Julia Shramko
The Government has approved the Plan for the Ukraine Facility, a 4-year, €50 billion EU assistance program aimed at implementing structural reforms based on European approaches and bringing Ukraine closer to EU membership, with the potential to receive about €16 billion this year.
As a result of Russian shelling of Kherson region, 3 police officers were injured.
Brent crude oil futures for May delivery on ICE exceeded $86 per barrel, reaching new highs.
Russian attack caused a fire in a five-story building in Kryvyi Rih, which firefighters extinguished after evacuating 28 residents to safety.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops attacked 115 settlements and 190 infrastructure facilities in 11 regions of Ukraine, resulting in civilian casualties.
Two people were killed and a 2-year-old girl was injured in a collision between a Ford Focus and a DAF truck on the Kyiv-Chop highway near the village of Pyatnychany in Lviv region on March 17.
The Security Service of Ukraine detained a father and son who are suspected of preparing missile strikes against Russia by leaking locations of Ukrainian troops and drone manufacturing plants, burying the remains of dead Russian soldiers in the forests near Kyiv and sending photo reports to the FSB.
Work has begun in Romania on the creation of the largest NATO military base in Europe, a 2. 5 billion euro project covering 2,800 hectares and capable of housing up to 10,000 NATO soldiers and their families, with facilities such as runways, hangars, schools, shops and a hospital.
At the request of Poland, Ukraine imported 1,200 MWh of electricity from 11:00 to 15:00 on Monday and exported up to 1,645 MWh, and the power supply situation remained under control despite disruptions caused by shelling in several regions.
In the Dnipropetrovs'k region, a minibus slid into a ditch near the village of Pishchanka, killing 5 people and injuring 13, including 1 child.
In March 2024, the IAEA successfully rotated expert monitoring missions to four Ukrainian nuclear power plants, including the Chornobyl NPP, to ensure their safety in the face of Russia's military aggression.
As of 07:00 on 18. 03.2024, there were no enemy ships in the Black and Azov Seas, but 3 enemy ships were present in the Mediterranean, including 2 Kalibr cruise missile carriers with a total volley of up to 12 missiles.
In the occupied part of Luhansk region, the Russian occupiers extended early "voting" in their "elections" in Sievierodonetsk from 4 days to a week and failed to achieve a record turnout, falling short of 9. 5%.
On March 17, Russians injured 2 residents of Donetsk region in Myrnohrad, and since February 24, 2022, they have killed 1885 civilians and injured 4718 more in Donetsk region, not including unknown victims in Mariupol and Volnovakha.
Russian troops shelled residential areas in the Kherson region, damaging houses, infrastructure, vehicles, and wounding one person.
On March 17, an enemy rocket attack on an infrastructure facility in Mykolaiv killed one person, injured nine, including two children, and damaged buildings, cars, and infrastructure.
A hostile drone attack in the Oleksandriya district of Kirovohrad region damaged private industrial facilities and residential buildings, causing a blast wave that smashed windows and damaged roofs.
Late in the evening, the air defense shot down 2 Shaheds in Kryvyi Rih district, the debris damaged a building and caused a fire, although no one was injured, and Russian troops shelled Nikopol district, damaging buildings and infrastructure.
Ukrainians in the temporarily occupied territories should refrain from participating in, observing or providing any assistance to the illegal pseudo-elections organized by the Russian occupiers, as such actions contravene Ukrainian law and international norms and may lead to criminal liability.
An internal investigation is being conducted at the Khust RTCR after a man reportedly attempted suicide after being detained for attempting to illegally cross the border.
Despite the pressure, repression, and intimidation, residents of the Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine are silently resisting participation in the illegal legitimization of Putin's rule through organized "elections.
A fuel tanker derailed on the railroad in Boryspil, Kyiv region, temporarily blocking traffic at a railroad crossing, but traffic has now resumed.
The level of the Dnipro River in Kyiv reached its absolute maximum of 601 cm above the "0" mark on March 16, 2024, due to increased water discharges from the Kyiv Reservoir caused by the spring floods, which led to flooding of floodplains and low-lying riverine areas.
In 2023, the number of Russian men aged 31-59 with disabilities increased by 30%, likely due to losses in the Russian war against Ukraine, according to a British intelligence report.
The Russian Volunteer Corps, which is participating in the raids on the Belgorod and Kursk regions of Russia, rejected the statements of the Russian Ministry of Defense about repulsing the raid, reporting the capture of another batch of Russian soldiers and counting 25 people.
At Poland's request, Ukraine has accepted surplus electricity, and no shortage is expected, but there are power outages in Chernihiv region, and damage to a gas pipeline in Kharkiv region due to fighting and shelling.
A 51-year-old man was killed and another person was wounded as a result of Russian shelling of Novoselivka Persha in Ocheretynska community, Donetsk region, which is cut by the front line.
In the occupied territories of the Luhansk region, even before the voting began, a high turnout was reported for the Russian presidential "elections.
Russian troops launched a rocket attack on Sloviansk, Donetsk region, damaging an industrial building and 3 trucks, and shelled the region's settlements 18 times over the past day, wounding one civilian and damaging residential buildings, a school, a business and infrastructure.
A rescuer died in hospital from injuries sustained during a Russian missile attack on Odesa on March 15, bringing the death toll to 21, with more than 70 others injured.