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

Pilot Krishtop, who bombed Kharkiv: I saw that the targets were not military facilities, but residential buildings.  But I still carried out the criminal order.  After that, he was shot down by  the air defense of Ukraine. Then he was taken prisoner by the National Guard.

20,000 soldiers from the whole world are already in. The International Legion of Ukraine to fight Russia: how to join.

Ukrainian fighters killed another high-ranking "officer" of the Russian army - Major General Andriy Kolesnikov, commander of the Eastern Military District.

The Russian occupiers continue to lose their officers in the war against Ukraine. The Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to eliminate Major General Andriy Kolesnikov, Commander of the Eastern Military District.

Briefing of the three Russian pilots who were downed in the Mykolaiv region and near Kharkiv.

Prisoners:

- Krishtop Maxim Sergeevich, Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Commander of the 47th Aviation Regiment;
- Kozlov Alexey Igorevich, navigator of an aviation squadron, captain;
- Golovensky Aleksey Sergeevich commander of an aviation squadron, major.

An address by Major General Hryhoriy Halagan, Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
The events of the past few days have shown that our enemy stops at nothing. Every day he adds to the list of his war crimes. The shooting of civilians has become an everyday occurrence for Russians. Bombing children's hospitals and maternity hospitals, destroying peaceful homes, shelling refugees, raping and looting, blockading Ukrainian towns, killing children - in just a few days of the invasion, Russia has shown its true nature.

They know exactly who they are bombing and ruthlessly shooting. They do not care who they kill: a child, a woman, an old man. The main order for them is to wipe us all off the face of the earth. This is the raison d'être of Russia.

I appeal to all Special Operations Forces` Everyone who is in the ranks and who is joining our ranks right now! The cruelty of the enemy can never be forgiven. Our common goal is to exterminate those who dare to encroach on our land and our freedom.

For every tear and every drop of Ukrainian blood! Fellows, you know what to do!

Lukashenko....   Live from the psychiatric hospital!   

The impostor of Shklov said at the meeting with his master that he had brought a map "revealing plans for an attack on Belarus".

According to him, Ukraine was preparing to strike not only at the Donbass, but also at the territory of Belarus. The dictator also claims that foreign mercenaries “are going towards the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and do not lose hope of involving Belarus in the massacre.”

“Ukraine would have attacked Belarus if not for the preventive strike from Russia,” the usurper said.

Ground troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Russian equipment after meeting the Javelin, which is  in operational service with the Transcarpathian Brigade.

128th Brigade beats russians from Javelins
The information about the presence of Javelins in the Brigade's disposal, by itself, causes aggressor’s panic

Units of the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Transcarpathian Brigade received a new batch of Javelins- American portable anti-tank missile systems, which immediately were used against the enemy in the combat zone.

The very information about the presence of Javelins in the service of the Armed Forces causes panic among the Russian occupants. The armored vehicles have no protection against these anti-tank missile systems, and the force of their impact is so devastating that only scrap metal from the tanks, armored vehicles or infantry fighting vehicles of the russian army is left behind. Neither the crew nor troopers on board of the vehicles have a slightest chance to survive.

In the photo - the result of Javelins hit on the military equipment of the russian army.

Ministry of the Digital development of Ukraine: International COVID certificates can be generated anew in "Dyja" App. Those who have lost their international COVID certificate in "Dija" can regenerate it. Certificates in Dyja are mutually recognised with the EU. This means that the Dija certificate can be freely used abroad.

Zelenskyy reminded of the bombing of a water supply line in Chernihiv, attacks on a shoe factory, a kindergarten and a residential building in Dnipro, and the destruction of houses in the Sumy region.

"This is a humanitarian disaster. Humanitarian disaster - two words that have become a full-fledged synonym for two other words. A synonym for the Russian Federation. If THIS continues, then the sanctions packages against Russia are NOT enough. I’m expecting decisions on the new sanctions by our partners already today. Russia must pay for this terrible war. Pay on a daily basis!”

Zelenskyy: We have achieved a strategic turning point, we are moving towards our victory. This is a patriotic war against a very stubborn enemy who has no mercy to his own people, even to his own killed men. Who is gathering reservists and conscripts all over Russia to throw them into the hell of war. Who came up with the idea of using foreign mercenaries against our people - thugs from Syria. From a country that was destroyed in the same way as the invaders are now destroying Mariupol and Kharkiv, Okhtyrka and Chernihiv, Volnovakha and Izyum.

This is how Russian troops treat Russian-speaking people about whose "protection" so much has been said in Moscow. Rockets, bombs, artillery. And now here are the Syrian mercenaries, who do not distinguish at all who speaks what language here, what church they visit, and what party they support.

Zelenskyy recorded an address at the President's Office.

Putin ordered to stage a terrorist attack on the territory of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukrainian intelligence reports.

"It is planned to create a man-made disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant controlled by Russian troops, the responsibility for which the occupiers will try to shift onto Ukraine," the report says.

The Thirty Seconds to Mars leader, Jared Leto supported Ukraine and performed a song about Odessa.

The number of refugees from Ukraine has reached 2.5 million people, said UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.

The number of refugees from Ukraine — tragically — has reached today 2.5 million.

We also estimate that about two million people are displaced inside Ukraine.

Millions forced to leave their homes by this senseless war.

— Filippo Grandi (@FilippoGrandi) March 11, 2022

A Russian pilot from the occupied Crimea bombed the peaceful homes of Ukrainians, despite the fact that his parents live in the Poltava region. On March 5, the mother learned that her son's plane was shot down, and the pilot himself was captured.

“I apologize to the Ukrainian people, I beg pardon for my son and for myself that I haven't managed to bring up a decent person,” the woman said.

A son from the occupied Crimea is bombing his own mother in the Poltava region...

It's hard to believe this story, but even such madness is the "norm of life" for Putin's soldiers.

The Russian pilot from the temporarily occupied Crimea did not see anything criminal in the order to bomb the civilian population of Ukraine, despite the fact that his own parents actually live in the center of the country - in Kremenchug, Poltava region.

It is hard to imagine emotions of the parents who hear the sound of alert sirens and understand that it is their son-pilot attacking Ukraine...

The mother learned from Ukrainian news that the plane was shot down and the Russian pilot was taken prisoner.

Now she is ashamed that she hasn’t managed to bring up a decent person.

The investigators and counterintelligence officers from the Security Service of Ukraine are questioning the occupier, who was shot down over Mykolayiv on March 5. He will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law!

And Ukraine will definitely win!

We are defending our land!

Radio Liberty reporter, Marian Kushnir suffered a shell shock from Russian troops in the Kyiv region. He was working in Baryshivka, where the occupiers launched a missile strike at night.

Emergency medical assistance was provided to the journalist by military doctors and doctors from Baryshivka.

"The European Union will allocate another 500 million euros of military assistance to Ukraine", said the Head of the European diplomacy, Josep Borrell.

The invaders do not stop shelling Zolote in the Luhansk region.

“There are breaks of 10-20 minutes. And all over again. Stay in the shelters!” – information from the regional administration.

Information on the casualties is being clarified.

Putin appealed for the "volunteers" to be sent to fight in Ukraine, while the Russian Defence minister Shoigu said that allegedly, there are 16 000 volunteers from the Middle East willing to fight for Russia.

"Regarding the call for the hired soldiers from around the world and their transferring to Ukraine, - we observe they do not hide this, they do it openly, the Western sponsors of Ukraine, the Ukrainian regime, they do not hide this, neglecting all international laws norms", - complained Putin.

Earlier, the WSJ informed that Russian Federation is hiring Syrians to sent to Ukraine.

One more russian pilot has finished his career in Ukraine.

Pravda Graschenko
Deputy commander 31ИАП lieutenant colonel Khasanov Alexey Nazurlaevich has been landed by banderivtsi for eternity!

Ministry of Defense launched their own telegram channel where information from all information platforms is gathered.

Head of Poltava RSA: Army of Ukraine hit an enemy missile under Poltava sky.

Dmytro Lunin. Poltava RSA.
Army of Ukraine hit an enemy missile under Poltava sky. Do not neglect air alarms! Slava Ukraini!

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: "Putin has made a terrible mistake and he will lose this war because the fury, strength and determination of the Ukrainian people to defend their territory inspires us all. And because of our determination as allies, friends of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin fails to be successful (in the war, - ed.)."

"There are only few people left. Many died, many from our military base, from our battalion got wounded. They talk good news: we will get back to Belarus soon and will be waiting for the reinforcement there. I hope they will send us home soon." The Security Service of Ukraine intercepted a conversation of a Russian occupier with his wife.

Security Service of Ukraine

Russian Federation's blitzkrieg failed: enemies realise they will not occupy Kyiv.

Besides all propaganda, main desire of Putin' s occupiers is to stay alive and wait for rotation to go away from Ukraine and never come back again.

Such conclusion can be made from a conversation, intercepted by the Security Service of Ukraine. The conversation took place between the occupiers who tried to take Kyiv via Borodyanka route. 

There are only few people left. Many died, many from our military base, from our battalion got wounded. They talk good news: we will get back to Belarus soon and will be waiting for the reinforcement there. I hope they will send us home soon", - an occupier shares with his wife.

Well, in case they do not send you home by rotation, than they do send you in disposable packages for corps which were pre-ordered in advance by russian federation before the invasion.

Go away from Ukraine and never come back!

Ukraine will win!

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Specification from State Emergency Service of Ukraine on the avia strike by russians in Baryshivka. Six persons were injured as a result of the avia strike (preliminary there were no information about victims). Multi block buildings were damaged, partially destroyed and damaged infrastructure of Baryshivka town.

The President Office reminded today's evacuation routes from dangerous regions:

Routes of humanitarian corridors

March 11, 2022

Mariupol - Zaporizhya

Under the condition silence regime is kept by russian occupiers and obligatory defined roads

Pology - Zaporizhya

Volnovakha - Pokrovsk

Under the condition silence regime is kept by russian occupiers

Energodar - Zaporizhya

Izyum - Lozova

Gostomel - Kyiv

Kozarovychy - Kyiv

Mykulychyn - Kyiv

Andriivka - Zhytomyr

Makariv - Zhytomyr

Operational Command North: In the Chernihiv region, Ukrainian defenders liberated five settlements from the occupiers.  The Ukrainians also captured two enemy armored personnel carriers. Among the officers of the Russian Federation - panic that the leadership has left them.  The moral and psychological state of the occupiers does not contribute to the tasks.

Head of Chernigiv RSA Vyacheslav Chaus: russian aviation has attacked the regional library and the stadium in Chernigiv.

Streets in Kharkiv destroyed as the result of Russian air attacks. Video: Anton Gerashchenko/Telegram.

The Head of the Kharkiv regional state administration, Oleh Sinehubov: the occupants shelled the Oskol psychoneurological boarding school in Izyum district. Reportedly, 73 people were evacuated from it, while there were 330 people there at the time of the attack. Of these, 50 were sedentary and 10 were wheelchair-bound. The number of casualties is being clarified.

UK Defence Ministry's intelligence suggests that Russia probably failed to fulfil the objectives of its plan set before the invasion. Its land forces show limited progress due to poor logistics and Ukrainian resistance. The Russians will likely try to reboot their offensive in the coming days, which may also include an operation against Kyiv.

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 11.03 were approximately:

personnel - more 12 000,

tanks ‒ 353,

APV ‒ 1165,

artillery systems – 125,

MLRS - 58,

Anti-aircraft warfare systems - 31,

aircraft – 57,

helicopters – 83,

vehicles - 558,

boats / cutters - 3,

fuel tanks - 60,

UAV operational-tactical level - 7.

Minister for the Temporary Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk has named 12 humanitarian evacuation routes scheduled for today:

1. Mariupol - Zaporizhya (route: Mariupol - Portivske - Mangush (bypassing Mykolske) - Respublika - Rozovka - Bilmak - Rody - Orekhiv - Zaporizhzhya)

2. Polohy - Tokmak - Vasylivka - Kamianske - Zaporizhzhya

3. Volnovakha - Pokrovsk (Volnovakha - Valerianovka - Novoandreyevka - Kirillovka - Ugledar - Pokrovsk)

4. Energodar - Zaporizhzhya

5. Izyum - Malaya Kamyshevakha - Barvenkovo - Blyznyuki - Lozovaya

6. Bucha - Vorzel - Mikhailovka - Rubizhovka - Shpytki - Belogorodka - Kyiv

7. Gostomel - Bucha - Mikhailovka - Rubizhovka - Shpytki - Petrushki - Belogorodka - Kyiv

8. Kozarovichi - Lyutezh - Staryi Petrivtsi - Novye Petrivtsi - Vyshgorod - Kyiv.

9. Mikulichi - Nemishayevo - Vorzel - Mikhailovka - Rubizhovka - Mriya - Petrushky - Belogorodka - Kiev

10. Andreevka - Lipovka - Makarov - Nebilitsa - Stavyshche - Kocherov - Korostyshev - Glubochitsa - Zhytomyr

11. Makarov - Nebilitsa - Stavyshche - Kocherov - Korostyshev - Glubochytsya - Zhytomyr

12. Borodyanka - Peskivka - Malin - Radomyshl - Zhytomyr

Head of Volyn Regional State Administration Yurii Pohuliayko on the airstrike on Lutsk: a Russian bomber fired four missiles at the local airport, killing two service members and injuring six. The city air raid alert did not work, Lutsk mayor Ihor Polishchuk said. Also, it did not work in Ivano-Frankivsk when it was hit by an airstrike today.

The Joint Forces Operation Staff showcases the work of anti-tank snipers of the Kostiantyn Ostrozkyi 30 independent mechanized brigade. One shot — one tank.

Municipal enterprise Chernihivvodokanal: Russians attacked Chernihiv again at night, damaging the water supply network. As a result, running water was disrupted in the entire city. It is likely to be restored within three to four hours.

Police in Kyiv Region: the occupiers carried out an air strike in Kyiv Region at night. The shells fell near a school in Baryshev district and near a petrol station in the village of Bzov. There were no casualties.

The Head of the Sumy Regional State Administration, Dmytro Zhyvytskyy: There are no "green corridors" in Sumy Region today.

North operative command: as of 8:00 AM, three bombs were dropped on Chernihiv, and artillery shelling continued. The invaders shell residential buildings, rob civilians of food and property, and use them as living shields while attempting to attack Ukrainian defenders.

The regional state administrations` reports on the situation in the regions.

In Kyiv region, there are battles in Irpin, Makarov and near Borodyanka. Baryshevka, Brovary district, Bilhorod and Buchanyan communities are under fire. The region is preparing to evacuate civilians.

Under air strikes is Chernihiv. Houses, water supply are damaged, half of the city is without electricity supply. Ukrainian defenders have launched counterattacks near the city. The occupants shelled Nizhyn with Uragan multiple rocket launchers: 2 dead, 8 wounded. Homes and critical infrastructure were bombed in Lebedyn, Sumy region.

There was also shelling in Kharkiv at night. A power substation near Pyatikhatka was hit: a fire broke out in a dormitory nearby. In the region there are battles with the occupiers. Shelling of Severodonetsk and Rubizhne in the Luhansk region continues. There is destruction. In Donetsk region - a gas pipeline in Svitlodarka is damaged. Mariupol - under heavy siege.

The airfield near Lutsk, Ivano-Frankivsk and Dnipro were attacked in the morning. The situation in Zaporizhzhya is controlled.

The night was quiet in Kirovograd, Zakarpattia, Khmelnytskyi, Rivne, Vinnytsia, Ternopil, Cherkasy, Lviv, Poltava, Mykolaiv, Odesa and Chernivtsi regions. There were air alerts in some. They were in the Zhytomyr region as well. There is no data on casualties or destruction there.

The Ghost of Kyiv, who has downed over 30 Russian warplanes already, sends his best regards to the invaders: “Hi there, invader. I’m coming for your soul!”

“I’ve been to many armed conflicts and a bunch of wars, but I’ve never ever taken up sides. Now you see a Kalashnikov in my arms, and I’m no longer a journalist. I’m a free man. I came here to Ukraine to defend Ukraine from my motherland, from Putin—the Hitler of today.” - Sergey Loyko, a 69-year-old Russian journalist, came to Kyiv outskirts to fight Russian invaders.

Washington Post: Biden will seek to end normal trade relations between U.S. and Russia.

NY Times: The US wants to announce the move jointly with the EU and the G7. The move would raise duties on many Russian goods, the NYT says.

Thus - the rate on Russian caviar will rise from 15% to 30%, there will also be a duty on plywood (30%) and vodka ($1.78/litre), writes WSJ. The effect of this will be insignificant because of the small volume of trade between the U.S. and Russia, trade experts told the NYT.

There were also explosions at the Ivano-Frankivsk airport today, the mayor Ruslan Martsynkiv said. The alert system to the Armed Forces of Ukraine didn’t go off in the city, he said. He called on the citizens to proceed to the bomb shelters.

The European Council at an informal summit in Versailles adopted a statement condemning Russia's war against Ukraine, determination to increase pressure on the Russian Federation via new sanctions, as well as Ukraine’s prospects of joining the EU.

They said that Ukraine belongs to the European family. The Council acted promptly and encouraged the European Commission to submit its opinion on Ukraine's application for EU membership. Lithuanian President Gitaunas Nauseda stated that EU leaders said "yes" to Ukraine's European integration.

 Consequences of the morning airstrike on Dnipro. Photo credit: Suspilne Dnipro

Situation at the frontlines from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 6:00.

There are no significant changes on the frontline. In the Chernihiv region, the Russians are suffering significant losses, are demoralized and surrender. To replenish reserves, the occupiers offer prisoners in the Rostov region to go to the front. In exchange, they are promised amnesty. In the temporarily occupied territories, the invaders are conducting propaganda, trying to negotiate with the locals.

In the Kherson region, they are trying to establish an administrative-police regime and the system of commandant's offices. In some localities, Russians carry out executions of civilians, take hostages, and loot.

At around 6 a.m., there were also explosions in Lutsk, Mayor Igor Polishchuk said. According to him, the explosions were made in the direction of the airfield. Because of the attack, work of two boiler houses in the city was temporarily suspended.

State Emergency Service reports: At about 6.10 a.m., the Russians carried out three airstrikes in Dnipro. They hit near a kindergarten and an apartment building. They also hit a shoe factory - it's on fire. According to the preliminary information, one person died.

The US Congress passed the Biden administration's $1.5 trillion federal spending bill. The amount includes $13.6 billion in emergency aid to Ukraine. The emergency aid package allots $4 billion in aid to refugees and expands the president's authority to transfer up to $3 billion worth of defense equipment to Ukraine and other allies.