Lilia Podolyak
In the Kharkiv region, about 15 settlements came under Russian artillery and mortar fire, and in the village of Liptsi, an educational institution and a private house were damaged by air strikes.
Four people were wounded when Russian forces shelled 14 settlements in Kherson region, damaging buildings and infrastructure.
Explosions occurred in Okhtyrka, Sumy region, during an air raid alert, causing a power outage in the city.
In Zaporizhzhia, 415 attacks were recorded over the day, with Russian troops shelling 10 localities, including air strikes, MLRS, unmanned aerial vehicles, and artillery attacks on residential areas and infrastructure.
In the Dnipropetrovs'k region, fighters of the East operational and tactical group shot down an enemy drone during a night raid, which landed safely in Dniprovsky district.
The US is negotiating with Niger to terminate a military agreement that allowed US troops to remain in the country, due to concerns over the recent military coup in Niger.
Over the past day, 58 combat engagements took place on the frontline, Ukrainian troops repelled numerous enemy attacks in various sectors, including in the Liman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Novopavlivka and Orikhivsk sectors.
Overnight, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down 14 of 16 enemy drones in Odesa region.
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops have lost approximately 430,740 personnel and 6,790 tanks.
Over the course of the day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces conducted 4 air strikes on enemy personnel, weapons, military equipment, a command center and air defense system.
13 Shaheed drones were shot down in Odesa region and 1 in Mykolaiv region during a 3-hour battle, which resulted in damage to agricultural enterprises but no casualties.
A drone attack on an oil refinery in the Krasnodar Territory, Russia, caused a fire that left one person dead from a suspected heart attack.
An unexploded 50-kilogram warhead from a downed Russian Shahid drone was found in a field in Vinnytsia region, and it poses a danger despite having been shot down.
Russia claims to have shot down 35 Ukrainian drones overnight over various regions, including Moscow, Belgorod, Kaluga, Orel, Rostov, Yaroslavl, Krasnodar, and Kursk.
The EU is stepping up pressure on importers to significantly reduce purchases of Russian liquefied natural gas this year to undermine funding for the Russian army and redistribute supplies.
Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, is under investigation by the US federal authorities for the potential role of the platforms in facilitating the illegal sale and distribution of drugs.
The parents of Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshynova, who died in 2022 while preparing a report for Fox News in Horenka near Kyiv, have filed a lawsuit against the American television company for negligence and misrepresentation of the circumstances of her death.
Russian construction workers are being brought to Mariupol to vote in the pseudo-presidential elections organized by the Russian occupiers to legitimize their power and demonstrate high voter turnout, while Mariupol residents ignore the electoral farce.
Ukraine is facing an acute shortage of ammunition, which threatens to make it unable to defend cities from Russian missile attacks by the end of the month.
The junta of Niger has terminated the military cooperation agreement with the United States, ending the presence of the US military and the operation of the US drone base in the country.
Turkey reiterates its non-recognition of Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea from Ukraine following an illegitimate referendum in 2014, emphasizing its support for Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
Egypt: On Sunday, ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas will resume in Qatar, with Hamas proposing a three-stage plan that includes the exchange of prisoners, the withdrawal of Israeli troops and the lifting of the blockade of Gaza in exchange for a permanent ceasefire.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned Russia's attempts to hold presidential elections in the occupied regions of Ukraine, reaffirming the UN's commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
A volcanic eruption began on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland, forcing the authorities to evacuate the residents of Grindavik.
France will offer Russia a ceasefire in Ukraine during the Olympic Games, and the participation of Russian athletes will be closely monitored.
Due to the deformation of the roadbed on the Nihyn - Humentsi stretch in Khmelnytsky region, Ukrzaliznytsia temporarily closed the traffic for the train #139/140 Kyiv - Kamyanets-Podilsky with trailer cars from Uzhhorod.
On March 16, the Russian military fired 66 times at 14 settlements in Sumy region, resulting in 286 explosions from various weapons, including artillery, mortars, rockets, and drones.
The Municipal Nanny program may become a prototype for future family kindergartens, as the Ministry of Education is developing a system for transforming kindergartens, including family options.
Ukraine is actively negotiating security guarantees with 10 countries, in addition to the 7 such agreements already concluded with 5 G7 countries.
Macron said that he and Chancellor Scholz will coordinate initiatives on Ukraine, emphasizing Germany's significant commitment to arms production and military equipment maintenance, as well as the importance of Germany's role in the long-range weapons coalition.