The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine
A Russian agent who planned to blow up railroad tracks with an improvised explosive device was detained in Kharkiv region.
Drone strikes over the past two days have damaged facilities that account for 12% of Russia's oil refining capacity, with the largest refineries being hit.
A petroleum products plant in Novoshakhtinsk, Russia, was attacked by "unknown flying objects of Ukrainian origin," which suspended its operations and disrupted the enemy's plans.
According to the underground movement ATESH, the Russians have significantly reduced the number of warships in the area of the Crimean Bridge, and only coastal defense ships are on combat duty there.
The peak of the Russian information operation Perun, aimed at discrediting Ukrainian and Western pro-Ukrainian politicians and justifying Russian aggression, will be on the day of the so-called presidential election.
In Odesa region, military personnel and some other categories of civil servants can receive interest-free loans to purchase housing under a government program.
On March 12, 2024, employees of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine and diplomats evacuated another 47 Ukrainian citizens from the Gaza Strip. The total number of evacuated Ukrainians from the Gaza Strip during the three stages of the mission amounted to 363 people.
Yusov commented on the nighttime explosions in Russia, indicating that such actions are gaining momentum and will continue.
Andriy Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, noted that Russian special services have repeatedly resorted to provocations and terrorist attacks against their own civilian population, suggesting that the threat of terrorist attacks in Moscow could be a scenario orchestrated by the Kremlin itself.
GUR representative Yusov commented on the breakthrough of Russian volunteers in Russia, pointing out that a joint operation is underway in several areas, and it is quite successful.
russia's priority targets in Ukraine are President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the heads of Ukrainian intelligence services: more than 10 serious assassination attempts have been made on the head of military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, which resulted in the deaths of Ukrainian intelligence officers.
In March 2022, Ukrainian scouts flew by helicopter over the heads of the Russian occupiers to reach the besieged Azovstal plant in Mariupol to deliver supplies and evacuate the wounded.
The Freedom of Russia Legion announced that it had entered the territory of the Russian Federation, and similar statements were made by the RDC and the Siberian Battalion.
A charity auction will be held in Kyiv to present works made from military trophies to raise funds for medicines and ammunition for Ukrainian women soldiers.
Russia has global ambitions to continue the war not only against Ukraine but also against other countries, according to a report by Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who emphasized the need to limit Russian resources and mobilization efforts to end the war.
Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov, the Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, explained the importance of combat missions carried out by military intelligence units, in particular in the Black Sea and in the temporarily occupied Crimea, in the documentary "War for the Sea: From Dnipro to Crimea".
China's Special Representative for Eurasia, Lu Hui, visited Ukraine and held frank and friendly talks with Ukrainian officials about Ukraine-China relations.
Police dismantled the warhead of an enemy drone stuck 55 meters high in a windmill propeller in Mykolaiv region.
Representatives of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine took part in a briefing for the Chinese government delegation, during which they discussed the security situation in Ukraine, including the situation on the battlefield, the exchange of prisoners, civilian hostages and deported Ukrainian children, and demonstrated evidence of Russia's use of North Korean munitions against Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that freezing the war in Ukraine would only benefit putin by allowing russia to regroup and prepare for a larger conflict, as it did after the occupation of Crimea in 2014.
An explosion occurred at the Severstal metallurgical plant in the Vologda region of russia, which the authorities called a drone attack. However, the company reported a "technical incident" at the plant.
The Russian Black Sea fleet consists of more than 30 ships, including 10 missile carriers with 3 submarines carrying Kalibr cruise missiles, but they have been facing serious logistical problems for several months and hardly use these missiles, except after the sinking of the Caesar Kunikov.
russian citizens are distributing leaflets calling for information to be sent to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine in various cities of russia.
A collaborator named Svitlana Volodymyrivna Samoilenko, who organized Putin's pseudo-elections in occupied Berdiansk, was eliminated by Ukrainian intelligence on March 6, 2024.
British intelligence noted that the "Sergei Kotov" was the third ship lost by the Russian Black Sea Fleet in five weeks.
According to updated data from Ukrainian intelligence, at least 27 occupants from the Russian ship "Sergei Kotov" were wounded and another 7 were killed during an attack on it near the Kerch Strait.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported 86 combat engagements, 4 missile attacks, 106 air strikes and 154 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems by russian troops over the past day.
Ukrainian intelligence gained valuable information by hacking into the Russian Defense Ministry's database, and a spokesman for the agency said that future hacking attacks could be even more extensive.
Ukrainian hackers attacked the website of the russian ministry of defense, its IP telephony and document management servers, disrupting its operation.
The UK Ministry of Defense says the Black Sea is becoming dangerous for russia after Ukrainian forces destroyed the russian patrol ship Sergei Kotov.