25.03.2022, Moscow.
The Rossa Primavera News Agency publishes a summary of events in Ukraine as of 5 p.m. on March 25.
A group of “night hunters” consisting of Ka-52 and Mi-28N helicopters destroyed 24 pieces of military equipment, including seven tanks, five infantry fighting vehicles and three armored personnel carriers.
Overnight, tactical and army aviation hit 51 Ukrainian military targets. Among them: two command posts, three multiple rocket launchers, two Buk-M1 surface-to-air missile systems and one S-300 radar in the area of Dnepropetrovsk, three D-30 artillery pieces, two depots of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition, and 26 areas where military equipment was amassed.
Russian air defense forces shot down four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over Boromlya, Borshchevaya, Oleshnya and Usoki settlements.
A total of 261 unmanned aerial vehicles, 204 anti-aircraft missile systems, 1,587 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 163 multiple rocket launchers, 636 field artillery and mortar guns, and 1,397 pieces of special military vehicle equipment have been destroyed since the start of the special military operation.
Over the month the losses of the Ukrainian troops amounted to about 30,000 people, including more than 14,000 dead and about 16,000 injured – the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Of the 2,416 tanks and other combat armored vehicles in the Ukrainian army as of February 24, 1,587 were destroyed – Russian Ministry of Defense
112 of the 152 Ukrainian military plains and 75 of the 149 helicopters remain, 35 of the 36 Bayraktar TB2 drones were destroyed – Russian Ministry of Defense.
Unfortunately, there are losses among our comrades-in-arms during the special military operation. As of today, 1,351 servicemen have been killed and 3,825 have been wounded – Russian Ministry of Defense.
Kiev direction
On the evening of March 24, high-precision sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles struck a fuel base in the village of Kalinovka near Kiev. The largest remaining fuel base of the Ukrainian army, which supplied fuel to military units in the central part of the country, was destroyed.
Kharkov direction
The area near Kharkov airport was hit.
Izyum’s anti-Russian mayor Marchenko claimed that local MPs Anatoly Fomichevsky and Yuri Kozlov, along with former police officer Vladislav Sokolov and former mayor Oleksandr Bozhkov, started cooperating with the Russian military. Marchenko claims that they provide the Russian Armed Forces with information about the location of Ukrainian troops, local Banderites, and territorial defense battalions. The above-mentioned people are also blamed for providing the population with humanitarian aid from Russia.
Liberation of the LPR and DPR
The Russian Armed Forces advanced another 4 kilometers overnight and took the village of Troitskoye under control. They are now developing an offensive against units of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Ukrainian army.
As of March 25, 2022, on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic, a grouping of DPR troops with fire support from the Russian Armed Forces has liberated and established full control over 132 towns and villages, including Aslanovo, Khersones, Kellerovka, Yalta, Yurievka, Azovskoye, Melekino, Belosarayskaya Kosa, Buryakovaya Balka, Portovskoye, Glubokoye, Ogorodnoye, Demyanovka, Urzuf, Kamyshevatoye, Starodubovka, Krasnaya Ukraina, Zakharovka, Babakh-Tarama, Novoyanisol, Lesnoye, Malovodnoye, Zaporozhskoye, Bakhchevik, Druzhnoye, Obilnoye, Polkovoye, Kirovskoye, Privolnoye, Veseloye (Volnovakh district).
The Russian Air Force destroyed a fuel and lubricants base in Konstantinovka, not far from Slavyansk. An operation to liberate occupied DPR towns is underway in this area.
The Russian Air Force dealt a heavy blow to a Ukrainian tank base in Artemovsk. Bakhmut (as Artemovsk is called in Ukraine) is situated in an occupied part of the DPR, where a tank base and military depots are located.
A large part of Mariinka is being mopped up, and the DPR forces have taken most of the village under control. The village is expected to be fully liberated in the next few days.
Mariupol
Combat is underway in the center of the city. The armies of the DPR and the Russian Federation are cutting the Nazi forces into separate cauldrons. Up to 7 thousand militants remain in the city. Half of them are units of the 36th regiment of the Ukrainian army, the 56th division of the Ukrainian army and the 17th brigade of the Ukrainian army, the rest are the Azov (organization banned in the Russian Federation) and the territorial defense battalions. Most of the militants are gathered in industrial zones.
During the day on March 25, from 08:00 a.m. to 16:00 p.m., 342 people, including 65 children, were evacuated from Mariupol to Bezymennoye in the Novoazovsky district. At present, they are in the evacuation centers, which were deployed by the DPR Emergencies Ministry.
The United Russia party opened a humanitarian aid center in Mariupol.
The Secretary of the General Council of “United Russia” Andrey Turchak met with residents of Mariupol and other villages and towns, which are subjected to daily attacks by the armed formations of Ukraine, together with the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin and State Duma deputy Dmitry Sablin. They also visited an evacuation center in the village of Volodarskoye. Here people are provided with everything they need and provided with medical care, after which they are evacuated to Russia. On average, about 1,700 people pass through this center every day.
Shelling of LPR and DPR territory
As a result of the military aggression of the Ukrainian army, 1 civilian was killed and 36 more people were wounded, including 1 child. Twenty-six houses and seven civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged. The Ukrainian militants fired a total of 425 rounds of ammunition.
The enemy opened fire on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic using 122 mm multiple rocket launchers, 122 mm artillery, 120 mm mortars and BMP weapons. Areas of 12 settlements of the republic came under the fire of the Ukrainian army.
Donetsk
A 50-years-old woman was injured as a result of the shelling in Kirovsky district. Diagnosed with shrapnel wounds and detachment of the right shin, as well as traumatic shock, she was hospitalized in city hospital No. 24.
Also with a shrapnel wound of the abdomen on the left side, right shoulder joint area, a 43-years-old civilian from this district was taken to the surgical department of the Guskov Institute of Medical and Forensic Chemistry. V.K. Husak.
As a result of the shelling of Staromikhailovka village, Kalinina street, a 49-years-old woman was killed. A shell also damaged part of a residential house.
Gorlovka
The Ukrainian army opened fire on the meat processing plant in Horlivka. The building of the Gorlovka meat processing plant located at 1a Khlebozavodskaya Street was damaged as a result of the shelling.
The LPR
Nine multi-story buildings and the central library of Pervomaysk were damaged as a result of artillery shelling of the town.
Over the past 24 hours, Kiev’s militants shelled the territory in the LPR’s area of responsibility once.
Political situation
Volodin: Zelensky and his henchmen are war criminals who profess Nazi ideology. They must answer for their deeds.
India refused to negotiate with British delegation at the last minute – The Guardian. During the visit, the British delegation was going to insist that India take a “firm stand” on the anti-Russian course. But New Delhi was not even willing to listen to British lectures.
Kazakhstan has postponed the signing of a contract with Sberbank to digitize the country’s government agencies (planned for the next few days) and is exploring alternatives, the Kazakh Ministry of Digital Development told RIA Novosti.
Liberated territories of Ukraine
Since April, Kherson is switching to the Russian ruble, which will become the main unit of financial settlements.
Sanctions
The Bank of Russia reported that in recent years the share of gold and the yuan in reserves has increased to almost 50%. At the same time, as of June 30, 2021, their combined share in reserves was 34.8%.
The US Treasury Department has postponed the entry into force of the decision on the ban on imports of seafood from Russia until June 23. Previously, the deadline was March 25. Apparently, the reason was that the US was afraid to face a shortage of crab.
Finland is cutting off rail traffic with Russia as of Monday. This was one of the last transport routes from Russia to the European Union.
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Energy does not rule out a reduction in oil production at major fields if repairs at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium are delayed, the head of the agency said.
Apple suspends support for “Mir” cards in Apple Pay, already loaded cards will stop working in the coming days.
The Bank of Russia explained that Russia, in response to the freezing of part of its reserves, imposed restrictions on the movement of funds to unfriendly countries for a comparable amount. According to his report, after the Central Bank froze its reserves in dollars and euros, Russia “applied essentially a mirror measure”: restrictions were imposed on capital flows, a ban on the sale of securities by foreign investors and a ban on their withdrawal of funds from the Russian financial system. In addition, payments on corporate debt of Russian companies and government debt to debt holders from countries that support sanctions against Russia will be made only with the permission of a government commission.
Brazilian Foreign Minister Carlos França condemned the unilateral sanctions against Russia and called them illegal.
The imposing of sanctions against Russia in the field of energy is impossible, because there are countries in the European Union that depend on Russian gas – the president of Romania. At the same time, the transition to payment in rubles is more than possible.
NY Times citing experts writes that the US and EU plan to reduce energy dependence on Russia is more of a symbolic nature, as the USA will not be able to supply more liquefied natural gas (LNG) yet, and the EU to import it. “In the near term there are really no good options, other than begging an Asian buyer or two to give up their L.N.G. tanker for Europe,” said Robert McNally, who was an energy adviser to former President George W. Bush.
Erdogan said Turkey will not join sanctions against Russia because it cannot allow its citizens to freeze without Russian gas.
“There are not enough rubles on Russian currency markets and private, non-sanctioned Russian banks to exchange enough currency for gas deals. So customers from Europe will have to buy rubles from the Central Bank, which, under EU sanctions,” Düsseldorf-based economist Jens Südekum told the Spiegel.
Alfa Group co-owner Petr Aven, like his partner Mikhail Fridman, is suffering in Britain but doesn’t want to go anywhere. “Our business is completely destroyed. Everything which we were building for 30 years is now completely ruined. And we have to somehow start a new life. Will I be allowed to have a cleaner, or a driver? I don’t drive a car… maybe my stepdaughter will drive. We don’t understand how to survive,” Aven told the Financial Times.
Aven has been accused by the EU and Britain of being close to the Russian president as a director of Alfa Bank. He faces an expulsion order in less than 20 days. As a holder of a Latvian passport as well as a Russian passport and a US visa, he has options, but he wants to stay in Britain with his wife and eight-year-old child. If he leaves, he believes there will be no easy or quick return.
Ukraine
According to Erdogan, the topics of the peace agreement on which Russia and Ukraine are close to compromise:
- NATO.
- Partial disarmament.
- Collective security.
- Russian will be the second official language in Ukraine.
Discussed: Crimea and Donbass, Ukraine is not moving toward a rapprochement on these issues.
Western countries
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the topic of handing over to Ukraine the S-400 purchased from Russia is closed, it will not happen, the S-400 is the property of Turkey.
Hungary has rejected Ukraine’s calls to allow arms supplies through its territory and to refuse from Russian oil and gas imports – Hungarian Foreign Minister.
German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht, Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck said the Bundeswehr no longer has any weapons to transfer to Ukraine.
Poland’s prime minister said that Germany, Austria and Hungary oppose severing trade relations with Russia.
The Pentagon’s new strategy will describe Russia as an acute threat but not a long-term systemic challenge, Reuters reported, citing a department spokesman.
Biden said that if Indonesia and others don’t agree [with the proposal to exclude Russia from the G20], then Ukraine should be allowed to participate in the G20 meetings and be an observer.
Greek First Deputy Foreign Minister Varvitsiotis told The Hill that the sanctions against Russia are aimed at overthrowing the government in the country through internal disturbances and are designed to incite the opposition in Russia and provoke the unrest, but disavowed his statement after sharp criticism from the opposition.
The Polish prime minister said that Poland, Slovenia and the Czech Republic had prepared a 10-point plan to support Ukraine. Among them are disconnecting all Russian banks from SWIFT, excluding Russia from all international organizations, suspending visas for Russians, sanctions against the United Russian party and the business circles of oligarchs, banning access to ports for Russian ships and closing land entry to and exit from Russia.
Ukraine demands that the US supply 500 Javelin anti-tank guided missiles and 500 Stinger man-portable air defense systems per day.
Ukraine reduces the number of staff at the Belarusian embassy in Kiev to five, canceling the diplomatic accreditation of the rest of the staff.
Source: Rossa Primavera News Agency
