The Russian army tried to enter Irpen at night, but failed - the defenders repulsed the attack. Rockets were fired at Boryspil in the evening. One missile was destroyed, one more hit the technical room of the airport. There are wounded.
During the night there were several air raid sirens in the region, evacuation is being prepared from the hotspots of the Kyiv region. This is stated in the summary of regional heads distributed by the Office of the President press center as of 8 a.m.
There were two air strikes in the Zhytomyr region in the evening and at night. In the regional center a dormitory was demolished and an enterprise was hit - this information is being checked.
In the Zaporizhzhya region, the enemy is trying to resume the offensive and is regrouping troops. The invaders’ efforts are focused on creating conditions for capture, but the pace of advancement is reduced, the personnel of the invaders is demoralized.
During the night and in the morning there were constant air raid sirens in Chernihiv, Nizhyn, Oster and Desna. There are defensive battles on the outskirts of Chernihiv. At night, the Russian army shelled the outskirts of Chernihiv, according to preliminary information; there were fires in 10 residential buildings.
In the Sumy region, the night passed quietly, except for the city of Okhtyrka and its district. They were bombed again by Russian aircraft, there is no connection currently.
Negotiations on the green corridor from Sumy lasted all night, it was previously opened. Two stages of evacuation from Sumy were completed successfully.
5,000 people and 1,000 private cars are safe. The second column arrived in Poltava at night. Most of the evacuees are our women and children, as well as foreigners from India, China and Turkey. People went by train from Poltava to the west. Those who wanted to stay were given asylum.
In the Poltava region the night was calm, in the morning there were air raid sirens in Lubny.
In the Donetsk region, the situation remains difficult. In Kramatorsk there are air raid sirens. Humanitarian cargo did not arrive in Mariupol. The Russians bombed the building of the Red Cross - international and Ukrainian. There is no water, electricity, gas, food, or medicine in the city.
The situation in Volnovakha is consistently bad. There are battles with the enemy, but Russia has failed to occupy it. The rest of the area is more or less okay. There are shell bombings only in Novolugansk, gas pipelines and houses were damaged. The victims have not been reported yet - there is no possibility to check.
In the Luhansk region there is shell bombing of Severodonetsk, Rubizhne and Kreminna, there are also fires in the residential sector due to shelling. There is no gas, and partly no water and light. There is almost no Internet and no mobile connection. People are switching to national roaming. Yesterday afternoon there was a heavy shell bombing of Severodonetsk. On 8 March a civilian died in 8 March Street.
Kharkiv holds the defense, there were no active offensives, at night there was a single attack on the outskirts of the city from the air. Another saboteur was caught. Fighting continues in Izyum, Chuguev and Dergachi, shells hit residential buildings.
It is quiet in Transcarpathia, Kirovohrad, Volyn, Rivne, Vinnytsia, Ternopil, Cherkasy, Lviv, Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Odessa, Dnipro, and relatively calm in Kherson and Khmelnytsky, Mykolayiv holds the defense.