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Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha said that on March 31, fragments of an Iranian cluster missile landed approximately 30 meters from the building of Ukraine’s embassy in Israel.
Evidence collected after the withdrawal of Russian troops from Bucha in the Kyiv region underscores the need to ensure full and comprehensive accountability for Russia's war crimes committed in Ukraine.
The settlement of Vasiukivka in the Donetsk region remains under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and reports claiming it has been captured by Russian forces are not true.
Europe supports Ukraine's victory strategy.
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas believes that Russia is not seeking peace and is merely pretending to negotiate, so international pressure must change its strategy.
On March 31, in Chuhuiv, Kharkiv region, the Russian army used a tactic of repeated strikes to attack a non-operational facility with drones, injuring five people, including police officers.
Russian attempts to advance covertly toward Hryshyne, northwest of Pokrovsk, amid fog and drizzle have been unsuccessful. Air Assault Forces units are engaging enemy targets even before they reach the settlement.
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas believes the EU needs to “move on” on a complete ban on Russian oil, despite the sharp rise in energy prices.
U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE, are urging U.S. President Donald Trump to continue the war against Iran, believing that Tehran has not yet been sufficiently weakened.
The European Union is committed to ensuring accountability for the crimes committed in Bucha at the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The Russian army struck railway infrastructure in Sloviansk; four people were wounded, one of whom is in critical condition.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces shelled settlements in the Chernihiv region 44 times, with 66 explosions recorded.
The National Police and the Security Service of Ukraine have thwarted a series of contract killings organized by Russian agents.
As of March 31 morning, users in five regions are without power due to new Russian attacks on the power grid. Electricity consumption is increasing due to cloudy weather.
Russian forces have attacked the Kryvyi Rih, Nikopol, and Synelnykove districts of Dnipropetrovsk region more than 30 times using drones and artillery, injuring two people.
Reports that the mobilization process will transition to a new administrative phase starting April 1 are untrue. The Ministry of Defense has developed a comprehensive plan to transform the mobilization system, which will be announced at a later date.
On the night of March 31, drones attacked the Leningrad region of the Russian Federation; among the damaged facilities was the Ust-Luga Port.
Over the past 24 hours, on March 30, 140 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front lines.
On Tuesday, March 31, Kaja Kallas, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, arrived in Kyiv alongside EU ministers to pay tribute to the victims of the Russian occupation in Bucha.
In Sloviansk, three people, including a child, were wounded as a result of a Russian airstrike overnight on March 31.
In Poltava, one person was killed and four others were injured, including two children, as a result of a Russian attack on the night of March 31.
Air defense forces shot down 267 of the 289 drones used by Russian troops to attack Ukraine beginning on the evening of March 30.
Early Tuesday morning, March 31, a Russian attack drone struck the balcony of a third-floor apartment in an apartment building in Odesa, injuring a man.
Total combat losses of Russian forces from February 24, 2022, to March 31, 2026, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,297,670 personnel, including 970 over the past 24 hours.
One person was killed and three others were injured, including a child, when debris from a Russian drone fell in the Poltava region.
The reform of the Ukrainian Army’s military command structure is currently in its second phase.
Russian military aircraft carry out 70–90 strikes on Ukraine every day, using between 200 and 300 guided bombs.
The National Police have investigated 56% of the 1,216 anonymous bomb threats received on March 30 at the email addresses of state authorities, local governments, educational institutions, businesses, organizations, banks, and other institutions.
The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense has proposed expanding the network of engineering counter-mobility parks by adding 23 more by the end of 2030, as well as establishing a counter-mobility strip along the borders with Belarus and Russia.