Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,119

The highlights of Wednesday, March 19 are listed below.

Fighting

Since the start of the war more than three years ago, the number of Russian soldiers who have been killed and wounded has increased to about 897,010. According to Ukraine, this number has increased. In the past 24 hours, 1, 560 service members have been killed or injured.
Ivan Fedorov, the governor of the Zaporizhia region, claimed that Russia had launched 137 drone attacks in Ukraine, leaving about 3, 000 people without electricity as a result of the destruction of crucial infrastructure. Serhiy Lysak, the governor of the nearby Dnipropetrovsk, claimed another infrastructure facility was ablaze as a result of the barrage.
63 of the 137 Russian drones were shot down by the Ukrainian Air Force, according to the Ministry of Defense, while 46 of the 137 were completely neutralized by the Ukrainian Air Force.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, about 200 Ukrainian fighters launched a ground assault against the Belgorod region without success using five tanks, armored combat vehicles, and three demolition vehicles.

Russia’s military has also accused Ukraine’s military of carrying out a cross-border attack, claiming that its forces “successfully stopped all attempts by the occupiers to secure a foothold” in the Sumy region.
Following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s request to put a 30-day stop to attacks against Ukrainian energy infrastructure, there were explosions and air raid sirens in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, according to the AFP news agency.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, claimed that Russia launched more than 40 drones into Sumy’s healthcare system.

Putin reportedly agreed to a “limited” 30-day pause in fighting and for Ukraine and Russia to stop attacking one another’s energy sector. This was followed by Putin’s corresponding order to his military in Moscow.
Putin also told Trump that the US and its allies must stop all military assistance to Ukraine, including foreign intelligence, in order for the hostilities to end, according to the Kremlin. Additionally, the Kremlin urged that Ukraine not be permitted to rearm in order for the ceasefire to work. Trump, however, stated to Fox News that Putin’s request for aid to Ukraine was not discussed in their phone call.
Additionally, it was revealed that on Wednesday, Russia and Ukraine will exchange 175 prisoners for each.
German and French leaders said they would continue giving Ukraine military support despite Moscow’s demands to stop providing them with intelligence and military support.
The White House stated that talks over a “full ceasefire” and “permanent peace” in Ukraine are scheduled to start “immediately” in the Middle East following the presidents’ call.

Zelenskyy added that Russia’s “whole game is to weaken” Ukraine and that the Kremlin had no intention of putting an end to its invasion of Ukraine. According to Zelenskyy, “They are not even prepared for the first step, which is a ceasefire.”
Trump was requested by US Democratic lawmakers to fund a previously government-sponsored initiative that was led by Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab (Yale HRL) to track the widespread deportation of Ukrainian children. Additionally, they asserted that “devastating consequences” could have been caused by the repository’s persistent deletion.
According to a report from the Reuters news agency, Ukraine signed a deal with Poland’s Orlen and the country’s Naftogaz to purchase 100 million cubic meters of US liquefied natural gas (LNG) in exchange.
Giorgia Meloni, the prime minister of Italy, claimed that the United Kingdom’s and France’s peacekeeping mission to Ukraine is likely to fail. A better option, in Meloni’s opinion, would be to expand NATO’s mutual defense umbrella.
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, announced a new joint task force with Ukraine to streamline the supply chain and strengthen support.

Source: Aljazeera