Z-troops take control of Ukrainian nuclear power plants

As of 15:00 on March 7, the special operation on the territory of Ukraine is characterised by a relative lull, primarily due to the proposal of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to organise humanitarian corridors for civilians to leave the regions with the most serious battles.

The population of the northern outskirts of Kiev was given the opportunity to leave the Ukrainian capital in the direction of Kiev-Gostomel-Sosnovka-Chernobyl to the border with Belarus and further evacuation by aircraft to the territory of the Russian Federation. The option to leave the Bucha-Gostomel region in the direction of Ukraine was also provided.

From Mariupol, surrounded by units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the armies of the DPR and LPR, it was proposed to go through Novoazovsk to the border of Russia, then to Rostov-on-Don. Those who preferred the Ukrainian side were provided with a route towards Zaporozhye.

The population, located in the northern part of semi-ring of Kharkov, was offered to leave through Nekhoteevka in the direction of the Russian Belgorod.

Residents of Sumy could reach Poltava through Romny and Lubny. According to the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, the provision of humanitarian corridors was organised in response to the request of French President Emmanuel Macron.

Despite the readiness of the Russian side to implement a humanitarian operation, the Ukrainian political leadership, as well as nationalist groups acting autonomously in terms of command, rejected the attempt to save civilian lives. Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk said that "our people will not go from near Kiev to Belarus in order to then fly by planes to the Russian Federation" and the withdrawal of civilians from the combat zone did not take place.

As of 13:00, the Ukrainian side has not fulfilled any conditions for the creation of humanitarian corridors. Moreover, in three hours 172 attacks from the Ukrainian side were recorded on the routes of humanitarian corridors. There are numerous reports that nationalists, under threat of physical violence, do not release civilians and foreign citizens through humanitarian corridors.

This made it impossible for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to move to more powerful means of defeating the nationalist groups that had settled in the city limits. Fierce fighting continues in the suburbs of Kiev, Bucha and Gostomel, in the area of Kharkov and regional Izyum, and there is also a gradual accumulation of forces by group V for the probable encircling of Kiev into a complete ring in a few days.

As for the encirclement of Mariupol, an operational pause has come on the Donetsk front, the forces of the DPR and LPR are pulling up reserves and regrouping in order to destroy the nationalist groups that actually took Mariupol hostage. With the destruction of large groups of the UAF, the LPR troops were able, according to the Russian Defence Ministry, to advance 6 kilometres in the direction of the northwest. The DPR took control of Azov and Mirnoye, attempts are being made to penetrate into Mariupol itself.

According to the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, Ukrainian nationalists are actively using the tactics of a "human shield" from the civilian population, which increases the demand for selective means of destruction to prevent the death of civilians.

The situation is more dynamic on the Southern Front, where active military actions are being conducted in the Nikolaev area using multiple launch rocket systems and artillery. Despite the activity, the actions look like restraining, since significant forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were sent to seize control of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and the city of Energodar.

Taking into account Chernobyl, this is the second "nuclear" facility that has been taken under control as part of the Z-operation. Indirectly, this choice of priorities confirms unofficial information about Ukraine's attempts to create nuclear weapons under the guise of an increased radiation background in Chernobyl and the task set to prevent "nuclear blackmail" in any form.

The destruction of the military infrastructure of Ukraine continues, according to the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, the total number of destroyed objects has reached 2,396. This number includes control points, airfields, warehouses, air defence systems, radar stations, and more.

Separate attempts by the Ukrainian side to engage in air battles were recorded – on the evening of March 6, three Ukrainian Su-27s were shot down near Poltava, one Su-25 attack aircraft in the Gostomel area, two Mi-24 helicopters in the Makarov area, as well as eight unmanned aerial vehicles, including Bayraktar TB-2.

The total number of destroyed unmanned aerial vehicles reached 78, the number of destroyed armoured vehicles amounted to 827 tanks and armoured vehicles of other types, 119 S-300, “Buk M-1”, and “Osa” anti-aircraft missile systems were also neutralised.

The transfer of mercenaries from other states, in particular Britain, to Ukraine, as well as the supply of weapons from NATO countries, continues.

The message about the preparation by the United States of an evacuation plan for Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky in order to form a "government in exile" as a centre for coordinating subversive-sabotage activities after the apparent defeat of the Ukrainian army and critical damage to Ukrainian statehood, was significant in terms of the morale of the Ukrainian armed formations.

Despite the increasingly unstable access of Ukrainian soldiers to social networks, there is a large number of defeatist videos that have become a reaction to the expected flight of the commander-in-chief.

Taking into account the talks previously announced on March 10 by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov with the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Kuleba, from a political point of view, we can expect a decrease in the intensity of military actions in the next two days.

At the same time, military logic suggests the danger of a respite for Ukrainian nationalists, who will have the opportunity to gain a foothold in Mariupol, pull up individual reserves to Kharkov, Kiev, Nikolaev and Odessa, as well as increase the intensity of sabotage work.