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Day 22 of Ukraine’s war: Mariupol searches for survivors after attack on theater, Ukrainians crack down on divers – BNN

In Ukraine, on the morning of Thursday, March 17, the city of Mariupol is looking for survivors after a hit on a theater building in a theater building, where about a thousand civilians have been hiding from the war. Meanwhile, diversion and intelligence units of the Russian occupation forces are being held in Ukrainian-controlled territory, Ukrainian public media Ukrinform a British broadcaster BBC.

On Wednesday, March 16, a new page in the atrocities that Ukraine has experienced since Russia’s repeated invasion of the country was turned into an attack on the long-besieged city of Mariupol. There, a powerful military charge hit the building of the Drama Theater in the Donetsk region, which, according to the Ukrainian authorities, served as a bomb shelter for 1,000 to 1,200 people. Satellite images of the theater, taken before the hit, show that the words “children” in Cyrillic alphabet were written in large letters on the paved squares in front of and behind the building to warn pilots of Russian warplanes not to attack the building. The attack destroyed the voluminous buildings for you, and completely destroyed the middle of the building.

Mariupol has been besieged by Russian troops since early March, but the city’s defenders have still not given up, and the invaders are trying to break the city’s resistance with regular bombing and artillery attacks. In Mariupol, charges have previously been dropped off in the hospital and maternity hospital area when patients, including pregnant women, were in the buildings.

Ukrainian authorities have said the site of the theater attack is inaccessible as Russian forces continue to bomb the city. The number of victims, victims and survivors is not yet known. The President of Ukraine has announced that Russia has deliberately bombed the theater. Russia has said the building has been blown up by the Ukrainians themselves.

Diversifier groups across the country

According to Dennis Monastirski, Ukraine’s Interior Minister, there are currently no military threats in Ukraine. According to the Ministry of the Interior, it is no longer possible to name regions where there are no military airstrikes and the activities of intruder and intelligence units.

“Unfortunately, it has become commonplace for us. In Kiev, for example, I receive information every day about detained enemy saboteurs and intelligence units and fire observers. They can also be found in the Lviv region, Ivanofrankivsk region and Rivne region. Today it is a problem all over the country, “Monastirski pointed out.

Russia is talking about preparing for a toxic attack

Russia’s defense ministry said on Wednesday, March 16, that since the start of the war, what it calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine, a large number of Ukrainian military equipment has been destroyed, including planes crashed, armored vehicles, missile launchers and other military equipment destroyed. achievements. Major General Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for Russia’s defense ministry, has also said Ukraine’s security service is “preparing a provocation with toxic substances against the civilian population” with the help of the West.

Also read: The US warns of Russia’s preparations for a chemical attack

The Ukrainian army points to episodes of the information war

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine provided the latest information on the course of the war on Thursday morning. The Ukrainian side has also claimed to continue attacks on enemy forces trying to establish themselves on the borders of the captured territories of Ukraine.

On Wednesday, the 35th Army headquarters and support units of the Eastern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces were destroyed. Ten Russian aircraft were also crashed, including the Su-34 bomber and the Su-34SM fighter jet.

In the area of ​​war information and communications, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, “Russian invaders continue to act cunningly in the information space, carrying out cyber-attacks, physically destroying television and radio stations, and conducting a massive information campaign to discredit Ukraine’s military and political leadership.”

The winning country in the information battle is now Ukraine, while the veracity of Russian officials is being questioned. Ukraine is forced to continue to defend itself against the invasion of its territory by the Russian Armed Forces and to try to expel it from the country.

In the area of ​​prisoner exchange, Ukrainian forces have succeeded in exchanging the mayor of the occupied city of Melitopol for nine captured Russian soldiers.

Here is the latest speech by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukrainian with English subtitles:

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