[Korrespondent] 21:56 Putin does not want peace, and additional sanctions may be required to end the war in Ukraine, the Italian prime minister said.
21:52 Deliveries of American weapons to Ukraine go once a day or every two days, additional military assistance will be transferred just as quickly, Psaki assured.
21:50 The war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine can lead to famine in certain regions of the world.
21:48 Details about the decision of the International Criminal Court on the lawsuit of Ukraine against Russia - in the material Victory of Ukraine: what the Hague decided on the Russian war .
21:38 Over the past 24 hours, 3,810 people have been evacuated, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Kirill Tymoshenko said. From Mariupol, 2,000 residents were able to get to Zaporozhye; another 1,810 residents of Vorzel, Bucha, Gostomel, Shevchenkovo and Borodyanka are safe.
21:34 The soloist of the ballet of the National Opera of Ukraine Artem Datsishin died. On February 26, he came under fire, was seriously wounded, and now died in the hospital, said Tatyana Borovik, soloist of the National Opera.
21:33 PayPal has fully earned in Ukraine, now you can not only pay, but also withdraw money to Ukrainian bank cards, Fedorov said.
21:05 The Azov Regiment reports that in Mariupol they cannot begin to dismantle the rubble of the drama theater due to constant shelling.
21:02 Russia stated that 43,000 people left Mariupol today. Vereshchuk denied this information: according to her, 800 cars left Mariupol today.
20:42 The mayor of Khmelnytsky Alexander Simchishin said that the authorities will seize apartments from landlords who inflate housing prices for refugees.
20:28 Italy has announced that it will help Ukraine restore the Mariupol Drama Theatre.
20:25 AFU captured the new Russian electronic intelligence station Thorn-MDM. "This is one of the modern means of electronic warfare of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which is of great value to us and our allies," Gerashchenko wrote.
20:24 Canada has banned the broadcast of Russian TV channels RT and RT France.
20:21 Scholz declared the inadmissibility of insults and attacks on Russians, since, according to him, only Putin is responsible for the war in Ukraine.
20:19 In Severodonetsk, Russian troops fired at a shelter for mothers with children, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
20:11 British Defense Minister Ben Wallace said that he was contacted by a scammer posing as the Prime Minister of Ukraine. "When the conversation got suspicious, I ended the call," he tweeted.
The head of the British Ministry of Defense stressed that "no Russian disinformation, distortions and dirty tricks can divert attention from Russia's human rights violations and illegal invasion of Ukraine."
20:06 Zelensky awarded the Order for Courage of the III degree to the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, who was captured, but refused to cooperate with the invaders.
20:04 Reznikov appealed to Western partners with a request not to transfer weapons to any intermediaries who apply on behalf of Ukraine.
"These people can present themselves as 'advisers', 'assistants', 'heads of departments', as well as demonstrate 'documents' - forgeries. As a minister, I responsibly declare: they are all scum, marauders and traitors who have nothing to do with the defense of Ukraine," - said the minister.
19:44 The Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated the village of Posad-Pokrovsky in the Kherson region from Russian invaders, MP Goncharenko said.
19:41 If Moscow does not comply with the binding decision of the International Court of Justice on the cessation of hostilities in Ukraine, then it must give up the right of veto in the UN Security Council, said the speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleg Nikolenko.
19:38 Biden, who yesterday called Putin a war criminal, today dubbed him a "bloody dictator" and "a pure thug."
"A bloody dictator, a pure thug who is waging an immoral war against the people of Ukraine," the American president said.
19:35 The head of the Transcarpathian OVA, Viktor Mykyta, said that in order to revive the economy of Ukraine, the regional authorities decided to create all conditions for the relocation of enterprises and businesses to the region. According to him, a separate unit has already been created for this purpose, and local authorities have received more than 500 applications for business relocation.
19:32 Employees of the SBU, who were trying to extract citizens from the rubble of the Mariupol Drama Theater destroyed by the invaders, came under enemy fire.
19:30 According to the State Border Service, more than 320,000 citizens have returned to Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion, most of them men.
19:28 In ORDLO, from March 20, another wave of mobilization into the ranks of the 1st Army Corps begins due to the impossibility of high-quality staffing of the group of occupation forces, the General Staff said.
19:24 According to the General Staff, the aviation units of the 960th Assault Aviation Regiment of the 4th Army of the Russian Armed Forces suffered significant losses. The military massively write reports on dismissal.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine also inflicted significant damage on units from the 252nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Western Military District, fighting in the Kharkov and Izyum regions. The enemy lost up to 30 percent of personnel, weapons and military equipment. Defense Forces liquidated the commander of the 3rd motorized rifle division, Colonel Igor Nikolaev.
19:22 In the Kherson region, in addition to units of the Russian armed forces, the presence of police officers from the Krasnodar Territory and the Crimea temporarily occupied by Russians was recorded. The operational groups of the FSB carry out punitive functions. The enemy is campaigning to attract the local population to the so-called "police", according to the General Staff.
19:19 Russia has used up almost the entire set of Caliber sea-based cruise missiles and Iskander operational-tactical missile systems in the 21 days of the war against Ukraine, the General Staff reports. As a result, the enemy continues to carry out missile and bomb strikes against infrastructure facilities and residential areas of large cities using indiscriminate weapons.
19:16 In Kharkiv, during the repeated shelling of the Barabashovo market at about 14:00, a rescuer died, another of his colleagues is in the hospital with shrapnel wounds, the State Emergency Service reported.
19:07 Podolyak on the negotiations: "I would like to gently recommend to active commentators on the negotiation process who are not inside. Do not spread your lies in a country that is fighting hard. The negotiations are difficult. The positions of the parties are different. For us, fundamental issues are inviolable."
19:04 In the Svyatoshinsky district of Kiev, around 16:30 today, as a result of enemy shelling, cars caught fire and a fire started in a warehouse. According to preliminary data, two people died.
18:54 The soldiers of the Azov regiment destroyed four enemy tanks and two armored personnel carriers in a day, another armored personnel carrier was shot down. Destroyed near a company of enemy infantry, reports Gerashchenko. The fighting for Mariupol continues, including on the streets of the city.
18:49 The Armed Forces of Ukraine liquidated the commander of the 331st Guards Airborne Regiment of the Russian Federation, Colonel Sergei Sukharev, Russian media report.
18:48 Near Priluki, Chernihiv region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a group of Russian military men and captured the Uragan multiple launch rocket system.
18:29 Since the beginning of the Russian invasion in Chernihiv, more than 200 civilians have been killed, Mayor Vladislav Atroshenko said.
18:14 In Kiev, the Honored Artist of Ukraine Oksana Shvets died as a result of rocket attacks, the Young Theater reported.
18:13 Kadyrov announced that he was sending another thousand fighters to Ukraine, led by his assistant Apty Alaudinov.
18:11 In the Kharkiv region, the Russians abducted the head of the Veliko Burluk community , Viktor Tereshchenko, directly from the workplace , said the head of the Regional State Administration Oleg Sinegubov.
18:09 As a result of the shelling by the invaders of Novye Petrivtsi near Kiev, a two-year-old child was killed, four people were injured, the National Police reported. A multi-storey building was damaged, neighboring residential buildings were damaged.
18:06 The Saeima of Latvia also demands the introduction of a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
18:05 Lukashenka allowed the Ministry of Finance under Western sanctions to "fulfill obligations on public debt in the national currency."
18:04 The Russians fired cluster bombs at the village of Cossack Lopan in the Kharkiv region, at least six people were killed, local residents reported.
18:01 The city council of Mariupol said that the situation in the city is critical. More than 350 thousand citizens continue to hide in shelters and cellars. On average, from 50 to 100 air bombs are dropped on the city per day.
17:58 Biden, during a virtual meeting with Irish Prime Minister Michol Martin, said that he considers the actions of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine "inhumane", and called on the West to show unity in this situation.
"We must be united - and we certainly are. The cruelty of Putin, his actions and what the Russian troops are doing in Ukraine is simply inhuman," Biden said.
17:53 In Kharkov, after the shelling of the invaders, the largest market in Eastern Europe, Barabashovo, is on fire.
17:36 Macron admitted the possibility of a military conflict in Europe: "Our forces are the only full-fledged army on the European continent. We need to increase investment in order to be ready for a possible high-intensity armed conflict that could begin on our continent."
17:34 The Prosecutor General's Office of Belarus announced the opening of a case against Arestovich for calling for "acts of terrorism and sabotage at the facilities of the Belarusian railway."
17:20 The Czech Republic has declared that it can no longer accept Ukrainian refugees.
17:17 Erdogan talked to Putin and told him that if a ceasefire is declared, it will be possible to come to a long-term solution to the situation in Ukraine. He also noted that top-level talks may be required to reach consensus on some issues, and reiterated his suggestion that Putin and Zelensky be hosted in Istanbul or Ankara.
17:11 The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has suspended all ties with Belarus.
17:08 Rogozin, after the European Space Agency refused to cooperate with Roskosmos as part of the ExoMars mission, said that Russia would land on Mars itself in a few years.
16:55 Podolyak said that Russia "came to the first talks with many wishes, most of which are no longer being considered." According to him, recently the behavior of the Russians "drastically softened" - there is neither rudeness nor rudeness inherent in the Russian authorities.
Podolyak stressed that Ukraine's position regarding the occupied territories remains unshakable: the country's borders cannot be changed .
16:54 The head of the Latvian Foreign Ministry said that it is necessary to hold a war crimes tribunal for Russians not in Nuremberg or The Hague, but in Kharkov or Mariupol.
16:42 The head of the Luhansk regional administration, Sergei Gaidai, said that people were evacuated from Popasna, despite the fact that during the evacuation, the Russians opened fire on the bus. Now they are moving to the western regions of the country.
16:40 One of the key aspects of the peace agreement with Russia is an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian troops from the territories of Ukraine. But strategically, Kyiv wants to get a specific mechanism that guarantees security in the future, Podolyak said in an interview with WP Wiadomości.
16:34 Podolyak says that the agreement on a peace treaty with Russia may take from several days to one and a half weeks.
16:33 As a result of today's shelling of Merefa near Kharkov, 21 people were killed, 25 were injured, ten of them are in serious condition, the regional prosecutor's office said.
16:29 The Turkish Foreign Ministry said that Ankara is ready to hold a meeting between Zelensky and Putin. According to Minister Cavusoglu, Russia does not object to Ukraine's proposal to make Turkey one of the guarantors of security.
16:23 Belarusian television reported that the KGB of the Republic of Belarus prevented a terrorist attack in the Mozyr region, which was directed "against the Russian military and equipment."
16:10 Schwarzenegger addressed the Russians: "I know that your government says that this is a war for the denazification of Ukraine. Denazification of Ukraine? This is not true. Ukraine is a country with a president of Jewish origin. A president of Jewish origin, whose father, among other things, all three brothers were killed by the Nazis. Ukraine did not start this war. Those in power in the Kremlin started it."
16:09 Podolyak said that Zelensky's meeting with Putin could take place after the completion of work on the agreement, possibly "within the coming weeks."
16:00 Ukraine will receive from the United States the most modern type of weapons against tanks and armored vehicles, said Senator Michael McCole. We are talking about a light kamikaze drone Switchblade.
15:53 Aksyonov announced plans to build a new city in Crimea for 50,000 people. According to him, the city can be located on the western coast of Crimea in the Saki region or in the Simferopol region, near the village of Nikolaevka.
15:42 A group of former and current European politicians wants to nominate Zelensky for the Nobel Peace Prize. To do this, they turned to the Nobel Committee and asked to extend the deadline for nominating candidates until the end of March.
15:39 Two enemy missiles were shot down in the Dnipropetrovsk region today, a Russian drone was shot down in the Kharkiv region, the Air Command of Skhid reported.
15:32 On March 18, "patriotic actions" will be held in Russia on the occasion of the annexation of Crimea and in support of the war in Ukraine. The central event will be a concert at Luzhniki, Putin's participation is not ruled out. State employees and students are forced to participate in rallies.
According to Russian opposition media, the organizers "recommend" avoiding yellow-and-blue clothing and attracting "only people of Slavic appearance" to the extras.
15:27 The International Committee of the Red Cross promised to intensify efforts to organize humanitarian corridors and facilitate the evacuation of civilians from Ukrainian cities. ICRC President Peter Maurer stated this at a meeting with the Ukrainian government team.
The Red Cross has already delivered 2,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine, and the organization's office in Kyiv has been opened on a permanent basis.
15:15 In the Kiev region, the streets of cities are littered with the corpses of civilians, said the head of the Main Directorate of the NP of the Kiev region, Andrei Nebitov. According to him, in the Buchansk region during the evacuation of people, the invaders fired at the evacuation columns with tanks. The Russian military rob civilians.
In Irpin, active hostilities continue, the enemy managed to equip his positions there. Enemy DRGs are also active there.
Nebitov also said that there was a partisan movement in the Kiev region.
15:12 According to the State Bureau of Investigation, since the beginning of March, together with border guards, 1,109 men aged 18 to 60 have been detained who were trying to illegally travel abroad.
15:10 The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a column of two Russian regiments that were driving towards Kamenka. According to Zaluzhny, it was possible to destroy enemy equipment on March 16 near the city of Izyum, Kharkov region. The column consisted of the equipment of the new 437th training regiment, as well as the battalion tactical group of the 26th tank regiment of the 47th tank division.
15:06 Arestovich says that on average, one in four Russian missiles are shot down by Ukrainian air defense forces, one hits a target, another one hits civilian neighborhoods.
"Looking at the statistics of hits, we understand that the enemy bombed Sumy, Kharkov, Chernigov on purpose, knowing that the target was residential areas. As for Kyiv, this has not yet been observed. Most likely, in the case of the capital, this is a wrong tip. In the western part Ukraine, the enemy targeted residential areas," he explained.
15:05 Russia used 97 tactical groups in Ukraine, of which 15 were completely destroyed, another 18 lost their combat capability, Arestovich said.
15:00 Human Rights Watch called on Ukraine to stop publishing videos of Russian prisoners of war, as it "violates their rights and the rights of their loved ones."
14:55 The prosecutor's office opened proceedings against collaborators in Kherson, who on March 16 held an illegal meeting in the building of the regional council of the pseudo-authority "Committee of Salvation For Peace and Order" created by the occupiers. The composition of the fake body mainly included people who already have problems with the law.
At the meeting, the criminals convinced local residents that the Ukrainian authorities no longer rule the region, and called for support for the Russian occupation. Now they face imprisonment for up to 15 years or life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
14:51 Scholz, after Zelensky's speech in the Bundestag, said that Germany would continue to support Ukraine, but military intervention by NATO was ruled out.
14:35 In the center of Chernihiv, the invaders fired on civilians from heavy artillery. There are dead and wounded. Among the dead is a US citizen, the National Police said.
In addition, in Chernihiv, when dismantling structures, rescuers took out a family of five dead people - three children and their parents.
14:33 The State Ecological Inspectorate stated that the Russian invaders have already stolen Ukrainian water in the amount of almost 620 million hryvnias. The amount of damage for the unauthorized use of the water resources of the people of Ukraine is 32 million 628 thousand 960 hryvnia per day.
14:31 Peskov called traitors Russians who quit or leave the country because of the war in Ukraine. But by doing so, in his opinion, Russia is "cleansed."
14:30 The head of the financial committee of the Rada, Daniil Getmantsev, suggested that the government consider the possibility of seizing the property of a business that raises prices during the war.
14:26 Arestovich called on Ukrainians to arrange a "total rail war" against the enemy in the occupied territories. According to him, first of all it concerns the directions:
Crimea - Melitopol,
Crimea - Kherson,
Valuyki - Kupyansk,
Gomel - Kyiv (general direction).
and others you find.
"It is only necessary to strictly take into account that the communication routes are guarded by the enemy, so first soberly assess your strengths and capabilities," he stressed.
Arestovich explained that a disruption in the supply of the enemy by rail could radically change the situation in our favor, especially in the Crimea-Melitopol direction. In this direction, Russia supplies the group that is storming Mariupol.
14:11 Lukashenka threatened to "respond" to Ukraine if it "continues to escalate against Belarus and provoke."
He also expressed his conviction that hostilities in Ukraine will soon end, since Kyiv will either sign an agreement with Moscow, or "then you will have to sign an act of surrender."
14:09 Biden is holding talks tomorrow with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, during which he plans to discuss the situation in Ukraine and bilateral relations, the White House said.
14:07 In Russia, due to the depreciation of the ruble and the inability to buy foreign currency, the demand for precious metals has sharply increased, local media write. Queues for gold are already formed from five in the morning. There are only a few points in Moscow where you can buy precious metals. Earlier, the authorities abolished VAT on bullion.
14:02 The Russian Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina said that if the country decides to be a member of any international union, this is its internal affair. "But our reaction is another matter. Using the example of Ukraine, we showed what we expect. If there is a threat, we will react," the ambassador stressed.
14:00 Putin said that under the new sanctions, large Russian business structures, including banks, can "calmly come to Crimea" , because now they have nothing to fear.
13:57 In Poland, due to a hacker attack, there was a large-scale stop of trains throughout the country. The authorities are sure that the Russian Federation is to blame for this. According to the publication cyfrowa, a total of 820 kilometers of the country's railway lines became defective.
13:53 Thanks to a long curfew in Kiev and the region, law enforcement officers managed to stabilize the situation and detain several Russian DRGs, Vadim Denisenko, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs, said.
13:50 Only 86 million hryvnias remain on the special account of the National Bank for the needs of the military, so the NBU is asking for support, the press service of the regulator said.
In total, the National Bank transferred almost 12 billion hryvnias for the needs of the military. Of these, about 3.6 billion hryvnia equivalent came from abroad in foreign currency.
13:47 Arestovich said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the command post of one of the armies of the Russian Federation - this could mean the death of several generals and a pause in the conduct of hostilities by the enemy.
13:39 Today, information was spread in the media that Russian ships were noticed near Odessa. The Odessa OVA stated that the maneuvering of the Russian ships is psychological pressure on the inhabitants of Odessa. According to the regional administration, preparations for the landing have not yet been noticed.
13:27 Poland will stop buying gas from Russia after the completion of the current contract for the purchase of gas through the Yamal gas pipeline, the government said. The contract ends in December 2022.
13:25 Mayor Oleshek of the Kherson region said that the Russians had already left the city. He announced their arrival this morning.
13:15 Citizens of Russia and Belarus from tomorrow will be able to move "within the borders of the Union State without restrictions," Mishustin said.
13:11 The world's largest food manufacturer Nestle refuses to leave the Russian market. Shmygal said that he had spoken with the head of the company, but the parties did not come to an understanding.
13:07 Ukraine has requested satellite images from Japan to determine the location of Russian troops, the Nikkei newspaper writes. Japanese satellites can take pictures at any time of the day and in any weather, and are also distinguished by high resolution. The decision to provide images to Ukraine should be taken by the Security Council of Japan.
13:06 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova called the shelling of Ukrainian cities with heavy artillery, aircraft and cruise missiles "staging NATO fakes."
Podolyak replied to this statement: "It's simple: multimillion-dollar lawsuits and compensations to the families of the dead, terms for war crimes - and Zakharova will believe the truth."
13:03 In almost all directions, the enemy is trying to resume the offensive or regain the lost lines, but to no avail, the General Staff says. The occupiers had partial success in the area of Rubizhne, where they consolidated on the northern outskirts of the city and moved towards its southern part, and also continued the assault on Mariupol.
12:53 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has promised to provide Russia with 40,000 fighters for the war in Ukraine, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported. According to the military intelligence of Ukraine, in the near future, it is planned to move weapons, military equipment and other resources from Syria to Russia and Belarus to support the Russian troops.
12:51 Great Britain will deploy the Sky Saber air defense system and 100 military personnel in Poland, the head of the Ministry of Defense said.
12:50 Russian invaders are reinforcing the grouping with additional units of the 1st Tank Army and coastal units of the Baltic Fleet, the General Staff reports.
12:44 Syrian mercenaries consider participation in the war on the side of Russia as a chance for desertion and illegal migration to the EU, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense said.
12:38 Arestovich said that everything that Ukraine agrees with Russia should be better than before the war, "otherwise, why were there victims of the Ukrainian people then?"
He stressed that "we will never give up our national interests," and also recalled that the president had repeatedly stated: Ukraine should be recognized within the international borders as of 1991.
12:34 In Spain, the 135-meter Crescent yacht worth about $600 million, which is associated with the head of Rosneft Sechin, has been detained, Reuters reports.
12:29 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that "the future of Crimea is forever with Russia," and "no sanctions or threats will change this."
12:22 In Kharkiv, on the night of March 17, the Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God on Kholodnaya Gora was shelled. Church utensils were damaged, there were no injured or dead, reported in the Kharkiv diocese of the UOC.
12:20 The state news agency Re-inform has been created in Ukraine. The Cabinet of Ministers has already approved the budget financing of the relevant state-owned enterprise.
12:19 Reznikov said at an extraordinary meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of defense ministers that Russia's goal is to destroy Ukraine. And by fighting with our country, the enemy is fighting against the whole world, "against humanism, international law, peace and freedom."
12:15 Russia refused to fulfill the requirement of the UN International Criminal Court to stop the war in Ukraine.
"No, we cannot take this decision into account. The International Court of Justice has such a thing as the consent of the parties. There can be no consent here," Peskov said.
12:13 The Ministry of Commerce of China said that the country will continue "normal economic and trade cooperation with Russia and Ukraine based on the principles of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit."
12:12 Russia announced that it paid off its foreign debts and avoided default.
11:52 Podolyak on the tactics of the Russian Federation: "Viscous positional battles on the front lines. Local boilers for civilians. Targeted strikes on objects to shelter civilians. Delaying decisions on humanitarian corridors. Active attempts to destabilize public opinion in our country, provoke internal conflicts."
11:50 Russian troops have entered the city of Oleshki, Kherson region, and are going to settle in the city, Mayor Yevgeny Ryshchuk said: "We don't know their position. We were told: maintain order, as they did, we will have nothing to do with you now."
11:41 The Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China opposed US sanctions against the Russian Federation, as they "destabilize the world market." China also intends to protect the interests of its enterprises, the agency said.
11:36 Denisenko says that during the 21 days of the war, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down about a third of the planes that are in Russia. Earlier, the General Staff reported that the number of downed aircraft reached 86, helicopters - more than 100.
11:32 Zelensky spoke in the German Bundestag and called on Scholz to take a leadership role and help stop the Russian invasion. The president reproached the chancellor for the fact that countries across the ocean were closer than Germany.
"Why did the states across the ocean turn out to be closer to us than you? Because this is a wall that someone does not notice, but which we fight against while we are fighting to save our people. Chancellor Scholz, destroy this wall, give Germany well-deserved leadership, support us, stop the war, help us stop it," Zelensky said.
11:16 British intelligence notes that the Russian invasion of Ukraine "significantly stalled on all fronts", writes Sky News. Russian troops have made "minimal progress" on land, at sea and in the air in recent days and "continue to suffer heavy losses."
11:03 The Seimas of Lithuania unanimously supported the resolution to close the skies over Ukraine.
10:58 As of the morning of March 17, as a result of the military invasion of Russia, 108 children were killed and more than 120 were injured, the Prosecutor General's Office said.
10:40 Russia will not be able to return to the global financial system until 2037, analysts at The Wall Street Journal say. To do this, the Russian Federation will first have to pay off creditors, and in addition to direct debt, we will talk about debt to Ukraine.
10:33 The General Staff announced the estimated combat losses of the enemy on the morning of March 17:
personnel - about 14,000,
tanks - 444,
armored combat vehicles - 1435,
artillery systems - 201,
MLRS - 72,
air defense systems - 43,
aircraft - 86,
helicopters - 108,
automotive equipment - 864,
ships/boats - 3,
tanks with fuel and lubricants - 60,
UAV operational-tactical level - 11,
special equipment - 10.
10:31 The Cabinet of Ministers allowed the circulation of fuel of the environmental standard Euro-3 and Euro-4, and also simplified the passage of customs procedures for the supply of petroleum products, the Ministry of Energy reported.
10:26 Volga-Dnepr, the largest cargo carrier in Russia, completely stopped flights. His planes are blocked due to sanctions, writes Kommersant. European regulators have banned flights by British and German airlines owned by the group's founder Alexei Isaikin. Experts say that the market for transportation from Asia to Europe is lost for Russian companies for such a period that the business may not survive.
10:25 Taruta said that the bomb shelter in the Mariupol Drama Theater survived, in the morning they managed to start dismantling the rubble, people come out alive.
10:22 Mariupol is destroyed by 80-90%, said Deputy Mayor Sergei Orlov. According to him, not a single building was left without damage. It will be impossible to launch industrial enterprises in the city. Including the complete destruction of the Azovstal plant.
10:20 In Russia, state employees are massively herded to rallies in support of Putin and the war, local media write.
10:19 At night, Ukrainian air defense forces shot down two Russian aircraft over the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Air Command of Skhid reported.
10:14 More than 100 saboteurs have already been detained in Kiev, the head of the Kiev military administration said.
10:11 Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevhen Korneychuk said that tonight "again" 12 families (women and children) were kept all night at Ben Gurion Airport, and in the morning they were deported to Poland.
10:09 Uzbekistan opposes Russia's "special operation" in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov said. He also stressed that Uzbekistan has not recognized and is not going to recognize the LDNR.
10:04 In Mariupol, residents who are trying to evacuate receive messages demanding to follow to the occupied territories. The occupiers directly threaten: "If you go to Zaporozhye, the same thing will happen there, you will be bombed," MP Goncharenko said.
09:56 A National Information Bureau has been created in Ukraine, which will deal with the issues of prisoners. The department was established in accordance with the Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War of August 12, 1949, Vereshchuk said.
09:33 As of March 17, nine routes of humanitarian corridors have been agreed:
Donetsk region: buses will depart from Zaporozhye to Berdyansk to pick up people from Mariupol to Zaporozhye. A tank truck with fuel for refueling private cars will also be sent.
Kyiv region: Borodyanka - Zhitomir, Shevchenkovo - Brovary. It is planned to send humanitarian cargoes with food and medicines to Gostomel, Bucha, Semipolki, Markintsy, Opanasov.
Kharkov region: it is planned to deliver humanitarian aid from Kharkov to Volchansk.
09:29 Bodies of 53 dead as a result of shelling were received in the morgues of Chernihiv during the day, Governor Chaus said.
09:28 Moldovan President Maia Sandu called on the Russian Federation to withdraw troops from Pridnestrovie.
09:04 Great Britain, Albania, France, Ireland, Norway and the United States requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on Ukraine. The meeting is to take place today at 21:00 Kyiv time.
09:03 According to WHO, since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 43 targeted attacks have been carried out on hospitals and medical workers. The WHO emphasized that never anywhere in the world have seen such a number of attacks on the healthcare system as now in Ukraine.
09:01 French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said that Russia only "pretends that it is negotiating," while itself participating in "a dramatic process of prolonged cruelty." He also stressed that "we do not negotiate with a gun to the head."
According to the French minister, the talks now should be focused primarily on a ceasefire - then both sides will be able to make informed decisions.
08:59 According to the UN, more than three million Ukrainians left the country during the Russian invasion.
08:37 Ukraine is now "paying" for the fact that the West did not understand the threat posed by Putin for many years, Johnson said.
08:20 Reznikov said that in Russia the funerals of the soldiers who died in Ukraine were held in more than 200 settlements. According to him, the Russian authorities are no longer able to hide the "crushing losses" of the units of the Russian Airborne Forces.
08:19 Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan sent the Russian Federation an official request for a meeting and discussion of the situation in Ukraine.
08:18 The Russians shelled Rubizhne all night, damaged at least 27 houses, said the head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the invaders also shelled Popasnaya and Severodonetsk.
08:15 The United States has created an international group to search for and arrest the assets of the Russian elite in the West. The group included representatives from the UK, Australia, Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and the European Commission.
08:14 According to US intelligence estimates, Russian troops have lost more than seven thousand soldiers during the war in Ukraine, writes NYT. The Pentagon notes that even a 10 percent casualty rate, taking into account the dead and wounded, makes individual military units incompetent.
08:13 China will never attack Ukraine, said PRC Ambassador to Ukraine Fan Xianrong.
08:12 The occupying troops have big problems with the recruitment of combat units and support units, the General Staff reports.
08:09 The Chinese Ambassador to the United States said that China "does not benefit" Russia's war in Ukraine. He also called "pure disinformation" the claim that Beijing knew about this war, agreed with it or gave tacit consent to it.
08:07 Since February 24, the Russian military has hit three Panamanian-flagged ships in the Black Sea with missiles, Reuters writes. One ship sank, the other two remain afloat, but they are damaged.
07:40 There are no more “safe” places left in Ukraine where you can wait out the Russian invasion, said Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky.
"We will no longer name the areas where shelling did not take place or where there were no representatives of sabotage groups. Unfortunately, this phenomenon has already become common for us," he said.
07:33 In Merefa near Kharkiv, a school was hit tonight, a cultural center was also destroyed, the head of the local community, Veniamin Sitov, said. There are no casualties among civilians, several soldiers were injured.
07:19 Russian media writes that in Kherson, the occupiers have created a new "authority" - "Committee of Salvation for Peace and Order." It included the owner of the Tavria News website, Kirill Stremousov, and a local anti-Maidan activist, against whom criminal cases were initiated in Ukraine.
07:00 In the Darnitsky district of Kiev, fragments of a downed Russian missile hit a multi-storey building, there is a dead person. According to the State Emergency Service, an apartment on the 16th floor caught fire.
06:06 Canada has closed its skies for Belarusian aircraft.
05:10 The King and Queen of Belgium announced that they would accommodate three families of Ukrainian refugees in the premises belonging to the royal charitable foundation.
04:44 Russia has run out of precision-guided munitions for air strikes, so the occupiers have begun to resort to older and less accurate means of destruction, British intelligence reported.