Sumy

Explosions occurred in Okhtyrka, Sumy region, during an air raid alert, causing a power outage in the city.

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.

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.

In Sumy region, the Defense Forces stopped another attempt by an enemy subversive and reconnaissance group to cross the border of Ukraine, with the number of enemy air raids increasing significantly to over 40 per day.

Emergency search operations have been completed at the site of an enemy drone strike in Sumy, where 10 residents were rescued, 3 bodies were found and 345 cubic meters of debris were removed.

At night and in the morning, Russian troops fired 13 times at the border areas and settlements of Sumy region, 33 explosions were recorded.

A critical infrastructure facility was damaged in the village of Kozacha Lopan in Kharkiv region at night as a result of a Russian Shahed attack drone strike.

On March 15, the Russian military carried out 378 explosions in 14 settlements of Sumy region, using rockets, drones, artillery, mortars, tanks, and small arms.

The Russian army has struck Konotop in Sumy region. Rescue services are working at the site of the attack.

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).

The Ministry of Social Policy reported that it has developed a mechanism for paying rental subsidies for IDPs. The amount of the subsidy will be adjusted depending on the average cost of renting an apartment in the region, household income, and family size.

The water level in the Dnipro River in Kyiv and Boryspil district will remain higher than the initial flood level until March 15-19 due to water discharges from the Kyiv reservoir caused by the spring floods.

Another engineer was killed in a Russian strike on radio facilities in Sumy region, Ukraine.

In the Kyiv region, schooling will end by May 31, and in the summer a special program will help to close the gaps in reading, writing and arithmetic for primary school students.

Enemy troops shelled settlements in Sumy region, killing 2 civilians, injuring 5, damaging 39 households, a multi-storey building, cars, warehouses, pharmacies and a hospital, and opening criminal proceedings over violations of the laws and customs of war.

At night and in the morning, the Russian army fired 15 times at the border areas and settlements of Sumy region, causing 86 explosions.

5 people were wounded in Sumy region as a result of intense Russian shelling of several localities.

On March 14, 68 combat engagements were registered over the last day, and the enemy launched 14 missile and 103 air strikes. Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled most of the attacks in the Avdiivka, Novopavlivka and Lyman sectors.

Over the past two days, more than 800 explosions have occurred in Sumy region due to Russian shelling. There are casualties and damage to infrastructure.

Mobile communication is restored in Sumy region after Russian shelling.

Russian missile and drone attacks damaged TV and radio infrastructure in Kharkiv and Sumy regions, temporarily suspending broadcasting in several cities.

Due to increased water discharges from the Kyiv Reservoir, the water level in the Dnipro River in Kyiv rose by 29 cm overnight, but no emergency flooding was reported in the city.

Border guards in Sumy region shoot down a Russian army-launched Shahed drone.

Law enforcers eliminated four schemes of illegal sale of russian weapons and ammunition, including more than 60 kg of explosives, sniper weapons, machine guns and assault rifles to criminals in three regions of Ukraine.

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.

russian sabotage groups unsuccessfully attempted to land on the Ukrainian-controlled right bank of the Kherson region, but the russian media falsely presented it as a successful "landing" operation.

The situation on the Belarusian border is fully controlled, no movement of equipment or personnel is observed, but the threat of hostile Russian sabotage groups remains on the border with Russia, especially in Sumy and Kharkiv regions.

Russian military strikes damaged transmitters in Sumy region, temporarily disabling Ukrainian TV and radio signals in part of the region.

Due to Russian shelling, a high-voltage power line in Sumy region was disconnected. A nuclear unit at Khmelnytsky NPP was also shut down for technical reasons. No shortage of electricity is expected.

In Sumy, there may still be people under the rubble of a house destroyed by an enemy "shahed" on the night of March 13.