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[00:19:38] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Finnish PM: No one promised to send Hornet fighter jets to Ukraine. Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin appears to have done an about-face after saying during her visit on March 10 to Kyiv that Finland would consider providing decommissioned Hornet jets to Ukraine.

[01:04:38] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡ Biden requests $886 billion defense budget. The U.S.' largest peacetime budget request and $28 billion more than last year's, the proposed budget includes a 5.2% increase in pay for troops and a large allocation for research and development, Reuters reported on March 13.

[03:04:37] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡ISW: Russian Defense Ministry appears to deliberately expend Wagner forces to derail Prigozhin’s political aspirations. Russian political scientist Aleksey Mukhin commented on remarks made by Yevgeny Prigozhin in which he said he intends to run for the President of Ukraine.

[03:04:38] Twitter KyivIndependent: Mukhin rhetorically asked if Prigozhin notified Russian President Vladimir Putin about his “presidential ambitions,” the Institute for the Study of War said on March 13.

[03:04:39] Twitter KyivIndependent: "Mukhin’s attack on Prigozhin is in line with ISW’s March 12 assessment that the Russian Ministry of Defense may be deliberately expending Wagner forces in Bakhmut in part to derail Prigozhin’s political aspirations," the institute said.

[04:49:38] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡Russian attacks in eastern Ukraine yield little but casualties. From Kupiansk in the northern Kharkiv Oblast to Avdiivka in the south, through Bakhmut, Lyman and dozens of towns in between, Russians are attacking along a 257-kilometer arc in eastern Ukraine, the NYT reported.

[04:49:38] Twitter KyivIndependent: "Russian gains are minimal, and they come at a frightful cost on both sides," the New York Times writes. Western officials and analysts have estimated at least 200,000 dead or injured on the Russian side.

[05:49:38] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡General Staff: Ukraine repels more than 100 Russian attacks over past 24 hours. Russian forces are concentrating efforts on conducting offensives toward Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Mariinka, and Shakhtarsk in Donetsk Oblast, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said.

[05:49:39] Twitter KyivIndependent: Over the past 24 hours, Russia launched five missiles, targeting civilian infrastructure in Sumy and Donetsk regions, as well as 35 airstrikes and 76 MLRS attacks against Ukraine.

[07:34:38] Twitter DefenceU: "Nothing is impossible in this world. Firm determination, it is said, can move heaven and earth." Yamamoto Tsunetomo Total combat losses of the enemy from February 24, 2022 to March 14, 2023: https://t.co/bLaIp5h9f8

[08:04:38] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️UK Defense Ministry: Russia's ammunition shortage behind 'no significant offensives' in Ukraine. Russia's increasing artillery ammunition deficit has led to "extremely" tight ammunition restrictions in many areas of Ukraine's front line, the ministry reported on March 14. https://t.co/14PxLPVBo1

[08:34:39] Twitter KyivIndependent: These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of March 14, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. https://t.co/NncF1Ft2Hw

[08:49:37] Twitter DefenceU: Kramatorsk. Another violent attack by russian terrorists. Six apartment buildings were damaged. At least three people were injured. One person died. russia continues to deliberately target civilians. #russiaisaterroriststate Donetsk Regional Military Administration https://t.co/QwQGmTKNRT

[09:19:37] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️4 killed in Donetsk Oblast as Russia attacks 8 Ukrainian regions over past 24 hours. https://t.co/qN2fNJbPsY

[09:19:39] Twitter KyivIndependent: On the morning of March 14, Russia launched a missile strike on Donetsk Oblast's Kramatorsk, killing one person & wounding at least three, said Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko. Earlier the same day, Kyrylenko reported three civilians killed & 14 more injured in Russian attacks.

[10:34:38] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Southern Command: Russia's proxies in occupied parts of Kherson Oblast preparing to leave. Moscow-installed proxies on Kherson Oblast's east bank are "taking away documentation and looted things," Ukraine's Southern Command spokesperson Natalia Humeniuk said on March 14.

[10:34:39] Twitter KyivIndependent: "This is a sign that another 'gesture of goodwill' is being prepared," Humeniuk told Ukrainian Channel 24, referring to the propaganda term that Moscow used to justify its troops being forced from previously occupied Kyiv Oblast and other Ukrainian regions.

[11:04:38] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Russia attacks fire station in Kharkiv Oblast, killing 1. Russian troops struck a fire station in Kharkiv Oblast's city of Vovchansk on March 14, said Governor Oleh Syniehubov. One of the Russian projectiles reportedly hit a civilian car nearby, killing a 55-year-old woman.

[12:04:38] Twitter DefenceU: Diary of a russian officer captured near Vuhledar. March 1: 100 soldiers undertook an assault; 16 remained. March 3: out of 116 soldiers 23 remained. March 4: out of 103 soldiers 15 remained. March 5: out of 115 soldiers 3 remained. https://t.co/rbd4Xln6BG

[12:19:39] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Minister: Two more countries join Core Group on Special Tribunal for Russian crime of aggression. "32 states are now working together to hold Russia's top political and military leadership accountable," said Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

[13:04:40] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Lithuanian parliament recognizes Wagner Group as terrorist organization. The resolution says that the Russian state-backed mercenary group Wagner is a terrorist organization, posing a threat to the security of the Lithuanian state and society, the Baltic News Service reported.

[13:19:53] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Bloomberg: Russia saved $80 billion in foreign assets in 2022. Over the first year of its all-out war against Ukraine, Russia accumulated nearly a third of its profits from commodity exports abroad, creating a new potential target for Western sanctions, Bloomberg reported.

[13:19:55] Twitter KyivIndependent: According to a Bloomberg Economics estimate, about $80 billion of Russia's funds are dispersed across cash deposits, real estate, and investments in affiliated companies. https://t.co/GoIYgGUuI2

[14:19:38] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Reuters: Russian soldiers sexually abused a 4-year-old child, raped her mother in Kyiv Oblast. Ukraine accused two Russian soldiers of sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl and raping her mother in front of her father during the occupation near Kyiv in March, Reuters reported.

[14:19:39] Twitter KyivIndependent: According to the Prosecutor General's Office, as cited by Reuters, this was part of a series of sexual crimes committed by Russian soldiers from the 15th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade in four houses in the Brovary District near the capital of Ukraine in March 2022.

[14:34:38] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Russia's State Duma increases punishments for 'discrediting' Russian military. The new punishments include a fine of up to five million rubles (about $66,450) and a sentence of 15 years in prison. https://t.co/WgxuJWFQQt

[14:49:42] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Poland may send MiG-29 jets to Ukraine within next 4-6 weeks. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said at a press conference on March 14 that Poland could transfer MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine within the next four to six weeks, Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita reported.

[14:49:44] Twitter KyivIndependent: Paweł Szrot, the head of the Polish President's Office, said on March 9 that Poland would transfer only a limited number of MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine. "As far as I know, it will not be a large number of aircraft," Szrot said, as quoted by the Polish Press Agency.

[15:19:39] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Zelensky holds meeting of commander-in-chief's staff, discusses Bakhmut. "All staff members expressed a common position regarding the further holding and defense of the city of Bakhmut," Ukraine's Presidential Office wrote on March 14.

[15:34:37] Twitter KyivIndependent: The Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff gathered amid fierce fighting raging over Donetsk Oblast's Bakhmut in Ukraine's east as Russia's Wagner mercenaries try to break through Ukrainian defense and advance to the central areas of the city. https://t.co/otjDl6yHmd

[15:49:38] Twitter DefenceU: RT @oleksiireznikov: Ukraine is a maritime state. We will defend our Black&Azov Seas as we do our land and skies. I'm very grateful to the people, @MinPres Mark Rutte and my colleague @DefensieMin Kajsa Ollongren for the decision to provide 2 Alkmaar-class minehunters for the @UA_NAVY! https://t.co/NSSpUqaUTD

[15:49:39] Twitter DefenceU: RT @oleksiireznikov: I'm glad to host my dear colleague @DefensieMin Kajsa Ollongren in Ukraine. Have a lot to discuss before #Ramstein 10 in Ukraine’s beautiful South. https://t.co/uv9uMU17ub

[16:04:39] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️EU Council increases ceiling for Ukraine military aid fund by 2 billion euros. “The European Peace Fund has become an integral part of the EU's support for strengthening peace and security around the world," said EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell.

[16:49:38] Twitter KyivIndependent: The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine and the Kyiv School of Economics report estimates that Russia's full-scale invasion caused over $138 billion worth of damages. The full-scale war affected a wide range of sectors, with housing and infrastructure witnessing the heaviest toll. https://t.co/Mz6zTTXzwA

[16:49:40] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Top Defense Ministry official arrested for accepting $9,000 bribe. According to the State Bureau of Investigation, the unnamed 60-year-old colonel allegedly agreed with a Ukrainian citizen of draft age to issue documents for removal from the military register for money.

[17:34:40] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Dismissed deputy defense minister denies wrongdoing in procurement scandal. Viacheslav Shapovalov, who was dismissed for procuring food at inflated prices and who currently remains in custody, denied the allegations in comments made to Ukrainska Pravda via his attorney.

[17:49:38] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Iceland's PM visits Kyiv, meets with Zelensky. According to the brief, Zelensky thanked Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdóttir for Iceland's continued political, financial, and humanitarian support of Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion. https://t.co/blzqqe1x6c

[17:49:39] Twitter KyivIndependent: Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine

[18:04:45] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️CNN: Russian fighter jet forces down US drone over Black Sea after deliberate mid-air collision. According to a U.S. official quoted, a Russian Su-27 Flanker jet deliberately released fuel in the path of the Reaper drone "several times" before damaging the its rear propeller.

[18:04:47] Twitter KyivIndependent: The drone was then forced to come down in international waters, according to CNN's sources.

[19:04:38] Twitter KyivIndependent: "Before Russia invaded, Ukraine upped its climate ambitions, setting a target to reach net zero emissions by 2060. The devastation of war risks making it harder to reach that goal," says Fatih Birol, International Energy Agency's executive director. https://t.co/hKoMKdbCU1

[19:04:41] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️SBU obtains Russian suspect plotting to assassinate Ukrainian officials, activists. An individual has been found guilty for plotting the assassinations of intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov, Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov and a popular Ukrainian activist, the SBU.

[19:19:39] Twitter DefenceU: A year ago today, 2 members of @FoxNews team Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleksandra Kuvshynova were killed in an attack outside Kyiv, @BenjaminHallFNC was injured. According to @coe, since the beginning of russia’s unprovoked aggression 12 journalists were killed and 21 were injured. https://t.co/Gywz1lWGC1

[19:19:42] Twitter DefenceU: RT @oleksiireznikov: Today is Ukrainian Volunteer Day. We honor those who willingly, without an order of the state, stood up to defend Ukraine. In 2014, in 2022 or in any other year of war. Honor to the patriots who continue to serve. Eternal memory to all fallen volunteers. Glory to Ukraine! https://t.co/uonsekcB3i

[19:34:41] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Russian military intensifies mobilization efforts in occupied Crimea. Russian occupying forces are intensifying their mobilization efforts throughout the Crimean peninsula, Ukraine's National Resistance Center reported.

[20:34:37] Twitter DefenceU: Congratulations to our brave soldiers on Ukrainian Volunteer Day! We thank every man and woman who is defending Ukraine in this war. We are proud of their patriotism, courage and sacrifice. We are honoured to be working for an army of thousands of volunteers. Glory to Ukraine! https://t.co/ZuazR4n2Hw

[20:49:38] Twitter KyivIndependent: Ukrainian soldier and paramedic Alina Mykhailova presents President Volodymyr Zelensky on March 14 with the personal battle chevron of the fallen hero Dmytro Kotsiubailo, who commanded the First Mechanized Battalion “Da Vinci Wolves.” Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine https://t.co/rxs7ov4RDV

[20:49:39] Twitter KyivIndependent: 27-year-old Dmytro Kotsiubailo, known by his call sign “Da Vinci,” was one of the youngest commanders in Ukrainian history, a legendary soldier, and a Hero of Ukraine, killed by Russia near Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, on March 7. https://t.co/heKharZ1XI

[20:49:45] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Netherlands to deliver 2 minehunter ships to Ukraine. The Netherlands has pledged two Alkmaar class minehunter ships to Ukraine following Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren's two-day visit to Ukraine, Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said. https://t.co/4sSnwurBZD

[20:49:47] Twitter KyivIndependent: Photo: Oleksii Reznikov/Facebook

[21:04:39] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡️Cabinet of Ministers approves dismissals of Luhansk, Odesa, Khmelnytsky oblast governors. The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the dismissal of Serhiy Haidai, Maksym Marchenko, and Serhiy Hamaliy from their positions as governors of Luhansk, Odesa, and Khmelnytsky oblasts.

[21:19:39] Twitter KyivIndependent: In this edition, discover how https://t.co/vCebAparrZ, a Ukrainian investigative outlet, found another Defense Ministry contract with inflated food prices, and more.https://t.co/aAD5Vc1z0r

[21:19:46] Twitter KyivIndependent: "The Kyiv Independent: Opinion" is a series of videos where our journalists share their thoughts on various issues. In this video, @AlexanderQuery, a native of France, contemplates why many in his home country, and in Europe in general, romanticize Russia. https://t.co/WlcSM9SlBb

[21:34:43] Twitter DefenceU: Jr. Lt. @Mykhailova_A , call sign Ulf, presented a chevrone of her fallen fiance, Jr. Lt, Hero of Ukraine, Dmytro “Da Vinci” Kotsyubailo to @ZelenskyyUA Alina was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi 3rd Class. https://t.co/x8aiG3Q8LZ

[22:49:38] Twitter KyivIndependent: Ukraine vowed on March 14 that it would hold on to Bakhmut despite Russia’s grinding assaults since losing the city would affect “the stability of the defense of the entire front.” https://t.co/3g5YcEzyEE

[23:34:40] Twitter KyivIndependent: ⚡ Danilov refutes claims that Ukraine’s counteroffensive may be at risk due to casualties. #WarDisinfoWatch https://t.co/KcnDYxwtMo

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