[Korrespondent] 21:53 British Colonel Richard Camp, who commanded in Afghanistan, believes that NATO should consider all options for removing Putin from power, including his assassination, writes the tabloid The Mirror.
21:50 Today, more than 600 people have been evacuated from Borodyanka and Kicheevo, Kiev region, the governor said.
21:49 In Green Gay of the Nikolaev area as a result of air bombardment the school was destroyed and caught fire. Four people were killed and three more were injured, the interior ministry said.
21:44 Zaluzhny says that the Russian army now, in terms of professionalism, is the Ukrainian army of the early 2014 model.
He also said that today in the Kharkiv region, Russian armed forces shot down their own drone and reported to their superiors that they had destroyed the Ukrainian Bayraktar.
21:41 Podolyak said that negotiations with Russia in video format continue non-stop. On Monday, March 14, a negotiating session will be held to sum up the preliminary results.
21:39 Humanitarian aid, which left Zaporozhye for Mariupol on the morning of March 12, continues to move, albeit very slowly, the Mariupol City Council said. For almost two days, she traveled more than 200 kilometers along a previously agreed route, about 80 kilometers remain to her destination. Subject to all the agreements, a green corridor will open tomorrow morning, and the humanitarian caravan will continue moving to Mariupol.
21:36 Zelensky said that he had discussed with the head of the European Council Charles Michel the strengthening of financial support for Ukraine, further anti-Russian sanctions, as well as the process of Ukraine's accession to the EU.
21:34 NATO March 14 begins large-scale exercises in Norway, which will be attended by 30,000 people. The alliance said that the exercises were not connected with the Russian Federation and were planned eight months ago.
21:32 Time reported that the American journalist Brent Renault, who was killed today in Irpin, worked for them. In recent weeks, he has been working on a project on the global refugee crisis.
21:18 In the occupied Volnovakha, Donetsk region, Russian invaders killed a military chaplain, hegumen of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine Platon (Morgunov), the press service of the church reported.
20:43 In the Lugansk region today, it was possible to maintain the regime of silence, 1,600 people were evacuated per day, said the head of the Regional State Administration Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, if the same humanitarian convoy can be sustained tomorrow, then the evacuation transport will be sent to Popasna and Novoaidar.
20:36 The Armed Forces of Ukraine now do not have the opportunity to deliver a deblocking blow to break through the siege of Mariupol, Arestovich said. According to him, the Ukrainian troops are pinned down by enemy strikes north of Volnovakha and in the JFO zone, and it is too far to go from Zaporozhye - almost 300 kilometers under Russian air strikes across the bare steppe. Therefore, the only way out for the Ukrainian troops is to hold on.
20:29 Arestovich says that there is no direct military threat to Kiev and is not expected in the near future, all enemy forces near the city have been defeated. According to him, a similar situation is now observed near Kharkov, Chernihiv and Sumy.
Among the hot spots are Mariupol, the JFO zone and Nikolaev, as well as the direction towards Krivoy Rog.
20:04 Ukrainian-Russian talks are scheduled for Monday, March 14, Peskov said.
20:00 Humanitarian cargo for the residents of Mariupol again could not enter the city - the convoy stopped in Berdyansk, as the Russians fired at the humanitarian corridor from the air. There are many civilian deaths, Vereshchuk said.
At the same time, humanitarian corridors in the Luhansk and Kyiv regions opened up, leaving thousands of people.
19:57 Kuleba said he had discussed further support for Ukraine with Blinken: "We both agreed that more must be done to stop Russian aggression and hold Russia accountable for its crimes. Grateful to the United States for its strong support to the people of Ukraine. Ukraine will win ".
19:36 Since the beginning of the Russian invasion in Ukraine, three journalists have already died, the Justice Foundation for Journalists (JFJ) said. In particular, journalist Viktor Dudar died during the fighting near Nikolaev, Live cameraman Yevgeny Sakun died during rocket attacks in Kiev, and American video journalist, former NYT contributor Brent Renault was killed in Irpen.
19:28 The Diya application has launched the Diya.Radio service, which will inform Ukrainians 24/7 about events in the country.
19:25 Of the almost 2.7 million Ukrainians who have left the country since February 24, most of all went to Poland - 1.6 million, according to the UN. Another 246,000 left for Hungary. Only 106 thousand left for Russia, and 96 of them are residents of the occupied territories of Donbass, who were evacuated before the start of the Russian invasion.
19:23 As a result of a bombing strike by Russian aviation on a school in the Nikolaev region, two people were killed, two more were injured, the State Emergency Service reports.
19:07 Zelensky thanked Meta and other platforms for supporting Ukraine in the information war.
19:04 Since the beginning of the day, the enemy has concentrated its main efforts on advancing to Krivoy Rog and trying to capture Nikolaev, the General Staff reports.
18:35 According to the UN, almost 2.7 million Ukrainians have left the country since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24.
18:28 Kuleba addressed potential mercenaries that Russia is recruiting in other countries: "I warn foreign citizens who may be motivated to join the Russian invasion forces - do not do this. We have already filed cases in international courts - even if you survive, you be war criminals."
18:26 At the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, power supply has been restored by the efforts of Ukrenergo specialists, Ukrainian nuclear scientists and electricians, Energoatom reports.
18:23 AACSB (Association for the Development of Collegiate Business Schools), Business Graduates Association (Association of Business School Graduates), AMBA (Association of MBA Programs), EFMD (Global Network of Business Schools, Companies and Associations Engaged in Management Development) decided to remove accreditation from all Russian universities.
18:17 Advisor to the President of the United States Jake Sullivan believes that the strike of the invaders on the Yavoriv test site was caused by Putin's "disappointment" with the course of hostilities in Ukraine.
18:05 In Moscow, about 300 people were detained at an anti-war rally, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation reported.
17:56 The National Police reported that they are working to reduce the number of checkpoints, which significantly slow down traffic in Ukraine.
17:52 Advisor to the US President Jake Sullivan and member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China, Director of the Foreign Affairs Commission Office Yang Jiechi will meet tomorrow in Rome to discuss the situation in Ukraine.
17:50 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine published the rights of Ukrainians, which they receive according to the policy of "temporary protection" in the EU countries:
residence permit (for one year with the possibility of extension);
access to work (there is no requirement to wait for six months, unlike refugee status);
access to education;
providing housing;
access to social security;
access to health care;
the possibility of obtaining refugee status in the future;
the opportunity to return to the country of citizenship at any time.
17:38 The United States is confident in its ability to continue "significant deliveries" of weapons to Ukraine, the White House said.
17:28 In the Kirovograd region, as a result of an air strike on the Kanatovo airfield on March 12, seven people were killed, the head of the Regional State Administration said.
17:21 The Ukrainian military has almost completely destroyed the units of the 155th Separate Marine Brigade. In total, about 600 Russians were killed and the same number were injured, journalist Roman Tsymbalyuk said.
17:20 The authorities of Irpin have banned journalists from entering the city after today's murder of a US citizen. Also, Ukrainians are asked not to publish military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and their equipment on social networks.
17:17 Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, 369 educational institutions have been damaged by the invaders, 57 of them have been completely destroyed, the Office of the Prosecutor General reports.
17:14 Another 162 people were evacuated from the Volnovakha district, including 44 children. The column left under fire from Russian troops who tried to prevent the evacuation, according to the National Police.
17:12 Zelensky visited the wounded Ukrainian soldiers.
17:08 Since the beginning of the invasion, 2,187 people have died in Mariupol from the attacks of Russian invaders , the city council said. Over the past 22 hours, 22 bombings have been carried out, about 100 air bombs have been dropped.
16:54 The head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Serhiy Gaidai said that 540 people from Lisichansk are already on the evacuation train. Seven wagons of humanitarian aid have arrived, 11 more are on the way. The shelling does not subside along the entire front line, an enemy aircraft has been shot down over Rubizhne.
16:50 In the Nikolaev region, Russian invaders fired at a school in one of the settlements. People who were in the building fell asleep, said the head of the Regional State Administration Vitaly Kim. Now they are being pulled out from under the rubble and evacuated.
16:43 In the occupied Melitopol, the chairman of the district council, Sergei Pryima, was kidnapped. According to RIA Melitopol, at 07:30, eight people came to his house with a "search", took his documents, all mobile devices, and then took Pryima away.
16:38 The US Department of Commerce has published a list of luxury goods that will be prohibited from being imported into Russia from March 16. It includes 570 commodity items, including alcohol and tobacco products, cosmetics and perfumes, fur and silk, jewelry, etc.
16:36 Arestovich warned Ukrainians that the second phase of psychological breakdown is now beginning in society, accompanied by a drop in faith in victory and disappointment in the actions of the country's leadership. He advises not to succumb to despondency and switch attention to more positive events.
16:03 Venediktova announced the launch of an investigation into treason under martial law against Galina Danilchenko, "appointed" by the occupiers of the "acting mayor" of Melitopol instead of the kidnapped Ivan Fedorov.
15:54 The New York Times has confirmed the death of journalist Brent Reno, but said that he did not have accreditation, and his certificate was issued a very long time ago.
The second wounded journalist is well-known photojournalist Juan Arredondo.
15:52 Deputy Interior Minister Yevgeny Yenin said that the Ukrainian army is preparing for a counteroffensive near Kiev.
15:51 The United States "made it clear" to China that no one will be allowed to compensate Russia's losses due to sanctions, the White House said.
15:49 The mayor of Nikolaev Senkevich said that there is a humanitarian corridor in the city only towards Odessa, in other directions the roads are controlled by the Russians. An "emergency reserve" is being created from canned food and long-term storage products. The substation was destroyed, high-voltage lines were interrupted.
15:41 Pope Francis, in his Sunday speech, on the anniversary of his election to the throne, made a statement in support of Ukraine: "This week, the city that bears the name of the Virgin Mary - Mariupol, became a city-martyr of a fierce war devastating Ukraine. There is no reason which can justify the barbaric killings of children, innocent and unarmed civilians."
15:35 The French Foreign Ministry announced new sanctions against the Russian Federation: a ban on imports of steel products from Russia to the EU, a ban on the export of luxury goods to Russia, a ban on any investment in oil production and refineries in Russia, as well as an expansion of the sanctions list of oligarchs.
15:30 According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, the Russian Federation has opened 14 centers in Syria to recruit local mercenaries. They will be taken to Russia by aircraft and sent to the war in Ukraine. Payment - 300-600 dollars. There is also information about the recruitment of mercenaries in Libya.
15:29 Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said that despite the targeted destruction of energy infrastructure facilities by the enemy, the Ukrainian energy system is stable, there is no need to specifically reduce electricity consumption.
15:26 A member of the Russian delegation, Slutsky, announced "significant progress" in negotiations with Ukraine. According to his expectations, this progress can develop into a common position of both delegations and into "documents for signing," he said in an interview with RT Arabic.
15:23 The occupants launched an artillery strike on the psycho-neurological boarding school in Pushcha-Voditsa. The staff and wards were evacuated in advance, according to the Kyiv City State Administration. One shell hit the boiler room, the second hit the morgue.
15:15 The situation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant contradicts one of the seven essential components of nuclear safety and security, the IAEA said. This component assumes that operating personnel must be able to perform their duties and make decisions without undue pressure.
15:11 The SBU warns that the Russians are deliberately throwing information about alleged traitors and saboteurs into groups and messengers, publishing their names and car numbers with a call to immediately detain them. Often such "stuffing" is directed against members of law enforcement agencies and the military. Ukrainians are asked to be extremely careful about the dissemination of unverified information, especially when it is anonymous.
15:01 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar explained why the data on the number of Russians killed in Ukraine has not changed for several days. According to her, the calculation of enemy losses during the active phase of the war is complicated, since the data comes from different sources, often with a delay of several days.
In addition, as of today, the enemy has been stopped and there is no such intense confrontation as it was a few days ago.
14:56 Podolyak said that Russian representatives at the talks "are no longer saying anything as an ultimatum, but are attentively listening to our proposals."
"Ukraine will not give up its positions. Our demands are the end of the war and the withdrawal of Russian troops. I see that there is an understanding of this process and dialogue," he wrote on Twitter.
14:41 Today, in Irpen, the invaders shot The New York Times correspondent , 51-year-old US citizen Brent Renaud. Another journalist was wounded, they are trying to take him out of the combat zone, the National Police reported.
14:33 Hospitals and morgues in Belarusian Gomel, Mozyr and Narovlya are overflowing with the wounded and corpses of Russian soldiers, the Belarusian service of Radio Liberty reports. The doctors have signed a non-disclosure agreement and cannot tell the truth under threat of dismissal.
14:31 Energodar's local television channel EnTS stopped broadcasting. As the channel reported on Facebook, from now on its employees are not related to the broadcast content.
14:27 Zelensky: "I am grateful to everyone. Everyone who does not give up. Who protests. Who demonstrates to the invaders that Ukraine is our land. Kherson, Melitopol, Berdyansk and other cities. Ukraine will win!"
14:23 The General Staff reports that in the direction of Brovary - Boryspil, the enemy is blocking the E95 highway, continues to regroup, replenish supplies and conduct reconnaissance. The enemy has gone on the defensive and is holding a network of roadblocks along key routes of movement. Probably, after the regrouping of troops and the introduction of additional units, the enemy will resume offensive operations with the aim of capturing the left-bank part of Kyiv.
14:19 According to the General Staff, on March 9-10, 800 servicemen of the 102nd military base were transferred to Russia from Gyumri, Armenia, the Southern Military District for further transfer to the combat zone.
Up to 1,500 people of the 40th Separate Marine Brigade (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) of the Pacific Fleet are sent by train to Belarus. In the 820th main missile attack warning center (Solnechnogorsk), personnel are being selected to participate in hostilities against Ukraine.
In order to urgently replenish the losses of the occupying troops, the Russians are transferring part of the "peacekeeping" contingent from Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan) to Ukraine. A large number of mercenary fighters from other countries (Syria, Serbia) are also involved.
13:47 Russian Finance Minister Siluanov said that about $300 billion - or half - of the central bank's gold and foreign exchange reserves are frozen due to sanctions. At the same time, he stressed that the country does not intend to refuse to pay the public debt, it will simply do it in rubles until the reserves are unfrozen.
13:45 Russia disrupts the work of the green corridor in the Lugansk region, said the head of the OVA Gaidai. According to him, the buses are ready to leave, but they cannot do this because of the shelling.
13:37 An anti-war rally has begun on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow, people are being detained en masse.
13:26 In the occupied Energodar, people are openly beaten right on the streets, the press service of Energoatom reports. Cars are taken away from some, and someone is "packed" and taken away in an unknown direction.
13:11 According to the head of the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Putin, during a telephone conversation with Erdogan, said that he was not against meeting with Zelensky.
13:05 Indefinite rallies against the Russian occupiers continue in Kherson and Berdyansk.
12:52 Polish President Andrzej Duda does not rule out that Russia's use of chemical weapons in Ukraine could force NATO to reconsider its decision on non-intervention.
12:34 The number of victims as a result of the shelling of the Yavorivsky firing range has increased to 35 people , another 134 were injured, said the head of the Lviv OVA Maxim Kozitsky.
12:31 Moldova starts accepting digital documents in Dii. "I am sure that this is only the beginning of a great international story," Fedorov wrote.
12:29 Since the beginning of the Russian invasion in Ukraine, 85 children have been killed, another 100 injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General reports. Most of the victims are in Kiev, Kharkov, Donetsk, Sumy, Kherson, Nikolaev and Zhytomyr regions.
12:27 Arestovich says that the enemy has decided on the direction of the main attack - this is the JFO zone. In other areas, the Russians do not take active steps.
12:19 In Kiev, a two-week supply of necessary food products has been formed for two million residents who remained in the capital, according to the Kyiv City State Administration.
12:17 Metropolitan Arseniy, in connection with the airstrike on the Svyatogorsk Lavra, said that there were no military formations there, and the blow was inflicted on the civilian population.
12:03 There is no green corridor from Izyum, Kharkiv region today, fighting is underway.
12:00 In the Lugansk region, as a result of shelling of Severodonetsk, Lisichansk and Rubizhny, about 22 multi-storey and 33 private residential buildings, one building of a state institution, two educational and educational institutions, one electrical substation, one trade establishment, one enterprise were damaged. One person died, another was injured, the RSA reported.
11:59 In Kharkiv, a Russian rocket hit a five-story building, killing a 73-year-old woman, the State Emergency Service reports.
11:56 The mayor of Irpin Alexander Markushin denied fakes about his injury and flight from the city. According to him, 70% of the city is currently controlled by the Ukrainian military, while fighting continues for the rest.
11:53 Toyota, which did not want to leave Russia, nevertheless stopped the production and import of cars in the Russian Federation.
11:41 Special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense destroyed the invaders in one of the parks of Irpen and captured trophies.
11:39 Aircraft that fired at the Yavoriv military training ground flew from Russian Saratov to the Black Sea and fired rocket attacks from there, said the mayor of Lviv, Sadovy.
11:38 Residents of Melitopol continue to go to rallies against the invaders.
11:30 Vitaly Kim reported nine dead as a result of bombings in Nikolaev.
11:13 Podolyak called any "referenda" that the Russian occupiers are trying to hold "absolutely worthless." "Russian troops will leave the territory of Ukraine, collaborators will receive criminal prosecution," he assured. The same applies to fictitious sessions of local councils and the distribution of passports in occupied cities.
10:52 The hottest spots in Ukraine, except for Kiev and Mariupol, are the Zaporozhye, Krivoy Rog and Nikolaev directions, said the first deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Yevgeny Enin.
10:47 According to British intelligence, Russian troops will try to bypass Nikolaev to attack Odessa. The invaders are trying to cordon off the Ukrainian army in the east from Kharkov and Mariupol.
10:33 As a result of the shelling in the Lviv region, nine people were killed, 57 were injured, the leadership of the region reported. According to preliminary data, more than 30 missiles were fired at the Yavoriv range. The air defense system worked, a number of missiles were shot down.
10:10 Vereshchuk said that the column that moved to Mariupol from Zaporozhye along the humanitarian corridor is now in Berdyansk, captured by Russia. Vereshchuk hopes that by the evening he will be able to take someone out of Mariupol.
Today they plan to send 25 evacuation buses from Borodyanka to Zhytomyr; from Brovary buses should pick up people from the villages of Svetilnya, Ploskoye, Gogolevka, Krasilov. From the village of Peremoga near Kiev, people will be taken out by bus through Berezan and Boryspil. People from Bolshaya Dymerka will also be taken to Brovary.
In the Lugansk region, people are planned to be taken from Kremennaya to Liman. They will also take out refugees from Rubizhne, Shchastya, Novoaydar, Severodonetsk and Popasnaya to Slavyansk.
10:06 In Chernihiv, after an air strike on the morning of March 13, a nine-story residential building was destroyed. According to preliminary information, one person died, one was injured, seven were rescued, according to the State Emergency Service.
10:04 Mayor of Dniprorudny Yevgeny Matveev has been kidnapped , said Alexander Starukh, chairman of the Zaporizhia OVA.
09:53 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have captured the electronic warfare complex of the Russian army, which will now work against the enemy, the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade reported.
09:32 Russia may well be planning an attack in Ukraine using chemical weapons , NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. According to him, the alliance heard Russia's absurd statements about chemical and biological weapons laboratories in Ukraine.
09:09 The General Staff named the approximate combat losses of the enemy on the morning of March 13:
personnel - more than 12 thousand people,
tanks - 374,
armored combat vehicles - 1226,
artillery systems - 140,
MLRS - 62,
air defense systems - 34,
aircraft - 74,
helicopters - 86,
automotive equipment - 600,
ships/boats - 3,
tanks with fuel and lubricants - 60,
UAV operational-tactical level - 7.
09:01 The mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk announced rocket attacks on the airport and urged residents of neighboring houses to move.
08:58 Trump said that the situation around Ukraine could escalate into a third world war, because "there is no one to talk" with Putin.
"This could lead to a third world war, I see what is happening. Because if you think that Putin will stop, then he will not accept it. It will get worse and worse. And we have no one to talk to him, we used to have such a person “It’s me. No one has been as hard on Russia as I have,” Trump said.
08:55 Ukrzaliznytsia reports that on the night of March 13, near the Brusin station in the Donetsk region, a passenger train was damaged by shelling, which was heading for an evacuation flight to Liman. As a result, one of the conductors died, another was injured.
08:53 Podolyak, in an interview with the Russian Kommersant, said that the fourth round of Ukrainian-Russian negotiations will take place after "legal formats" have been worked out. Despite the complexity of the negotiations, the next round could take place on March 13 or 14.
08:51 The enemy bombed the research and production complex of gas turbine building Zarya - Mashproekt, the head of the Nikolaev Regional State Administration Vitaly Kim said.
08:17 The enemy fired eight rockets at the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security in the village of Starichi, Yavorivsky district, Lviv region, Sadovyi said.
According to the Academy of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a missile attack was carried out on one of the military units. According to preliminary data, there were no deaths.
07:53 Due to heavy losses, the Russian invaders are forced to form new units to participate in the war against Ukraine, the General Staff reports.
06:28 The UK will pay its citizens to open their homes for Ukrainian refugees . So the government is trying to reduce the burden on the eastern EU countries, according to Reuters.
05:57 Ukrzaliznytsia announced the introduction of a " iron stable schedule " for trains.
05:00 During the bombardment of the Popasna Luhansk region, the Russian invaders used phosphorus munitions prohibited by international agreements, the National Police said.
04:35 Ukraine is provided with basic food products for the coming months, Shmyhal said. The government is also implementing a plan to support the sowing campaign, which should start soon "where possible."
04:08 The Ukrainian Port Authority has lost contact with the Mariupol branch. So far, only two ports of Ukraine - Izmail and Reni - can transship cargo for export, but in small quantities, the Cabinet of Ministers said.
03:41 Zelensky turned to the collaborators and said that they were signing a sentence for themselves - "to follow more than 12 thousand occupiers."
01:46 The Pentagon believes that Russian troops can move westward. This is evidenced by the shelling of a number of airports in the western part of Ukraine.
01:04 The coordinating headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war was headed by Irina Vereshchuk.
00:23 Russian invaders fired at the Svyatogorsk Lavra in the Donetsk region, where women and children were hiding from the fire of the invaders. According to the media, there are victims.
00:12 Serbia, due to harsh criticism, reduces the number of flights to Moscow to pre-war levels.
00:01 Shmygal called on all Ukrainians who can work and who have a job to work. "Whoever has a business in territories where there are no active hostilities, resume activities. You are part of the economic front. And now the state needs you more than ever," he said.