Volodymyr Zelensky says Vladimir Putin ‘is nothing’ to him
In an interview with the English channel sky news, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was “not interested” in a meeting with Vladimir Putin. He stressed that he did not understand who made the decisions in Russia.
“Putin is nothing to me,” he said.
In the process, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reacted to the Ukrainian president’s remarks. “He himself has long ceased to be a possible opponent for President Putin,” he said.
Germany plans to deliver Leopard tanks to Ukraine ‘end of March, beginning of April’
The German government said on Thursday that the delivery of the Leopard tanks promised to kyiv would take place “at the end of March, beginning of April”.
On Wednesday, the German government, after several weeks of hesitation, announced that it had sent heavy tanks to kyiv. The United States also announced the upcoming delivery of Abrams tanks.
Power cuts in Kyiv and three regions
“Emergency” power cuts were triggered Thursday morning in kyiv and three regions amid Russian missile attacks on Ukraine, the private power company DTEK said.
“This is a preventive measure that will prevent significant damage to electrical infrastructure if enemy missiles reach their target,” the group said on Telegram.
In addition to the capital, the cuts are in force in its region as well as those of Odessa (south) and Dnipropetrovsk (center-east), according to DTEK.
The Kremlin denounces the “direct involvement” of the West in the conflict after the announcements of deliveries of heavy tanks
The Kremlin on Thursday denounced the “direct involvement” of Westerners in the conflict in Ukraine, after the announcement of the delivery of dozens of European and American tanks to kyiv.
“In Moscow, we see this as a direct involvement in the conflict and we see that (this involvement) is growing,” Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Two energy sites hit by Russian strikes near Odessa
Two essential energy sites in the Odessa region (south) were damaged in a new massive salvo of Russian missiles against Ukraine on Thursday morning, local authorities announced.
“Two crucial energy infrastructure sites in the Odessa region were damaged,” the head of the Odessa district military administration said in a statement.
The strike did not cause any injuries, he said, calling on the inhabitants of the city to stay in the shelters.
At least one dead and two injured in kyiv after Russian bombings
One person was killed and two others injured in Russian strikes against kyiv on Thursday morning, announced the mayor of the Ukrainian capital Vitali Klitschko.
“We have information about one dead and two wounded” in the Golosiïvsky district, in the south of the city, he wrote on Telegram.
For its part, the kyiv military administration said it was debris from a downed missile.
kyiv hit by at least one explosion
Mayor of kyiv Vitali Klitschko confirmed that at least one explosion had been observed in the Ukrainian capital. The Kyiv Independent for its part advances two detonations.
At the same time, 15 Russian cruise missiles were shot down.
All of Ukraine placed under air alert
While a new salvo of Russian missiles was fired in the direction of Ukraine, the entire country is now placed under air alert.
30 missiles are expected by the air defense forces.
Ukraine targeted by “more than 30 missiles” Russian
A missile attack was underway on Thursday morning against Ukraine, targeted by “more than thirty Russian missiles”, said the spokesman for the Ukrainian air force on television.
“Six Tu-95s took off from the (Russian) region of Murmansk and launched missiles. We are expecting more than 30 missiles” in total, Yuri Ignat said.
Media have already reported explosions in several regions and governors have reported on the operation of anti-aircraft defense.
British say Moscow is training some of its troops in Belarus
In its daily update posted on social media, the intelligence service of the British Ministry of Defense indicated that Moscow was training some of its troops in Belarus.
“Russia has most certainly completed the training of the 2nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division in Belarus,” the news outlet said.
This 2nd division is now back in Russia, and will soon be redeployed to Ukraine, again according to London.
“It is realistic to say that other Russian units are being sent to Belarus to receive similar training,” the statement concluded.
kyiv says it shot down 24 Russian drones overnight
Ukraine announced on Thursday morning that it had shot down a set of 24 suicide drones launched by Russia overnight.
“According to preliminary data, the enemy used 24 Iranian-made Shahed drones,” the Ukrainian Air Force said on Telegram.
“All 24 were destroyed” by Ukrainian forces, she added.
Most of Ukraine under air alert after new Russian bombings
The Ukrainian authorities have placed the majority of the country under air alert after new Russian bombardments overnight from Wednesday to Thursday.
In particular, drones were shot down over the capital kyiv.
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