Crimea

The Security Service of Ukraine celebrates its professional holiday today, marking its founding in 1992 and its crucial role in countering Russian aggression, including the Crimean crisis of 1994, the Russian occupation of Crimea in 2014, the fight against pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, and the ongoing full-scale Russian invasion.

A drone attack on an oil refinery in Russian-occupied Crimea resulted in the fire of 3 oil tanks and a warehouse, as well as damage to a power line, leaving a neighboring village without electricity.

russia is trying to falsely link Ukraine to the terrorist attack near Moscow to encourage more russians to die in its senseless war against Ukraine and to instill hatred of Ukrainians and the West, despite the lack of evidence.

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.

Explosions and a fire occurred at the oil depot seized by the russian occupiers near the village of Hvardiyske in the occupied Crimea.

Ukrainian troops successfully hit the large russian landing ships Yamal and Azov, a communications hub and several facilities of the russian Black Sea Fleet in the temporarily occupied Sevastopol, as well as an oil depot in occupied Crimea.

Explosions occurred at an oil depot in Hvardiyske, temporarily occupied Crimea.

Numerous explosions occurred in the russian-occupied Sevastopol, Crimea. The commander of the Ukrainian Air Force thanked the pilots and sailors for their successful combat work.

Russians fired a ballistic missile, probably an Iskander-M, from occupied Crimea, which landed in an open area in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district of Odesa region, causing no casualties or damage.

Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 31 of 34 Russian attack drones on the night of March 23 in Poltava, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions.

Russia strikes Odesa region with an Iskander-M missile from Crimea, causing a fire but no casualties, and residents were urged to take cover during the air raids.

Russian occupiers are building a railroad through the occupied Ukrainian territories to Crimea to strengthen the logistics of supplying Russian troops, create a propaganda illusion of integration and opportunities for corruption.

russian security forces in Crimea detained a man born in 1988 on suspicion of participating in the "Crimean Tatar battalion named after Noman Chelebidzhikhan".

Russian helicopters Ka-52 and Mi-8 took to the skies over the temporarily occupied Crimea and Simferopol region.

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.

According to the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, at least 60 people, including 28 Crimean Tatars, have been killed during the russian occupation in Crimea.

The Russian occupiers are building a railroad from Russia through the occupied territories in southern Ukraine to Crimea, which is a serious target for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as it is intended to strengthen the logistics of supplying Russian troops.

russia is moving Black Sea Fleet infrastructure and ships to Novorossiysk amid large-scale losses near occupied Crimea, but cannot completely leave the peninsula without being seen as an escape.

Ex-Minister dmitry tabachnik received 15 years in prison in absentia. Another yanukovych-era official, dmytro vorona, received 12 years. Both were convicted of high treason, complicity with the aggressor state and violation of wartime laws, while their assets worth more than UAH 200 million were confiscated.

Explosions were heard in the temporarily occupied Crimea, after the so-called "Crimean bridge"was reportedly blocked.

Russian troops have dug trenches on all the beaches from Yevpatoria to Pryberezhne in southwestern Crimea, preparing for possible military action.

Russians are planning to create an additional youth militarization center "Avangard" in occupied Sevastopol to train new personnel for the occupation army, in violation of international law, which prohibits the recruitment of the occupied population.

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 majority of Ukrainians see a common future with residents of the Russian-occupied territories in 2022 and 2014, and most are ready to discuss the format of this future, according to a poll.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine proposes to create search groups to find people who went missing during the war.

Over the next three days, wet weather is expected in Ukraine, with ice on the roads and fog in the western regions, with temperatures ranging from 4°C to 12°C.

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.

Six local residents were injured and houses, vehicles and infrastructure were damaged when Russian troops attacked an infrastructure facility in Mykolaiv with Iskander ballistic missiles.

The Kremlin plans to build a network of youth militarization institutions in the temporarily occupied Crimea, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions to indoctrinate young people and recruit them into the occupation forces.

As a result of the Russian missile strike on Odesa on March 15, 38 people have been hospitalized, 11 of them in serious condition, including 4 emergency workers.