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

Information provided by Police, how marauders track apartments where hosts are absent.

Places where marauders can leave their tracking marks: chock full mailbox, a coin on the rug, scotch on the lock or on the corners of the door, a match between the door, a match between the window opening on the ground floor, a cookie under the rug.

British reconnaissance informs that north west direction from Kyiv battles continue supported by the main part of Land Forces of russia, now they are 25 kilometers far from the center of Kyiv. Occupiers continue trying to surround the city.

The Vostok air command reports that a unit of the Dnipropetrovsk anti-aircraft missile brigade destroyed an enemy cruise missile over Dnipro. Mayor Boris Filatov also reported that the city's air defence force had been working out.

 An administrative building and garages in Kyiv caught fire as a result of the occupiers' shelling.

Researcher of the Institute of Ukrainian History of the National Academy of Science on the hotel destruction in Chernigiv: “Moscow horde is destroying those established before its appearance and those were historical Rus’ actually, despite moscow swamps and thickets being wild suburbs of the Great Chernigiv Princedom”.

Day 17 of the war. The situation in the regions as of the morning of March 12.

Kyiv Region. The situation is tense in the Bucha and Brovary districts. There are fights in Irpin and near Hostomel. Nemishayeve, Borodianka - there is movement of material. Villages in Brovary district are being shelled. In Vyshgorod district there is shelling too. In Fastov district there was a strike at the oil depot in the village of Kryachky. Also in Vasylkiv, an oil depot caught fire after an air strike.

Chernihiv Region. In the evening and at night, Chernihiv was shelled by BM-30 Smerchs, there were air strikes. The shelling was chaotic. They shelled the city center and the residential areas. There is no water in the entire city, partly no electricity. Defensive battles are taking place on the outskirts of Chernihiv, in the south, in the Kyiv direction.

Sumy Region. Around 05:00 there was an air raid on Sumy, several strikes. Information on damage and casualties is being clarified.

Kirovohrad Region. There were several explosions just now. According to preliminary information, the airport in Kropyvnytskyi and Kanatove was shelled.

Kharkiv. In the region fighting in some directions continues. Yesterday the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a convoy of Russian equipment in the Chuhuev area.

Luhansk Region. Shelling of Severodonetsk and Rubizhne has been continuing since yesterday until now. A lot of fires occurred as a result of the shelling. About 100,000 residents in the region are without electricity.

Donetsk Region. All along the clash line: fires of varying levels of intensity. Volnovakha is under the control of Russian troops. Mariupol is under siege.

Mykolaiv Region. The invaders shelled Mykolaiv all night with MLRS Grads and BM-30 Smerchs. Explosions were also heard in the morning. The shelling was chaotic in nature. Residential areas and the private sector were under strike.

Kherson. Explosions were heard near the airport.

Dnipropetrovsk Region. Explosions were heard, and an anti-aircraft system went off.

Other regions were quiet or relatively quiet, there were air raids in almost all regions.

"When we came to Horlivka, a lot of people were not given ammunition. They didn't give me a helmet, they didn't give me body armor. Ammunition kits were given 3-4 days after we arrived." A captured "mobilized" resident of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine told how the Russians threw them to the front lines in Donbas as cannon fodder. Many of them, he said, had never even held a gun before.

Kharkiv region. The search for bodies of people who died in enemy’s bombing on the night of March 9-10 continued yesterday. During the bombing air bomb hit two-storey house in a village in Slobozhanschyna, Kharkiv region. Bodies of 5 people were extracted: a woman aged 45-47, a woman aged 35-37, a man up to 40 years old and children – 2 years and of 12-14 years old.

On March 11 around midnight russian troops hit the “Ukraine” Hotel in the center of Chernigiv during bombing of the city. The hotel was built 1961.

Ukrainians are asked not to post photos, videos and messages about explosions, fires in real time on social networks.

Photo: I became a witness of artillery or air strike. Don't shoot videos or photos for social media, don't broadcast live, don't mark you geolocation etc! Do not share detailed information about the infrastructure damaged during the shelling! It's enough to tell the approximate area to the rescuers.

Explosions in Dnipro. Mayor Boris Filatov confirmed that the anti-aircraft system went off in the city. He asked not to publish any photos or videos. According to preliminary reports, there are no causualties.

What we knew about the war three years ago. Oleksii Arestovych reminded of his interview recorded in April 2019, where he predicted a full scale invasion of Russia within several years. He explained in details how Russian army would act using mainly air raids and bombing of civilians. At the same time Ukraine would be supported and armed by the West, and Russian economy would be destroyed by sanctions. Spoiler – Ukraine will win.

State Emergency Service of Ukraine informs that in Kvitneve village, Brovary district, Kyiv region, a storages of frozen products cought up fire as a result of shelling by russian troops. So far there are no victims confirmed.

Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valeriy Zaluzhniy demonstrated as Bayraktar TB2 operators “worked out” the enemy’s system REB in Kyiv region

Situation in Mariupol, 12th day of siege. During the joint national TV-marathon a correspondent on site informed that occupiers suffered serious losses while approaching the city - Army of Ukraine gave decent  rebuff to the enemy. The situation still remains critical, as occupiers don't let any water, food, or medicine supplies into the city.

The continuous shootings of the center of the city and its surroundings are still going on – there is no district in the city not affected by missiles or bombs of occupiers. Almost 24 hours per day people are hiding in basements and come outside only to cook food on open fire. Number of killed civilians as of today is almost 1700.They are buried in mass graves hwen possible, otherwise bodies remain lying on the streets.

Day 17 of the war. The Armed Forces of Ukraine General Staff reports that the Russians are suffering heavy losses in manpower and equipment in the Polissia, Siverskyi and Pivdennyi Buh operational areas. The enemy is stopped and is trying to consolidate on the previous positions.

In the Donetsk direction, when trying to move forward, the invaders received a decent response from the Armed Forces of Ukraine and were stopped in some areas, while in other areas the enemy significantly reduced the speed of advance.

Since the beginning of combat operations 31 battalion and tactical groups of the enemy have lost their combat effectiveness. The number of desertions among the invaders is increasing, and more and more Russian soldiers are surrendering.

Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence: "We know about almost all of their plans. As soon as the big, as they say, offices come up with ideas, we know about them almost immediately... Now there are two people left who directly support continuing the war. That's Putin and Shoigu. Everyone else is trying to stop it."

Ukrainian travel blogger Anton Ptushkin, who has 5.55 million subscribers on YouTube, most of whom are Russians, recorded a video message to Russian citizens. He told them about ungrounded myths of Russian propagandists about "Nazism" and "oppression" of Russian speakers in Ukraine.

"Only four countries supported Russia in this conflict. And, let's be honest, for Eritrea it was not support, but a PR campaign so that the whole world would finally remember its name."

On the night of March 12, occupants shelled an oncology hospital in Mykolaiv.

Ukrposhta announced the winner of the popular vote for the postage stamp sketch "Russian warship, go fuck yourself!"

The head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, stated that the Russian invaders are planning two types of nuclear blackmail. The first type is that the Kremlin regime may carry out large-scale burning of radioactive forests, where the spread of radiation will be facilitated by the wind. The second type is the artillery attack on a nuclear storage facility, for which the invaders want to blame "Nazi" and "neo-Nazi" groups.

The Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant power grid is already being repaired, CNN reported. 

According to CNN, power lines were completely cut earlier this week, and the last one was "destroyed by occupant fire" on Wednesday, March 9.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Polish President Andrzej Duda discussed the possible relocation of some Ukrainian refugees from Poland to Canada.

According to the CBC, they are considering options for providing flights to transport Ukrainian women and children who were forced to leave their homes because of the war.

On March 12, Kazakh airline QAZAQ AIR announced the suspension of all flights from/to Russia and over its territory. The company explains this step by the termination of insurance coverage of commercial flights.

"In view of this situation, the airline is unable to perform flights to Russia until the issue of insurance coverage over the territory of Russia is resolved. In this regard, today's flight to Novosibirsk has been cancelled," QAZAQ AIR informs.

Earlier another Kazakh airline Air Astana and its subsidiary FlyArystan suspended flights to most Russian cities.

Colgate-Palmolive suspends the importation and sales of all products in Russia. However, this doesn't apply to essential health and hygiene products for everyday use

Heavy fighting continues in Mykolaiv, State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reports.

The UN International Maritime Organization plans to develop maritime corridors for the safe withdrawal of ships from the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.

The organization also condemned Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and demands that Russia immediately stop the use of force against Ukraine and refrain from further unlawful threat or use of force against any member state.

Yesterday, March 11, the Cabinet of Ministers approved an action plan to avoid fuel shortages and price increases at gas stations. This was announced by Minister of Economy Yuliia Svyrydenko.

"We have approved changes in the formula for calculating the maximum allowed price of fuel at gas stations, increased the price of logistics and a surcharge to quotations in Northwest Europe (NWE)," the report said.

According to Svyrydenko, this decision "will allow gas station networks to include additional costs incurred after reorientation of supplies from Belarus and Russia to the western border of Ukraine (Poland, Romania, Hungary)."

In addition, a bill was submitted to Rada, which would abolish the excise duty on fuel and reduce the VAT rate from 20% to 7%. This significantly reduces the amount of taxes, which previously accounted for more than half of the price.

In Chernihiv, the invaders have bombed Hotel Ukraine, which was one of the city’s hallmarks, a research fellow of the Institute of History of Ukraine of the National Academy of Sciences Serhii Shumylo writes.

He noted that the city dating back over 1300 years is being deliberately and systematically destroyed.

"The Muscovite horde is destroying what was built long before it arose and what was the actual historical Rus, as opposed to the Moscow swamps and forests, which were wild outskirts of the once majestic Principality of Chernihiv," says Shumylo.

In the future, the European Union intends to phase out dependence on Russian energy carriers. They want to do this by 2027. This was announced by the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.

According to von der Leyen, the crisis has forced European countries to take responsibility while reliably providing citizens with safe and affordable energy supplies.

The Ukrainian side has agreed with the invaders on "green corridors" for civilians on March 12 in the Sumy region, the head of the Sumy Regional State Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyi reported.

Trostyanets - Poltava: Trostyanets, Sumy, Holubivka, Vilshana, Nedryhailiv, Korovyntsi, Romny, Andriyashivka, Lokhvytsia, Lubny, Poltava. Evacuation will be partly carried out by buses, as well as by personal transport.

Sumy - Poltava: Sumy, Holubivka, Vilshana, Nedryhailiv, Korovyntsi, Romny, Andriyashivka, Lokhvytsia, Lubny, Poltava. Convoys of personal tansport will leave Sumy, and buses for people without private transport will be sent from the town of Lokhvytsia to Poltava Region.

Lebedyn - Poltava: Lebedyn, Shepetivka, Nedryhailiv, Korovyntsi, Romny, Andriyashivka, Lokhvytsia, Lubny, Poltava. Evacuation will be partly carried out by buses, as well as by personal transport.

Konotop - Poltava: Konotop, Shevchenkove, Khmeliv, Romny, Andriyashivka, Lokhvytsia, Lubny, Poltava. Evacuation will be partly carried out by buses, as well as by personal transport.

Velyka Pysarivka - Poltava: Velyka Pysarivka, Okhtyrka, Khukhra, Kotelva, Poltava. Evacuation will be partly carried out by buses, as well as by personal transport.

Krasnopillia - Poltava: Krasnopillia, Verkhnia Syrovatka, Sumy, Holubivka, Vilshana, Nedrigailiv, Korovyntsi, Romny, Andriyashivka, Lokhvytsia, Lubny, Poltava. Evacuation will be partly carried out by buses, as well as by personal transport.

Other details of the evacuation can be found here.

The shelling of the Lutsk airfield on 11 March resulted in four servicemen killed and six wounded. This was reported by the city mayor Ihor Polishchuk.

he shelling of the Lutsk airfield on 11 March resulted in four servicemen killed and six wounded. This was reported by the city mayor Ihor Polishchuk.

The occupiers are trying to gain full control over the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. This was reported by the BBC, citing.

According to him, the Russian soldiers have told the personnel of the power plant that it now belongs to the Russian state-owned company Rosatom.

Kotin also added that 10 officials of the Russian organisation, including two senior engineers, tried to break into the ZNPP and take control of it. However, they failed to do so.

On 11 March, Ukrainian aviation shot down a Russian Su-24 and also hit an Forpost UAV and 4 occupier’s helicopters, the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Since 24 February, 2.5 million people have fled Ukraine, as CNN reports according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.

Most of the refugees, totaling 1.5 million, have entered Poland, while 225 thousand have arrived in Hungary, 176 thousand in Slovakia, and 105 thousand in Moldova.

Dmytro Kuleba: If one imagines that the Russian economy is a tank, thanks to all the sanctions applied, it is now at the stage where it is running out of diesel. And the finale will be the same as the tankers who now still believe they are in the tank. We are bringing that finale closer every day. Today's announcement of new sanctions has dealt another blow to the Russian economy by the US and other G7 and EU countries. We still have some powerful creative ideas for new sanctions - economic and personal. And we won't stop until those in the tank get caught around the world for engaging in war crimes.

The US Treasury Department has published a new package of sanctions against Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine. Ten members of VTB Bank's board of directors fell under the sanctions. Restrictions were also imposed on the chairman of the Russian State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, and 11 members of the State Duma.

In addition, Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg was sanctioned. The US arrested his Airbus plane and yacht. Their value is about 180 million dollars.

The US also imposed sanctions against Tatiana Navka, wife of Putin's press secretary Dmitriy Peskov, and his children Nikolay and Elizaveta Peskov.

The territorial defense force of the Sumy Region has stopped Russian tanks with their bare hands, says the Head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyi.

How Day 16 passed - a report by the AFU General Staff.

Russian troops carried out bombing attacks on the border settlements of Kopany, Bukhlychi and Verkhniy Terebezhov on the territory of Belarus. No one was injured as a result of the bombing on the Belarusian territory.

In the Polissya direction: the enemy continues to hold the line near the settlements of Poliske, Kukhari, Borodyanka, Andryivka, Motyzhyn, Horenychi, Bucha, Demydiv.

In the Siversk direction: the enemy tries to conduct an offensive operation in the line of the Zazimya and Vyshenka directions. In order to block Chernihiv from the southwestern direction, the enemy is trying to occupy Mikhailo-Kotsyubynske and Shestovitsa.

In the Slobozhan direction: Russian forces concentrated in the areas of Severodonetsk, Svatovo, Kupiansk, Velyka Pysarivka, Moskovsky Bobryak, and Lebedyn, but did not take active offensive action. It is relocating reserves to Sumy.

In Donetsk and Tavrian directions, they are trying to seize Mariupol and Severodonetsk.

Russia used air-launched cruise missiles on Ukrainian targets in Lutsk, Dnipro and Ivano-Frankivsk.

1,546 civilian casualties for the period from 24 February to 10 March. This was reported by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. As of now, the Office has reports of 564 killed, including 41 children, and 982 injured, including 52 children. However, the UN officials noted that the real casualty figures are considerably higher.

Belarus is not openly violating Ukraine's territorial integrity now, but that does not mean it cannot happen in the future, according to Pentagon spokesman John Kirby. According to him, on 11 March, there was evidence that Belarusian forces supporting Russia's aggression had intruded on Ukrainian territory. However, there is now no confirmation that "troops or forces from Belarus have relocated inside Ukraine".

On March 11 Russians killed two more civilians in Donetsk Region, in Petrivske near Vuhledar, according to the head of the Donetsk regional state administration Pavel Kyrylenko. Four more residents of the region were wounded. The total number of casualties in Mariupol and Volnovakha cannot be established yet.

British rock band Pink Floyd will remove the works of Pink Floyd, from 1987 onwards, and all of David Gilmour's solo recordings are being removed from all digital music providers in Russia and Belarus from today.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has addressed the Ukrainians:

A nation of steel in a strong country that is the answer of the soldiers to their commanders in the Kremlin when asked what prevented them from invading Ukraine in four days. This information is not verified, but it is an indisputable fact. If the misguided occupiers justify their failures with something else - it means that in 16 days of war they have still not understood anything. Well, we are not upset. We are ready to explain. To illuminate the occupants until they fully understand who they are and where exactly they are heading for. This way is to get out from Ukraine.

Today in Melitopol, the occupiers kidnapped the city's mayor, Ivan Fedorov. A mayor who is courageously defending Ukraine and the people in his community. Clearly, this is a sign of weakness on the part of the occupiers. They have not faced any support in our land. Although, they were counting on it very much. Because for years, they lied to themselves that people in Ukraine were supposedly waiting for Russia. They did not find the collaborators, who would surrender the cities and the authorities to the occupiers. So they have switched to a new stage of terror when they try to physically eliminate representatives of the legitimate local Ukrainian authorities.

For any democracy in the world, it is clear: a legally elected mayor of a city is a true representative of the people. Usually it is not about ideology, it is not about politics, it is about the lives of the people of a particular community. Perhaps, in Russia, this has already been weaned off over the years of autocratic rule. Perhaps there they think that the mayor is just a boss, easy to remove, and it does not mean anything. But this is Ukraine. This is Europe. We are in the democratic world here. That's why the kidnapping of Melitopol mayor is a crime not only against a particular person. Not only against the particular community. And not only against Ukraine. It is a crime against democracy as such. I assure you: 100% of people in all democratic countries will know about it. The actions of Russian invaders will be equal to those of the ISIS terrorists.

The whole country saw that Melitopol did not comply with the occupiers. Neither did Kherson, Berdyansk and other towns, where Russian troops managed to enter. Temporarily they managed to enter. And this cannot be changed by putting pressure on mayors or kidnapping mayors. It can only be made worse. For the occupiers. Ukraine demands the immediate liberation of the mayor of Melitopol and full security for all heads of local communities all over our country. If you are turning into the analogue of ISIS terrorists, then what is the point of talking to you at all? We will ask this question, including to international mediators who communicate with Moscow.

Today, however, Russian forces have disrupted most of the humanitarian corridors. But in spite of all this, 7,144 people have been rescued. From Energodar, Bucha, Hostomel and Kozarovychi. And that are 7, 144 reasons to try to organise rescue for Ukrainians from the encircled towns tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. We will do it. We will do everything to bring humanitarian cargo into Ukrainian cities. I have to say with pain: Mariupol remains besieged by the enemy. Russian forces have not allowed our aid into the city and continue to torture our people, our people of Mariupol. Tomorrow we will try again anyway. Once again to send food, water and medicine supplies for our city.

I am confident that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will answer for every minute of our people's suffering. And this is neither pathos nor danger. It is a statement of reality. The number of killed Russian soldiers on the territory of Ukraine already exceeds 12 thousand people. 12 thousand! The number of wounded occupiers is many times bigger. We did not invite any of them to come here. And we repeat to every occupier: you can still save yourselves. At any moment. Just throw down your arms and leave our land and go home.

The number of captured invaders has reached such a level that this issue can not be left to the structures that we had before the war. Therefore, today the Cabinet of Ministers has established the Coordination Staff for the treatment of war prisoners. Thousands of soldiers who have been captured or who have surrendered, receive from our state the treatment required by international conventions. But there are so many that we need a special structure to deal with all the issues involved.

I want to say again to all Russian mothers. Especially for mothers of conscripts. Don't send your children to war in a foreign land. Don't believe promises that they will just be sent somewhere for exercises or just somewhere out of military operations. Check where your son is. And if you have even the slightest suspicion that your son may be sent to fight against Ukraine, act immediately. Do not hand your son over to be killed or captured. Ukraine has never wanted this monstrous war. And it does not want to. But will defend itself for as long as it has to.

Fortunately, we are not alone in this battle. Ukrainians have sincere friends. Good partners. Speaking in the Polish Parliament today, I focused a lot on how important it is not to be alone in today's world. How important it is to defend common values. But as a consequence, to feel that the borders between nations are disappearing. To bring people closer together. As we have with our Polish brothers and sisters. As we have with all our sincere partners. For whoever has friends, can do anything.

We held talks with US President Biden. We discussed how we could put pressure on Russia to stop this war and establish peace. Russia will be deprived of the opportunity to trade normally with the G7 countries. The fewer dollars Russian business earns and the fewer taxes the Russian state gets, the fewer opportunities the Russian military has to kill our people. Leading international companies are already leaving the Russian market. The Russian authorities have put their country outside the global world by starting a war against us. By starting this invasion. It's a self-invasion. Self-abasement. And self-destruction. The dollar exchange rate has already reached even 200 roubles in Moscow's exchange offices. But this is only the beginning. The beginning of the act of international sanctions.

The next step is the prohibition by the US to bring dollars into Russia at all. Consequently, there will be a shortage of foreign currency. Consequently, the exchange rate will jump even more. Consequently, prices will rise. Consequently, every Russian citizen will feel that the absence of peace is a threat to himself.

No country in the world wanted to harm ordinary citizens of Russia. No one tried to do any harm, until your government went to war against your neighbours, against civilians. Nobody wanted to take ordinary Russian life back to the 90s. Isn't that what you call that era - the dashing 90s? A time of turmoil and poverty. A time of very limited opportunities for ordinary people and very great inequality. Perhaps now, because of the efforts of propagandists, most Russians don't yet understand what awaits them. But the Russian government already understands this very well. Very well. And understands it very thoroughly. And they are very afraid of it. That is why they are trying to close all free sources of information. Basically all sources of information. Even Instagram and Facebook. But the modern world has learned how to fight such censorship.

My advice to thinking Russians is to look for ways to get truthful information.

And try to hide your smartphones and computers from the security forces on the streets. They're getting ready to check what's in people's phones. What do people have in laptops. I specifically warn you: learn to resist the repression that your government plans to increase.

Because thinking people should be in every country. And in Russia, too. And they are in Russia. And one more thing. Now the good news and the victories of Ukraine for all of us are worth their weight in gold.

Or silver and bronze. And all this - for Ukraine - is successfully won by our Paralympians in Beijing.

Today, everyone is gaining glory for Ukraine. In his or her place. Shows the world who Ukrainians are and what strength we have.

With a weapon in hands on the battlefield or with a sporting rifle on a biathlon track.

Our boys and girls have already won 25 medals at the Winter Paralympics!

And take second place in the overall standings, second only to the hosts of the competition - China.

The Paralympics will end in two days.

I would very much like to say the same about the war. That it will end in two days.

Unfortunately, this is still unrealistic. But it will definitely happen.

Both victory for Ukraine and peace for Ukraine are achievable.

And they will be more valuable for us than gold, silver and bronze of the whole world.

Well, for now ...

Hold our ground! Hold on! We will win!

Glory to Ukraine!

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has explained what prevented the Russian army from invading Ukraine in four days. Today, everyone is gaining glory for Ukraine in their place. Everybody is showing the world who Ukrainians are and what strength we have.

Russia is looking for mercenaries using the Wagner PMC. This was stated by Vadym Denysenko, advisor to the Interior Minister, on the air of the nationwide marathon.

"The "Wagner Group" is starting to conscript "Syrians". Before they used to take people who are Russian citizens, with no criminal conviction, with some military experience, but now they are recruiting exactly everyone. They do not have enough cannon fodder for this war," Denysenko said.

He also noted that there is no need to exaggerate mythological tales about Chechens or "Wagner Group" soldiers.

70% of the territory of the Luhansk region is occupied, said the head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration Serhiy Gaidai.

"Shelling is taking place everywhere - Gorna Obschyna, Popasna, Lysychansk, Severodonetsk, Rubizhne and Kreminna. This is the way the defence line is going right now. The Russians are shelling all infrastructure, schools, hospitals, kindergartens, hitting water and gas pipelines, power grids," he wrote.

Mobile communication works in the controlled territory, but intermittently.

A cancer hospital in Mykolayiv has shelled from Russian forces, the head of the regional health department Maksym Beznosenko has said. "Only a degenerate can attack a weak person. It's not about us, it's about our patients. Right now these atrocities shelled the cancer hospital... The villains got hit, but fortunately they didn't do much damage. So we keep working," he wrote.

Warsaw and Krakow can no longer accept refugees, the State Border Service said. About 80-100 thousand Ukrainians came to Krakow in a two weeks' period. Warsaw has already accepted 200,000 refugees from Ukraine.

The Russian occupiers use the "red cross" to cover their battle groups. Under the sign of the "red cross" Russian armored vehicles move with weapons.