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Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley have discussed the defense needs of Ukraine. According to Ukrinform, Zaluzhnyi said this in a Telegram post. "I had a phone call with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley. We discussed a number of important topics for us. I focused in detail on the issue of Ukraine's defense needs," he wrote. Zaluzhnyi said both parties had discussed the supply of ammunition and equipment. He also emphasized the need to strengthen Ukrainian aid defense capabilities. Read also: Yermak,…

Following today's Russian massive missile attacks, restoration work at energy facilities across Ukraine are underway. The most difficult situation is in Kharkiv and Zhytomyr regions. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in his video address to the nation, Ukrinform reports. “Restoration work at power facilities has been ongoing all day. Kharkiv and the Zhytomyr region have the most difficult situation. Odesa, the Dnipropetrovsk region, Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia are also facing difficulties,” he said. Zelensky assured that repair crews, power engineers, local authorities and the central government - everyone will work for as long as necessary to restore power supply to the…

During the day, 128 strikes and 41 combat clashes have been recorded near Bakhmut. The enemy lost 127 people killed. "The enemy continues to try to assault the area of Bakhmut and the area of the settlements of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Dubovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, and other settlements. The enemy fires MLRS and artillery. During the day, 128 strikes and 41 combat clashes have taken place," Serhiy Cherevaty, Spokesperson for the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said during the nationwide news telethon. He added that the Russians had lost 127 servicemen killed and 125 wounded in the battles in Bakhmut…

Ukrainian military personnel have completed training on Leopard 2 tanks in Poland. All Polish tanks of this type, which Warsaw intended to send to Kyiv (14 units), are already in Ukraine. Poland's Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak said this at a press briefing in Warsaw, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. He emphasized that Poland did everything possible to form a full battalion of Leopard 2 A4 tanks. "In this way, we support Ukraine within the international coalition. In addition to 14 Polish Leopard 2 tanks, this battalion also includes 8 tanks each from Canada and Norway, as…

President Volodymyr Zelensky has held a meeting with law enforcers and government officials regarding the recent Russian attack on Ukrainian infrastructure. Zelensky wrote on Telegram that the NSDC, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Security Service, Ukroboronprom, General Staff, Main Intelligence Directorate, Foreign Intelligence Service and relevant government representatives were present at the meeting. “Today's shelling attacked Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Kharkiv, Sumy, Vinnytsia, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia regions and the city of Kyiv. I am grateful to our air defense forces for their hard work, for protecting our people!” Zelensky wrote. The President stressed the importance of ensuring the protection of the…

The Operational Command North showed photos of a Shahed drone shot down in Sumy region. "The wreckage of the Shahed drone shot down by the Defense Forces of Sivershchyna in Sumy region," the Operational Command North wrote on Telegram and shared relevant photos. Read also: Russian missile attack: Kinzhal hypersonic missile penetrates Kyiv air defense As reported by Ukrinform, on March 9, Ukrainian air defense forces downed a Russian missile over Chernihiv region, according to the Operational Command North.

In Mykolaiv region, during the latest Russian missile strike, air defense units destroyed nine incoming missiles of various types. That’s according to the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, Vitaliy Kim, who broke the news on Telegram. "According to the report by Air Force Command South, on the night of March 9, air defense units destroyed nine missiles of various types over Mykolayiv region," said Kim. Read also: Russian missile attack: Kinzhal hypersonic missile penetrates Kyiv air defense In the sky over Odesa region, six Russian missiles and an unmanned aerial vehicle, according to the chief of the Odesa…

Russian troops have struck the Dnipropetrovsk region’s Nikopol district with the Grad multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) and heavy artillery. Six civilians were reported injured, including two children. The relevant statement was made by Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Head Serhii Lysak on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Today the Nikopol district has been suffering from enemy shelling with heavy artillery and the Grad MLRS. Russians targeted the Marhanets and Chervonohryhorivka communities, and the city of Nikopol. Six civilians were injured, including two children,” Lysak wrote. All of those injured were from Nikopol: an 11-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy; three…

The Ukrainian defender executed by Russian troops after saying ‘Glory to Ukraine’ has proved to be Oleksandr Matsievskyi, a Ukrainian serviceman from the Chernihiv region’s Nizhyn. The relevant statement was made by the North Regional Department of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “On March 6, 2023, another evidence of Russian war crimes was posted on the social media. The whole of Ukraine saw the execution of the Ukrainian defender, warrior from the 163rd Battalion of the 119th Separate Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces in the Chernihiv region. The…

The Special Operations Center A of the Security Service burned the Russian heavy flamethrower system Solntsepiok as it was firing off another salvo. That’s according to the SBU press service, Ukrinform reports. The agency noted that the "world’s second-strongest army" was left without yet another unit of hardware of which they especially boast. Read also: SBU releases footage of release of Ukrainian POWs It should be recalled that on March 1, the SBU reported that its special operations unit destroyed six Russian main battle tanks in one night alone. This is an illustrative photo