Ukrainians Thoroughly Repel The Enemy (online)

(Updated) Main events of the 33rd day

Ukraine has already been resisting Russian troops for 33 days. The heroic defence of Mariupol continues. Mykolayiv, Kharkiv and Chernihiv are being barbarically bombed, but they have not surrendered to the enemy. Russia has focused on destroying infrastructure. Ukrainian forces are holding their ground and even counterattacking in the eastern and northern directions.

The Charter97.org website is covering live the events of the 33rd day of the war. You can see what happened in Ukraine on March 27 in our previous online coverage.

Special broadcast by Ukraine 24 TV channel

23:59 Irpin, near Kyiv, has been liberated from Russian occupiers. This is stated in a video published on March 28 on the Facebook page of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

23:48 Google has stopped licensing Russian Android smartphones. This means that Russian companies cannot produce Android smartphones with Android on GMS (Google services) for the Russian market

23:38 New message by Volodymyr Zelensky:

23:19 This is a direct hit from an RPG in Mariupol urban combat.

22:57 The Russian Defence Ministry published a video in which it gave up a secret military facility location in Belarus. A video published by the Russian Defence Ministry shows the Nebo-SV radar system. They're the ones who gave up its approximate location, despite the fact that this is a secret object. Judging by their maps, it is located in the Homel region on The Belarusian-Ukrainian border area.

22:41 Vitaliy Kim said that almost a third of the shells taken from the occupiers do not explode.

23:06 Петь о России стало неприлично. На концерте в Лас-Вегасе группа Scorpions изменила текст известного хита Winds of Change («Ветер перемен»). Вместо строк «Вдоль набережной Москва-реки я иду к парку Горького…» вокалист Клаус Майне спел «А теперь послушай мое сердце – там написано Украина».

22:30 Moment of the destruction of Russian Mi-24/35.

22:19 Reasons for the periodic strengthening and weakening of the curfew in Kyiv. Yevhen Yenin, the Deputy Head of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, explains:

All restrictions are strictly justified by the operational situation at a particular moment. The Civil and Military Administration together with the Military Command and the authorities respond to the interests of the people as soon as there is any possibility to weaken these or other restrictions. If, on the contrary, there is an increase in the risks of the activities of sabotage and reconnaissance groups or a deterioration in the security situation, they are forced to introduce tougher response measures.

22:06 Banksy painting was sold at a charity auction in London for 97,000 euros. The money raised will be sent to Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv..

21:57 “Russian soldiers who seized the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant drove their armoured vehicles without radiation protection through a highly toxic zone called the "Red Forest", kicking up clouds of radioactive dust,” Reuters writes. The nuclear power plant worker said it was "suicidal" for the soldiers, as the radioactive dust they inhale likely causes internal exposure.

21:46 “Good evening, we are from Ukraine”: the band members share their stories about how they wrote the song and how it became a hit.

21:37 A Russian military truck crashed into a civil car in Mazyr. The accident occurred on the way into the city.

21:35 A humanitarian corridor for cars from Energodar was agreed for tomorrow, March 29, along the Energodar-Dniprorudne-Skalki-Vasylivka-Zaporizhzhia route. Dmytro Orlov, the mayor of the city, reported about it. The formation of the column will start tomorrow, March 29, at 6:30, at Kurchatov Street (opposite the building of the Сity Сouncil and the "red" residential building). The departure of the column, accompanied by cars of doctors and rescuers, will begin at 8.00.

21:18 A virtual museum of Russian aggression has appeared with exhibits for sale.

21:00 European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson says children make up half of the 3.8 million refugees from Ukraine who arrived in the European Union after the Russian invasion.

20:49 A court sentenced 22-year-old student Anastasia Levashova to 2 years in prison for throwing a Molotov cocktail at police during an "illegal" protest in Moscow on February 24.

20:35 The 128th Zakarpattia Separate Mountain Assault Brigade shot down the newest Russian drone Orlan-10.

20:29 General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Despite statements by officials from the Ministry of Defence and the General Staff of the Russian Federation regarding changes in plans and priorities, the enemy continues to increase the number of troops around Kyiv. Russian troops continue unsuccessful attempts to take positions from which they could attack or surround the capital of Ukraine.

20:14 The village of Rudnitske, Kyiv region, has been completely liberated from Russian occupiers.

19:55 People's Deputy Pavlo Sushko wrote a song about the war. It turned out to be very honest and frank.

19:45 On March 28, after the liberation of the city of Trostianets, Sumy region, law enforcers found the body of a man with multiple injuries in the garage. According to the investigation, he was brutally abused and killed by servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the occupation.

19:43 Fujitsu has stopped all its orders in Russia, both for goods and services.

19:33 Kryvyi Rih Department servicemen of the Security Service of Ukraine detained a local resident who campaigned for the war of Russia against Ukraine on social media and called for a change in state borders.

19:23 Hollywood actor, director, screenwriter Sean Penn came to the Lviv region to help internally displaced Ukrainians.

19:13 Bellingcat: three members of the delegation attending the peace talks between Ukraine and Russia experienced symptoms consistent with poisoning with chemical weapons. "One of the victims was Russian entrepreneur Roman Abramovich," said in a statement.

19:05 The Verkhovna Rada registered a draft law to ban pro-Russian political parties. According to the draft law, if the party is banned by court order, then its assets become the property of the state.

18:52 Georgian volunteers interact with civilians in a liberated village in the Kyiv region.

18:44 The world's largest beer producer leaves Russia. The brewing company Ab Inbev ordered to suspend the licence for the production and sale of the Bud brand in the Russian Federation. Ab Inbev's global market share is estimated at 28%. Budweiser, Stella Artois, Corona, Castle, Beck's, Leffe and Hoegaarden are the international brands of the company's products.

18:33 The next piece of iron from the occupiers is a captured BMD-2 infantry fighting vehicle.

18:32 The Emmy Awards, which is awarded to the best television programs created and broadcasted outside the United States, decided to exclude from the competition program all projects created by Russian companies or jointly with them, as well as programs created for Russian channels or streaming platforms.

18:31 The results of Russian airstrikes today near Kharkiv.

18:19 The investment trust for the United Arab Emirates Mubadala Investment Company will stop investments in Russia.

18:10 Russia's weekly oil exports are down 26% as purchasers look elsewhere. Only a few countries, including the US and the UK, explicitly prohibited Russian oil imports. Nevertheless, many purchasers staged a voluntary strike in response to the war in Ukraine. Large companies, from Shell Plc to TotalEnergies SE, have announced that they intend to gradually abandon the purchase of oil and fuel in the Russian Federation.

18:08 Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, more than 200,000 Ukrainians have used the eVorog app to report Russian soldiers, their military equipment, and attacks. These real-time messages helped the Ukrainian defenders eliminate more than 17,000 occupiers and destroy more than 4,000 vehicles.

17:54 A perfect example of an ambush performed by the Special Operations Forces unit.

Details: Remote-controlled undermining of a convoy, minimal risk due to lack of direct fire contact, significant enemy losses.

Video: Anton Herashchenko

17:47 Almost 40,000 Ukrainians have already been forcibly displaced to a foreign land – Russian military massively displace them abroad from the temporarily occupied and blockaded cities of Ukraine. How can you request assistance if you are forcibly taken out by Russian occupiers?

17:32 Russian journalist Aleksandr Nevzorov contacted the Azov Battalion, which is considered in Russia to be a “focus of Nazism”: “They are awesome people. They had nothing to do with Nazism. The result of our communication was the AZOV APPEAL to Russia. I hope that at least this will help pump out the shit that Putin and Solovyov piled into the skulls of poor Russians. Nevzorov”

The appeal of the Azov Battalion to Russia is in the screenshot.

17:21 This car came from Mariupol... Russian military at the checkpoint gave them 40 seconds to pass after they had left the city just for fun. “You run, and I count to 40, then I shoot ...” they said something like this. They didn't make it. But all who were in the car, are alive: the grandmother, the grandfather, the husband, the wife, the son (4 years), the daughter (1,5 years).

17:10 The destroyed in Ukraine tank of Russian fascists stands against the backdrop of a monument to the fighters against Nazism.

17:06 Who is fighting the Rushists propaganda in Europe? The map was created by the National Сouncil of Television and Radio Broadcasting as of March 28.

17:01 Anonymous leaked an order from Russian Army General Bulgakov regarding the filming of a series of fake videos about "Ukrainian soldiers". The videos were supposed to contain fragments where the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine mock "Russian prisoners of war". Based on the order, all this is necessary to ensure that Russian servicemen stop surrendering voluntarily.

16:52 Sappers units perform official duties in wartime conditions. Every day they carry out demining, removal and destruction of explosive objects in Ukraine.

16:44 Energy ministers of all G7 industrialised countries rejected Russia's demand to pay for gas in rubles.

16:41 A cat nicknamed Stepan from Kharkiv raised $10,000 for four days to support animals in Ukraine.

16:28 Ukrainian rescuers received today 27 fire and rescue and special equipment vehicles, as well as emergency equipment from the Government of the French Republic.

16:19 This is the new map of hostilities on the territory of Ukraine according to the UK Ministry of Defence.

16:11 The mobilised people from ORDLO (temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine) are being taken to their deaths in the Sumy region.

15:16 Five thousand NATO states will be deployed in Lithuania. The commander of the Lithuanian Armed Forces called it a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

15:10 Residents of the Square of Changes renamed the Smarhouski Tract into the street named after the Hero of Belarus Raman Bandarenka.

15:03 Russia destroyed nearly 1,200 high-rise buildings, 53 kindergartens, 69 schools and 15 hospitals in Kharkiv.

14:57 Inspiring video about the Ukrainian Patriotic War.

14:51 Three leading trauma doctors were detained in Vitebsk. Two of them are department heads.

14:42 Military vehicles of Putin's soldiers were seen heading towards Mazyr near Naroulia.

14:35 Employees of JSC Vitsebsk Carpets sent to forced holidays at their own expense for a fortnight.

14:28 The village of Lukyanovka in Kyiv Region liberated from the Russian military is in the picture.

According to the deputy head of the Kirovograd regional council, the occupiers have lost about 40 people. Several units of Russian armoured vehicles were defeated, with at least three tanks seized by Ukrainian fighters as trophies

14:22 This is what the centre of Chernihiv looks like after shelling.

14:15 The SBU has published another intercepted conversation between the occupiers.

14:10 Residents of temporarily occupied Energodar are holding a rally demanding the release of deputy city head Ivan Samoydiuk.

14:00 Aerial reconnaissance helps Ukrainian defenders destroy Russian Armed Forces positions.