Operational information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at 06:00 on March 17, 2022
As of today, at 9:00 a.m., a minute of silence is observed in memory of those killed in Russia's war against Ukraine. The relevant decree was signed the day before by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
"My priorities in the negotiations are absolutely clear. End of the war, security guarantees, sovereignty, restoration of territorial integrity, real guarantees for our country, real protection for our country": these are the words of President Zelenskyy's address on the 21st day of the war.
12:00 – in his speech in the German Bundestag, Zelenskyy compared Russia to the Berlin Wall: "You are behind the wall again. Not behind the Berlin Wall, but in the heart of Europe, where there is freedom. This wall is getting stronger, with every missile that has fallen on our land in Ukraine, with every decision you have not made." He called on the Germans to support Ukraine: "… support us. Support every Ukrainian. Help us stop this war."
The State Ecological Inspectorate has stated that due to the destruction of the dam of the North Crimean Canal, the occupiers have already stolen Ukrainian water worth almost UAH 620 million. According to the inspection, the amount of losses for unauthorized use of water resources of the people of Ukraine is 32,628,960 hryvnias per day.
It can take from a few days to a week and a half to resolve disputes in negotiations with Russia for a peace agreement. After that, preparations for a possible meeting between the presidents of Ukraine and Russia will begin.
Reintegration Minister Vereshchuk announced the humanitarian corridors to be opened on March 17:
"We continue to develop routes for the delivery of humanitarian aid to all besieged and blocked cities," Vereshchuk added.
13:30 – Evacuation of citizens from Brovary district has started. Everyone has the opportunity to leave the dangerous settlement and get all the necessary help.
An evacuation convoy of buses and a fuel truck went from Zaporizhzhia to Berdiansk to refuel private cars leaving Mariupol.
During the evacuation of people in the Kyiv region, the occupiers fired at a column of tanks, killing two police officers. This was announced by Kyiv Police Chief Andrii Nebytov during a briefing at Ukraine Media Center Kyiv.
Important! Fake information about the opening of the green corridor continues to appear on social media, in particular, from Vysokopillia and Muzykivka in the Kherson region. Kherson Regional Military Administration didn't make any such decisions! Pass this information to all relatives, friends, and relatives; in the Kherson region, regional and local authorities do not hold any corridors! This is nothing but the lies of the orcs. Thus, the occupiers want to use people as a human shield! The head of the Kherson regional state administration warns.
The Lithuanian Seimas unanimously supported the Resolution on securing a no-fly zone over Ukraine!
China's ambassador to the United States wrote an article for the Washington Post claiming that his government knew nothing about the Kremlin's plans to attack Ukraine, and if it did, it would try to stop the war. "The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is not in China's favor. If China knew about the imminent war, we would do everything possible to prevent it," the ambassador wrote. Even if this is not true, such a political move shows that China's relations with the West are more important than its alliance with Putin's Russia.
He also said that the Chinese embassy had moved from Kyiv to Lviv and remained there. "China will never attack Ukraine, we will help, in particular, in the economic direction. In one year, our country imports goods from around the world worth more than three trillion dollars. We are ready to help you develop. In the current situation, we will act accordingly. We've seen how great the unity of the Ukrainian people is, and hence its strength," the ambassador added.
US diplomat Michael McFaul, a former US ambassador to Russia, tweeted a Romanian media report claiming that the Chinese ambassador's statement caused "anger" in the Kremlin.
Russia has probably spent much more aviation weapons than originally planned, so it is now using older and less accurate weapons; this could lead to even greater losses among Ukraine's civilian population. This was stated by the British Ministry of Defense.
The process is on. Moldovan President Maya Sandu is demanding that Russia withdraw troops from Transnistria. She said this while commenting on the resolution adopted by the PACE on the exclusion of Russia, in which the left bank of the Dniester is recognized as a zone of Russian occupation, NewsMaker writes.
Spain will join the initiative to bring Russian President Vladimir Putin to justice at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for war crimes committed during the invasion of Ukraine, said Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albarez.
Poland presented to NATO a project of a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine.
Poland plans to completely abandon Russian gas from 2023.
The United Kingdom, the United States, and other countries have requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on Ukraine. The meeting is scheduled for 9 pm (Kyiv time) on March 17.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has refused to cooperate with Roskosmos in developing the ExoMars mission due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. "Recognizing the impact on space exploration, ESA fully supports the sanctions imposed on Russia by its member states," the agency said in a statement.
King Philip of Belgium and Queen Matilda have allocated two apartments from their foundation to shelter Ukrainian refugees. In early April, housing will be available for three Ukrainian families.
Ankara is ready to hold a meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said again.
The Czech Republic can no longer accept refugees from Ukraine, said Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala. The country has already received about 270,000 Ukrainians.
And Kosovo President Vyosa Osmani has asked US President Joe Biden to help her country join NATO. Osmani said that after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, joining NATO became her top national security priority.
German Chancellor Scholz called on Germans on Twitter not to beat or discriminate against Russians. According to the chancellor, only Putin can be beaten and discriminated against.
On a closed propaganda channel, the Press of Power Structures, which traditionally writes about the "successes" of the Russian army, the scales have suddenly fallen from one of the editors' eyes to what was really happening. It is difficult to believe in the sincerity of such repentance, as well as with Ovsyannikova from the Russian Pervyi channel. For too long, we have heard diametrically opposed statements from Kremlin propagandists.
The occupiers are again spreading fakes in Ukraine! Russian bots spread information on social media that Mariupol residents don't need to leave the city and go to Zaporizhzhia. It is alleged that the Zaporizhstal and Zaporizhkoks enterprises are "mined" and that "armed Bandera members are hiding" in the shops. Do not believe the hostile propaganda!
Zombification of the population in Russia leads, for example, to the following results: residents of the house ask neighbors not to feed the pigeons because they are infected with diseases in US laboratories. This is the Belgorod region:
The vile Zakharova: "Russia's armed forces do not bomb Ukrainian cities, and no matter how many videos are mounted in NATO structures, no matter how many video clips and photo fakes are thrown, the truth will still break through." The truth will break through, Mashka, even to your zombie compatriots. We hope they hang you.
An international group has been set up in the United States to search for and seize the assets of Russia's elite in the West. It included representatives from Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, and the European Commission.
The American company Xerox Holdings Corp. suspended the supply of products to Russia.
The American manufacturer of Botox has stopped deliveries to Russia. Now the number of fillers and Botox is decreasing. Instagram beauties will quickly start to "blow up."
Unpleasant details about McDonald's have emerged. The company's restaurants in Siberia, under the leadership of the franchise company GiD continue to work as usual and do not raise prices. This is stated in the statement of the company that operates 25 McDonald's restaurants in Novosibirsk, Berdsk, Tomsk, Kemerovo, Novokuznetsk, Barnaul, and Krasnoyarsk.
That is, McDonald's left Russia, but not completely?
Putin does not really want peace, and additional sanctions may be needed to end the war in Ukraine. This was stated by Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Ansa reports
путін насправді не хоче миру і для припинення війни в Україні можуть знадобитися додаткові санкції. Про це заявив прем'єр-міністр Італії Маріо Драгі, повідомляє Ansa
Three ships with the Panamanian flag were hit by Russian missiles in the Black Sea. One of them sank. This was reported by Reuters, citing the Maritime Administration of Panama. The newspaper reported that there was no information about the victims, but there was material damage.
Russia's appetites are growing; the Mordor has begun to threaten Bosnia. "If it (Bosnia and Herzegovina) decides to be a participant in something, it is an internal affair. But our reaction is another matter. We have shown what we expect with the example of Ukraine. If there is a threat, we will respond," said Russian Ambassador Kalabukhov.
But now the Russian occupiers are looking for "Ukrainian ammunition" in Ukraine to shoot themselves in the leg and get to the hospital. Another intercepted SBU conversation shows how demoralized and defeated the invader's army is. The occupiers no longer want to fight and set themselves the only task, to survive: "I'll tell you a secret… we wanted 7.62 cartridges, Ukrainian ones, to shot each other's legs and return to the hospital in Budennovsk…" one of the Russians shares with his mother.
Russia is not going to comply with the first decision of the International Court of Justice on the war in Ukraine. This was announced by the spokesperson for the President of the Russian Federation Peskov.
Instead, the aggressor country continues to attract terrorists from other countries. The command of the Russian airbase Khmeimim, located in Syria, was instructed to send up to 300 militants to Ukraine every day. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has promised to provide Russia with 40,000 militants for the war in Ukraine. The mercenaries are promised that they will perform exclusively police functions to restore order in the occupied territories. Some mercenaries see sending to Russia and Belarus as a chance for further desertion and illegal migration to EU countries.
Almost 90% of Russians support Russia's armed invasion of other European countries. These are the results of a poll conducted by the Ukrainian company Active Group.
The survey was conducted using the CATI method (telephone interview using a computer).
Calls were made using Viber Messenger, and interviewers didn't say they were calling from Ukraine. Only 13.4% of Russians were negative about the armed invasion of other countries.
They are not Putin's maniac, the maniacs have chosen a worthy representative.
Liberal-Democratic Party submitted to the State Duma a bill on the state monopoly on sugar. Sugar is one of the most popular products in Russian supermarkets in recent weeks.
Russia dreams of connecting Crimea's energy supply to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. But this is impossible. This was stated by Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, Chairman of the Board of NEC Ukrenergo.
More than 2,500 dead soldiers have already been deported to Russia from one region of Belarus. According to locals, they are brought from Ukraine by land and helicopters to the Belarusian Narovlya, then transported to Mozyr and Gomel, and the corpses are transported by train and plane to Russia.
Canada has banned Belarusian aircraft from entering the country's airspace.
Lukashenko is trying to persuade Zelenskнy to surrender the country: "First, I will tell you the main thing: Russia is offering Ukraine, I know for sure, a perfectly acceptable version of the agreement. And today it is still possible that Ukraine will agree with Russia and Zelenskyy will sign this agreement with Putin… If Zelenskyy does not go for it, then, believe me, he will eventually have to sign an act of surrender.
Mr. Lukashenko also said that if Ukraine continued to escalate against Belarus, Minsk would respond.
Генпрокуратура Білорусі розпочала кримінальну справу щодо радника голови ОПУ Олексія Арестовича через "заклики до тероризму і диверсій на Білоруській залізниці". 17 березня Арестович закликав влаштувати "тотальну рельсову війну", зокрема на напрямку Гомель — Київ, аби зірвати постачання російської військової техніки.
The Council of Europe has suspended relations with Belarus. "Today, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has decided to suspend all relations with Belarus due to the country's active participation in Russia's aggression against Ukraine," the Icelandic mission said in a statement.
Polish soldier Emil Čečko, who fled to Belarus, a provocateur, and FSB agent, was found dead in Minsk. He was hanged.
Čečko's story began late last year when Syrian "refugees" tried to break through from Belarus to Poland on the instructions of the Kremlin. He then moved to Belarus and sought political asylum. Then the fugitive soldier to the right and left gave anti-Polish interviews to the Belarusian media; that is, he turned out to be a typical agent of the Kremlin.
The Prosecutor General's Office of Belarus has opened a criminal case against the adviser to the head of the OPU Oleksiy Arestovych for "calls for terrorism and sabotage on the Belarusian railway." On March 17, Arestovich called for a "total rail war," particularly on the Gomel-Kyiv route, to disrupt supplies of Russian military equipment.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine has developed a poster that you'll want to hang on your wall. Make it a rule: if you want to burn something, burn Russian evil!
And below, you can the bridge on the Ukrainian-Romanian border. Our border guards left toys for Ukrainian children on it so that every child who walks on it can take one. Ukrainians are the best nation in the world!
150 million for the Ukrainian army has already been raised through the Diia app! More than 160,000 Ukrainians have already sent funds to support the army. All donations go to the fund to help the army, Come Back Alive, they will buy helmets, bulletproof vests, night optics, and other necessary things for our military to fight the enemy. You can transfer funds in a few clicks in the Diia application.
The Starlink application, which allows smartphone users to access satellite Internet from Space-X, has become the most downloaded application in Ukraine.
What to do if you lost your home or transport during the war? We share step-by-step instructions.
During martial law, the Ukrainian police received additional powers. In particular, law enforcement officers can now conduct operational demining and collect biometric data of individuals.
Elderly people and people with disabilities during martial law will receive simplified care services.
The Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine informs about this on its Facebook page. It is now possible to receive care services or be placed in a care home only with an application, which the authorities must consider within one working day.
The Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine once again appeals to the media community to limit as much as possible:
It is necessary to exclude photo and video recording, distribution in the media of the exact territorial reference of bomb shelters (places of the shelter of civilians), in order to make it difficult for the enemy to obtain current information from open sources to launch missile and bomb attacks on civilian infrastructure.
The Security Service of Ukraine has set up a joint center to coordinate the search for and release of people taken prisoner by the Russian military.
This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation. If you see that the Russian military is taking people prisoner, contact the 24-hour lines: +38 067 650 83 32, +38 098 087 36 01. E-mail: united.centre.ssu@gmail.com
In the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, the remains of a downed rocket hit a high-rise building, and a fire broke out, the State Emergency Service reports. Rescuers are working on the ground, the fire was extinguished. According to preliminary data, one person was killed and three others were injured.
9:00 – the Kyiv City State Administration clarified that two high-rise buildings in Darnytskyi district were damaged, the number of injured increased to four.
Leroy Merlin, the owner of the company, disconnected Leroy Merlin Ukraine employees from corporate communications. Prior to that, the Ukrainian "daughter" repeatedly tried to persuade the parent company to stop working in Russia, helping foundations and territorial defense.
A long curfew in the capital worked: several Russian sabotage groups were detained in Kyiv and the region in the last two days.
In the near future, Russian troops will not try to capture Kyiv, says Aristovych.
At 11:45 the air defense of the Ground Forces noticed two enemy helicopters in the Bucha district of the Kyiv region. They managed to shoot down one. The invaders were forced to turn back, said the head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration Oleksandr Pavliuk.
Today, at about 4:30 p.m., the Sviatoshynskyi district of the capital came under enemy fire again. Several fires broke out when Russian shells hit. Two people died.
The village of Novi Petrivtsi in the Kyiv region was also shelled with heavy artillery. A two-year-old child died, four people received numerous injuries.
At 3:30 a.m. in Merefa, shelling destroyed a school and a community center and damaged nearby houses. There are no civilian casualties. The fire in the school continues to be extinguished, said the head of the Merefa community Veniamin Sitov.
Fighting continues in Izium, the Ukrainian military defeated the occupiers near the fish farm, the City Council reports.
Another church was shelled in Kharkiv. This time in the Kholodna Hora area. This was reported to the Kharkiv Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Thus, on the night of March 16-17, the church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God was damaged by shelling. Destroyed roof, broken windows, and doors. Church ornaments are damaged. There are no casualties among the people.
In the Kharkiv region, Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed an enemy UAV.
19:00 – The occupiers kidnapped Viktor Tereshchenko, the head of the Velykoburlutsk community, when he was at work. This was announced by the head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration Oleh Synehubov: "They called him to their workplace and then took him to the local regional police department under this pretext. According to our information, he is still being held there, not released." This is the fourth abduction of the mayor in a week.
As a result of the aggressor's shelling, the Barabashovo market is on fire. Near the place of the fire, shells from the Grad missile system, black smoke rose over Kharkiv.
One SES officer died in a fire at a market in Kharkiv. Firefighters are now the same heroes as the soldiers of the Armed Forces.
At night, two enemy planes were destroyed by the Air Force over the Dnipropetrovsk region, the East Air Command reports.
Pivdenne reports that on March 16, the occupiers struck from Grad MLRS at the peaceful village of Marianske, Kryvyi Rih district, Dnipropetrovsk region. The Russians hit the perimeter of the pumping station, which provides water pumping from the Kakhovka Reservoir to the Kryvyi Rih Reservoir.
At 2:50 p.m., the Ukrainian air defense shot down two enemy missiles over the Dnipropetrovsk region, said Valentyn Reznichenko, head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional state administration.
Soldiers of the 25th Separate Sicheslav Airborne Brigade conducted another successful operation, during which they seized enemy equipment. It is a self-propelled anti-tank missile system and a modified armored personnel carrier. "Equipment has already been put into operation and is working for our victory," the paratroopers said.
In Rubizhne, Luhansk region, heavy shelling, more than 27 houses were destroyed.
"Around Mariupol now there are 12 to 14 thousand Russian servicemen on all sides. And these are elite Russian troops. For the last three days, 25 planes have been flying from Sevastopol and dropping bombs on Mariupol.
In general, not a single building remained in Mariupol without damage; about 80-90% of the city is destroyed. This was stated by Deputy Mayor Serhii Orlov in an interview with Forbes Ukraine.
Near the Drama Theater in the center of Mariupol, destroyed by Russian aircraft, large letters can be visible from the sky, painted on the asphalt: "Children"
This is evidenced by satellite images from Maxar Technologies on Monday, March 14. The terrorist pilot knew exactly where he was dropping the bomb.
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, 108 children have died and more than 120 have been injured.
10:00 – good news from Mariupol! The bomb shelter near the Drama Theater in Mariupol survived, people are alive, and the debris began to be dismantled.
13:00 – Mariupol is releasing civilians from the rubble of the drama theater.
Kidnapping again! The occupiers kidnapped Volodymyr Tiurin, the deputy head of the Shchastia Civil-military Administration, the head of the Luhansk regional state administration said.
19:00 – Soldiers of the Azov Regiment destroyed 4 tanks and 2 armored personnel carriers in one day, 1 more armored personnel carrier of orcs was shot down. Ukrainian forces destroyed about a company of enemy infantry. Fighting for Ukrainian Mariupol continues.
In Severodonetsk, the Russian military fired on a shelter for mothers with children. This was announced by the head of the Luhansk Regional Council Serhii Haidai. "Many mothers with children hid there from enemy shelling. Residents and employees of the institution are safe. There are no more safe places in the Luhansk region!"
20:30 – "Theaters of all countries belong to all mankind" Italian Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini said that Italy was ready to restore the Drama Theater in Mariupol destroyed by the Russian occupiers.
The mayor of Melitopol Fedorov was exchanged for nine captured Russian conscripts, the OPU reported. The same conscripts that "Russia did not send" to Ukraine. This is the first official exchange of prisoners.
20:30 – Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov, who was released from Russian captivity, the Order of Courage.
The occupiers removed the Ukrainian flag from the Kherson Regional State Administration building. "The orcs still decided to remove the flag of Ukraine from the building of the Kherson Regional State Administration. They don't understand that this flag is in the heart of every Kherson resident, every Ukrainian. Everything will be Ukraine!" the first deputy head of the Kherson regional council Yurii Sobolevskyi wrote on Facebook.
In addition, the occupiers announced the creation of the "Committee of Salvation for Peace and Order" in Kherson. It included local pro-Russian politicians and collaborators. Russian media has already begun to promote the "committee" as a legitimate authority in Kherson. However, the traitors will never be supported by the population of the Tavria capital. Kherson residents, hold on!
And today the residents of Skadovsk removed the Russian flag from the city council.
The Office of the Prosecutor General reports that on March 16, the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office entered information on collaborative activities into the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations. According to the investigation, the Russian military together with the citizens of Ukraine spread calls for recruitment to the "new" occupation police in the cities of Kakhovka, Nova Kakhovka, Tavriisk.
12:00 – Russian troops entered the city of Oleshky, Kherson region.
13:30 – As they came in, so they left. It is reported that currently there are no more occupiers in Oleshky who went there earlier. You can move around the city in peace, the mayor reports.
In Vysokopillia, the occupiers are trying to find civilian transport to move around. It is confiscated from the locals together with the documents. Yurii Samokhvalov, the administrator of the Vysokopilska Hromada FB group, wrote about this. He also said that collaborators and looters were working in the village.
For the first time in all days, the supplier tried to deliver humanitarian aid to the Oleshky orphanage. The occupiers at the checkpoint took away part of what was collected for the children, employees of the institution said.
Good news: The Ukrainian Armed Forces liberated the village of Posad-Pokrovske in the Kherson region and defeated a column of occupiers.
In the Kherson region, Russian orcs fell into a time loop. To recap, the previous four times the equipment of invaders on this place was skillfully destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Sumy Regional Military Administration: Residents of Sumy are asked to be careful because during the night raids Russian fascists scattered anti-personnel mines in the city. Sumy residents are asked not to clear mines on their own, not to pick them up, and immediately report 102 when they are found.
In the Mykolaiv region, occupiers fled, leaving the truck jammed with ammunition. Ukrainian border guards reported.
The satellite Maxar Technologies recorded footage of the aftermath of the shelling of the Chernihiv by the horde. On them, you can see burning houses, as well as a significantly damaged football stadium.
As a result of the enemy shelling of civilians in the center of Chernihiv on March 17, there were casualties, including a US citizen. The police of the Chernihiv region inform about it.
Near Pryluky, the Ukrainians defeated one enemy Uragan MLRS and captured another. Also, the resistance forces of the Siveria defeated another column of enemy equipment near Pryluky, according to the command of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Several boxes of models were found in packages with humanitarian aid that arrived in Chernihiv. Polyfoam was found in the margarine briquettes. This was announced by the Head of the Regional Administration Viacheslav Chaus. He did not say where the help came from. "Margarine packs" look different from the usual ones (the original ones have the shape of a parallelepiped, the models are square). However, he stressed that this does not look like a mistake. "Because there are not 2-3 packages of them, several such boxes have been found. Such 'humanitarian aid' can be used to hide 'bugs' to keep track of where aid is being transported," Chaus said. But law enforcement will find out what it really was.
The mayor of Khmelnytskyi, Oleksandr Symchyshyn, said that the authorities would confiscate apartments from landlords who inflated housing prices for refugees.
Yesterday's missile strike in the town of Sarny in the Rivne region hit "one of the military infrastructure facilities." The head of the regional military administration Vitalii Koval has just announced this in a video message. "There are no casualties. A commission is working on the ground, everything is under control," the official said.
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