Donetsk
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.
As a result of massive shelling in Sumy and Kharkiv regions, more than 8. 6 thousand consumers lost power, and more than 130 were left without gas.
the Russian army shelled Selydove and Tsukurino in Donetsk region, injuring one woman and damaging buildings and infrastructure.
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.
President Zelenskyy discussed the operational situation, opportunities and threats with the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, praising the soldiers who are fighting intensively in various parts of the front and destroying the occupier.
A 71-year-old man was injured by explosives dropped from a Russian drone in Beryslav, and another man was lightly injured by explosives dropped from a drone in the village of Lvov, Kherson region.
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.
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.
There were 78 combat engagements on the frontline, and Ukrainian troops repelled numerous Russian attacks in various parts of the frontline.
In the occupied Crimea, buses were used as mobile "polling stations" and delivered to residential areas of Simferopol to hold illegal presidential elections in Russia, which is a violation of international law.
Oles Samchuk, a 22-year-old cameraman who graduated from university last year and served in aerial reconnaissance under the call sign Karkade, was killed during an enemy shelling in the Donetsk sector on March 11, a few days before his planned wedding.
Yuriy Dushenko, an IDP from Donetsk Oblast, won a business idea competition and opened a mushroom farm in Cherkasy Oblast, receiving grant funding.
The five companies will supply food to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 13 areas covering the entire country starting from April 1 under contracts signed with the State Logistics Operator (SOE).
Russian troops fired at a polling station in occupied Kakhovka, according to the ATES guerrilla movement. In addition, the occupiers are planning to carry out provocations and terrorist attacks at polling stations in the occupied territories to blame the pro-Ukrainian population.