09:13
Explosions at Kramatorsk
Shelling took place in Kramtorsk. According to local authorities, a school was destroyed and regarding fifteen apartments in a building were affected.
08:27
Russian leader Wagner warns of collapse of front line if forced to withdraw from Bakhmut
Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Russian mercenary force Wagner has once once more warned that his troops are still deprived of ammunition. He warned in a video that if these fighters were forced to retreat, the whole front would collapse.
08:16
The whole country placed on air raid alert
08:09
Ukrainians retain access to Bakhmout
Ukrainian forces are retaining a key route in and out of Bakhmut, according to National Guard Lt. Volodymyr Nazarenko on CNN. “Ukrainian armed forces hold the Bakhmut-Kostiantynivka highway, it’s quite stable,” he said. This route is crucial for supplying the city. According to him, new reserves have arrived as reinforcements to hold the defense of the city.
08:04
Russia might use tanks from the 50s
According to the British Ministry of Defense estimates that the Russian army might use old tanks from the 1950s to send them to the front and to stem the losses already suffered. These Soviet-made T-62 tanks were first deployed in 1954. These tanks are said to have been modernized. However, according to the ministry, these tanks do not have armor capable of resisting current weapons.
07:55
Tennis player Marta Kostyuk dedicates her first WTA title to the victims of the conflict in Ukraine
Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, 52nd player in the world, won her first title on the WTA circuit on Sunday in Austin (Texas), which she immediately dedicated to her country and to the victims of the conflict which has been raging there for more than a year. Kostyuk, 20, beat Russian Varvara Gracheva (88th) in straight sets, 6-3 7-5 in the final.
After scoring the point of victory, the young woman collapsed on the court, in tears, before speaking at the awards ceremony. “I want to dedicate this title to Ukraine and all the people who are fighting and dying right now,” she said. “Obviously this is a very special moment for me,” she added.
07:49
Visit of Russian Defense Minister to Mariupol
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited Mariupol, the city in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region captured by Russian forces last year following a months-long siege.
“As part of a trip to the area of the special military operation, Sergei Shoigu conducted inspections of already reconstructed infrastructure sites as well as new construction sites in Mariupol,” according to the ministry. The minister notably visited a medical center and a new residential district comprising twelve buildings. A report on the construction of a major aqueduct supposed to connect the People’s Republic of Donetsk (DNR) in eastern Ukraine with the Russian region of Rostov was also presented to him.
07:45
Delays in payments from the international fund to supply arms to Ukraine
The British-led €587 million international fund to supply arms to Ukraine has distributed only €226 million. The UK Ministry of Defense admitted that awarding the contracts “inevitably took time”. Launched last August, the International Fund for Ukraine is in principle intended to be “a flexible, low-bureaucracy fund” for emergency response.
07:35
Ukrainian missiles shot down over Belgorod in Russia
According to the Russian governor of the region, three Ukrainian missiles were shot down over the Belgorod region in the city of Novy Oskol. A man was reportedly injured by shrapnel in the arm and was taken to hospital by ambulance. Additional damage had been caused to power lines and building facades. Ukraine did not comment.
07:29
Ukraine Auctions Seized Ammonia From Russians
The Asset Recovery and Management Agency (ARMA) has just put up for auction until March 14 a batch of 9,739 tonnes of ammonia seized from Russia. These assets are kept in insulated storage facilities in Odessa. The funds raised will be used to finance the country’s defense needs. ARMA has already sold more than 32,000 tons of Russian ammonia for a total of 28 million euros.
07:19
Day of mourning in Zaporizhia, in tribute to the victims of the March 2 bombing
The acting mayor of Zaporizhia, in southern Ukraine, declared Monday a day of mourning, following 13 people were killed in the shelling that hit a residential building on March 2. Still five people remain missing as search and rescue operations have been completed.
07:12
Bakhmout, a “painful and difficult battle”, says the Ukrainian president
As Bakhmout has become the epicenter of an all-out war, “I would like to pay special tribute to the bravery, strength and resilience of the soldiers fighting in Donbass”, this region in the east of the country, Volodymyr Zelensky said in his daily message on Sunday.
He stressed how this battle, which for months has inflicted very heavy losses on both sides, in artillery duels and muddy trenches, was “painful and difficult”.
07:00
Hello everyone !
Welcome to this direct dedicated to the war in Ukraine on the 376th day of the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
