The war in Ukraine. Digest for 23.03.22 War Day 28

The 28th day of full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. The city of Chernihiv, which protects the Ukrainian capital in the North, could become the second Mariupol. On March 23, the Russian military dropped bombs on the only bridge through which residents were evacuated and humanitarian aid was delivered. Now Chernihiv has been cut off from the capital. The shell also damaged one of the city's enterprises, causing an ammonia leak. It is a colorless gas with a pungent odor, dangerous to health. About 130,000 residents who could not leave the city are currently without heat and light. Access to drinking water is limited. One person can get no more than 10 liters. The civilian population is constantly shelled. Russians intimidate and threaten Chernihiv citizens with forcible deportation to Russia, - said Human Rights Commissioner Lyudmila Denisova According to local residents, the occupiers are compiling lists of civilians for the "evacuation" to Lgov (Kursk region of Russia). The racists, cutting off Chernihiv from the capital, turned its inhabitants into hostages. Chernihiv has been holding back Russian troops since the first day of the war and is blocking the invasion on Kyiv, Russia's number one target. 70 percent of Chernihiv suburbs, where a large number of enemy troops are located, have been completely destroyed. The occupiers have once again shelled Kyiv with Grads. Destructions occurred in Shevchenkivskyi and Sviatoshynskyi city districts. Private houses, garages and high-rise buildings caught fire and were destroyed. A warehouse was also on fire. Firefighters managed to put out the fire. Four people were injured. On the evening of March 23, the enemy fired mortar shells at another residential area in Kyiv - Podil. The number of victims is still unknown. Also, the parking lot of the shopping center of Podilskyi district came under enemy fire. One person died, two victims were hospitalized, -Kyiv city Mayor said. Ukrainian rescuers have to work in extremely dangerous conditions. They constantly pull people out of rubbles and put out fires. Here is one of the cases in Kyiv. Since February 24, Russian military have destroyed and damaged more than 70 buildings in Kyiv. The occupiers have not stopped shelling Luhansk oblast yet. In the town of Rubizhn an enemy shell hit a high-rise building. Three people died, two of them were children. In addition, the city was hit with the missiles and phosphorus bombs during the night. The latter ones are forbidden by the international law. At least 4 people were killed. In the city of Trostianets in Sumy region near the Russian border and under the control of the Russian military, women are forced to give birth at home. At first Orcs [Russians] forbade ambulances to go on calls and visit patients and then stole hospital cars. So mothers are unable to get to the hospital, which is also being shelled by the Russian military. Russia wants to make Ukraine Novorossia. The Security Service of Ukraine has detained agitators spreading separatist appeals and ideas of "Russkiy Mir”. Traitors were caught in Kyiv and Odesa. Today many cities are temporarily occupied by the Russian army in the South of Ukraine and Russian propaganda is very active there. And the citizens of Energodar, home to Europe's largest nuclear power plant, fearlessly tore down and burned the red rag that the occupiers hung as a flag and a sign of their dominance in the city. Forests are burning in the Chornobyl zone. The fires could have started due to the shelling of Chernobyl nuclear power plant territory or because of arson. Most fires have been localized, but small burning areas remain. Rescuers' access there is limited due to active hostilities. Due to this, accurate radiation measurements in the exclusion zone are not currently performed. Chernobyl nuclear power plant remains under control of the occupiers, who have destroyed the newest laboratory that provided information on the state of the plant's nuclear waste. ' The occupiers destroyed the Art Museum in Mariupol. It seems that the Russian military regarded the building as another military facility, like the maternity hospital or drama theater. The occupiers claim that they are only targeting military objects. Arkhip Kuindzhi Museum had more than 2,000 exhibits, including original paintings by world-known artists like Ivan Aivazovsky and Tatiana Yablonskaya. Mariupol is a port city, the hottest spot on the military map of Ukraine now, caught up in a humanitarian catastrophe. The enemy is carrying carpet bombs. Residents of Mariupol are forced to bury the dead right in the middle of the city - on the playgrounds. Out of the 6 buildings of the city hospital, only one remained. Doctors are forced to provide medical care to the wounded in basements, the only source of light there are candles. Just at the same time the enemy continues to level Mariupol to the ground.