, a search operation was completed in a destroyed highrise building. In total, the russian attack killed 12 people, including five children, fourmonthold timofey, sevenmonthold lisa, threeyearold mark, eightyearold zlata and her brother serhiy. This was announced by the head of the Regional Military administration oleg kiper. Let me remind you that on the night of march 2, the enemy attacked odesa with drones, and 18 apartments were destroyed when one of them hit a residential building. In the lemanokupian direction, the enemy gathered 122 military group, the head of the press service of the khortytsia military group ilya yevlash reported. According to him, the enemy has also concentrated more than 1,100 tanks, almost 200 armored fighting vehicles, more than 1,000 artillery systems and more than 400 rocket salvo fire systems in this direction. And to operational information from the general staff of the armed forces of ukraine. 78 combat clashes took place at the front during the day.
A Russian official says a deal allowing Ukraine to export grain through its Black Sea ports has been extended for 60 days, though Kyiv said it would stick to a 120-day extension and Turkey said talks were ongoing.
Ukrainian forces repelled several waves of Russian attacks in and around Bakhmut the over the past 24 hours, the military said, as commanders on both sides described the situation in the city in the eastern Donetsk region as "difficult."
Chinese President Xi Jinping is planning to travel to Russia to meet his counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as soon as next week, people familiar with the matter said, which would be sooner than previously expected.
Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine has put children in residential institutions at extreme risk, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on March 13.