[04.03.2022] "Ukraine is fighting like no one expected":

The main thing this day:

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: The total combat losses of the enemy from February 24 to March 4 were approximately: 9166 personnel. It is also noted that the Russian troops lost 251 tanks, 939 armored combat vehicles, 105 artillery systems, 50 MLRS, 18 air defense equipment, 33 aircraft (information to be specified), 37 helicopters (information to be specified), 404 vehicles, two light speedboats, 60 fuel tanks, three operational and tactical UAVs.

An advanced team of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has left for Ukraine to investigate war crimes on its territory.
Russia does not agree to a neutral flag for humanitarian convoys - Vereshchuk
Yermak: We call on the West to close the skies over Ukraine - this may force Putin to pause.
Russian military began mining Kherson - set "stretch marks" in the city center - Land Forces of the Armed Forces.
Troops of the Russian Federation fired on the resort village of Zatoka in Odessa region - the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Odessa region.
The Biden administration has asked Congress for $ 10 billion for Ukraine - WP
In the Donetsk region, in addition to Volnovakha and Mariupol, Mangush, Mayorsk, and Krasnohorivka came under enemy fire. A woman was killed in Mayorsk, the exact number of victims in Mangush is still unknown - the head of the Donetsk regional military administration Pavlo Kyrylenko.
The second round of talks between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations has begun.
Ukrainian authorities are trying to deliver humanitarian aid to the city of Mariupol, which is surrounded by 400,000 people - Denisov.
In the Netherlands, the Giro555 charity platform received 9.8 million euros in three days to help Ukrainians affected by Russian aggression.
Ukrainians raised UAH 80 million for the army through "Action" - Fedorov
Heavy equipment of the Russian military entered Energodar of the Zaporozhye region and opened fire on the civilian population - the mayor.
The city of Okhtyrka in the Sumy region was bombed again this evening, the enemy destroyed the Okhtyrka CHP and the railway station - the mayor.
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said at a meeting with representatives of foreign media: “Do you know that they (Russian servicemen - ed.) Brought crematoria with them? They just brought crematoria with them. That is, they (Russia's leadership - ed.) Are not going to show families, mothers, that their children died here, that they were killed, that they came to Ukraine to kill us, and we defend ourselves, our freedom, our homes, so they die. ..
The Elysee Palace says that Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to "compromise" and wants to take control of all of Ukraine - the media
Denis Shmygal: Ukraine appeals to international organizations, in particular to the IAEA, to immediately apply to NATO to close access to the airspace over our nuclear facilities. Close the sky over Ukraine! Now it's a matter of security for the whole world! Not only Ukraine!
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky emphasizes that the support of the world is very important for Ukraine, and he is glad that the world has united, but it is a pity that at such a price.
On the eve of an extraordinary meeting of NATO foreign ministers on March 4, the World Congress of Ukrainians (UWC) called on them to decide to establish a no-fly zone over Ukrainian territory.
Adviser to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Oleksiy Arestovych: "Russians are gradually lowering their demands. Yesterday was the inclusion of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. If we look closely, we will see that they have stopped talking about" denazification ". It was about preventing the deployment of certain types of offensive weapons in Ukraine. This reduction in the level of requirements shows that they understand that they are unable to achieve political goals by military means. "
Russian troops fire on railways, schools and kindergartens in Mariupol. Currently, the situation in Mariupol remains difficult - the National Guard of Ukraine.
In Ukraine, during the eight days of the war, 28 children were killed by the weapons of the Russian invaders, and another 64 were wounded by Darya Herasymchuk, an adviser to the President's Commissioner for Children's Rights and Children's Rehabilitation.
Ukraine appeals to the International Committee of the Red Cross to urgently take the necessary steps to organize humanitarian corridors.
In the Latvian capital on March 5 from the monument of Freedom the procession "Together for Ukraine! Together against Putin! "
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom made a donation to the British Emergency Situations Committee (DEC) to help Ukrainians.
In the Donetsk region in Volnovakha and Volnovakha district, up to 1,000 civilians remain in basements, and the regional authorities continue to evacuate people on their own - the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko.
The US Embassy in Ukraine called the Russian attack on the Zaporizhzhya NPP a war crime. Energoatom: Losses of the Ukrainian military after the night assault on the Zaporizhzhya NPP: 3 dead, 2 wounded, including 1 in critical condition. The Armed Forces neutralized one enemy tank with the entire crew. As for the station staff, he was not injured.
Putin wants to involve reserve troops in the war in Ukraine, as the total loss of Russian troops since the attack on Ukraine on February 24 is already about 9,166 people - Khodorkovsky.
"Not my war." The Georgian authorities did not want to support Ukraine during the Russian aggression, but the people of Georgia think differently - https://twitter.com/i/status/1499798373704024066
"If we fall, Europe will fall." Zelensky addressed thousands of Europeans who came to rallies in support of Ukraine.
Mariupol fights against Russian aggressors: Ukrainian defenders destroy occupiers and their equipment

Alexandra - "When I heard the first explosions, I ran out of the house to get my dogs out of the cages. People panicked, threw their cars. I was so scared," she said. The 25-year-old girl regularly communicates with her mother, who lives in Moscow. But during these conversations, and even after she posted a video of her hometown after the bombing, she could not convince her mother that she was in danger. "I didn't want to scare my parents, but I started telling them outright that civilians and children were dying," she said.
In Serbia, thousands of people came out in support of Russia, which is waging war in Ukraine - https://twitter.com/i/status/1499803202212044807
Switzerland has already started delivering humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
"Russian soldiers killed my family while she was fleeing". Relatives say the family, who tried to flee the Russian invasion, were deliberately shot at by Russian soldiers at a checkpoint in southern Ukraine. Five people died.

In Zhytomyr, the Russians destroyed the school with a rocket
"We don't want to be at war with Ukraine, there are 1,5 thousand of us": the Russian soldier surrendered near Nikolaev

At least 200 volunteers from Nigeria are ready to fight for Ukraine - the media
Turkey has closed the Bosphorus to Russian warships.
The international hacker group Anonymous, after declaring a "cyber war" against the Kremlin's criminal regime, "hacked" 2,500 websites in Russia and Belarus in support of Ukraine.

Private Maksym Hanyhin from the Saratov region (Russia) died on February 24, the first day of the invasion of Ukraine. The mother tries to get her son's body, but to no avail.