Despite claims that the city was fully captured by Russian forces yesterday, Ukrainian sources report that fighting is still ongoing in Rubizhne, near Severodonetsk. Cities are being shelled. 
Russia responded in Mykolaiv by hitting a Ukrainian military base yesterday morning. Final number of casualties has yet to be released, but likely very high (at least 40). There are many pictures of corpse covered in debris
(pic via Expressen)
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(pic via Expressen)
expressen.se/nyheter/raketa…
(I have corrected this tweet as there was a typo: This happened yesterday morning not this morning)
Meanwhile, the Dutch Ministry of Defense confirmed that, per a NATO request, Germany and the Netherlands are sending Patriot batteries to Slovakia. This is reportedly part of a deal that will see Slovakia send its S-300s to Ukraine (translated)
defensie.nl/actueel/nieuws…
defensie.nl/actueel/nieuws…
The Ukrainian military claims to have killed Lieutenant General Andrei Mordvichev the Russian commander of the 8th Combined Arms Army (CAA)
https://twitter.com/GeneralStaffUA/status/1505052802439163905
🚩The #Russian Ministry of Defense claims to have used a Khinzal hypersonic missile to target an underground ammunition depot in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of western #Ukraine.
Using such a missile against a target in western Ukraine is clearly meant as a message of deterrence against the West. #Russia is trying to deter Ukrainian allies from sending weapon shipments.
The Ukrainian military released a video update with English subtitles yesterday on the situation in Kyiv, claiming that Russian forces have "given ground" and that the intensity of Russian offensives have diminished - though shelling continues.
Video released by the Ukrainian Operational Command South - artillery and drone strikes
Barabashovo market in Kharkiv
Destroyed Russian tanks near Kyiv.
The Russian Ministry of Defense released this video purportedly showing the destruction of a Ukrainian weapons depot in a "precision strike", claiming that an underground structure was hit.
(BTW I am not sure that this relates to the claim that they used the hypersonic Khinzal missile against an underground weapons depot, the statement does not specify where this happened)
There doesn't seem to be any secondary explosions, and people are leaving the building, so I am wondering what they actually hit. If it was a weapons depot, it was likely empty.
The Ukrainian military claims that #Russia is pulling units from the other side of the country, including the 155th Separate Marine Brigade (Vladivostok) 40th Separate Marine Brigade (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky), to "make up for the losses" suffered by Russian forces in Ukraine.
Parts of the Demydiv town northwest of Kyiv has been flooded after a dam along the Irpin River was blown up. Ukrainian sources are blaming Russia.
Russian T-72b3 destroyed in Mariupol
Destruction in Mariupol
Russian jammer captured by Ukrainian forces.
This "parachuted bomb" was reportedly dropped on an area of Kyiv (per Gerashchenko). I personally can't identify.
More pictures. The bomb was dropped yesterday
Source of the statement by Gerashchenko:
t.me/mvs_ukraine/97…
Source of the statement by Gerashchenko:
t.me/mvs_ukraine/97…
The Ukrainian military claims to have shot down a Russian Ka-52 helicopter and damaged another in the Zaporizhzhya area. No visual evidence so far (that I have seen).
Kharkiv tonight
The Russian Defense Ministry claims that Ukrainian forces have mined a chemical plant in Sumy, so as to "poison residents" if the Russian military enters the city (via RIA)
[Usual Russian false flag claims, let's hope this does not pave the way to an actual attack]
[Usual Russian false flag claims, let's hope this does not pave the way to an actual attack]
Mariupol
🚩All of the Belarusian Embassy staff in Ukraine left the country on March 18.
🚩First reported use of the TOS-1A "Flamethrower" thermobaric MLRS (undisclosed location)
Another view, likely of the same incident, filmed by RT
A longer video, containing the previous one, has now been released by the Russia-backed "Donetsk People's Republic" (via telegram)
(thanks to @sterion75 for pointing this out)
Though the Ukrainian military seems to just say Andrey Paliy is the Deputy Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, he is in fact the Deputy Commander of the Black Sea fleet for Military-Political Work (so not the overall deputy commander)
https://twitter.com/michaelh992/status/1505456496561295360
Some local Russian sources in Crimea do appear to confirm that he died (still not a mainstream Russian source)
sevastopol.su/news/v-specope…
sevastopol.su/news/v-specope…
Russian column destroyed (undisclosed location)
The Ukrainian military released this video of strikes against Russian forces (undisclosed location)
Russian Tigr jeep captured in Mariupol - video by Ukrainian military journalist Ivan Bogdan
https://twitter.com/riprv/status/1505477084982181892
School 36, hit in Mariupol
Geolocation
google.com/maps/place/Sch…
google.com/maps/place/Sch…
School 66, Mariupol
Geolocation:
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google.com/maps/place/%D0…
Seems like it could be a systematic effort to destroy schools (another picture from School 36)
Protest in Kherson denouncing the Russian occupation
In Berdyansk, Russian forces have started arresting protesters. Video shows Russian soldiers beating a protest on the ground.
Debris from a missile fell on a building in Kyv's Sviatoshynskyi district - pictures via #Ukraine's emergency service
Because of the way Russia fights, firing missiles at cities, Ukraine's firefighters are on the frontline too.
Another picture (from Ukraine's State Emergency Service)
Russian soldiers detained the deputy mayor of Enerhodar. Residents are holding a protest to demand his release.
Missile debris in #Kyiv
Vitali Klitschko the Mayor of Kyiv was in the Sviatoshynskyi district in Kyiv, where missile debris fell on a residential building
Video from Moshchun near Kyiv, which Russian forces tried to capture a few days ago after crossing the Irpin river. Ukrainian artillery strikes appear to have taken out Russian vehicles.
Picture of Russian SOBR (Special Rapid Response Squad) from Smolensk in Kachaly, near Kyiv
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