On the 26th day of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Monday March 21, follow the latest information available live.
► RFI’s Russian editorial site broadcasts Ukrainian public radio (in the Ukrainian language) from the homepage.
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The main points:
► Russian troops are still trying to encircle kyiv. The surroundings of Lviv airport, in western Ukraine, were hit Friday morning by Russian “missiles”, according to the mayor of the city. According to the spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Russian army is in downtown Mariupol. In Mykolaiv, air raids follow one another at a rapid pace.
► Russia claims to have used since Friday hypersonic missiles. These missiles can fly at nearly 12,000 kilometers per hour with an announced range of 2,000 to 3,000 kilometers.
► Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Mariupol Port Headquarters by Russia was “a terror that will be remembered for centuries”. Before the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, he asked Israel to “make a choice” by supporting Ukraine against Russia.
► Ten million people fled their homes in Ukraine since the start of the Russian army invasion on February 24, according to the UN. Of this total, more than 3.3 million refugees have left the country. At least 902 civilians were killed and 1,459 wounded in Ukraine, estimated Sunday the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. These figures being very difficult to verify, the UN insists on the fact that its daily balance sheets are probably much lower than the reality.
Times are given in Universal Time (UT)
00:00 a.m. practically frozen »
Despite airstrikes and shelling, Ukrainian authorities reported a lull on Sunday. “ The forehead is practically frozen “, there is “ practically no missile fire on cities “, and “ the Russian air force is almost not active “, there are just “ tactical actions from both sides, Oleksiy Arestovitch, adviser to the Ukrainian presidency, told a midday briefing.