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

The humanitarian corridor from Sumy:

Human Rights Watch International said that Russia "violated its obligations under international humanitarian law not to carry out indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks that harm civilians," CNN wrote.

"For several hours on March 6, 2022, Russian forces shelled an junction on a road where hundreds of civilians were fleeing a Russian army offensive in northern Ukraine towards Kyiv," HRW said in a statement.

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Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk reported that a humanitarian corridor for evacuation from Sumy, which had been agreed with Russia back on 5 March but had not been previously opened due to Russian shelling of passenger and cargo vehicles, has been in operation since 10 a.m.

A humanitarian corridor from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhya has also been opened, with eight trucks carrying medicines, water and food supplies, and more than 30 buses now on their way back to Mariupol to pick up people, mostly women, children and the elderly.

Despite a ceasefire agreed with Russia on this route, there are already reports that Russia continues to fire along the route of the humanitarian corridor.

Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk reported that a humanitarian corridor for evacuation from Sumy, which had been agreed with Russia back on 5 March but had not been previously opened due to Russian shelling of passenger and cargo vehicles, has been in operation since 10 a.m.

A humanitarian corridor from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhya has also been opened, with eight trucks carrying medicines, water and food supplies, and more than 30 buses now on their way back to Mariupol to pick up people, mostly women, children and the elderly.

Despite a ceasefire agreed with Russia on this route, there are already reports that Russia continues to fire along the route of the humanitarian corridor.

Zelenskyy on invaders’ atrocities in Mariupol: "The city is surrounded and blocked. It is deliberately being exhausted and tortured. The occupiers consciously disrupt communications and electricity supply, block food and water deliveries. Perhaps, for the first time since the Nazi invasion, a child has died from dehydration in Mariupol. Hear me today, our respected partners. A child has died from dehydration in 2022".

President of Ukraine addresses on March 8: "I just can't congratulate you... I can't. When there are so many deaths, so much grief, so much suffering. When there is a war - a full-scale terrorist war against our people."

Kyrylo Tymoshenko: A humanitarian convoy heads to Mariupol in the Donetsk region

Crimean captive Ivan Temny, born in 2000, calls his mother from Odesa. He admits - "we are not peacekeepers, we are occupiers, we kill people, we are fascists". (VIDEO)  

Ukrainian intelligence has published a list of war criminals from the Russian Navy accessory to killing Ukrainian civilians and launching missile strikes on cities. The strikes with Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles were carried out by not only Russian citizens but also those who betrayed Ukraine, selling out to Russia when it occupied Ukrainian Crimea in March 2014, Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine reports. The database has everything: the criminals' photos, the information on their families, links to social media pages, telephone numbers, and more.

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Spanish light rocket-propelled grenade launcher Instalaza C90 has entered service with the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Force.

Sumy, an update on the number of casualties as a result of the Russian occupier's airstrike last night: 19 civilians and 2 children. The number of casualties is being estimated. 

Aleksandr Krasnoyartsev, a captured pilot of the Su-34 shot down over Chernihiv, has testified that Russian military commanders deliberately give orders to bomb civilian infrastructure and residential areas of Ukrainian cities. At the same time, not high-precision weapons are used for the strikes, as the occupier's military commanders and propagandists claim, but unguided free-fall aerial bombs OFAB-250-270, OFAB-500, OFZAB-500. (VIDEO) 

Humanitarian aid from Zaporizhzhya has set off for Mariupol. The occupiers had been blocking the exit of the humanitarian cargo for a long time by shelling its route. (VIDEO) 

Mykhaylo Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Presidential Office: "It is somewhat strange, but Russian officials really think that they are at war with the Nazis and nationalist battalions. This is some kind of surreal story that they have made up for themselves. This is how they justify their aggressive terrorist actions and they still don't understand". That it is not sold anywhere except in Russia itself, which they have cut off from the information zone altogether... They've trapped themselves in an invented story and are fighting themselves," Podolyak said.

He added that there are no Nazis except for Russia itself, there is no Russian truth, so Ukraine wins on all fronts. (VIDEO)

Є сучасна цивілізація, до якої входить Україна, де домінують свобода, конкуренція і гуманізм. А є «світ» російських високопосадовців, в якому вони вбивають мирних громадян інших країн, тому що досі воюють з примарним нацизмом… pic.twitter.com/20rJcCOjvW

— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) March 8, 2022

The Come Back Alive Foundation has raised UAH 18.6 million to buy a Raybird 3 drone for the Ukrainian military. The drone is fit for fulfilling tactical-level objectives and can be used for adjusting fire at a distance of up to 120 km. It can also work in tandem with the missile complex Tochka-U, whose warhead weighs almost 500 kg (!).

Security Service of Ukraine: "The Russian captives told about their own army's war crimes, murders and looting of civilians. One ended up surrendering voluntarily to the "local guys", another hid in the forest until he was found there" - according to locals as well. (VIDEO)

Alexander Kovalenko: "Another Russian tank has gone over to the side of the good in Sumy. And even more so, a parade one". (VIDEO) 

Sumy, the first phase of evacuation from a city that has been suffering from Russian occupier shelling for several days already. 

Journalist Yuri Butusov has said that 8 Ukrainian citizens were detained while trying to illegally cross the border with Moldova. Among them are singer Sofia Rotaru's son Ruslan Yevdokymenko, born in 1970, and the singer's grandson Anatoliy Yevdokymenko, born in 1994. (VIDEO)

Irpin. Mayor Oleksandr Markushin said he had received a message from a Russian number with an offer to surrender the city.

“I am publicly making a counter-offer to the invaders: you have 24 hours to leave the territory of Irpin community and save the lives and health of a few thousand Russian conscripts, for whom their mothers, sisters, daughters, grandmothers, and loved ones are waiting at home,” he wrote.

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“Deal Alexander, you have an opportunity to save your life and health and, perhaps, improve your financial standing. If our offer is of interest to you, send ‘+’ in return. The offer is valid for 24 hours!”

Sumy. Victims of Russian occupiers among civilians. Photos 18+ (PHOTOS)

The Russian propaganda media allegedly published an address by former fugitive President Viktor Yanukovych. In it, "Yanukovych" outlined a number of Russian narratives about Maidan and the war in Donbas, as well as "in a presidential and fatherly way" addressed the head of state, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He also quoted the Gospel for some reason. (PHOTOS)

The aftermath of the night-time bombardment of Kharkiv on Kosmonavtiv, 23 August Streets 

Enemy combat losses as of the morning of 8 March (PHOTO)

Sumy after the night bombardment:

Here is a link to website for Ukrainians in urgent need of a temporary home around the world and for those who can provide it. 

The head of the Ministry of Reintegration, Iryna Vereshchuk, has said that a humanitarian corridor for the city of Sumy should start operating today. The evacuation will follow the route: Sumy, Holubivka, Lokhvitsa, Lubny, Poltava. At 10 a.m. the first convoy should start moving. A silent regime from 9:00 to 21:00 has been agreed upon. According to Vereshchuk, there is already information that Russia is preparing disruption and manipulation to force people to go another way - uncoordinated and dangerous.

General Staff: The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 07.03 (inclusively) were approximately:

personnel - more than 12 000,
tanks ‒ 303 units,
APV ‒ 1036 units,
artillery systems – 120 units,
MLRS - 56 units,
Anti-aircraft warfare systems - 27 units,
aircraft – 48 units,
helicopters – 80 units,
vehicles - 474 units,
boats / cutters - 3 units,
fuel tanks - 60 units,
UAV operational-tactical level - 7.

Polish volunteers have already started working against the Russian occupiers in Ukraine. And working efficiently! (VIDEO) 

Bayraktar destroyed a Buk-M2 surface-to-air missile launcher of the Russian Armed Forces, journalist Yuri Butusov has reported: (VIDEO) 

The State Emergencies Service of Ukraine has reported to LIGA.net https://www.liga.net that as a result of the shelling by Russian troops, 247 facilities were completely destroyed and 1,431 critical infrastructure facilities partially damaged, including 112 residential buildings completely destroyed and 1,122 partially damaged. A total of 815 settlements are currently without electricity supply due to the shelling.

There are now 4,400 people in need of evacuation. They are in shelters, basements, dacha communities and under the rubble.

The most difficult situation is in Buchanskyy district of Kyiv Region. The occupiers have created a humanitarian disaster there. There is no access to the settlements of Bucha, Vorzel, Irpin, Mykhaylivska Rubizhevka, Gostomel, Borodyanka, Shibeno, Nove Zalissya, Krasny Rih, Makarov, Mykolaivka, Kolonshchyna, Kopylov, Severynivka, Berezivka, Plakhtyanka, Chervona Horka, Havronshchyna, Klavdievo-Tarasovo, Myla, Gurovschyna due to the occupants' occupation. Russian checkpoints have been deployed in these settlements, fighting is taking place, and residential houses and infrastructure are being shelled.

According to local residents, the occupants are looting, killing and raping civilians, and passport controls are being carried out.

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The situation in Ukraine as of 08:00 on March 8:

Kyiv region. Fighting in Irpin. Shelling: Makarov, Hostomel districts. The enemy vehicles are in move in the north of Brovary district. Constant airstrikes sirens in Vasilkiv, Bila Tserkva, Hostomel, Uzin. An evacuation is being prepared.

Mykolaiv region. Mykolaiv wa repelled from the Russian occupiers. Explosions were heard at night, but everything was quiet in the region.

Kharkiv region. Kharkiv at night - relatively calm, the region was fighting in the Izium and Derhachiv directions.

Kherson. At 2 in the morning, powerful explosions were heard. The consequences are to be clarified.

Zhytomyr region. There was an airstrike siren last night. Strikes at two oil depots and an industrial zone.

Zaporizhzhia region. The enemy is preparing to attack Zaporizhzhia, regrouping troops. Polohy, Vasyliva, Tokmak, Melitopol, Berdiansk and Enerhodar - the situation is controlled by Ukrainian mayors. At the same time, the enemy is trying to establish a police regime by terrorising civilians.

Khmelnytskyi region. Airstrike siren. Attempts to attack Starokostiantyniv town were repulsed.

Chernihiv region. There were several airstrike sirens at night; defensive battles near Chernihiv.

Sumy region. Russian airstrikes on residential neighbourhoods in Sumy. More than 20 were killed or wounded, including children. Sumy region - also airstrikes on villages, on civilian houses. The number of victims is to be clarified. Okhtyrka - night air raid, bombed residential neighbourhoods, private homes, grocery stores. They hit the already broken thermal power station again. The city has no heat for the fourth day. The number of victims is to be clarified; the State Emergency Service of Ukraine is working in the rubbles.

Luhansk region. Shelling of Popasna, Rubizhne and Severodonetsk. In Popasna, two people died in a psychoneurological dispensary. There are three wounded civilians in Rubizhne. There is no gas supply, partly no electricity and water.

Donetsk region. Manhush (the last town before Mariupol) - under the control of the occupiers. Mariupol made its way to the connection today - for a short time, now it disappeared again. The city is in a humanitarian catastrophe. Russians have already razed Volnovakha to the ground. The evacuation from there will be continued today. Shelling in the area of Avdiivka. The battle began in the Marinka area in the morning.

Kirovohrad, Volyn, Rivne, Vinnytsia, Ternopil, Cherkasy, Poltava, Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Odesa, Dnipro, Zakarpattia - the night was calm.

On March 7, in Kharkiv. Russian shelling led to fire in 27 apartments in an apartment building. The final information about the dead and injured is to be specified, but rescuers have already found four dead people under the rubble. On the same day, they have made more than 40 trips to eliminate fires and clear the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Kharkiv region.

On March 7, in Sumy, Russian aircraft attacked residential buildings. At 23:09, rescuers arrived, dismantled the destroyed houses and put out the fire. They were able to rescue an injured woman, hand her over to the doctors, as well as to remove the dead from under the rubble. Nine people were killed due to the shelling; two of them were children.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine allowed marrying a soldier without their presence. A marriage certificate can be issued without the personal presence of one or both newlyweds. However, they have to personally apply to their commander, which is considered as consent, who will send an act to a department of state registration of acts of civil status.

On March 14, the cover of new The New Yorker issue with an illustration featuring President Volodymyr Zelenskyi will be released:

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If the VVP thinks, that by tearing down houses and killing civilians, he will break the will and spirit of the Ukrainians, he is wrong. As @ZelenskyyUa told me, every destroyed house and every victim killed increases the resistance of the Defenders and the will to win.

The head of the Sumy regional state administration Dmitry Zhyvytsky showed results of work of Bayraktar attack on Russian military equipment and on occupiers themselves:

On March 7, around 8:20 pm, Russian airstrikes set fire to oil depots in the Zhytomyr region. In Zhytomyr, two tanks with a capacity of 10,000 cubic meters out of 9 burned. In Cherniakhiv, 2 out of 17 half-empty tanks with a capacity of 2,000 cubic meters burned. The distance to residential buildings is about 500-600 m. At 06:15, the fire was extinguished. There are no preliminary casualties or injuries.

Video of how the Ukrainian anti-tank complex "Stugna-P" works against the occupiers:

The 13th day of the war began.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that the invaders are demoralised and increasingly resort to looting.

In the temporarily occupied territories of Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv and Kyiv regions, robberies, violent actions against locals, the seizure of civilian premises, agricultural hangars for military parking equipment, the arrangement of firing positions in densely populated areas and civilian infrastructure are recorded.

In the temporarily occupied territories in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, the invaders use psychological warfare units to influence the locals. Up to 10 tactical groups of psychological units have been created to conduct propaganda work with the population.

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Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andrii Sybiha, said that Volodymyr Zelenskyi had decided to withdraw Ukrainian peacekeepers, who are highly professional military personnel, along with equipment from all missions in the world. To strengthen the Ukrainian army now in rebuffing Russian aggression. Sybiha showed a photo of the decree. It is not yet available on the website of the head of state.

The head of the Zaporizhzhya regional state administration, Oleksandr Starukh, said on a nationwide TV marathon that the situation was difficult but the enemy had not managed to advance in any area. On March 7th fighting was taking place near the towns of Polohy and Gulyaypole. The situation in the regional centre is stable and the city is preparing for a possible offensive.

In Izyum, Kharkiv region, it is the sixth day the local residents are in bomb shelters due to attacks by Russian occupiers. The city has no food, heat, light, water, communication is not working, said Deputy Mayor of Izyum Volodymyr Matsokin.

"There is no more bus station, court, railway station, executive committee, medical college, police station, military enlistment office, dozens of shops and offices, no windows in the hospital, a shell hit a children's sports school. Central Park is like a place of bloody massacre," he wrote.

According to the official, Izyum has always been a peaceful city, with no military units stationed on its territory.

The World Bank has approved emergency financing of $723m to help Ukraine's government pay public-sector wages, welfare and pensions, BBC reported.

The bank said the package incorporated funding from the UK, Netherlands, Sweden, Japan, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania and Iceland.

The World Bank also says it is working to release a further $3 for Ukraine and its neighbouring countries in the coming months.

Soldiers of the Azov National Guard regiment neutralized eight Russian occupiers near Belogorodka in the Kyiv region, People's Deputy Oleksiy Honcharenko reports.

The head of the Sumy Regional State Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyi showed columns of enemy vehicles destroyed with Bayraktar.