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Russian Perspective: Operation to denazify Ukraine: operational summary March 17 (updated)
2022-03-18
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23.55 One "Point U" damaged the gas pipeline, which is still on fire, the second one fell outside the city of Melitopol, but did not explode. The sappers are working on the spot.

22:37 Arrival in Melitopol again. Zelensky's terrorists fired a Tochka-U ballistic missile at a peaceful city. Judging by the explosions, again with a cluster warhead, prohibited by all international rules and conventions.

19:30 In social networks, they write that in Zaporozhye, the Nazis have occupied banks and are checking accounts. Wealthy people, entrepreneurs are kidnapped and money is squeezed out at gunpoint for the "needs of the detachments" of the defense. Some civilians tried to escape, but at checkpoints they were detained, beaten and extorted of their last valuables for an unhindered exit from the city.

19:16 Operational-tactical, army and unmanned aircraft hit 29 military facilities of Ukraine - Russian Defense Ministry.

18:09 The attack on Yavoriv land fill was inflicted not only due to the fact that foreign mercenaries were stationed there. A source from the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine distributed a document according to which on March 7 the Ukrainian command decided to deploy 155 mm 2S22 Bogdan self-propelled artillery mounts under a NATO projectile on all units. Together with artillery mounts, all available NATO ammunition for them was brought there. That is, the blow was struck not so much on the "Foreign Legion", but on a possible accumulation of artillery installations, and the Americans.

17:46 MFAN sources sent video recording from Kharkiv, on which a battery of 152-mm howitzers "Hyacinth" of Ukrainian troops is stationed in the Pobeda culture and recreation park in the eastern part of the city. The Armed Forces of Ukraine deployed artillery in close proximity to the Church of the Matrona of Moscow, which belongs to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, and the Ladder school. The guns were directed towards Severnaya Saltovka, the district of Kharkov most affected by the hostilities.

17:31 Telegram channel "Southern Bridgehead" reports that today Cossack Lopan in the Kharkiv region was covered with artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to sources from the scene, the shelling began around noon. They beat on the square, the school and the village council. In the building of the latter, humanitarian aid was given to civilians. People were just handing out another batch. In total, according to the inhabitants of the village, about 40 shells arrived. Everything - from the side of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, from Kharkov. According to preliminary data, 4 people were killed and several were injured. Among the victims was a 12-year-old girl. She came with her grandmother for humanitarian aid. They were already returning home when Ukrainian shells began to fall. One exploded next to them. The fragments killed the woman on the spot, the teenager's leg was torn off.

17:20 In Melitopol, controlled by the RF Armed Forces, the residents are returning cars that were forcibly expropriated earlier by the Terodefense for their own needs.

17:15 Media: Advisor to the head of the Presidential Office and a member of the Ukrainian delegation at the talks with Russia, Mikhail Podolyak, said that a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky could take place after the completion of work on the agreement, possibly in the coming weeks. He also said that the agreement between Russia and Ukraine could take from several days to one and a half weeks.

15:36 Personnel objective control of the impact of the Russian Malka (self-propelled guns 2S7M caliber 203 mm) on enemy self-propelled guns. The enemy gun was destroyed, a small ammunition depot with her, too. Forest area near Kharkov.

15:35 Russian Defense Ministry: We believe that components of biological weapons were created on the territory of Ukraine.

15:32 Military infrastructure facilities have been hit in Kharkiv. Reportedly journalists, there were warehouses, a local police station, as well as fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

15:24 Human Rights Watch calls on Ukraine to stop publishing videos of Russian prisoners of war and violating their rights.

15:10 Head of Chernihiv regiondoneunpacking the humanitarian aid they received from the Kiev authorities. According to the head of the region, instead of oil, there were foam plastic briquettes in the package.

14:23 Headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR: Ukrainian troops transported 17 hostage children to Lviv.

13:30 Social networks: AFU deployed three artillery pieces towards the Zhuravlevsky Hydropark across Solidarity Street in Kharkiv. Half an hour later, the guns were destroyed by pinpoint artillery fire of the RF Armed Forces.

13:11 The Russian Federation cannot take into account the requirement of the International Court of Justice and stop the military operation in Ukraine, Dmitry Peskov said.

13:02 Russian Airborne Troops have set up checkpoints to ensure the safety of the passage of military columns and the movement of residents along the roads in the Kiev region. On the most dangerous sections of the roads, the Airborne Forces deployed platoon strongholds. Particular attention is paid to the identification and detention of sabotage groups of Ukrainian nationalists who, under the guise of civilians, attack civilians who want to leave Kyiv and other settlements along humanitarian corridors or on their own.

12:24 The corpse of a Ukrainian civilian smokes after hisshotRussian military. Everything you need to know about stories about the killing of civilians by the Russian military in Ukraine.

12:03 The positions of Ukrainian nationalists in the Kiev region have been destroyed. Videopublished by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The camouflaged fortifications were discovered using UAVs. They were then hit with artillery.

11:31 Information about the incident yesterday in the drama theater of Mariupol from the Verkhovna Rada deputy Serhiy Taruta, with the confirmation of the neo-Nazi Botsman: it follows from it that the information dispersed in all Ukrainian media about the death of 1,500 people turned out to be a lie from beginning to end.

11:27 Statements that the Russian military is behind the strike on the drama theater in Mariupol are lies - the Russian Foreign Ministry.

11:26 The Ukrainian flag was taken down over the building of the Kherson regional administration, occupied by Russian troops. When this happened is unclear. Photo in telegram channels appeared today.

11:25 The special operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine does not aim to destroy the statehood of this country or overthrow Vladimir Zelensky-Zakharov

11:23 Social networks: Russian troops entered Chuguev. The units of the Russian army entered the city of Chuguev, Kharkov region. A photo taken by servicemen at the local police department appeared on the network. Apparently, the city came under the control of the Russian army.

11:11 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are abandoning their equipment, retreating near Kharkov. In the area of ​​the village of Bobrovka, which is located one and a half kilometers from the Kharkov district, retreating units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine abandoned their BTR-4 Bucephalus.

11:03 Mayor of Kherso nis silent about the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: A few days ago, the Armed Forces of Ukraine made a suicidal attempt to break through from Nikolaev to Kherson. As a result, ten Ukrainian tanks were destroyed by Russian artillery. Now, out of revenge, Ukrainian fascists are shelling the suburbs of Kherson, including residential areas. Many houses have already been destroyed, about 15 civilians have been injured.

11:02 And again they report from Kyiv: Again in the morning, a battery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired in Kyiv and fired at a residential building in the Darnytskyi district. Naturally, now they are yelling that this is a Russian downed rocket that fell on the house.

11:00 Briefing by the Russian Defense Ministry on the situation in Donbas: Over the past day, Russian aviation and air defense shot down Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters, as well as 12 UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation will publish a new package of documents on the developments of Ukrainian biolaboratories and provide the results of their examination. As part of the US project in Ukraine on the transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza, the possibility of causing economic damage was assessed.

10:30 Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station is under the reliable protection of the Russian Guard units.

10:18 The division of the S-300 system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been destroyed over the past day - the Russian Ministry of Defense.

10:17 On the evening of March 16, high-precision missiles delivered an air strike on an ammunition storage arsenal in the village of Sarny, Rivne region. Storage facilities with missiles and ammunition, including missiles for the Tochka-U tactical complex, were destroyed, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

09:28 The Ministry of Defense showed footage of destruction of military warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by Russian Su-25s. Attack aircraft flights were carried out at night at low and medium altitudes.

8:54 Nazis are hiding for "quiet time" in kindergarten, and in the comments they openly declare that for their brothers there is no longer a quiet place in Ukraine except for schools and nurseries. Planes arrive and multiply them by zero.

8:34 At a briefing, the Russian Ministry of Defense listed the regions of Ukraine in which the population, according to them, stands for "good relations" with Russia. These are Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Nikolaev, Odessa, Poltava, Sumy, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy, Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions. In total, 15 million people maintain “strong ties with Russia” in these territories.

7:22 Rockets hit in the Kharkiv region in Merefa - in objects in which strengthened VSU.

2:00 Missiles hit targets near the city of Sarna. There were warehouses with small arms and ammunition.

Posted by:badanov

#7  Russia will spit out its hedgehog. The EU will be stuck with a wrecked Ukraine and millions of piss poor refugees for another 30 years. Except this one will cost the EU one hundred times more than the Paleos cost them
Posted by: Spinese Ghibelline6431   2022-03-18 23:29  

#6  /\ Concur! China is very likely taking a serious re-look at any action on Taiwan. One would assume there existed some sort of military or economic support agreement btwn the two with regards to Russians recent "Special Operation" in the Ukraine. Any support Russia could give China currently, appears to be evaporating.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-03-18 23:26  

#5  Russia has to rebuild a depleted army that did not perform up to expectations, Beldar Darling of the Danes1602, the Ukraine, the heart of the Rus, rejected them to the point of destruction instead of falling gratefully into Russia’s loving arms.

At a time when Russia’s population is falling.

So: a resentful Ukraine not generating profits for Moscow after a very expensive invasion. Both have swallowed hedgehogs, adn probably China will not be nearly as happy with the outcome as they planned, also.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-03-18 23:12  

#4  Yeah, while China Saudi Arabia and India throw money at Putin's Russia. Ukraine will cost the West at least $50 billion a year for another 20 years. Europeans now have to pay to rearm themselves, and rebuild Ukraine, and support 3-4 million destitute Ukrainian refugees.

Russia didn't "swallow a hedgehog." It's the EU that's now digesting a financial hedgehog
Posted by: Beldar Darling of the Danes1602   2022-03-18 10:41  

#3   and its economy and cities are totally wrecked, as Putin wanted.

It wouldn’t surprise me if the West continued to throw money at Ukraine afterward, for rebuilding. That’s what they’ve been doing for the Palestinians for years.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-03-18 10:28  

#2  "Embarrassing peace deal"?
He wanted to close the deal in the Donbas and createvavlabs bridge across to Crimea. They did that. Ukraine will become a neutral no man's land, and its economy and cities are totally wrecked, as Putin wanted.
Posted by: Shung Creating2736   2022-03-18 08:14  

#1  Putin goes West: Stalled Russian forces strike Lviv 70km from Polish border as part of effort to bomb Ukraine into submission - as Pentagon warns he could resort to more NUCLEAR threats rather than sign embarrassing peace deal
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-03-18 07:07  

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