Meanwhile, the humanitarian convoy stayed in occupied Berdyansk for another night "due to non-compliance with the ceasefire regime by Russian troops," according to the Mariupol City Council.
The effort to deliver one single humanitarian convoy into besieged Mariupol comes into its tenth day.
According to social media accounts, some 60 private cars from besieged Mariupol managed to reach Zaporizhia on Mar. 14, the rest of the column stayed in occupied Berdyansk for the night. There is no official information on the number of evacuees so far. t.me/mariupolnow/24…
⚡️As of 14:00, Mar15, 2,000 cars have already left besieged Mariupol heading to Zaporizhia.
Another 2,000 were on the way out of town, according to the Mariupol City Council. Earlier, it reported that as of 10:00, some 300 Mariupolites reached Zaporizhia.
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There should be an international tribunal [for Russia] and it will be...The investigative team of the International Criminal Court, together with our law enforcement officers, are already gathering all the evidence in Ukraine - Zelenskyy bit.ly/3KP6Umq
"The most devastated areas are those that Russian propagandists named the place of people especially close to Russia. This is their "friendship"... 400 educational institutions have been destroyed in Ukraine, 119 in the Donetsk Oblast. 103 children were killed" - Zelenskyy
"The Russian state has become an outspoken terrorist and it is not ashamed... Without the recognition of Russia as a terrorist state, it will be impossible to restore justice to Ukraine, it will be impossible to restore international order," - Zelenskyy bit.ly/3KP6Umq
Ukraine could agree to what Russians call "neutral status" but according to the Ukrainian model. That means legally verified security guarantees: in case of war signatories provide weapons and air defense immediately without bureaucratic procedures or conditions, - UA Negotiator
In case of war "the signatories of the guarantees are officially providing immediate supplies of weapons... Ukraine no longer wants to depend on bureaucratic procedures... We need direct and strict guarantees that the sky will be closed," - Podoliak said pravda.com.ua/news/2022/03/1…
"Many international organizations created after the WWII don't have impact but only express concern. Ukraine needs a new defense alliance, which must include a country with nuclear weapons like the UK," - Ukrainian Defense Council Secretary said yesterday facebook.com/rnbou/posts/27…
🔴Operational information by the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces as of 06:00 EET, 15 Mar. 2022:
🔸The 20th day of the heroic resistance of the 🇺🇦 people to the 🇷🇺 military invasion began
🔸Status, position, nature of the defense forces' actions saw no significant changes
🔸The Armed Forces of Ukraine are inflicting devastating blows on groups of troops and the rear infrastructure of the occupiers.
- General Staff
🔸During the past 24hrs, a group of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down the enemy's 4 helicopters, one plane, and a 🇺🇦fighter jet hit the enemy's cruise missile.
- General Staff
12:00 EET: In Mykolayiv and Kryvyy Rih directions, Russian troops have been stopped but continue systematic air bombing on the military and civilians, using high-ammunition, classified by intern.humanitarian law as a war crime,–General Staff of Ukraine facebook.com/MinistryofDefe…
In the Volyn direction, Russian troops continue strengthing 🇧🇾-🇺🇦 border protection by units of the Belarus army and conducts air reconnaissance of certain areas along the State border.–General Staff of UA, as of 12:00 EET
Russian forces are trying to gain a foothold in Bucha and Irpin. Regrouping is carried out to resume the offensive in the direction of Kyiv.–Gen.Staff.
However, acc to Kyiv Obl. Mil.Adm.Head, Russia would need to bring all its troops to Kyiv to capture it nv.ua/ukr/amp/voyna-…
🔴Operational information by the Ukraine army's General Staff as of 24:00, Mar.13:
🔻 The eighteenth day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion is coming to an end.
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🔻Russian occupation forces continue the offensive operation against our state. They are trying to gain a foothold in the occupied positions and maintain the pace of the offensive in certain areas. - Ukraine's General Staff
🔻In order to increase the number of groups in the Polissya, Tavriya, and Pivdennobuzhsky operational areas, the enemy is forming and moving strategic reserves to our borders. - General Staff