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

The video shows a TikTok user who recently posted video with the positions of the Ukrainian military in Kyiv on the Internet. Subsequently, the shopping center, near which our defenders were located, suffered a powerful missile strike by the Russian invaders.

The investigation will establish whether this man consciously or unconsciously served as a spotter for the enemy, the SBU reports.

At the the President’s Office, the SSU and the AFU once again appealed to citizens and urged them not to take pictures or publish photos or videos of enemy shelling, the movement of Ukrainian military equipment or military positions. It is also forbidden to post the addresses and names of the affected objects.

According to Oleksiy Arestovych, adviser to the head of President’s Office, the problem has reached "immense proportions." Video and photography of the results of shelling makes the task easier for the enemy.

He told what stages the firing consists of:

• Target reconnaissance - drones are launched, spies are sent
• Attack
• Fire adjustment
• Additional reconnaissance of the target is the most important stage during which the consequences are determined. Depending on this, the type of weapons and ammunition is determined, with the help of which subsequent attacks will be carried out. It is this stage that is made easier for the enemy by publishing photos and videos of the results of shelling.

"Therefore, it is strictly forbidden to capture the results of the strikes before the rescue services have dealt with the consequences ... Or it's better not to film or take pictures of them at all ... But if you can’t help doing it, wait at least a day after the strike," Arestovich said.

At the same time, the filmed materials must not contain geolocation or geo-tagging.

It is absolutely forbidden to film or take photos of the Ukrainian military in positions.

“Each of your posted pictures is about dead civilians, soldiers, rescuers,” Arestovich said.

Mariupol. A video from the YouTube channel of journalist Yuri Butusov.

Operational information as of 18:00 on March 21 from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:

The occupation forces are in urgent need of repairing and restoring damaged weapons and military equipment. According to available information, due to the lack of receipts of foreign-made components, the work of the enterprises of the UralVagonZavod corporation and the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant has been suspended. These enterprises specialize in the production and repair of tanks, as well as other armored vehicles for the needs of the armed forces of the Russian Federation.

Cases of desertion among the personnel of the occupation forces continue to be noted. In the area of the Gavronshchyna settlement of the Makarovsky district of Kyiv region, several Russian invaders took possession of the cars of local residents, changed into looted civilian clothes and drove towards the Belarus border.

In some of the settlements on the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia region, the invaders are secretly preparing for the "elections" of the pro-Russian administration of districts and cities.

A column of white curtain-sided KAMAZ trucks of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation have concentrated In the Berdyansk port in order to organize the so-called "Russian humanitarian convoys". Similar trucks were used for the concealed transportation of ammunition to the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. This may indicate the intentions of the occupiers to organize such "humanitarian convoys" to Zaporizhzhia region.

In Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, the occupiers are are running ID checks at the local checkpoints in order to identify and detain local residents who participated in the Anti-Terrorist Operation / Joint Forces Operation in Donbas.

In addition to severe losses directly during the warfare, a large percentage of deaths among the critically wounded Russian invaders is also being recorded.

Parliamentarians from 13 countries signed a joint statement on the need to protect the Ukrainian sky”, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal tweeted.

No Russian ultimatums will lead to ending the war, while Russia will get Ukrainian territories only through complete destruction of all people, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated.

Kramatorsk is shelled again by the Russian artillery, just like in 2014-2015. However, citizens and defenders of the city are holding the line against the invaders. Video is published by the Ministry of Defense.

There is another video of the destruction of the Russian troops

Here is video of the destruction of the Russian occupiers' infantry by the Azov National Guard in Mariupol.

The British government is preparing to introduce a temporary administration in Gazprom Marketing & Trading Retail, the British division of Gazprom.

An intensified curfew will continue in the Kyiv region tomorrow. According to the head of Kyiv Region State Administration Oleksandr Pavliuk, there are saboteurs in the region, and it is curfew allows to detain these enemy groups. 

The SBU urges not to trust the resources that are part of the psychological and information special operations of the Russian Federation. These are "Legitimnyi", "Resident", "Kartel", "Splentitsa", "Cherniy kvartal", "Politicheskij rasklad", "Netipichnoe Zaporozh'e", "Trempel' Har'kov", "Odesskij fraer", "Dnepr live", "Nikolaev live", "Kherson live".

During the war the occupiers damaged 135 hospitals, 9 of which cannot be restored and fired on 43 ambulances, according to Minister of Health Viktor Lyashko.

Cinema director Oleg Sentsov, who was captured in prison for 5 years by Kremlin government for his pro-Ukrainian position, now defends Kyiv being a member of the territory defense.

The Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security has warned of a new type of sabotage. The enemy correctors offer to fix windows for free after the shelling. They try to find out the address and other details over the phone.

If you see a post on social networks about Igor or Ivan, whom you do not know personally, but he offers free help with the replacement of broken windows, then be careful and check the information. These peope can ask many questions about your house and everything nearby.

On March 19, Russian occupiers kidnapped the mayor of Beryslav, Kherson Oblast, Oleksandr Shapovalov and local activist. They have been in captivity for three days. On March 20, the occupiers allowed Shapovalov to call his family. The exact location of the prisoners is unknown, most likely they are in Nova Kakhovka, according the head of the Kherson Regional State Administration Gennady Laguta.

Borys Romanchenko, born in 1926 and a prisoner of war in the Nazi camps of Buchenwald, Peenemuende, Dora and Bergen-Belsen, was killed in Kharkiv. On March 18, he was killed in a Russian attack on an apartment building.

Как мы узнали от его близких, наш друг Борис Романченко, который пережил нацистские лагеря #Buchenwald, #Peenemünde, #Dora и #BergenBelsen, был убит в прошлую пятницу в результате взрыва бомбы в своем доме в #Харькове. Мы глубоко встревожены. pic.twitter.com/hgJeL6gkGT

— Stift. Gedenkstätten Buchenwald und Mittelbau-Dora (@Buchenwald_Dora) March 21, 2022

Moscow Tverskyy Court has forbidden Facebook and Instagram social media in russia due to “extremist activity”, RIA News informs.

In the last 24 hours the fighters of “Azov” regiment destroyed 2 tanks, 17 personnel of the occupier and drowned an enemy’s 03160 project “Raptor” cutter. There are RPG -30, the Fagot missile system, Granade Launchers System-17, large caliber machine gun “Kord”, RPO-A Shmel are captured as trophy weaponry.

5 wagons, 10 minibuses, 4 trucks and also several cars with humanitarian help have arrived to Lugansk region. In total, there are 200 tons of food, medicines, hygiene care products, according to Luhansk State Administration.

Self mobile artillery systems 2C7 "welcome" russian invaders 24/7:

According to the Security Service of Ukraine, the invader called his wife, using a Ukrainian SIM card, which he "found" with the mobile phone, and boasted of a stolen watch for UAH 40,000, PlayStation 4, and UAH 80,000.

On March 21, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) hit the Russian aircraft near Chuguev. After it caught fire on low height, the aircraft fell on the territory of russian federation. Also, today the Special Operations Forces of the AFU hit two russian drones Orlan on the temporary occupied territory in Kharkiv Region.

In Lugansk region border guards detained a man who tried to make a sabotage on a bridge. During the search there were found a lot of explosive materials, bikford cord, bullets and grenades russian federation maked at his place of living. The detained one was handed over to the National Police of Ukraine.

In Melitopol the occupiers detained and then let go the publisher of the" Melitopolsjki Vidomisti" magazine Myhailo Kumok and his family members (wife Vira Kumok and daughter Tetyana Kumok), the editor Eygenia Boryan, journalists Julia Oljhovska and Lyubov Chaika.

The President of USA Joe Biden will visit Poland. March 26, Biden and the President of Poland Andrzej Duda will discuss the reaction to “humanitarian crisis in the human rights sphere which was created by the unjustified and non-provoked war of russia against Ukraine”.

The occupiers kidnapped the Head of Village Council of Tsyrkuny village in Kharkiv region, Mykola Sikalenko. According to witnesses, he was kidnapped from his own house, Head of Kharkiv SRA Oleg Syniegubov.

Silpo, Fora and ATB retailers closed dozens of shops in Kyiv, Kyiv and Chernihiv regions temporarily.

On-line negotiations of the official delegations of Ukraine and Russia were going on for an hour and a half – from 10:00 a.m. till 12:00 p.m. Workshops will be functioning during the day, a representative of Ukrainian delegation, Head of the Sluga Narodu fraction, David Arakhamia informed to Ukrainsjka Pravda.

March 19, the russian occupiers brought to the territory of russian federation 2389 children being at the temporarily occupied regions of Donetsk and Lugansk, illegally. Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced a large scale support program for the Ukrainians who were forced to leave their houses due to military actions. The Government is implementing this program now. Money, jobs, homes – three main directions covered by the program”, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal.

Parliaments of Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Sweden, Great Britain, and USA signed a mutual declaration “On immediate modernization necessity of air defense system of Ukraine”. Representatives of these countries demand to support military and civil defense of Ukraine, to provide humanitarian support and to protect nuclear objects – Verhovna Rada spokesman Ruslan Stephanchuk.

At the European Union Council in Brussel a political decision to increase European weapon supply to Ukraine up to 1 bln euro will be taken, Head of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany Annalena Baerbock announced.

The Security Service of Ukraine in Volynj region detained a belarus citizen who was gathering information on location and movement of AFU vehicles and mobilization status in the region. In other regions collaborators and pro russian agitators have been discovered.

According to the Ministry of Economy, 40 Ukrainian companies have already moved from the area of active hostilities, 18 of them have resumed work at the new location. Another 299 companies will move to new places in the near future.

The invaders fired on a peaceful rally in Kherson. The wounded are reported - Telegram-channel @operativnoZSU

The Ministry of Defense of Belarus reported that the paratroopers of the 38th Guards Air Assault Brigade returned to the point of permanent deployment after the "strengthening" of the border.

In Kyiv 70 private houses have been damaged because of shelling by russian occupiers. They have different levels of damage - inhabitants of those with critical damages were moved out, of those with minor damages - utilities services receive construction materials for operational renovation: tape for windows renovations, fastening, roof reconstruction materials, etc. Kyiv City State Administration informs.

Russian militants cover with paint on-board names and numbers of their ships. “Realizing dirty means of the warfare holding by the russian occupiers, it is foreseen future provocations as for civil boats and further blaming it for Ukrainian military ships”, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine informs.

The evacuation column from Vorzelj Kyiv region arrived to Bilogorodka. Around 100 people are safe now. All of them are provided with first aid and humanitarian support. Then the people will proceed to Kyiv. SRA

“Yesterday’s fruitful actions of the Ukrainian warriors resulted in many KIA russists. This is what happens when the “liberator” scum drunk on Russian fascist propaganda sets off to conquer foreign land, and things get out of hand. Besides, we have confirmed the destruction of a Russian RB-341V “Leer3” electronic warfare complex,” East Operative Tactical Command informs.

Vitaliy Kim shares a photo of the outcome of the most recent shelling in Mykolaiv.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has recorded a video message to the people of Germany. In it, he urges Germany to sever its economic ties with Russia, ban Russian vessels from its ports, and stop buying Russian energy carriers, thereby ceasing to finance Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Polish Government will propose to the Parliament to raise taxes for the companies not leaving the russian market, the government spokesman Piotr Muller.

State Bureau of Investigation operatives and customs officers have exposed a woman who tried to take over $400,000 to Moldova. At the Bronnitsa-Unguri crossing, the State Bureau of Investigation operatives and Vinnytsia customs officers found $412,400 and €9,150 in one woman’s hand baggage, State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reports.

Denmark offers to ban Russian vessels from entering the EU ports. Latvian Minister of Transport Tālis Linkaits has also announced the intention to close his country’s ports to the Russians. The Latvian government is currently preparing the initiative.

“The orcs are bombing the city throughout the day,” Vitaliy Kim urges people not to publish photos of Mykolaiv bombings.

The mountain assault troops of the Wolves detachment of the Transcarpathian 128th Independent Mountain Assault Brigade, together with border guards, national guards and artillery detachments, have captured four enemy service members from the occupied areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Wearing mismatched uniforms and poorly equipped, the captives are a pathetic sight. The Russian army uses these mobilized “militants” essentially as cannon fodder, the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine writes.

Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at 12:00 March 21:

- In Volynjskyy, Polisjkyy and Siversjkyy directions the enemy tries to organize engineering equipment of the positions to hold a positions defense, to recover the logistics supply its divisions

- Trying to conduct an offensive to Brovary, the enemy suffered major losses and was stopped

- The occupiers continue to block Sumy and Kharkiv cities - Russian federation continues to put a lot of efforts to set control over Izyum town

- In Donetsk direction the enemy hold assaulting actions and shelling over the whole line of collision. Tried to break the defense of our Armed Forces in Avdiivka direction, did not succeeded and defeated.

- In Pivdennobuzjkyy direction the enemy tries to hold occupied earlier positions, holds actions of military capability recuperation and its stocks replenish.

Verhovna Rada management, deputies fractions management and Verhovna Rada’s groups management addressed the President of the European Commission and the Head of European Parliament to speed up the process of Ukraine acquiring full-fledged membership in the European Union.