[NY Post] A Russian military transport plane crashed on Tuesday with 15 people on board after one of its engines burst into flames after takeoff — reportedly killing all on board, fiery video shows.
The Il-76 plane carrying eight crew members and seven passengers went down in the Ivanovo region northeast of Moscow, according to Russia’s Defense Ministry. It is unclear who the passengers were and where they were headed.
Dramatic cellphone footage shared on the "112" Telegram channel showed the aircraft with one engine ablaze rapidly losing altitude.
Another video showed a plume of thick black smoke rising into the sky over a wooded area.
Online news outlets reported that there were no survivors.
“At about 1:00 p.m. Moscow time, an IL-76 military transport aircraft crashed during takeoff for a scheduled flight in the Ivanovo region,” the Defense Ministry was quoted as saying by the state-run TASS news agency.
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...I'm almost beginning to feel sorry for the poor bastards.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:23 CIA Director William Burns warned that the US refusal to resume arms supplies to Kiev will lead to the loss of significant territories by Ukraine. According to him, without additional help in 2024, “you will see even more Avdiivka.” At the same time, Burns added that if the aid package is approved, Ukraine will have the opportunity to “penetrate” strikes on Crimea.
22:02 Ukraine's retreat from Avdiivka and its struggle to prevent further territorial losses demonstrated the vulnerability of Ukraine's military capabilities when external military assistance is reduced, US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said. According to her, uncertainty regarding Congressional approval of aid to Ukraine plays into the hands of the Russian Federation, increasingly shifting the situation on the battlefield in its favor.
21:56 Zelensky said in an interview with the French TV channel BFMTV that the Russian offensive has been stopped and now the situation at the front is much better than in the last three months. The president also stressed that Ukraine does not need foreign troops on the country’s territory, but would welcome trainers and technical personnel from NATO member countries.
In addition, Zelensky is convinced that a truce would be a “respite” for Putin, since it would allow him to restore the combat capability of his army and increase the production of ammunition. At the same time, the Ukrainian president does not believe that the Russian Federation will resort to a nuclear strike. At the same time, he admits that Russia is “20 km ahead of us” in terms of superiority in long-range weapons.
21:41 Biden said that without action from Congress, aid to Ukraine could not resume: “Unless Congress acts on this emergency request, the United States will not be able to continue to support Ukraine to meet its battlefield needs.”
21:35 Ukraine is ready to open airports and resume international flights. To this end, Kyiv has begun official negotiations with European and American regulators. About when airports can start operating in Ukraine, see the article Like in Israel.
20:59 Zelensky said in an evening video message that today he heard a separate report from Budanov: “Several questions, first of all, Russia’s military plans. And not only against our state - against other nations too. The joint task of the world now is to bring down this sick Putin’s fantasy that "he supposedly has time to continue the war. Perhaps he will increase the mobilization after the simulated "elections" now, in March - the mobilization of the Russians. But we must limit the mobilization of resources and finances, the remnants of Russian ties with the world, even more, even more harshly."
19:23 Stoltenberg said that NATO does not plan to send troops to Ukraine: “NATO does not plan to send troops to Ukraine... It is important for us to consult and come to a common approach on these important topics, because they matter to all of us.” The Secretary General noted that even if individual NATO countries send troops to Ukraine, this will affect the entire Alliance.
19:18 Macron is postponing a long-planned visit to Ukraine due to disagreements with allies in policy towards the Russian Federation, Politico writes, citing sources. According to the French diplomat, instead of going to Kyiv, the French president now wants to “take the necessary time” for negotiations with allies in order to visit Ukraine “with tangible results.”
18:47 The White House request for 2025 does not include funds for the needs of Ukraine due to the lack of agreement in the US Congress on this issue, Federal News Network reports. In total, according to the draft budget, the United States intends to allocate almost $850 billion for military spending in 2025. In addition, the United States intends to allocate $1.5 billion to contain the Russian Federation in 2025.
18:20 Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis believes that the time has come to discuss the possibility of sending Western troops to Ukraine: “Now is the time for discussion. Starting a conversation destroys self-imposed red lines.” He also emphasized that “none of the capitals is too far from Kyiv for Putin’s army.”
"Some of us may feel safe being far away. But the geographical fact is that the Ukrainian front line can be compared to the distance between Vilnius and London. If the Ukrainians no longer defended this line, imagine how it could have ended. This applies to everyone us," added the head of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry.
17:49 A bill has been submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation to invalidate the decision to transfer Crimea from the RSFSR to the Ukrainian SSR, Russian media write.
17:02 The Russians have been shelling the Kharkov region throughout the day, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. Three people were injured in the village of Glushkovka, Kupyansky district, and another person was injured in Volchansk.
16:28 Russian authorities have created special manuals for teachers to “re-educate” Ukrainian children, writes Meduza. They are forced to have a Russian identity and are told that they will never return to their homeland.
15:40 Zelensky said that he held a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. I heard detailed reports from the command on the situation on the battlefield, reports from the Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov and the head of the Ministry of Strategic Industry, Alexander Kamyshin, on providing the front with everything necessary. They also discussed the actual and future supply of shells, missiles and other weapons, as well as their own production.
Another topic is fortifications. Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal reported on the pace of construction of new defense lines. “Protection of three lanes with a length of 2,000 km is a large-scale task, but now the pace is good. I count on timely completion,” the president emphasized.
15:36 The Wall Street Journal writes, citing a NATO official, that Russia will likely be able to maintain its military operations at the current scale for another two to five years. At least two European military intelligence agencies believe Russia can produce enough weapons to hold out for several more years. At the same time, analysts question the quality of these weapons.
15:14 Ukraine is now closer to NATO membership than ever, Stoltenberg said: “Putin wanted less NATO, he gets more NATO, more NATO military presence in the eastern part of our Alliance. Finland and Sweden are full members, and Ukraine is closer to NATO membership than ever before." According to the Secretary General, Ukraine will become a NATO ally, and the question is not “if,” but “when.”
14:59 The City Hall of London invited city residents to donate them to Ukraine instead of disposing of their cars that do not meet environmental standards. The program starts on March 15. City residents will be able to receive a recycling grant and donate their car for humanitarian and medical needs in Ukraine. The London Ambulance Service also plans to join this initiative by donating 50 decommissioned ambulances to Ukraine.
14:28 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg rejected the Pope's call for Ukraine to “raise the white flag” and begin negotiations with the Russian Federation: “Surrender is not peace. Putin started this war and can end it today. Ukraine, on the other hand, does not have such possibilities". He also called on all allies to continue to provide military support to Kyiv.
13:45 At the end of 2023, Ukraine entered the top five largest arms importers in the world, according to estimates by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). During the two years of war, at least 30 states supplied Ukraine with weapons as military aid. Among them, the US provided 39% of Ukrainian arms imports in 2019-23, Germany - 14% and Poland - 13%.
At the same time, Russian arms exports decreased by 53%, and it dropped to third place. In 2019, the Russian Federation supplied weapons to 31 states, in 2022 - to 14, and in 2023 - to 12.
13:17 The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said that proceeds from frozen Russian assets in the EU could be used to purchase weapons for Ukraine, but this would require the decision of all 27 members of the bloc: “If the member states agree, we could use the profits from Russian frozen assets to purchase weapons for Ukraine and/or help strengthen its defense industry."
12:41 Peskov, commenting on the Pope’s statements about the need for negotiations on Ukraine, said that Putin “has repeatedly spoken out in favor of negotiations,” but Kiev “strictly denies” the possibility of such communication. According to him, Ukraine relies on statements from Western countries about Russia’s defeat, “and this is a deep mistake.”
12:16 Budanov explained the significance of combat missions in the Black Sea and Crimea: “These are all preparatory measures for a serious operation in Crimea. This is a test of the correctness of our statements about the routes of approach and departure from there. In addition, this is a good message for the population who lives "They have been under occupation for ten years. Many of them believe that they have been forgotten."
11:42 Russia produces about 250 thousand artillery shells per month, or about 3 million per year, which is almost three times more than the United States and Europe produce for Ukraine, CNN reports, citing Western intelligence data. Officials say Russia now fires about 10,000 shells a day, while Ukraine fires just 2,000. The ratio is even worse in some parts of the front, according to a European intelligence official.
11:31 Czech President Petr Pavel said that NATO troops can carry out auxiliary activities directly on the territory of Ukraine, since this does not violate any international rules. He said a clear distinction needs to be made between the deployment of combat troops and the possible involvement of troops in certain support activities in which NATO already has experience.
11:25 In Russia, during a massive drone attack on the night of March 8, two UAVs fell on the territory of an arsenal with ammunition in the village of Kotluban, Volgograd region, reports the opposition Russian publication Astra. Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that on the night of March 8, 15 drones were allegedly shot down over the Volgograd region. According to sources, two of them fell on the territory of military unit 57229/51, while one drone exploded after the fall. Preliminarily, there were no casualties.
Military unit 57229/51 is a large arsenal for complex ammunition storage. This is at least the third drone attack on the territory of a military unit. So, on November 16, as a result of an attack, a warehouse with small arms ammunition burned down, and 630 people were evacuated from the territory of the military unit.
10:41 Ukraine officially begins negotiations with US and EU regulators on the resumption of passenger air travel. Consultations are also taking place with the Israeli Civil Aviation Administration, Infrastructure Minister Alexander Kubrakov said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine. At the same time, he added that it is too early to talk about any deadlines.
“There are not many examples in the world where there are airports where drones or missiles can fly in at any time. Israel is the most successful example. We spent and continue to spend a lot of time consulting with the Israeli civil aviation administration,” the minister said. He also noted that some European airlines are already showing interest and want to be the first to reopen the Ukrainian aviation market. Negotiations, he said, are also ongoing with three Ukrainian companies.
10:34 German Foreign Minister Annalena Bärbock supported the proposal of her British colleague David Cameron to exchange cruise missiles so that Ukraine could receive long-range weapons: “A circular exchange is, so to speak, a German invention. This would be an option. And we have already done this with other equipment some time ago."
10:22 The New York Times writes that 12 Ukrainian pilots are expected to be ready for combat flights on the F-16 in the summer of 2024 after training in Denmark, Great Britain and the United States. But by the time the pilots return to Ukraine, only six of the roughly 45 fighters promised by European allies may have been delivered. Delivery and preparation proved to be a “challenging task,” the newspaper noted. Another 13 fighters are due to arrive before the end of the year and in 2025.
Pilot training is now happening at “lightning speed,” but overall the training process is moving slower than Ukraine and its allies had hoped, the NYT writes. Although the Danish Ministry of Defense reported that Ukrainian pilots are already flying over the country’s airspace.
09:54 The Russians began to actively use powerful high-explosive FAB-1500 aerial bombs against the Ukrainian Armed Forces, capable of undermining the defense of Ukraine, CNN reports. The one-and-a-half-ton FAB-1500 consists of almost half high-explosive explosives. They are dropped from fighter jets from a distance of 60-70 km, where Ukrainian air defense systems cannot reach. The Ukrainian military says the damage from these bombs is very serious. “If you survive, you are guaranteed to have a shell shock. This puts a lot of pressure on the morale of the soldiers. Not all of our guys can withstand this. If they are more or less accustomed to the FAB-500, then the FAB-1500 is hell,” he told CNN a military man from the front-line Krasnogorovka.
09:17 Orban said after a meeting with Trump that he promised not to provide financial assistance to Ukraine if he returned to the White House: “He has a very clear vision, which is difficult to disagree with. He says the following: firstly, in the Ukrainian-Russian "He will not give a penny to the war. Therefore, the war will end, because it is obvious that Ukraine will not be able to fight on its own."
According to the Hungarian Prime Minister, if the United States does not give money to Ukraine, then Europe will also not be able to provide sufficient funding for Kyiv, “and then the war will end.” According to Orban, Trump has “fairly detailed plans” on how to end the Russian war against Ukraine, and they coincide with the interests of Hungary.
09:03 At night, the Russians attacked Kharkov with Shahed-type drones. As a result of the shelling, two apartment buildings, a hotel, an infrastructure facility and a public utility were damaged. No people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Oleg Sinegubov.
08:39 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 11:
personnel - about 424,980 (+920) people,
tanks - 6739 (+8),
armored combat vehicles - 12,874 (+24),
artillery systems - 10,499 (+33),
MLRS - 1016 (+1),
air defense systems - 711 (+2),
aircraft - 347 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 8141 (+59),
cruise missiles - 1919 (+0),
ships/boats - 26 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 13,826 (+74),
special equipment - 1686 (+14).
08:24 Over the past 24 hours, 64 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In particular, the Russian army tried 25 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the areas of Krasnogorovka, Georgievka, Novomikhailovka, Urozhaynoye, Donetsk region. Another 17 enemy attacks were repulsed in the Avdeevsky direction - in the areas of the settlements of Berdychi, Orlovka, Tonenkoye, Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye in the Donetsk region.
The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Kupyansk direction. In the Liman direction, eight enemy attacks were repelled in the areas of Belogorovka, Lugansk region, as well as Ternov, Yampolevka, Sporny and Razdolovka, Donetsk region; on Bakhmutsky - five attacks in the areas of Kleshcheevka, Andreevka and east of Chasov Yar, Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - three attacks in areas south of Novodarovka and north-west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - four attacks.
07:45 Czech President Petr Pavel said that 800 thousand shells for Ukraine, purchased in third countries, can be delivered within a few weeks, “if there are no fundamental problems.”
06:58 The Russians massively attacked the Odessa region with drones. The Shahed-class UAVs entered from the Black Sea in complex maneuvers between residential and industrial areas, Defense Forces in the south said. In the Odessa region, as a result of the hit, an infrastructure facility was hit and administrative buildings were damaged. The fire was quickly extinguished. The shock wave damaged private houses around, but no people were injured. In total, ten drones were shot down in the region.
06:16 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense allegedly intercepted and destroyed four UAVs over the Bryansk region and two over the Oryol region at night.
05:59 Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair reproached the United States for the delay in the delivery of the NASAMS air defense system paid for by Ottawa to Ukraine and called for “finalizing the contracts.” The previous leadership of the Canadian Defense Ministry promised back in January 2023 that the purchase would take place “as quickly as possible” and shipment “should not take years.”
03:11 The Ukrainian film 20 days in Mariupol received an Oscar for best documentary feature film. This is the first Ukrainian film to win an Oscar.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled four attacks launched by assault groups of AFU 32nd mechanised and 57th mechanised infantry brigades near Sinkovka (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 30 Ukrainian troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, and two pick-up trucks.
In the course of the counterbattery warfare, one Czech-made Vampire MLRS, two French-made Caesar self-propelled artillery systems, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one U.S.-made M101 howitzer were destroyed.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines, and inflicted losses on units of AFU 80th Air Assault, 33rd, 54th Mechanised brigades near Krasnogorovka, Razdolovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Belogorovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
In addition, one attack by assault groups of the AFU 79th Air Assault Brigade was repelled close to Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU lost up to 180 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, three pick-up trucks, three 152mm 2S5 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery systems, and two 122mm D-20 howitzers. Three enemy ammunition depots were destroyed.
In Avdeyevka direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces' units improved the situation along the front line, and inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of AFU 53rd, 110th Mechanised, 103rd Territorial Defence brigades near Kalinovo, Mayorsk, and Rozovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Eleven counter-attacks of AFU 24th, 47th Mechanised, 3rd Assault brigades were repelled near Novobakhmutovka, Berdychi, Orlovka, and Tonenkoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost more than 430 Ukrainian troops, one U.S.-made Abrams tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and 18 motor vehicles.
In the course of the counter-battery warfare, one Grad MLRS, one U.S.-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, and five 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed.
Moreover, two AFU ammunition depots were wiped out.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of AFU 72nd Mechanised, 102nd Territorial Defence brigades near Vodyanoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Chervonoye (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 140 Ukrainian troops, eight pick-up trucks, and one U.S.-made M119 towed gun.
In Kherson direction, units of the Dnepr Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions as a result of coordinated actions.
One attack launched by assault groups of the AFU 82nd Air Assault Brigade wwas repelled near Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy lost up to 30 Ukrainian troops, one tank, five motor vehicles, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged one ammunition depot and seven UAV control posts of the AFU.
In addition, two temporary deployment areas of foreign mercenaries, as well as clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware were engaged in 142 areas.
Russian air defence forces have shot down 10 HIMARS MLRS projectiles during the day.
Over the past 24 hours, 95 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed near Peschanoye, Tabayevka (Kharkov region), Zhitlovka, Lisichansk (Lugansk People's Republic), Donetsk, Kremenets (Donetsk People's Republic), Tokmak (Zaporozhye region), and Proletarka (Kherson region).
In total, 577 airplanes and 267 helicopters, 15,080 unmanned aerial vehicles, 484 air defence missile systems, 15,428 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,237 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 8,369 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 19,608 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 21:30 Telegram channel «Fisherman":
Liman direction: advance of the Russian Armed Forces into the Laptev Yar
Over the past few weeks, the situation in the Liman direction has been largely covered by the “fog of war.” However, new evidence from open sources confirms certain successes of the Russian Armed Forces east of the village of Terny.
Thanks to objective control footage, it was possible to determine that Russian troops almost completely took control of Yar Laptev and continued fighting on the outskirts of the Krugloya gully. They are also conducting a counter-battery fight: footage of the destruction of an Ukrainian Armed Forces howitzer west of Grigorovka has appeared on the Internet.
Judging by other videos, the enemy is attempting attacks from the direction of Tern: this confirms that he maintains control over the village and refutes recent reports about the entry of the Russian Armed Forces into it. From time to time, enemy equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces comes literally close to Russian positions, which indicates the intensity of the fighting in the area.
In itself, the expansion of the Tor ledge by Russian units will allow in the future to launch an offensive simultaneously on Terny and Yampolovka. In the future, this may become an aid for the subsequent liquidation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ bridgehead on the right bank of the Zherebets River, which has existed since the fall of 2022.
20:30 “Front bird” broadcasts:
Air raid alert throughout Ukraine.
At the same time, several of our MiG-31 fighters with Kinzhal missiles took off.
20:01 “Front-line bird” broadcasts:
Donetsk direction. Krasnogorovka.
Since early morning, our assault groups have been actively attacking the southern and eastern outskirts of the village. Krasnogorovka. The enemy claims hellish fighting in and around the city. Reports that the fiercest fighting on the entire Donetsk Front is taking place in this section of the front.
Active offensive operations of our army north of Georgievka are also reported. Our troops have had significant success.
19:30 Statement by the head of the press center of the Dnepr group -video.
In the Kherson direction, units of the Dnepr group of forces, as a result of coordinated actions, occupied more advantageous lines and positions.
An attack by an assault group of the 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was repelled in the area of ??the village of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region.
The enemy lost up to 30 military personnel, a tank, five vehicles and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
19:02 Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group -video.
In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of troops defeated the manpower and equipment of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the 102nd Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Vodyanoye, Donetsk People's Republic and Chervonoye, Zaporozhye region.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to more than 140 military personnel, eight pickup trucks and a US-made M119 towed gun.
18:35 Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group -video.
In the Avdeevsky direction, units of the "Center" group of troops with active actions improved the situation along the front line and inflicted fire damage on manpower and equipment of the 53rd, 110th Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kalinovo, Mayorsk and Rozovka of Donetsk People's Republic.
A total of 11 counterattacks of assault groups of the 24th, 47th Mechanized and 3rd Assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Novobakhmutovka, Berdychi, Orlovka and Tonenkoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 430 troops, a US-made Abrams tank, two armored combat vehicles and 18 vehicles.
During the counterbattery fight, the following were hit: a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle, a US-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery mount, a 152mm D-20 howitzer and five 122mm D-30 howitzers.
In addition, two ammunition depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed.
17:50 Statement by the senior officer of the press center of the "South" group -video.
In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of forces, conducting active combat operations, occupied more advantageous positions and defeated the formations of the 80th air assault, 33rd, 54th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Krasnohorivka, Razdolovka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Belogorovka, Lugansk People's Republic.
In addition, an attack by an assault group of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Novomikhailovka, Donetsk People's Republic, was repelled.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 180 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, three Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mounts and two 152mm D-20 howitzers. Three enemy field ammunition depots were also destroyed.
17:15 Statement by the head of the press center of the “West” group -video.
In the Kupyansk direction, units of the “Western” group of forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled four attacks by assault groups of the 32nd Mechanized and 57th Motorized Infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the village of Sin'kovka, Khar'kov region.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 30 military personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles and two pickup trucks.
Also hit during the counter-battery fight were: a Czech-made Vampire MLRS combat vehicle, two French-made Caesar self-propelled artillery mounts, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, a 122mm D-30 howitzer and a US-made M101 gun.
15:15 Map air alerts in Ukraine.
13:23 Statement by the senior officer of the press center of the “South” group -video.
Units of the “Southern” group of forces, supported by air strikes and artillery fire, improved the situation along the front line, defeated the formations of the 54th Mechanized, 79th Air Assault, 5th Assault brigades and 4th Brigade of the National Guard in the areas of Verkhnekamensky, Sporny, Kurdyumovka and Novomikhailovka.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 280 military personnel, a tank, three armored combat vehicles, five cars, and two ammunition depots.
During the counterbattery fight, a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed.
12:43 Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group -video.
Units of the Vostok group of troops continue to carry out combat missions in the South Donetsk direction.
Bomber strikes, artillery fire, and heavy flamethrower systems hit strongholds and manpower concentration areas of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade, the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and national guard units in the areas of Ugledar and Staromayorsky.
Within 24 hours, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled gun, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored combat vehicle, four vehicles and more than 150 military personnel were destroyed. The ammunition depot was destroyed.
11:20 Defense line of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region -map.
Since the capture of these territories, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have thoroughly prepared for defense, creating a defensive line tens of kilometers long.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are also creating a whole network of separate large strongholds along the main line of defense.
10:31 Russian Army comes in the Artyomovsky, Avdeevsky directions and in the Ugledar area.
The main conclusions of the American Institute for the Study of War:
Russian troops advanced west of Artyomovsk. Geolocation video released on March 10 shows that the Russian Armed Forces recently fought their way into eastern Ivanovsk (west of Artyomovsk).
Recently, the Russian Army advanced northwest of Avdeevka in the Berdychi area and west of Avdievka in the Orlovka area. Geolocation videos released on March 9 and 10 show that Russian troops have recently advanced south of Berdichev and into western Orlovka.
The Russian Armed Forces advanced southwest of Ugledar in the western part of the Donetsk region. Geolocation video released in March shows that the Russian Army has recently advanced northwest of Shevchenko (southwest of Ugledar).
09:40 Criminal Kyiv regimecontinuesto fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Kardashinka two rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha five rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepnoye two rounds;
-- n.p. Novaya Kakhovka four rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan three rounds;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan three rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell the civilian infrastructure of the village. Kazachi Lagery, n.p. Golaya Pristan, n.p. Novaya Mayachka, n.p. Saga, firing a total of 18 cannon artillery rounds.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:32 Telegram channel «WarGonzo":
Frontline report for the morning 03/11/2024
– The Zaporozhye front remains tense on the Rabotino-Verbovoye line, where the Russian Armed Forces were able to capture several enemy positions between these settlements. Fierce fighting continues in Rabotino itself, with artillery active on both sides.
– On the Donetsk front there are oncoming battles from Novomikhailovka to Nevelskoye. The Russian Armed Forces actively use long-range weapons and aviation. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to counterattack. In the Tonenky area, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, having pulled up reserves, counterattacked from the western outskirts of the village - to no avail.
Fierce oncoming fighting continues in Orlovka. Both here and there - powerful work of artillery and aviation of the Russian Armed Forces. In Berdychi, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the eastern outskirts of the settlement. also repel Ukrainian counterattacks.
– In the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction, Russian troops continue to try to dislodge the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the western end of the settlement, and are also conducting offensive operations in Kleshcheevki and Bogdanovka. LBS has not changed.
– On the Lugansk front, Russian troops, with the support of artillery, continue assault operations near Yampolevka and Ternov and Sin'kovka. LBS remains unchanged.
08:54 Telegram channel “Fisherman":
Chronicle of a special military operation: events of March 7 – 10, 2024
– Ukrainian forces once again tried to launch a massive drone strike on Russian territory. The most large-scale attack in recent times was a raid by 47 UAVs of various types on the night of March 9.
– The Russian Armed Forces also hit various targets on the territory of Ukraine. Various military-industrial complex enterprises came under attack. Also, the targets of Russian attacks were the deployment points of various units in the occupied part of the DPR and in the Russian border areas.
“In addition, the Russian Armed Forces were able to chalk up several installations of the Patriot air defense system. The enemy column was caught on the march and hit with an Iskander ballistic missile.
“Meanwhile, heavy fighting continues at the front. The Russian Armed Forces are attacking with armored groups east of the village of Terny on the Tor ledge. The enemy is still holding back the attacks of the Russian Armed Forces, using FPV drones and artillery.
– In the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) sector, the battle for Krasnoye continues. Russian paratroopers pushed through enemy positions north of the village. There are also battles in Krasnoye, with Russian forces firmly in control of the eastern half of the village.
– The largest battles in the Northern Military District zone are taking place in the Avdeevsky sector, where the enemy is fiercely counterattacking after the loss of Avdievka. Collisions are taking place in several settlements at once, and near Berdychi the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already lost the 4th Abrams.
– Fierce fighting continues in Krasnogorovka, where Russian forces are advancing in the private sector. The enemy-controlled industrial zone and the northern part of the city are actively being bombarded by aircraft with UMPC bombs.
08:10 Official summary from the DPR representative office in the JCCC:
A total of 68 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR representative office in the JCCC.
There were reports of injuries to 8 civilians, including one child.
Damaged:
25 residential buildings,
3 cars destroyed,
12 civil infrastructure facilities.
Recorded:
A total of 14 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction,
Three attacks from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Yasinovatsky direction,
A total of 51 attacks from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction.
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[Regnum] In Ukraine, the construction of three defensive lines with a length of two thousand kilometers began. The head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, announced this after the bet.
“An important topic is fortification. Report from Prime Minister Denis Shmygal on the pace of construction of new defensive lines. Protection of three lanes with a length of 2,000 kilometers is a large-scale task,” he noted.
As Regnum reported, on February 2, retired LPR lieutenant colonel Andrei Marochko said that German specialists are participating in the construction of military fortifications near Kharkov and Kupyansk in the Kharkov region.
According to his sources, fortifications for the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being built by civilian specialists from Germany. Among them are representatives of construction companies and operators of construction equipment.
At the same time, at the end of December last year, Verkhovna Rada deputy Alexandra Ustinova said that the Ukrainian authorities are preparing to stop receiving aid from the West, so they are moving on to defense and the construction of three lines of fortifications.
[Regnum] Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Lieutenant General Andrei Bulyga as Deputy Minister of Defense, responsible for logistics support for the Russian Armed Forces.
“By decree of the President of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Andrei Bulyga was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, responsible for the logistics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,” the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
Previously, Bulyga served as deputy commander of the Western Military District for logistics.
Bulyga was born in 1968 in the Kazakh SSR. In 1990 he graduated from the Ulyanovsk Higher Military Technical School, in 1999 from the Military Academy of Logistics and Transport, and in 2010 from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.
Bulyga served in the Western Group of Forces, the Moscow, Far Eastern and Central Military Districts, as well as in the Department of Planning and Coordination of Logistics of the Ministry of Defense.
As Regnum reported, in July 2022, Putin appointed Colonel General Viktor Goremykin as Deputy Minister of Defense, head of the main military-political department of the Russian Armed Forces. Previously, he served as head of the Main Personnel Directorate of the Ministry of Defense.
In September 2023, Putin called the main strategic task of the military-industrial complex to provide weapons for the Northern Military District in full. The President noted that it is necessary to analyze the implementation of the supply schedule for popular weapons and equipment and identify priority tasks for 2024. In January 2024, he also announced the need to achieve high results in equipping the army and navy with all types of conventional weapons and promising models of the new generation.
[Regnum] There were no open decrees on the appointment of Hero of Russia Admiral Alexander Moiseev as Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said at a briefing on March 11.
“There are decrees classified as “secret”; I cannot comment on them. There were no open decrees to be published in this regard,” he said.
As Regnum reported, on March 11, the Izvestia newspaper, citing sources, reported that the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, had been dismissed, and his place would be taken by Hero of Russia Admiral Alexander Moiseev, who previously commanded the Northern Fleet.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has not yet confirmed the change in the commander-in-chief of the Navy.
From June 23, 2018 to May 3, 2019, Moiseev was the commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy. Since May 3, 2019, he has commanded the Northern Fleet.
Previously, Moiseev stated that the West accuses Russia of militarizing the Arctic in order to increase NATO’s military presence in the region. The basis of US military policy in the Arctic is the achievement of strategic superiority over others in the high Arctic latitudes of the Arctic. This is conceptually enshrined in the updated strategies and plans of the Pentagon, he emphasized.
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[Regnum] Ukraine does not need the French military; the Ukrainian Armed Forces are experiencing difficulties with a shortage of ammunition. The head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, stated this in an interview with the BFMTV channel.
“We have some difficulties related to the lack of shells, the air blockade, Russian long-range missiles and the high density of Russian drones. At the same time, Ukraine does not need foreign troops on its territory,” Zelensky answered a question about the possible dispatch of Western military personnel to the conflict zone.
He proposed sending technical personnel to service foreign equipment due to the fact that damaged Leopard tanks and Caesar self-propelled guns are being sent to Europe for repairs.
Zelensky also spoke about the construction in Ukraine of three fortification lines with a length of one thousand kilometers.
As Regnum reported, at the end of February, French President Emmanuel Macron said that the leaders of the EU and NATO countries discussed at a summit in Paris the possible dispatch of military personnel to the conflict zone in Ukraine. He admitted that the meeting participants could not reach a consensus on this issue.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg rejected Macron's statements about sending alliance troops to Ukraine. He advised the French President to consult on such issues with members of the bloc, since neither NATO nor its allies are a party to the conflict, Stoltenberg emphasized. He added that the intervention of an individual NATO country in the conflict will affect the entire alliance, whose members are bound by the principle of “collective defense.”
On February 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his annual address to the Federal Assembly, recalled proposals voiced in the West to send NATO troops to Ukraine. The consequences for the interventionists will be even more tragic than before, he noted. Russia also has weapons that can hit targets on their territory. Everything that they come up with in the West, which scares the whole world, all of this really threatens with nuclear war and the destruction of civilization, Putin added. Russophobia deprives one of reason, the Russian leader said.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Briefly about the monument to Prigozhin and discussions on this matter.
1. There are no legal obstacles to the installation of a monument to Prigozhin. No one tried him, the criminal case on the fact of rebellion was closed. At the time of his death, there were no open criminal cases against him. This should be understood by those who like to compare Prigozhin with Vlasov and others like them, since unlike them, Prigozhin is legally clean before the law. Vlasov, Krasnov, Semenov, Kolchak, etc. - tried and executed.
2. At the same time, there is a political assessment of the military-political leadership of the country, where Prigozhin’s actions in June 2023 are qualified as an armed rebellion. And it really was an armed rebellion in wartime. As part of political expediency, the rebellion was stopped in exchange for the closure of the criminal case against Prigozhin (which, from a strategic point of view, was completely correct and the least painful decision for the country from a set of bad decisions - everything else was worse and bloodier). But the political assessment has not gone away. And the authorities did not refuse it - neither Putin, nor the Ministry of Defense. At the same time, no one really denies (except for certain individuals) the great benefits that Prigozhin’s activities in Africa and Ukraine brought to the country. It should also be remembered, just like the armed rebellion, since we are already operating with political assessments of his life and activities in the absence of legal assessments.
3. Since Prigozhin, having abandoned his media empire and disarmed the PMC "Wagner" (in its previous form), as a political figure was reset to zero (at least in Russia, in Africa there is their own cinema), the authorities do not see much point in fighting the memory of Prigozhin, therefore and Prigozhin’s funeral took place calmly, and no one is stopping anyone from erecting a monument. There is zero point in fighting a dead Prigozhin (our authorities are generally not particularly inclined to fight with the dead), his fighters are now quite successfully operating in the interests of Russia in Africa, as part of the Russian Defense Ministry, the National Guard and other structures. Therefore, a monument to Prigozhin and Utkin among the dead soldiers of the Wagner PMC is logical and appropriate.
4. Here we are not considering the version that since no one has seen the corpses of Prigozhin and Utkin, they could theoretically be alive, and the death of the plane is some kind of cunning cover operation. By default they are considered dead. Well, we’ll find out over time how it really happened. Well, the story of Prigozhin, Utkin and the Wagner PMC with all the glorious pages and the dark spot of the rebellion in any case was, is and will be part of the military history of our country.
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Yes, the naval war has not been good to the Russians. Strange when you consider how Urkraine doesn't actually have a navy. Maybe the "leave the war to professionals" concept ain't quite the thing.
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[Breitbart] Poland’s Foreign Minister, returned after a ten-year spell in opposition, has said NATO soldiers are already in Ukraine, thanking alliance member states so deployed for taking “this risk”, the latest comments in a growing European conversation on boots on the ground for Kyiv.
Radosław Sikorski, speaking in the Polish Parliament on Saturday during an event marking the 25th anniversary of Poland signing the NATO treaty, declared with certainty there are already troops from the alliance stationed in neighbouring Ukraine. Referring to the bullish remarks of French President Emmanuel Macron on the need to keep all options open on fighting Russia, and the apparent slip-ups of the German Chancellor and Military on the direct involvement of the United Kingdom and France, Sikorski stopped short of saying from which states he believed are involved.
FM Sikorski said, as reported by U.S. government news outlet Radio Free Europe, that their presence came with some threat. He told the gathering: “Soldiers from NATO countries are already in Ukraine. I would like to thank the countries that take this risk.” Those countries with forces inside Ukraine “themselves know who they are” but “unlike other European politicians”, Sikorski said he would not be drawn further.
So I came across an episode of Kings and Generals which was a giant sales pitch for funding further war in Ukraine. It is easy to tell; the episodes usually have an advert to precede the episode. This one did not.
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[Regnum] France is trying to present itself as a peacemaker in Transcaucasia, despite the fact that it was Russia that took over the peacekeeping function in Nagorno-Karabakh. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
“We understand that this has nothing to do with peacekeeping. It was our country that took on and fulfilled the entire peacekeeping role, even in the context of the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement as a mediator,” she said in the “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov” program on the Russia 1 channel.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry believes that the increased activity of France in this region will compensate for the failure of French policy in Africa for Paris.
As Regnum reported, on February 23, French Defense Minister Sebastian Lecornu noted that France is ready to supply Armenia with short-, medium- and other-range air defense missiles if Yerevan needs them.
At the end of February, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan paid an official visit to France. Following the meeting, French President Emmanuel Macron said that Paris supports efforts to establish a just and sustainable peace in the Transcaucasus.
In October 2022, Pashinyan, at a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Prague, recognized Nagorno-Karabakh as Azerbaijani territory based on the 1991 Alma-Ata Declaration.
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[Regnum] CIA chief William Burns said at a hearing of the US Senate Intelligence Committee that new US military assistance to Ukraine will enable an offensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and “penetrating strikes on Crimea” at the end of 2024.
Burns believes that the next aid package, which cannot be agreed upon in Congress, will return the “offensive initiative” to the Ukrainian army, and Kyiv will also be able to negotiate “from a position of significant strength.”
“US military assistance will provide Ukraine with the capabilities for penetrating strikes in Crimea and actions against the Russian Black Sea Fleet,” the head of the CIA said.
If the United States refuses to help Ukraine, then, according to Burns, Kyiv will suffer significant territorial losses this year.
As Regnum reported, Ukraine does not need the French military; the Ukrainian Armed Forces are experiencing difficulties with a shortage of ammunition. The head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, stated this in an interview with the BFMTV channel.
The statement by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov (included in the list of terrorists and extremists in the Russian Federation) about the preparation of a “serious military operation” in Crimea is an attempt by Kiev in the information space to show its supposed success. This opinion was expressed on March 11 by a military expert, head of the department of political analysis and socio-psychological processes of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics Andrey Koshkin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on January 16 that the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which began on June 4, 2023, had completely and absolutely failed.
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Dollar-General does not have the market cornered on business development expansion. The Klingons are hard at work supporting Multi-State solutions everywhere.
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^ Dollar General has the advantage that they do not need to overthrow the local government before setting up shop. And while penetrating strikes on the Crim will generate a lot of "Putin humiliated" headlines in the Daily Mail, it really won't do much to change the course of the war.
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