• The Republic of Belarus may transfer its troops to the territory of Ukraine. Ukrainian forces are ready to repel the enemy.

It was reported in the General Staff of the Armed Forces. “Signs of preparation of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus for a direct invasion to the territory of Ukraine have been recorded. The defence forces of our country are ready to fight back. The direct involvement of Belarusian troops in Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine, against the will of ordinary soldiers and the vast majority of the Belarusian people, will be a fatal mistake of Alexander Lukashenko", the press service of the General Staff of the Armed Forces said.

• Following the buildings of drama theatre and swimming pool, which became shelters for civilians, the occupiers struck at an art school. Many citizens also hid there from the shelling. There is no information about the victims yet. This was reported in the Mariupol City Council on March 20.

"Yesterday, the Russian occupiers dropped bombs on the art school №12 in the Left Bank district of Mariupol, where about 400 Mariupol residents were hiding - women, children and the elderly", the Mariupol City Hall said. It is also reported that the city was shelled by 4 ships of the Russian Navy. It was stated by the AZOV regiment - Mariupol.

• In the Luhansk region, Russians killed 56 elderly people, they were shot from a tank in the town of Kreminna. Massacre took place on March 11, but it became known only on Sunday, March 20, from the head of the Luhansk Region Council, Serhiy Haida. The Russian occupiers fired from a tank on a house for the elderly. More than 70 people were there at the time of the shelling. 56 people died at once.