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Russia launches an attack on the city of Kryvyi Rih - the birthplace of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Russia shells Kryvyi Rih: dead and dozens injured
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: Pro-Ukrainian partisans allegedly invade Russia
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and Ukraine and their allies.
In particular, the information on losses suffered by the armies involved in the Ukrainian war cannot be independently verified.
Update from March 13th, 6:10 a.m.:
After a Russian rocket attack on his hometown of Kryvyi Rih with several fatalities, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced retaliation.
“We will inflict losses on the Russian state in response,” Zelensky said in his evening video address on Tuesday.
“You in the Kremlin must learn that terror will not go unpunished for you,” he warned.
“Nothing will cure these patients of their ills, but they will feel the losses.”
According to the Ukrainian military, two residential buildings were hit and set on fire in the rocket attack on Kryvyi Rih in the late afternoon.
By evening, helpers had recovered at least three dead people from the rubble.
Another 38 people were injured, including ten children.
“These are not the final figures, because the recovery work is ongoing,” Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko wrote on Telegram.
A damaged residential building after the Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih © Alex Babenko/dpa
Russia attacks Kryvyi Rih: dead and dozens injured
Update from March 12th, 8:50 p.m.:
There were at least 38 injured in the attack on Kryvyi Rih, Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said in the online Telegram network.
Children are also among the injured.
A residential building was hit in the Russian attack on the industrial city, Klimenko explained.
It is feared that the number of victims will continue to rise.
According to Kiev, Russia has been deliberately attacking civilian targets since the beginning of its war of aggression against Ukraine.
Moscow rejects these allegations.
Update from March 12th, 8:02 p.m.:
According to initial reports, there were several victims in a Russian attack on the large city of Kryvyi Rih in southeastern Ukraine on Tuesday.
At least two people were killed, the regional administration initially said, as reported by the
Unian
agency .
According to the Ukrainian military, a missile fired from an aircraft hit a nine-story apartment building and set it on fire.
The regional administration asked all social media users via Telegram not to post any further reports about the situation on site.
“Do not post anything until official information is available, this is a matter of safety and human life.”
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj wrote on the X platform (formerly Twitter) of numerous injuries, many of them in critical condition.
“A child was also injured,” Zelensky added.
France warns of Russian victory in Ukraine war
Update from March 12th, 7:07 p.m.:
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has warned of “noticeable consequences” of a Russian victory in the Ukraine war.
“This war already has its price, but it would increase immeasurably if Russia were to defeat Ukraine,” Attal said on Tuesday in a parliamentary debate on France's Ukraine policy.
“Ukraine’s victory is also in France’s interest,” he emphasized.
Attal called on MPs to approve the already signed security agreement with Ukraine.
The vote, the result of which was expected in the evening, is primarily symbolic.
“Voting against it means playing into Putin’s hands,” said Attal, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Update from March 12, 4:41 p.m.:
After the Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane crashed, the authorities reported that the occupants, including pilots from Orenburg, had died.
There was no information on the exact number of deaths.
During takeoff, one of the four engines caught fire.
A reason for the fire's outbreak was not initially given; authorities said a technical cause was suspected.
Experts traveled to the crash site to investigate the cause.
Military plane crashed in Russia: 15 people on board
Update from March 12th, 12:03 p.m.:
A Russian Il-76 military transport plane crashed on Tuesday (March 12th) in the Ivanovo region northeast of Moscow with 15 people on board.
This is reported by the Interfax news agency, citing the Russian Defense Ministry.
Tass news agency quoted the ministry as saying that one of the plane's engines caught fire, causing the crash.
FSB: No intrusion into Russian territory
Update from March 12, 10:45 a.m.:
The Russian security service FSB has denied that armed groups from Ukraine had managed to penetrate Russian territory.
This is reported by the
RIA news agency.
Separately, state news agency
TASS
quoted the FSB as saying that Russian forces had killed 100 people and destroyed several armored vehicles while "repelling break-in attempts."
Pro-Ukrainian partisans invade Russia
Update from March 12th, 10:00 a.m.:
At least two Ukraine-based armed groups, which allegedly consist of Russians, said they entered Russia via the western border on Tuesday (March 12th).
This was reported by the
Reuters
news agency .
The Legion of Freedom of Russia and the Siberian Battalion both announced on their Telegram pages that they had launched attacks on Russia from Ukraine.
The “Legion of Freedom of Russia” stated in its Telegram post that they would “take our country inch by inch from the regime.”
The group also said its fighters had destroyed an armored Russian military vehicle in the town of Tyotkino in the Kursk region.
The governor of Kursk confirmed the attack but denied a “breakthrough” by the attackers.
In the past, Russian officials have described the groups as “puppets of the Ukrainian military and U.S. intelligence” that Moscow believes are trying to sow chaos in Russia.
Andriy Yusov, a spokesman for Ukrainian military intelligence, told Ukrainian Channel 24 that the groups carried out the operation on Russian territory independently of Ukraine.
Ukraine attacks Russian refinery
Update from March 12, 5:45 a.m.:
A refinery owned by the Russian oil company Lukoil in the Russian region of Nizhny Novgorod is on fire after a drone attack, according to the region's governor.
“This morning the Kstovo industrial zone, a fuel and energy complex, was attacked by drones,” writes Gleb Nikitin on the short message service Telegram.
Work at the plant has been temporarily stopped due to an “incident,” reports the Russian state news agency Ria, citing the oil company.
Russia attacks more than 350 targets in Ukraine
Update from March 11th, 2:45 p.m.:
A Russian air strike is said to have hit over 350 Ukrainian military targets in the Avdiivka region.
As the Russian news agency
Tass
reported, citing the Russian army's "Battlegroup Center", the attack hit, among other things, two Ukrainian command outposts and around 90 artillery positions.
The information cannot be independently verified.
A total of 60 attacks were carried out by Russian bombers and fighter jets near the settlements of Ocheretyne, Berdychi and Novokalinovo.
In addition, Russia's air defense is said to have shot down five Ukrainian drones.
Kremlin spokesman calls France's plan to send ground troops to Ukraine "dangerous line"
Update from March 11th, 1:09 p.m
.: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has accused France in particular of further inflaming tensions in the conflict with the debate about sending ground troops to Ukraine.
“This is a dangerous line, a very dangerous one,” Peskov said today.
Russia is following this closely.
The Russian services already have information that there are forces in Ukraine who, although they describe themselves as advisors, have a direct connection to NATO.
Putin reacts to debacle in the Black Sea and appoints new naval commander-in-chief
Update from March 11th, 12:46 p.m
.: Ukraine is increasingly targeting the Black Sea Fleet.
Russian losses are increasing rapidly.
A change of command should help: Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin is likely to appoint a new naval commander-in-chief.
Dnipro in sight: Russian missiles destroy grain silo
Update from March 11th, 10:47 a.m
.: “Ukrlandfarming” is one of the largest agricultural companies in Ukraine – it has now reported a devastating attack on one of its grain silos.
It was completely destroyed and an employee was injured in a Russian missile attack on the Dnipro region on Saturday evening, the plant owner said.
As a result of the Russian attack, the company said it suffered losses of around $1 billion by the end of 2023.
According to
wyborcza.biz
(as of April 2022), it is the eighth largest agricultural company in the world, measured by agricultural area.
Putin's air force sends swarm of combat drones towards Odessa
First report
: Kiev – Russia launches swarms of combat drones against Ukraine almost every night.
The anxious question is always: How many drones can be intercepted?
This also applied on Sunday night: of 39 approaching drones, 35 were taken out of the sky, the Ukrainian Air Force announced in the morning.
There was a new wave of attacks on Monday (March 11th).
Russia launches attack lasting one and a half hours: wave of drones on Odessa
The Ukrainian military says it repelled a massive Russian drone attack on Odessa overnight.
The Shahed drones of Iranian design approached from the Black Sea - air defense units were in action for an hour and a half.
This was announced by Ukraine's southern operational command.
Accordingly, the Ukrainian air defense shot down ten combat drones.
There was initially no information about injuries.
The wave of attacks caused damage to infrastructure and several administrative buildings.
Debris from crashed drones also caused destruction.
Border regions in the Ukraine war: Russia and Ukraine are shelling targets behind the front
Russia regularly fires on targets far behind the front.
Ukraine reported attacks on the Kharkiv region in particular during the night.
However, Russian border regions near Ukraine are also increasingly complaining about shelling from the neighboring country.
However, the number of victims and the amount of damage are not comparable to the extent of the destruction caused by the Russian military.
(Editorial with news agency material)