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3 March 2022
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22:06
The First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska has started a Telegram channel where her audience can find information that can help during wartime.
21:58
In Russian-occupied Kherson, invaders may attempt to simulate a "rally" allegedly in support of the Russian occupation. They are already bringing people and vehicles into the city.
21:50
Nearly 875,000 people have been forced to leave Ukraine since the beginning of Russia's war of aggression in the country.
21:37
A column of Russian military machinery is moving in the direction of a nuclear power plant in Energodar, Zaporizhia oblast.
21:22
A graduate of the Kharkiv National University of Aviation has been captured by Russian troops. Ukraine will make every effort to free him.
21:19
One person dead and one injured as a result of Russian shelling in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyy, Odessa Region.
20:58
It is possible that Russian troops will attempt to storm Mykolayiv on Friday, 4 February.
20:44
The State Duma has introduced a bill to call up for military service those who have been prosecuted for participating in unauthorised rallies against Russia's participation in wars abroad.
20:42
20:19
On 4 March, Russian authorities plan to impose martial law throughout all territories of Russia to prevent protests and create the necessary reserve of troops to continue the war with Ukraine.
20:16
Russian troops in the Donetsk Region continue to shell civilians, and apparently want to set up a blockade of Mariupol.
20:12
Ukrainian mobile phone subscribers will no longer be able to call subscribers of Russian operators. This was reported by the State Special Service.
19:58
‘Target markers’, resembling the symbols for adjusting the fire of the Russian occupiers, were found on the buildings of diplomatic missions in Kyiv.
19:42
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has good relations with Israeli leadership but does not feel they are "wrapped in the Ukrainian flag".
19:33
About 3,000 people remain in the frontline town of Volnovakha in the Donetsk region, where fighting is taking place between Ukrainian defenders and the Russian occupying forces.
19:27
The mayor of Kherson, Igor Kolykhayev, who had previously negotiated with the Russian invading forces about further rules governing life in the city, has announced that there is a growing threat of looting.
19:15
At least 33 people were killed and 18 were injured in air strikes in Chernihiv.
19:05
President Vladimir Putin stated that for the death of a Russian soldier in Ukraine, the soldier's family would receive nearly 7.5 million rubles and additional payments.
19:02
Ukrainian Armed Forces hold the defence at the occupied borders, repelling enemy forces. The aggressors continue to suffer losses.
19:00
State concern Ukroboronprom has already started repairing trophy military equipment obtained in battles with the Russian army.
18:51
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that he is ready to talk to Vladimir Putin on equal terms about any issues that are of concern to the Russian government.
18:48
During their second round of talks, the Russian and Ukrainian sides have reached an understanding on the joint provision of humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians from the sites of the fiercest fighting.
18:44
The State Border Guards Service of Ukraine released audio messages from a crew member confirming that the civilian ship “HELT”, under the Panamanian flag, had been destroyed by Russian troops in Ukraine's territorial waters.
18:37
In Kherson, Russian troops captured the Television studio and Television centre and turned off broadcasting signal.
18:37
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine started working on the creation of four funds whose resources will go towards restoring Ukraine.
18:37
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that he is ready to sit down at the negotiating table with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
18:33
President Vladimir Putin said on 3 March that the invasion "was going according to plan", despite the Russian army’s enormous losses.
18:18
In Chayka village, near Kiev, a shell hit a warehouse for the manufacture and storage of spray foam. A fire now blazes in the warehouse and the administrative building.
17:59
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the West with a request to send military aircraft to fight against the Russian invasion.
17:50
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that the Russian side raised questions during the negotiations to which they had already prepared their answers, and on which compromise is impossible.
17:48
The interim head of the Ukrainian Railway Ukrzaliznytsia Oleksandr Kamyshyn called on Russian railway workers to not carry out orders from their leadership to transport military cargo and troops to Ukraine.
17:35
Buildings and structures were destroyed in the Russian shelling of a multi-story residential complex in the Kharkiv district of North Saltivka.
17:27
Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba stated that in order to execute its information attack on Ukraine, Russia intends to strike its own territory.
17:24
The enemy has hacked some websites of regional authorities and local governments, and uses them to spread misinformation about an alleged “surrender and signing of a peace treaty with Russia.”
17:03
On March 1 and 2, the Russian occupying forces fired on surgical and sanitary departments of the Vasilevsky Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Hospital, killing three people.
17:01
Ukraine is uniting an international coalition for justice against Russia's aggression. Lithuania and Poland have already launched an investigation.
16:54
Russian troops have blockaded Kherson in southern Ukraine, creating a humanitarian crisis in the city. Local authorities are asking for a ‘green corridor’ to be designated in order to deliver supplies of medicine and food.
16:41
The mayor of the Ukrainian city Energodar, Dmytro Orlov, said that about 100 units of Russian troops have entered the city. Residents are trying to resist, and the battle continues at the checkpoint.
16:39
Russian invaders are relentlessly shelling the town of Manhush west of Mariupol in the Donetsk region. A woman was killed in the shelling of Mayorsk. Krasnohorivka near Donetsk was also hit by Russian missiles.
16:39
Ukraine appears to be in ‘a new reality’ about the prospect of joining the European Union, though there is still some scepticism about the process.
16:36
The National Bank has opened accounts to assist the Armed Forces of Ukraine and to collect humanitarian aid for affected Ukrainians: how to help.
16:24
Through “Diya”, a Ukrainian government services app, Ukrainians have already raised 80 million hryvnias for the army.
16:20
The Kherson Regional State Administration has stated that the claims of Russian media that Kherson wanted ‘to join Russia’ are fake.
16:20
Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy has banned market participants from exporting natural gas from the customs territory of Ukraine.
16:18
The bodies of 22 victims have been unearthed from beneath the rubble of buildings hit by the Russian air strikes in Chernihiv.
16:15
In the Sumy Region, Russian aircraft bombed Okhtyrka and hit a thermal power plant (TPP).
15:56
The second round of Ukraine-Russia negotiations has commenced.
15:38
According to a poll, 55% of Ukrainians believe that the Russian government is to blame for the war against Ukraine, and another 38% blame not only the Russian government but the Russian people as well.
15:25
The freighter Helt, belonging to an Estonian company and sailing under the flag of Panama, has sunk near the port of Odesa due to an explosion.
15:22
Russia’s refusal to allow humanitarian corridors in Mariupol is resulting in a humanitarian disaster in the city.
15:17
The Ukrainian Parliament has approved laws No. 7121-1 and No. 7125, which relax requirements for businesses regarding inspections and licenses, as well as defining the specifics for reporting during the period of martial law.
15:06
In Bucha, a town near Kyiv, fights continue not only on the outskirts but in the city itself.
15:06
The Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) has approved a decree by the Ukrainian president on general mobilisation and also passed a number of laws to increase liability for collaboration, crimes against the state, and propaganda by the aggressor.
15:00
Ukraine's food industry associations and enterprises said that despite shortages of raw materials, shelling and strikes, and logistics violations, they are working to ensure that Ukrainians "have bread and all that goes with it" every day.
14:50
Russian air forces bombed two schools in Chernihiv, as well as private houses. Nine people have already been confirmed dead and four confirmed as wounded.
14:50
Residents of Kherson were warned that the Russian military could have placed explosives near the buildings of the Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police.
14:50
The Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched the war against Ukraine, claims that there have been no rocket attacks on Kyiv – it is all an “anti-Russian disinformation campaign.”
14:39
In the village of Bilenke, not far from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi in the Odesa region, a plan was shot down while attempting to strike a military unit– a parachutist jumped from the plane.
14:32
Due to the war launched by Russia, Ukraine needs the support of foreign partners, especially medical professionals.
14:22
Andriy Shevchenko, football player and former coach of the Ukraine national football team, is confident of the influence that sport can exert. He is glad that football players are constantly encouraging Russian citizens to stop the war.
14:16
Military command of the Russian Federation has conducted a mobilisation of residents in the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions. It is now forming subdivisions of the 1st and 2nd Army Corps to storm cities and towns in the Ukrainian territory.
14:09
Ukraine will receive a total of USD 15 billion in aid from international organisations and partner countries.
13:58
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba warned that Russia may resort to provocation as the country points its own rockets stationed in Ukraine towards Russian territory.
13:51
Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, has accused Russian Foreign Minister Sergуy Lavrov of spreading misinformation about so-called state protection of a “torchlight procession of the Nazis” in Ukraine.
13:39
The column of Russian military trucks and combat vehicles many kilometres long, which has come within 20 miles of Kyiv, "has made no noticeable progress in three days," according to British intelligence.
13:30
According to Ukrainian intelligence, most members of the Russian elite are now busy evacuating their relatives and loved ones from Moscow to Georgia, Israel and the UAE.
13:28
The Ukrainian government makes every effort to evacuate foreign citizens from the war zone, according to the country's Foreign Minister.
13:18
The enemy is continuing to strike residential areas from Grads, Tornadoes and Hurricanes, while in some areas the Russian military begins its move to defending instead of attacking, sometimes involving reserve forces due to their losses.
13:03
Russian troops fired a missile at a multi-storey residential area in central Chernihiv.
13:01
One of the members of the Ukrainian delegation, David Arahamiya, has said that the meeting with the Russian delegation will begin in two hours. The very least that Ukraine expects is the arrangement of humanitarian corridors.
12:40
In Bucha (town northwest of Kyiv), Ukrainian defenders have driven the enemy out and raised the Ukrainian flag.
12:38
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is reporting on unmasked traitors and infiltrators, those who are acting on the side of the occupying forces.
12:37
Russian forces are once again bombing civilians in the city of Izyum in the Kharkiv Region.
12:25
During the night from 2 to 3 March, Russian aggressors bombed the village of Yakolivka in Kharkiv oblast. As a result, three people died and 30 private buildings were destroyed.
12:19
The fight against enemy sabotage groups has been ongoing in the whole Kyiv region since this morning, 3 February. It is reported that the situation is under control.
11:50
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitchko said that the city’s air defence forces shot down enemy rockets last night. There were no casualties.
11:46
Taking civilian ships hostage and using them as a shield, Russia’s naval forces are trying to sneak up on the Ukrainian coast.
11:22
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the Russian invaders have not succeeded in reaching their goals on any of the strategic fronts of the Ukraine offensive. He said that they are doomed to lose.
11:16
Russian businessmen Mikhail Friedman and Piotr Aven will voluntarily transfer their shares in Alfa Bank (Ukraine) to Ukrainian residents approved by the National Bank.
11:13
The self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has said that Belarus is being pushed into the war with Ukraine.
11:02
As of the morning on 3 March, there are almost no queues at all checkpoints on Ukraine's western border.
11:02
Putin's aid Vladimir Medinsky said that the "Russian proposals" in negotiations with Ukraine has three parts - military-technical, humanitarian-international, and political.
10:44
A Russian landing force is approaching Odesa: 4 large landing ships and support ships.
10:35
President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that every Ukrainian citizen from whom Russia has taken away the opportunity to work, will receive 6,500 UAH (equiv. USD 215) without any conditions.
10:31
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Russians to add the words “reparations” and “contributions” to their vocabulary because Russia will have to pay for restoring all of the infrastructure destroyed by its actions.
10:20
President Zelenskyy claimed that Putin was wrong to think that he could break Ukrainians or make them surrender, and compared the desire to destroy Ukraine with a disease.
10:17
Soldiers of the 93rd separate mechanised brigade (SMB) "Kholodny Yar" destroyed a convoy of enemy vehicles in the village of Moskovski Bobrik in the Sumy region.
10:11
Roskomnadzor demanded that Google stop spreading "false political information about Russia's special operation in Ukraine" to Russia through contextual advertising.
09:51
On 1 March, the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance made coupon payment on Eurobonds maturing in September 2022.
09:37
As of the morning of 3 March, the situation in Kyiv is calm. All infrastructure is working normally, all districts have heat, water, electricity and telephone communication.
09:37
Quote: “Ukrzaliznytsya [Ukrainian Railway Company - ed.] received a task to send 20 carriages to transport the bodies of Russian military personnel killed in action from the stations Fastiv, Odessa-Zastava, Podilsk, Merefa, and Zaporizhzhia.
09:36
09:34
As of the morning of 3 March, Russian shelling in the Kharkiv region has killed 34 civilians and wounded 285 more, 10 of them children.
09:28
The critical infrastructure of “Ukrtelecom” continues to operate, but 12 regional centres are experiencing a decline in Internet access speeds.
09:22
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expects that Europe and other countries will call off their sanctions and the country will “return to normal.”
09:16
Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydach said that Ukraine could receive the status of a candidate for EU membership "tomorrow, the day after tomorrow", if a political decision is made.
09:00
A Russian missile has hit an oil refinery in Chernihiv, setting 5,000 cubic metres of diesel fuel on fire.
08:53
As of 3 March, Russia’s losses in its war against Ukraine have increased to 9000 troops, 217 tanks, 900 armoured fighting vehicles, and 30 aircraft.
08:44
Editor in chief of Echo of Moscow, Alexei Venediktov, has announced that the radio station and the website will be closed down.
08:38
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has ordered all brokers to charge at least 30% commission when executing foreign currency (USD, EUR, GBP) purchase transactions requested by private individuals.
08:37
Ukrzaliznytsia [Ukrainian Railways] has announced that all trains from the east to the west of Ukraine will be considered to be evacuation trains; tickets will not be sold and travel will be free.
08:20
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have already destroyed thousands of Russian troops and equipment amounting to the equivalent of entire armies of some countries. Now, the time has come to focus on total resistance.
08:05
Last night passed peacefully for several regions of Ukraine. Meanwhile, the enemy continued to attack Kharkiv, Kherson, Severodonetsk and Lysychansk; Ukrainian troops continued to defend Chernihiv and Nizhyn; and the situation in the Vyshhorod area just outside of Kyiv is tense.
08:03
Patrol police in the Mykolayiv region shouted a famous chant, which has already become a meme in a video address to the Russian invaders.
07:50
According to preliminary information, the sounds of explosions in Kyiv last night were caused by Ukrainian air defence forces striking Russian air targets.
07:46
The Russian invaders are trying to encircle Kyiv, with intense fighting ongoing within 20-40 km of the city.
07:31
A Ministry of Defence report about the current situation with regard to Russia’s invasion in Ukraine notes that Russian ships and rocket boats are approaching Odessa.
07:10
Ukraine’s Central Intelligence Agency warns that Russia could be working on a large-scale disinformation campaign, including a video in which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy allegedly declares capitulation. The CIA urges people not to believe this and similar statements if they suddenly begin to appear because Ukraine will never surrender.
07:08
The Russian media has reported that Russians are complaining about the lack of money and difficulties in withdrawing cash.
07:07
Polish President Andrzej Duda said his country was not planning to get involved in the war with Russia.
06:35
The Ministry of Defence reports on the current situation regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Notably, it has reported the destruction of enemy troops in the area of the village of Balovne.
06:21
The Vse Dlya Vas [Everything for You] newspaper in the Russian city of Yakutsk published its most recent issue with a cover that reads “No to War.” The City Press Headquarters banned its sale “just in case.”
06:03
Backup phone numbers for appeals to the Kyiv police have been published, as there may have been periodic problems with the connection to the special 102 line due to congestion.
05:06
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, Ukrainian troops have deployed Vilkha [Alder] P624 missiles to execute nearly 50 targeted missile strikes.
04:44
The United States has postponed the test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile to avoid escalating tensions following Russia's attack on Ukraine.
3 March 2022