Ukraine war map today, as of Mar. 9

Ukraine war map today, as of Mar. 9

Ukrainian forces still controls the Khromove crossing despite having blown up the regular road. The AFU created an alternative passage. North of Opytne, Russians are pushing and the same goes for Bakhmut cemetary area.

North of Bakhmut, Russian forces are now trying to attack from Berkhivka towards Hryhorivka-Bohdanivka axis. Russian troops have advanced slightly towards Hryhorivka.

North of Soledar, Russian forces have launched an offensive towards Rozdolivka after further advances towards Siversk were halted earlier at this point by Ukrainian troops.

General Updates:

US officials are studying whether Ukrainian MiGs can be fitted with modern AIM-120 air-to-air missiles designed to fire from Western fighter jets.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in Kyiv. Here he will meet with Zelenskyi for negotiations on the continuation of the grain agreement.

18 German and 3 Portuguese Leopard 2 tanks together with trained personnel will go to Ukraine in March," German Defense Minister Pistorius said.

The EU training mission for Ukraine will complete the training of 11,000 servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by the end of March, and the number of trained military personnel will reach 30,000 by the end of the year.

Pic Source: War_mapper on Twitter