Russia-Ukraine struggle: Record of key occasions, day 756 | Russia-Ukraine struggle Information

Because the struggle enters its 756th day, these are the primary developments.

Right here is the scenario on Thursday, March 21, 2024.

Combating

• At the least 5 individuals had been killed and eight injured after a Russian missile hit an industrial space in Kharkiv. Ihor Terekhov, the mayor of the northern Ukrainian metropolis, stated 5 others had been lacking after the strike, which additionally began an enormous fireplace in a printing home.
• Two individuals had been killed exterior Ukraine’s southern metropolis of Kherson in Russian shelling, whereas one other was killed within the northeastern Sumy area on the border with Russia.
• Three individuals had been killed and 4 injured in Ukrainian shelling and rocket assaults on the Russian border area of Belgorod, in response to Regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
• Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu informed senior generals that the nation’s troopers “proceed to squeeze the enemy out of their positions” in jap Ukraine. Shoigu stated Moscow would bolster its navy by including two new armies and 30 new formations, together with 14 divisions and 16 brigades, by the tip of this yr.
• A Ukrainian intelligence supply informed the Reuters information company that Ukrainian drones attacked the Engels airbase – residence to Russia’s long-range strategic bomber fleet – about 730km (about 450 miles) southeast of Moscow. The governor of the area across the base stated Ukrainian drones had been introduced down. There have been no reviews of injury.

Politics and diplomacy

• The United Nations’ Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) accused Russia of making a “local weather of concern” within the territory of Ukraine it occupies. The report stated many individuals within the occupied territory “endured intimidation and repression, dealing with a relentless risk of violence, detention, and punishment”. It additionally accused Moscow of attempting to suppress Ukrainian id. Russia occupies simply over 17 p.c of Ukrainian territory. It denies committing atrocities towards civilians.
• Visiting Kyiv, White Home nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan insisted {that a} main US assist package deal that Republicans have been blocking for months would “get to Ukraine”.
• Sullivan, who held talks with presidential aide Andriy Yermak, pressured Washington’s assist for Kyiv would proceed. Yermak stated discussions coated Ukraine’s present battlefield wants, the NATO navy alliance’s summit in Washington in July and a peace summit in Switzerland that Kyiv needs to occur within the coming weeks. Yermak stated there was “cautious hope” that China would take part.
• Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held separate cellphone calls with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin and mentioned strengthening ties with each, prematurely of a go to subsequent week by the Ukrainian international minister to New Delhi to construct assist for Ukraine’s peace initiative.
• A courtroom in Saint Petersburg jailed Russian filmmaker Vsevolod Korolyov for 3 years for posting criticism of the Kremlin’s struggle in Ukraine on social media. Korolyov, 36, had been in custody since July 2022.
• A separate Saint Petersburg courtroom sentenced a lady to eight days in jail for writing “no to struggle” on a poll paper throughout final week’s presidential election.

Weapons

• Talking after a two-day go to to Kyiv, Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren stated the nation would supply Ukraine with 350 million euros ($382.7m) for F-16 fighter jet ammunition and superior reconnaissance drones. The Netherlands has pledged two billion euros ($2.19bn) in navy assist for Ukraine in 2024.