March 26, 2022. The 31st day of the Russian-Ukrainian war. | BeSmart: Поведінкова економіка
March 26, 2022. The 31st day of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Key news of the day.
Russians changed tactics and now intensified shelling of public infrastructure. Today there were reports from Dubno about the shelling of an oil reserve, Lviv, also about the shelling of the oil reserve, and Boyarka, Kyiv region, where residential houses were damaged. Also, the Russians shelled a high-voltage line that supplies electricity for Kyiv. No casualties have been reported. The damages are being fixed, though the trend to destroy critical infrastructure all over Ukraine is becoming clear
Ukrainian Army has liberated a small city of Trostyanets, 60 km (40 miles) south of Sumy.
The International Committee of the Red Cross is suspected of assisting the human trafficking of Ukrainian residents from temporarily occupied territories (such as Mariupol) to Russia. The head of ICRC announced the decision to open an office in Russian Rostov to assist Russians in the illegal deportation of Ukrainian citizens. In comparison, the president of the Red Cross did not mention such steps when he was in Ukraine. While Russians continue to send Ukrainian citizens to Russia without their consent and deprive them of Ukrainian IDs, all humanitarian corridors for evacuation of the population from Mariupol remain inaccessible for buses or trucks, as well as for humanitarian aid delivery. Only slightly more than 5000 people have been evacuated from all problem sites today. Over 100 thousand civilians still remain in occupied and destroyed Chernihiv and another 150 thousand in Mariupol.
Poland gave shelter to over 2.3 million Ukrainian refugees, as of today.
Standard Russian approach in occupied cities, namely, arresting the legally elected officials, putting a colorant into a mayor’s chair, and gathering a “meeting” that shows “support” to the new rule, have failed in Melitopol. No one came to the meeting, and residents openly refused to support the collaborators’ administration. At the same time, occupants started hunting down residents who support Ukraine, hold Ukrainian flags, or refuse to recognize the Russian occupational administration.
The Russians shelled and damaged a Holocaust memorial Drobitsky Yar on the outskirts of Kharkiv. This is ironic in the view of their declared “denazification” goals.
Over the last months, Russians have destroyed 4500 residential buildings, 100 enterprises, 400 educational institutions, and 150 health care facilities.
Ukrainian skaters Oleksandra Nazarova and Maksym Nikitin performed at World Championships competing in the rhythm dance, received minutes-long standing ovations and 16tth place in the qualifiers. The pair was not able to train before the World Cup because of Russia's war against Ukraine. Oleksandra and Maksym managed to escape the Russian shelling in Kharkiv after having spent several days in the city, and changed their dance only three days before the competition. The two pieces they chose for the rhythm dance are very familiar to Ukrainians. The program opens with the haunting words of a song, “1944” with which Ukrainian singer Jamala won the 2016 Eurovision song contest. The second piece in the latter part of the program is a rousing national folk song performed by Ukraine’s Andriy Khlyvnyuk, the lead singer of the band Boombox, who canceled a tour of the U.S. to help defend his homeland. (Andriy was reported wounded today!). Following the rhythm dance, Nazarova and Nikitin withdrew from the competition. Video:
