[Korrespondent] 22:01 According to the National Security and Defense Council, 82 children have already died in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion.
22:00 Danilov, citing intelligence data, said that after Ukraine, Russia would probably move to Lithuania, then to other Baltic countries, then to Poland. In this case, much will depend on the reaction of NATO.
21:58 Of the 12 green corridors, nine worked today, Vereshchuk said. In particular, the corridor in Energodar did not work - the invaders did not let the humanitarian convoy into the city. Corridors in the Kiev region partially worked: they did not work from Vorzel and Irpen, but Bucha did, from where they took almost a thousand people.
21:47 Russian invaders took control of a humanitarian convoy, which was heading from Zaporozhye to Mariupol, the Zaporozhye regional administration reports.
21:40 Today, 5,729 people were evacuated from the Sumy region in cars and 4,353 people in buses, said the head of the military administration Dmitry Zhivitsky.
21:39 The largest Belarusian bank Belarusbank introduces restrictions on Visa, Mastercard and Maestro cards. According to the press service of the bank, abroad, its customers will now be able to receive cash or spend up to 400 rubles within a day.
21:31 The United States, as part of a new aid package, will provide Ukraine with anti-tank and anti-aircraft systems, as well as small arms, Reuters reports.
21:15 An emergency meeting of the regional council took place in Kherson, at which the deputies adopted an appeal that "Kherson region is Ukraine", and there will be no pseudo-republic in the region.
20:53 The Cabinet of Ministers compensates local communities for utility bills when accommodating migrants - the corresponding resolution has already been adopted.
20:43 The Russian invaders "appointed" a new "mayor" of Melitopol after the abduction of the legally elected Ivan Fedorov. Galina Danilchenko, the head of the local HLE, is trying to take over its functions. Her appeal has already been published in the media: "We need to adjust all the mechanisms to the new reality."
20:29 The Kharkiv governor said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down a Russian fighter near Izyum, it fell on the territory of the Belgorod region.
20:24 The French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP) conducted a large-scale survey on the war in Ukraine among residents of Germany, France, Italy and Poland - only about 55% of the EU population.
The poll showed that 79% support tough sanctions against the Russian Federation; 67% support the provision of weapons to Ukraine; 87% support the need to accept and help refugees from Ukraine; 70% support Ukraine's accession to the EU; 75% have a positive attitude towards Zelensky; over 90% have a negative attitude towards Putin.
20:21 Among Americans, 81% of respondents consider Ukraine an ally or a friendly country, for 70% of US citizens Russia is the biggest enemy, reports The New York Times, citing a YouGov poll.
20:17 Kuleba named three victories for Ukraine: victory in the information war, a change in attitude towards Ukraine and Ukrainians in the world, as well as undermining the Russian economy.
20:16 Kuleba believes that the elimination of Putin will be sufficient to end the war in Ukraine, "but the de-Putinization of Russia is required to restore peace and security in the Euro-Atlantic space."
20:14 According to the Ukrainian Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security, Belarusian servicemen categorically refuse to participate in the war against Ukraine. To suppress the protests of the military, the command appoints Russian officers to senior positions in the army.
20:13 Intelligence reported that the Kadyrovites shot 12 wounded Russians in Borodyanka, who were waiting to be sent to Belarus for treatment.
20:00 The EU has serious concerns that the Russian Federation may "expand its military activities" against one of the NATO countries, Borrell said.
19:51 In the Ivano-Frankivsk region, two suspects were detained in an attempt to seize power in the western regions and create the "Republic of Ukraine". The criminals were looking for about 500 people with combat experience in the western regions to seize administrative buildings. They face five to ten years in prison.
19:24 PayPal will block the electronic wallets of citizens of the Russian Federation from March 18.
19:15 On March 11, Russians shot a convoy of women and children in the Kiev region, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reports. When trying to evacuate from the village of Peremoga, Baryshevsky district, towards the village of Ostroluchie, along the agreed green corridor, a column of civilians was shot, which consisted exclusively of women and children. As a result, seven people died, including one child.
After the execution, the invaders forced the remnants of the column to return to the village of Peremoga and do not let them out of the village. At present, it is almost impossible to establish communication, as well as to provide humanitarian and medical assistance.
19:13 Zelensky addressed the Italian people to explain the difference between Ukraine and Russia: "We live. They kill."
19:11 In the Chernihiv region, the Ukrainian army liberated two settlements, did not allow the occupier to establish a crossing and captured more than ten units of enemy equipment, OK Pivnich reports.
19:10 The General Staff warns of the threat of sabotage at military facilities in Volyn.
19:09 The Kharkiv diocese of the UOC-MP reports that as a result of shelling in the city, the Church of the Holy Myrrh-bearing Women, the Assumption Cathedral and the Church of Queen Tamara in Pyatikhatki were damaged.
19:07 Roskomnadzor explained the need to block Instagram, including "ensuring the psychological health of citizens, primarily children and adolescents."
19:04 A rally in support of Ukraine is taking place near Johnson's office in London, activists are demanding to close the sky and impose a ban on the purchase of oil and gas from Russia.
19:02 Residents of Kherson, Berdyansk, Melitopol today continued to go to rallies against the Russian invaders.
18:59 Podolyak confirmed that negotiations with the Russian side are continuing in video format , special subgroups have been created for this. In a comment to Babel, Podolyak explained that Ukraine does not have time for long trips to the place of negotiations.
18:47 About 200 people were evacuated from Vuhledar and Volnovakha district. The city and neighboring villages are under constant shelling by the Russian army. Donbass police officers, the State Emergency Service, together with the leadership of the regional military administration, delivered civilians to a safe place, from where they will be transported to more peaceful regions of Ukraine.
18:25 The mayor of the occupied Genichesk, Alexander Tulupov, announced that he was resigning, along with him, almost the entire leadership of the city was resigning.
"We are forced to state that we have been placed in such conditions when we cannot work and exercise powers as representatives of the Ukrainian local government," he explained.
17:57 Kuleba said that he did not discuss the issue of Crimea and Donbass with Lavrov, because "this is our land."
17:45 In the Zaporozhye region, a Russian tank crushed a car with local residents. As a result, two men died, one underage boy burned to death in a car, according to the National Police.
17:42 Biden signed a memorandum on providing defense assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 200 million.
17:40 According to Forbes Ukraine, since the beginning of the Russian invasion, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed 2,593 units of enemy equipment worth $5.1 billion, or about 700 billion rubles.
17:36 Cyber police, together with volunteers, developed a website for Russian and Belarusian military who do not want to fight against Ukraine: https://www.defenseua.com/
On the site, the military from Russia and Belarus can find contacts of government organizations and detailed instructions on how to refuse to participate in the war against Ukraine. Applicants are guaranteed compliance with the Geneva Convention on the maintenance of prisoners of war.
17:13 The Vatican said it was ready to do everything possible to help achieve an end to the war in Ukraine.
17:11 Rosatom said that the management and operation of the Chernobyl and Zaporozhye nuclear power plants are carried out by Ukrainian personnel, "Russian specialists provide advisory assistance."
17:08 As of March 11, 500-600 Russian soldiers have surrendered, Zelensky said. Many have fled, many are hiding in some buildings, someone is sneaking into Russia. "There's a bit of chaos," the president added.
16:57 The mayor of Melitopol is alive, he is being tortured because he does not want to say that he is glad to see the Russian "authorities", Zelensky said.
16:55 Zelensky believes that Israel should be among the countries that will sign an agreement on security guarantees for Ukraine.
16:52 The SBU intercepted the conversations of the invaders, from which it follows that in Kharkov they were given the command to shoot at civilians. Russia is throwing more and more forces into the encirclement of the city, but to no avail. According to the SBU, out of 2,000 people from the so-called "LPR" who tried to storm Kharkiv, 20-25 people survived.
16:50 Azerbaijan stated that there was a proposal from the Ukrainian side to hold talks with Russia in the country, and Baku is ready to organize them.
16:35 Zelensky: "100 percent we know that there will be a victory, and 100 percent we do not know when it will be." He also stressed that the Russians "will enter Kyiv if they destroy all of us."
"Only they will have to live on this earth without us. They will definitely not find friends among us," the president added.
16:34 Zelensky said he does not see the courage of NATO members to unite for the sake of Ukraine.
16:33 Zelensky said Ukraine is ready to buy air defense systems, even if on credit.
16:31 During the Russian invasion in Ukraine, about 1,300 soldiers were killed, Zelensky said.
16:17 G7 leaders made a joint statement about sanctions and other pressure on Russia. In particular, they intend to close loans for the Russian Federation from the IMF, WB and other world financial institutions.
16:12 Zelensky said in an interview with foreign media that he was ready for negotiations with Moscow, and expressed the hope that the peace process would be launched "in practice, not in words." He also added that "issues are already being discussed, they have begun to agree on something."
16:09 According to the Ministry of Energy, as a result of the Russian invasion, more than 960 thousand people remain without electricity. The most difficult situation is in Donetsk, Kiev, Kharkov and Chernihiv regions.
About 264,000 people were left without gas. The most difficult situation is in Kiev, Zaporozhye and Donetsk regions.
16:08 Volnovakha as a city no longer exists , said the head of the Donetsk OVA Kirilenko.
16:00 Zelensky said in an interview with foreign media that he offered Israeli Prime Minister Bennett to hold talks with the Russian Federation in Jerusalem.
15:55 Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Igor Zhovkva said that direct negotiations between Zelensky and Putin are hardly possible. According to him, "we are talking about the mediation of leaders in the organization of such negotiations."
15:47 Putin "told" Macron and Scholz in detail about the series of talks between Russian and Ukrainian representatives "held in video format" in recent days, Moscow reported.
15:34 The State Bureau of Investigation initiates putting Kiva on the international wanted list, the necessary package of documents has already been collected.
15:14 Near Odessa, 600 Russian marines staged a riot and refused to go to war against Ukraine, one of the prisoners told the SBU. According to him, the Russian military, while approaching Odessa, realized what was happening and refused to obey the leadership.
15:11 In Nikolaev as a result of night attacks eight people are wounded, 11 private houses are destroyed, 167 houses, hospital and 11 educational institutions are damaged, mayor Alexander Senkevich reported.
14:56 The Russian occupiers are preparing a referendum on the creation of the "Kherson People's Republic" , said Sergei Khlan, a deputy of the Kherson Regional Council. According to him, the Russians are already calling local deputies in order to persuade them to their side and help organize a "referendum."
14:29 Ukrainian intelligence reports that the Russian army is actually legalizing looting - units of the occupying forces were instructed to switch to "self-sufficiency", that is, to take everything they need from the local population and rob warehouses, shops, pharmacies.
14:23 The Russian invaders in Melitopol blocked the humanitarian headquarters, where the locals came for food, clothes and medicines. Now they cannot get help, Gerashchenko said.
14:15 The Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan stated that the country has enough gas reserves for supplies to Europe, and expressed its readiness to increase supplies to neighboring countries if necessary.
14:00 Russia has already used more than 90 tactical battalion groups. A third of the Russian troops have been destroyed or put out of action , Arestovich said. According to him, the Russian Federation is trying to create an additional group of up to 20 thousand people and throw it to the front.
He also said that the only hot spots in Ukraine now are the JFO zone and Mariupol.
13:53 Zelensky: "The dynamics of the losses of the invaders on the 17th day is already such that we can confidently say: this is the biggest blow to the Russian army in decades. They have not lost anywhere else in such a number of days."
13:50 Irish deputies unanimously voted to change the name of the street on which the Russian embassy is located - now it is the street of Independent Ukraine.
13:43 Arestovich urges residents of Central and Western Ukraine to "stop sitting at home" and go to work, resume normal life. Otherwise, according to him, a collapse in the economy and the collapse of the rear will begin, followed by a social crisis, because people simply run out of money, and then the political one.
13:37 The head of the Donetsk regional administration, Pavel Kirilenko, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had withdrawn from Volnovakha. According to him, in the south of the region, the offensive is coming from the side of the Zaporozhye region, from the north - from the side of Izyum. Toretsk and Avdeevka were hit, air bombs were dropped on the villages of Yatskovka, Rubtsy - both of them were destroyed.
Mariupol is completely surrounded, the humanitarian situation in the city is deteriorating. Fights are being waged along the entire line of demarcation in the JFO zone.
13:36 The main efforts of the invaders are focused on the capture of Mariupol and Severodonetsk. The enemy captured the eastern outskirts of Mariupol, according to the General Staff.
13:34 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that the military leadership of Belarus is tightening the security of the border with Ukraine, and the likelihood of the direct participation of the armed forces of the Republic of Belarus in hostilities against Ukraine remains.
13:29 Macron and Scholz are having a telephone conversation with Putin, Western media reported.
13:16 Germany intends to become independent of Russian coal by the fall, and by the end of the year - almost independent of Russian oil, the country's Ministry of Economy said.
13:07 The head of the Sumy region Dmitry Zhivitsky said that there would be no evacuation from Akhtyrka today, since there is no confirmation of green corridors and artillery shelling of the city continues.
12:54 The Russians are using Serbia as a loophole for flights to Europe, writes The Guardian. Air Serbia has doubled the number of direct flights from Moscow to Belgrade to meet growing demand from Russia.
12:46 The airport in Lutsk is completely destroyed after yesterday's strike, the mayor of the city said.
12:31 The Russian Foreign Ministry again stated that convoys with foreign weapons for Ukraine would become "legal targets" for the Russian armed forces.
12:29 According to the clarified information of the Skhid air command, the Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed two missiles over the Dnieper.
12:27 The Chief of the General Staff of the Belarusian Armed Forces announced that five battalion-tactical groups were sent to the border with Ukraine to replace the military there now. However, he argues that this has nothing to do with entering the war on the side of Russia.
12:10 A total of 11 representatives of Rosatom arrived at the Zaporozhye NPP, Energoatom reports. Among them were identified the chief engineer of the Balakovo NPP Oleg Romanenko and the deputy chief engineer for repairs of the Rostov NPP Ivan Malakhov.
They were sent ostensibly to assess nuclear and radiation safety after the shelling and seizure of the station, as well as to provide assistance with repairs. Another reason for their appearance is the refusal of the pro-Ukrainian leadership and personnel of the ZNPP to cooperate with the invaders. They said that now it is the territory of Russia and will remain so forever.
12:08 Bloomberg has calculated that Russia's GDP has lost $30 billion due to two weeks of war in Ukraine.
11:50 Podolyak denied Israeli media reports that Prime Minister Bennet advised Zelensky to accept Putin's conditions and surrender.
11:48 The Ministry of Defense of Belarus stated that the movement of troops in the country has nothing to do with the preparation, and even more so with any participation of Belarusian military personnel in the "special operation" in Ukraine.
11:21 Arestovich believes that in the coming weeks, Russian troops will try to throw their reserves into areas where they can potentially succeed: "I give two, maybe three weeks, maybe three and a half, to actively attack their attempts after a pause. After this they will become like bunnies, because they have nothing to fight with at all."
11:11 According to the General Staff, yesterday's missile attacks on Lutsk, Dnipro and Ivano-Frankivsk were carried out by strategic bombers Tu-95MS PKS RF. Air-launched cruise missiles were used, and at least six Tu-95MS aircraft were involved in the missile attack, launching at least ten cruise missiles.
11:03 Occupants hit Belogorodka in the Kiev region with Grads, where they brought evacuees from Bucha, writes Gerashchenko.
11:00 Putin does not believe in his own army and resorts to Stalinist repressions. As one of the captured Russian soldiers said during interrogation at the SBU, the army leadership resumed the practice of "execution squads" - echelons that follow the main forces and kill those who want to escape.
“We were given to understand that we would not return back, because trains were coming after us, killing deserters trying to return home,” the prisoner admitted.
10:58 In Melitopol, right from a rally against the kidnapping of the mayor of the city, one of the organizers of the protest, Olga Gaysumova, was kidnapped, according to her page on the social network. It was she who called yesterday to come under the district state administration and demand that the mayor be released.
10:56 During the 16 days of the war in Ukraine, 79 children were killed and almost 100 were injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
10:52 Israeli media write that Prime Minister Bennet advised Zelensky to accept Russia's conditions for ending the war and surrender. The answer of the Ukrainian president was short: "I heard you."
10:50 Mayor Vasilkov reports that as a result of missile strikes, the airfield has been completely destroyed - the runway has been disabled, ammunition depots and fuel and lubricants have been destroyed.
10:24 As a result of night attack of Nikolaev hospitals, a boarding school and a boiler room are damaged, two people are wounded, local authorities reported.
10:17 As a result of the morning air raid, Sumy was left without water and electricity.
10:14 The Cabinet of Ministers proposed to the Rada to cancel the excise tax on fuel and reduce the VAT rate from 20% to 7%.
10:13 Russian troops launched a missile attack on the Kanatovo airfield near Kropyvnytskyi, the governor of the Kirovograd region said.
10:12 Ukrainian military completely destroyed the 488th motorized rifle regiment from the Bryansk region, said the speaker of the Operational Headquarters of the Odessa Regional Military Administration Serhiy Bratchuk.
10:11 According to British intelligence, fighting continues northwest of Kiev with the bulk of Russian ground forces, which are now located about 25 kilometers from the center of the capital. Parts of a large Russian convoy dispersed, which may indicate an attempt to encircle the city, the British believe.
10:09 The Ukrainian command reported that a Russian cruise missile was shot down over the Dnieper.
10:06 Vereshchuk listed the humanitarian corridors that are open as of 09:00 on March 12:
A convoy with humanitarian cargo and buses for evacuation leaves Zaporozhye for Mariupol
From Polog (Zaporozhye region) to Zaporozhye
Buses to evacuate people from Polog and Tokmak will leave Zaporozhye for Pology
From Gostomel to Kyiv
From Kozarovichi (Kyiv region) to Kyiv
From Mykulichi (Kyiv region) to Kyiv
From Andreevka (Kyiv region) to Zhytomyr
From Makarov (Kyiv region) to Zhytomyr
From Borodyanka (Kyiv region) to Zhytomyr
From Trostyanets to Poltava
From Sumy to Poltava
From Lebedin (Sumy region) to Poltava
From Konotop to Poltava
From Bolshaya Pisarevka (Sumy region) to Poltava
From Krasnopolye to Poltava
10:05 The Ministry of Defense announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of March 12:
personnel - more than 12 thousand people,
tanks - 362,
BBM - 1205,
artillery systems - 135,
MLRS - 62,
air defense systems - 33,
aircraft - 58,
helicopters - 83,
automotive equipment - 585,
ships/boats - 3,
tanks with fuel and lubricants - 60,
UAV operational-tactical level - 7.
10:02 In Vasilkov near Kiev this morning, several rockets hit the area of a military airfield and damaged an ammunition depot, the National Police reported.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that on March 12, "long-range high-precision weapons" were struck at the military airfield in Vasilkovo and the main center of radio and electronic intelligence in Brovary.
10:00 Head of the Donetsk regional administration Pavel Kirilenko said that a green corridor had been opened in Mariupol, a humanitarian convoy had left Zaporozhye. More than 90 tons of food and medicines are sent to the city, which has been under blockade for 13 days.
09:55 In Kharkiv, the bodies of the dead continue to be removed from the rubble after the enemy bombing on the night of March 9-10. According to the State Emergency Service, the bodies of five people were recovered yesterday - two women, two children and one man.
09:53 Specialists have begun repairing the damaged power grids of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant captured by the Russians, the IAEA director general said. So far, one section has been repaired, but the power supply has not been restored. Repair work will continue.
09:49 In Melitopol, local residents went to the captured building of the district state administration demanding the release of the mayor of the city, Ivan Fedorov, who was kidnapped by Russian invaders the day before.
09:24 In Kiev, a Russian drone was shot down on Podol , as a result of its fall, the Oschadbank building on Khoreva Street caught fire. According to Anton Gerashchenko, the drone was stuffed with a kilogram of explosives (plastids) with metal balls. According to preliminary data, it was a kamikaze drone of the Cube model, which is capable of carrying up to three kilograms of cargo.
09:03 Chernihiv was left without electricity, practically without water, heat and gas, there are problems with mobile communications and the Internet, Governor Vyacheslav Chaus said.
09:01 The IAEA announced the resumption of data transmission from monitoring systems at the Zaporozhye NPP.
08:55 Azerbaijan will send 380 tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine today, including food, medicines and medical supplies.
08:54 The scale of the losses of the Russian army testify to its complete unsuitability, said ex-Prime Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt.
08:45 The London Internet Exchange LINX disconnected the key providers of the Russian Federation - Rostelecom and Megafon - from the point of international traffic exchange. Now the traffic will go through Asia, and this will reduce the data transfer rate.
08:39 An oil depot is on fire in Vasilkov after an airstrike, Kuleba said.
08:32 The British Ministry of Defense announced that Russia is striking with unguided missiles from points inaccessible to Ukrainian air defense, in order to increase the number of civilian casualties.
08:21 Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, the 31st battalion-tactical group of Russian troops has lost combat capability, the General Staff reports
08:15 Residents of the Kiev region today can be evacuated by their own transport from Bucha and Vorzel in the direction of Belogorodka, the Buchansk City Council reported.
07:27 At the Zaporozhye NPP, the occupiers gathered the management personnel and reported that now the station allegedly belongs to Rosatom, Energoatom reports.
06:39 According to the Federation of American Scientists, Russia has 5977 nuclear warheads. Most of them are ballistic missiles or missiles that can be aimed at long distances. Preferably they are located on bases or by the sea. Less than a third of the total number of warheads have been decommissioned and are subject to dismantling.
06:15 Italy blocked the yacht Sy A of the Russian oligarch Andrey Melnichenko worth 530 million euros.
05:58 The Russian authorities are conducting a secret mobilization and replenishing the reserves of their army fighting in Ukraine, at the expense of residents of all regions of the Russian Federation, as well as the "DPR", "LPR" and Crimea, Budanov said.
04:42 In the city center in Chernihiv, Russian troops attacked the Ukraine Hotel.
04:23 Instagram will be blocked in Russia on Monday, March 14.
03:17 Russia attracts mercenaries from different countries of the world, including Libya and Syria, to the war with Ukraine, Budanov said. The Russian Federation also imports people from such unrecognized territories as the PMR, Abkhazia, and Ossetia. Read more about the Syrians, as well as Wagner PMCs - in the material Whom Russia throws into Ukraine .
01:49 Russia is developing two options for nuclear blackmail to accuse Ukraine, Budanov said. The first is a large-scale arson of radioactive forests, after which a radioactive cloud will immediately rise and go in the direction the wind blows. The second is the use of artillery on a nuclear storage, the result will be the same.
01:20 Ukraine has rejected the idea of holding talks with the IAEA and the Russian regulator about Ukrainian nuclear power plants, since this is how the Russians are trying to gain a foothold in Ukrainian nuclear facilities, Kuleba said.
01:10 During shelling Nikolaev in the evening on March 11 the cancer hospital got under blow, local authorities reported.
00:58 The number of captured invaders has reached such a level that it was necessary to create a Coordinating Headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war, Zelensky said.
00:55 Zelensky demanded that Russia immediately release the mayor of Melitopol and ensure complete security for all heads of state communities. "If you are turning into an analogue of ISIS terrorists, then what's the point in talking to you about anything at all?" he added.
00:31 Ukraine knows almost all the plans of Russia, said the head of Ukrainian intelligence Kirill Budanov. "As soon as some ideas are born in large offices, we immediately know about them," he added.
According to Budanov, now there are two people left who unequivocally support the continuation of hostilities in Ukraine - these are Putin and Shoigu. “Even the generals of the Russian Federation are against it. Some are more active, some are just silent, sometimes even sabotaging some orders of the Russian leadership,” Budanov said.