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Due to grid constraints, Kharkiv and Odesa regions are subject to emergency outage schedules, but electricity imports from 5 countries are planned, and no shortage is expected in the power system.
Explosions were heard in Sumy. The city and the region are on air alert.
The winner of the "Do Your Business" business idea competition has started producing arbolite blocks.
Due to a power surge, equipment at a pumping station burned down, leaving the Kalmius district of occupied Mariupol without water supply.
All 12 attacking Shahed UAVs were shot down by mobile firing groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
A 65-year-old civilian man was killed in Vovchansk, Kharkiv region, as a result of Russian shelling that damaged private houses.
2,423 applications were registered to the civil service personnel reserve for work in the de-occupied territories of Ukraine, with most applicants preferring to work in Crimea, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.
A grant program from PIN-UP and Forbes Ukraine is launched for frontline businesses.
russian troops intensify attacks along the railroad tracks east of Chasovyi Yar in eastern Ukraine, seeking to break through to the town.
russia continues to build a railroad in the occupied Ukrainian territories as far as Crimea, but it passes through areas vulnerable to long-range Ukrainian strikes, according to a British intelligence report.
Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 31 of 34 Russian attack drones on the night of March 23 in Poltava, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions.
A 56-year-old native of Donetsk region faces up to 10 years in prison for cooperating with the russian occupation forces by voluntarily accepting a leadership position in an illegally created government body in the occupied territory.
Emergency power outages continue in Kharkiv, Odesa, Khmelnytsky and Dnipropetrovs'k regions of Ukraine after a massive attack by the Russian army, while power supply has been restored in Donetsk, Sumy and Poltava regions.
According to the SBU, a collaborator in the occupied Crimea recruited local schoolchildren to the Russian military organization Unarmia, turning them against Ukraine and teaching them combat tactics.
Russia's massive attack on Ukraine resulted in at least 3 deaths, more than 15 injuries in 2 regions and damage to infrastructure.
More than 1,000 miners have been trapped underground in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovs'k regions after Russian attacks damaged energy facilities, causing widespread power outages in many parts of Ukraine.
Energy facilities in Odesa region were damaged as a result of the Russian attack. Stabilization blackouts are partially underway in the region.
The Russian Ministry of Defense in its daily reports on the war with Ukraine reports a new "Belgorod direction", pointing to fighting in the Belgorod region of Russia near the Ukrainian border.
About 4. 5 thousand Ukrainians received housing certificates worth almost UAH 8 billion to buy new housing to replace the destroyed ones.
The Russian offensive near Avdiivka has slowed down in recent weeks, likely due to significant Russian losses.
As a result of Russian shelling of Nikopol district, a person was wounded during the day, and houses, cars, power lines and a gas pipeline were damaged.
Two traitors who fought against Ukrainian troops near Avdiivka were sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason, participation in a terrorist group and assistance to the Russian armed forces.
The EU-Ukraine Association Council strongly condemned Russia's "presidential elections" in the occupied Ukrainian territories and reaffirmed its support for the Ukrainian Peace Formula.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine proposes to create search groups to find people who went missing during the war.
France condemns russia's illegal organization of the presidential elections in the occupied Ukrainian territories and separatist regions, which violates Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Ukraine's Security Service detained an FSB agent who was trying to collect intelligence on Ukrainian air defense positions near Avdiivka, Donetsk region, to help Russian troops bypass Ukrainian air defense systems.
Russian troops attacked 9 settlements in Donetsk region, shelling residential areas 15 times, including with S-300 missiles and 500-kilogram bombs. The attacks damaged 58 civilian objects and injured two people.
The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the so-called "presidential elections" in Russia. The ministry said that they cannot be considered legal, free and fair.
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.
Over the past day, russia launched 14 missile strikes, 75 air strikes and 95 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems at Ukrainian positions and localities in various regions.