18:34 Russian Defence Ministry: Russian military delivered to Balakleya about 8 tonnes of humanitarian aid
Russian servicemen have delivered humanitarian aid to residents of the town of Balakleya in Kharkiv Region, which was liberated from the Ukrainian National Security Forces. This was reported in the agency’s Telegram channel on March 21.
“The cargo includes essential products, baby food, cereals, canned meat and fish, bakery and confectionery products, bottled drinking water”, – the report said.
18:07 Ukrainian neo-Nazis hiding in schools. The footage shows several people camped out in one of the classrooms of a Ukrainian school. This is further confirmation that the Ukrainian army is covering residential areas.
17:00 Rocket strikes in Mykolayiv targeted a Ukrainian army base located at a shipyard. It reportedly went bankrupt two years ago.
16:50 Russian air defence forces shoot down another Ukrainian drone in the skies above Melitopol.
15:20 Media: The Russian Armed Forces launched a series of strikes on Nikolaev. The main target of the fire was the 61st shipyard in Mykolaiv, as well as AFU and territorial defence checkpoints in its vicinity. An ammunition depot near the unfinished Ukrainian missile cruiser detonated on the territory of the 61st plant. Opposite it flew at the Ingul hotel. A roadblock on Shneerson near the plant and the Regional Administration building was hit. Another roadblock was hit near the Orange shop on Admiralska 2. In addition, a petrol station on Bogoyavlensky Avenue exploded – most likely due to fallen shrapnel after an air defence system was triggered.
15:06 Social media: Ukrainian troops blew up a railway bridge between Irpin and Kyiv from the capital’s side.
13:35 Odessa city council announces first strike on Odessa suburbs
12:45 The Russian Defence Ministry has published footage of a convoy of armoured vehicles and vehicles of the Russian Armed Forces in Sumy Region, where Russian servicemen continue to block the positions of the Ukrainian armed forces and the National Front. Reconnaissance of the route and security of the column’s advance is ensured by UAVs and reconnaissance units on Tiger and Typhoon armoured vehicles.
12:37 Russian paratroopers in Gostomel seized a rather rare instance of a Ukrainian 120mm BTR-3M2 self-propelled mortar.
12:33 No ceasefire during Russia-Ukraine talks Progress in talks between Russia and Ukraine is insufficient to talk about contacts between the two countries’ presidents Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky and does not correspond to the situation for the Ukrainian side, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.
11:45 Russia’s air force has destroyed 44 Ukrainian military installations overnight, including six Buk-M1 surface-to-air missile systems – Russian Defence Ministry.
11:10 Last night, high-precision air-launched cruise missiles struck a training centre for foreign mercenaries and Ukrainian nationalist formations at the Novaya Lubomyrka all-service training ground in the Rivne Region. More than 80 mercenaries and nationalists were killed.
10:55 In the village of Mykolayivka on the outskirts of Kiev, Russian servicemen have taken control of a protected buried command post of the Ukrainian armed forces. Sixty-one Ukrainian servicemen of the command post voluntarily surrendered, more than half of them senior officers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
9:26 The Russian Black Sea Fleet’s Orsk submarine unloads additional equipment in the port of Berdyansk.
9:08 At 1:30 Moscow time tonight, a missile strike was launched against the airport in Kramatorsk. AFU units were stationed there. A total of three explosions are reported.
8:39 mines planted by the Kiev regime explode off the coast of Odessa. This video is published by local media and social networks.
1:47 Kiev: A rocket arrives at the territory of the Pushcha Voditsa research and production plant where the Grad rocket launchers were stationed. Looks like the arrival of another Dagger.