11:25
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Verchuk announced about an hour ago that two humanitarian corridors had been agreed to evacuate civilians from cities under fire in Ukraine. One of the lanes will this time include the bombed Mariupol, in which over 80% of the buildings were destroyed. Residents of Mariupol will be allowed to use their private vehicles to reach the city of Zaporizhia, about 250 kilometers away.
Verchuk added in an official telegram that citizens trying to escape from the neighboring Luhansk region would be allowed to evacuate from Roboznoy to Bahamut, about 80 kilometers from the city.
11:18
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that the Russian army had shelled fuel depots near Levib using the Ukrainian army using long-range missiles and used target-guided missiles to shell a factory in the city, which the Ukrainians used to repair anti-aircraft systems, radar stations and tank intentions.
“The Russian military is continuing its offensive operations as part of the special military operation,” the ministry said in a statement. Russia has used long-range missiles to destroy a repository of missiles and anti-aircraft systems in Zhytomyr near Kiev, the Russian Defense Ministry added, noting that a significant amount of Ukrainian drones were also destroyed.
Earlier, the General Staff of Ukraine reported that the top 7 Russian army attacks on the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, located in the Donbas region, and destroyed 8 tanks. Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense has stated that the state army is waging battles for control of two villages near the pro-Russian separatist districts in Donetsk.
07:09
The Institute of Mass Communication in Ukraine reports that during the war 148 crimes have taken place against journalists so far, when they report that 5 journalists were killed, 6 were abducted, and 7 were injured.
🛑 Russia has committed 148 crimes against journalists and the media since the beginning of the large-scale invasion
This was reported by the Institute of Mass Media (IMI). Monitoring data, in particular, indicate that 👇 pic.twitter.com/0eCEclF5bp– Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine – Ukrainian Parliament (@ua_parliament) March 26, 2022
Phosphorus is reported in Ukraine near the city of Abdivka. These reports are not yet confirmed, but this is not the first time Ukraine has accused Russia of using phosphorus – earlier this week Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said To NATO leaders that Russia uses phosphorus to kill children.
The UN is updating the death toll in the war in Ukraine it has managed to verify so far. According to the UN, 1,104 civilians were killed including 96 children.
In addition to the war in Ukraine, Reuters reports that Azerbaijan has moved forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Russia claims that Azerbaijani forces entered an area controlled by Russia in violation of the agreements, but Azerbaijan claimed that presenting the parties in this way was “unilateral.”