The Russian military have seized a pre-trial detention centre in temporarily occupied Kherson and plan to establish a Putin police regime in occupied territories.
In Kharkiv, artillery shelling by Russian troops destroyed the building of the main National Police department in the Kharkiv region. 4 people died and 15 were injured.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on the international community to urgently demand Russia ceasefire and allow repair units to restore power to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
The losses sustained by the Russian aggressors are much greater than those of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but so far no one has given an exact figure, according to Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to the Head of the President's Office.
On the 14th day of the war in Ukraine, Russia significantly reduced the pace of troop advance, but did not refuse from the offensive and plans to seize Kyiv.
On 9 March, Russian military forces entered Skadovsk in the Kherson region, locals were not allowed to visit the monument to famous Ukrainian poet, writer and artist Taras Shevchenko, and computers were taken out of the city council.
The Russian online media Medusa, with reference to its sources, reports that many high-ranking officials and employees of Russian state corporations did not expect such harsh sanctions because of the war in Ukraine and consider quitting their jobs.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on partners to either protect Ukraine’s skies, or at least provide aircraft for defence: Poland was ready to hand them over, but the United States did not support this.
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the soldiers of the Russian occupier to end the war and return home because the Ukrainian people would stick it out to the end.
The situation on the Ukrainian border with Moldova and the unrecognised breakaway state of Transdnistria is more or less stable. The military units stationed there are not large enough to threaten Ukraine's border.
Ukrainian troops continue to control the city of Kharkiv, fighting continues in the Izyum region. Ukrainian border guards have repelled an attack by an invading sabotage and reconnaissance group near the town of Andriyivka.
Last night, battles were held across the Kyiv region, the Zhytomyr region was bombed, and Russian troops attempted to resume the offensive in the Zaporizhzhya region.
The Ukrainian military continues defending Kyiv and Chernihiv. In the Chernihiv region, the Russian invaders are hiding military equipment behind apartment blocks. Russian troops disguised in civilian clothes are advancing on Mykolayiv from the Kherson region.
The death toll from the Russian forces’ airstrikes in the evening and throughout the night on 7 March in Sumy reached 22 as the rescuers retrieved a boy’s body from the rubble.
The occupying forces have forced the management of the captured Zaporizhzhya NPP (nuclear power plant) to record an appeal, which is going to be used for propaganda purposes.
On Tuesday, 8 March, the Russian aggressors continued to launch missile strikes on Ukrainian cities, while military equipment and manpower almost stopped the offensive. However, the enemy continues to make plans to capture Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that on Tuesday evening, the number of children who have died at the hands of Russian occupying forces since 24 February had reached 52.