These are the key developments on 1111 days of Russia's war against Ukraine.
Here's the situation on Tuesday, March 11:
Struggle
- One civilian was killed and three others were injured in one of the largest Ukrainian drone attacks against Moscow for months.
- Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobianin said the Russian air defense units had destroyed at least 69 drones flying to Moscow in a “large -scale” attack, which was later reported to have participated in more than 90 drones.
- Four airports in the Moscow region and the train network of Domodedovo were forced to stop the services due to the attack. Several apartments were also damaged, while Russian news agency TASS reported a large parking fire near the Russian capital.
- The pro -Russian bloggers said the Kremlin's forces further advanced in the Kursk area in the country as part of a major surgery for the environment to push thousands of Ukrainian soldiers holding territory within Russia.
- The best general of Kiev Alexander Syirski denied that his troops were surrounded by Russian forces, adding that the situation was under control. However, the troops of Ukraine require intensification, “including electronic wars and unmanned components,” Sirsky said.
- Ukraine the military said it had removed 130 of 176 Russian drones fired from Russia overnight, while another 42 could not achieve their goals.
- The spokesman for the border security of Ukraine Andriy Demchenko said Russian troops were trying to create an active battle zone in the northeastern region of Ukraine in sums, across the border of the Russian Kursk region.
- The Russian ministry of emergency said that a large fire had broke out in the southern region of Samara due to a Ukrainian drone attack. No injuries have been reported.
- The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said he had hit two Russian oil refineries in the area of Raisan and the Samara region, which supplies fuel to the Moscow army.
- Three people were killed and nine wounded by Ukrainian attack in the village of Belaia in the Kurksk region in Russia in the Russia region, said region governor Alexander Hinchtein.
Policy and diplomacy
- Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio travel to Saudi Arabia before the talks between Kiev and Washington to end the war of Russia against Ukraine.
- The AFP News Agency, citing a Ukrainian employee, said Kiev plans to propose in part, air and naval termination of fire with Russia during negotiations in Saudi Arabia.
- A senior source from the Ukraine government also told AFP that Russia gained a significant advantage against Kiev during a US pause in sharing military intelligence with Ukrainian forces.
- The US Special Messenger to the Middle East, Steve Vitcof, said Washington is expecting significant progress in negotiations with Ukraine this week, including signing the deal for rare lands.
- Vitcof also said that sharing intelligence with Ukraine will also be discussed during meetings this week, but claims that the United States has never ruled out Ukrainian officials to receive intelligence for defense needs.
- Zelenski promised a completely “constructive” position of Ukraine in negotiations with the United States, adding that his country hopes for practical results of negotiations in Saudi Arabia to end Russia's war against its country.
- The Russian FSB Security Service said two UK diplomats were expelled from Russia on suspicion of espionage. The Kremlin said that the expelled were the second secretary of the United Kingdom Embassy and the husband of the first secretary.
- The Prime Minister's service, Kyir Starmer, said the United Kingdom plans to host virtual negotiations between nations leaders wishing to help with the end of fire in Ukraine.