Russian invasion of Ukraine: tanks and rocket attacks on the cities. Breaking news

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The main that happened at night :

• A shipment with weapon to fight Russian occupiers army arrived from Germany. DW informs about this.

• USA can enrease production of Stinger and Javelin missiles systems to replenish its stocks after thousands of systems delivered to Ukraine. This was announced by the Assistant Secretary to the USA Army for acquisitions, logistics and technology Gouglas Bush in his interview to Defense News.

• Russia remains without bananas due to the full scale break in to Ukraine. The largest suppliers of this product cannot send it to Russian towns due to the sanctions.
  The Wall Street Journal writes about this.
• Number of NATO members countries approving an alliance peace keeping mission entrance to Ukraine, grows. This was announced by the Prime Minister of Poland during his visit to Brussels Mateusz Morawiecki, RMF24 writes.
• The Head of Sumy Millitary Administration Dmiytro Zhyvytskiy announced in his video in Telegram that he was preparing the region to a possible chemical attack by the Russian occupiers army. According to the Head of RSA, they are working to provide the region with masks, respirators, and other protection means that can save people's lives.
• During the month of the war, in Ukraine 54 railway workers have died, 64 workers have been injured in different ways. This was announced by the Head of Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railway) Oleksandr Kamyshin in Telegram.
• At 10:00 a.m. March 26, the Russian occupiers plan to hold a paid meeting in the centre of Melitopol as if on the support of the occupiers regime. This is informed by the Security Service of Ukraine. According to the special service, 1200 Russian rubles are promised to be paid for participation in the meeting. The information was obtained by SSU from the intercepted conversations of the occupiers.
• The mayor of Slavutych Yuriy Fomychev rejected gossips of the ill-wishers that he had run from the town that is blocked by the Russian occupiers. According to Fomychev, on March 25 it was difficult, the town was shelled. The Armed Forces of Ukraine pushed back the occupiers, but there are killed, their names are under specification.
• The Russian occupiers army is concentrated to capture eastern regions of Ukraine, not Kyiv. They want to cut Ukrainian Forces in the east from the rest of the country, and then to use this advantage during negotiations. Reuters informs about this, citing a high ranking official in the Ministry of Defense of USA.
• The Head of the Ministry of Defense of Czech Republic Jana Černochová will not go to Budapest at the meeting of Visegrád Group. The reason is the reject of Hungary to support Ukraine and sanctions implementation against Russia. She wrote this in Twitter.
• On March 25 the Armed Forces of Ukraine did a missile strike on the occupiers vehicle, as well as the army and the logistics. This is informed by the Head of Air Forces of AFU at Facebook. 
  
  Totally the occupiers stroke 6 missiles on the military objects of Ukraine. Part of them was hit by the air defence. Some of the strikes hit the targets, there are destructions, the rescuers have located the ignitions and are disassembling blockages.

American jewellery house Tiffany & Co suspends the purchases of Russian rough and cut diamonds on the back of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The announcement has been posted on Twitter.

“Tiffany has paused the sourcing of all rough diamonds from Russia, as well as serialized diamonds of Russian origin regardless of where they are cut and polished,” the announcement reads.

Update from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: 25 March summary

The occupiers stuck to their previous tactics, regrouping their troops, replenishing losses, and continuing airstrikes on military and civilian installations on the territory of Ukraine.

The enemy kept suppressing the resistance of occupied localities’ residents opposing the invaders. Also, the Russians were trying to forcefully impose the Russian rouble as the main currency.

The enemy’s actions by direction were as follows:

There were no offensive actions in the direction of Volyn.

In the Polissia directions, the enemy continued shelling the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In the Novhorod-Siverskyi direction, the occupiers tried to hold the previously captured positions.

In the Slobozhanshchyna direction, the situation was the following: the enemy tried to gain footing in Sumy, kept shelling civilians’ homes in Kharkiv, and moved hardware and troops toward Izyum.

In the Donetsk direction, the occupiers were regrouping to continue their offensive and advance to the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

In the Southern Buh direction, the invaders restocked and prepared for offensive actions.

The use of Z as a symbol has been criminalized in the German federal state of Lower Saxony. According to Taggesschau, the German Ministry of Internal Affairs has published the resolution about it already.

“The prosecutors of Bavaria are taking concerted measures against the people who publicly support the aggressive war that breaches the international law,” State Minister of Justice Georg Eisenreich said.

The public demonstration of the Z symbol will be prosecuted from now on.

On 25 March, Russian invaders carried out a missile strike on Oktyrka’s civilian installations, Head of Sumy Military Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyi reports.

“Sadly, the shelling of Sumy city limits and outskirts continues. Today, Oktyrka was bombed again in the afternoon, and the dropped bomb did a lot of damage. Regretfully, Oktyrka suffers severe losses,” he emphasized.

According to Zhyvytskyi, it was Trostianets district that came under shelling again. A gas pipeline was damaged, there is a risk of gas supply to local households being disrupted.

President of Hungary Viktor Orbán has refused to help Ukraine in its defence against Russian occupational forces. He emphasized it in his Facebook statement.

“We will not let Hungary be drawn into this war. We are not sending troops or weaponry to Ukraine. I even repeated it in the presence of President Zelenskyy. Hungary is above all for us,” he wrote.

During the Moscow-Kaliningrad train stop at the railway station in Vilnus passangers are reminded: „Dear passengers of the train №29 “Moscow-Kaliningrad”! Today Putin kills peaceful citizens of Ukraine. Do you agree with that?”

For the first time in its history, Ireland’s most popular newspaper Irish Independent has printed its entire front page in Ukrainian. Before that, only English and Irish languages could be seen there.

Good night smile. The Chief of Poltava Regional Police Evhen Rohachov informs that “from the beginning of large-scale Russian invasion to Ukraine police forces of Poltava region have withdrawn from illicit trafficking 11 tanks, 2 armored cars, 8 machine guns, 9 assault rifles, 5 rifles, 10 pistols, about 4 000 cartridges of various calibers, 14 garnets and about 200 units of other ammunition”.

The Speaker of Operative Staff of Odesa Regional Military Administration Serhij Bratchuk says that the AFU supposedly casted away Russian occupants from Yasnohorodka village near Kyiv.

Information needs confirmation from other official sources.

Arestovych on Mariupol: “According to my data nearly 5 000 people (occupants) stay in the city and around it. This is not enough to seize the city”.

In his interview for Radio NV, Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President Arestovych said that "Kherson and the Mykolaiv Region have almost been cleared from the enemy troops. The enemy is entrenching and transitions to a defence stance near Kherson".

The same information was relayed by an unnamed Pentagon official to NYT today.

Russia missile hit military unit in Zhytomyr, Serhij Sukhomlyn, the city mayor informs. Two people who had photos of the object were detained.

What Ukraine needs to defeat Russia and save the future of the world. Yermak’s address to the West:

→ Real-time exchange of intelligence information

→ Full-fledged land lease

→ Heavy equipment (long-range artillery, MLRS, and more)

→ “close the skies” (e.g., by providing Ukraine with fighter jets, long-range anti-air defence systems of Soviet and Russian manufacture, which are available in Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Greece)

→ The Russian Federation need to be rendered unable to attack again (through safety guarantees for Ukraine)

→ Tougher sanctions, including an embargo on Russian energy carriers.

Yermak called on the partners to recognize Russia and it's army as terrorist state and organization correspondingly.

Moscow communist deputy Savostjanov called to “include in denazification and demilitarization zone” not only Ukraine but also Kazakhstan, Moldova, Poland and Baltic countries.

The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food announces start of the sowing in 11 regions. The sowing area under main crops might be reduced by 22% this year.

The Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Vereshchuk addresses the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Rutte asking to provide Ukraine with MDS.

"We need missile defense weapon. If we get one we will restore peace after a while. If not – the war will spread to Europe. This will be a responsibility of Mark Rutte, Boris Johnson and all other leaders who stopped one step away from such a crucial stage".

Hacker group Anonymous publishes files from The Central Bank of Russian Federation database. The content equals 28 GB. Information on hacking were released yesterday.

The Czech Republic provides chemical protection to the AFU and the SESU.

Chile has allocated $100,000 for Ukraine. The money will be transferred via the Red Cross.

About 100 cooking points serving hot dinners are open in Kyiv districts. 50 of them provide also medication, cloth, personal hygiene products and long-term storage products.

Kyiv authorities: “Enough supplies have been stockpiled to sustain Kyiv residents and defenders for a long time. The food is distributed among districts and stored in the places protected from enemy attacks.”

Summary from JFO staff on Donbas of March 25. Today:

- 9 enemy attacks reflected;

- 8 tanks, 17 units of armored vehicles and 11 units of Russian vehicles destroyed;

- 170 occupants liquidated;

- 3 enemy aircrafts and 3 Orlan-10 UAVs brought down.

Defence forces in Chernihiv region showed new portion of Russian scrap.

“See Mariupol and die”—this is how the new video of Russian invaders being destroyed should be titled, according to Azov Regiment soldiers.

The President thanked journalists and Media that 24/7 provide true information on the war.

The government has started urgently building housing for displaced persons from the areas of hostilities. This housing is temporary. After the war, everything will be rebuilt and restored, Zelenskyy said.

16,000 Russian invaders killed in Ukraine is a powerful argument for immediate and fruitful negotiations with the Kremlin, the President believes.

Zelenskyy: Pension payments for April has begun. Tomorrow people in Chernihiv and Luhansk regions will receive money on cards. Ukrposhta will deliver cash. Soon pensions will be sent all over Ukraine.

Zelenskyy thanked the Armed Forces of Ukraine for sending the Russian Navy’s destroyed and damaged ships “from Berdiansk to the destination we all know too well.”

Zelenskyy on dissapearance of the MD RF Head Shoigu: „Interesting if it's possible that he decided to personally visit Chornobaivka?”

18 relief corridors have been established this week, and 37,606 people have been evacuated from besieged cities, Vereshchuk said.

Zelenskyy’s new address to the people of Ukraine.

In its live feed, CNN informs that Russia is moving its troops from the temporarily occupied territories of Georgia to Ukraine, citing a top Pentagon official.

Biden reffering to US military in Poland talked about horrors of war in Ukraine. He spoke “And you're going to see when you're there“ which translators implied to mean that American soldiers are going to Ukraine. Many portals momentarily spread information on „hints” from Biden on sending troops.

Later White House representative claimed that Biden “has been clear we are not sending US troops to Ukraine and there is no change in that position”.

Occupant truck was burned down in Hero City Irpin.

Ukrzaliznytsia. Schedule of additional evacuation trains on 26 March:

Kyiv, Darnytsia Railway Station

9 AM—Intercity+ Kyiv–Lviv

5 PM—Intercity+ Kyiv–Lviv

Kharkiv

8 AM—Intercity+ Kharkiv–Lviv

11:30 AM—No. 229/330 Kharkiv–Uzhhorod

3 PM—Intercity+ Kharkiv–Uzhhorod

Dnipro

8 PM—No. 234/233 Dnipro–Chop

Kramatorsk

1 PM—No. 274/273 Kramatorsk–Lviv

4 PM—No. 276/275 Kramatorsk–Lviv

Also, an additional train will depart from Odesa to Uzhhorod at 10:32 PM.

Danilov also said that people in Russia are “gradually” realising the magnitude of their army’s losses in Ukraine.

"The military and political headquarters of RF figure out their relationships the rub being why Kyiv was not seized. <...> This does not mean that Russians fold arms and raise the white flag", – the Secretary of the NSDC Danylov.

The President of Lithuania Nausėda let in on Polichinelle's secret: some members of the EU “are not ready to refuse Russian energy resources”.

The Czech Republic approves of Poland's idea of peacemakers in Ukraine but only after the end of combat operations, Jan Lipavský, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic says. – CTK.

Russian propagandists were filming another story about “successes” of occupants in Ukraine but something went wrong in the frame:

More from Lithuanian MoD Anušauskas: “The hardware losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are partially offset by the captured Russian equipment. The Ukrainians have captured about 130 tanks alone. However, it is not enough, and the countries that have allied with Ukraine are thinking (and need to think) about it.

Azov Regiment in Kharkiv filled the bodywork with Russian occupants:

The Minister of Defense of Lithuania: “A terrorist war goes on against Ukraine and the goal is to destroy”.

An infographic about the situation in the Kyiv Region—click here to open the map.

Journalist Andriy Tsaplienko writes about his injury: “I had it coming. Got a small shrapnel wound. The doctor said I’d be as good as new by the time we win.”

Biden in Poland about Ukraine: There are...hundreds of thousands of people who are being cut off from help by Russian forces and are in besieged in places like Mariupol... It’s like something out of a science fiction movie. You turn on the television and see what these towns look like, and the cities.”