On February 24, russia* attacked Ukraine. It is now Day 33 of a full-scale war. These are the key events of the day that we’ve selected for you:
- russia announced partial withdrawal of its troops, and if was confirmed by various sources like General staff of Ukrainian forces and independent researches. It haven’t been confirmed yet though whether forces are brought back to russia. Also United States are skeptical. Multiple missile launches from Belarus, air raid siren alerts reported in Ukraine in the evening after russia/Ukraine talks
- Russia deploys Wagner mercenaries to Ukraine. This is due to the constant losses of Russia and the lack of progress in the offensive, the UK intelligence added, and also means russia identified the war in Ukraine, as a “priority”. According to UK intelligence, east of Ukraine is a priority for Putin.
- The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports, that over the past 24 hours, on March 28, they destroyed 17 targets: 8 planes, 3 helicopters, 4 drones and 2 cruise missiles. The Ukrainian military has pushed the russian occupiers 40-60 kilometers away from Kryvyi Rih, said Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the city’s military administration. Now the line of contact is located not on the border of Dnipropetrovsk region, but in Kherson region. Vilkul notes that on March 28 the Armed Forces liberated several other settlements in the Kherson region.
- In the Kherson region, during the successful repulse of one of the russian attacks, the Ukrainian military managed to destroy the BMD-2 and seize two T-64 tanks (with a full set of ammunition) and one 2M anti-aircraft gun. Ukrainian air defense shot dow a drone and a plane of the Russian occupiers over Kharkiv region
- The Ukrainian military destroyed the “pride” of the russian occupiers ㅡ armored KamAZ “Typhoon”. This is a universal armored car with high security on the original chassis. It belongs to the MRAP class machines, ie it is protected from mines and ambushes.
- In the morning rescuers managed to put out the fire at the oil depot in Lutsk on the morning of March 29. The fire broke out in the evening of March 27 due to russian shelling. When shelling Ukrainian cities, russians concentrate on fuel depots, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces
- In Mykolayiv russian occupiers destroyed the building of regional administration. 12 killed, 33 wounded, 18 people were rescued, according to the SES
- russia continues to abduct people in Mariupol The occupiers continue to abduct residents of Ukrainian Mariupol. Mariupol City Council reported that the russian occupiers forcibly removed more than 70 people from the maternity hospital №2 in the Left Bank district of Mariupol. We are talking about medical staff and patients. Currently, more than 20,000 Mariupol residents are known to have been deported to Russia against their will.
- Mariupol City Council says it is already preparing a database of deportees and working on a return mechanism “We are creating a base of deported residents of the city and developing an effective mechanism for the return of compatriots. We will do everything to bring people home,” -city Mayor said
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*Note: we write “russia” and “russian” refering to country and soldiers taking part in atrocities against Ukraine. This not a mistake but on purpose. We feel that capital letters represent pride and respect, and with russia’s and its soldiers crimes against unarmed civilians, it feels they stripped themselves of both things.
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