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

Another address by Zelenskyy. In particular, the president promised to bring Russian propagandists to justice. He also stressed that the Russians were deliberately creating a humanitarian disaster in Ukraine.

The state will set up special funds to rebuild cities affected by the war. (VIDEO)

AZOV - Mariupol.

The aftermath of a bomb attack on Mariupol city centre. Russians continue to claim that they did not attack Ukraine. 

The International Monetary Fund has transferred $ 1.4 billion in emergency financing support to Ukraine under the Rapid Financing Instrument, Chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine Kyrylo Shevchenko informs.

The money will help finance first-priority state budget expenses and support Ukraine's external accounts.

Downed Russian pilot.

LESHCHENKO HERE

Benedict Cumberbatch receiving an award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival last night:

Briefing of Oleksii Arestovych, an advisor to the Head of the Office of the President. Specifically, he noted that the Russian army has shifted to the “Syrian-style” warfare, surrounding and terrorizing large and small cities to inflict maximum suffering on civilians.

Another video of Mariupol being shelled. Russian invaders keep shelling the residential quarters of Mariupol.

Report by the Ministry of Defense as of 12:00 on March 10:

• In the Polissky direction, the invaders continue holding the towns of Polisske, Kukhari, Borodyanka, Andriivka, Motyzhyn, Gorenychi, Bucha, Demidov. The enemy is trying to restore the combat readiness of the units that have suffered significant losses, they are regrouping and do not abandon the plan of blocking Kyiv from the west and southwest. We can’t rule out preparation and penetration of sabotage and reconnaissance groups into Kyiv, under the guise of evacuated residents of occupied localities.
• The defense forces of Ukraine repelled the enemy's attempt to force the Irpin River near the town of Moshchun, the enemy was driven back, the settlement was liberated.
• In the Mykolaiv direction, the enemy is trying to gain a foothold in the localities of Luparevo, Pravdyno, Blahodatne, Novohryhorivka, Kalynivka, Kiselevka, Pershotravneve, Oleksandrivka, Burgunka, Bereslav, Tavriysk.
• In the Crimean direction, an increase in the enemy grouping by a battalion tactical group from the 336th separate marine brigade of the Baltic Fleet of the Armed forces of the Russian Federation was recorded.
• In all the directions, the ENEMY HAS BEEN STOPPED by the Defense Forces of Ukraine, it hasn’t succeeded, it is trying to hold its occupied lines and positions.

"Pivnich" operational command informs: In the Chernihiv region, the Ukrainian army has destroyed a battalion of Iskander-M missile systems.

Key points of the talks between Dmytro Kuleba and Lavrov:

- No progress on the cessation of hostilities. The sides could not come to a consensus regarding the ceasefire

- Ukraine cannot stop the war if the invading country has no intention to do it.

- The ceasefire on the part of Russia is tied to fulfilling Putin's demands on Ukraine.
- Ukraine did not give up, it does not, and it will not. We are looking for a diplomatic solution, but there has been none so far. We will selflessly defend our country and our people from the Russian aggression, Kuleba emphasized.

Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov: We are not planning to attack other countries. We didn't attack Ukraine, either. In Ukraine, we just... we explained this a lot: there was a major threat to the safety of the Russian Federation.

Gerashchenko reports: Russian occupiers are shelling Mariupol at the moment! Bombs are hitting the houses. The building of the Azov State Technical University in the city center has been struck. A bombardment was also recorded in the area of the Drama Theatre. Information about the victims is being checked.

This is Andrey Zakharov, the commander of a tank regiment of the Russian Federation's invasion army. He was successfully terminated today by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In 2016, Putin decorated him with an order.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba is giving a press conference after meeting with Lavrov:

"What’s up, Vanya?". The Ukrainian military are examining bodies of the eliminated Russian occupiers:

There is no information. Where to get it, who does what? Who, why? Where is Lavrov? Where Kuleba is? We know it". Backstage of negotiations in Antalya:

The Ukrainian armed forces defeated the occupying forces' equipment in the Luhansk direction:

Mariupol. The occupiers fired artillery at a residential area of the city, where a rescue team was present at the time.

Moscow, today's queues at ATMs:

The State Bureau of Investigation is investigating 38 cases of assistance to the aggressor by Ukrainian officials and law enforcers. Investigators also launched criminal proceedings against several police officers in Mariupol and Kherson who committed treason under martial law and defected to the enemy. Another official was detained in Kramatorsk for propaganda of Russian aggression.

"All traitors will be detained and held strictly accountable to the law," the SBI stressed.

Ukrainian intelligence reports on the liquidation of Colonel Zakharov, the occupying regiment commander.

The BTGr of the 6th Tank Regiment (Chebarkul) of the 90th Tank Division of the Central Military District suffered significant losses during combat operations in the Brovary district. The "remains" were forced to retreat and go on the defensive.

Frost is coming to Ukraine, but the AFU has something to keep the occupiers warm.

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Luhansk Region. As a result of enemy shelling, six civilians were killed in a span of a day. On 9 March, Russian troops shelled 26 residential buildings and infrastructure facilities in the towns of Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Pryvillya, Rubizhne and Kreminna, the Interior Ministry has reported.

Mykhailo Podolyak, advisor to the head of the Presidential Office: "The 15th day of the great war in Europe. No significant progress by the Russians along the entire 700-kilometre front line. And one of the reasons is the truth about the war is being told online. Nearly 2,000 foreign journalists a day are in the hottest spots of this war. Thank you."

Negotiations involving the foreign ministers of Ukraine, Turkey and Russia on suspending Russian aggression against Ukraine have started in Antalya.

Arestovych: "The Ukrainian armed forces are waging a manoeuvre war. They are giving away a village here - to take it back later. We will take EVERYTHING, including Crimea and Donbass. It just takes time. It's not like they are strong, they are just "long". We will chop them up... and everything will be ours."

Russia self-excluded from the Council of Europe: "Let them enjoy communicating with each other, without Russia".

More than 1.5m Ukrainians have already left Ukraine in a fortnight of war, the Interior Ministry has said. Some 118,000 people crossed the border in the western direction, yesterday, 9 March.

However, there are also many who, on the contrary, are returning from abroad to defend their homeland from the occupiers. More than 190,000 Ukrainians have returned to Ukraine in a fortnight. The vast majority of them are men, ready to join the ranks with weapons in their hands.

A Mariupol mayor’s advisor writes: "Right now the aerial bombardment of Mariupol continues. From the direction of Yalta-Melekino, two more Russian airy are being reported moving towards the city. The bombing is being carried out in a targeted manner on the roads that are spelled out along the evacuation route. The Russians are deliberately destroying the road infrastructure to ensure the complete isolation of the city and the impossibility of any evacuation processes.

March, 6 people died and 12 others injured in Zhytomyr Region due to airstrikes by Russian occupiers.

At midnight on 10 March, explosions in the town of Korosten killed 1 person and injured 2 civilians.

Soon. We stand!

Day 15 of the war. Enemy combat losses as of the morning of 10 March:

Personnel ‒ more 12 000,
Tanks ‒ 335,
APV ‒ 1105,
Artillery systems ‒ 123,
MLRS ‒ 56,
Anti-aircraft warfare systems ‒ 29,
Aircraft ‒ 49,
Helicopters ‒ 81,
Vehicles ‒ 526,
Boats / cutters ‒ 3,
Fuel tanks ‒ 60,
UAV operational-tactical level ‒ 7.

Russian convoy has been defeated and a perfectly serviceable T-72 captured during a counterattack in the northern direction. The unit was led by a senior AFU officer in the battle, journalist Yuri Butusov reports.

Another interception of a conversation by a Russian occupant. He tells his beloved about the hundreds of dead Russian soldiers, the looting of Russian troops, and complains about the powerful responses from the Ukrainian army. She, meanwhile, wonders that "they" (Ukrainian soldiers) are apparently much more numerous than they are told by Russian propagandists on TV. Also, she says, a wave of "patriotism" (public support for Putin's fascist regime) started in Russia against the background of Russian propaganda.

Defusing a Russian air bomb.

Yuri Butusov: “A job for people with big nerves of steel. The fuse of a Russian aerial bomb is twisted by watering it down so that a spark when twisted will not cause a detonation”

Mariupol. According to the city council, it became known today that 17 people (children, women, medical staff) were injured after a terrorist bombing of a children's hospital by Russian aircrafts, three died, including one child - a girl.

The occupiers are not stopping there. Today at 08:00 a.m, Russian occupation troops fired on Mariupol residents from aircrafts near 110 Stroiteley Avenue. One casualty is presumed.

Humanitarian evacuation corridors in such areas in the Sumy region will operate today:

Sumy-Poltava: Sumy - Golubovka - Olshana - Nedrigailov - Korovintsy - Romny - Andriyashevka - Lokhvitsa - Lubny - Poltava;

Trostyanets-Poltava: Trostyanets - Sumy - Golubovka - Olshana - Nedrigailov - Korovintsy - Romny - Andriashevka - Lokhvitsa - Lubny - Poltava;

Krasnopillya-Poltava: Krasnopillya - Verkhnya Syvorotka - Sumy - Golubivka - Olshana - Nedrigailov - Korovintsy - Romny - Andriyashevka - Lokhvitsya - Lubny - Poltava.

Evacuation is also carried out along the routes:

- Izyum - Lozova;
- Mariupol - Zaporizhzhya;
- Volnovakha - Pokrovsk;
- Borodyanka, Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel - Kyiv.

“Good evening! We are from Ukraine!”

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba's visit to Turkey has begun, where he is due to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

He outlined three key issues on which he will insist at the trilateral meeting with Lavrov: "an immediate cease-fire, improvement of the humanitarian situation in Mariupol, Kharkiv, Sumy, Volnovakha and other Ukrainian cities, and withdrawal of Russian army from the territory of Ukraine".

Day 15 of the war. Situation as of the morning, March, 10th in the country's regions.

Kyiv region. Fighting in Irpin is ongoing. The enemy prevented evacuation from Borodyanka, Hostomel and Bucha. Fighting and shelling in Makarov. In Vyshgorod district - shelling near Lyutezh. In Brovary district - fighting and shelling in three communities.

Chernihiv Region. Defensive battles near Chernihiv.

Sumy Region. Russian aviation again bombed residential areas of Akhtyrka. During the night, the enemy aviation struck the territory of the Kachanivka tank farm. As a result of the bombardment, oil tanks were occupied and about 1,777 tons of oil were destroyed. Trostyanets: shelling of the former Electrobytpribor plant, three dead, including a minor. Bilopilje: in the evening, an air strike damaged television towers, rendering them inoperable. After midnight, there was a second enemy airstrike on the village of Bititsa without casualties. Bititsa, no casualties. Evacuation from Sumy, Trostyanets and Krasnopillya is planned for 10 March.

Zhytomyr region. Airstrikes on Zhytomyr and nearby settlements. More than 10 residential buildings, the city's thermal power station were damaged, and windows in the hospital were broken. Bombing of the town of Korosten: the base of one of the gas station operators was damaged, as well as a private sector. Six citizens were injured and one person died.

Zaporizhzhya region. In the cities of Melitopol and Berdyansk, the enemy took over the local media and launched pro-Russian propaganda.

Kharkiv. The occupiers destroyed the largest shopping mall, no casualties, there were sporadic aerial attacks on residential areas. In the region - the AFU recaptured Dergachi, fighting in Izyum.

Luhansk region. At 04:30, there was heavy shelling of Severodonetsk. A gas pipeline and residential buildings were damaged. One dead, two wounded. Lysychansk: Two houses were damaged. Rubizhne: There was heavy shelling during the night, hit the House of Culture opposite the city council. One dead, two wounded. Also in the evening, Russians shelled Popasna, hitting the city hospital.

Donetsk region. Mariupol: fighting all night, planes over the city, artillery. The ruins of the maternity hospital, hospital and university building destroyed in an air strike are being dismantled. Volnovakha: heavy ground and artillery fighting. Kostyantynivka: shelling of the railway with Iskander guns, destruction of carriage depot buildings and electric lines. Druzhkovka: Heavy artillery fire, destruction of private buildings.

Nikolaevschina. In the evening, Nikolaev was shelled. Explosions were also heard during the night.

Kherson. Kherson was quiet at night, but explosions were continually heard on the outskirts of the city.

Vinnitsya Region, Rivne Region, Volyn Region, Zakarpattya, Khmelnytsky Region, Ternopil, Cherkasy, Chernivtsi, Lviv Region, Ivano-Frankivsk, Poltava Region, Kirovograd Region, Dnipropetrovsk Region, Odesa - the situation is calm or relatively calm.

Day 15 of the war. Situation as of the morning, March, 10th in the country's regions.
Kyiv region. Fighting in Irpin is ongoing. The enemy prevented evacuation from Borodyanka, Hostomel and Bucha. Fighting and shelling in Makarov. In Vyshgorod district - shelling near Lyutezh. In Brovary district - fighting and shelling in three communities.
Chernihiv Region. Defensive battles near Chernihiv.
Sumy Region. Russian aviation again bombed residential areas of Akhtyrka. During the night, the enemy aviation struck the territory of the Kachanivka tank farm. As a result of the bombardment, oil tanks were occupied and about 1,777 tons of oil were destroyed. Trostyanets: shelling of the former Electrobytpribor plant, three dead, including a minor. Bilopilje: in the evening, an air strike damaged television towers, rendering them inoperable. After midnight, there was a second enemy airstrike on the village of Bititsa without casualties. Bititsa, no casualties. Evacuation from Sumy, Trostyanets and Krasnopillya is planned for 10 March.
Zhytomyr region. Airstrikes on Zhytomyr and nearby settlements. More than 10 residential buildings, the city's thermal power station were damaged, and windows in the hospital were broken. Bombing of the town of Korosten: the base of one of the gas station operators was damaged, as well as a private sector. Six citizens were injured and one person died.
Zaporizhzhya region. In the cities of Melitopol and Berdyansk, the enemy took over the local media and launched pro-Russian propaganda.
Kharkiv. The occupiers destroyed the largest shopping mall, no casualties, there were sporadic aerial attacks on residential areas. In the region - the AFU recaptured Dergachi, fighting in Izyum.
Luhansk region. At 04:30, there was heavy shelling of Severodonetsk. A gas pipeline and residential buildings were damaged. One dead, two wounded. Lysychansk: Two houses were damaged. Rubizhne: There was heavy shelling during the night, hit the House of Culture opposite the city council. One dead, two wounded. Also in the evening, Russians shelled Popasna, hitting the city hospital.
Donetsk region. Mariupol: fighting all night, planes over the city, artillery. The ruins of the maternity hospital, hospital and university building destroyed in an air strike are being dismantled. Volnovakha: heavy ground and artillery fighting. Kostyantynivka: shelling of the railway with Iskander guns, destruction of carriage depot buildings and electric lines. Druzhkovka: Heavy artillery fire, destruction of private buildings.
Nikolaevschina. In the evening, Nikolaev was shelled. Explosions were also heard during the night.
Kherson. Kherson was quiet at night, but explosions were continually heard on the outskirts of the city.
Vinnitsya Region, Rivne Region, Volyn Region, Zakarpattya, Khmelnytsky Region, Ternopil, Cherkasy, Chernivtsi, Lviv Region, Ivano-Frankivsk, Poltava Region, Kirovograd Region, Dnipropetrovsk Region, Odesa - the situation is calm or relatively calm.

Humanitarian aid distribution points in Kharkiv today:

Volunteers from all over the world are coming to Ukraine to join the Ukrainian armed forces in defending the land from the Russian occupiers. Find out how to join the International Legion here

Operational Command East reports that the new Verba Multiple Rocket Launch System division is already successfully destroying the invaders.

"But this is our secret - no need to scare the enemy any more!" - the Command adds.

The head of the Kyiv region, Oleksiy Kuleba, has reported that around 10,000 people were evacuated from Irpin and Vorzel yesterday. The exact figures will be made public later. Unfortunately, it has not yet been possible to evacuate people from Bucha and Hostomel due to shelling by the occupiers.

On the night of 10 March, the occupiers carried out their second air strike in a few days on the village of Bitytsa, Sumy Region. There were no casualties or injuries.

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Brovary region, near Kyiv. The Armed Forces and the Azov Regiment blew up enemy vehicles:

Bayraktar's work on the Russian tank:

Petro Andriushchenko, advisor to the mayor of Mariupol, said that the death toll of 1,207 residents has now been officially confirmed, but according to his estimates, the number of people killed by the Russian invaders' shelling could range from 15,000 to 25,000. Many of them remain under the rubble that cannot be dismantled, as Russian shelling and bombing of the city continues almost without any breaks.