According to the DIU, a series of cyberattacks were carried out against Russian state and private entities, disabling communications equipment, hacking government systems, and destroying server infrastructure, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.
A 21-year-old man was hospitalized after Russian troops shelled a suburb of Kherson.
The head and chief engineer of Kyivavtoshlyakhmist are suspected of negligence, which led to losses of more than UAH 3. 5 million due to the use of unauthorized materials and works in the execution of contracts for the repair of bridges and interchanges.
Two enemy reconnaissance drones were shot down by the Ukrainian Navy in Odesa region on the night of March 18-19.
The shepherd was killed when explosives left by Russian troops detonated near the village of Molodetske in Kherson region.
An equipment fire occurred at a thermal power plant, which caused temporary interruptions in operations, but the fire was extinguished, the equipment started working, and there is no electricity shortage.
The European Union has prepared legislation that will allow Ukraine to receive income from frozen Russian assets, estimated at about €3 billion a year, starting in July to finance arms supplies and support the Ukrainian defense industry.
At around 9 a. m., the Russian occupiers launched airstrikes on Kozachya Lopan, damaging private houses, civilian infrastructure and power lines.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops attacked 110 settlements and 94 infrastructure facilities in 10 regions of Ukraine, resulting in civilian casualties.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu announced that a referendum on European Union membership will be held in October, seeking to maintain progress toward joining the bloc despite Russia's attempts to destabilize the country.
The EU is preparing to impose duties of 95 euros per ton on grain imports from Russia and Belarus, as well as duties on oilseeds and their products, to reassure farmers and some member states amid concerns that cheaper imports are undermining domestic markets.
Despite funding problems, U. S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will reaffirm Washington's commitment to Ukraine at a meeting with European allies in Ramstein.
Russian troops are constantly shelling and causing destruction in the liberated settlements of Luhansk region, and during the Russian "elections" in the occupied territories, polling station in Lutuhyne had almost empty ballot boxes, and a mobile polling station in Sievierodonetsk was accompanied by Russian troops.
On March 18, Russians killed 1 resident and wounded 5 others in Donetsk region, bringing the total number of civilian casualties since February 24, 2022 to 1,886 killed and 4,723 wounded, not including the unknown number of victims in Mariupol and Volnovakha.
Over the past day, about 20 settlements in Kharkiv region came under hostile artillery and mortar fire, damaging residential buildings and infrastructure, and one person was wounded in Novooosynove village.
Russian troops shelled residential areas in Kherson region, killing 3 people and damaging buildings and a car.
A meeting of the EU-Ukraine Association Council will be held in Brussels on March 20 to discuss Russia's war against Ukraine, its consequences, Ukraine's integration into the EU, and bilateral relations.
Mykhailo Podolyak, Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said that Putin's idea to create a "buffer zone" in Ukraine is a clear sign that the war will only escalate.
In Khmelnytsky region, an obstetrician-gynecologist was served a notice of suspicion for improper performance of duties, which resulted in the death of a newborn child.
On March 18, the enemy attacked civilian infrastructure in Konotop and Sumy district, damaging utility facilities in Konotop, with no casualties reported.
Due to the strikes, delays of perishable goods at the Polish-Ukrainian border have increased to up to 7 days.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba takes part in a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, stating that Ukraine has completed all the steps required by the European Commission to start negotiations on EU accession and is awaiting a decision on the practical start of negotiations.
The EU Council has decided to allocate an additional 5 billion euros for military support to Ukraine under the European Peace Fund, the Foreign Ministry reports.
The EU is considering approving a €5 billion fund to help Ukraine and using the excess profits from frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine's defense, EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell said.
Russia has organized pseudo-elections in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, trying to demonstrate legitimacy by engaging foreign observers, but these "elections" are legally null and void and violate Ukrainian and international law, and Ukrainians in the occupied territories live under the threat of violence.
President Zelenskyy held the meeting to discuss reports from the front, ammunition supplies, defense contracts, protection of critical infrastructure, and efforts to build defense borders.
The number of new patients diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Ukraine's electronic healthcare system almost quadrupled from 2021 to 2023, with 3,292 new cases recorded in the first two months of 2024 alone.
Russia has not abandoned its massive missile strikes, Natalia Gumenyuk points out.
The Ministry of Health of Ukraine has updated the recommendations for vaccination with the bivalent omicron-specific vaccine against COVID-19.
On March 17, 15 drones were involved in a drone attack on an oil refinery in Slavyansk-on-Kuban, Russia.
