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

The Russian ruble seems to have boarded the Russian warship" - Vitaly Kim, head of the Mykolayiv regional state administration. 

Ukraine's Ministry of Defense published operational information on the Russian invasion as of 12 AM, March 9th.

In a period of two weeks of war, the police have received more than 550,000 calls, not only to the 102 line - Ihor Klymenko.

Ukrenergo has reported that the Chornobyl nuclear power plant has been completely de-energized as a result of the occupants' actions. The hostilities continue, making it impossible to carry out repairs and restore power supply.

The State Border Service has published information on queues in front of Ukrainian checkpoints as of 12:00 on March 9th.

A convoy has been formed to evacuate people from the affected districts of Kyiv region. To make sure all residents are aware of the evacuation, rescuers report to a loudspeaker - Head of Kyiv Region State Administration Oleksiy Kuleba said.

During his speech at the all-Ukrainian teleconference, Ukraine's Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrsky informed that the situation with Transnistria is under control. The intelligence has seen some unit movement there, however, their army isn't significant enough to present any danger.

4 people died, 15 wounded, as a result of the 2 March airstrike on the regional police office, and rubble removal continues," Serhiy Bolvinov, head of the Kharkiv regional police investigation department, said.

Kyiv City Administration published a list of medical institutions that accept patients. Here it is.

One policeman died and two other people were seriously wounded during the evacuation of civilians from Demidiv in Vyshgorod district - the enemy opened fire. The occupiers opened fire at police officers and civilians, the Kyiv Region police reported.

KCSA informs that emergency dental care is available in the capital without delay and free of charge from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Addresses and telephone numbers are available here
There is also a hotline for cancer patients and their relatives at the Kyiv City Clinical Oncology Center at (044) 365 07 62.

One may contact it daily from 10:00 to 13:00. Learn more here.

Briefly on how and with what equipment the Russians drove to "invade" Ukraine: 

UK Ministry of Defence on Twitter: Ukrainian air defences appear to have enjoyed considerable success against Russia’s modern combat aircraft, probably preventing them achieving any degree of control of the air.

Ground Forces Commander Oleksandr Sirskyy on the situation at checkpoints in the northwestern direction of the capital's suburbs: "Based on the results of inspections I can say that the morale of our heroes holding the defence at the outskirts of Kyiv is extremely high. All our defenders are doing an excellent job and inflicting maximum losses on the enemy... We are ready to give the Russian troops an inhospitable encounter". 

Mykolaiv. Captured occupiers' equipment is being carried around the city: Captured occupiers` equipment is being carried around Mykolaiv. The city impresses with its fighting spirit and optimism.

Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov informed that the country's military and political leadership is holding intensive negotiations with partners to receive aid for Ukraine's defence.

The minister once again urged Ukrainians not to spread reports about certain countries providing weapons to our state: "Refrain from commenting on this issue. Leave the right to speak out on these topics exclusively to officials. I understand people's desire to share good news. But sometimes this creates a background of information that has a negative impact on the outcome".

Kharkiv Region. Evacuation buses have arrived in Izyum.

Russian “peacemakers” went to Kharkiv to “liberate” it from the “Nazis” in three days. Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has published a video of the interrogation of a Russian captive—one of the first ones to finally admit that he went not to drill but to war.

“We were ordered to capture the city, hold all main roads, cut off exit routes for civilians, and occupy the city. Also, we had permission to open fire on non-combatants and all city residents,” the captive platoon commander said.

The officer in the video and one soldier were the only survivors from the invaders’ platoon. Their willingness to surrender was the only reason they were spared, SBU noted.

Ukrainian intelligence service has released a list of Russian Strategic Air Force (RAF) pilots who are to be transferred to Belarusian airfields to carry out missile and bomb strikes against Ukrainian cities. 

Convoys to evacuate people from hot spots in the Kyiv region have already set out.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to destroy enemy vehicles. Some get captured, too.

Head of Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration Oleksandr Starukh informs that Ukrainian troops have destroyed a Russian Tigr infantry mobility vehicle and captured another during an engagement in one of the region's settlements.

Rikard Jozwiak on Twitter: “The latest draft EU statement on Russia to be adopted later this week states that EU leaders are ‘ready to move quickly with further sanctions if needed’. No mention of candidate status for Ukraine, only that ‘we will further strengthen our bonds and deepen our partnership’”.

On the evening of March, 8th, Zhytomyr was hit by another air raid. As a result, there were deaths and injuries. There are also fatalities and destruction in the Malyn community. Video of the consequences:

Green corridors for evacuation. Map: 1st route: Irpin - Kyiv; 2nd route: Vorzel - Kyiv; 3rd route: Bucha - Kyiv; 4th route: Hostomel - Kyiv; 5th route: Borodyanka - Kyiv

A convoy of five trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Energodar prepares to set off:

Evacuation in Kyiv Region. Today, a “green corridor” will be opened from Bucha, Vorzel, Borodianka, Hostomel and Irpin. Evacuation of local residents will start at around 10:40–11:00 AM. Children and women will be prioritized.

The buses and cars will be waiting at the following locations:

Irpin: the Irpin hotel, Ekomarket (105-b, Soborna St.)

Bucha: near Bucha City Council

Vorzel: 25, Kurortna St. (near the railway station), maternity hospital

Hostomel: 3-a, Myrna St. (correctional facility).

Borodianka: the church on Pravoslavna St.

The Head of the Kharkiv regional state administration, Oleh Sinehubov, has said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have given another repulse to the enemy in the direction of Dergachiv. During the night, the AFU ground units, the National Guard and the Territorial Defence Forces launched a counteroffensive against artillery positions and Russian multiple rocket launchers which had been systematically shelling the outskirts of Kharkiv city.

After unsuccessful resistance, the enemy resorted to fleeing, while abandoning military equipment in the form of heavy weapons. Part of the enemy personnel have fled into the woodlands towards Belgorod, so locals are asked to be cautious and contribute to the search if possible.

Green corridors. The Minister for Reintegration of the Occupied Territories, Iryna Vereshchuk, has informed that Ukraine has received a message from the Russian Federation on the agreement of the routes.

In order to evacuate the local population, a ceasefire will be imposed today from 9:00 am on the following routes:

• Energodar - Zaporizhzhya
• Sumy - Poltava
• Mariupol - Zaporizhzhya
• Volnovakha - Pokrovsk
• Izyum - Lozovaya
• Vorzel, Bucha, Borodyanka, Irpin, Hostomel - Kyiv (route via Stoyanka and Belgorodka)

This is how Kostyantyn Ostrozkyi independent mechanized brigade’s artillery works.

“This is what it looks like on our side—so majestic and formidable! On the enemy side... only psychically strong people can handle that. Our brigade’s gunners asked us to tell Ukraine and Ukrainians that their weapons are in good order and there is enough ammunition. Our guns’ every volley brings death to the invaders,” the Joint Forces Operation Staff wrote.

Another Russian tank took a "flaming" ride: 

Volunteers from Belarus are already fighting with Ukrainians against the Russian occupiers: "Everyone is ready to kill Russians, Belarusians who will come to this land with weapons, and, of course, Chechens - what can it be without Chechens. 

Invaders bombed the central part of Kharkiv on 1 March. The Kharkiv Regional State Administration building is heavily damaged, but the bust of Taras Shevchenko survived...

State Emergency Service of Ukraine informed LIGA.net that post-shelling clean-up operations were carried out on 8 March at five addresses, including the regional state administration building. Two people were rescued, and 20 dead bodies were extracted from the rubble.

State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reports that 106,000 people left Ukraine yesterday, 8 March. Most of them — over 75,000 — crossed the Ukrainian–Polish border. As a result, people and motor vehicles are still amassing in that direction.

Also, 14,500 people entered Ukraine last day, including almost 12,000 Ukrainians who will soon join the Territorial Defence Force.

Russian Regional State Administration reports that Severodonetsk is braving the most terrifying period of the war. People were killed and injured. The detailed information on yesterday's shelling is available here.

Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine


ENEMY LOSSES (09.03.2022)

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Information is updated

Situation in the regions as of the morning of 9 March.

Kyiv region. The enemy attempted to break into Irpin at night, the attack was repulsed. A missile strike was launched against Boryspil in the evening. One missile was destroyed, one hit the technical premises of the airport, there are wounded. The region is preparing to evacuate the hotspots.

Zhytomyr region. There were two air strikes in the evening and at night. In Zhytomyr, the occupants destroyed a dormitory building, tentatively there was also a hit on one of the city's enterprises (to be clarified). There was a bombardment of the town of Malyn. Several private houses were destroyed. According to preliminary reports, nine people were killed as a result of the airstrikes.

Zaporizhzhya region. The enemy is trying to restore the offensive, regrouping troops for a further offensive in the direction of Zaporizhia. The main efforts of the occupiers are focused on creating conditions for capture, but the pace of advance is reduced and personnel are demoralized.

Chernihiv region. Defensive battles on the outskirts of Chernihiv. The Russian army shelled the outskirts of Chernihiv at night, with preliminary information suggesting that there were fires in 10 residential buildings.

Sumy Region. Akhtyrskyi district and town were again bombed by Russian aircraft, no communication now.

Luhansk region. Shelling of Severodonetsk, Rubizhne and Kreminna, fires in residential areas due to shelling. There is no gas, water and electricity are partially missing. There is practically no Internet and communications. Yesterday there was heavy shelling of Severodonetsk. Today, the Regional State Administration reported the reveal of the bodies of 10 civilians.

Donetsk region. In Mariupol, the Russians bombed the building of the Red Cross - international and Ukrainian. There is nothing in the city - no water, electricity, gas, food, medicine supply. The occupiers have again blocked the passage of humanitarian aid supplies. Volnovakha - steadily bad, fighting going on. In Novoluganske - shelling, gas pipeline and houses damaged. No casualties reported yet - no possibility to survey.

Kharkiv. The regional centre is holding its ground, there have been no active offensives, at night there was a sporadic air attack on the outskirts of the city. Another saboteur was caught. Fighting continues in Izyum, shells hit residential buildings in Chuguyev and Dergachy.

In Kirovograd region, Volyn, Kherson region, Rivne region, Vinnitsa region, Khmelnytsky region, Ternopil, Cherkasy, Lviv region, Poltava region, Chernivtsi region, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Odesa region, Mykolaiv region, Dnipro and Zakarpattia regions the situation is calm or relatively calm.

"Everyone is alive and well. We are waiting for your tanks. We need trophies." The Territorial Defence Forces have already been armed with the German Panzerfaust 3s and are ready to face the Russian occupiers. 

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have eliminated regimental commander from Volgograd Region, Lieutenant Colonel Yuriy Agarkov. 

David Beckham and his wife donated $1m to help Ukrainian children. The couple also teamed up with UNICEF to launch a fundraiser to help Ukrainian children affected by war.

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Ukrzaliznytsya reports that Slovakia appoints daily trains to take refugees from Ukraine. They will start running today, March 9th.

The train will depart from Cierna nad Tisou station (Slovakia) at 07:00 and arrive at Chop station at 07:40. The return train will depart at 10:35 and arrive in Košice at 13:49.

There will also be a daily Cierna nad Tisou - Košice train service. Nine pairs of trains will run from Chop to Zahony (Hungary) at three-hour intervals during the day.

Today, on March 9th, Ukrainian literature classic, Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko would celebrate his 208th anniversary. Happy birthday to you, dear Taras Hryhorovych! The picture features slightly changed lines from his famous poem "Both Archimedes and Galileo": 

And on the reborn earth

There will be no enemy, no tyrant, 

There will be a son, and there will be a mother,

And there will be.. dead russians (originally - there will be people on the earth).

Sumy Region. The State Emergencies Service reported that on the night of March 9th, enemy aircraft stroke residential buildings in Lebedyn. 5 people, including 2 children, were rescued from under the rubble. 2 residential buildings were also destroyed as a result of an air strike.

Energoatom company reports that workers at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant have been held hostage for four days. Some 500 Russian soldiers and 50 pieces of heavy equipment are inside the plant. The plant workers are physically and psychologically exhausted.

There is information that the personnel of the plant captured by the Russians are being tortured. In addition, the occupiers’ soldiers have forced the station's management staff to record an appeal, which they plan to use for propagandist purposes - to create another fake story that will be shown to Russians and the international community to justify their own crimes.

The General Staff shows fresh enemy losses in Chernihiv and Kyiv regions. These are the result of work of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Territorial Defence Forces:

The Ministry of Infrastructure reports that in the first seven days of March, 8,882 tons of humanitarian cargo were transported by the Ukrainian railway, including passenger cars. We are talking about priority needs: food, water, medicines, children's goods for Kharkiv, Mariupol, Chernihiv, Volnovakha, Sumy, Kyiv and other cities and villages.

More than 470 tons of aid were delivered to Kharkiv region from 1 to 7 March. To Donetsk region 230 tons were delivered. To Kyiv region - 2,450 tons. It is said that this dynamic will only grow.

Kharkiv region. The State Emergencies Service reports that based on the geography of the airstrikes, all citizens - both the metropolis and distant villages - are in danger. It is impossible to understand the logic behind the enemy bombardments.

As a result of another air raid, the aggressor dropped at least three unguided aerial bombs on the small village of Donets in the Slobozhany community. One of them hit the foundations of a two-storey house on Didenko Street. The house has been destroyed instantly. Three people managed to get out from under the rubble on their own, one was unblocked by rescuers.

The occupiers continue to mercilessly bomb Kharkiv Region. The situation in the town of Izyum is critical. Russian occupiers besiege town and destroy it for refusing to surrender, National Police says. 

The head of the Sumy Regional State Administration, Dmytro Zhyvitsky, said that the humanitarian corridor from Sumy to Poltava has been extended from 09:00 to 21:00 today, 9 March.

It is possible to leave by own transport, in addition at about 14:00 22 buses from Poltava to Sumy, which yesterday went in the first convoy, will be returned. Buses will be available for pregnant women, women with children, senior citizens and physically challenged people. The place of departure will be notified additionally.

Bellingcat investigative journalist Hristo Groziev said on a nationwide TV marathon that after Putin was informed that the Russians had used eight very expensive missiles in Vinnitsa region, he became very angry. Groziev says that these were missiles, of which there are already few in Russia's stockpiles. Putin was furious because he had been told before that these were the most valuable missiles and there were no more than 1,000 of them in Russia's stockpiles at all.