Live Ukraine war: “more than 130 enemy attacks” intercepted in 24 hours, according to kyiv

According to Andriy Yermak, President Zelensky’s chief of staff, Russian bombing reportedly killed a woman and two children in a village in the Kherson region. “Mortar shelling of Bonyadivka village in Kherson region. A private house was affected,” he denounced this Sunday In Telegram.

Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday His forces attacked the command center of the Azov Brigade, a unit of the Ukrainian National Guard established by the Ultranationalists, near the village of Mayevka, southeast of Zaporizhzhya region, at the start of the war against the separatists. As a Russian paramilitary unit, the Azov Regiment became a regular unit and was integrated into the Ukrainian army. He particularly distinguished himself at the Battle of Mariupol.

However, the Ministry of Defense did not mention the situation in Bagmouth.

Bachmouth’s exodus struggles to sort out, told CNN Oleksandr Marchenko, deputy mayor of the city.

“The enemy is blowing up everything on the ground, attacking multi-story buildings (…). There are airstrikes, artillery attacks, mortar fire. The enemy is attacking the city with everything they can,” he told US media by phone. No,” Marchenko insisted. About 4,000 to 4,500 people are still in Bagmouth, but the elected official said it will be difficult to persuade those still there to leave.

However, this is what former British Chief of Staff, General Richard Tannott says. asked the Guardian, he cautions that one of the conditions for the success of such an operation is good planning and adequate material supply. “This year there is a chance to get a decisive decision on the battlefield”, the judge general. “You don’t have to comprehensively defeat an army everywhere (…), you have to convince enough soldiers that they’ve lost. When they think they’ve lost, they’ve lost,” says Richard Donut.

The Ukrainian military said on Sunday that the Russians were concentrating their efforts on the industrial city of Baghmoud, the epicenter of the conflict, although it said it had repelled fresh attacks.

In its daily report, the Ukrainian General Staff confirmed that “more than 130 enemy attacks” had been repelled in the past 24 hours in several sectors of the front, particularly in Kubiansk, Lyman, Baghmoud and Avtivka.

“The enemy continues to encircle Bagmouth,” he continued.

According to the British Ministry of Defence, Russian reservists were “ordered to attack a Ukrainian concrete fortress armed only with rifles and shovels”. The ministry also notes an increase in hand-to-hand combat.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of a summit in Doha this weekend. He said Ankara was “working hard” to pursue a grain import deal that allowed Ukraine to export food from ports blocked by Russia. The Black Sea Grain Initiative, negotiated by the United Nations and Turkey last July, allowed grain exports. Three Ukrainian ports. It was extended in November and will expire on March 18 unless an extension is agreed.

The Americans welcomed Ukrainian pilots to the United States to determine how long it would take them to train them to fly F-16 fighter jets. CNN published this Sunday.

“Two Ukrainian pilots are currently at a military base in the United States to test their skills in flight simulators,” US media reported. According to a US Air Force official interviewed by the channel, “there will be no updates regarding the F-16s” being sent to Ukraine or plans to immediately increase the number of Ukrainian pilots in the United States.

A Odoxa survey for Winamax and RTL Published this Sunday and at the beginning of March, 72% of French people felt that Russian athletes, excluded from the international stage after the invasion of Ukraine, should be able to participate in the Olympic Games-2024. Conversely, 27% felt it should be excluded from the competition.

However, only 28% thought Russian athletes could compete under Russia’s colors, while 44% thought they could compete under a neutral banner, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the end of January.

China will increase defense spending by 7.2 percent this year, the fastest in four years, to 1.55 trillion yuan.

Conflicts in Warsaw and Berlin over missiles, tanks and spare parts have reached an unprecedented level. According to Bloomberg, even as President Volodymyr Zelensky calls on Westerners to “rush” to deliver weapons before a possible spring offensive begins. “Polish leaders now do not miss the opportunity to target Berlin, a familiar target,” the US agency analyzes. “The government often considers Germany to be more focused on the competition with Poland (…) than the real needs of Kiev”, notes a Polish official on condition of anonymity.

Addressing a large gathering of American conservatives tonight, the former President of the United States attacked “war-mongering” Democrats and “crazed and stupid” Republicans. Trump has openly denied US aid to Ukraine, warning that “if something doesn’t happen soon we’re going to have World War III.”

“I’m the only candidate who can make this promise: I will prevent World War III,” promised one defeated by Democrat Joe Biden in 2020.

According to the staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, 930 Russian soldiers have been killed since February 24, compared to 153,120 on Moscow’s side. 5 tanks have been shot down by Ukrainians in the last ten days.

This Sunday Estonians are invited to vote to elect their representatives. The election pits the outgoing government against the far-right, which wants to end the reception of Ukrainian refugees.

The poll puts the ruling party ahead of the far-right EKRE party.

If the government is to win, Tallinn will see its pro-European line strengthened. Many Russian-speakers in the Baltic may choose the non-voting route.

Two strategic bridges were destroyed in the besieged city by the Russian military, according to the British Ministry of Defence. One would be an important bridge “connecting the city to the last major supply route”.

Russian troops are advancing on the northern outskirts of the city. kyiv “reinforces area with elite units”

There was already a fight “in the city”.

“Wagner’s divisions have practically surrounded Bagmouth and there is only one way out,” Wagner’s boss Evgeny Prigozhin assured on Friday.

“The situation in Bagmouth is difficult, but under control,” responded Ukrainian military spokesman Serhiy Cherevaty. According to him, the city, now largely destroyed and emptied of its inhabitants, is now the center of conflict. Villages north and west of Bagmouth were hit on Saturday, the spokesman said.

According to Oleksandr Marchenko, the deputy mayor of Bachmouth, Russia does not control the city, which was almost completely destroyed. He explains BBC Another 4,000 civilians are without electricity or water. He talked about fighting in the suburbs on Saturday, but also “street fighting.”

Welcome to Sunday Live, the 375th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Follow the evolution of the conflict and its many consequences with us.