The latest information and opinions on the events in Ukraine on March 12 [papildināts 15:33]

Live text – short and concise on the highlights of the Russia-Ukraine war on March 12.

15:33. Russian troops have effectively legalized Marauderism by ordering warring units in Ukraine to switch to “self-sufficiency,” the Central Intelligence Agency of Ukraine’s ministry said on its website on Saturday.

After the failure of the originally planned offensive operation, the Russians are forced to change tactics. Due to serious supply problems and long communication lines, the Russian army is unable to provide its units with fuel, food, equipment and ammunition, as well as to replace the soldiers at the front, the Ukrainian intelligence service points out.

Therefore, the cut-off units are ordered to switch to “self-sufficiency”. This means that what is needed will be taken away from the locals, warehouses, shops and pharmacies will be robbed, emphasizes the Ukrainian intelligence service.

15:20. In Ukraine, there is no evacuation in the Ohtirk district of Sumy on Saturday, as artillery fire continues there, Dmitro Zhivicki, the head of the Sumy district war administration, told the Telegram app.

“There is no evacuation there today. The green corridors have not been approved. The artillery shooting continues in Ohtirk,” the official said.

14:50. New talks between French President Emanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Ukrainian war are taking place on Saturday, the Elysee Palace said.

14:30. The Ukrainian army has left Volnovah, Pavlo Kirilenko, head of the Donetsk region’s military administration, reports on Saturday.

Kirilenko said fighting was currently taking place on the outskirts of Volnovah and that most civilians had been evacuated from the city.

The battles continue along the entire front line. In the south of the Donetsk region, the Russians are also attacking from the Zaporizhia region.

The attack from Izjum continues. Torecka and Avdijivka were hit.

14:19. Forty young athletes have been evacuated from a war zone in Ukraine to a sports camp in Sigulda.

Currently, more than ten families have arrived in Sigulda region and information has been received that 40 young athletes aged 15 to 17 could be accommodated in the municipal premises, who were evacuated from the war zone to the sports camp in Sigulda region.

13:52. Ukrainian activists are blocking the Polish-Belarusian border for Russian and Belarusian trucks, Irina Zemlanan, a media expert and lecturer at the Mass Information Institute, told reporters on the social network Facebook.

“Right now, we are blocking the Polish-Belarusian border on the Russian-Belarusian furs, which, despite sanctions, are carrying full cars with [uzņēmumu] goods that have left the market. Such a Polish tacit tolerance. But Ukrainians everywhere will find every Russian nit, “stressed Zemlan.

13:20. EBay, an online trading platform, is halting transactions with sellers from Russia because payment service providers and delivery companies have stopped working with Russia, eBay said.

The company has announced this in a statement to all sellers from Russia.

The profile of Russian sellers will indicate “Vacation” status.

12:58. Moscow has said columns with foreign armaments will become “legitimate targets” for Russian troops, citing Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Saturday, government-controlled agency RIA Novosti said.

“Russia has warned the US of the consequences [kādas izraisīs] arms transfers to Ukraine. “Columns with foreign weapons, which are being handed over to Ukraine without thinking, will become a legitimate goal of the armed forces of the Russian Federation,” said the representative of the aggressors.

12:24. Russian troops have fired artillery at the Mariupol Mosque, home to some 80 peaceful people, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.

“Russian invaders have fired artillery weapons at the Mosque of Mariupol’s Sultan Suleiman the Great and his wife, Hurrem Sultan. More than 80 adults and children, including Turkish citizens, have taken refuge in the mosque,” the ministry said on Twitter.

12:07. Only two people directly support the continuation of the full-scale war against Ukraine under the Russian leadership – dictator Vladimir Putin himself and his defense minister Sergei Shoigu, Kirill Budanov, head of Ukraine’s main intelligence department, said on Saturday.

“There have been big problems inside Russia’s military-political leadership. In fact, there are now only two people who are fully and directly advocating the continuation of the war. Everyone else is trying to stop it,” Budanov said on live television.

“Two people are openly in favor of continuing the war. They are Putin and Shoigu. Even the generalism of the Russian Federation is generally opposed to it,” the Ukrainian intelligence chief added.

11:40. Ukraine is scheduled to open ten humanitarian corridors on Saturday to evacuate people and deliver humanitarian cargo to cities besieged by Russian troops, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk said.

11:30. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has advised Ukrainian President Volodomir Zelensky to accept Russia’s proposal to end the war, according to the American portal Axios, citing an unnamed Ukrainian official.

“Bennett basically advises us to give up, but we’re not going to do it,” the portal quoted its source as saying.

However, a senior official in the Israeli prime minister’s office said the description of the Ukrainian official’s telephone conversation, as described by Axios, was untrue.

11:10. The loss of life force of Russian troops exceeds 12,000 soldiers, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army said on Saturday.

From the beginning of the invasion until Saturday morning, the Russians lost 58 planes, 83 helicopters, 362 tanks, 1205 armored personnel carriers, 135 cannons, 62 multi-barrel jet launchers, 33 anti-aircraft guns, 585 cars, 60 tankers, seven unmanned aerial vehicles, seven unmanned aerial vehicles.

At the same time, according to the Ukrainian Air Force, 67 enemy planes and 87 helicopters were shot dead.

11:02. Currently, five applications of the Latvian population to fight on the side of the Ukrainian army have been officially received, Sandra Brāle, the press officer of the Commander of the National Armed Forces (NAF), said.

In connection with Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the Saeima passed amendments to the National Security Law on 28 February, allowing Latvian citizens to volunteer in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The amendments came into force on March 1.

10:38. Since the beginning of the war, 271 Ukrainian citizens have been issued a humanitarian visa with the right to employment.

By Friday afternoon, 1,810 Ukrainians had turned to the State Fire and Rescue Service for help.

By Friday afternoon, six Ukrainian citizens had applied for asylum.

10:06. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have destroyed the Russian troops from the Bryansk region that have invaded Ukraine.

Serhiy Bratchuk, the head of the Odessa Oblast Military Administration, told Facebook on his profile on Facebook.

“Army part 12721, Regiment 488 (Klinci city, Bryansk region) completely destroyed! Glory to the Armed Forces of Ukraine!” certified by an official.

09:57. Representatives of the Russian army that invaded Ukraine have informed the executives of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) that the power plant is now owned by the Russian Atomic Energy Corporation “Rosatom”, said Petro Kotin, the head of the Ukrainian National Atomic Energy Company “Enerhoatom”.

09:20. In the two weeks since the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has already experienced the sharpest economic downturn since the 1990s, and its gross domestic product (GDP) has already lost $ 30 billion, or 9% of its 2022 forecast, Bloomberg reports.

08.22. Kirill Budanov, head of Ukraine’s Central Intelligence Agency (MOU), said on Saturday that Russia was preparing to involve mercenaries from various countries, including Syria and Libya, in the war against Ukraine.

08.05. Italian financial police have arrested the giant yacht “Sy A”, owned by Russian oligarch Andrei Melnichenko, Italian media reported. The world’s largest private motor yacht, the Sy A, with a length of 143 meters and a width of 25 meters and a price of around 500 million euros, was moored in the port of Trieste.

07.52. In the 16 days since the invasion of Ukraine, the tactical group of 31 Russian battalions has lost its combat capability, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army reported on Saturday.

07.38. Canada can organize special flights for Ukrainian refugees in Poland who want to get to North America, Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform said after a meeting between Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudo and Polish President Angie Duda.

07.26. The Ukrainian army shot down a Russian fighter jet on Friday and fired five more air targets, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Air Force reported.

06.20. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Joe Biden have discussed in a telephone conversation what further pressure could be put on Russia to end the war in Ukraine.

The telephone conversation lasted about 50 minutes and was the longest conversation between the two presidents so far. They usually last between 30 and 40 minutes.

04.30. Russian troops in Ukraine are trying unsuccessfully to rebuild the logistics of their units, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on Facebook.

The enemy continued the offensive operation against Ukraine, as well as bombing the Belarusian settlements of Kopan, Bukhlich and Verkhny Terbez.

02.15. Germany’s largest credit bank, Deutsche Bank, said on Friday it was ending its operations in Russia in protest of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

01.36. The Ukrainian Air Force still has 56 fighters left, which is about 80% of the Ukrainian Air Force’s pre-war capabilities, a Pentagon spokesman said.

Ukraine has not lost these fighters because it has used unmanned aerial vehicles and ground-to-air missiles.

01.00. Some 100,000 jobs have already been lost in Russia as a result of Western sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, the Disinformation Center of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine said.

00.19. The insufficient reaction of the Western countries to the Russian occupation of Crimea in 2014 has led to the current Russian aggression against Ukraine, Turkish President Regis Tajip Erdogan said on Friday.

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