Denazification of Ukraine: operational summary (March 18, updated)

18:19 A Ukrainian Tochka-U missile that was flying towards Melitopol was shot down. Its wreckage and elements of cluster munitions fell in a private sector on the outskirts of the city. Several residential houses, power lines and a gas pipeline were damaged.

17:53 Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile taking off and falling in Kiev, hitting a residential area.

14:59 Russian Ka-52s cover an amphibious landing in Gostomel. It’s just like in the movies and much cooler – firing on targets, a downed helicopter coming in for a forced landing, the crew leaving the aircraft.

Yeah, they’re fine – the guys took up a circular defence and were evacuated. The landing went off without any casualties.

13:37 AFU fired phosphorus munitions at Izyum, Tatneft petrol station area.

13:27 Kuleba says he is ready to have substantive talks with Lavrov, calling him the world’s most experienced diplomat.

13:25 A powerful AFU stronghold has been equipped in Nikopol district, Dnipropetrovsk region. Up to two thousand troops of paratroopers and assault troops have spread out on the territory of the Neptun recreation base in Alekseevka. The most interesting thing is that on the evening of March 15 there was already a strike in the vicinity of Alekseevka – at the fuel and lubricants depot. But the command of the airborne assault troops apparently does not learn anything from life

13:13 The Russian Ministry of Defense: at night, Tochka-U missiles with cluster warheads were attacked from the territory controlled by Kiev on residential areas of Melitopol, Russian air defense repelled the attack. The shelling was carried out from the southeastern outskirts of the city of Zaporozhye, which is completely controlled by Ukrainian nationalist units. To suppress missile attacks and protect Ukrainian citizens from new strikes by the nationalist regime, two Iskander missiles destroyed the launchers of Ukrainian nationalists, the report says.

12:30 I understand Zelensky’s disappointment, but the war should not go beyond Ukraine – NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg.

12:00 The special operation launched by Russia averted the threat of an attack on the LPR and DPR from Ukraine – Lavrov in an interview with RT. He also added that Ukraine, having failed to implement the Minsk agreements, was preparing to seize the lost territories with monstrous bloodshed.

11:33 Russian tanks in the Belgorod region. They go in the direction of Kharkov.

10:12 Investigative Committee is investigating the calls of the head of the Ukrainian border service to kill Russians.

08:35 Social networks: Another missile strike on a military warehouse was inflicted by the RF Armed Forces in Voznesensk, Mykolaiv region.

08:25 Russian Aerospace Forces strike drones attacked armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, warehouses with weapons and ammunition with high-precision missile weapons.

08:04 The moment of impact and subsequent fire at an aircraft repair plant in Lviv.

07:30 Russian special forces equipment near Mariupol. These guys do not bother for a long time, which means that soon Mariupol will be liberated and cleaned from the Nazis.

04:00 Azov* militants (an organization banned in the Russian Federation) kill men in Mariupol in order to take away their civilian clothes and flee the city. This was announced by the Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR.

01:50 Residents of the Kherson region can start receiving pensions and salaries in rubles. According to the head of the Crimea, this issue is now being discussed. The region came under the control of the Russian military.