Timeline: day 19 of Ukraine's defense against Russian aggression
Today, March 14, is the nineteenth day Russia's military attack on Ukraine continues. We're reporting about all the current news. The article will be constantly updated.
What is today?
Key points.
The Command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine informs: During the past 24hrs, four planes, three helicopters, and an unmanned aerial vehicle of the occupiers were hit by the air defense forces of the state.
In one of the strategic directions in the Kyiv region, a group of enemy aircraft of the Su-35, Su-34, and Su-25 types tried to launch missile and bomb strikes on the defensive redoubts of Ukrainian defenders. And while the Air Force fighters were in a positional air confrontation with the overwhelming forces of the occupiers, the air defenses fired anti-aircraft missiles at enemy air targets. Three hits on enemy planes were previously recorded.
Anti-aircraft missile forces also report the destruction of three Russian helicopters and one UAV.
The air defense of the North Operational Command destroyed another plane of the occupiers in the morning!
Total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 14.03:
- personnel – more than 12,000 people;
- tanks – 389;
- armored combat vehicles – 1249;
- artillery systems – 150;
- MLRS – 64;
- air defense means – 34;
- aircraft – 77;
- helicopters – 90;
- automotive equipment – 617;
- ships / boats – 3;
- fuel tanks – 60;
- UAV of operational and tactical level – 8.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has started using the face recognition system of the American company Clearview AI, which has access to a database of 10 billion photos. 2 billion of them are from the VKontakte social media. The system will help identify Russian assailants, fight misinformation and identify the dead.
The enemies will not be able to eat at the expense of Ukraine in captivity. All Russian prisoners of war will either be exchanged for captured Ukrainians, or will serve their sentences in Ukraine and work to rebuild the destroyed infrastructure.
"We are going through the worst ordeal in our history, in our lives. We protect the most precious thing we have. We must hold on, we must fight. And we will win. I believe in that," Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Today is Volunteer Fighter Day! Ukrainian volunteers are a symbol of heroism, patriotism, and courage. We will win! Glory to Ukraine!
Important! Rescuers once again ask not to spread the exact coordinates of the impact of Russian missiles immediately after the shelling and not to help the occupiers "finish" certain objects. This also applies to those in power. Being the first doesn't always mean being useful, says Svitlana Vodolaha, a spokeswoman for the State Emergency Service in Kyiv.
The UN Security Council is convening an extraordinary meeting on the activities of the OSCE Mission to Ukraine. Last week, the OSCE monitoring mission evacuated all its international members from Ukraine and suspended its activities since 2014.
And President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans to address the United States Congress on Wednesday, March 16. The Wall Street Journal reported this.
Negotiations with Russia
Ukraine-Russia talks: our delegation has a clear task to do everything to ensure a meeting of the presidents, said Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his address.
Today's talks with Russia began this morning via video link. They started at 10.30, said Arakhamia at the beginning of the day.
Adviser to the Head of the Office of the President, Mykhailo Podoliak, named the main topics that will be raised in the fourth round of talks with Russia:
- ceasefire;
- withdrawal of all troops;
- security guarantees.
Mykhailo Podoliak commented on the course of the fourth round of talks with the Russian delegation:
16:00 – Podoliak stated that a technical pause has been taken in talks with Russia until tomorrow.
Humanitarian corridors
Today, March 14, evacuation will be carried out by buses from Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Rubizhne, Hirske, Zolote, Svitlychne, and Novoaidar to the Novozolotarivka railway station, the head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration informs.
In addition, the following "green corridors" are planned:
- The villages of Bohdanivka and Novobohdanivka to Brovary
- The village of Peremoha to Brovary
- The village of Bobryk to Brovary
- From Hostomel to Bilohorodka
- From Mishaiev and Vorzel to Bilohorodka
- From Dmytrivka to Bilohordka
- from Severodonetsk to Sloviansk
- From Popasna to Sloviansk
- From the village of Hirske to Sloviansk
Evacuation is free!
"We will also try to unblock the humanitarian cargo to Mariupol," says Iryna Vereshchuk.
On March 14, no "green corridor" in the Kherson region was approved, warns Serhii Kozyr, a People's Deputy of the 184th constituency. He warned residents of Kherson and nearby settlements: don't believe the information spread in Viber chats. "To date, the opening of no humanitarian corridor in the Kherson region has been agreed. It's a fake," Serhii Kozyr writes.
15:00 – people have finally started to be released on private transport from Mariupol! Adviser to the mayor Petro Andriushchenko said that as of 1 p.m., more than 160 civilian cars had left the city and crossed the Russian checkpoints without any obstacles. They are moving along the agreed route: Mariupol (departure in the direction of the village of Melekine – the village of Portovske – the town of Manhush-Berdiansk – Tokmak – Zaporizhzhia).
17:00 – more than 1,700 people were evacuated today through humanitarian corridors in the Luhansk region, said Deputy Head of the Office of the President, Kyrylo Tymoshenko. According to him, 5 buses with humanitarian aid were also delivered.
Nuclear objects and industry
Energoatom reports: All Ukrainian NPPs are working. However, the situation with Ukrainian NPPs cannot be called normal: Chornobyl personnel is no longer able to repair and maintain equipment.
12:30 – the Russian occupiers again damaged the line to the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, which was repaired yesterday by Ukrenergo specialists. Emergency crews will try to go to the danger zone again and repair the damage.
13:30 – in the next hour, the occupiers, who captured the Zaporizhzhia NPP, plan to begin "disposal" of ammunition right on the site of the station near the ruins of the ZNPP training center, Energoatom reports. In other words, crazy Russians are going to blow up ammunition right in front of Unit 1 of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant!
16:00 – Energoatom stated: the troops of the Russian Federation began to blow up ammunition in the territory of the Zaporizhzhia NPP. The explosions took place near Unit №1.
Eyewitnesses report that our troops struck a Russian T-80 tank during the defense of ZNPP.
Poland's environment protection minister has called for Russia's exclusion from the IAEA.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation threatened to strike at the enterprises of the defense industry of Ukraine. "In response" to the events in Donetsk, the Russian Armed Forces "will take prompt measures to decommission the enterprises of the defense-industrial complex of Ukraine," said the statement.
Chemical threat
The Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security said it had found another confirmation of Russia's preparations for a chemical attack on Ukraine. Specialists-chemists were found in the occupation contingent of the Russian Federation.
Who's coming to Ukraine?
About financial aid, weapons, and volunteer fighters
The National Bank has stated that more than UAH 11.8 billion has already been raised to support the army and humanitarian aid.
The Member of the Saeima of Latvia Juris Jurašs has decided to resign to become a volunteer fighter in Ukraine. "We say that Ukraine is now fighting not only for its freedom but also for ours, in particular for Latvia and the European Union. I believe it is our duty to do everything possible to contribute to our common victory," Jurašs said.
The decision on the possible transfer of the MiG-29 to Ukraine should be made by NATO as a whole, said the Polish Foreign Minister.
Planes are still taboo, but they will give money: the UN will allocate another $40 million for Ukraine.
News from abroad
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has responded to a missile strike by Russia 20 kilometers from NATO. "We condemn the Russian Federation's missile strike on the International Center for Peace and Security in Yavoriv, near Ukraine's border with Poland. The brutality must stop," the statement said. "Deep condemnation" is strong. But we believe that our Armed Forces are pushing the aggressor even more profound than just words.
A French activist broke into Putin's daughter's villa in France, changed locks, and invited refugees from Ukraine.
Better late than never. Australia and the Netherlands have sued Russia to pay millions of dollars in compensation for the crash (2014) of a Malaysia Airlines plane that killed 298 people, said Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne.
Ukrainians continue to block occupiers' trucks on the border with Poland. For the third day, Ukrainian activists have been holding back the movement of Russian and Belarusian trucks on the Polish-Belarusian border. Activist Iryna Zemliana says this in her address. According to her, the trucks are filled with sanctioned goods for Russia and Belarus. The queue of trucks stretched for 22 km. Drivers began drawing Z letters on trucks and threatened to crush people, Zemliana said. Activists are calling on the EU to close the checkpoint.
Poland and Lithuania, as members of the Lublin Triangle, have called on their EU counterparts to immediately grant Ukraine EU candidate status.
The Estonian Parliament spoke simultaneously with its neighbors. Deputies voted to close the skies over Ukraine. EU member states have not made such statements before.
The White House is considering the possibility of President Joe Biden's trip to Europe in the coming weeks in connection with Russia's war against Ukraine. Biden may arrive in Europe in the coming weeks.
Let's add sanctions!
The Bahamas has joined sanctions against Russia and Belarus. This is stated on the website of the Central Bank of the state. The Bahamas is one of the most popular offshore areas.
The Australian government has announced sanctions against 33 Russian rich people and their relatives.
Forbes has already found 62 real estates of sanctioned persons of Russia for a total of $2.5 billion, which may be subject to confiscation.
ASUS joins the digital blockade and leaves Russia. The company will develop an "evacuation" plan for its employees and business.
The Czech Republic is suspending the issuance of its visas to Russian citizens, except for humanitarian ones.
Instagram in Russia is dead. Minus 64 million users. What "sad" news.
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has confirmed that the country is imposing sanctions on Russia. "Israel will not be a route to bypass sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States & other western countries. The Israeli Foreign Ministry is coordinating the issue together with partners including the Bank of Israel, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economy and Industry, the Airports Authority, the Ministry of Energy, and others," Lapid wrote on his Twitter page.
"6,366 sanctions have been imposed against Russia. It has become a toxic country. The ruble has flown into the abyss. They are trying to stabilize it with tricks, but it will not work," Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in his address.
Kuleba called on large Western companies that have not yet left Russia to do so
He listed the companies that continue to work in Russia:
– retail chains Leroy Merlin, Metro, Auchan, Spar;
– Pirelli and Bridgestone Tires automotive products;
– Accor and Intercontinental hotels
– Engineering companies: OTIS Worldwide, Honeywell, Mohawk Industries, Arconic;
– cosmetic companies: Oriflame, Kimberly-Clark, Koti, Ecco, Salvatore Ferragamo;
– company engaged in tobacco products: Philip Morris;
– Papa John's and Kellogg food industry and restaurants;
– Bayer Medical Company.
It also turned out that Coca-Cola did not leave the Russian market, despite loud statements.
The State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine has suspended the permits for the import of publishing products from Russia. That is, it will now be impossible to import books from Russia legally into Ukraine. Isolation from the world and Ukraine continues.
And EU countries are going to impose new sanctions against Russia's largest oil companies, Rosneft, Transneft, and Gazprom Neft, according to Reuters. According to EU media sources, the ban will apply to "all investments, technology transfers, financial services, etc. related to exploration and production," but countries will continue to buy oil from companies. Strange "sanctions," but, well.
Otis, one of the largest manufacturers of lifting equipment, will not accept new orders for elevators and escalators in Russia and will suspend new investments in the country.
What's in Russia?
Last night, there was a report that Russia had turned to China for military assistance, the Financial Times was the first to write, "the Mordor is running out of resources."
This attempt to "feed" the drowning army at the expense of the eastern neighbor caused great unrest among Ukrainians. But the Chinese embassy was quick to say that no requests for help had been received from Russia, according to Reuters.
Interestingly, even a quick reaction did not save China from trouble. Amid the aggressor's appeal to China for military aid, today on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the index of Chinese companies fell by 11% and they lost $2.1 trillion in one day. This is the level of toxicity!
Russia will not ask the United States and Europe to lift sanctions, Western pressure will not change Moscow's course. This was reported in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Excellent decision! The USSR also said so and where is it now?
The main Russian propagandist Solovyov is planned to be declared internationally wanted. He was informed about the suspicion of public calls to change the state border of Ukraine, which led to the death of people.
Another problem in Russia is that women's hygiene products have disappeared en masse from store shelves. After all, as it turned out, there are almost no sanitary pads in Russia. Even such a trifle came to the Mordor from abroad.
"The Russian armed forces don't rule out the staging of large settlements in Ukraine under full control to ensure maximum security of the population," said Putin's spokesperson Peskov. We listen to his delusion, but we are not afraid. In fact, the Armed Forces reject the enemy's columns, not allowing them to move inland.
У комітеті держдуми з оборони хочуть заборонити зворотний в'їзд зіркам, бізнесменам, журналістам, які виїхали з росії. Вони, звісно, поки що і самі не хочуть повертатися, але ситуація стане цікавішою, коли країни, в яких зараз окопалася бігла "російська еліта" приймуть рішення о примусовій депортації всіх росіян.
The State Duma Committee on Defense wants to ban the entry of stars, entrepreneurs, and journalists who have left Russia. Of course, they do not want to return yet, but the situation will become more interesting when the countries where the fleeing "Russian elite" is now entrenched decide to forcibly deport all Russians.
Russia may block YouTube in the near future if video hosting does not comply with the requirements of Roskomnadzor to unblock the channels of Russian propagandists.
And this is a message for those Russians who tried to circumvent the ban on Instagram and Facebook via VPN. The motherland will catch you here too, son!
There is a military camp in Belgorod, Russia, which holds servicemen who have refused to fight against Ukraine. This was announced by the officer of the Center for Operational Information of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Leonid Matiukhin.
What can we hear about Belarusians?
Russia wants to dress Belarusians in Russian uniform. This was announced by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Danilov. According to him, today a special operation of the Russian Federation is being developed on the territory of Belarus. "Today they really want to put Russian uniforms on the Belarusian military. Some of them refuse to fight against our country. But now the Russian FSB and the special services on the territory are persuading Belarusians to change into Russian uniforms and enter our territory according to Russian standards." Ukrainian troops are ready for such a development.
Life considering hostilities
Surcharge for insulin drugs abolished: The government has decided to provide insulin free of charge during martial law.
Today, 13 regions have finally resumed the educational process. Also today, the Learning Without Borders educational project was launched: a joint project of the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Culture, Ukrainian TV channels, and online TV platforms.
The NBU reports that supporting documents will now be required to export more than € 10,000.
Help nearby! In 14 regions of Ukraine, Administration Service Centers provide assistance and temporary housing. Centers operate as Care Centers in 120 settlements, and this list is constantly expanding. There you can get essentials and temporary shelter. You can find out exactly where the Care Center works via the @turbotnyk_bot chatbot. More than 30,000 Ukrainians have already used it.
And Meest organizes free delivery of goods to Ukraine from Europe and North America.
Don't sit idle! Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for the economy to be restored as much as possible and asked everyone who can work now to return to work. The President also stated that Ukraine needs a new tax system during martial law and during the period of reconstruction. The Cabinet is already working on it.
Ukraine has developed an application that will help identify Russian products;- it allows you to scan not only by barcode but also by QR-code. You can also recognize goods from Russia by the barcode on the package. It starts with 46. It is high time that not a single Ukrainian penny fell into the pocket of the aggressor.
Kyiv region
Kyiv, Obolon. Today at five o'clock in the morning a shell reached there. People were still asleep. In the high-rise building, there was the partial destruction of the 1st to 3rd floors and the burning of apartments on the 3rd and 4th floors. Two people were reported dead, 3 people were hospitalized, 9 people were treated on the spot.
Also in Kyiv, the occupiers fired at the Antonov plant.
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov says he was in Hostomel near Kyiv and threatens to be in the capital. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have already announced a hunt for the trash.
For Kadyrov's head, ex-People's Deputy Yevhen Rybchynskyi has already promised a house and 40 acres of land near Kyiv. In comments to Rybchynskyi's post, people are ready to join the action to increase the size of the award.
12:00 – the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down a cruise missile over Kyiv. Its remains fell in the area of Kurenivka. One person was killed and six were injured in the fall of the wreckage, Mayor Klyhko said.
To capture Kyiv, the Russians need to bring all available human resources there, said the Head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, General Mykola Zhyrnov. He also reminded that it was very difficult to fire, maneuver, provide ammunition, food, and fuel in the city. Russia also has a bitter experience of fighting in Chechnya and Syria.
Russian troops shot the experimental physicist Vasyl Kladko, according to Suspilne. It happened in Vorzel, Kyiv region, where the scientist came to take the family out.
Kharkiv region
The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a counteroffensive near the city of Izium in the Kharkiv region. Let's keep our fingers crossed for our defenders!
A four-story building in the center of Kharkiv was destroyed by an occupier's airstrike. Information on victims and injured is being clarified.
In all, about 600 buildings in Kharkiv have been destroyed by constant shelling by the Russian army and cannot be rebuilt.
Kharkiv region received 19 ambulances. Four of them are ambulances from volunteers from abroad.
16:30 – In Chuhuiv, Kharkiv region, on March 14, Russian troops fired artillery at a kindergarten in Chuhuiv. A 15-year-old boy was killed in the wreckage. Several houses were also damaged. The local prosecutor's office is investigating violations of the laws or customs of war, combined with premeditated murder.
Rivne region
As a result of the airstrike, the TV tower in the Rivne region was damaged.
18:30 – After an airstrike on a TV tower in the Rivne region, 9 people died and 9 others were injured.
The village of Antopil, Rivne district, came under fire. A 2-story building with about 50 servicemen was affected. Approximately 20 people are under the rubble of the building.
Donetsk and Luhansk regions
The terrible price of the war: One of the pregnant women who suffered in Mariupol from an airstrike on the maternity hospital, died with her unborn child. Burn in hell, Russian beasts!
The total number of civilians killed in Mariupol exceeded 2,500.
The head of the administration reports that the towns and villages of the Luhansk region have turned into a solid ruin. The humanitarian situation is critical. According to him, social media reports on the search for people who have disappeared a lot. Haidai stated that 47 private and multi-story buildings and infrastructure facilities in the cities of Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Rubizhne, and Popasna were destroyed or damaged yesterday.
As a result of today's explosion in occupied Donetsk, 20 civilians were killed and 28 others were injured. According to available information, a rally against forced mobilization was planned in the city center today.
15:30 – part of the Luhansk region was left without mobile communication. Work on its restoration is already underway. And the head of the Luhansk regional state administration Serhii Haidai addressed to residents of the area: "Where there is a light and the Internet, remove for Wi-Fi so that people could use, write to relatives."
During the past 24hrs, 1 Typhoon, 4 armored personnel carriers, and 2 AFV Rys were destroyed by Azov battles. Many infantry were also killed, including 17 Russian intelligence special forces. Azov reports about it in Telegram. "Fighting for Ukrainian Mariupol continues, despite the fact that the city is under siege," the statement said.
Zhytomyr region
On the evening of March 13, unknown individuals hacked the website of the Zhytomyr Regional Council, posting fake information about the alleged "invasion of the occupiers." Specialists are currently working to restore the site.
In the Zhytomyr region, 4 people were injured in a rocket attack by the occupiers. 7 buildings were preliminarily destroyed in the village of Stavyshche. According to preliminary SES data, four people were injured in the attack. The search is underway.
On the morning of March 14, two buses with children with cancer were sent from Zhytomyr to Switzerland.
Sumy region
In the Romny district (Sumy region), the territorial defense captured the enemy's trophy equipment.
The Russian occupiers exhibited their artillery at the railway station in Trostianets and fired from it at settlements in the Sumy region.
Okhtyrka (Sumy region) was also bombed.
Russians are also in Sumy's Boromlia. Locals say the orcs have already robbed all the shops. Everything was stolen from household supplies store: rubber galoshes, shovels, bicycle wheels, and even five-hryvnia paintbrushes. Do you even understand from which sewer this "analogous second army measure" came, if you searched for cheap brushes?
16:30 – The occupiers fired artillery at the village of Nyzy, Sumy region
Kherson region
Kherson is under siege. Food, medicine, and fuel are running out. The most painful topic is medication, especially for people with orphan diseases, and insulin deficiency.
In the Kherson suburb, unknown people burned down the house of the secretary of the City Council. Eyewitnesses said that near the house of Halyna Luhova in Antonivka they saw two people who broke a window and threw something heavy inside, after which the house caught fire. There was no one in the house at the time of the arson. "I was left homeless," Luhova confirmed. "I think I'm on the list of physical destruction."
In the Kherson region, farmers plan to conduct a sowing campaign, at least in part. Oleksandr Samoilenko, Head of the Kherson Regional Council, spoke live about the prospects of the sowing campaign in the Kherson region.
Residents of Bilozerka went to a peaceful rally against the occupiers. People blocked the roads so that the occupiers could not enter the village. They stood unarmed, with human shields and demanded that they withdraw from the settlement and Ukraine in general. Russian soldiers opened fire.
In Kherson, deputies of the Volodymyr Saldo Bloc condemned the actions of their "leader."
They stated that they "do not agree with the actions of Volodymyr Saldo, who yesterday went to a meeting of collaborationists and Russian agents with banned symbols.
In the address to the chair of a regional council, deputies declared that Kherson and the Kherson region are Ukraine. And Ukraine is sovereign and united.
Former Saldo supporters will continue their activities in the regional council in the parliamentary group Support to the Programs of the President of Ukraine.
Mykolaiv and region
March 14, at 06:00, as a result of airstrikes in the city of Snihurivka, 5 houses were damaged on Zhovtneva street. One person died.
Today the mayor of Mykolaiv was offered by occupiers to hand over the city. The mayor of Mykolaiv Oleksandr Sienkevych sent them to "ride" on the Russian ship.
Chernihiv region
According to the SES, 8 fires were registered in Chernihiv during the past 24hrs (fire in one of the ATBs, a church in the Yatsevo cemetery, and another 6 in the residential sector). 226 settlements of the region in 3 districts of the region remain without electricity supply (Chernihiv – 195, Nizhyn – 27, Pryluky – 4).
Chernihiv Polytechnic National University and Nizhyn were fired upon from the Grad missile systems.
13:30 – The occupiers bombed one of the pumping stations of Chernihivvodokanal water supply company. Four people died (security guard, worker, and two members of his family).
During a joint special operation, police, SBU, and border guards detained a "thief in law" from Georgia who escaped from a penal colony in the Chernihiv region.
14:15 – As a result of enemy shelling, the Olyshiv underground gas storage facility in the Chernihiv region was damaged.
Zaporizhzhia
The transport connection between Enerhodar and Zaporizhia was disrupted, the bridge in the Kamianske area was destroyed.
Orcs robbed the Popov Manor, a famous architectural monument of the second half of the XIX century in Vasylivka, Zaporizhia Region. Along with saws and a screwdriver, a marble toilet from the time of Count Popov was stolen. Disgusting toilet troops.
The repression of the civilian population continues. It is reported that in Berdiansk; the Russian fascists kidnapped and took away a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in an unknown direction.
Those who have been living in shit for centuries and chasing toilets around the world are trying to pollute Ukraine as well. Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration reports that the aggressors destroyed sewage treatment plants in Vasylivka. Now the water from the city enters the Dnieper without purification. It needs major repairs.
In Berdiansk, hundreds of city residents rallied against the Russian occupiers. "Remember, stranger, the owner here is Ukrainian"
Dnipropetrovsk region
In the Dnipropetrovsk region and Dnipro City, important state and infrastructure facilities have been protected by territorial defense units, as well as the National Guard and the National Police. Do not ignore alarms, go down to the shelter. If you see explosions, do not take photos, do not post photos online. This can help the enemy to correct the airstrike, says the representative of the regional department of the East Territorial Defense, Andrii Shulha.
And the Oles Honchar Dnipro National University deprived the honorary titles of Russian scientists who support the war in Ukraine.
