News Archive – The Kyiv Independent
Saturday, March 5
Ukrainian forces take control of Mykolaiv, seize Russian occupiers' equipment.
According to Mykolaiv Oblast Governor Vitaly Kim, there are casualties among civilians, but their number is yet to be determined. Mykolaiv is a regional capital in southern Ukraine.
Nuremberg Trials prosecutor: Putin should be 'behind bars.'
Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor of Nazis officials at the 1945-1946 Nuremberg trials, told the Mirror that “those responsible should be held accountable for aggression, crimes against humanity and plain murder.” Ferencz also said Putin can be jailed, but that Russia would need a whole new government.
Putin says Ukraine could 'lose its statehood.'
Russia’s dictator Vladimir Putin said that if Ukraine “continues to behave in the same way,” that will “bring into question the future of its statehood,” during a meeting broadcast on TV.
About 400 civilians evacuated from Volnovakha despite thwarted evacuation.
The number was announced by Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko. The evacuation of civilians from Volnovakha, Donetsk Oblast, was supposed to be held today, but Russian forces violated the temporary ceasefire they had previously agreed on with Ukraine.
To combat Russia, Ukraine invites foreign fighters. Here’s how to apply
Ukraine, as it combats Russia’s full-fledged invasion, is rapidly creating its own International Legion, a military force composed of international volunteers enlisting to help defend Ukraine. Three days after the start of Russia’s further invasion, on Feb. 27, Ukraine’s...
Media: Italy seizes property worth $150 million from Russian oligarchs.
According to The Guardian’s sources in Italian police, a villa owned by the billionaire Alisher Usmanov on Sardinia, and a villa on Lake Como owned by the Russian state TV host Vladimir Soloviev, have both been seized. Yachts belonging to Russia’s richest man, Alexei Mordashov, and Gennady Timchenko, close to Russia’s dictator Vladimir Putin were also confiscated.
Hundreds of thousands of households left without gas due to Russia's war.
Due to damages, the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSO) had to shut down 16 gas distribution stations in Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhia, Kyiv, Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.
Russian forces kill Hero of Ukraine, captain Chybineiev.
Thirty-four-year-old Ukrainian captain Valeriy Chybineiev was killed in the battle near Hostomel, a city on the outskirts of Kyiv, on his birthday on March 3.
Russian pilot captured near Chernihiv.
The pilot was taken prisoner after Ukraine’s military shot down his plane.
Media: SBU kills member of Ukrainian negotiations team suspected of treason.
According to Ukrainska Pravda sources, a member of the Ukrainian negotiating delegation that met with Russia, was shot dead by the Security Service of Ukraine officers as they were trying to detain him. The man was allegedly Denys Kirieiev, a former deputy chairman of Oschadbank. The SBU had “strong evidence” he was leaking information to Russia.
Civilians' evacuation in Mariupol postponed as Russian forces break temporary ceasefire agreement.
The evacuation of civilians from Mariupol was supposed to start at 11 a.m. today, but the city administration announced that it will not take place as Russian forces continue shelling the city and its neighboring areas. According to the head of the National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov, Russian occupiers also block setting up humanitarian corridors in the city.
Zelensky: 'I'm sure that soon we will tell our people – come back, it's safe now.'
In his latest address to the nation, Zelensky thanked Poland for welcoming hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians fleeing the war. “We effectively don’t have a border with Poland anymore. It’s not the time for borders,” he said.
Ukraine wins 7 medals on first day of Paralympics.
Ukrainian athletes won three gold medals, three silver and one bronze in the biathlon discipline on the opening day of the competition at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing.
Kherson citizens rally against Russian occupiers.
According to Ukrainska Pravda, Russian forces occupying the city are trying to block the protesters to not let them break into the city administration building.
Blinken: 'Ukraine can absolutely win against Russia'.
“If it’s the intention of Moscow to try somehow to topple the government and install its own puppet regime, Ukrainians are going to reject that one way or the other,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told BBC. The war has already not gone as Russian President Vladimir Putin might have planned, he added.
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