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Russia and Ukraine are launching new offensives. Both sides are reporting successes in both the east and south of Ukraine. The news ticker.
- Talking to Putin: Pope calls on Ukraine to negotiate
- losses im Ukraine war: Russia reports shooting down of Ukrainian fighter jet
- Car traffic interrupted: Details about the situation at the Crimean Bridge are not known
- The information processed here comes from international media and news agencies, but also from the warring parties in Russia and Ukraine as well as their allies. In particular, the information on losses suffered by the armies involved in the Ukrainian war cannot be independently verified.
Update from March 10th, 5:15 a.m.: Also in the On Sunday night (March 10), the Russian military again launched several waves of so-called kamikaze drones against targets in Ukraine. According to initial reports from Ukrainian media, the unmanned aircraft initially came from the south.
Air alerts were raised late on Saturday evening in the Kherson, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia regions, and later in the night in the capital Kiev. Several explosions were reported around midnight in the port city of Odessa in the south of the country.
Ukrainian anti-aircraft gunners fire at enemy drones. (Archive image) © ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP
USA is preparing for a possible nuclear strike
Update from March 9th, 10:59 p.m.: Concerns about a further escalation in the Ukraine war are growing. In the USA in particular, developments are being watched like a hawk. This is what the US military is already supposed to do prepared for a possible Russian nuclear strike in Ukraine in 2022. This was reported by the US broadcaster CNN, citing US officials. Accordingly, the National Security Council met in several meetings from late summer to autumn to develop emergency plans. Accordingly, the White House was concerned that Moscow could detonate a tactical nuclear weapon in the war zone.
Update from March 9th, 9:12 p.m: Failed attack: Russia says it has stopped a drone attack on Belgorod. A Ukrainian drone was shot down on Saturday evening, the Defense Ministry told the state news agency Tass with. The city is located on Russian territory and has been repeatedly attacked by Ukrainian partisans in the recent past.
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Negotiations in the Ukraine war: Pope Francis wants an end to hostilities
Update from March 9th, 7:24 p.m.: Protracted trench warfare with high losses on both sides: In view of the little progress on the Ukrainian front, the Pope has called on the warring parties to negotiate. Ukraine in particular should have the courage to raise a “white flag” and negotiate an end to the war with Russia, Francis demanded in an interview with the Swiss broadcaster RSI. “When you see that you are defeated, that things are not going well, you have to have the courage to negotiate,” the Catholic leader was quoted as saying by several news agencies. According to the information, the conversation was recorded in February and is scheduled to be broadcast on March 20th. There were initially no reactions from either Moscow or Kiev.
Ukraine War: Russia’s army inflicts heavy losses on the enemy
“There is fighting during the day but also at night,” Sidorin continued. The Ukrainian armed forces, for their part, tried to break the Russian offensive momentum with counterattacks. Nevertheless, the Ukrainian defenders were pushed back to the town of Ivanivske. “The enemy is currently trying to storm the place, both frontally and from the flanks,” said Sidorin, describing the situation. The information could not initially be independently verified.
Russia launches new offensive on Ukraine front
Update from March 9th, 3:50 p.m.: The Ukrainian civilian population continues to suffer from massive air strikes. The army reported a bomb attack on a residential area in the south of Kherson on Saturday. As the Moscow Times Reportedly, several people are said to have been injured, including children. According to the Ukrainian army, there had already been heavy shelling in the region the night before.
Update from March 9th, 2:30 p.m.: The Ukrainian armed forces are continuing to expand their bridgehead on the eastern bank of the Dnipro. This is what the news agency reports Ukrinform and relies on information from the Southern Operations Command. Accordingly, the fighting on site “continues uninterrupted”. The Ukrainian soldiers “hold their positions and take measures to strengthen and expand the bridgehead on the eastern bank.”
Russia reports shooting down of a fighter jet in the Ukraine war
Update from March 9th, 1:15 p.m.: According to the Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russian armed forces shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet. The state news agency reported that it was a MiG-29 that was shot down over the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine RIA citing the ministry. Ukrainian authorities have not said whether their forces have lost any fighter jets in recent days.
Update from March 9th, 11:40 a.m.: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has invited the so-called Ukraine Contact Group to another meeting at the US Air Force Base Ramstein in Rhineland-Palatinate. The meeting will take place on March 19th, said the largest US airbase outside the USA. Weapons deliveries to Ukraine are coordinated via the contact group. Around 50 countries are included, including Germany.
Car traffic over Crimean bridge interrupted: details not known
Update from March 9th, 10:40 a.m.: According to Russian authorities, car traffic across the Crimean Bridge has been temporarily interrupted. Details are not initially given in the message on the short message service Telegram. Russian authorities often suspend traffic across the bridge when Ukrainian attacks are expected or have actually occurred. The bridge connects the Russian mainland across the Kerch Strait with the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014. It has already been attacked by Ukraine several times and has been significantly damaged in some cases.
Russia suffers heavy losses in the Ukraine war
Update from March 9th, 10:15 a.m.: The Ukrainian General Staff has released new figures on Russia’s losses in the Ukraine war. Accordingly, Russia has lost around 850 soldiers within the past 24 hours. The information cannot be independently verified. Below is an overview of Russia’s losses in the Ukraine War:
- Soldiers: 423.160
- Panzer: 6712
- Armored fighting vehicles: 12.823
- Artilleriesysteme: 10.428
- Multiple rocket launchers: 1012
- Air defense systems: 707
- Airplanes: 347
- Helicopter: 325
- Drones: 8041
- Ships/Boats: 26
- Automotive equipment and tank trucks: 13.683
Those: Ukrainian General Staff from 9th March. The information about Russian losses comes from the Ukrainian army. They cannot be independently verified. Russia itself does not provide any information about its own losses in the Ukraine war.
Rostov under attack: Kiev increases attacks on Russia in the Ukraine war
First report from March 9th: Ukraine apparently massively attacked Russia with drones during the night. According to Russian information, the southern Russian region of Rostov near the Ukrainian border was particularly affected, where 41 attacks were recorded alone. Independent media reported that the Ukrainian attacks in the region also targeted a Russian military aircraft factory. Initially nothing was known about any damage there. Several drones were also destroyed on the approach to the city of Morozovsk, around 230 kilometers from the regional capital Rostov-on-Don.
According to official information, the anti-aircraft defense system in the southern Russian city of Taganrog on the Sea of Azov also repelled a massive Ukrainian drone attack during the night. The consequences of the attack on the ground are still being assessed, said the governor of the Rostov region, Vasily Golubev, in his Telegram channel. An employee of the Ministry of Civil Defense who was involved in clearing up the consequences was taken to hospital with injuries, but his life was not in danger, the governor said. According to the Moscow Defense Ministry, a total of 47 “Ukrainian regime” drones were shot down in four Russian regions.
In the Ukraine war, Russia is covering the south of Ukraine with swarms of combat drones
Ukraine also reported Russian drone attacks again. The country’s air defense destroyed 12 of 15 drones, it said. There was air alarm particularly in the south of Ukraine. Explosions were heard in the industrial city of Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian public television reported. Information about possible victims and damage was not provided. Russian planes fired glide bombs on the Kharkiv region in the east. (talk to agencies)
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