[emoji298]️WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS:
• Volodymyr Zelensky imposed sanctions against a number of Russian bookmakers. The Ukrainian president said that this would put an end to scams worth tens of billions of Ukrainian hryvnyas. He added that this was not the last such package of sanctions.
• On the morning of March 11, Russian invaders hit the city of Kherson. Three civilians were killed two wounded, Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of Kherson RMA, reported.
• On 11 March, Russian forces attacked a vital infrastructure facility in Zaporizhzhya with S-300 missiles. The strike targeted "a life support facility of the regional centre, which is home to several hundred thousand people,” Zaporizhzhya RMA reported.
• On March 11, the Russian forces used tubed artillery and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems to attack the Donetsk Region. As a result, one civilian was killed and four were injured, the Prosecutor-General's Office said.
• Commander of the Ground Forces of the AFU Syrskyi again visited Bakhmut and stated that its defense is necessary to prepare for the spring counteroffensive of the Ukrainian army, the Land Forces of Ukraine reported. "It is necessary to gain time to accumulate reserves and start the spring counteroffensive, which is just around the cornerl,” Syrskyi said.
• A total of 28,000 volunteers have submitted applications to the Offensive Guard and almost all units have already been formed, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ihor Klymenko, said.
• Foreign Minister Kuleba does not expect the delivery of fighter jets to Ukraine in the near future, "because it is a very difficult task from a logistical and technical point of view,” he said in an interview with Bild am Sonntag.
• Iran has announced that the country has reached an agreement to buy advanced Su-35 fighter jets from Russia, the Iranian broadcaster IRIB reported.
• Poland is embarking on the biggest rearmament programme in 50 years in our response to the threat from Russia. The defence budget for this year is a record €19 billion. The country will also double the size of its army to 300,000 troops, The Telegraph reported.
• On 11 March, a US Air Force B-52 strategic bomber flew over the Baltic States and the Gulf of Finland, approaching the Russian island of Suursaari, ERR reported.
• Switzerland is disposing of 60 Rapier defense systems and missiles that Ukraine would need, NZZ reported. Such systems can be used very well against low-flying targets such as drones.
• The British government has called on Olympic sponsors to put pressure on the International Olympic Committee to prevent Russia and Belarus from participating in the 2024 Olympics, The Guardian reported.
• CNN journalists obtained customs documents showing that in 2022, China continued to supply military helicopter parts to a Russian company that is under US sanctions for its involvement in the war against Ukraine.
• Differences are growing between Kyiv and Washington over the conduct of the war in Ukraine and options for ending it, Politico reported.
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