The 379th day of the Ukrainian war. Latest information [papildināts 10:40]

Live text broadcast – short and concise about the most important things in the Ukrainian war on March 9. Ukraine has been heroically defending its land against the aggressor’s invasion for a whole year.

10.40. On Thursday morning, the Russians fired 48 cruise missiles at Ukraine, 34 of which were shot down by Ukrainian anti-aircraft gunners, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army Valery Zaluzhny said. In total, on Thursday morning, the Russians fired 81 missiles, including 28 cruise missiles H-101 and H-555, as well as 20 cruise missiles “Kalibr”, informed Zaluzhny.

10.24. On the night of March 9, the Russian army killed four civilians in the Lviv region, reports pravda.com.ua.

09.03. The loss of Russian troops in Ukraine has reached 156,120 soldiers by Thursday morning, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army. According to the data of the general staff, 590 invaders were destroyed during the day.

Since the beginning of the repeated invasion on February 24 of last year, the Russians have lost 3,441 tanks, 6,736 armored personnel carriers, 2,465 cannons, 488 multi-charge rocket systems, 254 anti-aircraft artillery systems, 303 airplanes, 289 helicopters, 2,098 drones, 873 cruise missiles, 5,331 ships, cars and 18 tankers. and speedboats, as well as 237 units of specialized equipment.

08.09. With the possible capture of Bakhmut, the attack of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine will have reached its climax, as it has no reserves to develop a breakthrough in this direction, according to analysts of the US Institute of War Studies.

07.13. Russia carried out a forced missile strike on Ukraine overnight Thursday, causing damage in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa regions, local officials said.

05.29. The court in the German city of Cologne will consider the case against Yelena Kolbasnikova, a Russian citizen, who is accused of war propaganda by publicly supporting Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

05.00. In Ukraine, on the night of Thursday, an air alert was declared in all regions, warning of the threat of missiles. The head of the president’s office called on the citizens in the Telegram app to “under no circumstances ignore [gaisa] anxiety”.

04.24. The US Ministry of Defense is blocking the plan of the administration of President Joe Biden to hand over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague the evidence collected by the US special services about Russian war crimes in Ukraine, reports the US newspaper “The New York Times” (NYT).

The Pentagon opposes helping the ICC investigate Russian war crimes cases because it fears setting a precedent that could help that court prosecute Americans as well.

02.34. About 16 million Ukrainians arrived in the European Union (EU) in 2022, but 11 million of them have already returned to their homeland, stated the EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs Ilva Johanson.

00.10. “Wagner” fighters in the Bakhmut area are receiving less and less support from Russian troops, according to CNN, citing Western officials. “Wagner’s desperation can be explained simply – they see that not only are they running out of human resources, but now they are also running out of Russian artillery support, which could compensate for these losses.”