Julia Shramko
In Mykolaiv region, air defense forces destroyed one enemy Shahed attack drone, and the day before, the Ochakiv area was subjected to mortar fire from Russia.
Russian forces attacked the Kyiv region at night using drones, but air defense systems were active, preventing any casualties or damage to infrastructure, although debris caused a small grass fire that was extinguished.
President Zelenskyy welcomed the European Commission's approval of the draft negotiation framework for Ukraine's accession to the EU and called on EU member states to respond quickly.
Active hostilities are taking place in the Kursk and Belgorod regions of Russia, the GUR said.
Russia is believed to have jammed the GPS signal of a British Air Force plane carrying the country's defense minister for 30 minutes.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discussed the situation in Ukraine with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who thanked Germany for its military support and said Germany would continue to provide military assistance to Ukraine.
A traffic accident occurred on the Ring Road in Kyiv, causing traffic disruptions in the direction of the Zhulianskyi overpass, with one car overturned.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Russia's attempts to organize any elections in the occupied territories of Ukraine are absolutely illegal and violate international law.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine condemns the "elections" of the Russian president in the occupied Ukrainian territories as illegal, urges citizens not to participate in them and calls on the international community not to recognize the results of this Kremlin farce that violates democratic principles and Ukraine's sovereignty.
The National Bank of Ukraine cut its key policy rate by 0. 5 percentage points to 14.5% effective March 15, 2024, resuming the interest rate easing cycle for the first time since December 2023.
NATO Secretary General calls on allies to quickly provide Ukraine with more ammunition, warning that delays have consequences on the battlefield.
More than two dozen heads of parliamentary foreign affairs committees, including the United States and Israel, signed a statement denying the legitimacy of the elections held by Russia in the occupied Ukrainian territories.
Russian troops attacked Nikopol in Dnipropetrovs'k region, wounding 5 people, including a 7-year-old boy, and damaging several multi-storey buildings and infrastructure.
Border guards in Sumy region shoot down a Russian army-launched Shahed drone.
Ukrainian diplomats have appealed to the French authorities after the organizers of a 'Russian film' festival in Paris included the cult Ukrainian film Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Sergei Parajanov in the program.
Rescuers pulled the body of a third victim from the rubble of a five-story building in Sumy that came under enemy fire on the night of March 13.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated Ukrainian volunteers who stood up to defend the state and people at a crucial time for Ukraine on the Day of Ukrainian Volunteer.
For two days in a row, Russia has not deployed its fleet ships in the Black and Azov Seas and has not withdrawn missile launchers from their bases due to stormy weather conditions.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi downplayed the possibility of nuclear war amid Putin's threats.
Geert Wilders, the leader of the Dutch populist Freedom Party (PVV), which received the most votes in the 2023 elections, withdrew his candidacy for prime minister due to the lack of support from other parties necessary to form a coalition government.
Russian occupants attacked Kherson in the morning, damaging and burning cars in the garage of a motor transport company.
For more than three weeks now, Russian troops have been unsuccessfully trying to clear Ukrainian forces' bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnipro River in the south.
China and NATO held talks, discussing global security issues, including Russia's invasion of Ukraine, maritime security, and issues of mutual concern.
On March 13, Russians wounded 2 residents of Donetsk region in Maksymivka and Chasovyi Yar.
Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 22 out of 36 Shahid attack drones launched by Russian occupiers during a night attack on Ukraine.
A large-scale air alert is announced in most regions of Ukraine, including Kyiv, due to the threat of ballistic missile attacks from the east.
At night, two enemy Shahed drones were shot down in Mykolaiv region, and on March 13, several settlements, including Ochakiv, were shelled by Russian artillery, without casualties.
Russian troops attacked residential buildings and a non-residential building in Kharkiv with a drone and a missile, damaging a hospital in Velykyi Burluk and residential buildings in Lozova.
Russian forces shelled several settlements in the Kherson region, damaging residential buildings, a gas pipeline, port infrastructure, transport facilities, and vehicles, but no civilian casualties were reported.
The Commission on Technogenic and Ecological Safety and Emergency Situations extended the ban on visiting places of mass recreation on water bodies in several regions of Ukraine due to martial law.