Military report of the LPR. Situation on the line of contact on March 9 (updated)

15:19 LNR shelling by Ukrainian armed formations from the direction of Svitlodarsk to the area of Molochne: BM-21 MLRS (40 rounds).

13:49 PM DPR fighters smashed the base of the Medvedi militant group known in Ukraine, which was engaged in manufacturing IEDs and dropping them from UAVs on DPR territory.

13:14 As of now 115 Ukrainian servicemen have laid down their arms, there would have been many more if not for the nationalists shooting in the back – DNR head Denis Pushylin on the air of KP radio.

13:06 The operation goes according to plan, despite certain difficulties – DPR head Denis Pushilin.

12:44 The 9th regiment of the DPR National Front is mopping up the outskirts of Mariupol. Soldiers are really fighting heroically, successfully penetrating the enemy defence.

12:40 Shelling of AFU n.a. Leninskoye – n.a. Gorlovka (Gagarin’s settlement): 7 LNG grenades fired.

12:39 “In those high-rise buildings where the National Security Forces are stationed on the upper floors, people are forbidden to leave their houses and even go down to the basement” – Denis Pushylin, head of the DNR, on the air of 60 Minutes.

12:10 The DPR said that the Ukrainian authorities deliberately keep silent about humanitarian corridors from Mariupol and Volnovakha towards Russia and the DPR.

12:09 The DPR says Kiev is preparing provocations with humanitarian corridors in Mariupol and Volnovakha – exits from the cities may be mined.

11:40 In the morning, a DPR flag is hoisted over the administrative building in Volnovakha. The cleansing of the city from the AFU continues.

11:35 There is no electricity, water or gas in Mariupol, no food delivery, the situation is very difficult – Head of the DNR.

11:28 Just over 50% of DPR territory liberated as of now – Denis Pushilin.

11:22 A Tochka-U missile was shot down over Donetsk by the AFU, the DPR PM said.

11:20 A civilian vehicle attempting to leave Mariupol was blown up on AFU minefields yesterday – DPR head Denis Pushilin said.

11:17 Social media reports that there was a powerful explosion in Luhansk. Details are being clarified.

11:16 As of March 9, the DPR has already liberated 74 settlements: Pavlopol, Pischevik, Viktorovka, Bogdanovka, Novoghnatovka, Nikolayevka, Rybinskoye, Trudovskoye, Vasilyevka, Prohorovka, Staroygnatyevka, Svobodnoye, Donskoye, Anadol, Andreevka, Granitnoye, Gnutovo, Bugas, Staromaryevka, Mirne, Kamianka, Novoselovka, Novoselovka II, Kremenyivka, Fedorovka, Chermalyk, Shyrokyne, Talakovka, Sartana, Berdyanskoye, Primorskoye, Orlivka, Stepanivka, Topolinoe, Maloyanisol, Lebedinskoe, Vodyanoe, Krasnovka, Novokrasnovka, Volodarske, Malinovka (Volodarskiy rayon), Boevoye, Zelenyi Yar, Trudzhenka, Veseloe, Agrobaza, Sopino, Pionerskoe, Vinogradnoe, Kalinovka, Zorya, Priovrazhnoe, Chernenko, Kirillovka, Kasyanovka, Klyuchevoe, Makedonovka, Dmitrovka, Kalinino, Znamenovka, Khlebodarovka, Novopavlovka, Novohrigorovka, Katerinovka, Chicherino, Tarasovka, Maloknatovka, Kalchik, Oktyabrskoye, Malinovka (Volnovakha district), Zatishne, Berezovoye, Novotroitskoye, Olginka. The Zachatyevskaya railway station has been taken under control.

11:14 Social media reports that LPR and Russian military have launched an assault on Severodonetsk, temporarily occupied by Ukraine.

11:03 Nazis continue shelling LPR civilians. Pictured are. Bryanka, houses – Sovkhoznaya str. 17 and 19. Lomovotska mine.

10:22 Local residents of Mariupol who managed to escape from the city say that Ukrainian militants do not let anyone out of the city.

10:14 Several hundred people in Mariupol continue to be a “human shield” for Ukraine’s National Security Forces – DPR head Denis Pushilin.

8:38 Ukrainian military fires heavy weapons at the outskirts of Donetsk. Residents of the Trudovskaya mine settlement in Donetsk are back in shelters.

8:06 According to information from the DNR Ministry of Health, four civilians from territories previously liberated by the DPR’s PM were wounded during yesterday’s shelling of the AFU. Investigations will be conducted into all the facts of the AFU war crimes and the results will be handed over to the DPR General Prosecutor’s Office.

07:50 FATA shelling of Marinka – Donetsk (Trudivskaia settlement): 2 mines of 120 mm calibre fired.

07.20 The LNR territory was shelled by the APF in Luhanske-Logvinove: 120mm mortar (20 mines); Myronivskyi – Nizhnie Lozovej: 122mm artillery gun (5 shells).

06:30 There was recorded shelling from the direction of Verkhnetoretske (upper) – Panteleimonovka: 15 mines of 120mm calibre were fired at from the direction of Verkhnetoretske (upper) – Panteleimonovka.