Welcome to OFOB Media early morning update from Russia-Ukraine War Front. Here's the latest:

Russian troops are growing increasingly demoralised, according to Western intelligence agencies, and risk becoming encircled in the Kyiv suburbs.

Almost all of Irpin, which has seen fierce fighting in recent weeks, is back in Ukrainian hands, says Kyiv's mayor.

Russian forces are continuing to bombard and blockade the southern port city of Mariupol, where residents have run out of water and food and an estimated 90% of the city's buildings have been damaged or destroyed.

Bombs continue to fall in cities around the country, including Kyiv, Chernihiv and Kharkiv.

After speaking to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday, UK PM Boris Johnson will pledge on Thursday to give Ukraine 6,000 missiles.

Earlier, Sweden announced that it was providing 5,000 anti-tank missiles to Ukraine.

Putin told ministers that gas sales to "unfriendly" nations will go forward in roubles, unsettling the energy markets.

Tributes have poured in for Oksana Baulina, a Russian opposition activist and journalist who was killed by Russian fire in Kyiv.

SOURCE: https://www.obeyafriday.com/2022/03/24/latest-update-from-russia-ukraine-war-this-thursday-morning/