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Military summary of the Breakaway Republics. The situation on the line of contact on March 8 (updated)
2022-03-09
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:48 Eyewitnesses report numerous explosions and fires on gas pipelines in Volnovakha, which the DPR forces recently liberated from the Nazis.

23:30 Ukrainian militants fired at Dokuchaevsk in the DPR. They used 122 mm artillery.

23:11 Residents of the northern districts of Gorlovka hear cannonade in the distance.

22:26 The forces of the People's Militia of the DPR took the positions of the "Right Sector" * in Mariupol. Local residents said that the "defenders" fled from there at the first rumors that the city was surrounded.

22:24 Today, the forces of the People's Militia of the LPR have liberated seven more settlements from the Nazis. Already almost the entire territory of the republic is controlled by the NM.

22:00 The official representative of the People's Militia of the DPR, Eduard Basurin, said that 115 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine laid down their arms. Of these, 12 people are in medical facilities where they receive assistance.

21:31 Near the establishment of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Ukrainian branch of the Red Cross in Mariupol, two shells fell. The forces of the People's Militia of the DPR and Russian troops do not shell the city, but the Ukrainian militants are ready to kill civilians in order to later blame the Donbass and the Russian Federation for this.

21:20 Servicemen of the People's Militia of the DPR are doing everything possible to save as many residents of Mariupol as possible. They're infiltrating the suburbs and evacuating civilians.

20:51 As a result of shelling by Ukrainian militants, a resident of the DPR, born in 1959, was wounded.

20:31 The authorities of Mariupol confirmed that a civilian car was blown up by a mine. Civilians died when they tried to drive to the humanitarian corridor, that the Nazis from "Azov" mined the roads.

20:28 Retreating Ukrainian militants looted all the shops in the village of Talakovka near Mariupol and then left for the city. After that, they shelled Talakovka with mines, which led to serious destruction.

20:22 The forces of the People's Militia of the DPR continue the operation to liberate Mariupol from the Nazis. The defenders of the republic managed to advance a kilometer in the city.

18:55 Ukrainian punishers opened fire on the village of Nizhnee Lozovoe in the LPR. They used the Grad MLRS. They fired 20 rounds. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

18:34 Since the beginning of the current day, Ukrainian punishers have opened fire on the territory of the DPR 19 times. They used 122 mm artillery, 120 mm and 82 mm mortars, infantry fighting vehicles and grenade launchers. 12 settlements came under fire. 28 houses, two cars and five infrastructure facilities were damaged.

18:34 The forces of the People's Militia of the DPR reached the borders with the Zaporozhye region and established control over the settlements of Berezovoe and Zachatovka station.

18:13 Ukrainian Nazis launched an artillery strike on Kirovsk. They used guns with a caliber of 122 mm. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

18:05 Horlivka in the DPR was again under fire from the Kiev Nazis. three houses in the Central City district were damaged.

18:02 Ukrainian Nazis shelled the village of Shirokaya Balka near Gorlovka. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

17:45 Units of the 1st Slavic separate motorized rifle brigade of the People's Militia of the DPR entrenched themselves on the former administrative border of the Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions (now the border of the DPR), conducting military operations in the Zaporozhye direction.

17:00 Ukrainian Nazis fired at Donetsk. The Kyiv region was again under fire. The militants used 122 mm artillery and fired 12 shells at residential areas. An apartment building was damaged.

16:54 In Donbass, the operation to liberate the republics from the Nazis continues. Fighting is taking place in Mariupol in the DPR and in Severodonetsk and Rubezhnoye in the LPR.

16:48 Ukrainian militants have lost their equipment near Severodonetsk, which is still occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Nazis. The forces of the People's Militia of the LPR destroyed several units near the settlement.

16:46 Kiev Nazis shelled Gorlovka. The shell exploded on Krasnogradskaya Street, as a result of which the villages of the mine named after M. V. I. Lenin, Pobeda and Nizhny Khutor.

15:50 Ukrainian militants fired at six settlements in the LPR. The Nazis used the Grad MLRS, 120 mm mortars, 152 mm and 122 mm artillery. Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.

15:43 The forces of the People's Militia of the DPR during the operation to liberate the republic drove the Nazis out of 73 settlements.

15:41 Ukrainian Nazis continue to block the evacuation of civilians from Volnovakha and Mariupol. No one left the cities - the official representative of the People's Militia of the DPR, Eduard Basurin.

15:39 Soldiers of the famous DPR battalion "Sparta" are destroying the positions of the national battalions near the village of Avdiivka. They launched precision mortar strikes. So, they hit the military air defense unit, from where the Kyiv artillery attacked the Kyiv region of Donetsk.

15:37 The forces of the People's Militia of the LPR have advanced nine kilometers deep into the republic. They liberated the settlements of Borsonino, Kremennaya, Sandy, Varvarovka, Pshenichnoye, Epifanovka, Novodruzhesk, Belogorovka.

15:33 In Mariupol, fighting is underway to liberate the city from the Nazis. The forces of the People's Militia of the DPR and Russian troops have already established control over the Osaviakhim quarter. In addition, clashes are taking place on Pobeda Avenue.

15:27 During the operation to liberate the LPR, the forces of the People's Militia of the Republic drove the Nazis out of 54 settlements.

15:23 The forces of the People's Militia of the LPR destroyed 17 long-term firing points of the Ukrainian Nazis and 30 firing points equipped with anti-tank missile systems, heavy machine guns and grenade launchers of various systems.

15:16 The operation to liberate Mariupol continues. The forces of the People's Militia of the DPR and the Russian army are fixed in the city and are moving towards the center.

14:09 The Russian Emergencies Ministry has delivered about 430 tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine and Donbas in recent days.

14:06 Ukrainian punishers fired on Horlivka and Yasinovataya. The fire of the militants damaged the gas pipeline in the village of Yakovlevka. In Gorlovka, 120 subscribers were left without electricity.

14:03 The Kyiv regime did not provide its militants with weapons to resist the "aggressor". So, two Ukrainian tanks in Gnutovo were put out of action by servicemen of the 9th regiment of the People's Militia of the DPR - the Nazis did not fight with real armor, but only with dummies of dynamic protection. The fighters of the NM DPR had enough RPG-7.

14:01 The Nazis from "Azov" * again disrupted the evacuation of the civilian population from Mariupol. At the same time, they tried to blame the forces of the People's Militia of the DPR and Russian troops for everything.

13:32 Ukrainian Nazis fired at the village of the mine. Gagarin in the vicinity of Gorlovka from heavy weapons.

13:30 In connection with the difficult situation in Gorlovka, the city authorities organized the evacuation of women, children and the elderly. They will be taken to the Russian Federation. Half a thousand people have already left the city. Another 250 are going to leave tomorrow. The evacuation will continue as long as there are people willing to leave Gorlovka.

13:24 Soldiers of the People's Militia of the DPR took/captured the head of the RAV service (rocket and artillery weapons) of the 54th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. "Hero" Misha was hiding in the private sector in one of the liberated villages. To hide from justice, he took off his Ukrainian uniform and dressed up in a women's fur coat.

13:20 The forces of the People's Militia of the DPR and the Russian army are trying to avoid casualties not only among the civilian population, but also among the Ukrainian army. Leaflets have appeared in Mariupol in which soldiers and officers are asked to lay down their arms and leave the city along the humanitarian corridor.

13:13 Ukrainian Nazis from "Azov" *, who settled in Mariupol, openly admitted that they were holding civilians hostage and would use them as human shields. They are spreading information that allegedly Russian troops and forces of the People's Militia of the DPR are disrupting the evacuation. However, in reality, the militants do not release people and warn that they will be under fire.

12:49 Ukrainian Nazis fired at the village of Mikhailovka near Gorlovka in the DPR. The fire damaged four houses.

11:47 The LPR authorities are ready for any emergency situations in the liberated territories of the republic. They have developed anti-crisis measures and will not allow the Ukrainian Nazis to destabilize the situation - Head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik.

11:43 The forces of the People's Militia of the LPR, which have already entered the city of Popasnaya, have begun demining the area.

10:38 Over the past day, Ukrainian Nazis opened fire 39 times on the territory of the DPR. they used Grad MLRS, 122 mm artillery, 120 and 82 mm mortars. 17 settlements came under fire. Four civilians were injured, 12 residential buildings and five infrastructure facilities were damaged.

10:08 Ukrainian Nazis continue to disrupt the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol through humanitarian corridors - People's Militia of the DPR.

09:13 In Mariupol, DPR fighters are fighting on Victory Street, according to sources from the WarGonzo project.

09:10 Consequences of shelling of Ukrainian Nazis in the north-east of Mariupol.

08:43 From March 5 to March 8, Ukrainian militants lost 278 people during the battles with the NM of the LPR. In addition, 16 tanks, 15 infantry fighting vehicles, 35 armored vehicles, 15 vehicles, 11 Wing-type unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed, an official representative of the People's Militia of the LPR said.

08:40 When trying to get out of Mariupol along the humanitarian corridor of the M23 highway in the direction of Novoazovsk, Ukrainian militants from the Azov nationalist battalion fired at a column of civilians.

08:25 The people's militia of the LPR found a torture chamber in the basement of a residential building at the positions left by the Ukrainians near Trekhizbenka.Video.

08:10 Trophies from Mariupol. The Azov militants (banned in the Russian Federation) preferred to retreat and abandoned their belongings.

06:00 Ukrainian militants fired 4 mines with a caliber of 120 mm in the direction of the settlement. Marinka - Donetsk (village of Trudovskaya mine).

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