Day 328 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Putin wants Donbas Captured by March (UPDATED)

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Embarrassing comments about the Russian attack on Dnipro cost Oleksii Arestovych his resignation

The adviser to the chief of staff of the Ukrainian president, Oleksii Arestovych, is resigning, he announced on Facebook.

Arestovych came under fire after he announced on the Feygin Live YouTube channel that the missile that destroyed a residential building in Dnipro had been shot down by Ukrainian air defense forces.

At least 40 civilians were killed in Saturday's enemy attack on a residential block, and 72 apartments were destroyed. The spokesman of the Air Force of Ukraine, Yuriy Ignat, reported that the Russian army fired an X-22 missile, designed to destroy aircraft carrier groups at sea, at the 9-story residential block in Dnipro. In slang, they call X-22 "killer of aircraft carriers".

However, Arestovych's statement was immediately used by Kremlin propagandists as alleged proof of their "right" that Ukraine itself is guilty of killing civilians.

Later, Arestovich clarified that this was only a "supposition" and that the tragedy in Dnipro was the result of Russian armed aggression. And he explained that the mistake he made was due to overwork.

"Arestovich's words had to be refuted by the Air Force. The Air Force emphasizes that the X-22 missile was not shot down by the Air Defense due to the lack of funds for this in Ukraine. The Verkhovna Rada has already announced that it has begun collecting signatures for the release of Arestovich ", commented UNIAN.

"I want to set an example of civilized behavior: a fundamental error means resignation,"...