Russo-Ukraine War - 14 March 2022
| Su | M | Tu | W | Th | F | Sa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
"To initiate a war of aggression... is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." [Judgment of the International Military Tribunal]
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" in Ukraine in response to the appeal of the leaders of the "Donbass republics" for help. That attack is a blatant violation of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Putin stressed that Moscow's goal is the demilitarization and denazification of the country.
"The prospect of nuclear conflict, once unthinkable, is now back within the realm of possibility," United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters. Guterres sounded the alarm over Russia raising the alert level for its nuclear forces after invading Ukraine, describing it as a "bone-chilling development."
NATO's entry into the conflict over Ukraine could turn into the beginning of a third world war, says European Council President Charles Michel. "We are doing our best not to aggravate the conflict," he argued. "Russia is a nuclear power, and we are well aware that if this conflict turns into a [conflict] between NATO and Russia, then we will come to a third world war."
The decision on the possible transfer of MIG-29 to Ukraine should be taken by NATO as a whole, the head of the Polish Foreign Ministry believes. Zelenskyy has urged NATO to impose a no-fly zone over his country or see its member states attacked by Russia. “If you don’t close our sky, it is only a matter of time before Russian rockets fall on your territory, on NATO territory,” Zelenskyy said in a video address. The decision to introduce a no-fly zone over Ukraine, as requested by Zelensky, can only be taken by the UN. As the chairman of the Military Committee of the European Union, General Claudio Graziano, said, otherwise "it would be a military act against the Russian Federation."
Recent events in Ukraine, including the strikes by Russian troops on the Yavorovsky training ground, confirm the correctness of Hungary's decision not to send its troops there and not to supply lethal weapons to the Ukrainian army, said Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó.
The Pentagon believes that the strike on facilities in the Lviv region will not make it difficult to help Kiev.
The German government has decided to continue not to provide information on the supply of weapons to Ukraine. In turn, the representative of the German Defense Ministry, Arne Kollatz, stressed that "Russia's main task is to cut off the supply of [weapons] to Ukraine and strengthen its own defense." "We don't want to contribute to this," he added. German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock urged not to publicly discuss what arms supplies to the Ukrainian side will be carried out in the future and through what channels.
European Union member states have agreed on a fourth package of sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, the office of the French EU presidency wrote on Twitter on Monday. The latest sanctions will be formally in place once they have been published in the EU’s official journal, which will follow soon, the message added. The details of the sanctions were not disclosed, but the French presidency said Russia’s “most-favoured nation” trade status would be revoked. This could open the door to the bloc banning or imposing punitive tariffs on Russian goods and putting Russia on a par with North Korea or Iran. Sanctions were set to include an import ban on Russian steel and iron, an export ban on luxury goods including cars worth more than €50,000, and a ban on investments in oil companies and the energy sector, according to diplomatic sources. The measures would also add Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich and 14 others to the EU list of sanctioned Russian billionaires, diplomats had said earlier in the day.
A dissenting employee entered the studio during Russia's most-watched evening news broadcast, holding up a poster saying "No War" and condemning Moscow's military action in Ukraine. The incident was a highly unusual breach of security at the tightly-controlled state broadcaster Channel One. Its flagship 9:00pm news show called Vremya [Time} has run since the Soviet era and is watched by millions around the country, particularly by older Russians. The poster said in Russian: "Stop the war. Don't believe the propaganda. Here they are lying to you." It is signed in English: "Russians against the war". OVD-Info, which monitors detentions at opposition protests, identified the woman as Marina Ovsyannikova, saying she worked at Channel One as an editor and was now at a police station.
The Russian special military operation in Ukraine is developing according to plan, will be completed on time and in full, said the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov. "Russia has an independent potential to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine, it is developing according to plan, it will be completed on time and in full," the Kremlin spokesman said.
"Units of the Russian armed forces, continuing the offensive, reached the line of Vodnoe, Sladkoe, Stepnoe, Taramuk and Glorious. The advance for the day was 11 km," the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov said.
The pilot of the Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces managed to land the plane after it was hit by a missile from a man-portable air defense system fired from the ground by a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 187 objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day, air defense units destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, said the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov. Also, Russian troops disabled 3,920 military infrastructure facilities in Ukraine.
The Russian Ministry of Defense does not rule out taking full control of large settlements in Ukraine, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov. "The Ministry of Defense, while ensuring maximum security for the civilian population, does not exclude the possibility of placing large settlements under full control, which today are practically surrounded, with the exception of zones used for humanitarian evacuation," the Kremlin spokesman emphasized. Russian troops have refocused their efforts to seize Kyiv, firing artillery on suburbs, a local official said on Ukrainian television.
The RF Armed Forces will take action against the defense industry enterprises, which the nationalists use to restore weapons, in response to the attack on Donetsk, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The military department called on Ukrainian citizens working at these enterprises, as well as residents of nearby residential buildings, to leave potentially dangerous areas. Operational-tactical, army and unmanned aircraft hit 86 objects of the Ukrainian armed forces, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
The RF Armed Forces hit the communications, relaying and switching centers in Fedorovka, Vinarovka and Antopol with high-precision weapons, as well as a large ammunition depot on the territory of the Antonov plant in Kyiv. According to a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, an ammunition depot was also destroyed. “In addition, a large warehouse of ammunition for multiple launch rocket systems was destroyed on the territory of the Antonov plant near Kyiv, from the sites of which fire was fired at units of the Russian troops,” he added.
Mariupol witnessed heavy street fighting, house to house. Ukrainian forces didn’t allow Russians to gain the momentum and still controls the key points in the city. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the destruction of almost all firing points of neo-Nazis in the suburbs of Mariupol. More than 2,500 residents of the Black Sea port city of Mariupol had been killed since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said. Russian forces have blocked an aid convoy trying to reach the besieged port city of Mariupol, Ukraine said, while a first column of cars was allowed to escape.
Andriy Biletsky, leader of Azov, a group of mostly ultra-nationalist war veterans in Ukraine, said if Chechen leader Ramza Kadyrov is in Kyiv region “it will be possible to shoot him dead.” Kadyrov, the leader of Russia’s Chechnya region and ally of Putin, had claimed that he travelled to Ukraine to meet Chechen troops fighting alongside Russian forces. “This will be an unforgettable welcome for you, Don,” Biletsky said, referring to Kadyrov’s nickname that mimics the title of Italian mafia leaders.
Russia’s defence ministry has said 20 people have been killed and 28 wounded by a Ukrainian missile with a cluster charge in the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine denied launching the attack. “It is unmistakably a Russian rocket or another munition; there’s not even any point talking about it,” Ukrainian military spokesman Leonid Matyukhin told a televised briefing. Pro-Russian separatists who control part of Ukraine’s Donetsk region said that a child was among those hit in the alleged strike and accused Kyiv of committing a war crime.
In Kharkiv Oblast Russian forces crossed a river near Izium and captured Topolske and nearby villages. Ukrainian troops launched a counter-attack in the afternoon and regained control over the villages. Russian army has continued to shell Kharkiv overnight. In Luhansk Oblast Russian forces continued to shell and assault Rubyzhne, Sievierodonetsk, Lysychansk, Popasna line. Ukrainian forces successfully defended its positions.
Units of the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic liberated about 70-80% of the republic's territory from the Kiev security forces, said the head of the LPR, Leonid Pasechnik. "The situation on the front line today is quite tense. The enemy is putting up fierce resistance. However, despite this, thanks to the efforts of the LPR People's Militia units, about 70-80% of the entire territory of our republic has been liberated," he said.
The Chinese government intends to promote a peaceful settlement of the crisis in Ukraine, said Foreign Minister Wang Yi, a member of the State Council of the People's Republic of China. "The Chinese side will continue to play a constructive role on international platforms for the peaceful settlement of the crisis in Ukraine," Xinhua quoted him as saying.
Moscow did not ask Beijing for help to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. In response to a journalist’s request to confirm or deny the publication of the Financial Times newspaper , according to which the White House received information that disturbed him that Russia allegedly requested military assistance from China for a special operation in Ukraine, Peskov gave a negative answer.
US national security adviser Jake Sullivan has raised concerns about China’s alignment with Russia in a seven-hour meeting with Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi. Washington warned Beijing of the isolation and penalties it will face if it helps Moscow in its invasion of Ukraine. One official described the meeting as “intense,” reflecting “the gravity of the moment.”
The situation around Ukraine did not affect the work of the ISS, plans for interaction with Russia remain in force, said Joel Montalbano, head of the American ISS program. "Our work on the ISS has been going on for 20 years and nothing has changed in the last three weeks," he said. "The control center is working successfully and without problems. We do not see any influence of the events taking place around us and we can do our job."
Almost 70% of Russians polled consider the decision of the President of the Russian Federation to conduct a military operation in Ukraine to be correct. This is stated in a survey conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM) on March 5-6 in 53 subjects of the Russian Federation among 1.5 thousand people. "The majority of respondents (68%) called the decision to conduct a military operation in Ukraine the right one. This is more than [according to the results of the survey] on February 25-27. Then such an answer was given by 65% of the survey participants," the report says. 16% of respondents found it difficult to answer this question (according to the results of the previous survey - 18%).
The commander of a platoon, member of the National Guard Alexei Grazhdan, who died during a special operation in Ukraine, was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage for courage in the performance of military duty. The governor of the Ivanovo region, Stanislav Voskresensky, instructed to provide the family with all the necessary assistance. Thiis report is noteworthy as it demonstrates that National Guard formations are engaged in combat.
About 1,400 Russian servicemen have already been discharged from medical institutions after being injured during a special military operation in Ukraine and are undergoing rehabilitation. This is stated in the newspaper "Red Star".
In Russia, a rush demand for basic food products has begun - people take for the future, scattering literally everything in minutes. Especially sugar. This situation was filmed by the Magnit cameras in Orel. According to city residents, a huge concentration of people at the sugar rack in the supermarket has been observed for more than a week every day. Sugar is delivered to the store regularly, but it is still not enough - buyers empty the shelves in a matter of hours. The same problem occurs with drugs.
UNICEF's James Elder said that 1.4 million of those who have fled Ukraine over the past two weeks are children, or "almost a child a second", leaving the country in highly stressful conditions. The number of refugees who have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion began on February 24 has topped 2.8 million, the United Nations said. About 1.8 million refugees have arrived in Poland from Ukraine since February 24. Almost 147,000 refugees from Ukraine have arrived in Germany since the beginning of the Russian military operation, the German Interior Ministry said. Russia accepted 250 thousand refugees from Donbass and Ukraine.
"More than 5 million people in Ukraine, 10-15% of the population, have lost their homes, of which half have already left the country, but at this rate another 3 million will leave in the coming days," UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said. According to him, a third of Ukraine's 40 million people "are in a desperate situation because of the consequences of the war."
|
NEWSLETTER
|
| Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list |
|
|
|
