Patriotic War Of Ukrainian People

Main events of the 26th day.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are repelling the attacks of the Russian aggressors for the 26th day. Ukrainian intelligence reports that Lukashenka may enter the war on Russia's side in the coming days. Russian troops continue their siege of Mariupol, as well as barbaric shelling of Chernihiv, Kyiv, Kharkiv and Mykolayiv.

The Charter97.org website is covering live the 26th day of the war. You can see what happened in Ukraine on March 20 in our previous online broadcast.

Special broadcast on the Ukraine 24 TV channel

00:54 The infographic of Russia's military losses has been published.

00:37 The occupiers attacked the city of Zelenodolsk (Kryvyi Rih district, Dnipropetrovsk region) with Grads shelling a few hours ago. But the AFU gave a tough answer. As a result, the enemy's ammunition depot was completely destroyed. And there are no more Grads that fired the city. Euhen Sytnichenko, the Head of the Kryvyi Rih District Administration, reported this.

00:27 Ukraine opens new consulates in Poland to support refugees. Consulates will be opened in Helm and Przemysl.

00:15 The occupiers tried to build a crossing near the village of Kostiantynivka of the Mykolaiv region. Ukrainian soldiers blew up the bridge and stopped the further advance of the occupiers.

23:59 Anonymous threatened to hack 40 companies that continue to cooperate with the Russian Federation. The hacktivists gave foreign companies 48 hours to leave the Russian Federation and urged them to stop contributing to financing of the war.

23:43 Video history of the events of the 26th day of the Ukrainian people's heroic standoff against the Russian occupiers.

23:25 Players of the German Bundesliga recorded a video in support of Ukraine.

23:12 The 95th Air Assault Brigade and the 81st Airmobile Brigade showed the results of the operations.

22:53 Latvia cancelled the Yandex Taxi licence and demanded to block the Yandex Go app. The authorities decided to block Yandex Go since Yandex servers are located in Russia and data is exchanged through the servers, which means that all data of clients, citizens of Latvia, may be at the disposal of the Russian Federation.

22:47 Zelensky said that the final compromises in the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia will be decided by an all-Ukrainian referendum.

22:33 Bloomberg reports that BNP Paribas banking group suspends operations in Russia.

22:24 The players of the Shiauliai and Neptunas clubs came with a demand to stop the war in Ukraine and words of support for the Ukrainians before the match at the Lithuanian Basketball Championship.

22:04 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the residents of the temporarily occupied territories, who come to the rallies:

"Kherson, as soon as we will be able to get to you, a spell of bad luck will reach each occupier. The same will be in Energodar, Berdiansk, Melitopol and Kakhovka. They shoot, detain supposed organizers of resistance, they do not understand that this is not Russia, there is no need to organize resistance here. It's a feat, it's a blessing that we have people like you. We fight for every Ukrainian and remember everyone."

21:59 Conflict Intelligence Team, an investigative organization, reports that the Russian Federation has no forces for landing in Odesa. The reason is that almost all of the marines of the Russian Federation have been transferred and are already involved in battles on the territory of Ukraine.

21:53 Swiss President Ignazio Cassis visited the Polish-Ukrainian border as part of the meeting with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. Cassis met with local authorities at the Dorohusk checkpoint and received information about the refugee situation at the Polish-Ukrainian border. He also visited the reception centre in Helm.

21:45 Ukrainian military hit and disabled a modern Russian battle tank T-90 "Vladimir" in the Zaporizhzhia region.

21:37 According to The Wall Street Journal, the United States will send the Soviet air defence systems it secretly acquired to Ukraine.

21:25 The superyacht of oligarch Roman Abramovich, against whom the West has imposed sanctions due to Russia's attack on Ukraine, has arrived in a Turkish resort town. A boat with 11 Ukrainians with national flags and the slogan "No War" tried to prevent the vessel from docking in Bodrum port.

21:12 Singer Vera Brezhneva has left Russia and is currently volunteering in Poland. “Tomorrow morning I am back at the center that is close to us. I'm taking my daughter with me this time. So join us in your cities. Particularly Lublin is waiting," she writes.

20:57 For the seventh time the Armed Forces of Ukraine defeated the Russian military at the airfield in Chernobaivka, Kherson region. The occupiers use the airfield as their command post and position of assembly.

20:55 In the Kyiv region, the occupiers stole a car, changed into "civilian" and went to Belarus.

20:41 A girl from Zhytomyr wrote a letter to her relatives in Babruisk while in a bomb shelter.

20:32 Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Lyudmyla Denisova said that the occupiers force civilians to sit at night on the streets near the equipment of the Russian army as a human shield in Trostianets, Sumy region.

20:17 The European Union just approved the Strategic Compass, it gives the necessary toolbox for the EU to become a real geopolitical defence and security player together with NATO. Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics stated this. According to him, it is "only the beginning of the journey". Much will depend on how successfully the EU supports Ukraine.

20:01 The Russian Federation faced a shortage of high-precision missiles. Some of them fail to launch, hit the target, or explode on contact. According to one of the senior representatives of the US defenсe departments, the problems with the supply of high-precision missiles are because the country began to use "dumb bombs" more.

19:57 The Russian Federation withdraws from negotiations with Japan on a peace agreement and cancels the visa-free entry of the Japanese to the southern Kuril Islands.

19:43 The son of Georgy Kalenov, one of the initiators of the creation of the Kherson People's Republic, in his appeal asks his father to change his mind.

19:39 Putin fears for his life and he has replaced 1,000 personal employees. Russian political and public figure Georgy Alburov, the member of Navalny's Team Investigations Division, speaks about the personnel turnover around the head of the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin's questionable and rare public appearances show that he fears: it is in the interests of the Russian elite to liquidate him.

19:35 Klitschko said that in Kyiv, as a result of the shelling of the occupiers, 65 citizens were killed, about 300 were injured. The mayor recalled that the Russians planned to capture Kyiv in a few days, but they did not succeed, and, having lost hope, they began to bomb the houses of civilians.

19:24 American actress Amy Schumer invited Zelensky to the 94th Academy Awards ceremony, which will take place on March 28. According to her, the Oscars ceremony would be a good platform for Ukraine to tell America about the war with Russia.

19:17 On the Polish-Belarusian border activists are blocking trucks going to the Russian Federation for the third day. Activists say that the length of the truck's queue is about 50 kilometres.

19:12 The Members of Parliaments of twelve European countries, as well as the United States, signed a joint statement "On the urgent need to modernize the air defence of Ukraine". Judging by the text of the statement it is planned:

— to ensure the protection of airspace by supplying anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons;

— to ensure food supplies and medicine to Ukrainian cities that are shelled and bombarded, rescue the wounded and refugees;

— to protect Ukrainian nuclear facilities posing a threat to all neighbouring states;

19:07 Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, announced the exclusion of Russian banks from the P2P service. Sberbank, Gazprombank, Alfa-Bank, Otkritie, VTB Bank are among the entities. Earlier, they had disconnected Visa and MasterCard from the service in the Russian Federation.

19:04 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba called on the Chinese authorities to play an important role in ending the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.

18:53 State Border Service of Ukraine: almost 400 thousand Ukrainian citizens have returned to the country since the beginning of the war. Andriy Demchenko, the official representative of the state institution announced that about 75-80% of them are men.

18:49 Russian occupiers abducted another village head in the Kharkiv region. This time — Mykola Sikalenko, the Head of Cirkuni village.

18:41 The Russian Defence Ministry published footage of a missile strike on the Retroville shopping centre in Kyiv.

18:30 The Defence Ministry of Britain for the second time summoned the Russian military attache because of the war in Ukraine. Laurence Lee, the representative of the ministry, warned that Britain will be collecting evidence of war crimes of Russia in Ukraine. Lee reminded the Russian attache that schools, theatres, and hospitals are not legitimate military targets.

18:24 The State Border Service of Ukraine has prevented enemy sabotage on one of the bridges in the Luhansk region.

18:17 Repayment holidays are introduced in Ukraine. According to the National Bank of Ukraine, the holidays will be prolonged during martial law and 30 days after it. Forfeits (fines, penalties) and other payments stipulated by consumer loan agreements, accrued from and including February 24, 2022, will be written off.

18:14 According to Bloomberg, the UK government is preparing to temporarily nationalize Gazprom Marketing & Trading Retail Ltd., the "daughter" of Gazprom, and to take it into the UK’s "special administration regime".

18:06 A citizen of Belarus was detained in Volhynia. He has been collecting information about the placement and movement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine equipment in the mobilization state in the region on the instructions of the Belarusian special services.

18:02 The Armed Forces of Ukraine liquidated Major Dmitry Toptun from Ryazan, the Commander of a mechanized infantry battalion.

17:55 The Lukashenka regime announced the withdrawal of landing troops from the Ukrainian border.

17:51 The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned US Ambassador John Sullivan and issued a demarche and a note of protest to him over the "recent unacceptable remarks by President Joe Biden regarding Russian President".

17:42 Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal announced that every internally displaced person will be paid monthly from 2,000 to 3,000 hryvnias for each child.

17:34 The video of the 226th Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: this is how Ukrainian fighters destroy the military equipment of the Russian occupier in the suburbs of Kharkiv.

17:29 The ports of Mariupol, Berdiansk, Skadovsk and Kherson are temporarily closed, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine reports.

17:23 The German Federal Government is supporting the provision of additional weapons to Ukraine and European funding for these deliveries because of the Russian invasion. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced this before the meeting of the Council of the European Union in Brussels.

17:15 In Melitopol, the Russian military abducted Mikhailo Kumok, the owner of the Melitopolski Vidomosti newspaper, his family and three employees of the publication. A week ago, armed men summoned them to talk and offered to support the occupation administration, but they refused.

17:09 Ukrainian defenders have completely freed Makariv to the West of Kyiv. It additionally cuts off Russian aggressors from the highway M06 and exposes the rears of the enemy troops nearest to Kyiv.

16:56 Mothers with their babies in a basement in Kharkiv.

16:51 Russian court banned Facebook and Instagram.

16:41 Oleh Synyehubov, the Head of the Regional Military Administration: a Russian fighter aircraft was shot down near Chuhuiv and two drones were destroyed in the Kharkiv region.

16:35 Ksenia and Roman, the members of the Territorial Defence of Kyiv, became husband and wife. That's how their wedding took place.

16:31 Residents of Mazyr heard sounds of explosions and four reversible traces in the sky.

16:25 Ukrainian paratroopers freed the village from Russian aggressors in the Mykolaiv region.

16:20 In Kherson, occupiers are looting and taking goods out of the shops.

16:15 The 95-year-old former prisoner of Buchenwald died under Russian shelling in Kharkiv.

16:10 Three of Belaruskali's five mining departments have stopped. The company is taking out a salary loan for the first time.

16:06 Russian invaders use cluster mines.

15:51 A rise in the price of paper for office equipment awaits Belarusians, if there is such paper at all.

15:48 The Centre for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine has published an "instruction" for the military with tips on how to surrender correctly.

15:42 Ukrainian Armed Forces have destroyed the Russian Leer-3 electronic warfare system.

15:37 More than 70 houses are damaged by enemy shelling in Kyiv.

15:32 The Ukrainian anthem is played in central Kharkiv.

15:26 "I'm sure this is my war too": Volunteers from Kastus Kalinouski Battalion spoke about why they are defending Ukraine with weapons in their hands.

15:17 German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has said that the EU will allocate an additional 1 billion euros to Ukraine for purchasing armaments.

15:11 Russians have thrown stun grenades at Ukrainians who had come to a peaceful rally in Freedom Square in Kherson. The occupants opened fire, there are those wounded.

15:00 Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Shimonite has called Belarusian dictator Lukashenka a coward and a traitor.

14:52 The Security Service of Ukraine has intercepted a conversation between the Russian occupant and his friend.

"Just back from a mopping-up operation yesterday: 150 out of 800 men came back," the Russian soldier says about the catastrophic losses.

14:46 Vital Navitsky, a spokesman for the Belarusian Emergencies Ministry, has died. He was 41 years old. No cause of death is reported.

14:41 The monthly rise in prices in Russia compared with the previous year.

14:35 Brussels has started considering Ukraine's application for EU membership, EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Olivér Várhelyi has said. He promised that an opinion on it will be provided as soon as possible.

14:30 Portraits of Belarusians who were killed in the war for Ukraine have been brought to the Belarusian embassy in London

A telling message was left on the door of the embassy.

14:22 Ukrainians have destroyed a Russian Buk anti-aircraft missile system that was standing in a school yard.

14:17 Alfa Bank announces new conditions for ordering cash withdrawals. To receive cash in US dollars, euros, Belarusian rubles (more than 5,000), or Russian rubles (more than 50,000) at a cash desk, you need to leave an application 10 banking days before the day of withdrawal.

14:10 Briefing by Oleksiy Arestovych: the situation is under control, the enemy has lost the ability to attack, the AFU is gradually turning them into the dust on all fronts.

14:00 Operational command "North" reports that the occupants have handed over a new unit to the AFU - a 2S19 "MSTA-S" with ammunition.

13:54 Price tags in Belarusian shops are changing several times a day. What has gone up in price most of all and is there a shortage of much-needed goods?

13:44 Two Ukrainian territorial defence fighters and a policeman have captured a paratrooper of the Pskov division praised by Russian propaganda.

13:38 Political prisoner Viktar Babaryka gets a warning in the colony.

13:32 Valiant sappers of the AFU have blown up a Russian Tor M1 SAM system.

13:25 The dollar and the euro went up at the trading in Minsk. The Russian ruble fell.

13:18 Poland intends to impose additional taxes on its companies that continue to operate in Russia, the government spokesman said.

13:13 Combat routine of a separate motorized infantry brigade of Mariupol.

13:08 The Security Service of Ukraine has published a recording of a Kadyrov gunman's conversation, who says that they perform the function of barrier troops in Ukraine.

Also, he spoke about losses in the Russian army and strikes of the Ukrainian artillery.

13:00 Admission of documents for apostille is resumed in Belarus. A queue has immediately lined up in Minsk.

12:50 Lukashenka appoints Leanid Zayats, fired three years ago after a scandal with cows, as "temporary" deputy prime minister.

12:45 Taiwan-based XDynamics Taiwan will donate 10 drones worth a total of $35,000 to Ukraine.

The drones can reach a top speed of up to 90 km/h and carry small batches of medicine, among other things.

12:35 China Eastern's Boeing 737-800 has crashed in southern China. There were 123 passengers and nine crew members on board.

12:29 The Baltic states intend to ban Russian ships from entering their ports.

12:24 Hit equipment of Russian occupants:

12:18 Lukashenka has appointed an arms trade specialist to head the Belarusian Potash Company. The company is under US and EU sanctions.

12:12 A shell hit Kharkiv supermarket with people in it.

12:07 Several streets in Brest will be blocked today to allow the movement of vehicles and personnel of the 38th Separate Guards Airborne Assault Brigade.

12:00 Belarusian Railways cancels some trains. Minsk airport also reported the cancellation of several flights.

11:56 Updates on Russian occupying forces' losses in Ukraine.

11:51 After a multi-day pause, trading in Russian government bonds has opened on the Moscow Exchange. The OFZ price index fell 9.4 percent to 98.21 points, renewing its low since December 2014.

11:46 The morning address by the head of the Mykolayiv Regional Administration, Vitaliy Kim.

11:41 The Russian occupant complains about the generals in a phone call and says their unit is impoverished in general.

11:35 The Kazlovichy checkpoint on the Polish-Belarusian border remains blocked by protesters. This is already the second day. They do not let in trucks heading to Belarus and Russia.

11:28 The Belarusians in Warsaw have held another protest rally near the Russian embassy.

11:20 The way hypermarkets look in Moscow now:

11:12 Ukraine's Interior Minister says Russian occupiers are surrendering by whole units along with equipment.

11:07 A number of Russian electronics retailers are ending installment and credit programs.

11:01 A large convoy of military vehicles with Lukashenka flags was spotted near Kobrin around 09:30 on the M10 highway.

10:58 Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport has sent about 40% of its staff to forced vacation. In total, about 15 thousand people work at the airport. This means that 6,000 employees have been left without work.

10:52 Eight people killed in an overnight rocket attack in Podilsky district of Kyiv - Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.

10:47 Another victory of the AFU - two enemy Orlans have been shot down in Kharkiv region.

10:41 Anti-war paintings by Grodno-based muralist Siarhei Hrynevich removed from an exhibition in central Minsk.

10:35 Russian occupation forces have killed 115 children in Ukraine, 148 more have been wounded.

10:29 British intelligence: "Kyiv remains the main military target for Russian forces despite failures in the offensive.

2/3 of Russian forces advancing towards the city from the north-east have stalled. Troops advancing from Hostomel to the northwest have been repulsed by fierce Ukrainian resistance. The bulk of the Russians are staying more than 25 kilometres from the centre of Kyiv."

10:24 The aftermath of an evening Russian missile strike on a peaceful neighbourhood in Podilsky district of Kyiv.

10:18 Ukrainian musician YARMAK, who is defending the country with weapons in his hands, has recorded an appeal to Belarusians:

10:12 Soldiers of the 128th Brigade have destroyed a Russian BMP from Stugna.

10:06 New Zealand to give Ukraine $3.5 million for non-lethal weapons.

10:00 Rescuers in Sumy have stopped the ammonia leak at the Sumykhimprom plant.

09:55 The supply of juices and milk to shops in Russia got disrupted because of the lack of containers for storing the products. The market players are facing a shortage of tetrapak and cardboard.

09:50 In the south of Ukraine, the 80th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade of the AFU has destroyed a unit of traitors from occupied Perevalnyi.

09:44 Ukrainian defenders have captured a super-trophy in Mykolayiv Region - a new command and control vehicle R-149MA1 of the Russian army. It is an element of the automated command and control system of the Russian troops known as "Sozvezdie".

Along with the machine, the Ukrainian soldiers also got access to full data on the enemy's positions and forces.

09:38 This is how insane Lukashenka is laughed at on the Net:

09:32 The EU is working on the fifth package of sanctions against Russia, and is also considering an embargo on oil supplies from Russia.

09:26 Residents of temporarily occupied Melitopol have recorded a touching appeal to the AFU asking them to set them free faster.

09:20 What's going on in the discounters in Belarus? A report from super-low price shops.

09:14 A sea battle is taking place right now near Odessa. Two Russian ships were spotted there earlier. According to local media reports, one of them has already been hit by the Ukrainian navy.

09:07 A video of a Ukrainian soldier demonstrating the deplorable state of a Russian helmet has appeared on the Net.

09:00 A Russian UAZ, which "wandered" into fields in Mykolayiv region, is on fire.

08:51 An ammonia leak at a large chemical plant in Sumy as a result of shelling.

08:46 The Ukrainian armed forces have neutralized an ammunition depot of Russian occupants.

08:41 China's ambassador to the US, Qin Gang, says his country is "not supplying weapons or ammunition" to any of the parties involved in the war. According to the ambassador, China is "against war".

08:35 Ukrainian border guards have shown the dogs that help defend the country.

08:27 Overnight address by Volodymyr Zelensky: "The Russian military can't find their way home. That's why our military helps them with the trip to the trial by ordeal."

08:21 Ukrainian mathematician Konstantin Olmezov committed suicide in Moscow.

08:17 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have defeated the Russians near Sumy. Ukrainian soldiers destroyed some of the Russian equipment, including the "super fashionable" Black Eagle, and the occupiers ran away to the cemetery.

08:13 Putin appears to be changing tactics in the war with Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reports. According to three senior U.S. officials, the Russian ruler will try to reclaim Ukraine's eastern and southern regions because of failures to capture Kyiv, thus creating a land corridor to Crimea.

The Kremlin also wants to force Bankovaya to agree to its terms by bombing cities chaotically and continuing to besiege settlements.

08:10 The resistance forces in Chernihiv region are at work. The Ukrainian military have destroyed two KAMAZs of the occupants with ammunition and provisions.