🇺🇦 Azov Regiment of Ukrainian National Guard, founded as Azov Battalion in 2014, has been reformed into a separate assault brigade of Ukrainian National Guard.
🗞️Ukrainian President's Office ordered to not blow up bridges, which allowed Russian rapid advance in the first days. The today iconic bridge in Irpin was blown up on order of the deputy commander of 72nd Mech Brigade, and it saved Kyiv, says Roman Chervinsky. #UkraineRussiaWar
Roman Chervinsky is a Ukrainian Special Forces officer, who's now in a custody. According to Ukrainian SBU, he and other soldiers decided to conduct an unauthorized operation to hijack a Russian attack jet, which led to death of three people and destruction of UA equipment.
He, in his defense, says it's a political process and he has become unwanted, like many others. Many Ukrainian volunteers and activist sided with him. This will not go unanswered, but first of all, the enemy in the east needs to be defeated.
🗺️Situation in #Bakhmut area, March 11 20:00:
- UA reports repelled attacks towards Zaliznianske, Hryhorivka, Bohdanivka, Ivanivske, and for the first time also Konstyantynivka
- UA continue to focus on bleeding out the enemy in Bakhmut #UkraineRussiaWar
🗺️Closer look on #Bakhmut
- the enemy is attacking from the north and south and made minor gains on these areas
- problematic situation continues in the north-west of the city
While UA command is focusing on holding on #Bakhmut as long as possible, the defenders are losing well-prepared and fortified positions behind the city. These positions don't have names and won't get world's attention, but are (were) important.
🗺️UA General Staff says during the last 24h, the Defense Forces repelled RU attacks in the vicinity of following settlements:
- Hryanykivka, Masyutivka (Kharkiv O.)
- Nevske, Kreminna, Bilohorivka (Luhansk O.)
- Spirne, Fedorivka, Zaliznianske, ... 1/2 #UkraineRussiaWar
🗞️Situation in #Soledar as of 9:00 PM today, by Ukrainian reporter Yuriy Butusov:
- The enemy managed to advance and gained fire control over the main supply line to Soledar.
- It's not full encirclement, but the situation is becoming critical. #UkraineRussiaWar
- Temperature today reached -18°C, complicates situation for both sides.
- Col. General Sirsky visited the Operation Room yesterday, to see the situation personally.
- 46th Airmobile Brigade, and elements of border guards, SSO and 17th Tank Brigade are inside city, fighting for every house.
- The enemy has high amount of casualties, but continue to advance.
- The Russian main focus now are the flanks, they want to encircle UA troops.
🇺🇦🇷🇺 The Ukraine-Russian talks in Istanbul ended. Thread below for the results:
1) Ukraine requires security guarantees similar to NATO's Article 5. If Ukraine is a target of aggression, all guarantors have three days to respond and provide military assistance to Ukraine.
2) Guarantors should be the members of UN, primary Britain, China, Russia, USA, France, Poland and Turkey.