The Armed Forces Of Ukraine Have Been Fighting Russian Occupiers For 24 Days (online)

(Updated) Look what is happening in Ukraine.

Ukrainian defenders continue to strike at enemy troops for 24 days. In the past 24 hours, anti-aircraft missile troops and fighter aviation of Ukraine have destroyed 12 air targets: 2 aircraft, 3 helicopters, 3 UAVs and 4 cruise missiles.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed several columns of military equipment of the occupiers in the Mykolaiv and Sumy regions in a day. The low level of moral and psychological state of the personnel leads to an increase in the number of cases of desertion and refusals of the Russian military to participate in the war against Ukraine.

Charter97.org is broadcasting online the 24th day of the war. You can read about what was happening in Ukraine on March 18 in our previous online report.

Special broadcast by Ukraine 24 TV channel

00:55 The AFU artillery destroyed a base of the Russian occupiers.

00:44 Canada is imposing new sanctions against Belarusian leadership in response to the Lukashenka regime’s involvement in Vladimir Putin’s "illegal and unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine".

00:35 The growing shortage of goods in the Russian Federation demonstrates that "import substitution" was only on television.

00:24 Talisman of Chernihiv pyrotechnics nicknamed Patron continues to serve. Since the beginning of the war it together with the bomb squad of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine rendered harmless near 90 the dangerously explosive hazards.

00:10 Russian occupation forces shelled the church of the Moscow Patriarchate in Marinka.

23:49 Comparison: how much servicemen are paid in Ukraine and in Russia.

23:31 Calls for the liberation of peoples who have been oppressed by the central government in Russia for a long time are spreading on the Web.

23:18 At night, Russian corpse trucks move in Homel. Local doctors say that more than 2,500 bodies have already gone to Russia from there alone.

22:55 The captured Russian military will be involved in the restoration of the economic potential of Ukraine, or, perhaps, they will be exchanged. This was announced by First Deputy Interior Minister Yevhen Yenin.

22:48 Deputy Commander of the Black Sea Navy of the Russian Federation, Captain 1st Rank Andrei Nikolaevich Paliy, was liquidated by the Ukrainian military.

22:44 “Sugar wars” in Russia are gaining momentum.

22:37 The crew of the Ukrainian Javelin ATGM destroys Russian equipment in a meticulous manner.

22:22 The situation report from the General Staff as of Saturday evening:

— The operating environment has not undergone significant changes. The active resistance of the Ukrainian defenders forces the enemy to abandon the continuation of the offensive. The tasks of cordoning off Kyiv, reaching the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and establishing control over the left-bank part of Ukraine have not been fulfilled.

— Even the enemy’s intelligence came to the conclusion that due to the strong resistance of the Ukrainians, it is impossible to establish pro-Russian authorities in the territories temporarily controlled by the invaders.

— The enemy does not stop inflicting missile and bomb strikes on military and civilian infrastructure using high-precision weapons, unguided aerial bombs and ammunition of increased impressive effect.

— In the temporarily occupied Crimea, separate units of the marines lost up to 90% of their personnel, there are no reserves to restore losses.

— For two days of fighting in the Mykolaiv direction, the irretrievable losses of the enemy amounted to more than 200 people, the rest are demoralized, refuse to participate in hostilities. The mobilized openly accuse the Russian command of using them for reconnaissance in force in order to reveal the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

— Refrigerators with “cargo 200” arrive at the Luhansk regional hospital every day.

— The invaders continue to terrorize the local population. With the help of propaganda stories, the enemy is trying to form a picture of the local population's loyal attitude towards the occupying authorities. Residents of the occupied settlements in the Chernihiv, Kyiv and Kherson regions refuse Russian “humanitarian aid”.

22:13 The Ukrainian military blew up the railway bridge on the border with the Russian Federation. The Russian authorities planned to use this bridge for personal purposes.

22:04 Chronicle of the rail war in Belarus-2022.

22:01 Ukrainian soldiers knocked the invaders out of the trenches.

21:54 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson accused Putin of outright lies:

“He knew that nuclear missiles would not be deployed in Ukraine. And he does not believe in the mythical nonsense that he wrote about the history of the Russian people. He is afraid that there is freedom in Ukraine.”

21:39 The invaders continue to bomb Kharkiv. The districts of KhTZ, Rohan and Northern Saltovka suffered greatly.

21:27 The Special Operations Forces of Ukraine have published a video of the destruction of a Russian ammunition depot to the waltz of Johann Strauss.

21:25 Former leader of the “DPR” terrorists Igor Girkin writes on Telegram about Russia's defeat in the war with Ukraine.

21:13 A column of Russian invaders was ambushed in the Zaporizhzhya region.

20:57 Colonel of the Russian Guard Sergei Savvateev, who led the SOBR detachment in the Vladimir region, has been eliminated in Ukraine.

20:44 The Armed Forces of Ukraine today destroyed two Russian Ka-52 helicopters and damaged one more in the Zaporizhzhya direction and in the Kyiv region. Also, about 60 soldiers of the RF Armed Forces and several enemy armored vehicles were liquidated, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

20:35 Ukraine imported the first thousand tons of fuel from Europe to replace imports previously carried out mainly from Belarus.

20:34 Lukashenka's ambassador to Ukraine Ihar Sokal said that diplomats representing the official Minsk left the country.

20:53 Северная Македония отменила безвизовый режим для россиян. Как сообщается на сайте Министерства иностранных дел республики, граждане РФ больше не могут въезжать на территорию страны без визы.

20:25 Belarusian volunteers fighting on the side of Ukraine in the battalion named after Kastus Kalinouski are giving a briefing.

20:23 The Russian troops completely destroyed the village of Privar, Ovruch community in the Zhytomyr region, shooting it from a helicopter. Victims were avoided, the inhabitants hid in the cellars.

20:20 The Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed the KamAZ-63968 Typhoon, the cost of which without equipment starts at $2 million.

20:07 The map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine from CNN as of March 19.

19:55 The Russian troops are trying to adapt to the Ukrainian way of fighting and the peculiarities of the Ukrainian army, which came as a surprise to the enemy, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar.

19:47 The invaders are retreating from Mykolaiv, the head of the Regional State Administration Vitaliy Kim reports. At the same time, the enemy continues to shell residential areas with rocket artillery and missiles, doing this from a distance of 50-70 kilometers.

19:33 The enemy’s combat helicopter has been downed near Kyiv.

19:26 US officials confirmed to CNN that Russia fired hypersonic missiles into Ukraine last week, this was the first known use of such missiles in combat. The US was able to track the launches in real time, the sources said. This was the first time in this war that Russia unleashed the Kinzhal ballistic missile, which was launched from the air, most likely from a MiG-31 aircraft.

19:18 Oilfield services company Baker Hughes has decided to suspend operations in the Russian Federation.

19:06 Soldiers of the 93rd Motorized Brigade “Kholodny Yar” are destroying the military equipment of the Russian occupiers.

18:52 The railway communication between Belarus and Ukraine no longer exists. Oleksandr Kamyshin, head of the board of the Ukrainian Railways, said this on the air of Nastoyaschee Vremya, having thanked the honest Belarusian railway workers.

18:43 By the end of 2022, Bulgaria intends to terminate the contract with Gazprom due to the war in Ukraine. Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Asen Vasilev clarified that Bulgaria is already looking for other gas suppliers and has already held talks with Greece and Turkey, and also wants to increase purchases from Azerbaijan.

18:36 The UN confirmed that there are no laboratories on the territory of Ukraine where biological weapons are produced.

18:29 Henadiy Lahuta, the head of the Kherson district military administration, said that the Russian military did not let trucks with humanitarian cargo into the Kherson region, and did not allow unloading them.

18:13 Former British Prime Ministers Gordon Brown and Sir John Major insist on the creation of a new international tribunal to investigate the actions of Vladimir Putin in Ukraine. They and 138 others signed a petition to establish a judicial body modeled after the Nuremberg Trials of Nazi war criminals after World War II.

18:05 The International Handball Federation (IHF) suspended all teams, officials, judges, lecturers and experts from Belarus and Russia from participating in tournaments under the auspices of the IHF.

17:53 The cost of the “borsch set” in St. Petersburg has risen by more than 56.5%.

17:47 The occupiers have blasted the Irpin dam. The village of Demidov on the coast of the Kyiv Sea is almost completely flooded, and the water is still coming. Several more villages are under threat due to the destruction of the locks at the mouth of the Irpin River.

17:43 The Russian opposition will seek to include dozens of artists in the EU sanctions lists. Among them are Nikolai Baskov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Oleg Gazmanov, Tina Kandelaki, Alexander Oleshko, Dmitry Pevtsov, Evgeni Pluschenko, Nikolai Rastorguev, Yana Rudkovskaya, and Stas Mikhailov.

17:32 Even in small villages there are rallies in support of Ukraine. In the video, the village of Brylivka, Kherson region. About 4,000 are living in the settlement.

17:26 Economic situation in Ukraine:

— 30% of the Ukrainian enterprises completely stopped their activities and 45% reduced their production. That is, the economy shrank by slightly less than 50%;

— The reserves of the National Bank of Ukraine are now higher than before the war. This is thanks to financial assistance from the EU, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank;

— If the war gets worse and the sowing campaign in Ukraine fails, world prices for important types of food (in particular, for grain) within a year will grow by 40–50%.

Serhiy Nikolaychuk, Deputy Head of the National Bank of Ukraine, spoke about this in an interview.

17:18 One of the houses after the shelling in Mariupol.

17:07 The probability of an overthrow is growing in Moscow, Ivan Yakovina believes.

16:56 Three Russian astronauts arrived at the ISS and changed into blue-yellow suits.

16:51 The most sensible Russian officers refuse to fight against Ukraine. New interception of Russian military conversations:

16:40 Ukrainian soldiers captured an enemy Rtut-BM radio jamming station. A valuable trophy supplemented the collection of the AFU.

16:32 Serhiy Haidai, the Head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, about the situation in the region: battles are being waged, but not a single city has surrendered and will not surrender.

16:25 Russia continues to transfer its troops to Belarus. Troops are being gathered even from the other side of the country due to a lack of resources. The General Staff of the AFU reports about it.

We are talking about some units of the 155th Separate Marine Brigade (Vladivostok) and 40th Separate Marine Brigade (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky).

16:17 Players of the German Bundesliga supported the Ukrainian people.

16:10 According to Anton Herashchenko, the adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, the use of a new type of shells by the Russian occupiers was recorded yesterday in Kyiv.

"The projectile fired from a Russian multiple launch rocket system parachuted down to Kyiv," he said.

16:00 Flour is already being sold in Vitebsk packaged in plastic bags.

15:51 Activists tie up traffic of trucks on the Polish-Belarusian border. The organized a trade blockade on their own.

15:46 Ukrainian servicemen again defeated an enemy column in the Kyiv region. At the same time, they managed to get a trophy, the Strela-10 surface-to-air missile system.

15:37 Defeated column of Rushists near Mykolaiv.

15:30 Ukrainians intercepted another conversation of a Russian occupier with his girlfriend.

15:22 Commander of the Brest Air Assault Brigade Valer Sakhashchyk believes that crossing the borders of Ukraine by the Belarusian army will be a disaster for Lukashenka.

15:15 Queues for food and sugar reach an unprecedented scale in Russia. The situation inside the queues is very aggressive, people are fighting for the right to grab a cherished bag. Sugar riots are brewing.

15:08 Ukrainian women run out into the street to give soldiers hot tea and sandwiches.

15:00 Destroyed Russian military equipment in the Kyiv region:

14:52 Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki proposed the EU to consider a new package of sanctions against the Russian Federation at the next summit, expanding them to the level of a "trade blockade" both of seaports and land trade.

14:45 The Armed Forces of Ukraine liquidated Sergei Volynets, the commander of the air flight of the Russian Federation, who bombed Georgia and Syria. The flight over Ukraine was the last for the major.

14:38 Evacuated children from Mariupol in a hospital in Zaporizhzhia.

14:30 In the Odessa region, rescuers removed and destroyed a modern 500-kilogram bomb in the area of a village shelled by Russia.

Such bombs are usually used to destroy powerful defensive constructions and fences.

14:22 Military are building a crossing near Petrykau in Belarus. It is being built in a place that is strange in terms of tactics.

14:15 Priorbank customers complain that they cannot withdraw dollars even on pre-order.

14:10 Russian military continue to injure themselves in order not to fight with Ukraine.

14:01 Belarusian Steel Works Company in Zhlobin will soon be sold to Russian oligarchs. The enterprise is on the verge of bankruptcy.

13:53 The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the enemy positions and forced him into a complete retreat with the help of the American army Humvee APV.

13:48 The occupiers turned on the USSR anthem through the speakers in Kherson, but the residents of Kherson drowned out the audio recording, performing the anthem of Ukraine without any speakers.

13:41 In Kyiv, the state of the air returned to normal.

13:35 The Russian military continues to suffer serious losses in Ukraine. The citizens of the aggressor country now understand that the Kremlin's victorious statements have little credibility.

13:27 In the Chernihiv region, the occupiers left combat equipment to avoid being shelled. Locals have found the equipment, now it already serves for the benefit of Ukraine.

13:20 Tatiana, the mother of Marine Roman Hrybov, who sent a Russian warship to a well-known address, was not very surprised by the act of her son. According to her, Roman never bowed down to anyone.

"When my son told the ship its direction, I realized how much pride, invincibility in these words. This became a call to the fight against the cursed occupier in the entire world. It gave vigour to the whole world!" the woman declared and added that her son never swore in her presence.

13:13 In the Kherson region, an aircraft of the Russian Federation fell into the swamp because of a flock of wild geese.

13:07 Briefing of the adviser to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Oleksi Arestovich on the Russian invasion issue.

13:01 The representative of the Border Guard Service of Ukraine handed over 30 pieces of silver to the Chairman of the State Border Committee of Belarus Anatol Lapo through the Belarusian Ambassador Igar Sokal.

12:56 American actress Amy Schumer invited Zelensky to the 94th Academy Awards ceremony. According to her, the Oscars ceremony would be a good platform for Ukraine to tell America about the war with Russia.

12:50 Anna Fotyga, the Member of the European Parliament and former Foreign Minister of Poland, said in an interview to Charter97.org that Belarusians may have a chance.

12:45 317 thousand people have returned to Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion. According to the data of the Ukrainian Border Guard Service, there are more males who want to defend their country from aggression.

12:37 Those who have enrolled in the Territorial Defence are preparing to participate in the war.

12:28 Chernobaivka is a "Bermuda triangle" for Russian occupiers. The military equipment of the occupiers, which entered the area, remains here forever thanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

12:21 Partisans of Homel went to a Saturday picket in support of Ukraine.

12:14 The Lukashists panicked over the “rail war” in Belarus.

12:08 The occupiers take the remains of the helicopters out of Chernobaivka. The Ukrainian forces had dealt another devastating blow to the occupiers in that settlement the previous day.

12:01 Ukrainian military destroyed the enemy batteries of the Uragans and MSTA-S in the Chernihiv region.

11:57 The Kastus Kalinouski Battalion got reinforcements from the Warsaw Mobilization Center. New Belarusian volunteers are preparing to stand up for Kyiv and Ukraine.

11:49 There are fights for sugar in Russia.

11:42 There are so many prisoners of war in Ukraine that it is necessary to create fully-functional camps for them. The first of them already started working.

11:37 The painting is dedicated to the Belarusian volunteers of the Kastus Kalinouski Battalion in Ukraine.

11:31 14,400 occupiers killed. Recent statistics from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battle losses of the enemy as of the morning of March 19.

11:25 Real estate of Russian billionaire Alexei Mordashov was arrested in Italy. The law enforcement authorities seized a villa in Sardinia, located in the town of Olbia, belonging to the owner Severstal. Its value is estimated at €105 million.

11:19 The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine showed a video of the shelling of Chernihiv. The city suffers from unguided aggressor air bombs, which destroy mainly civilian infrastructure.

11:14 UK foreign secretary Elizabeth Truss accused Russians of using negotiations with Ukraine to be able to regroup their offensive troops.

She believes that the peace talks were a "smokescreen", and the diplomat is "sceptical" about the Kremlin's goals. "If a country is serious about negotiations, it doesn’t indiscriminately bomb civilians that day," the Foreign Secretary noted.

11:07 This is how Belarusian volunteers fight for Ukraine and oppose Lukashenka's regime. Some of them have been on the front line since 2014.

11:01 The supply vehicles did not arrive again. Total resistance to the Russian occupiers continues.

10:56 According to British intelligence, the Russian Armed Forces, due to the failure of their initial goals, are changing their strategy and moving to methods of exhaustion.

10:50 Andrei Makarevich, the leader of the Mashina Vremeni band, suggested that if Putin presses the "red button", then the rest of the world will wipe Russia off the face of the Earth.

10:45 Alarm clock for occupiers by the soldiers of the 30th Prince Konstanty Ostrogski Mechanized Brigade.

10:39 The Swiss Company Stadler will not leave Belarus, but due to sanctions, it will reduce its staff by 300-400 people. A part of the assembly operations from Belarus will be transferred to Poland and Switzerland.

10:32 112 Ukrainian children became victims of the Russian army, another 140 were injured during the period from February 24 to March 18.

10:25 Soldiers of the National Guard of Ukraine stopped the enemy's attack on Rubizhne and destroyed 20 occupiers.

10:17 This is how the life of Kyiv residents in a bomb shelter at one of the metro stations looks like:

10:10 A Belarusian woman wears a "No War" banner on her coat at the Kamarousky market in Minsk, March 18. This is a courageous act under Lukashenka's regime.

10:04 Near Mykolaiv, Ukrainian fighters destroyed a slew of military equipment, the Grads and Urals with the letter "Z":

09:58 Specialists from different car market segments told what will happen in Belarus with goods and prices.

09:51 In the north of the Kyiv region, the Ukrainian servicemen seize equipment and capture the remnants of the personnel of a destroyed column of invaders who are trying to retreat towards the border.

09:45 These companies left Russia:

09:36 A Ukrainian child had lost his cat on the border with Poland and then found it. So this is what happiness looks like.

09:30 Halliburton oil field service company leaves Russia. It is the world's largest company for drilling and maintenance of oil and gas wells, the unique technology owner.

09:22 New satellite footage by Maxar Technologies shows Russian troops holing up near Kyiv. The occupiers went on the fiercely defensive.

09:15 "Good morning, we are from Ukraine": Kim, the Head of Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, went on the air after a day of silence.

09:10 In Kyiv this morning there is an unbearable burning smell. The Ukrainian capital is now in third place in the world in terms of air pollution.

In addition, about 15 fires were recorded to the west of Kyiv. They are concentrated in places where intense battles are being waged with the occupiers.

09:01 In Mariupol, there are battles for Azovstal (Azov Metallurgical Plant). The Russian occupying forces actually destroyed the metallurgical plant with shelling.

08:52 The General Staff of Ukraine confirmed the loss of the commander of the 8th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Army, Lieutenant General Andrey Mordvichev.

08:45 "Bayraktar" destroyed another column of enemy equipment in seconds. Turkish UAVs work phenomenally in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

08:40 The Armed Forces of Ukraine for the sixth time destroyed the positions of the Russian occupiers at the airfield in Chernobaivka near Kherson.

08:35 The mother of a Russian conscript seeks the return of her son from Ukraine, the military unit answers her with “fun music”.

08:33 Kharkiv Territorial Defence destroyed an enemy infantry fighting vehicle.

08:20 The General Staff of Ukraine does not exclude the possibility of announcing open mobilization in Russia. This solution can be made by occupiers in connection with heavy losses.

08:17 Bosch stops its plants in Russia. The German giant recognized that possibly it is necessary to leave Russia because of the problems with supplies and deliveries. The company is taking such measures against the background of Ukrainian statements that Bosch supplies one of the main components for Russian infantry vehicles.

08:12 A woman from Kyiv covered her daughter with her body to protect her from shelling.

08:09 The EU is studying the use of the confiscated property of Russian oligarchs to finance the restoration of Ukraine's infrastructure.