00:00 EET Russian troops regrouped to organize the assault on Kyiv. They plan to involve the most combat-ready units, including the Special Regiment of Ramzan Kadyrov (Kadyrovtsy), and the private military company Liga (former Wagner) - General Staff facebook.com/GeneralStaff.u…
00:00 EET Russian 3 BTGs regrouped with the goal to advance to the south from Kyiv. Another group of 1 BTG tried to advance towards Kyiv from the north but was stopped with the losses while crossing the Irpin river - General Staff facebook.com/GeneralStaff.u…
00:00 EET Trying to take Izium (Kharkiv Obl), Russians suffered losses and retreated, resorted to shelling civilian housing and infrastructure. Multiple attempts to break through Ukrainian defense in Donbas to reach Severodonetsk and other cities had no success - General Staff
00:00 EET In the South, Russian troops were stopped while trying to advance in Mykolayiv and Zaporizhia directions. They are regrouping, having in total 2 BTGs for Mykolayiv, 3 BTGs towards Voznesensk, 4 towards Zaporizhia, and 3 from Melitopol to Mariupol - General Staff
On 7 March, Ukrainian air forces destroyed several Russian columns, at least 3 planes & 1 helicopter. One of Russian cruise missiles was intercepted by a missile fired from a Ukrainian fighter jet near Kyiv.
Total: 52 RU planes and 69 helicopters downed. facebook.com/kpszsu/posts/3…
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🔻General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine's operational information as of 9 March 2022, 24:00
🔵Ukraine's defense forces have been repelling and holding back the offensive of the Russian armed forces on all fronts.
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In some of the axes, the invading forces lost their combat capability and put reserves into operation. In order to increase its combat capabilities, the enemy moves combined forces and military units from other strategic axes to the borders of Ukraine. - General Staff
🔵The Republic of Belarus provides support to the invader by ensuring the supply of fuel and lubricants, the use of railway infrastructure, and its airfield network.
- General Staff
Today is the 14th day of the Mariupol defense from the Russian invasion. From 1 March, the city is fully encircled. - @Polk_Azov
The Russian troops are ruthlessly destroying both the city of Mariupol and its inhabitants with artillery and airstrikes. There is no electricity, water, gas, or communications due to the shelling. - @Polk_Azov
The invaders don't let humanitarian convoys into the city, civilians can't get out of the city. Mariupol's on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe. People collect rainwater for drinking, prepare food on fire outdoors, bury the dead neighbors just in the yards. - @Polk_Azov
As a result of Russia's hostile actions, the decommissioned Chornobyl NPP has been completely cut from power, the city of Slavutych is also without electricity, Ukrenergo reports. "The ongoing fighting makes it impossible to repair and restore power," according to the report.
Ukraine's NPP operator Energoatom on the Chornobyl NPP blackout:
🔻About 20,000 exhausted fuel assemblies are stored at the worked-out nuclear fuel storage facility-1, needing constant cooling, which is impossible without electricity;
🔻Without cooling, the temperature in the holding pools will increase, risking to release radioactive materials into the environment;
🔻Wind can transfer a radioactive cloud to other regions of Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Europe;
- Energoatom
▪️ The occupation contingent has already brought to our territory almost everyone who was gathered to invade Ukraine. - President Zelneskyy in his video address.
▪️ Yesterday we finally managed to organize a humanitarian corridor from the city of Sumy to Poltava. 1,600 students and 3,500 residents were rescued. - Zelenskyy
▪️ Our military, our terrdefense were able to replenish the arsenal of our equipment at the expense of multiple trophies of war that were captured on the battlefield: enemy tanks, armored vehicles, ammunition will now work for our defense. - Zelenskyy
🇷🇺 attempts to encircle major cities continue without much success, strikev at coastal citiesfrom warships in the Black Sea are possible. 🇷🇺 losses, estimated at around 10-11,000, are much worse than in Afghanistan, where 🇷🇺 lost 15,000 troops in 9 years euromaidanpress.com/2022/03/09/war…
According to British Defence Intelligence, Ukrainian air defenses appear to have enjoyed considerable success against Russian modern combat aircraft, probably preventing them from achieving any degree of control of the air.
🔻Key points from the 06:00 EET report by General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
▶️N/NW axes: hostilities continue in the Polissya & Volyn operational districts, & along Ukraine's border, & in Nizhyn, Ivanytsia, Trostyanets, the defense of Chernihiv continues.
The Kyiv defense group repulses the enemy's offensive, inflicts fire damage on its offensive group, and firmly holds certain boundaries. - General Staff
▶️Southern axis: operational groups of the defense forces cover the state border of Ukraine and the sea coast, protect & defend airfields and critical infrastructure. - General Staff