Kiev is reportedly planning a full-scale counteroffensive. In addition, more ammunition from Germany is required. The news ticker on the Ukraine war.
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- attack on Cherson: Three dead after Russian attack
- Here you can read the latest developments from the Ukraine conflict in the news ticker. The processed information on the Ukraine war comes partly from the warring parties in Russia and Ukraine. They can therefore not be independently checked in part.
Update from March 12, 8:25 a.m.: The Ukrainian military is apparently preparing for an impending counter-offensive. A senior commander said the continued defense of Bakhmut in the face of fierce and sustained Russian attacks was necessary to “buy time” for this push, as the Guardian reported.
War in Ukraine: Foreign Minister Kuleba calls for more ammunition from Germany
Update from March 12, 6:15 a.m.: Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, is demanding that Germany deliver more ammunition as soon as possible. “Germany could really help more with the ammunition. With artillery ammunition,” said the minister. It is very urgent. Wagner boss Yevgeny Progishin had recently repeatedly complained about a lack of ammunition and demanded more from the Kremlin.
Ukraine war: Zelenskyj condemns “brutal terrorist attacks” by Russia
Update from March 11, 9:45 p.m.: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has denounced new “brutal terrorist attacks” by Russia against towns and cities in the country. These attacks are happening day and night, said Selenskyj in his video message distributed every evening in Kiev on Saturday. “Missiles and artillery, drones and mortars – the evil state uses a variety of weapons with the sole purpose of destroying life and leaving nothing human behind,” Zelenskyy said. Russia has “become synonymous with terror and will set an example of defeat and just punishment for its terror. The Kremlin cannot stop the punishment.”
Ukraine War: More than 152,000 residential buildings destroyed
Update from March 11, 7:30 p.m.: According to Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, Russia has bombed Ukraine more than 40,500 times since the invasion began last February. The shelling has destroyed more than 152,000 residential buildings since the beginning of the war, Klymenko said loudly Euromaidan. In addition, almost 66,300 criminal proceedings have been registered for war crimes committed by Russian armed forces.
Update from March 11, 5:40 p.m.: Ukraine’s spring counter-offensive is apparently “not far away”. This follows from the words of the commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi stressed on his Telegram channel that the soldiers of Ukraine need to buy time to continue holding Bakhmut. The top priority now is to increase military reserves before a counterattack can be launched: “It is necessary to gain time to gather reserves and launch a counteroffensive that is not far away,” said Syrskyi. With regard to the Russian attacks on Ukraine’s defenses in Bakhmut, the colonel general spoke of a “proper rebuff”.
Update from March 11, 3:38 p.m.: According to their boss, the troops of the Russian mercenary group Wagner are near the center of the heavily contested Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. “This is the building of the city administration, this is the center of the city,” Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a video published on Telegram on Saturday.
Ukraine War: Russia launches furious attacks on Kherson
Update from March 11, 1:19 p.m.: According to the local authorities, at least three people were killed and two others injured in a Russian attack in the southern Ukrainian city of Cherson. The attack happened on a road connecting Kherson and Mykolayiv, the head of the regional military administration, Olexander Prokudin, said on Saturday in the online service Telegram. The rescue operation on site is still ongoing.
War in Ukraine: Russia has almost completely taken East Bakhmut
Update from March 11, 11:05 a.m.: According to British military experts, most of the eastern part of the embattled Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is now under the control of the Russian mercenary group Wagner. The river Bakhmutka, which flows through the city center, is now the front line, the British Ministry of Defense said in a report on Saturday.
War in Ukraine: Kiev reveals details of counteroffensive
Update from March 11, 08:55: Ukraine has published plans for its counter-offensive in the war against Russia. “We are in no hurry, we will reorganize in the next two months. We will tire the Russians in Bakhmut and then focus on other areas,” Presidential Advisor Mykhailo Podoliak said The print.
Ukraine war: will there soon be fighter jet help from Norway?
First report from March 11th: KIEV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has hailed Norway as a special European ally in terms of military assistance ahead of the spring offensive against Russia’s war of aggression. Norway is setting an example by supporting the fight with $7 billion over the next five years, Zelenskyy said in a video message distributed in Kiev on Friday evening (March 10) after a meeting with Oslo’s Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram . He went on to say that other countries should take Norway as an example.
Minister Gram said that Norway respects Ukraine’s defense struggle and the victims. Norway will support the country for as long as necessary. Thanks to Norway, Ukraine has expanded its air defense, artillery and other areas, Zelenskyy said. Steps had been discussed to make Ukraine’s defense offensive this spring a success.
Ukraine War: Zelenskyj praises Norway – Leopard tanks for Kiev
The possibility of training pilots on Western fighter jets was also discussed with Norway, said Zelenskyj. Ukraine calls for fighter jets as an urgent requirement to defeat Russia. So far, however, there has been no fighter jet commitment. Russia warns against such a delivery because, according to Moscow, this means that the NATO countries are directly involved in the war.
The Scandinavian NATO country Norway will provide Ukraine with eight Leopard 2 main battle tanks. There are also up to four escort vehicles and funds for ammunition and spare parts. Germany, for example, wants to deliver 14 Leopard 2A6 main battle tanks to Ukraine. At the beginning of February, Norway also announced that it would procure 54 new Leopard tanks from the German armaments company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, with an option for a further 18. (nak/dpa)
