[Korrespondent] Invasion of Ukraine: text broadcast
22:07 Refugees from Ukraine received the right to live, work, receive medical care, housing and education immediately for up to one year, without having to go through lengthy asylum procedures. If the conflict continues for a long time or the refugees cannot return safely, this status can be extended for another two years, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
22:05 The United States imposes sanctions against a number of Russian aircraft manufacturing enterprises, including the Irkutsk aircraft plant and the Aviastar plant.
21:49 First Lady of Ukraine Elena Zelenska launched a telegram channel with verified information that can be useful during the war: @FirstLadyOfUkraine
21:31 In the Donetsk region, the invaders continue to fire at civilians, they also want to blockade Mariupol, like the Nazis - Leningrad, said the head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration.
21:18 The flagship of the Ukrainian Navy - the frigate Hetman Sahaydachny - was flooded, confirmed the head of the Come Back Alive Foundation Taras Chmut. According to local residents, the ship was sunk on purpose, because it was being repaired in Nikolaev and was unfit for combat.
21:14 The United States imposes sanctions against Peskov, as well as 19 Russian businessmen and 47 persons associated with them. Among those who fell under the sanctions are the Rotenbergs, Chemezov, Shuvalov, Prigozhin, Tokarev, Usmanov.
21:13 The Chernihiv governor warned that communications and the Internet could be lost in the region.
20:58 Roskomnadzor demanded that Telegram remove services that collect information about Russian servicemen who died in Ukraine or are in captivity.
20:56 Fedorov said that Ukraine is expecting a new batch of Starlink terminals in the near future, but for now, Elon Musk has responded to our request: SpaceX has updated the software to reduce energy consumption so that Starlink can be powered from a car cigarette lighter. Mobile roaming is also included so that the phased array antenna can maintain a signal while the vehicle is in motion. "All this will help our heroes to be in touch!" - the minister of digital transformation wrote.
20:53 The United States is transmitting real-time intelligence about Russian troops to Ukraine, Psaki said. She also reaffirmed that Washington does not intend to close the skies over Ukraine, as this will lead to an inevitable war with the Russian Federation, which is exactly what the US wants to avoid.
20:44 The battle for control over Gostomel, Kiev region, continues. As of 18:30, ten enemy airborne combat vehicles were destroyed in the area of the local glass factory. The battle is being fought by a group of special forces under the leadership of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense and trained by local resistance groups. In total, during the day, the special forces destroyed 20 enemy airborne combat vehicles in Gostomel.
20:42 In Volnovakha, Donetsk region, where the fighting continues, about three thousand people remain. The city has undergone significant destruction from the shelling of the Russian occupiers, it has no water and electricity supply.
20:41 In Kherson, the Russian military seized a TV tower. They can spread misinformation about the alleged "surrender and the signing of a peace treaty with the Russian Federation," warned the head of the Regional State Administration Gennady Laguta.
20:39 Zaporozhye NPP is securely guarded, a tragic scenario is impossible, assured the head of the Ministry of Energy Galushchenko.
20:37 The State Service for Communications warns that subscribers of Ukrainian mobile operators will not be able to get through to subscribers of Russian operators. Such measures are necessary to prevent the invaders from transmitting information from Ukrainian phones to Russia and Belarus. Similar restrictions apply to fixed-line subscribers.
In addition, mobile operators have limited the ability to activate recently purchased SIM cards.
20:35 German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock called for an end to attacks on Russians and Belarusians living in Germany because of the war in Ukraine.
20:31 France announced its readiness to transfer the latest MMR and Enforcer anti-tank systems to Ukraine.
20:28 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov urged city residents to go down to the subway: “We deliver food to the subway. We make hot food. We deliver food, medicine. help. Completely from all cities of Ukraine. We are distributing it to you here. We will hold on, we will endure."
20:26 The Pentagon believes that 90 percent of the Russian group is already in Ukraine.
| President Putin is nothing if not committed to the course he has chosen. |
20:25 Washington believes that Zelensky retains control over the armed forces of Ukraine, but fears for his safety, Western media report, citing a Pentagon spokesman.
20:20 Podolyak said that the next talks will be held in Belarus at the beginning of next week.
19:58 The mayor of Voznesensk of the Nikolaev region Yevgeny Velichko denied the information that phones were taken from the heads of the UTO in the area. Earlier, the head of the Nikolaev Regional State Administration Vitaly Kim spoke about this.
19:53 On the territory of Belarus, on the other side of the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, in a wooded area, the 38th separate air assault brigade of the Belarusian Armed Forces is deployed. According to the General Staff, the command of the military unit received an order to cross the border with Ukraine. Bringing the combat order will be carried out after crossing the border.
The moral and psychological state of the paratroopers is extremely low, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Officers and soldiers do not want to play the role of Russian mercenaries. A significant number were in favor of ending their contracts, most of which expire in May.
19:52 In the "LDNR", units are being formed from reservists called up in January-February 2022. According to the plans of the Russian curators, marching companies will be urgently transferred to Kharkov. The mobilized men express acute dissatisfaction, the General Staff reports.
19:50 Lukoil - the largest private oil company in Russia - called for the cessation of hostilities in Ukraine. Co-owner of the company Vagit Alekperov has been losing about a billion dollars a day since February 24, media outlets say.
| Uh oh. Somebody isn’t happy. How many other unhappy oligarchs aren’t talking about it in public? |
The third round of negotiations with Russia will take place in the coming days.
19:36 Podolyak on the outcome of the negotiations: "The parties have reached an understanding on the joint provision of humanitarian corridors with a temporary ceasefire. <...> The Ukrainian delegation did not receive the results that it expected , and will continue the dialogue in the third round of negotiations."
19:35 The media write that the Ukrainian-Russian negotiations ended without much result, the parties agreed to hold a third round.
19:33 Canada will provide Ukraine with 4,500 M-72 LAW grenade launchers and 7,500 hand grenades, the country's defense minister said.
19:27 The Cabinet of Ministers, on behalf of Zelensky, will create four funds for the restoration of Ukraine:
Rehabilitation Fund for Destroyed Property and Infrastructure,
The Fund for Economic Recovery and Transformation, which for partners has already been dubbed the "Ukrainian Marshall Plan",
Debt Service and Repayment Fund,
Fund to support the affected business.
19:22 Not only specific perpetrators in The Hague, but also the authors of this inhuman plan will be punished for rocket salvos in Kiev, Zhytomyr, and other Ukrainian cities, Shmyhal said.
19:14 Putin said that all the tasks set during the "special operation" in Ukraine are being successfully solved. He also assures that everything is going "according to plan, in strict accordance with the schedule."
"Russians and Ukrainians are one people, I will never refuse this," Putin stressed.
19:12 Putin said that all the families of the Russian military who died in Ukraine will be transferred 7,420,000 rubles and monthly compensation. And the wounded soldiers will receive an additional payment of three million rubles.
19:09 In Kherson, the invaders seized the premises of the Broadcasting Company Public Broadcasting: Kherson. According to the press service of the Regional State Administration, the enemy plans to spread disinformation through communication channels about the alleged "surrender and signing of a peace treaty with the Russian Federation." Local authorities warn that this is a fake.
19:07 In Voznesensk, the invaders took away the phones from four heads of the UTO. "Do not believe, if someone calls by phone, occupiers use phones of heads of UTO and people in power", - the head of the Nikolaev Regional State Administration Vitaly Kim warned.
18:59 At least three governors of the US states - New Hampshire, Ohio and Utah - have ordered the removal of Russian-made alcoholic beverages or Russian brands from stores. German supermarkets are also clearing shelves of vodka and other goods from Russia.
18:47 SBU detained a traitor involved in rocket attacks on a TV tower in Kiev. He provided the enemy with information for the conduct of the war, in particular, persistently campaigned to bomb the Kiev television tower in order to stop broadcasting Ukrainian TV channels.
18:42 Kuleba said that tomorrow he would take part in a meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers and would demand the closure of the sky over Ukraine. Also at tomorrow's meeting, he will negotiate the supply of NATO air defense systems.
18:40 Ukroboronprom reported that it had already begun to accept and repair captured equipment.
18:39 The head of the Vinnitsa Regional State Administration also warned about the appearance of fakes on official websites about the surrender of Ukraine. "Don't believe the fakes! You can't intimidate Ukrainians," Sergei Borzov wrote.
Similar reports are coming in from other areas.
18:37 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba confirmed that in order to carry out an information attack, Russia intends to shell its own territory.
"Russia is losing not only the ground war in Ukraine, it has also already lost the information war. Trying to correct the situation on the information front, Russia is preparing provocations," he explained.
18:35 Zelensky said that "the end of the world has already come," and Ukraine is now a "fence" between civilization and non-civilization. If we do not stop Putin, then the next victims of the gluttonous Russia will be Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Moldova, Georgia, Poland.
The president also says that if NATO does not have the courage to close the sky, then at least provide aircraft to Ukraine.
"The Russians carry crematoria for themselves. It's terrible. I don't understand what kind of person he is who can plan such acts of genocide and Nazism. Even the Ukrainian side treats the occupiers better than their leadership," Zalensky said.
18:32 In Chernihiv, as of 18:20, the bodies of 33 dead and 18 injured were recovered from the rubble after air strikes. Rescue operations have been suspended due to shelling, the State Emergency Service reports.
18:30 In Akhtyrka, Sumy region, at about 17:00, as a result of air strikes, the buildings of a thermal power plant, a distribution zone and a railway station were destroyed. Currently, two dead have been found, and the search continues, according to the State Emergency Service.
18:24 Russian troops have stepped up their attempts to seize the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Gerashchenko reports. Despite the fact that the approaches and the road to Energodar were blocked by representatives of the territorial defense, local residents, two tanks and two armored personnel carriers approached the city, which are trying to break through the defense.
18:21 Georgia, following Ukraine, applied for EU membership, followed by Moldova.
18:18 Zelensky to Putin: "If you don't want to leave now, sit down with me at the negotiating table, I'm free. Just not 30 meters, like with Macron, Scholz - I'm a neighbor! I don't bite. I'm a normal man, sit down with me Tell me, what are you afraid of?
18:17 The invaders hacked the official pages of the territorial communities of the Volyn region and publish fakes about the surrender of Ukraine there, the SBU reports.
18:14 The United States and Great Britain declare the use of banned thermobaric weapons or so-called vacuum bombs by Russia in Ukraine.
18:13 Russian invaders are shelling Mangush in the Donetsk region, in Mayorsk a woman was killed as a result of shelling, there was also shelling of Krasnogorovka, writes UP.
18:02 The Kherson regional state administration claims that the Russian media are spreading fakes that requests are allegedly received from the Kherson region "to accept the region into Russia."
17:53 Channel One in Russia showed live footage allegedly from Kharkov to prove that the city is intact. But it turned out that this is not Kharkov, but Zaporozhye.
17:40 An alleged text by Zelensky appeared on the network, in which he calls on Ukrainians to lay down their arms. State Communications Service warns that this is a fake.
17:19 Ukrainians have collected 80 million hryvnias to help the Ukrainian army through Diya. The global crypto community has raised about $55 million in cryptocurrency for Ukraine, Fedorov said.
17:18 In Chernihiv, there are already 22 dead as a result of an attack on residential buildings, rescue work continues.
17:17 The mayor of Akhtyrka said that the Russians launched an airstrike on the thermal power plant and the city's railway station.
17:16 Macron, after a conversation with Putin, said that the Russian president seeks to seize all of Ukraine and "the worst is ahead."
17:15 Military equipment of the Russian Federation in the amount of about 100 units entered Energodar, the invaders are shooting at the civilian population.
17:08 People's Deputy Goncharenko reports, citing an intelligence source, that in Belarus, near the city of Gomel, the soldiers of the Belarusian army refused to advance towards the border with Ukraine. Ready to write a report, but the conscripts are afraid and do not want to fight. The commanders say that they will just stand at the border, but no one believes them. Soldiers are threatened with criminal cases.
17:06 UNIAN writes that the military contingent of the so-called Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic has been put on full alert.
17:05 A bill has been submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation on conscription for military service in the Donbass of those who were held accountable for participating in "illegal actions" against the war in Ukraine. The initiators were deputies from the Liberal Democratic Party. But Peskov did not approve of the idea: "Military service is a privilege, not a punishment."
17:02 The morgue in Mozyr, Belarus, has run out of places. The bodies are immediately loaded onto Russian trains arriving at the station, Radio Liberty reports. According to the publication, the hospital is guarded by the police and the KGB. The doctors do not tell anything, because they took a non-disclosure agreement from them, they threaten not to renew the contract. There are not enough surgeons.
Previously, the corpses were transported on sanitary PAZ and loaded onto Russian trains. But after such a video was posted online, the bodies decided to ship at night so as not to attract attention.
17:01 At least three combat Russian aircraft were destroyed today by the Ukrainian army. Directions - Odessa region, Kyiv region, Kharkiv region, people's deputy Goncharenko said.
16:53 Turkey did not transfer Bayraktar drones to Ukraine as assistance, this is a purchase from a private company, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
16:50 The second round of Ukrainian-Russian talks has begun, Podolyak said.
16:49 Canada is imposing a 35 percent duty on exports from Russia and Belarus, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said.
16:34 On the outskirts of Bucha and in the city itself, fighting has not subsided for four hours in a row, Mayor Anatoly Fedoruk said.
16:31 The mayor of Energodar reports that Russian troops fired at a checkpoint in front of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, and asks residents of the city not to leave their homes.
16:27 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that "all Western mercenaries who arrive in Ukraine will not have the right to the status of a prisoner of war, they will face criminal liability when they are detained."
"Foreign mercenaries commit sabotage and raids on Russian convoys of equipment and material supplies, as well as aircraft covering them. We urge citizens of foreign states planning to go to fight for the Kyiv nationalist regime to think twice before the trip," the Russian Defense Ministry threatens.
16:24 Rain TV channel, following the Echo of Moscow, announced a temporary suspension of work.
16:23 Ukrtransgaz announced that gas exports from Ukraine are temporarily prohibited. The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine has banned market participants from exporting natural gas from the customs territory of our state - this also applies to gas stored in Ukraine's underground gas storage facilities in the "customs warehouse" mode.
16:20 Mayor of Vilnius Remigis Shimasius announced that the street where the Russian embassy is located will be renamed Heroes of Ukraine.
16:04 The Korotich airfield of the Kharkov flying club was destroyed by an enemy air raid.
16:01 Russian ships knocked out a peaceful merchant ship near Odessa, there are casualties among the crew, Gerashchenko reports.
On March 3, due to a refusal to enter the Odessa seaport, on the mined part of the Odessa equator, two missiles below the waterline sank the merchant ship Helt, which sailed under the flag of Panama, in the area of \u200b\u200bTendrovskaya Spit. The crew consisted of six people. Two of them - the captain and the cook - are currently on the raft and heading towards the shore. The rescue operation is impossible, because the bay is under the gun of the Russian Navy.
15:58 The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Karim Khan, asks everyone who has documentary evidence of war crimes to send him these materials by e-mail: otp.informationdesk@icc-cpi.int
You can write in any language. You can dump photos, videos, documents, testimonies of eyewitnesses. What facts should be reported?
killings of civilians by Russian invaders,
barbaric rocket-bomb and artillery strikes on hospitals, schools, residential buildings and other civilian objects.
15:51 Journalist Yury Romanenko refuted his own information that the head of the Gostomel UTO was shot by the Russians.
15:49 The Rada appealed to the UN, the Red Cross, the European Parliament and other international organizations with a demand to urgently ensure the protection of the population of Ukraine from armed attacks by Russian invaders. The deputies, in particular, demand:
immediately introduce a no-fly zone over the territory of Ukraine;
immediately open green corridors for the safe evacuation of people;
introduce peacekeeping forces into Ukraine on the basis of UN General Assembly Resolution 377 (V) Uniting for Peace of November 3, 1950.
The parliament also appealed to the UN Secretary General with a call for mediation in ending the war.
15:42 Deliveries of Russian gas via the Yamal-Europe pipeline to Germany have stopped. In recent months, this is not the first such message about the suspension of supplies.
15:37 According to the NBU, Ukraine has already received $15 billion in aid during the war. Of these, more than five billion went directly to the state budget.
15:30 According to the State Border Service, after the start of the Russian invasion through checkpoints in the Lviv region alone, 50 thousand people arrived from abroad, of which 40 thousand are men aged 18 to 60 years. They are returning to defend Ukraine from invaders.
15:26 The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that the Russian military leadership has mobilized in the LDNR and is forming units to storm the settlements of Ukraine.
"Most of these people have Russian passports. Now some of our fellow countrymen are being transferred through the territory of the Rostov region, Krasnodar Territory and the temporarily occupied Crimea to conduct a naval offensive operation to capture Odessa. The other part was taken to Belgorod to storm Kyiv in the first echelon as cannon fodder" , the message says.
15:24 Kuleba accused Lavrov that the tactics of the Russian Federation are manipulations based on the suffering of ordinary people.
"Russia's barbaric military tactic is to manipulate the suffering of ordinary people, which she herself causes. Now Lavrov accuses Ukraine of obstructing the evacuation of civilians. Tell your boss to stop the indiscriminate shelling of Ukrainian cities. Show the world that Russia is serious about the negotiations ", - wrote Kuleba.
15:21 In Chernihiv, the occupier bombed two schools, killing nine people.
15:12 The UAE was going to introduce a visa regime for Ukrainians, but changed its mind: from March 3, 2022, all citizens of Ukraine arriving in the UAE have the right to visa-free entry and stay in the country.
15:09 Kivu was officially expelled from the Opposition Platform for Life faction. Kiva is now hiding in Spain and declares from there that "the Ukrainian people need liberation, and Ukrainians, Belarusians, Russians are one people."
15:07 Putin and Macron held talks, during which the Russian president said that the tasks of the "military operation" would be fulfilled in any case, and attempts to "gain time by dragging out negotiations would only lead to the Russian negotiating position adding additional requirements to Kiev", write RIA Novosti.
Putin also said that allegations of rocket attacks and bombings of Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities "do not correspond to reality", according to him, "these are elements of an anti-Russian disinformation campaign."
15:06 UEFA has banned the national team of Belarus and Belarusian clubs from holding international matches on the territory of the country.
15:05 The Verkhovna Rada adopted a number of important documents:
tougher liability for crimes against the foundations of Ukraine's national security under martial law (for looting, sabotage, treason - life imprisonment with confiscation of property);
nationalization of assets of Russian companies, legal entities and individuals;
approved Zelensky's decree on mobilization;
appeal for support and the establishment of a no-fly zone;
on protecting the interests of the subjects of reporting and other documents during the period of martial law.
15:01 In Belarus, the movement of army equipment with an identification mark - a red rectangle has been noticed. The column was noticed today at 08:54 Kyiv time on the M-10 highway towards Pinsk near Drogichin, Brest region. According to media reports, this is the 38th artillery brigade of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus.
14:57 Ukrainian air defense forces shot down a plane that tried to fire at an electrical substation in a village near Zatoka, Belgorod-Dnestrovsky district, Odessa region. Eyewitnesses report that the pilot managed to eject from the downed plane, and now they are looking for him.
14:53 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced the capture of an enemy command and control vehicle - the intelligence and control module 9S932-1 (Barnaul-T). The purpose of the machine is reconnaissance of air targets. The crew of the module was destroyed.
Together with the car, the documentation of the occupiers, personal documents of the Russian military, maps and means of communication fell into the hands of Ukrainian intelligence officers. The first conclusions from the studied documents: in the Russian army there is a huge problem with the theft of military property. According to the commanders' reports found in the vehicle, a number of the unit's combat vehicles lack fixed communications and the necessary equipment.
14:51 The head of the Kherson Regional State Administration Gennady Laguta reports that the occupiers began to mine Kherson. According to eyewitnesses, the Russians installed "stretch marks" in the center of the city - near the Skifia shopping mall.
14:49 Ukrainian users today noticed a failure in the operation of some Internet services. According to the State Service for Special Communications, Russia is trying in every possible way to hide the truth about its own war crimes, which is spread all over the world by the Ukrainian media.
"State structures responsible for cyber security and the forces of national cyber resistance will continue to prevent such attempts by the occupiers," the ministry assured.
14:48 Most of the representatives of the Russian elite are now engaged in the evacuation of their relatives and friends from Moscow to Georgia, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, the UP reports on Ukrainian intelligence data. Panic continues in the top political leadership of the Russian Federation and the level of distrust towards Putin is rising.
14:37 The invaders continue to use the civilian population as a human shield, taking hostages, the General Staff says. Also, contrary to the norms of International Humanitarian Law, high-yield cluster and fragmentation munitions are used during bombing. Grads, Tornadoes and Hurricanes are actively used by the invaders in settlements.
14:36 Usyk in an interview with CNN: "I don't want to kill, but if they come to kill me or my family, I'll kill you."
14:34 The 206th Kiev Terrodefense Battalion rescued more than 400 women and children from Irpen, bombed by the invaders.
14:33 Ukraine asks the International Nuclear Security Agency (IAEA) to apply to NATO with a demand to close access to the airspace over its nuclear facilities and to intensify actions to prevent acts of nuclear terrorism, which is the fact that the troops of the Russian Federation seized the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the exclusion zone.
14:30 RossMI reported, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense, that Russia allegedly arranged a "silence regime" for the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens through humanitarian corridors.
14:29 The EU signed a Memorandum with Ukraine on the provision of 1.2 billion euros of macro-financial assistance.
14:28 Journalist Yury Romanenko reports, citing eyewitnesses, that the Russian invaders shot the head of the Gostomel UTO, Yury Prilipko.
14:16 The head of the Kiev Regional State Administration Oleksiy Kuleba said that the cities of Irpin and Bucha are Ukrainian. Almost 1,500 women and children have already been taken from there through the green corridor. Another 250 people were taken away by buses. For those who remained, six trucks with food are being brought. Fighting is still going on in Gostomel.
14:09 Ukraine informed the WTO members about the decision to impose an economic embargo and not apply the WTO agreements against Russia, the Ukrainian mission in Geneva said.
14:08 Power supply has been restored in Bucha.
14:07 Arakhamia on negotiations with the Russian Federation: "The minimum program is humanitarian corridors, then according to circumstances."
14:03 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine asks not to cover the facts of the supply of weapons, since public information can damage the process. You can publicly report only on the supply of bulletproof vests, helmets, humanitarian aid, the department warns.
14:01 The SBU reports that in the Russian village of Popovka, which borders on the Krasnopolsky district of the Sumy region, enemy Grads have turned towards the Russian Federation in the direction of movement from the Ukrainian border. The SBU assumes that the invaders are preparing to arrange a provocation and shelling of their own territory in order to accuse Ukraine of attacking the civilian population of the Russian Federation.
14:00 During the shelling of Popasna by Russian invaders, two local residents were killed, six more were injured, said the head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Serhiy Gaidai.
13:56 The Ukrainian delegation flew to negotiate with the Russian delegation, Podolyak said, attaching a photo from the helicopter.
13:52 The city council of Kherson reports that, according to preliminary information, on the territory of the GDNP in the Kherson region on the street. Lutheranskaya, 4 and the SBU Department on Lutheranskaya street, 1 invaders penetrated, who could leave explosive objects behind them in buildings and around. Residents are being asked to be extremely careful.
13:51 In Mariupol, the Epicenter has completely burned out, the invader's troops continue to inflict missile strikes on the city and residential areas.
13:49 The International Court of Justice will hold the first hearings on the suit of Ukraine against the Russian Federation on March 7 and 8. On Friday, March 4, Borrell convened an extraordinary meeting of EU ministers with the participation of Kuleba, Blinken, Stoltenberg and Truss.
13:48 The mayor of Lviv Sadovoy warned landlords that the increase in rental prices is looting.
13:47 Turgenev oak, which is located in the Oryol region of the Russian Federation, has been excluded from the European Tree of the Year competition.
13:36 Attorney General Venediktova said that some employees of the prosecutor's office had fled the country: "We will soon conduct a roll call of the personnel and understand who is in the field, who is at war. It's also time to take an inventory of the trash that escaped from their compatriots. tens of thousands of dollars with which they tried to bribe the border guards? At least they didn’t show official IDs. Soon they will create a group to compile a list of those who escaped.
13:34 A bot has been created in Kharkov to search for missing relatives and friends. According to the city information and dispatch service 15-62, in order to find a missing relative or acquaintance, Kharkiv residents need to send information to telegrams @Nadiia_Kharkiv_bot
13:27 The head of the Kherson Regional State Administration Gennady Laguta said that the occupiers completely occupied the building of the regional state administration.
13:23 Venediktova reported that enemy aircraft swept through Yakovlovka, Kharkiv region, like a tornado. The occupiers of the Russian Federation bombed and destroyed the village near Kharkov. At least three people were killed, two of them civilians. Eight people were injured and taken to the hospital. 45 houses were destroyed, 21 of them were completely destroyed.
13:14 The invaders completely occupied the building of the Kherson Regional State Administration.
13:10 At all checkpoints on the western border of Ukraine on March 3, the queues for leaving the country disappeared, reports the State Border Guard Service.
13:05 Near Kharkov, Russian troops suffered catastrophic losses, the offensive slowed down, Arestovich said.
According to him, the direction of Zaporozhye is controlled by the Ukrainian military. Odessa is holding on, Nikolaev completely destroyed the airborne assault yesterday. The defenders of the city know about the Russian ships going to Odessa, they are ready for this.
At night, the enemy hit Kiev, Kharkov and Zhitomir. Arestovich said that this tactic, from a military point of view, is an attempt to intimidate local residents.
13:04 Binance, one of the world's largest crypto exchanges, has restricted access to cardholders of Russian banks that are subject to sanctions.
13:03 Arestovich: "On the seventh day of aggression, we launched a counteroffensive in a separate area. The Armed Forces of Ukraine entrenched themselves in Makarov and are chasing the enemy through the bushes. This is a serious success of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. We liberated an important area of the terrain, despite the quantitative advantage of the enemy."
13:01 Lukashenka said in his video message that they want to "push" Belarus into a war with Ukraine.
“They just want to push us into the war in Ukraine specifically so that we expose our remaining borders, and then they will deal with you quickly, we won’t even have time to return from Ukraine to protect you. This is a tactic. And their strategy is to deal with Russia and with us at the same time. We figured out their plans, not just figured out, we have enough information for this," he said.
12:59 Ukrainian security officials warn that lists with personal data of members of the DRG may be fake, the enemy may include real Ukrainian security officials there. The goal is to sow panic and chaos so that the Ukrainians begin to destroy each other.
12:55 In Chernihiv, Russian troops hit residential buildings in the city center. Authorities are asking residents not to leave their shelters.
12:47 The head of the British Foreign Office said that it is necessary to disconnect all Russian banks from SWIFT and that she will raise this issue at the G7 meeting.
12:46 Russia is ready to discuss the issue of security guarantees during the second round of negotiations with Ukraine, Lavrov said. According to him, Russia is ready to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine and all of Europe. But peace agreements must necessarily include a clause on the destruction of weapons that threaten Moscow. "Russia's demands are minimal," Lavrov says.
12:45 The block of "Russian proposals" in the negotiations with Ukraine consists of military-technical, humanitarian-international and political parts, Medinsky said. Negotiations are expected at 14:00 Kyiv time.
12:44 The head of Roscosmos Rogozin said that the Russian Federation is stopping the supply of rocket engines to the United States. "Let the US fly on their brooms," he said.
12:43 Peskov called the rumors about plans to introduce martial law in a number of regions of Russia and ban men of military age from traveling abroad a "duck".
12:41 The French authorities have arrested the yacht Amore Vero, which is believed to belong to the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin, French Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire said.
12:39 In Bucha, the military raised the Ukrainian flag in front of the City Council building.
12:38 Billionaire Deripaska says that the iron curtain has already fallen, the crisis in Russia will be three times worse than in 1998.
12:37 Zelensky spoke with South Korean President Moon Jae-In, discussed support for Ukraine and anti-Russian sanctions.
12:35 More than 500 foreign doctors are ready to provide medical care in Ukraine - they have registered on a special website. These are doctors, nurses and paramedics from the EU, UK, Switzerland, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Israel, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Jordan, Brazil and other countries.
12:34 In Voznesensk of the Nikolaev area fights go, the terrorist defense undermined the bridge, the head of Regional State Administration Kim reported.
12:28 Lavrov said that a solution to the situation in Ukraine would be found. He admitted that "it's bad when people die, including civilians."
12:19 Roskomnadzor issued requirements according to which, when preparing materials about the war in Ukraine, all Russian media are obliged to use information only from official sources of the Russian Federation. It is forbidden to publish materials in which the actions of the occupier are called "attack", "invasion" or "declaration of war". For violation - a fine of five million rubles, may also be followed by blocking the publication.
12:11 Klitschko asked the people of Kiev not to leave their cars en masse near the railway station, from where women and children are being evacuated by trains. Now abandoned cars blocking the entrance to the station are being evacuated to neighboring streets.
The military administration warns that cars left uncontrollably on the Railway Station Square, blocking passage and quick evacuation, may be confiscated for the needs of the defense and protection of Kyiv.
11:58 The board of directors of the OneWeb telecommunications company, which provides satellite Internet access, voted to suspend all launches from Baikonur.
11:51 The head of the Russian delegation, Medinsky, said that negotiations between Ukraine and Russia could begin at 15:00, they will be held in the Brest region.
11:47 The mayor of Mariupol declares a humanitarian catastrophe in the city: the enemy does not allow the resumption of water, heat and electricity supply, damaged the railway connection, hinders the supply of food, creating a blockade. Deliberately, in seven days they destroyed the critical life support infrastructure of the city.
11:41 Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska called for an early end to the war in Ukraine and called it a "nuclear power": "Peace is very important! Dragging out negotiations is madness! Ukraine has long been a nuclear power, on its territory, in addition to the mothballed Chernobyl nuclear power plant, there are 15 more nuclear power units and three storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel. For those who are dumb, our descendants in European Russia, Ukraine and Europe will remember any incident at these facilities! Another 200 years with curses," he wrote.
11:37 Zelensky announced that the first 16,000 foreign volunteers are going to Ukraine. Earlier, Kuleba said that volunteers come from 16 countries.
11:36 In the Volnovakha region of the Donetsk region, Ukrainian air defense shot down another Russian SU-34 fighter-bomber. The pilots of this plane bombed the civilian population of the city, writes Babel.
11:32 Ursula von der Leyen said that Zelensky sent a request to the European Commission for Ukraine's accession to the EU, but first the war must be ended, so it's too early to talk about the timing.
11:27 Zelensky said that the government has prepared an assistance program for all Ukrainians who have lost the opportunity to work due to the war. Every employee, sole proprietor, every Ukrainian from whom Russia has taken away the opportunity to work will receive 6,500 hryvnias without any conditions.
11:25 The State Border Service reported that tonight, near the border with Moldova, border guards detained six men from Ukraine who planned to get to Moldova by boat across the Dniester.
Also, eight citizens of Ukraine were detained in Bukovina, who tried to avoid military service and illegally cross the state border.
11:23 LEGO stopped deliveries of products to Russian stores in Russia, and before that transferred 16.5 million dollars to help the people of Ukraine.
11:22 Ukrposhta announced that today it is starting to pay pensions to Ukrainians. "If you are at home, wait for the delivery of the pension, or you can pick it up yourself at the nearest post office," the message says. Details can be clarified in the contact center: 8-800-300-545 (button 2).
11:20 Roskomnadzor requires Google to ban advertising about the war in Ukraine in YouTube videos for users from Russia. According to the agency, such advertising creates "a distorted perception of events and forms protest moods among the Internet audience."
11:17 The RF Armed Forces use medical vehicles to transport ammunition - this is a war crime.
11:16 Zelensky: "We will restore every house, every street, every city, and we say to Russia - learn the word "reparations" and "indemnities", you will compensate everything that you have done against our country, against every Ukrainian in full, and those who died - we will not forget."
11:15 The EU will allocate 500 million euros for humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and create a humanitarian hub in Romania, the head of the European Commission said.
11:14 All lines of defense have been preserved, the enemy has no success in any direction of strategic defense - "they are suppressed and doomed," Zelensky said.
11:13 Zelensky: "Russia has invaded our independent country, our land. An acute attack of aggression, megalomania, persecution, severe psychological complexes and, as a result, missile systems, rocket artillery, tanks and other armored vehicles are just like locusts."
11:10 Ukrainian border guards with an advanced group, together with units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reached the state border line in the Sumy region, said NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov.
11:09 As of the morning of March 3, 34 civilians were killed from Russian shelling in the Kharkiv region, the State Emergency Service reports.
11:06 Ukrzaliznytsia made all flights from the east to the west of Ukraine evacuation and closed the sale of tickets for them - these trains can be used free of charge by passengers who need to leave hot spots.
10:58 Russian invaders entered the part of Voznesensk of the Nikolaev region and place military equipment in residential quarters, the head of the Nikolaev VGA Vitaly Kim reported.
10:50 Podolyak called on international organizations to help Ukraine organize humanitarian corridors from the cities that Russian troops entered.
10:49 Primorsk, Zaporozhye region, went to a rally against the invaders.
10:45 Ukraine may become a candidate for EU membership tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, the Polish Foreign Ministry said.
10:39 Roskomnadzor demanded that Google stop "the distribution of false advertising messages on the territory of Russia."
10:34 The price of gas in Europe has again updated its historical record, rising to $2,267 per thousand cubic meters.
10:19 Ukrzaliznytsia provided the Armed Forces of Ukraine with 20 refrigerated cars for the removal of the dead Russian invaders. According to the press service of UZ, these trains will run at a sanitary distance from other trains.
10:12 The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that a Russian SU-30 aircraft had just been shot down over Irpin.
09:54 The General Staff announced the approximate combat losses of the enemy as of the morning of March 3:
personnel - about 9000 people
tanks - 217
armored combat vehicles - 900
artillery systems - 90
MLRS - 42
air defense systems - 11
aircraft - 30 (information to be confirmed)
helicopters - 31 (to be confirmed)
automotive equipment - 374
light speedboats - 2
tanks with fuel and lubricants - 60
UAV operational-tactical level - 3
09:51 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that tonight in Kiev a missile attack was carried out on a reserve radio and television center in the area of Lysa Gora. According to the Russian Federation, it "was used by the SBU for psychological operations against Russia, there are no victims or destruction of residential buildings."
In Kyiv, the explosion was heard around 02:00. The State Emergency Service reported that the Ukrainian air defense system intercepted an enemy missile.
09:48 The International Cat Federation has introduced a ban on participation in exhibitions for cats from Russia.
09:47 In Chernihiv, during shelling, a shell hit an oil depot, the tanks caught fire.
09:45 In Energodar, the occupiers asked them to let them into the city for a short time in order to take a photo against the background of the ZNPP for a report, said Energoatom head Petr Kotin. According to him, the invaders come out and try to negotiate with the city leadership. “They say that it is enough for them to enter the city at least a little, take a picture against the backdrop of the Zaporizhzhya NPP and send a report to the management,” Kotin said.
09:44 Belarusian and Russian Paralympic athletes have been banned from participating in the Paralympics even under a neutral flag.
09:42 Japan will freeze the assets of four Russian banks, including VTB.
09:39 Putin submitted to the State Duma for ratification amendments to the agreement on the CSTO peacekeeping activities on the introduction of the concept of "coordinating state."
Under the auspices of the "coordinating state" a collective peacekeeping force of the Collective Security Treaty Organization will be created for use in UN peacekeeping operations.
09:32 Kyiv City State Administration declares that the situation in Kiev is calm, the infrastructure is operating normally - heat, water, electricity, communications are available in all areas.
Night explosions - the work of air defense forces on enemy missiles. "Air defense forces worked at night. And the explosions that were heard were the operation of enemy missiles," said Nikolai Povoroznik, First Deputy Chairman of the Kyiv City State Administration.
According to him, rocket fragments damaged the heating main near the railway station yesterday, but there is no threat to heat supply.
09:25 The General Staff calls on bloggers and the media not to publish real-time information about the location where enemy missiles hit, as well as the consequences they caused.
"Your operational information may be of interest to Russian gunners and gunners for further adjustment of the enemy's subsequent shot," the General Staff noted.
09:21 By a majority vote of the board of directors of Ekho Moskvy, a decision was made to liquidate the radio channel and the website, said Alexei Venediktov.
09:18 The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer will not supply aircraft parts to Russia and will stop serving the fleet of Russian companies.
09:17 Morgan Stanley no longer considers Russia a "developing country", now it is a country "not suitable for investment."
09:15 On March 4, Spain will send a batch of offensive weapons to Poland for Ukraine, including 1,370 grenade launchers, 700,000 cartridges for rifles and machine guns, as well as light machine guns, Defense Minister Margarita Robles said.
09:14 As of today, a 30 percent commission has been introduced in Russia for the purchase of dollars, euros and pounds sterling by individuals.
09:13 Russia's crimes in Ukraine have signs of genocide, those responsible for unleashing the war must be punished in international tribunals, said Polish President Andrzej Duda.
09:04 Kazakhstan adheres to neutrality in the "conflict between Russia and Ukraine" and does not support either side, Deputy Defense Minister Sultan Kamaletdinov told reporters.
"The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has nothing to do with Kazakhstan. We do not support either side. There can be no questions in this regard," he said.
09:02 The German authorities are ready to provide Ukraine with 2,700 Strela anti-aircraft missiles, the DPA agency reported.
08:59 AvtoVAZ has been stopping car production since March 5 due to a shortage of parts that were supplied from Europe.
08:55 Russian banks that fell under EU sanctions will be disconnected from the SWIFT international payment system on March 12.
08:53 The international rating agency Fitch has downgraded Russia's long-term foreign currency issuer default rating from BBB to B with a negative outlook.
08:37 As a result of the attack in Izyum, eight civilians were killed - six adults and two children. The enemy also got into the police, a fire started. There is significant damage in the city center, the windows in the executive committee's office flew out.
08:31 The State Emergency Service commented on reports of night explosions in Kiev: no applications were received from the population, according to preliminary information, air objects were shot down by air defense forces.
08:15 According to the UN, about one million citizens have left Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion. Several million more people in Ukraine need humanitarian assistance.
08:09 On the night of March 3, Russian troops launched a missile attack on Sumy, five people were injured. The blows fell on the military department of Sumy State University and the cadet corps.
07:48 In Paris, the metro station Europe, with the support of the Stand with Ukraine movement, was renamed Europe-Ukraine.
07:37 The Government of Canada introduces personal sanctions against ten top officials of Rosneft and Gazprom.
07:35 Russian troops, having practically not succeeded in advancing, again resorted to the tactics of night shelling of large cities, according to the operational information of the General Staff on the morning of February 3.
05:36 The Ukrainian military near Kharkov defeated and captured an elite unit of enemy troops, Arestovich said. According to him, Russia loses an average of 1,500 troops per day in the war with Ukraine.
05:14 The UN human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine has recorded since the beginning of the Russian invasion, as of midnight on March 1, 752 dead and injured among the civilian population of Ukraine. In Ukraine, the State Emergency Service announced about two thousand dead.
04:20 Due to the danger of an air raid, Ukrzaliznytsia canceled trains in the directions of Artsyz, Belgorod-Dnestrovsky and Izmail in the Odessa region.
03:11 Biden said that the Russian army is deliberately attacking civilian targets, throwing bombs and shells at them. In turn, Blinken added that "in the past, Russia has repeatedly demonstrated that one of the methods of warfare is its absolute brutality."
02:28 German authorities arrested in Hamburg a 156-meter yacht of Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, who fell under EU sanctions. Usmanov purchased the yacht in 2016 for $600 million from German shipbuilder Lürssen, who built it to order over a period of 52 months.
02:10 Several explosions thundered in Kiev, which were heard in Pechersk.
02:03 Zelensky said that for the week the losses among the personnel of the Russian military amount to about nine thousand people. According to him, every day the morale of the occupiers is falling and they are fleeing from Ukraine, "from all those who drive them out with a tool and fortitude."
01:44 In Kharkiv, Marina Fenina, an employee of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, was killed during enemy shelling.
00:55 Mariupol was again left without water, heat and electricity, Mayor Boychenko said. According to him, March 2 was "the most difficult and cruel day in all seven days of the war."
00:02 As a result of the explosion at the railway station in Kiev, a man was injured, the National Police reported.
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The original post was later deleted by Facebook, which Konanykhin said was because it included a “dead or alive” poster depicting the Russian president.
However, on Thursday the Russian entrepreneur clarified in a LinkedIn post that he never intended to pay for Putin’s assassination.
“Some reports suggest that I promised to pay for the assassination of Putin. It is NOT correct. While such an outcome would be cheered by millions of people around the world, I believe that Putin must be brought to justice,” Konanykhin wrote.
He encouraged others to take a stand against Russian aggression and Putin specifically.