Every day since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Meduza editors have selected key snapshots taken the day before the war. These images contain scenes of cruelty, violence and death, but most of them are not placed under a special plate, with which editors usually hide these images. In this series of documents, we try to document the war as it is.
- Over the Black Sea, a Russian Su-27 fighter collided with an American drone. The US and Russian military have different versions of what happened. We collection everything we know about this incident.
- PMC Wagner recognized terrorist organization in Lithuania.
- Residents of the Voronezh region have started handing in subpoenas. Military Commissariat and Municipal Administrations declaredthat this happens “exclusively to update military records”.
- State Duma accepted the Liability Act for discrediting any participant in the “special operation”. From now on, the rules on “false” and “discredit” will apply to “volunteer formations, organizations or individuals” that provide “assistance in fulfilling the tasks assigned to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation”.
The consequences of the bombing of Kramatorsk
On the morning of March 14, Russian troops shelled the center of Kramatorsk, a city under Ukrainian control in the northern part of the Donetsk region. By data head of the regional military administration Pavel Kirilenko, a rocket hit an apartment building, damaging eight others nearby. One person died and at least seven were injured.
Commenting on this bombardment, Vladimir Zelensky saidthat “the evil of the state continues to fight with the civilian population, destroying lives and leaving nothing human”. The Russian side did not comment on this attack.
This is what the center of Kramatorsk looks like after the impact.
Front line near Bakhmut
On March 14, Volodymyr Zelensky held a regular meeting of the Supreme Commander’s headquarters, during which they discussed the defense of Bakhmut. After the meeting, he said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces would continue to hold the city. Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in its summary March 14 did not comment on the situation in the leadership of Bakhmut.
How writing The Guardian, during the attacks on Bakhmut, Russian troops use, among other things, phosphorus munitions, an incendiary weapon of mass destruction. According Protocol III to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, phosphorus munitions near populated areas. Russia has not commented on accusations of using banned weapons near Bakhmut.
That’s what’s happening at the forefront in that sense right now.
Day of Ukrainian Volunteers in Kyiv
Distribution of humanitarian aid in the Clock Yar
One of the main supply routes for Ukrainian troops passes through the town of Chasov Yar, located 13 kilometers from Bakhmut. As a result, he is regularly exposed to bombing raid of the Russian army.
Analyst Sergei Zgurets calls Chasov Yar is currently the main target of Russian troops. According to him, “the Russians continue to look for opportunities to bypass Bakhmut and reach Chasov Yar, which will allow them to shrink the ring around the town of Bakhmut.”
There are still civilians in the Clock Yar. This is how the Ukrainian volunteers help them.
Principal photos from the previous – three hundred and eighty-third – day of war can be viewed at this link.