Head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak met with the Ambassador of India to Ukraine and discussed preparations for the first Global Peace Summit in Switzerland, emphasizing the importance of further involving India in the process of establishing a just peace in Ukraine.
Ukraine has started negotiations with Latvia on a bilateral security agreement, defining its content, key elements and thematic blocks.
Missiles are moving in the direction of Poltava and Chernihiv, and air defense is operating in Odesa region.
Air defense systems are in place in Odesa region to counter drone attacks.
The Russian authorities are blocking the evacuation of civilians from the Belgorod region as Russian volunteer units break through the border, using civilians as human shields to protect the Russian terrorist regime.
Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov and Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi regularly visit combat brigades on the front line to understand the situation, discuss challenges with unit commanders and make decisions to support the troops and achieve victory.
Russian occupants launched Iranian-made Shahed kamikaze drones from the south toward Mykolaiv region.
Ukraine will not recognize the presidential elections in Russia in 2024, calling them a "farce" and stating that Russia has not had free and fair elections for a long time, as the electoral process is regularly interfered with and favors pro-government candidates.
Activists of the Yellow Ribbon Movement warn that the Russian occupiers are planning terrorist attacks and provocations with civilian casualties at polling stations in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine during the fake "elections" on March 15-17.
President Zelenskyy discussed Ukraine's priority needs for armored vehicles, artillery, and air defense with German Chancellor Scholz in a phone call, thanking Germany for its continued support.
Kyiv will not ask for permission to strike at Russian military-industrial facilities that supply the Russian army, and strikes on such facilities will continue, says Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council.
Russian missile and drone attacks damaged TV and radio infrastructure in Kharkiv and Sumy regions, temporarily suspending broadcasting in several cities.
The Russians are forcing more than 100,000 Central Asian migrants to vote in sham elections in the occupied Ukrainian territories to inflate voter turnout.
The Norwegian Writers' Association Prize for Freedom of Speech was awarded to British writer Salman Rushdie and Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina.
Austria has expelled two Russian diplomats for actions incompatible with their diplomatic status, bringing the total number of Russian diplomats expelled since the summer of 2020 to 11.
Aleksey Baranovsky, a volunteer with the Freedom of Russia Legion, codenamed "Lyutik," told Newsweek that they intend to eventually "march on Moscow.
Ukraine's Justice Minister Denys Malyuska expressed optimism that U. S. lawmakers from both parties would approve a bill to further support Ukraine in its war against Russian invasion.
The European Parliament has approved the extension of the suspension of import duties and quotas on exports of Ukrainian agricultural products to the EU for another year until June 5, 2025, and extended the suspension of all duties on imports from Moldova until July 24, 2025.
A draft law has been submitted to the Ukrainian parliament that proposes early release from prison for those who agree to contract military service during the current conflict.
Andriy Yermak met with Chinese Ambassador Fan Xianzhong to discuss cooperation on a formula for peace for Ukraine and preparations for the Global Peace Summit in Switzerland.
EU ambassadors agree to increase the European Peace Fund by €5 billion in 2024 to provide military assistance to Ukraine for its defense.
One person was wounded in an enemy air strike that destroyed residential buildings and a shop in Vovchansk.
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada admits the possibility of changing the system of mobilization reserves to make it depend on the level of a person's income, but is skeptical of this idea from a historical perspective.
The waiters of a Lviv restaurant are suspected of embezzling more than UAH 200,000 by abusing the customer coupon system.
UAH 20 million has been allocated from the regional budget to support the residents of Kryvyi Rih who suffered from enemy shelling the day before.
Russia reported a new drone attack, claiming that a Ukrainian drone was shot down over the Belgorod region during an attempted terrorist attack on Russian targets.
Ukraine's Ministry of Defense is testing two samples of floating modules attached to body armor that can automatically inflate and raise soldiers to the surface if they fall into water.
A junior inspector of the Kyiv pre-trial detention center was exposed for systematically smuggling and selling cannabis to prisoners for personal gain.
Ukraine and the European Union have signed an agreement to provide €6 billion in soft loans to Ukraine, of which €4. 5 billion will be disbursed in March and the remaining €1.5 billion in April 2024 after the reform indicators are met.
A Russian strike on Kryvyi Rih killed 3 people, the number of casualties is still being established; the search and rescue operation is complete, 9 residents have been rescued.
