[Korrespondent] 21:20 A temporary ban on the use of video recorders in cars and motorcycles has been introduced throughout Ukraine , said the head of the Public Relations Department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Bogdan Senik.
21:05 Russia has given Belarus a 5-6 year grace period on government loans, the Belarusian Finance Ministry has said.
21:02 The Ukrainian military eliminated the commander of the reconnaissance company "DPR" Sergei Mashkin with the call sign "Cannibal", reports the operational-tactical group Skhid.
20:51 Six countries have already begun investigating Russian war crimes , said Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova. These are Estonia, Lithuania, Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden.
20:49 In Chernihiv, the occupiers fired on a car that was delivering water to local residents. As a result, two people died and several were injured, reports Suspіlne.
20:25 Thousands of people rally in support of Ukraine in Tel Aviv. In particular, the people of Israel demand to unblock the reception of refugees from Ukraine, to impose sanctions against Russia, to allow the sale of weapons to Ukraine.
20:22 The media write that the official VKontakte group was hacked - users are sent messages with information about Russia's war against Ukraine.
19:42 In the Nikolaev region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine recently captured a supertrophy: a new command and staff vehicle R-149MA1 of the Russian army. The vehicle is part of an automated command and control system for Russian troops known as the Constellation, Gerashchenko writes.
According to him, the capture of the R-149MA1 most likely indicates the liquidation of the headquarters of the enemy unit to the level of at least a battalion.
19:35 The White House announced Biden's trip to Europe next week, while specifying that he is not going to Ukraine.
19:33 From March 21, Ukrzaliznytsia launches Darnitsa-Svyatoshino shuttle flights in Kyiv, which will help residents of the left bank of the capital to get to the right.
19:23 In one day, the entire leadership of the Vladimir SOBR was destroyed in Ukraine: Lieutenant Colonel Ilya Pyatkin, Lieutenant Colonel Roman Ryabov, Lieutenant Colonel Sergey Savvateev, Deputy Commander of the SOBR of the Department of the Russian Guard in the Vladimir Region, Lieutenant Colonel Mikhail Rodionov. The Vladimir SOBR said that they had not had any losses in the previous 30 years.
19:22 In Kherson, the occupiers have begun replacing military units with units of the National Guard and the police, the General Staff reports.
19:18 During the next attempt to attack Kiev, the invaders lost the combined detachment of the 6th tank regiment, the General Staff reports.
In some areas in the Brovarsky district, enemy units remain cut off from the supply of fuel and food.
19:14 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, during the visit of the head of the Libyan National Army Khalifa Haftar to Moscow, agreements were reached on sending Libyan "volunteers" to Ukraine. The transfer of military mercenaries will probably be carried out at the expense of the private military company Liga (formerly Wagner), by aircraft of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation.
19:11 The military commissariats of the Kuban, Primorsky Territory, the Yaroslavl Region and the regions of the Ural Federal District of the Russian Federation are carrying out covert mobilization activities, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
However, the population, according to available information, does not seek to participate in the war. Mass cases of evasion from service take place. Also, Russian propagandists have begun preparing the population of the Russian Federation for a long war.
In addition, mobilization continues in the temporarily occupied territories of Lugansk and Donetsk regions. The management of educational institutions (technical schools, institutes) calls students over the age of 18 for registration.
18:42 Zelensky addressed the people of Israel and the government of the country: "Moscow says that without the destruction of us there will be no security for them. They said the same 80 years ago. People of Israel, you know what kind of land Babi Yar is. They hit on him, they hit Uman. What will be left of this land?"
The Ukrainian president turned to Israel for help: "Everyone in Israel knows that your missile defense is super-powerful. You can definitely help protect the lives of Ukrainians and Ukrainian Jews."
Zelensky recalled that "Ukrainians saved Jews 80 years ago," "so you have that choice."
18:17 For the first time since the capture at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on March 20, a partial rotation of personnel and the evacuation of people who were on the territory of the station were carried out. A total of 64 people were taken out. 46 volunteers - workers of the station went to replace them to perform their official duties and ensure the functioning of the enterprise, Energoatom reports.
17:46 From next week, Ukrzaliznytsia introduces paid travel by trains in directions from west to center, east and south, as well as abroad. At the same time, evacuation trains and electric trains will remain free.
17:43 The command of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that the 80th Airborne Assault Brigade defeated the invaders from the 126th Coastal Defense Brigade of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the southern direction. This military unit is based in the occupied Crimea in the village of Perevalnoye - before the occupation, there was a point of permanent deployment of the 36th coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Navy, part of which betrayed Ukraine and remained in the occupied territory in 2014.
17:31 The UN Food and Agriculture Organization plans to provide assistance to almost 23 thousand Ukrainian agricultural producers. As of March 18, FAO has received about 10% of the $50 million earmarked for Ukraine's Rapid Response Plan. These funds will help villagers and farmers in Donetsk, Lugansk, Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions.
17:00 Deputy mayor of Dnipro Mikhail Lysenko said that the Kadyrovtsy, who are killed in the region, will be buried in pig skins - this is the official decision of the city. "Thanks to meatpacking plants," he wrote.
16:52 Zelensky in an interview with CNN: “I am ready for negotiations with him [Putin]. I have been ready for the past two years. And I think that without negotiations we cannot end this war. We must use any format, chance, to negotiate, to talk to Putin. But if these attempts are in vain, it will mean World War III."
16:51 The Russian army turns the occupied and surrounded settlements into concentration camps, where it starves the civilian population, Denisova said.
16:49 The Russians are shelling Kiev to figure out the location of the air defense system and intimidate people, Klitschko said.
16:44 The Russian invaders once again failed to build their checkpoint near the police post at the exit from Izyum - they are being destroyed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As reported in the city council, the colonel of the engineering troops of the Russian Federation was liquidated.
16:37 Conflict Intelligence Team reports that Russia continues to deploy troops for the war with Ukraine. In particular, a video filmed on March 17 in Rostov-on-Don shows a train with tanks, which, according to the Russian Railways database, is coming from the Sibirtsevo station in the Primorsky Territory, where the 60th motorized rifle brigade of the 5th combined arms army is stationed.
Armored personnel carriers and trucks, engineering vehicles are traveling in the echelon. CIT journalists consider the intensity of the transfer to be less than a month before the invasion. In their opinion, the Russian forces may have another 40 unused battalion tactical groups, the total number of which may exceed 20,000 fighters.
16:33 Podolyak urged officials not to voice information about the supply of weapons to Ukraine, as well as about the redeployment of Ukrainian troops and the directions in which the Armed Forces of Ukraine are going to counterattack.
16:27 The Swiss oilfield services company Weatherford has become the latest of the "big four", which decided to suspend the supply of equipment and new investments in Russia, as well as the deployment of new technologies in the country.
Previously, Baker Hughes, Halliburton and Schlumberger announced the termination of work or the stoppage of investments.
16:05 Podolyak said that the Russian Defense Ministry General Staff had absolutely no objective analytics in relation to Ukraine. Hence the total miscalculations in strategy and tactics. According to him, this is the first reason for the stunning fiasco of the "second army of the world." “Obviously, all the staff analytics of General Gerasimov’s subordinates was built on the theses from the Russian propaganda about nationalist battalions,” wrote the adviser to the head of the OP.
The second reason, which has already been mentioned, is the extreme mortality among the high operational command of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine. This is a sign of the total unpreparedness of the army, the weak coherence of military units, the lack of understandable logistics support, and the unwillingness to fight in modern conditions.
"All this, of course, demoralizes the Russian army - contract soldiers and conscripts, although they do not understand human language and writing well, however, they realized that their top leadership is completely mediocre. Thus, further - only mass deaths of Russian military personnel in Ukraine," Podolyak emphasized.
16:02 Vereshchuk said that along the route of the agreed humanitarian corridor Kharkiv-Malaya Rogan in the temporarily uncontrolled territory, there are signs of Russians preparing to capture a humanitarian convoy with mining the way.
16:01 Residents of Energodar went to a rally demanding the release of the kidnapped deputy mayor.
15:49 Pope Francis, in his Sunday address, spoke about the war in Ukraine: "This is a senseless massacre, where murders and atrocities are repeated daily. There is no excuse for this. I implore all participants in the international community to truly participate in putting an end to this intolerable war."
15:48 Zelensky signed a law extending martial law in Ukraine for 30 days from March 26.
15:43 Kakhovka journalist Oleg Baturin, who was held captive by the Russians for eight days, was released. He said that all this time he was beaten, humiliated and threatened to kill him. He was not given food and for several days - not even water.
15:39 Ukrainian-Russian negotiations are held at the level of expert groups on a daily basis, and a meeting of official delegations is scheduled for Monday, March 21, the UP reported, citing its sources.
15:37 French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said that the country has frozen Russian assets in the amount of 172 billion euros. Of these, 22 billion euros are funds from the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, 150 billion euros are accounts of individuals, 500 million euros are real estate owned by about 30 Russians.
15:35 Klitschko said that five people were injured in the Svyatoshinsky district of the capital as a result of a shell hitting a residential building, two of them were hospitalized. There are no dead.
15:32 In the Svyatoshinsky district of Kiev this afternoon, fragments of a shell hit a residential building, resulting in a fire. According to the State Emergency Service, a fire broke out on the balcony of the fourth floor of a 10-storey residential building and two private cars. Residents are being evacuated and no casualties have been reported.
15:30 In Berdyansk, civilians who went to the rally were detained and beaten by the invaders, eyewitnesses report.
15:26 Podolyak about the Russian army: "Impressive is the high mortality rate among the top command staff of the Russian Federation. Six generals were killed. Major Generals Tushaev, Gerasimov, Kolesnikov, Sukhovetsky, Mityaev, Lieutenant General Mordvichev. Dozens of colonels and other officers. Total unpreparedness, fighting quantity and cruise missiles".
15:15 Arestovich warned about the beginning of the third phase of psychological fatigue from the war, the main components of which are apathy and disappointment.
He warns that it will be even harder further, because the enemy will soon attempt a new offensive. In addition, many politicians and public figures are beginning to "disperse evil", criticizing the decisions of the country's leadership and accusing them of surrendering the interests of Ukrainians.
Arestovich calls not to succumb to despondency. A good army, he said, "fights for as long as it takes."
15:13 France has frozen the assets of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation for 22 billion euros, the Russian Ministry of Economy reported.
15:08 Military intelligence of Ukraine records an increase in the number of refusals of Russian soldiers from further participation in the war. They also turn to their relatives en masse with a request to help them return home. The commanders of the occupation units are trying to isolate the "refuseniks" and keep them in custody. They threaten criminal liability and reprisals against relatives.
At the same time, on the territory of Russia, after the relatives of "refuseniks" appeal to military units, they are assured that everything is fine with the soldiers and they are in Crimea.
14:31 Arestovich on the current situation: the situation on the fronts is frozen because Russia has no resources; the number of shelling and airstrikes on Ukrainian cities has significantly decreased; according to Ukrainian intelligence, repressions began in the Russian army after the command failed to fulfill its tasks.
14:15 The flow of migrants in Lviv has decreased from 60 thousand people to 10 thousand people a day. There are almost no queues at the borders with EU countries, Sadovyi said.
14:03 Podolyak writes that due to failures in the offensive, Russia has switched to more destructive artillery: the Kinzhal and Bastion systems are used in peaceful cities. Also, the enemy is panicking looking for reserves of manpower - pulling everything from the Pacific direction and continues to persuade the CSTO countries.
13:37 Russian invaders threw a grenade at civilians in the city of Trostyanets, Sumy region, as a result, two men died, the regional prosecutor's office reported.
13:33 In Kakhovka, Kherson and Berdyansk, local residents went to a rally against the Russian occupiers.
13:29 In Energodar, Zaporizhia region, Russian invaders kidnapped the first deputy mayor Ivan Samoydyuk , Mayor Dmitry Orlov said.
13:26 The Russians have significant losses among the top leadership and command staff, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. So, the commander of the 346th separate special forces brigade from Prokhladnoye was wounded, the commanders of the 331st Kostroma airborne assault regiment, the 247th airborne assault Caucasian Cossack regiment from Stavropol and the 6th Red Banner Guards Tank Regiment from Chebarkul were destroyed.
13:25 The General Staff reports that the invaders have resumed aerial reconnaissance and shelling of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the use of aviation and artillery. On the territory of the Belgorod region of Russia, positions of high-capacity artillery were found near the border.
13:21 The Azov Regiment destroyed the special forces of the GRU military unit from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic.
13:18 The head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration, Serhiy Gaidai, said that on March 11, in the city of Kremennaya, Russian invaders shot at point-blank range from a tank at a nursing home, as a result of which 56 people died, 15 survived.
The Russians abducted the survivors and took them to the occupied territory in Svatovo to the regional geriatric boarding school. It is still impossible to get to the place of the tragedy.
13:06 The NBU recognized the shareholders of Alfa-Bank Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven as having lost their impeccable business reputation, and therefore deprived them of their voting rights in the bank.
13:02 In the Kiev region during the war, motorists were forbidden to use video recorders, the Vyshgorod Regional State Administration reported. This is due to the possibility of divulging information that can help the enemy.
In particular, it is prohibited to use DVRs in motor vehicles and motor vehicles to film public roads, general purpose facilities and infrastructure, roadblocks, fortifications, the location or movement of military units.
12:58 In the Zaporozhye region, cases of the use of the form of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the occupiers for carrying out sabotage actions were recorded, the regional administration warned.
12:56 The Ministry of Health has banned the sale and use of Belarusian medicines in Ukraine. The department clarified that all Belarusian factories whose products were presented in Ukraine produced generics, that is, non-original drugs. Similar funds are produced by Ukrainian pharmaceutical companies, so the rejection of Belarusian drugs does not pose any threat to Ukrainians.
12:47 Ukrainian intelligence reports that Shoigu signed an order to involve members of the military-patriotic social movement Yunarmiya in conducting a "special operation on the territory of Ukraine." The document refers to the preparation of reports on the potential human reserve at the age of 17-18 to be involved in hostilities in Ukraine.
12:43 Another group of militants associated with a propagandist close to Putin and the owner of PMC Liga (Wagner) Yevgeny Prigozhin began to arrive in Ukraine today . The main task of the criminals is the elimination of the top military-political leadership of Ukraine , the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, Putin personally ordered the next attacks to one of the few confidants. All previous attempts ended in failure and the elimination of terrorists. Key "targets" of mercenaries, in particular: Zelensky, Yermak, Shmyhal.
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense assured: "The Ukrainian army, special services and law enforcement agencies are well aware of the plans of the Kremlin. We are ready to repulse the aggressor both at the front and in the rear. No terrorist attacks will be successful."
12:42 According to Ukrainian intelligence, the Russian elite is considering the possibility of removing Putin. A group of influential people is being formed, in opposition to the Russian president, who seeks to preserve the country's economy. Among the candidates for the new leader, in particular, the director of the FSB, Alexander Bortnikov, is being considered, with whom Putin is angry because of the failure of the "operation" in Ukraine.
The information came from the Russian side, added to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. Probably, this is how the leadership of the FSB is trying to weaken the influence of Kadyrov, or this may be an attempt to establish cooperation with the Ukrainian authorities in advance, bypassing the current Russian leadership.
12:33 Kherson Mayor Igor Kolykhaev said that there are no law enforcement agencies in the city now, except for rescuers and municipal guards, where everyone has signed up. "Without law enforcement and the judiciary, it is very difficult. There is looting, but we are fighting it as best we can," the mayor added.
12:26 Mariupol was fired upon by four ships of the Russian Navy , Azov reports. Now the city is being stormed by the Russian army and the DPR, there are urban battles.
12:25 The authorities of the Kiev region have banned residents from visiting the forests. According to the Vyshgorod Regional State Administration, entry into the forests (except for transit routes) of vehicles and other self-propelled equipment is prohibited.
12:21 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation again stated that it fired a hypersonic Kinzhal missile across the territory of Ukraine - this time at a large fuel and lubricants storage near Konstantinovka, Mykolaiv region. A military base near Ovruch, Zhytomyr region, was also allegedly attacked.
12:16 The Ministry of Defense named the approximate combat losses of the enemy on March 20:
personnel - about 14,700 people,
tanks - 476,
armored combat vehicles - 1487,
artillery systems - 230,
MLRS - 74,
air defense systems - 44,
aircraft - 96,
helicopters - 118,
automotive equipment - 947,
ships/boats - 3,
tanks with fuel and lubricants - 60,
UAV operational-tactical level - 21,
special equipment - 12.
11:55 First Deputy Foreign Minister of Lithuania Mantas Adomenas believes that Putin can attack the Baltic countries despite their membership in NATO: "We are not dealing with a realist strategist, but with a half-crazy visionary."
According to the Lithuanian diplomat, if Putin succeeds in Ukraine, the dictator may want a new military adventure, which is explained by his maniacal idea to restore the Soviet Union. And the USSR without the Baltic countries "will not be complete," Adomenas explained.
11:38 The Russian Navy School acknowledged the death in Ukraine of a high-ranking naval officer, Captain 1st Rank Andrey Paliy.
11:16 Australia will send Ukraine 70,000 tons of coal. Kyiv will also receive $22 million in humanitarian aid and $15.5 million in military aid.
11:05 Over the past week, despite constant shelling, more than 39,000 people were able to leave Mariupol by personal transport, the City Council reported.
10:59 According to Reuters, the United States offered Turkey to transfer S-400 missile systems to Ukraine, which it had previously bought from Russia.
10:56 Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says that Kiev and Moscow managed to bring their positions somewhat closer on important issues, including critical ones.
10:33 The head of the Lugansk region, Serhiy Gaidai, said that Rubizhne and Popasna remain under the control of Ukraine: "We did not lose a single centimeter of Ukrainian cities overnight. A cleansing is being carried out in the central part of Rubizhne."
10:32 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida appealed to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take a tougher stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
10:19 According to a new survey by the Rating group, 93 percent of Ukrainians believe that Ukraine will be able to repel a Russian attack. At the same time, 47 ercent of respondents hope that Ukraine will be able to win the war with Russia in the next few weeks. There are practically no those who do not believe in victory at all.
10:00 Humanitarian corridors will work today in the following areas:
Donetsk region: Mariupol - Zaporozhye
Kyiv region: Bobryk - Brovary, Tarasovka - Brovary, Borodyanka - Bila Tserkva
Food and medicine will be sent from Kharkov to the city of Volchansk and the villages of Rogan and Novaya Rogan.
09:43 Australia will provide evacuated Ukrainians with temporary humanitarian visas, allowing them to work and receive medical care in the country for three years. About five thousand Ukrainians have already received such visas.
09:22 Ukraine is provided with food until the end of next year, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Rostislav Shurma said: "Stocks of wheat, corn, oil, basic products today in warehouses will last for 3-5 years. We will definitely feed ourselves."
09:08 The day before, the occupiers dropped bombs on art school No. 12 in the Left Bank district of Mariupol, where about 400 residents of the city - women, children and the elderly - were hiding. The building is destroyed, people are still under the rubble. Information about the number of victims is being specified, the city council said.
09:06 British intelligence assumes that Russia will continue heavy shelling to support troops in attacks on urban areas, as it seeks to reduce its already significant losses at the cost of further civilian deaths.
09:01 The Kadyrovtsy were returned to Chechnya from Ukraine, Radio Liberty reports with reference to the counterintelligence of the SBU. In the war, they suffered significant losses and played almost no role, but were engaged only in self-promotion.
09:00 In Rubizhne and Severodonetsk over the past day, the invaders destroyed 24 houses, three people died, including two children. They managed to save seven people, said the head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
08:59 Consolidated detachment of the 331st Guards Parachute Assault Regiment of Kostroma, which participated in the battles in the Kiev direction, was destroyed. One military man survived, and he is in the hospital, the General Staff said.
08:56 In ORDLO, Russian curators announced another wave of mobilization. The age limit for those mobilized has been raised to 65!, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
08:54 British intelligence reports that Russia was never able to gain an advantage in the sky, which significantly halted its offensive. According to the British, the Ukrainians effectively protect the airspace with the help of aircraft and air defense forces, while the Russians are forced to use their aircraft from a relatively safe distance.
08:39 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that his country is "on the right side of history", speaking out against anti-Russian sanctions. At the same time, he assured that Beijing is not considering the supply of weapons to Moscow.
China, he said, intends to continue to adhere to an independent position on Ukraine. And he considers the role of the United States in this conflict destabilizing.
08:27 As a result of the night shelling of the Industrial District of Kharkiv, five civilians were killed, among them a nine-year-old boy, the National Police reported.
06:50 Zelensky signed a decree on a unified information policy under martial law. According to him, now all informational TV channels must show the marathon of One News #UAraz around the clock .
06:29 Zelensky said that during martial law, the activities of a number of political parties are prohibited: Opposition Platform for Life, Sharia Party, Nashi, Opposition Bloc, Left Opposition, Union of Left Forces, Power, Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine, Socialist Party of Ukraine, Socialists, Volodymyr Saldo Bloc . The reason for the ban is ties with the Russian Federation.
04:28 According to the General Staff, the head of the 652nd Information and Psychological Operations Group of the Russian troops received a severe reprimand for poor work on the creation of the so-called "Kherson People's Republic" - the local population did not even allow to create a conditional "picture".
04:23 In Russian Belgorod, an investigation is underway against ten servicemen of the 138th motorized rifle brigade who attacked Kharkov, but because of heavy losses, they refused to continue fighting and incited others to return back to the Russian Federation, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
02:14 The Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russia had significantly reduced air activity, so over the past day, air defense forces shot down only three Russian helicopters.
01:02 Adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vadim Denisenko says that Belarusian troops are approaching the border and will try to cross it. Also, according to him, an alarming signal is the fact that Belarusian diplomats have left the territory of Ukraine. Denisenko assesses the probability of introducing Belarus into a military conflict as 60/40.