Ukraine

Ukrainian Defense Minister Umerov and Commander-in-Chief Syrsky met with a delegation from the European Parliament in Kyiv to discuss increased military aid, priority needs such as air defense systems and artillery, and continued training for Ukrainian troops. The EU reaffirmed its unwavering support for Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression.

Four of the perpetrators of the Crocus attack were charged, confessed and named their customers and accomplices, which led to three more arrests for providing cars, apartments and money, the Russian Federation's security service said.

The first video report shows the drones purchased as part of Operation Unity-2: New Year's fireworks destroy enemy vehicles along with troops using thermal imaging optics, thanks to funds raised by UNITED24, the Come Back Alive Foundation and monobank for 5000 FPV drones.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on the EU to provide Ukraine with additional Patriot and other ballistic missile defense systems to protect it from Russia's daily missile attacks.

The Spanish court overturned its previous decision to block Telegram, suspending the blocking order until it receives a police report explaining the features of the service and how blocking could affect its users.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said that radical Islamists carried out the terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall, hinting at Ukraine's possible involvement, without providing any evidence.

Iceland will provide about €2 million for a Czech initiative to purchase artillery shells for the Ukrainian defense forces, supporting Ukraine's security and international law.

Veteran Fedir Kalenychenko and his wife Tatyana reopened the TeaKava coffee shop in de-occupied Irpin, creating a family space with a children's corner, movie screenings, book exchange, pet area, and uninterrupted power supply during power outages.

The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions against 13 russian entities and 2 individuals involved in the technology and financial services sectors in order to evade sanctions imposed by the US against russia.

Latvian airline airBaltic has discussed with Ukrainian officials its strategic plans to resume operations in the Ukrainian market after the airspace reopens for civilian flights after the war.

The latest massive Russian attack on March 22 caused serious damage to Ukraine's energy sector, with the Energy Minister estimating the losses at billions of hryvnias. According to him, "we will continue to demand all these amounts from the aggressor in the relevant lawsuits.

Baltic leaders call on NATO members to reintroduce conscription and significantly increase military spending to Cold War levels to deter potential Russian aggression.

This week, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will make his first visit to India to strengthen relations between the two democracies following recent talks between President Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Modi.

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.

In the occupied territories, russian troops have set up additional checkpoints and intensified searches under the guise of fighting terrorism, but in reality with the aim of intimidating local residents and seizing their remaining property.

Ukraine's Minister of Agrarian Policy Mykola Solsky met in Brussels with his Belgian counterpart David Clarenval to discuss the extension of the autonomous trade regime between Ukraine and the EU for another year.

An explosion occurred in Odesa amid a large-scale air raid and reports of a missile being launched toward the city.

Ukraine has issued a large-scale air alert due to the threat of a ballistic missile attack from the south, with a missile reportedly fired toward Odesa.

From March 25 to May 31, Kyiv municipal schools started enrolling children in the first grades; applications are accepted in person, electronically or by mail, with the priority criterion for admission being territorial accessibility.

A Russian X-101 cruise missile violated Polish airspace for 39 seconds near the town of Ocerdow on March 24, forcing Poland to step up security measures and mobilize its air force.

The EU has condemned Russia's repeated attacks over the past week on civilians and Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia, Ukrainian air defense forces have shot down more than 2,000 Russian cruise and ballistic missiles, saving thousands of lives thanks to modern air defense systems. But more systems are still needed to protect civilians from Russian strikes.

A draft law has been submitted to the Verkhovna Rada that would regulate the operation of social media such as Telegram in Ukraine, require disclosure of information about owners and sources of funding, and restrict the use of platforms with an opaque ownership structure.

A Russian cruise missile violated Polish airspace for 39 seconds, but the Russian ambassador did not appear at Poland's request to explain the incident.

The mother of Ukrainian trampoline jumper Svitlana Malkova was killed during a Russian missile attack on Mykolaiv. The Ministry of Youth and Sports and the NOC of Ukraine condemned the murder of the Ukrainian athlete's mother by Russians.

The European Union rejected Russia's attempts to link Ukraine to the recent terrorist attack in Moscow, urging Russia not to use the attack as a pretext for escalating aggression against Ukraine or internal repression.

The russians launched a program to train "civil servants" to work in the occupation administrations of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, as they could not find enough advisers, and the graduates became legitimate targets for the Resistance Movement.

President Zelenskyy emphasized that Ukraine expects the SBU to be more effective, in particular in denying Russian ships access to the eastern Black Sea, and praised the SBU's readiness and effectiveness in protecting Ukraine from collaborators, investigating war crimes, and strengthening cyber defense capabilities.

The Belgian presidency of the EU Council is working to find a compromise framework for renewing autonomous trade measures for Ukraine, with Italy proposing to extend the protection provisions until 2021 but exclude wheat, reducing the benefits for Ukraine from the original €2 billion to €1. 54 billion.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promoted three senior officials of the Security Service of Ukraine to the rank of brigadier general.