[Korrespondent] 22:08 The Prime Minister of Slovenia supported the sending of S-300 air defense systems to Ukraine.
22:06 The Pentagon said that the United States will reconsider its military presence in Europe with an understanding of the irreversibility of changes in the region and do not rule out a build-up of forces.
22:05 Germany is ready to provide security guarantees to Ukraine, said Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock.
22:02 Chechens are also participating in the war between Russia and Ukraine. Both supporters of the head of Chechnya Kadyrov, who are fighting in the ranks of the RF Armed Forces, and those who support Ukraine. For more details, see How Chechens Fight in Ukraine .
21:59 Arestovich said that among the countries that have already agreed to be guarantors of Ukraine's security are the United States, Great Britain, Poland, all permanent members of the UN Security Council, Turkey "and many other countries."
21:54 Today, 1,530 people got to Zaporozhye along the routes of humanitarian corridors on their own transport: 812 from Mariupol and 718 residents of the cities of Zaporozhye region. Despite the agreements, the occupying troops are blocking evacuation buses and trucks with humanitarian aid, the OP reported.
21:52 During the month of the war in Kharkov, about 15% of the housing stock was destroyed, the mayor of the city, Igor Terekhov, said.
21:50 U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said that the United States is ready to consider joining the guarantee program for Ukraine: "Together with allies and partners, we will have to continue to seriously help Ukraine in the security sphere. If we come to an agreement, it will need international support. But we we will be guided by what Ukrainians think is right, how they want to protect their sovereignty and territorial integrity in the future, and we are ready to do this in the long term."
21:47 In the Dnieper, two enemy missiles hit an oil depot full of fuel - it was destroyed. The wreckage of another rocket damaged two more fuel trucks. There were no injured or dead, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk Regional Council, Nikolai Lukashuk.
21:44 The head of the Association of Chernobyl Tour Operators, volunteer Yaroslav Emelianenko reports, citing Belarusian sources, that about seven medical PAZs arrived at the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Radiation Medicine and Human Ecology. The photo shows that there are people in the bags. Russian soldiers are brought to this center on a regular basis.
21:35 Arestovich says that Ukraine is waiting for "at least two weeks of the active phase." Then, in his opinion, a protracted stationary phase will follow, when the enemy will not be able to attack, but will stand in position. "There will be more brilliant green, funny guerrilla raids - the war has not gone away," the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office noted and added that Russia "does not have much" reserves.
21:15 Lukashenko promised Putin to launch an offensive in Ukraine no later than March 21. Since that moment, fears about the invasion of the Belarusian army have grown significantly. For more information about the attitude of Belarusians to the war and how the army of the Republic of Belarus can threaten Ukraine, see the article Are Belarusians Ready to Fight .
21:09 The Ukrainian military is gradually pushing the Russians away from Kharkov in the Dergachev and Rogan directions, said the head of the Kharkov regional administration Oleg Sinegubov.
He also confirmed that this morning in the Kharkiv region, Ukrainian air defense forces shot down a Russian fighter. According to the governor, Izyum remains the most critical point in the region.
20:47 The Russian invaders released the priest of the OCU, volunteer Sergei Chudinovich, who was kidnapped this morning in occupied Kherson, the head of the Kherson diocese of the OCU, Bishop Nikodim of Kherson and Taurida, said.
20:35 A missile attack was carried out on the Dnieper, Mayor Boris Filatov said. Details are not reported.
20:28 The Russians used phosphorus shells in Maryinka, Donetsk region. According to the State Emergency Service, about a dozen fires were discovered in the city, they were eliminated by rescuers.
20:26 Danilov confirmed that some of the units that Russia withdraws in the Kiev and Chernihiv regions have been relocated to the Kharkov and Donetsk directions.
20:17 Bloomberg writes that Gazprom offices in Germany were searched as part of an investigation into the company's role in raising gas prices in Europe. For the second year now, a number of experts and journalists have pointed out that the price of gas, which began to rise in 2021, is an artificially created "bubble": traders controlled by Gazprom increased the hype in the market.
20:00 The Ministry of Culture announced that from April 1, institutions of culture and arts - theaters, operas and concert halls - will gradually start working in Ukraine.
19:57 The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry denied Lavrov's words that "the Ukrainian side demonstrates understanding that the issues of Crimea and Donbass have been finally resolved." Kyiv claims that such a vision is "erroneous", and "the issues of Crimea and Donbass will be finally resolved after the resumption of Ukraine's sovereignty over them."
19:56 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia is considering the possibility of transporting faulty equipment to the occupied territories of the Donetsk region for its further restoration.
19:54 The US is working around the clock to fulfill Ukraine's key requests for security assistance, the White House said.
19:52 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russia is focusing its efforts on the capture of Rubizhne, Mariupol and Popasna.
19:50 Johnson, in his speech to a committee of British legislators, said that the West should not lift sanctions against the Russian Federation until all its troops are withdrawn from Ukraine, moreover, anti-Russian measures need to be strengthened.
He also said that the UK is discussing increasing support for Ukraine and is now considering sending it an armored personnel carrier.
19:46 Biden, in a telephone conversation with Zelensky, said that the United States plans to provide Ukraine with $500 million in direct budget assistance, the White House said.
19:44 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on March 28, at the point of permanent deployment of the 83rd separate air assault brigade, a farewell ceremony was held for the dead Russian servicemen. Their number is approximately 200 people.
19:42 The General Staff reports that the enemy is partially withdrawing individual units from the territory of the Kiev and Chernihiv regions.
19:40 In Italy, the tax police confiscated an armored Mercedes Maybach, owned by Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov, worth 600,000 euros.
19:25 Zelensky spoke with Biden, discussed defense support for Ukraine, a new package of enhanced sanctions against Russia, macro-financial and humanitarian assistance.
19:14 Anton Gerashchenko writes that two Russian columns, which were previously located in the Brovary region and were based near Novaya and Staraya Basan, began their movement towards the border with Russia. According to him, earlier this grouping was subjected to repeated strikes by Ukrainian aviation and artillery.
One goes through Ichnya, the other through Losinovka. In one - 300 units of equipment, in the other - 150. They are probably withdrawing equipment in order to strengthen their grouping in the Donbass, Gerashchenko notes.
19:11 The Prime Minister of the Netherlands said that the peace agreement with the loss of territory and sovereignty by Ukraine will not lead to the termination of sanctions against Russia.
19:09 "President" of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov said that the unrecognized "republic" will soon take "legal steps" to join the Russian Federation.
19:07 Kuleba: "Those who say that sanctions and weapons impede negotiations either do not understand the essence of the processes, or play along with Russia. Ukraine's successes on the battlefield and the suffering of the Russian economy significantly help to direct the negotiations in a constructive direction.
19:06 The air command of Skhid reported three downed Russian fighters over the Kharkiv region.
18:54 The head of the Luhansk regional administration, Sergei Gaidai, reports that the Russians are non-stop shelling peaceful cities. Two people died, five were injured, 21 were rescued from rubble and fires.
Lisichansk is being shelled from artillery, Popasnaya from aviation. As a result of powerful shelling of Severodonetsk, Rubizhne, Lisichansk, Kremennaya, about 18 objects were damaged, including six apartment buildings and six private residential buildings.
18:47 Putin from tomorrow banned government customers from purchasing foreign software for critical infrastructure without the consent of the relevant department. From 2025, the use of foreign programs on critical infrastructure will be completely prohibited.
18:45 Podolyak on the role of Abramovich in the negotiation process: "He is an extremely effective mediator between delegations. That is, he partially moderates the process, from the point of view, so that there is no misunderstanding at the entrance. That is, when a party declares something, and the other side is not so clear, from the point of view of the logistics of the negotiation process."
18:37 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation explained: "At the first stage of the" special operation "it was planned to force the enemy to concentrate forces to hold large points in the Kiev and Chernihiv directions, including Kiev, to tie them up on the battlefield and without storming cities (in order to avoid losses among civilians) to inflict a defeat that would prevent them from using their forces in the main direction of Russian operations - in the Donbass."
18:32 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that "a planned regrouping of troops is taking place" in the Kiev and Chernihiv directions.
According to the agency, "all the main tasks of the Russian forces in the Kiev and Chernihiv directions have been completed, the goal of the regrouping of Russian troops is to intensify actions in priority areas and, above all, complete the operation to completely liberate Donbass."
18:25 Human Rights Watch said that Russian troops used banned anti-personnel mines in the eastern part of the Kharkiv region. The mines were discovered by Ukrainian sappers on March 28.
We are talking about the anti-personnel mine Medallion, equipped with a seismic sensor - it detects an approaching person and throws an explosive charge into the air. It is known that such ammunition is in service with Russia, Ukraine does not.
18:21 The Chernobyl nuclear power plant receives electricity from Belarus, said the head of the State Agency for the Management of the Exclusion Zone Yevgeny Kramarenko. According to him, there is no power supply in Chernobyl itself and in other territories of the exclusion zone.
18:17 Local residents should not return to Irpin, Kiev region, for at least a month, warned the mayor of the city, Alexander Markushin. According to him, now it is very dangerous. The authorities will inform about the possibility of returning later.
18:09 The head of the Servant of the People party Olena Shulyak said that Ukrainians will be able to receive compensation for housing damaged or destroyed as a result of the Russian invasion in the form of providing living space with a limit of up to 150 square meters.
She clarified that the relevant bill No. 7198 has already been registered in the Rada. People whose houses and apartments are destroyed or damaged must register through the Diya application.
The bill provides that a person will be able to choose the city where he wants to settle.
18:01 Google has launched the Google for Startups Ukraine Support Fund to support Ukrainian startups in the amount of five million dollars.
17:59 Austria, following Germany, also activated the emergency early warning mode in the event of a cessation of Russian gas supplies.
17:52 Slovakia demands to reduce the staff of the Russian Embassy in Bratislava by 35 people, Reuters reports with reference to the country's Foreign Ministry.
17:26 Russian invaders abducted eight people in Hola Pristan, Kherson region, including several representatives of local authorities, Suspіlne reports. Among them are the Golopristan mayor Alexander Babich and the headman of Staraya Zburyevka Viktor Marunyak.
At the same time, local authorities note that there are no occupying troops on the territory of the city, public utilities, medical and educational institutions are working.
17:22 The White House believes that information about the real state of affairs at the front, as well as the impact of economic sanctions, does not reach Putin. Therefore, US officials are not even trying to talk to the Russian leader now, a Biden administration official told NBC.
The US leadership proceeds from the fact that the inner circle is simply afraid to tell Putin the truth.
17:09 Podolyak said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine "set specific accents" that the Ukrainian side uses in negotiations. Thus, Russia no longer uses ultimatums in negotiations. He also stressed that the territorial integrity of Ukraine is beyond doubt.
According to the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, the Ukrainian side is already discussing points that will help prevent such attacks by Russia in the future. He once again confirmed Kyiv's position that the referendum on peace agreements would take place only after the RF Armed Forces had withdrawn to positions as of February 23. And only after the referendum can be the ratification of the treaty on security guarantees.
16:57 Norway will provide Ukraine with 20 million euros to pay salaries, pensions and social assistance. The funds will be channeled through the World Bank's emergency financing package, the Norwegian government said. We are talking about the salaries of medical personnel, teachers and public sector employees, as well as the payment of pensions and social assistance.
16:55 Ukraine is discussing with Norway the supply of about five billion cubic meters of gas in preparation for the next heating season, Zelensky said.
16:51 There are all the prerequisites for a meeting between Zelensky and Putin, preparations can begin, Podolyak said.
“When exactly this will happen is a question already, rather a logistical one. Because the Russians need to look at our proposals, give some kind of preliminary answer to them,” he specified.
16:44 Medinsky said that Ukraine yesterday "for the first time recorded its readiness to fulfill a number of important conditions for building good neighborly relations with the Russian Federation." According to him, Ukraine "essentially agreed to Russia's fundamental demands of not joining NATO and refusing to deploy military bases."
"Russia's principled position on Crimea and Donbass remains unchanged, negotiations continue," he added.
16:37 In Irpin, according to preliminary data, up to 300 civilians and up to 50 military were killed , said the mayor of the city Alexander Makrushin.
16:22 The United Jewish Community of Ukraine stated that all synagogues and Jewish facilities in Ukraine are used exclusively for their intended purpose - to carry out religious activities or help members of Jewish communities and the local population.
And the synagogue in Uman, in which, according to Moscow, the "Nazis" allegedly settled down, has been generally closed since mid-September last year. The fact that the gates of the synagogue are closed and no one is inside can be seen even in the photo given by the Russian media.
16:16 Estonian Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets proposes to stop paying Russia for oil and gas and direct these funds to the restoration of Ukraine. She also said that before the end of the year, the EU will reduce the supply of fossil fuels from Russia by two-thirds.
16:04 Peskov responded to Kiev's proposal on Crimea: "We will not invade Crimea, this is part of the Russian Federation. According to our constitution, we cannot discuss with anyone the fate of the territories of the Russian Federation, the fate of Russian regions, this is out of the question."
16:01 Zelensky addressed the Norwegian Parliament and asked the country for weapons against Russian ships.
15:52 Poland will completely abandon Russian coal in April-May 2022, and will stop importing oil from Russia by the end of the year, Prime Minister Morawiecki said.
15:47 According to operational information, the enemy has not completely abandoned attempts to capture or at least surround Kiev and Chernihiv, the Ministry of Defense said. Mass withdrawal of Russian troops from these areas is not observed.
15:42 Belarusian media write that today columns of Russian military equipment with V marks continue to move across the country near the border with Ukraine, including Tochki-U, armored personnel carriers, Tigers, KamAZ trucks and fuel trucks.
15:27 Near Odessa, ships of the Russian Federation are maneuvering and the threat of landing remains, Vladislav Nazarov, officer of the operational command Pivden, said. According to him, the enemy persistently conducts aerial reconnaissance, presses and attacks from the sky.
15:25 Johnson's deputy Dominic Raab said that the UK may consider Ukraine's request for the opportunity to become a guarantor of its security, but excludes the assumption of obligations that NATO members have within the alliance, writes The Guardian.
"We have made it very clear that we are not going to be drawn into a direct military confrontation with Russia. Ukraine is not a member of NATO," Raab said.
15:22 The NAPC reported that it is not necessary to submit a declaration now, it will be necessary to submit it within three months after the end of martial law.
15:20 Arakhamia said that the Ukrainian delegation is still in Turkey, as meetings with Turkish officials are being held today to discuss cooperation in the military-technical sphere. Members of the delegation will return to Ukraine tonight.
15:13 The city council has adopted a number of decisions to stimulate the work of the capital's business:
- the payment under contracts for mobile trade and restaurant sites has been reduced to a symbolic one hryvnia, the payment of equity participation for them will be 50% of the existing one;
- businesses operating on communal areas are exempt from paying rent;
- for parking benefits from the city;
- advertising companies that place social and patriotic advertisements on advertising planes in the city will receive benefits.
The Kiev authorities expect that the amount of benefits provided will be compensated by tax revenues.
15:05 In Lisichansk, evacuation buses came under fire from the Russians, the Luhansk OVA reported. There were no casualties, in just one day 260 people were taken out. In addition, 25 people were evacuated from Rubizhne, 73 from Severodonetsk, 58 from Kremennaya, and 13 from Popasna. Many more people wanted to leave Popasna, but the bus could not return for them, because at that time the Russians launched an airstrike on the city .
15:01 Strelkov-Girkin said that Russia has lost its "golden month" and now it is unlikely to be able to defeat the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction, since the Ukrainian command is acting "an order of magnitude more adequate" than the Russian one. He also called Shoigu a "plywood marshal" who cannot say that he "has screwed up" and therefore claims the allegedly successful first stage of the "special operation."
14:58 The Russian government legalized parallel imports "to meet the demand for foreign goods in demand" (previously, their sale in the country without the permission of the copyright holder was prohibited).
Parallel import is the importation into the country of goods without the permission of the right holder of this trademark (that is, "parallel" to the official import of such goods through authorized dealers).
14:53 Arestovich said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine took Irpin "with a fight": "A part of them withdrew from the Kiev region. They lined up columns and leave, they leave en masse. But they leave with a fight, this must be understood correctly. This is not what we are letting them go. They are coming battles, foundations, counter-bases. They have mined a vast territory. Leaving, they are shelling houses, infrastructure facilities."
14:48 Germany is "generally ready" to become the guarantor of Ukraine. Scholz has already discussed the topic with Zelensky, the German Cabinet said.
14:45 Rocket attack on the building of the Nikolaev Regional State Administration was accompanied by the movement of the opponent on one of the sectors of the front, said the head of the Regional State Administration Vitaly Kim. He also expressed his conviction that the talks in Turkey did not lead to a de-escalation in the region.
According to Kim, there is a buildup of troops, and the situation remains "constantly bad." Positions of Ukraine in the negotiations, in his opinion, will depend on the events at the front.
14:40 Chinese Foreign Ministry urged to learn a lesson from the war in Ukraine and create a security mechanism in Europe. According to Beijing, what is happening now is the result of long-standing security contradictions in Europe.
14:27 The number of victims of shelling of the building of the regional state administration in Nikolaev increased to 15 people. According to the State Emergency Service at 13:00, the bodies of 14 dead were removed from the rubble, another person died in intensive care. Search and rescue work continues.
14:08 Peskov said that the process of transferring payment for Russian gas into rubles for Europe will not be launched directly on March 31, "this is a process that is extended over time."
13:57 The Ministry of Agrarian Policy has calculated that during the month of the war, Ukraine lost $1.5 billion in food exports.
13:54 The UN is concerned about the risks of sexual violence against Ukrainian women both in Ukraine itself and abroad. The war can provoke an increase in the number of unplanned pregnancies, the organization notes.
Preliminary studies have shown that more than 20% of refugee and internally displaced women have experienced sexual violence, and these figures may be underestimated, writes The Guardian.
13:51 Peskov said that there are progress in negotiations with Ukraine, but there is no serious breakthrough yet. Commenting on calls made in Russia to "go to the end in Ukraine," he noted that "Stalingrad is not on the calendar and should not be, there is no place for emotions."
13:48 As a result of yesterday's shelling of Nizhyn by Russian invaders, one person was killed, six more civilians were injured, including one child, the mayor's office said.
13:45 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine believes that yesterday in Russian Belgorod there was a detonation of ammunition due to violation of transportation requirements - this is an example of the use of obsolete dangerous ammunition typical for Russians.
13:43 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy's attempts to mobilize "volunteers" did not meet with the support of the population. So, in the Kaliningrad region, only 17 so-called "volunteers" were gathered.
13:32 Arakhamia explained how the security guarantee agreement differs from NATO: Article 5 of the NATO Treaty assumes that an attack on one country is equal to an attack on all. In this case, there is no such thing, because we are talking about guarantees not of collective security, but specifically for Ukraine.
When ratifying this agreement, Ukraine will require approval that it will take precedence over local legislation. The Russians say it's tougher than NATO's Article 5, Arakhamia added.
He once again confirmed that as long as the occupiers remain in the territories that they occupied after February 23, there can be no agreements, let alone referendums.
13:17 According to the General Staff, the enemy is deploying reinforcements near Izyum and intensifying military operations in the Donbass. In the Kiev direction, the Russian Federation is strengthening its positions in the Chernobyl zone and is accumulating troops there.
12:58 The mayor of the city of Primorsk, Zaporozhye region, Alexander Koshalevich, exchanged himself for his father, who was captured by the Russians, MP Vladimir Kaltsev said. According to him, from the first days of the occupation, the mayor publicly declared that Primorsk is Ukraine, and participated in rallies along with the townspeople.
The Russian military searched for the mayor and, not finding him, captured his father. Koshelevich exchanged himself for his father, the Russians took him away towards Berdyansk.
12:40 In Belarusian Gomel, Russian equipment was seen returning to Russia. According to Arestovich, this equipment will be transferred to reinforce the enemy's western grouping.
12:39 In the Kharkiv region, a 12-year-old boy was detained, who transmitted information to the Russian invaders about the placement of facilities for the 500 hryvnia promised by the military intelligence of the Russian Federation. The boy was never paid any money, the SBU reported.
12:35 Yermak said that the main efforts of Ukraine in the fight against Russia will be aimed at convincing Western partners of the need to urgently impose an oil embargo and transfer heavy weapons to Ukraine, including air defense systems, aircraft and artillery.
12:32 Germany declares an "early notification" stage of an emergency in the event of a cessation of Russian gas supplies. According to the Ministry of Economy of the country, Germany will not put up with the violation of the gas contract by the Russian Federation and pay for gas in rubles. The country is also activating an emergency plan to ensure the supply of natural gas.
12:29 Minister of Culture and Information Policy Alexander Tkachenko called on UNESCO to exclude Russia from the organization, as well as to move the 45th session of UNESCO, scheduled for June this year, from Kazan to Lviv.
12:23 PM found Kadyrov's villa in Dubai worth at least seven million dollars. According to the publication, in 2021-2022 alone, he was able to visit the UAE 14 times on his private Airbus A319 aircraft worth about $80 million.
The villa is located on the territory of the five-star Zabeel Saray Royal Residences hotel in Palm Jumeirah on Dubai's famous man-made Jumeirah palm tree.
12:13 The death toll from a missile attack on the building of the Nikolaev Regional State Administration increased to 14 people - rescuers got 13 bodies from the rubble, another person died in intensive care. According to the head of the region Vitaly Kim, search and rescue operations will continue at least the entire day.
12:09 pm The Kyiv City State Administration urges private entrepreneurs to resume the rental of electric scooters and bicycles in the capital - they can become an alternative to public transport for traveling short distances.
11:57 A large number of people are returning to Kiev, public transport is being launched, said Nikolai Povoroznik, First Deputy Head of the Kyiv City State Administration. According to him, many still hide in the subway, but some of these people go to work during the day.
11:42 Arestovich said that the active phase of hostilities "will last another week, maybe more." In his opinion, near Kiev, the enemy will leave part of the contingent, whose task will be "to hold our troops, not to allow them to be transferred to difficult directions." Troops are not being withdrawn from Chernigov yet.
Russia, according to the adviser to the OP, is moving troops from near Kyiv to the JFO zone and near Mariupol in order to gain an advantage there and encircle Ukrainian forces. In the south, in the Kherson region, the enemy is on the defensive, the Armed Forces of Ukraine "are conducting accurate tactical actions there."
11:25 Ukraine demands the introduction of a special UN mission into the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Kyiv fears that the detonation of the ammunition depot, equipped by the Russian invaders, could lead to a new nuclear catastrophe, Vereshchuk said.
11:21 Russian invaders shot at the premises of the Mariupol office of the EU Advisory Mission in Ukraine, Borrell said.
11:20 Anatoly Fomichevsky, a deputy of the Izyum City Council from the Opposition Platform for Life, allowed Russian invaders into the city, showing them an unprotected road, said Maxim Strelnik, a representative of the City Council.
11:19 In Kherson, Russian invaders kidnapped OCU priest Sergei Chudinovich. According to local media, citing eyewitnesses, he was taken directly from the church. Unknown persons introduced themselves as "police" officers, conducted a search in the church, checked the documents and instant messengers of the audience. However, they refused to show their documents.
11:17 Russian hackers are trying to find weaknesses in the system of US energy companies, the FBI cybersecurity department said. They called hacker attacks on the country's energy sector, carried out with the support of the Russian state, a threat to US national security.
11:13 British intelligence notes that Russian units, having suffered heavy losses, were forced to return to Belarus and Russia to reorganize and replenish supplies. Such activity puts additional pressure on Russia's already tight logistics and demonstrates the difficulties Russia is facing in reorganizing its units in Ukraine's forward areas.
Russia's stated focus on offensives in Donetsk and Luhansk is likely a tacit admission that it is struggling to maintain more than one significant offensive, experts say.
11:11 The Russians launched airstrikes on Maryinka and Novomikhailovka in the morning, after which they began to work with artillery in the area of these settlements, said the head of the Donetsk Regional Military District, Pavel Kirilenko. He added that Avdievka, Maryinka, Krasnogorovka and their suburbs have been shelled since the night, under fire from the Russians and the Ocheretinsky community. There are civilian casualties.
11:10 According to the UN human rights mission, thousands of residents may have died in Mariupol. "We believe that there could be thousands of deaths and civilian casualties in Mariupol," said Matilda Bogner, head of the UN human rights mission in Ukraine.
11:09 The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Ukrainian authorities used the synagogue in Uman as "a point for collecting and transporting weapons and Nazis to participate in hostilities."
11:07 Over the past day, Russian invaders fired at the Kharkiv region from artillery, mortars and Gradov, damaged residential buildings and civilian infrastructure, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
11:03 In Lisichansk, as a result of the shelling of the occupiers, significant destruction in high-rise buildings. Five people have been rescued so far, and one death is known.
11:00 In Mariupol, the invaders fired on a building marked with the Red Cross, the Azov regiment reported. "This is one of the most egregious war crimes. Such crosses mark places where there may be wounded, civilian or humanitarian cargo," Azov said.
10:52 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on the destruction of large fuel depots in the Starokonstantinov and Khmelnitsky regions by "high-precision air-launched missiles". The Iskanders also destroyed two large depots of rocket and artillery weapons in Kamenka in the Donetsk region.
10:47 In the Khmelnitsky region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down one of the Russian cruise missiles, which was aimed at civilian infrastructure facilities. She was shot down by an air-to-air missile from a Ukrainian fighter jet, Zakhid Air Command said.
10:41 A food warehouse burned down near Kiev due to shelling. The area of the fire was 20,000 square meters, the Office of the Prosecutor General reported.
10:33 In Nikolaev, rescue work continues in the building of the regional state administration. As of 08:00, the bodies of 12 dead were pulled out from under the rubble, 33 people were injured, the State Emergency Service said.
10:18 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of March 30:
- personnel - about 17,300 people,
- tanks - 605,
- armored fighting vehicles - 1723,
- artillery systems - 305,
- MLRS - 96,
- air defense systems - 54,
- aircraft - 131,
- helicopters - 131,
- automotive equipment - 1184,
- ships/boats - 7,
- tanks with fuel and lubricants - 75,
- UAV operational-tactical level - 81,
- special equipment - 21,
- launchers OTRK / TRK - 4.
10:00 "Decrease in activity" in the Chernihiv region, the enemy showed attacks on Nizhyn, including air strikes, and all night attacked Chernihiv, said the head of the UVA Vyacheslav Chaus. According to him, civil infrastructure facilities, libraries, shopping centers and other facilities, a lot of houses were again destroyed.
09:42 The first volunteers of the Legion of Freedom of Russia from among the former Russian military personnel have begun individual additional training, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported. The commanders of the legion subdivisions got acquainted with the operational situation on the fronts and expressed a common desire on behalf of all the volunteers to conduct the first battle against the Kadyrovites.
09:40 Humanitarian corridors agreed on March 30:
- Berdyansk - Zaporozhye
- Melitopol - Zaporozhye
- Energodar - Zaporizhia
Columns of buses and trucks with humanitarian aid have already left Zaporozhye. On the way back to the columns from Berdyansk and Melitopol, people on their own transport will be able to join, the OP reported.
09:37 At night, the Russians delivered three blows to industrial facilities in the Khmelnytsky region. The fires are localized, information about the victims is being checked, said the head of the regional administration, Sergei Gamaly.
09:35 Russian oligarch Deripaska tried to lift the sanctions imposed against him back in 2018 in an American court. The court denied him for the second time.
09:28 The invaders fired at Chernihiv at night, several rockets were shot down over Kiev. According to the adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vadim Denisenko, the Russians do not reduce the intensity of fighting in the Kiev and Chernigov directions. According to him, the battles near Irpen went on all night, and in the Chernihiv region, the withdrawal of some Russian units to Belarus is more like a rotation.
09:25 The US State Department warned American citizens about the risks of detention in Russia and again asked them to refrain from traveling to this country.
09:23 Great Britain is ready to act as a guarantor of security for Ukraine and will respond if it receives an appropriate appeal, said the country's permanent representative to the UN Barbara Woodward.
Johnson's spokesman also confirmed that London would join other countries in securing Ukrainian security if Kyiv agreed to a neutral status as part of a peace treaty. At the same time, he clarified that so far no such request has been received from the Ukrainian authorities.
09:16 The US State Department has accused Putin of provoking a global food crisis. They recalled that the Black Sea region is responsible for 73% of world exports of sunflower oil, 30% of wheat grain exports and 20% of corn.
"The consequences of Putin's war extend far beyond the borders of Ukraine, posing an immediate threat to world food security. Make no mistake: Putin created this food crisis. And he is the only one who can stop it," Sherman, deputy head of the State Department, said.
08:54 In Kiev, from today, the South Bridge opens for public transport, reports the Kyiv City State Administration. The North and Darnitsky bridges will operate for road traffic on the left and right banks of the capital.
08:49 Chinese Ambassador to the UN Dai Bing called the war in Ukraine a "conflict situation" and urged not to impose new sanctions against Russia, because this would lead to a "new humanitarian catastrophe." He asks "to refrain from unjustified export restrictions."
08:30 The White House called the circumstances under which Biden can meet with Putin: “It will depend on what President Putin wants to talk about. President Biden made it very clear that there must be a tangible de-escalation from Russia and a clear, true commitment diplomacy before he engages in such a conversation."
08:26 Russian invaders staged a provocation at the Ryzhevka border checkpoint. They set up and blew up their own armored personnel carrier there, said Dmitry Zhivitsky, head of the Sumy OVA. In order to "revenge" the Ukrainians, the Russians burned down a border checkpoint on the Ukrainian-Russian border.
08:14 At a star concert in British Birmingham last night, they managed to raise 16 million dollars for Ukrainian migrants.
08:11 The UK is convening a donor conference tomorrow to raise more funds for lethal weapons for Ukraine. The initiator was the head of the British Ministry of Defense Ben Wallace. According to him, at the conference "we will see what we can gather from around the world to ensure that Russia does not succeed in its illegal occupation and invasion of a sovereign country."
08:09 Venediktova announced the creation of an international legal working group on liability for crimes committed in Ukraine. Its scope will include providing advice on accountability, including through the UN and regional organizations.
08:00 Great Britain will strengthen its military presence in the Arctic due to Russian aggression in Ukraine, said Minister of Defense Ben Wallace.
07:53 German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock admitted that the EU was aware of the danger of increased energy dependence on Russia after the occupation of Crimea, and now they are paying for ignoring the problem.
07:30 The Parliament of Canada supported visa-free travel with Ukraine. The deputies voted for the report of the Standing Committee of the Parliament, whose members had previously approved the introduction of a visa-free regime with Ukraine.
07:07 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the conscripts of the Russian Federation of the 26th Tank Regiment from the 47th Tank Division, who signed contracts, after their participation in the war with Ukraine, began to submit reports with a request to terminate the contract and send them for further service to the point permanent deployment.
07:02 In the occupied territory of the Luhansk region, the Russians plan to conduct another wave of mobilization from April 1. It is possible that there will be such attempts in the recently occupied territories of the region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
06:51 Russia is transferring units of the 4th (South Ossetia) and 7th (Abkhazia) military bases to Ukraine from the occupied territories of Georgia, the General Staff reports.
From the 4th military base, three armored personnel carriers with a total number of up to 1,200 Russian and Ossetian military personnel were formed and sent to Ukraine. From the units of the 7th military base, two armored personnel carriers were formed, that is, about 800 people.
05:21 According to the UN, 3.9 million Ukrainians have already left the country since the beginning of the Russian invasion, another 6.5 million have become internally displaced.
02:59 Scholz said that Russia attacked Ukraine, guided by "extremely imperialistic views," and the aggressive war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine is aimed at seizing territory.
02:15 The White House said that the Russians are blocking 94 civilian ships with food in the Black Sea region and have already bombed three civilian ships carrying goods from Black Sea ports around the world.
01:37 The Foreign Ministry says that Russia, having mined the Black Sea, is trying to discredit Ukraine in front of its international partners - the invaders are using mines seized in Crimea in 2014.
00:59 Russia withdraws troops from the Kiev and Chernihiv regions in order to transfer them to the Donbass, the General Staff declares.
00:11 Zelensky said that a new functionality is already available in Die to compensate for the destruction of houses or apartments as a result of hostilities.
00:02 British intelligence admits that Russia's statements about a decrease in activity around Kiev and the withdrawal of some units from these areas may indicate a recognition that the Russian Federation has lost the initiative in the region. It is likely that Russia will try to transfer combat power from the north to the offensive in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.