On March 5, the Russian Defense Ministry announced a one day ceasefire to evacuate civilians from Mariupol and Volnovakha. These are the key strongholds of the Ukrainian Army and nationalist battalions in Donetsk Region. Both of them are now encircled by joint forces of Russia, the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Lugansk People’s Republic.
According to the representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, humanitarian corridors and exit routes have been agreed with the Ukrainian side.
Kiev authorities claim that 200,000 civilians want to leave Mariupol and 20,000 civilians – Volnovakha. It is obvious that members of Kiev forces will try to leave the areas via the opened humanitarian corridors. Nonetheless, they will not be able to do this with weapons and in military uniforms.
Work of Russian military helicopters:
Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry released an update on the situation on the frontline:
- Troops of the Lugansk People’s Republic, with fire support from the Russian Armed Forces, continued offensive operations and reached the Boguslavka-Telmahovka-Kalinovka line.
- The units of the armed forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic advanced 27 km overnight. The settlements of Novogrigorovka, Novonikolaevka, Vishnevatoe, Volnoe, Listvyanka and Antonovka were taken under control.
- Units the Russian Armed Forces are conducting offensive operations on a broad front. They took control of the settlements of Preobrazhenka, Komsomolskoye, Zagornoye, Dorozhnyanka, Reshetilovskoye, Konstantinovka, Shevchenko, Chubarevka, Proletarskoye, Lyubimovka.
- Servicemen of the Donetsk People’s Republic continued to tighten the encirclement around Mariupol.
- Members of the Ukrainian national battalions “Azov” and “Aidar” are firing at DPR and LPR forces that have entered Mariupol from positions set in schools, hospitals and kindergartens.
- The Russian Armed Forces delivered a new round of strikes on the military infrastructure of Ukraine. One of the recent strikes destroyed an ammunition depot on the territory of the Zhytomyr military unit, where Javelin and NLAW anti-tank missile systems were stored.
- A total of 2,037 Ukrainian military infrastructure facilities were targeted during the operation. Among them: 71 control points and communication centers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, 98 air defense missile systems (S-300, Buk M-1 and Osa) as well as 61 radar stations.
- Russian forces destroyed: 66 aircraft on the ground and 16 aircraft in the air, 708 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 74 multiple launch rocket systems, 261 field artillery and mortars, 505 units of special military vehicles, as well as 56 unmanned aerial vehicles.
Forward observer of artillery units of the Ukrainian Army acts from a civilian building:
Life are being restored in Melitopol city controlled by Russian forces. Humanitarian aid is being delivered to civilians:
A Russian journalist reports from the area of movement of Russian forces near Kyiv:
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Ceasefire? Seriously? Same mistake as in Idlib, just giving them time to regroup and entrench more. They won’t respect ceasefire. And the worst criminals and murderers will change into civilian clothes and escape.
Its for the civs. Azovisis just blew up a big building in Mariopol, 200people are under the rubble.
Judging by the total hysteria in the UK media today and the suggestion that NATO will have to get involved IN Banderistan to “prevent a nuclear disaster” , is an indication that the Russian liberation forces have found damning evidence of illegal American and British nuclear weapons and biological research programs IN Banderistan Ukraine.
The Western propaganda today far exceeds that of any past conflicts, in my opinion.
There has not been a propaganda program like this in the Anglosphere, with the exception of Covid, in five decades. Every aspect of media is saturated with a single, simple message. The structures established during Covid are now selling the Ukrainian narrative. It’s not good.
The western propaganda is at insane levels of hysterical melodrama, and as the Russian’s get closer to achieving their goals it’ll go off the charts.
Yeah except you forgot the part where, if all civilians are gone, Mariupol gets Groznyied.
Part of “saving the white race” I suppose
That’s alright, nobody will mind as long as they all remember to say Russia did it.. Is it a good idea to allow the red cross in to HELP the Azov? In Libya, red cross and the French hiding in their ambulances, gave loads of rifles to the kids and drugs. They told them Gaddafi was stealing all Libyas money and if they got rid of him they would all be living like millionaires. But Gaddafi chose a tent for his palace. That yellow one with green palm trees and camels. Muammer was rather less mercenary and far less interested in amassing wealth for himself than the kids were.
The neo-nazi fighters in Mariopol can’t go anywhere and no one can resupply them. So there’s no hurry to storm the city.
No, it is not a mistake, quite the opposite. It helps shift the blame on the Kievan forces.
Keep your panties on. People in those cities are without water, heat and food for about a week now. Keep that in mind, before you criticize anyone. Russian forces know what they do and what has to be done.
It seems Putin keeps snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Its getting very suspicious at this point. Reminds me of Hitler’s ” inexplicable ” order to allow the British army to escape at Dunkirk. If he hadn’t done that Germany would have one the war within the first few weeks.
Still coping about that? It’s been so many decades. Let it be, little Nazi. USSR would have destroyed a stronger Germany as well, stop dreaming.
I’m neither a Nazi or a fan of Hitler. I suggest you read up on the truth behind WW2 and fuck off as you have much to learn dickhead.
Slava Rossiya nice one comrades
Azovisis employing the same tactics as isis. Coincidence? I think not…
No. Cohencidence!
Slava Rossiye
SF, you should make an analysis on why Russia has only used air force and navy in very limited numbers.
Because the Navy is there to keep other ships away, like NATO or weapons shipments. They dont need it to take out targets.
Saving the AF for NATO in case ….
https://youtu.be/CXhiC7ZvxTQ
😂😂😂😂
UK media is reporting the ceasefire has been broken, by the Russians. Based on the events of the last eight years I would guess it was the Nazi Azov.
I wonder what Z or V on Russian vehicles stands for ?
I don’t think they actually stand for as such (for any specific word). I think they chose them just based on the shape of the letters. They use them to avoid friendly fire. Some say that Z is for Russian Army from Russia, Z in a square is Russian army from Crimea, O Russian army from Belarus, V Russian navy, X Chechen units of Russian army and A special forces. Don’t know if it is true or no.
Wrong, it was explained by RT. Z stands for victory. The others they did not elaborate.
Nah ! Z stands for Zombie, because Sarsputin knows very well that all the poopers he sends into Ukraine are as good as dead. The Walking Dead ( if you will). Zombies. Therefore ‘Z’ on the outside of the vehicles. So that everybody knows here comes the new corpses.
Z = Za Pobedu = for victory V = Sila v pravde = power in truth V = Zadacha budet vypolnena = the mission will be completed
Yes they have given two meanings to the V.
Ukrainian secret service had just killed their own Ukrainian member of the negotiation team with Russia, Denis Kireyev? Is it true?
What?? Really? Source?? I hope this was not Ballcap man. He changed his ballcap to match his attire for the last round of negotiations, was looking forward to see what he would have on for the 3rd. What an incredibly stupid thing to do. I hope its not true.
No, not baseball cap man. Check Cassad website. He says it was done by SBU, for “treason”.
https://kyivindependent.com/uncategorized/media-sbu-kills-member-of-ukrainian-negotiations-team-suspected-of-treason/
It’s true. The daft buggers, total nut jobs.
Let’s hope so. I rejoiced yesterday when the ukro military launched a Tochka on the Azov thugs heads.
Yes it’s true. Cassad website has photo of corpse, apparently shot in head.
Translation We are give one day of rest so Ahson Indian Dalit boy can wash his brown stained smelly dhoti as smelly dhoti is so awful that it forcing us to stop
Several Muslims dead in peshawar mosque blast
There are some detailed maps on militaryland.net. I can’t speak to their politics however. But if you are Dani Detail then it should be of interest. There are some nice pincer movements going on, it looks like Russian brass have been hard at work.