phones, weapons or their parts, first aid kits, food kits, children's toys, etc. There have also been cases of mining the bodies of the dead. In forests and villages, these are mainly "stretch marks".
The authorities urge not to touch suspicious objects in any case and call 101 and 102.
18:00 Zelensky: "If Russia is not stopped now, if Russia is not punished now, other aggressors in the world will start other wars. In different regions of the world. On different continents. Everywhere where some state dreams of conquering its neighbors."
17:58 The Russian occupiers again did not let trucks with humanitarian cargo into the Kherson region, the Regional State Administration reports. The trucks turned around halfway and went to the Dnepropetrovsk region.
17:55 Johnson is convinced that the defeat of Ukraine in the war with the Russian occupiers will mean "the extinction of any hope for freedom in Georgia, and then in Moldova - this will be the beginning of a new era of intimidation throughout Eastern Europe from the Baltic to the Black Sea."
17:40 About 700 residents were evacuated from the Luhansk region today. According to local authorities, people traveled from Popasna intermittently as Russian troops continued shelling.
A total of 160 people were evacuated from Severodonetsk, the same number from Lisichansk, 30 from Rubizhne, 302 from Popasna. Some also left in their own vehicles. Five trucks with humanitarian aid drove into the Lugansk region. Tomorrow they will distribute aid in the communities.
17:38 Zelensky, in an address to the Swiss Parliament, called for freezing the assets of Russian officials and oligarchs, as well as seizing the property of sanctioned persons. He also mentioned Nestle's refusal to leave the Russian market.
17:32 Eleven employees of the Belarusian embassy, headed by Ambassador Igor Sokol, left Ukraine.
17:29 In Ukraine, during the war, 30% of enterprises completely stopped their activities, another 45% reduced production. That is, the economy sank by a little less than 50%, said the deputy head of the NBU, Serhiy Nikolaychuk.
Also, according to him, the reserves of the National Bank are now higher than before the war, thanks to financial assistance from the EU, the IMF and the World Bank. If the war drags on and the sowing campaign fails, world prices for important types of food (in particular grains) will increase by 40-50% during the year, the regulator added.
17:27 Bulgaria is going to terminate the contract with Gazprom by the end of 2022. According to Deputy Prime Minister Asen Vasilev, the country is already looking for other gas suppliers - in particular, it has held talks with Greece and Turkey, and also plans to increase purchases from Azerbaijan.
17:08 British Defense Minister Wallace: "Putin made it clear that NATO countries are in danger."
17:07 In Ukraine, 562 Russian prisoners of war were officially counted, Vereshchuk said. She assured that they are being treated in accordance with International Humanitarian Law.
17:04 Podolyak believes that China can become an important element of the global security system if it makes the right decision - to support a coalition of civilized states and condemn Russia's barbarity. "This is a chance to sit at the table on an equal footing. Europeans and the United States must clearly explain to Beijing the difference between $1.6 trillion and $150 billion," Podolyak wrote.
17:01 Russian occupiers began to lower shells on the territory of Ukraine by parachute, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports. This kind of weapon is the most brutal. It explodes over the object it is aimed at, forming a deadly cloud of damaging elements.
16:58 In Volnovakha, the occupiers "arrested" more than 20 Ukrainian activists - all of them were on the "hit lists" that numerous Western media wrote about in February, Denisova said.
16:51 Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng believes that the situation in Ukraine has become "proof of the absence of the need for the existence of blocs like NATO." He also said that Beijing opposes the expansion of the alliance to the east and does not accept unilateral sanctions.
16:10 Vice-Chancellor, German Economics Minister Robert Habeck called "stupidity" the fact that Germany allowed itself to become dependent on Russia for about half of its gas supplies.
16:07 The Ukrainian military shot down the enemy Tochka-U near the Popasnaya Luhansk region. It was possible to shoot down the missile with the help of the Stinger MANPADS, according to the Ground Forces.
16:04 The number of Ukrainian refugees in Germany, according to official figures, has exceeded 207,000 people.
15:57 Johnson on relations with Russia: "Trying to normalize relations with Putin after that, as we did in 2014, would mean making the same mistake again."
15:54 Lavrov said that the United States is "holding the hand" of the Ukrainian delegation in negotiations with Russia, not allowing Kiev to agree "even to the minimum demands put forward by Moscow."
15:52 In the Lviv region, it is now forbidden to sell alcohol from 21:00 to 10:00.
15:05 The decisions taken by the Ukrainian authorities have already led to a decrease in fuel prices at gas stations by 5-10 hryvnia per liter, Shmyhal said.
15:01 Zaluzhny called on politicians who are in the rear cities not to humiliate Ukrainian defenders with their "expert assessments."
14:56 In Rubizhne, Luhansk region, a residential building was destroyed today as a result of shelling, two children and a woman died under the rubble, the State Emergency Service reports.
14:40 The UN sees no evidence for the statements of the Russian Federation about the alleged development of biological weapons in Ukraine with the assistance of the United States.
14:35 The command of the Ground Forces announced the size of salaries in the army during martial law:
shooter - more than 43,000 hryvnia per month (on the battlefield - over 113,000),
company sergeant or tank commander - from 46,000 (more than 116,000 in the war),
battalion commander and brigade commander in martial law - from 50-60,000 hryvnia in the rear and 124-132,000 at the front.
14:29 Since the beginning of the war, Russia has launched 291 missile strikes on Ukraine, used 459 ground, sea and air-based missiles, conducted 1403 air raids, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
14:27 The Armed Forces of Ukraine liquidated the Russian Major Sergei Volynets - the commander of the aviation unit of the Russian Air Force. Under his leadership, the invaders bombed all of Ukraine. The death was announced by the head of the Russian Primorsko-Akhtarsk. According to him, the killed major also participated in the bombing of Georgia and Syria.
14:24 Russia, in order to make up for the losses of the Eastern Military District grouping, has transferred separate units of the 155th Separate Marine Brigade (Vladivostok) and the 40th Separate Marine Brigade (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) to the territory of Belarus, the General Staff reports.
14:20 Lavrov expressed his hope that the "special operation" would end with "a comprehensive agreement on Ukraine's neutral status with security guarantees for it."
13:48 The Azov Regiment reports that the invaders are putting white armbands on the residents of Mariupol so that Ukrainian defenders confuse them with Russians.
13:46 As a result of an air strike by Russian invaders on Makarov, Kiev region, seven people were killed, five more were injured. As a result of shelling on March 18, residential buildings were destroyed, an administrative building and other premises were damaged, the National Police reported.
13:19 On the Polish-Belarusian border, activists resumed the blockade of trucks that travel from Europe to Belarus and Russia. Last time there were about 20 activists, and they were dispersed by the police. There are hundreds of protesters now.
13:16 Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki suggested that the EU consider at the next summit a new package of anti-Russian sanctions, expanding them to the level of a "trade blockade" both by sea and by land.
13:04 The occupiers launched a missile attack on an underground warehouse of missiles and aviation ammunition in Delyatyn, Ivano-Frankivsk region. There is damage, destruction and detonation of ammunition, told the UP in the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, they were unable to confirm or refute the statements of the Russians about the strike with the Kinzhal missile system.
12:56 The Institute of International Finance (IIF) predicts a fall in Russia's GDP in 2022 by 15%.
12:37 Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than 317,000 Ukrainians have returned, most of them men, according to the State Border Service.
12:09 Ukrainian intelligence reports that the invaders are using mobilized from ORDLO as cannon fodder to identify the firing positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Thus, the Russians actively "mobilize" the male population without any preparation, and then use them as a forward echelon of reconnaissance in force.
One of these units, numbering 250-300 people, on March 16-17 lost about 200 "mobilized" in the Nikolaevsky direction. The remnants of the unit that returned to the Kherson region are completely demoralized and refuse to further participate in hostilities.
12:00 On the Italian island of Sardinia, authorities have arrested a $105 million villa owned by Russian oligarch, Severstal owner Alexei Mordashov.
11:52 In the Chernihiv region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed two artillery batteries of the occupiers, the Operational Command Pivnich reports. In particular, a battery of MLRS Uragan and a battery of self-propelled artillery mounts 2S19 MSTA-S were hit by fire.
11:36 Rogozin said that the US is considering disconnecting Russia from GPS.
11:31 Podolyak reacted to another statement by the German Defense Minister about NATO's refusal to help Ukraine: "Minister Lambrecht again said that NATO will not interfere in the conflict and will not create a no-fly zone over Ukraine. Killing. Each such statement by European politicians encourages the Russian Federation to massacre in Ukraine. If you don't want to call the war a war and you're afraid of Putin, at least don't make provocative statements."
11:29 Soldiers of the Azov regiment in Mariupol conducted a raid on the enemy command post and rear control post. Depots with ammunition, enemy officers and an infantry platoon, one tank, two armored personnel carriers and trucks were destroyed.
11:26 Zelensky instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to develop a comprehensive program to support Ukrainians who lost their homes due to the Russian invasion. The program includes three components: finances, actual housing, and support for families who have accommodated migrants.
11:22 Bosch stops deliveries of spare parts for trucks to Russia and admits the possibility of stopping its factories in the Russian Federation. Earlier it was reported that Bosch spare parts were found in Russian military equipment. According to Der Spiegel, because of this, the German authorities launched an investigation.
11:21 According to the UN, due to the Russian invasion, more than 23 percent of the population of Ukraine had to leave their homes. This includes internally displaced persons and those who have left the country.
11:20 Israel will give Ukraine four armored ambulances and 230 tons of humanitarian aid.
11:09 CEBR predicts that the fall in Russia's GDP will be 14 percent, inflation - 30 percent, real wages will decrease by 18 percent. More than 14 percent of Russia's GDP fell only once in history - in 1992, by 14.5 percent.
11:00 As a result of two rocket attacks on the suburbs of Zaporozhye on March 18, nine people were killed (one of them was a rescuer) and 17 were injured (including three rescuers and two civilians), five more were injured, the Regional State Administration reported.
10:58 The Kyiv City State Administration clarified that the cause of smog in the capital is also fires in the vicinity of the city, in particular in Gostomel, Bucha, fires at industrial facilities, as well as the movement of air masses from ignition sources and low wind speed.
10:56 Lukashenko said that Russia "is not just an ally of Belarus - it is one whole in the economy and military sphere." According to him, Russia offers Ukraine "to become like Belarus: Kyiv should not have nuclear weapons and threaten the Russian Federation."
10:54 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the use of the Kinzhal aviation missile system with hypersonic missiles "to destroy a large warehouse of missiles and aviation ammunition of Ukrainian troops in the Ivano-Frankivsk region."
10:51 The Russians have mined the recommended routes from the Bosphorus to Odessa and said that these are Ukrainian mines, Andriy Klimenko, head of the Black Sea Research Institute, said.
10:26 For March 19, ten humanitarian corridors have been agreed:
Donetsk region: Mariupol - Zaporozhye
Kyiv region: Bervitsa, Bogadnovka - Brovary; Bucha - Belogorodka; Borodyanka - Bila Tserkva
Lugansk region: Lisichansk, Severodonetsk, Rubizhne, Popasnaya - Bakhmut.
It is also planned to send 14 trucks of humanitarian aid to Kherson.
10:10 The General Staff announced the approximate combat losses of the enemy on the morning of March 19:
personnel - about 14,400 people,
tanks - 466,
armored combat vehicles - 1470,
artillery systems - 213,
MLRS - 72,
air defense systems - 44,
aircraft - 95,
helicopters - 115,
automotive equipment - 914,
ships/boats - 3,
tanks with fuel and lubricants - 60,
UAV operational-tactical level - 17,
special equipment - 11.
10:07 In Zaporozhye, a curfew will be in effect from 16:00 Saturday, March 19, until 06:00 Monday, March 21, the Regional State Administration reported.
10:06 Having failed to achieve its initial goals in Ukraine, Russia is moving to a strategy of attrition, which could lead to chaotic shelling of civilians, the UK Ministry of Defense warns.
09:52 Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Russian invaders have killed 112 children, more than 140 have been injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General reported.
09:40 Most of the detained saboteurs are citizens of Ukraine, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said. He advised citizens to pay attention to the atypical behavior of people on the streets and from their surroundings.
09:23 Germany sends heavy fire-fighting equipment and civil protection equipment to Ukraine.
09:05 Zelensky will speak to Japanese deputies via video link on March 23 - this will be the president's first address to the legislature in Asia, writes NYT.
08:57 British Foreign Minister Liz Truss believes that Russia is using peace talks with Ukraine as a "smoke screen" to prepare new "terrifying atrocities" and war crimes: "If a country is serious about negotiations, it will not indiscriminately bomb civilians on this day".
08:54 In Belarus, a few kilometers from the border with Ukraine, Russian military equipment is being unloaded and a pontoon bridge is being built across the Pripyat, Radio Liberty reports. According to the newspaper, tanks, armored personnel carriers and self-propelled artillery units are being unloaded at the Mulyarovka railway station in the Petrikovsky district of the Gomel region of Belarus. Crossing the Pripyat will allow you to quickly get to the Lelchitsky region, bordering Ukraine.
08:46 Podolyak admits that negotiations with Russia may last several weeks "or longer." At the same time, he added that "there are signs that Moscow's position has become more adequate."
08:45 As a result of night shelling of Rubizhne, Severodonetsk and other settlements of the Luhansk region, four civilians were killed, ten were injured, Governor Sergei Gaidai said.
08:35 UN Secretary General said that the conflict in Ukraine could cause a "hurricane of hunger" around the world: "The war in Ukraine is already disrupting supply chains and causing a rapid rise in prices for fuel, food and transport. We must do everything possible to prevent hurricane of hunger and the collapse of the global food system".
08:02 Residents of Kiev complain about the strong smog. As the adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vadim Denisenko explained, the smog appeared due to a fire at a landfill in Novi Petrivtsy and calm weather.
"In the Chernobyl zone, from the point of view of the fire situation, everything is calm. The radiation background is normal," he added.
07:32 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine admits that due to heavy losses, the leadership of the Russian Federation will begin open mobilization to continue the protracted war. To justify such actions, provocations can be arranged on the territory of Russia with the death of civilians, as was done before the start of the second Chechen campaign. This will allow the pro-government elite to declare martial law and total mobilization.
07:30 Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed several columns of occupiers' equipment in the Nikolaev and Sumy regions. The commander of the 8th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Andrei Mordvichev, was also destroyed, the General Staff reports.
05:31 The Armed Forces of Ukraine for the sixth time destroyed the positions of the Russian invaders at the airfield in Chernobaevka near Kherson, Arestovich said.
04:37 Western journalists report that at least 40 Ukrainian soldiers were killed as a result of an attack by Russians in Nikolaev.
04:09 The General Staff admitted that the Russian invaders temporarily cut off Ukraine from access to the Sea of Azov .
03:13 Hackers from Anonymous announced the launch of "unprecedented attacks" on the official websites of the Russian authorities.
02:45 Russian occupying troops are digging holes with earthen fortifications around their equipment northwest of Kiev.
00:48 Zelensky: "Meaningful negotiations on peace and security for Ukraine is the only chance for Russia to reduce the damage from its own mistakes. It's time to meet. It's time to talk. It's time to restore territorial integrity and justice for Ukraine. Otherwise, Russia's losses will be such that you will not It only takes a few generations to get up."
00:01 Since the beginning of the war, Russian troops have fired 1,080 cruise and ballistic missiles across Ukraine. At the same time, more than 100 missiles have been launched over the past two days, the US Department of Defense said.
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