Military operation in Ukraine. Online - 23 March 2023

By TASS.ru - March 23, 15:31

The founder of PMC "Wagner", Yevgeny Prigozhin said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had trained about 200 thousand reserve people. In his opinion, the demilitarization of Ukraine will occur when its army is destroyed.

Slovakia transferred four MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine.

The main events of March 23 are in the TASS online broadcast. Top new15:30

Chinese authorities will face diplomatic pressure over the Ukraine crisis during upcoming visits to Beijing by Western leaders, the South China Morning Post reported.15:24

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine admitted that they had mistakenly reported the withdrawal of Russian forces from Nova Kakhovka.15:08

Blinken said that the United States does not supply weapons to Ukraine under Lend-Lease.15:00

In the Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions, as well as in the regions of the DPR and the Zaporozhye region, the air raid alert was canceled.14:57

In the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, a man born in 1976 was injured as a result of the explosion of an anti-personnel mine "Lepestok", the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.

In addition, the representative office clarified that a civilian born in 1982, who was previously injured in the Kirovsky district of the capital of the DPR, was also blown up by a mine "Petal".

"Thus, as of 20:00 on March 23, 102 cases of explosions of civilians, including 9 children, were registered on mines PFM-1" Petal. .14:37

TASS collected the main information about the events around Ukraine during the day.

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Saldo denied reports of the withdrawal of Russian forces from Nova Kakhovka.14:29

The Ukrainian authorities will not confiscate weapons from the population until the end of hostilities, which were distributed after the start of Russia's special military operation, said Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko.14:24

In the Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions, as well as in the areas of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Zaporozhye region, which are under the control of the Ukrainian authorities, an air alert was announced.14:21

The UN proceeds from the fact that it is too early to judge whether the outcome of the talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will bring peace in Ukraine closer, while the organization is determined to create conditions for a settlement, Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary General, said.14:15

The return of the entire territory to Ukraine as of 1991 is too ambitious a task, which would be extremely difficult to solve by military means,  Mark Milley, Chairman of the Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, said at a hearing in the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives of Congress.13:58

Poland has joined the EU agreement on joint procurement of ammunition for Ukraine.13:56

Ukraine will soon receive the RM-70 multiple launch rocket system, which was purchased with donations from the Czech Republic, the  CTK news agency reported .13:40

The EU summit supported the idea of ​​creating an international mechanism for taking into account the damage caused to Ukraine for subsequent reparations.13:34

The Swedish Parliament supported the government's proposal to donate $630.4 million worth of military equipment to Ukraine and to sell British self-propelled artillery mounts.13:34

The EU summit confirmed the promise to provide Ukraine with 1 million shells and, "if required," surface-to-ground missiles. 13:25

Ukrainian troops shelled the city of Alyoshki on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region. According to the deputy head of the local administration Artem Lemeshev, the power line was damaged.13:14

Spain plans to ship six Leopard tanks to Ukraine next week.12:32

The SBU accused the Odessa enterprise of supplying the Russian Federation with raw materials for laser sights.12:21

The IMF said that Kiev will be in dire need of funding in 2023.12:05

Russian forces are dropping leaflets stylized as the hryvnia over the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporizhia direction, with calls to stop resistance and surrender weapons, the law enforcement agencies of the Zaporozhye region reported.12:04

Prigozhin believes that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are planning to block the Crimea.11:53

The Russian Embassy in the United States called Kirby's statements about the awarded Su-27 pilots cowardly.11:44

Ukrainian troops shelled Donetsk three times in almost two hours, the DPR reported.11:10

In the DPR, two Ukrainian servicemen were sentenced for the murders of civilians.11:09

Russia regards the transfer of four MiG-29 fighter jets by Slovakia to Ukraine as a destructive step that runs counter to the European Union's rhetoric about seeking peaceful solutions to the Ukrainian crisis, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said.10:41

A civilian was injured during the shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops, the DPR reported.10:37

Prigozhin believes that Zelensky heard calls about children and old people in Artemovsk.10:22

Reports about the trip of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the Kiev-controlled right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region are related to the desire of the Ukrainian authorities to shift the focus from the negative situation for them at the front and new Russian-Chinese agreements, said Alexander Malkevich, a freelance adviser to the acting governor of the Kherson region, a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation .10:17

Slovakia transferred four MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine.10:15

Prigozhin believes that the demilitarization of Ukraine will occur with the destruction of its army.10:15

Prigozhin believes that the demilitarization of Ukraine will occur with the destruction of its army.09:55

SBU officers arrested and tortured a 16-year-old teenager on suspicion of helping the Russian military during the battles for Artemovsk (Bakhmut). This is stated in the text of the appeal of the vice-president of the Russian branch of the Committee for the Protection of Human Rights Ivan Melnikov to the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova.09:49

Ukraine has concentrated a group of more than 80,000 military around Artemivsk, Prigozhin said.09:48

Prigozhin said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had trained about 200 thousand people in the reserve.09:47

In Finland , it was reported that Ukraine requested negotiations on the supply of fighters.09:36

Mishustin will instruct to consider, as a matter of priority, the issue of supporting the participants of the NWO.09:31

Russian troops destroyed the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction.09:30

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that a Ukrainian Su-24 aircraft was shot down in the Kharkiv region.09:29

The Russian Defense Ministry announced the destruction of 16 Ukrainian drones by Russian air defense systems.09:28

During a special operation, Russian troops destroyed a fuel and lubricants depot of the 65th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region. 09:27

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported the destruction of more than 80 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnoliman direction.09:27

The European Commission, the World Bank and Kiev have estimated the restoration of Ukraine at €383 billion.09:26

Over the past day, units of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed more than 250 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction.09:25

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day in the Kupyansk direction amounted to 70 military.09:22

The President of Finland approved the 14th package of military assistance to Ukraine.09:12

A resident of Gorlovka in the DPR was injured during the shelling of Ukrainian troops.08:45

One person was injured during the shelling of a village in the Bryansk region by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.08:44

An air alert was announced in the Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava and Kharkiv regions, as well as in the part of the DPR controlled by Kyiv.08:31

Hungary has stated that it will not send ammunition to Ukraine.08:26

Zelensky visited the part of the Kherson region controlled by Kiev the day after he visited the positions of the country's armed forces in the Artyomovsk direction, the press service of the head of the Ukrainian state reported .08:23

Zelenskiy’s office has been criticized by Western media for discussing the timing of Kiev’s counteroffensive.08:16

The capture of Artemovsk by Russian forces will facilitate the liberation of Avdiivka, from which the Armed Forces of Ukraine are firing at Donetsk, Makeevka, Yasinovataya and the surrounding area, Colonel Vitaly Kiselev, a military expert from the LPR, believes .07:08

The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired twice at Donetsk from NATO-caliber artillery in 20 minutes.06:30

Attacks from the Armed Forces of Ukraine can be expected along the entire front line, this is a demonstration of "victories" to the West, Marochko said.06:12

The air raid alert was canceled throughout Ukraine.05:52

The statement by IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi.