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4 March 2022
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19:13
Ihor Terekhov, Mayor of Kharkiv, has refuted false rumours claiming capitulation of Kharkiv; he assured that Kharkiv was holding on and would not surrender to the aggressor.
18:47
In the Luhansk Region, Russian troops continue to fire at residential buildings and civilian infrastructure; they have targeted a children’s hospital. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding the occupiers back.
18:43
Ukraine's Nuclear Energy Agency Energoatom published a video showing the damage to the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Enerhodar as a result of last night's shelling by Russian invading forces.
18:37
The mains pipeline in Energodar has been damaged; as a result the town has been left without heating.
18:19
On the ninth day of the Russian invasion, Russia's primary efforts are focused on surrounding Kyiv and weakening resistance in the areas they have blockaded.
17:23
On the outskirts of Mykolaiv near the Black Sea in southern Ukraine, fighting between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian invaders continues. The Ukrainians have managed to drive Russian units from the Kulbakino Air Base.
17:21
A member of Russia's Federation Council has said that Russia is sending conscripted soldiers to fight in Ukraine, and that only four members of a 100-unit company survived.
17:13
On 3 March, the Ukrainian Parliament passed a law allowing the sale of Russian property held in Ukraine. Preparations are underway for the sale of such assets.
17:06
The Russian independent newspaper “Novaya Gazeta”, one of the few that has openly called Russia's attack on Ukraine a war and an invasion, has decided to remove materials on the topic from its website at the request of the authorities.
16:42
Russian troops have been mercilessly shelling Mariupol for five days, destroying its infrastructure – the city has been left without heat, water and electricity, there are 300 injured people in hospital, but these are being targeted as well.
16:31
The leader of President Zelenskyy’s Sluha Narodu [Servant of the People] party and one of the participants in the talks between Ukraine and Russia, David Arakhamiya, believes that Russia does not have much control over the Russian-allied forces sent by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, so-called Kadyrovites, that seized nuclear facilities in Ukraine.
16:28
The National Police announced that the largest VPN services have responded to the request of the cyber police to stop cooperating with the aggressor.
16:24
At least five people, three of them children, have been killed because of shelling by the Russian troops in the village of Markhalivka in the Kyiv region.
16:22
About 100 people may be under the rubble of houses in Borodyanka, an urban village in the Kyiv region; their fate is currently unknown.
16:17
The mayor of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, Vitaliy Klitschko, drove through checkpoints and confirmed that combined forces are ready to defend the city.
16:04
Kharkiv is under constant fire and needs humanitarian corridors at least to allow it to receive humanitarian aid from other cities.
15:56
Presidential advisor Mykhailo Podoliak, a participant in Ukraine's negotiations with Russia's delegation, does not believe that the Belarusian army will join Russian invading forces in their war against Ukraine.
15:55
A fragment of a rocket has landed in the yard of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's villa in Koncha Zaspa near Kyiv.
15:51
In the village of Novopskov in the Luhansk region, locals showed their disdain to the Russian troops that had seized the village.
15:42
In Ukraine it is the 9th day of the war with Russia. During this time, 390 children have been born in Kyiv.
15:34
As a result of negotiations between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations, there are currently no documents to be signed.
15:22
Since the countries of the European Union closed EU airspace to Russian aircraft, a very lively air connection has sprung up between Moscow and Istanbul.
14:59
Ukrainian Fozzy Group and VARUS supermarket chains have stopped selling Coca-Cola products in protest over the company's continued operation in Russia.
14:57
The town of Mangush in the Donetsk Region was shelled by Russian Grad missile launchers.
14:22
Mariupol is being shelled for the fourth day. The city is without communications, electricity, water and heating. There are almost no windows left in the houses.
14:11
Igor Kolikhayev, mayor of Kherson, has said that Russian troops do not allow trucks with humanitarian aid into the city.
14:02
In the Zaporizhia Region, rallies against the Russian occupation continue for four days straight.
13:40
Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to the head of the Ukrainian president's office, said that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was currently negotiating with Russian President Vladimir Putin to establish humanitarian corridors in Ukraine.
13:35
One of the largest Ukrainian supermarket chains, NOVUS, will cease its cooperation with The Coca-Cola Company due to the latter’s continued operation in Russia.
13:33
The Kremlin has rejected direct talks between Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
12:57
On the border of Chernihiv region, Russian troops are seeking to impose control by terror and looting.
12:47
Russian troops have advanced in Enerhodar in the Zaporizhia Region, and near the town of Voznesensk in the Mykolaiv Region, but in general Ukrainian forces maintain control of the situation.
12:26
Thirteen gas distribution stations operated by the Gas Transmission System (GTS) of Ukraine remain inoperable due to shelling by the Russian army, the GTS Operator of Ukraine reported on Telegram.
12:18
The Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) supports the deployment of the UN Peacekeeping Forces in Ukraine.
12:15
Russian forces have seized control of the TV tower in Melitopol and have begun broadcasting Russian TV channels.
11:56
Locals report that there is currently no mobile service in the Russian-occupied city of Kherson and in the Kherson Region.
11:41
Russian occupation forces have already used a minimum of 95% of their battalion tactical groups and suffer losses in all operational directions– at Polissia, Siversk, Slobozhanshchyna, Tavriisk, and the Joint Forces Operation area, said Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council.
11:37
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba believes that Russia is trying to destroy Ukraine with the same tactics it used in Syria.
11:15
In Ukraine, 82% of survey respondents believe in victory over Russia and almost two thirds trust Ukraine’s Armed Forces.
11:13
Self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has stated that the Belarusian army did not participate in Russia’s war in Ukraine and has no plans to do so, because if Belarus did intervene, it would be a gift to the West.
11:11
The Office of the President of Ukraine believes that the Russian command could not have been unaware of the threat that a large-scale tank attack on the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant posed to all of Europe.
11:06
Russia plans to deploy the military reserve of the Russian Armed Forces in the war against Ukraine.
10:58
Russian troops have entered Mykolaiv in Ukraine's south. They were met by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. A battle is taking place right now.
10:47
Ukrainian air defence forces shot down a Russian Su-25 fighter jet, which was bombing civilian homes and infrastructure, over Volnovakha in the Donetsk region.
10:40
47 people were killed in the Russian airstrikes on residential areas in Chernihiv on 3 March.
10:17
Ukraine has asked the International Committee of the Red Cross to urgently assist in the creation of humanitarian corridors, as agreed by Ukraine and Russia during the second round of negotiations.
10:07
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack of the Russian occupiers on the Zaporizhzhya NPP an act of terrorism on an unprecedented scale.
10:04
In Kherson, Russian invading forces have started broadcasting 24 Russian tv channels and 3 radio channels using the T2 tuner system.
09:48
Sirens could be heard throughout the night in Kyiv, but otherwise the city was relatively calm. On March 4, chemotherapy and insulin dispensaries started operating in the city.
09:11
Ukrainian air defences have shot down a Russian aircraft that was attacking a military facility in the village of Zatoka in the Odessa Region. Ukrainian forces are currently searching for the pilot.
09:11
One power unit is working at the occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (NPP) and the staff have been allowed to return to work, but all six power units contain nuclear fuel and if they are hit by a missile, the consequences will be catastrophic.
09:04
In the morning of 4 March Russian troops executed a missile strike on school no. 25 in the city of Zhytomyr (west of Kyiv). The school was destroyed.
08:55
Against the background of sanctions against Russia, Yandex warned shareholders about the risks of default after the suspension of its trading in securities.
08:51
Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov is convinced that a breakthrough in the Russian-Ukrainian war is coming, and that victory for Ukraine is imminent.
08:37
Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has appealed to the International Committee of the Red Cross for help in finding Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine and providing assistance to them.
08:27
The Hetman Sahaidachny flagship of the Ukrainian Navy has been sunk to prevent the Russian occupying forces from using it, including for sabotage.
08:15
Russia’s military losses over the 8 days of its war with Ukraine have exceeded 9,000 soldiers, according to Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence.
07:40
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been seized by Russian troops, who control the administrative buildings and the entrance to the plant.
07:27
Enerhodar Mayor Dmytro Orlov has reassured Ukrainians, saying that the city’s streets are now quiet and there are no Russian troops there.
07:16
Russian occupying forces have seized the Kernel agricultural holding in the town of Bilovodske in the Sumy region, and are demanding negotiations with the local authorities and Ukraine’s Security Service.
06:56
Heads of the G7 countries’ foreign affairs departments will meet on Friday to coordinate their response to Russian aggression and to discuss the situation in Ukraine.
06:42
As of the ninth day of the Russian attack on Ukraine, the occupiers have suffered casualties in all directions, Russian soldiers are demotivated and have been surrendering, according to Ukraine's General Staff.
06:32
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has discussed the humanitarian, economic, and security needs of Ukraine with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba, Evropeyska Pravda reports, quoting a statement from the US State Department.
06:05
The wind from the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, where a fire broke out due to the Russian aggressors’ shelling, is now blowing towards the south-eastern part of Ukraine and Russia.
05:55
The Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plan (NPP) equipment and energy blocks have preserved their integrity, the fighting has ceased.
05:36
The fire at the training corps of the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plan (NPP) in Energodar has been liquidated.
4 March 2022