Missile strike on Odesa and meeting of Weimar Triangle leaders to support Ukraine: highlights for March 15
Russian troops launched a missile strike on Odesa, killing 20 people and injuring more than 70 others, including rescue workers and medics. The leaders of France, Germany, and Poland agree to support Ukraine. Director of the Kyiv Metro Viktor Brahinskyi resigned after a journalistic investigation. We have collected the main news for March 15.
Missile attack on Odesa
On the morning of March 15, the Russian military attacked Odesa with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles fired from the temporarily occupied Crimea. A fire broke out at the site of the first hit. Rescuers immediately arrived at the site of the impact and began to extinguish the fire, dismantle the rubble, and search for victims. During the work, Russia launched a second missile strike.
As of 7 p.m., 20 people were reported dead. There were also 73 injuries, including locals, medics, and rescue workers.
Macron, Scholz and Tusk meet in Berlin
The Weimar Triangle talks were held in Berlin with the participation of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Scholz said the three countries are ready to "buy even more weapons for Ukraine - on the entire world market." There are also plans to expand the production of military equipment and launch a new coalition for long-range rocket artillery.
In addition, the leaders of the three countries want to use the profits from Russian assets frozen in Europe to purchase weapons for Ukraine.
Kyiv metro head resigns
The director of the Kyiv Metro, Viktor Brahinskyi, has submitted a letter of resignation. Prior to that, investigative journalists from Bihus.Info found that Brahinskyi's mother owns two apartments in the capital, and his ex-wife owns luxury real estate and a land plot.
Brahinskyi had been the head of the Kyiv Metro utility since 2014.
Ukraine returns bodies of 100 defenders
Today, March 15, Ukraine returned 100 bodies of fallen Ukrainian soldiers as part of another repatriation exercise.
After identification, the bodies will be handed over to the families for a dignified burial.
Russians attack near Avdiivka
Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said that Russian troops have focused their main efforts on the Avdiivka axis and have been trying to break through the defense of Ukrainian troops in the three brigades' lines for several days in a row, sending assault units in vehicles and on foot into battle every day.
Threat of terrorist attacks in schools
In Zakarpattya Oblast, cyber police have blocked a Telegram channel that threatened to organize terrorist attacks in Mukachevo schools.
Law enforcement is currently looking for people involved in the creation of the channel. They have sent a request to the foreign provider. Meanwhile, the head of the Zakarpattya Oblast State Administration, Viktor Mykyta, said that additional "forces and means of law enforcement agencies" were deployed for the safety of schoolchildren under a "separate order".
Other news
- Russian forces shelled a village in Zaporizhzhya Oblast: an elderly woman was killed.
- Greece will transfer artillery howitzers with ammunition to Ukraine and join the coalition for demining, and Portugal will allocate 100 million euros for the Czech initiative to supply shells.
- The Verkhovna Rada considered 300 amendments to the draft law on mobilization: they discussed permits to leave the country and the powers of local authorities.
- The government plans that by 2030, 80% of Ukrainians will speak Ukrainian in their families and everyday life.
- In Sumy Oblast, all residents of 22 settlements have left as part of the evacuation.
- The government has identified a site for the National Military Memorial Cemetery.
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