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Russian forces maintained pressure on the Zhytomyr highway in the vicinity of the village Makarovka.

Makariv, Kyiv
Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources
Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda UNIAN Censor.NET

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Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Russian forces maintained pressure on the Zhytomyr highway in the vicinity of the village Makarovka.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Russian troops are firing at anyone they see outside on Bucha's streets

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Russian troops are shooting on Bucha's streets

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Occupiers installed 'Grads' between houses in Bucha.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

On March 8, Russian soldiers stationed in nearby forest went house to house asking 'Where are your women? We've come to congratulate them on International Women's Day'

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

That night, they returned and took two women to their headquarters where they raped them

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:30.744Z

Source story: day-13-2022-03-08