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

Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko: Head of Hostomel Community Yurii Prylypko died while distributing bread and medications among locals.

Prosecutor General of Ukraine Iryna Venediktova: "The General of the Russian Federation who gave illegal orders to bomb Kharkiv was born in Chuhuiv, Kharkiv Region. We are hard at work already. The Hague is waiting"

Foreign Affairs Ministry of Ukraine: hearings of Ukraine's lawsuit against Russia over the genocide allegations have started at the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague. Ukraine asks as a preventive measure to oblige Russia to stop the military actions which it started on 24 February and to put an end to the engagement of the combatants it controls in the war.  

Residents of Energodar say goodbye to fallen heroes who defended the Zaporizhzhya NPP. (PHOTOS) Photo credits: Mayor of Energodar Dmytro Orlov.

Residents of Energodar say goodbye to fallen heroes who defended the Zaporizhzhya NPP. (PHOTOS) Photo credits: Mayor of Energodar Dmytro Orlov.

Armed Forces of Ukraine captured a large group of Russian troops. Journalist Yuriy Butusov published a video of them.

[These invaders were captured in the Sumy Region].

The UK Home Secretary Priti Patel: The USA, the UK, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia have called on Interpol to suspend Russia's access to the international law enforcement organization. Russia's actions are a direct threat to the safety of individuals and international law enforcement cooperation.

The Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have published a video of a barrage on a Russian military ship. The enemy retreated.

Andriy Klymenko, editor-in-chief of the BlackSeaNews, reports: today, the patrol ship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation "Vasily Bykov" was at the very least damaged by a missile salvo from the coast of the Odessa region. The information is being checked. Sergiy Bratchuk, speaker of the Operational Staff of the Odessa Regional Military Administration, also informed about the loss of one of the Russian vessels.

Alayev Vadim, who is a  captain pilot of a shot down Russian helicopter Mi-8 called on the Russian army to suspend murders in Ukraine and leave the territory of the country. Video has been published by Anton Gerashchenko, Interior Minister’s Advisor. 

Adviser to the Head of the President's Office Mykhailo Podoliak on the absence of reaction of Western countries to Russia's bombing of Ukrainian cities:
“Apparently, it's a pleasure for our friends to sit in a cozy cafe in Paris, Berlin, New York or Budapest, slowly drinking coffee with a croissant and looking at photographs of Ukrainian cities that are being destroyed at that very moment. But our cities, dying, are still fighting.”

Apparently, it's a pleasure for our friends to sit in a cozy cafe in Paris, Berlin, New York or Budapest, slowly drinking coffee with a croissant and looking at photographs of Ukrainian cities that are being destroyed at that very moment. But our cities, dying, are still fighting pic.twitter.com/P9XJzivuRI

— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) March 7, 2022

State Emergency Service of Ukraine has published photos of the consequences of bombarding of the town of Malyn, Zhytomyr region, carried out by the Russian military forces. (PHOTOS).

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

personnel - more 11 000,
tanks ‒ 290,
APVs ‒ 999,
artillery systems – 117,
MLRS - 50,
Anti-aircraft warfare systems - 23,
aircraft – 46,
helicopters – 68,
vehicles - 454,
boats / cutters - 3,
fuel tanks - 60,
UAV operational-tactical level - 7.

Data are being updated. The calculation is complicated by the high intensity of hostilities.

MoD Oleksii Reznikov addresses Ukrainians: the intensity of hostilities has temporarily decreased because the enemy suffered enormous losses. However, the invaders prepare a new wave of attacks. Their primary targets will be Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Mykolaiv. Also, they are trying to stifle Mariupol with a humanitarian crisis.

There has been substantial progress with weapon supplies. We are on getting anti-aircraft and anti-missile aid. Also, we have received 50,000 helmets and armour vests already, as well as uniforms produced for the NATO countries. Occupiers still have higher numbers and the advantage in the sea and air. However, Russian conscripts will soon go into hiding to avoid being sent to the war as a part of the Russian army. We will retake all temporarily occupied cities.

Zaporizhzhya military administration: Russian soldiers killed two postal workers delivering pensions. Occupiers fired on Ukrposhta's car and ran it over. 

Volodymyr Matsokin, Deputy mayor of Izyum (Kharkiv region) gave a commentary to LIGA.net: "Shelling have been taking place for 12 hours already. Court facility, multi-storey buildings, as well as civil infrastructure have been destroyed. There is no water supply, heating, gas supply, there is also partially no electricity, connection. It is impossible to provide town with food."

The situation on the ground as of 8 AM as reported by regional state administrations. Kherson Region is under temporary occupation. Many villages have no gas, electricity, running water, food, and medications. A green corridor is needed there. In Zaporizhzhia, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been defending Huliaipole, Orikhiv, and the Vasylivka–Balabyne direction. Polovy, Vasylivka, Tokmak, and Zaporizhzhia NPP are temporarily occupied. Many invaders have been entering the Sumy Region. There were no air raids there at night, but the situation in Okhtyrka and Trostianets is problematic.

Mariupol and Volnovakha are under siege. Battles continue there. Humanitarian aid is on its way to the Donetsk Region. A green corridor is needed there.

Russians have been shelling Mykolaiv with Grad MLRS. Other areas of the region have been relatively calm. Also, Severodonetsk and Popasna have been bombarded for two days already. Chernihiv has been chaotically shelled. A school and residential buildings were hit, electricity supply was partially disrupted. Battles continue on the approaches to the city. The northern part of the Zhytomyr Region has been shelled, too. Malyn, Ovruch, Korosten, and Vyazivka were hit.

The night was calm in Volyn, Rivne, Lviv, Zakarpattia, Kirovohrad, and Khmelnytskyi regions as well as in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Chernivtsi, Odesa, and Cherkasy. It was relatively calm in Vinnytsia and Poltava regions and the city of Dnipro, with some air raid alerts.

Head of Kharkiv Regional State Administration Oleh Syniehubov: at night, the National Guard of Ukraine captured the pilot of a downed Russian fighter. He is deputy commander of the air regiment stationed in Voronezh and carried out three sorties between Izyum and Balakliia. The invader disclosed his coordinators and spoke about illegal orders.

Mykhaylo Fedorov, Digital Transformation Minister: the YouTube channels of pro-Russian bloggers Anatoly and Olga Shariy, as well as their YouTube channel “Double” have been blocked in Ukraine. 

The State Emergency Service on the consequences of the night bombardment of Kharkiv: multi-storeyed residential buildings, administrative buildings, medical institutions, educational institutions and hostels were completely or partially destroyed. 21 buildings in the central part of the city caught fire. 200 people were rescued and evacuated. 8 dead Kharkiv residents were found under the rubble.

The Insider:  The bombing of Ukrainian cities is led by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces Sergei Surovikin. In 1991, during the putsch in Moscow, he personally guided the column of armored vehicles that crushed people. In 2014 he led the dispatch of tank units in the Rostov region to Donbass.

British Ministry of Defense reports: According to intelligence, the Russians made minimal progress in Ukraine over the weekend. It is unlikely that Russia has successfully achieved its planned goals to date.

Speaker of the Operations Staff of the Odessa Regional Military Administration, Serhiy Bratchuk reports: During the night, Russians launched a missile attack from the sea in the area of Tuzla, Odessa region. Critical infrastructure facilities were attacked, preliminary with no casualties.

Volunteers from the UK started arriving into Ukraine. One of them told us about their motivation.

В Україну прибувають перші британські добровольці. Вони приїхали в Україну, щоб воювати проти російської армії. pic.twitter.com/QFhv3cKxuN

— Радіо Свобода (@radiosvoboda) March 7, 2022

The Ukrainian soldiers blew up a bridge on the outskirts of Mykolayiv. The video was published by people's deputy and military officer Roman Kostenko. 

State Emergency Service: Russians shelled residential areas and suburbs of Mykolaiv. Because of this, fires broke out in the city. Part of the city (142 houses) was left without heat supply, writes Regional Municipal Enterprise -Mykolaivoblteploenergo . Photo credits: Suspilne Mykolayiv. 

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian: "I believe Ukraine will win. Already for ten days the most unbelievable thing is that Ukraine's resistance on a scale that the experts could not have imagined."

The current situation on the front as of 06:00 from the General Staff: the occupiers continue their offensive operation, in particular missile and artillery strikes on Ukrainian cities. Belarusian airfields are being used for this purpose. The AFU is holding defenses in all directions. The enemy suffers losses in soldiers and equipment and surrenders as captive. The Russians are shelling civilians, "green corridors", taking women and children hostage, placing equipment in residential areas, and artificially creating a humanitarian crisis in the temporarily occupied towns. In particular, in Irpin, where there is no light, heat, food and water supplies, the occupiers have forbidden the locals to leave their homes. They also make staged stories for the Russian media about the invaders' "being human".

Mykolaiv was indeed struck from multiple rocket launcher systems -  State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine confirms.

The hacking collective Anonymous today hacked into the Russian streaming services Wink and Ivi (like Netflix) and live TV channels Russia 24, Channel One, Moscow 24 to broadcast war footage from Ukraine:

JUST IN: The hacking collective #Anonymous today hacked into the Russian streaming services Wink and Ivi (like Netflix) and live TV channels Russia 24, Channel One, Moscow 24 to broadcast war footage from #Ukraine. #TangoDown #OpRussia pic.twitter.com/2V8opv7Dg9

— Anonymous TV

A house is burning in Oleksiyivka near Kharkiv:

Kharkiv. The dormitory is on fire.

We will live. Soldiers of Kyiv's territorial defence forces got married right at the checkpoint. Military helmets instead of crowns, yellow armbands instead of wedding rushniks. A wedding in military realities.

At 05:15 Mykolaiv was struck from multiple rocket launcher systems, reports "Suspilne". No information about this from the authorities yet.

Russia continues to fight people's anti-war sentiments. "No to war" was scratched on the ice, but communal services corrected it. They painted the ice.

11 days of fighting. The shelling of apartment buildings, the shootings of people who are trying to evacuate. Captive Russians, crushed military equipment of the occupiers. The results of the day in a video from the Ministry of Defense.

As a result of the Russian attack, almost 1,000 settlements (646,000 Ukrainians) are currently without electricity supply. Some 130,000 Ukrainians are without gas supply. The most difficult situation is now in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Mykolayiv and Zaporizhzhya regions, the Ministry of Energy has reported. 

Kyiv! Chernihiv! Airstrike siren - everyone to the shelters!

The occupiers brought with them to Ukraine a full dress uniform with medals, the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine command reports.

"But something went wrong. Some of the Russian soldiers fertilized the Ukrainian land, and some of them asked for forgiveness in captivity," the SOF of Ukraine reported.

At 10:00 am, the residents of the Romanivka district of Irpin city will be evacuated by buses. Irpin is a city near Kyiv that has been suffering from shelling by Russian invaders for many days now.

"Please, come! Glory to Ukraine! We will win!", Oleksander Markushyn, the mayor of Irpin, addressed the locals.

SpaceX Inspiration4 crew commander Jared Isaacman personally delivered air to Ukraine to express his support.

"What's the aid? You'll find out soon. And this is just the beginning," Ukrainian diplomat Oleh Kuts said.

A video that needs no comment and clearly illustrates why the Ukrainian military will never be broken.

Polish President Andrzej Duda said the Russian occupiers show "neither enthusiasm nor readiness for an assault." Ukrainian defenders, on the contrary, are ready for battle and have a great motivation to repulse the enemy, he added.

The European Training Foundation (ETF) expressed support for Ukraine and pledged not to hold any activities in Russia and Belarus. ETF expresses its full solidarity with Ukraine and its people. Immediately after the war, the ETF plans to intensify cooperation with Ukraine. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine reports that the organisation will do everything possible to accelerate the development and strengthening of vocational education in Ukraine.

Ukrainian Minister of Education and Science Serhii Shkarlet said that since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, 211 schools have been destroyed or damaged by Russian troops.

Okhtyrka, Sumy region. On March 6, Russian planes bombed warehouses with food, building materials, and a parking lot for fuel trucks.

"The Russian army is doing everything to turn our cities and villages into a desolated hell," said Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, head of the Sumy Regional State Administration.

On the background of the full-scale Russian invasion in Ukraine, Denmark will significantly increase its budget for defense and tend to get rid of Russian gas dependence, Reuters has written.

Near the White House in the US, thousands of people came out to support Ukraine. Among others, their demands included closing the sky over Ukraine.

Zhytomyr Region. On March 6, at about 21:00 in Korosten city, windows in a three-story school building were shattered due to an airstrike. No deaths; one person injured. At the same time, in the city of Ovruch, Korosten district, the building of the employment centre was also destroyed due to an airstrike, and two two-story residential buildings were completely destroyed. Several apartment buildings were damaged.

ABC News reports: according to a Pentagon official, about 600 Russian missiles have been launched since the invasion of Ukraine began on Feb. 24.