In two days, air defenses of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed at least eight air targets in the area of the Joint Forces Operation (Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts) and Kyiv Oblast, the Air Force Command said.
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Ukrainian SBU releases video of Russian POW
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has published a video featuring a Russian prisoner of war. In the footage, the POW claims he was ordered to capture Kharkiv within three days: seize all major roads and block civilians from leaving the city. They were also reportedly authorized to open fire on civilians and all residents of the city. https://facebook.com/watch/?v=949945812391117
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Mariupol maternity hospital destroyed, 17 injured in Russian air strike.
17 people were injured, including hospital staff & mothers, in Russia's air strike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol on 9 March – Donetsk Oblast Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko. The hospital has been completely destroyed. Yevheniy Maloletka
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Chefs in Kherson cook meals for community with World Central Kitchen support
Update from occupied Kherson, Ukraine: Chef Alex Shostak & his partner Alexey continue to cook and deliver fresh meals to shelters and around the community here. We are organizing a @WCKitchen truck to deliver more supplies to them this week. Absolute heroes. #ChefsForUkraine
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Ukrainian soldiers destroy 6 Russian tanks and a BMP
On 9 March, soldiers of Ukraine's Armed Forces and the Territorial Defense destroyed 6 Russian tanks and 1 BMP amid the battle of Kyiv, using Ukrainian-made anti-tank guided missiles Stugna and Korsar, according to Valery Zaluzhny, Ukraine's Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief
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IMF approves $1.4B emergency financing for Ukraine
On March 9, the IMF Executive Board greenlighted $1.4 billion in additional financing for Ukraine under an emergency support program known as the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) https://
ukrinform.net/rubric-economy
/3425177-imf-grants-ukraine-14b-in-emergency-financing.html
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UK MoD says Russia’s thermobaric vacuum bombs illegal for civilians
UK's MoD confirms Russia has used the weapon in Ukraine. The use of thermobaric "vacuum" bombs is illegal against the civilian population, the UK MoD says.
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) 10 mars 2022
It is capable of "vaporising human bodies" https://t.co/qfpyHpgjEtUK's MoD confirms Russia has used the weapon in Ukraine. The use of thermobaric "vacuum" bombs is illegal against the civilian population, the UK MoD says. It is capable of "vaporising human bodies"
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Russia confirms use of banned vacuum bombs in Ukraine on Zvezda channel
Russian occupiers confirm they are using use internationally banned vacuum bomb in Ukraine on air of propaganda channel Zvezda. An operator of the TOS-1A "Solntsepek" MRLS stated they used it on 4 March in battles against Ukraine army in Chernihiv oblast https://
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Russia fired generals, changed tactics, planned quick Kyiv victory: Ukraine official
Ukraine's National Sec&Def Council @NSDC_ua
: Russia fired eight generals and changed tactics, Putin planned to end the war in 2-3 days and "march along Khreshchatyk (Kyiv's main street)", but now the invaders' plans & strategy have changed. NSDC secretary Oleksiy Danilov:
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Russian airstrikes hit Okhtyrka daily
Okhtyrka, Sumy Oblast as of March 9: 'Russian aircraft continue to bomb Okhtyrka day and night. The city's infrastructure has been completely destroyed. Human casualties are being counted,' said Dmitro Zhyvytskyi, head of the Sumy Regional Administration