Kryvyi Rih

 On the evening of March 12, the occupiers struck a high-rise building in Kryvyi Rih. It was reported about dozens of injured people and the probable finding of people under rubble in damaged high-rise buildings. Four people were killed and more than 40 were injured, including children. Apartment buildings, more than 300 apartments, other buildings and cars were damaged and destroyed.

This handout photograph taken and released by Ukrainian Emergency Service on 12 March 2024 shows a damaged residential building following a Russian strike, in Kryvyi Rih. A Russian strike on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih left at least four people dead and 38 wounded, including children, according to authorities in Kyiv. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN EMERGENCY SERVICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / UKRAINIAN EMERGENCY SERVICE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Svoboda Rosii

 Anti-Kremlin Russian armed groups say they have launched an attack on a village in western Russia, along the border with Ukraine.

The Kursk region's governor confirmed fighting took place, saying that the pro-Kyiv volunteers made no breakthrough. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow's forces managed to repel the attack.

A fuel depot in the western Russian city of Oryol was hit by a drone strike, causing a fire, the regional governor said early Tuesday. It was one of several Ukrainian attacks overnight.

Ukrainian drones also attacked the Russian regions of Belgorod, Kursk, Tula and Moscow, local officials said.

(https://dw.com)

Taganrog Beriev aircraft factory had been attacked

 Russian authorities claim a substantial drone assault across four regions, with Taganrog Beriev aircraft factory possibly among the targets, as 47 drones were reportedly downed.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported a significant drone attack allegedly targeting Taganrog in the Rostov region, as announced by regional governor Vasiliy Golubev on Telegram.

A total of 47 drones were reportedly downed early Saturday, March 9, across four regions, with 41 drones allegedly intercepted and destroyed in Rostov.

Preliminary reports indicate no casualties from the Taganrog drone attack, though a Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations employee involved in the aftermath sustained injuries.

Kharkiv region

 In the northeast Ukrainian Kharkiv region, an overnight Russian strike injured five people, including a three-year old child.

Russia and Ukraine said they downed dozens of drones overnight, as both launched overnight attacks on each other's targets behind the stretched frontlines.

Drones -- both attack craft packed with explosives and those with advanced cameras for reconnaissance -- have been used extensively throughout the two-year war.

Ukraine's air force said Russia fired 37 Iranian-style "Shahed" kamikaze drones and three missiles at its territory overnight.

"As a result of combat operations, 33 'Shaheds' were shot down in the Kirovograd, Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions," it said in a post on Telegram.

(Kyivpost.com)

Lost HIMARS

 

The Defense Forces of Ukraine lost a HIMARS missile system in the Donetsk area. During the two years of the war, the Russian army managed to destroy the Ukrainian M142 HIMARS rocket launcher system for the first time. The video of the moment on March 5 was published by the Russian Z-channels.

The HIMARS was hit southeast of the village of Mykonorivky in Donbas. A secondary detonation at the point of impact indicates that it was unfortunately not a mock-up. The fate of the crew members is currently unknown.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine does not comment on what happened. This incident was the first visually confirmed loss of HIMARS.

The Russians assure that the Iskander tactical complex struck the installation. However, there is currently no confirmation of this information.

(bukinfo.com.ua)

High-Tech French HAMMER Bomb

 First-Time Use of High-Tech French HAMMER Bomb by Ukraine as Macron Urges Europe to Take on Putin. The French president has reversed his position on Ukraine since Russia invaded. The drop of a high-tech French bomb on Russian troops is the latest proof of Paris’ newfound commitment to Kyiv.

(Kyiv Post)

The Russian ship is downed

 

Ukrainian naval drones attacked and destroyed the Russian patrol ship of project 22160 "Sergey Kotov" in the Black Sea. According to the information of the Main Directorate of Intelligence, the ship attacked the special unit of the Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine "Group 13" with Magura V5 marine drones. "Sergei Kotov" is the newest patrol ship of project 22160, which was launched in 2021.

The ship joined the Black Sea Fleet of Russia already after the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine - in July 2022.

In total, Russia has four similar ships - "Vasily Bykov", "Dmitry Rogachev", "Pavel Derzhavin" and "Sergei Kotov".

The ship's crew is up to 80 people.

The ship value is more than 60 million dollars.

Killed children in Odesa

 Under the rubble of a building in Odesa, rescuers did found body of 10 y.o. boy who died as a result of a Russian attack. The body of his sister, 8 y.o. Zlata, was also unblocked. Russian drones killed 12 people, including five children, in the Odessa house.

Odesa, Mirnograd, Pokrovsk

In Odesa, the body of another dead baby was found under the rubble of a high-rise building destroyed by Shahed. The child was only eight months old. The number of victims of the raid of the drones on the city on the night of March 2 increased to ten.

According to the Donetsk regional prosecutor's office, on Sunday night the Russian military fired at the city of Mirnograd, firing 4 missiles at it, first with S-300. A town district with dense residential buildings came under fire, police said in a statement.

As a result, three people were injured - two women, 33 and 50 years old, and a 37-year-old man. Among the damaged objects are at least 12 multi-storey and 13 private houses, educational institutions, a store, and a bus, the regional prosecutor’s office said.

Also today, the Russian military shelled the city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region. Residential buildings were at the epicenter of the explosions, the regional prosecutor's office said. As a result of the shelling, women aged 24 and 52 received shrapnel wounds.

The regional prosecutor's office published photos of the consequences of the Russian strikes. The Russian Ministry of Defense has not yet commented on the strikes in the Donetsk region.

(BBC news)

Odesa Block-of-Flats

 At night, the Russians attacked Odesa with Shahed kamikaze drones. As a result of the attack, a multi-story residential building was destroyed in the city. Law enforcement officers and rescuers worked at the scene all night.

Russians killed two people. At least seven more civilians, including a child, received injuries. The blow of the Russians fell directly into a multi-story building, as a result of which the entire entrance was destroyed. A search and rescue operation is underway at the scene of the strike attack.

The number of victims may increase, because on the morning of March 2, seven residents of the affected building were not able to communicate. Rescuers continue to work at the scene, hoping to find survivors under the rubble.

Heating stations were quickly deployed near the destroyed building. The Ministry of Internal Affairs clarified that a dozen apartment buildings were left without heat supply due to the enemy attack.

A child's body was found under the rubble, 12 people are considered missing. According to Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin in a comment to a Radio Liberty correspondent, among the dead in Odesa is a child aged 3 to 5 years.