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Friday, 17 April 2026, 13:19
Russia's total combat losses in its full-scale war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to March 29, 2026 have reached approximately 1,295,830 personnel, including 1,360 soldiers killed or wounded in action over the past 24 hours.
Fighters of the Alpha Special Operations Center of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have killed and wounded 2,158 Russian invaders over the past week.
Ukraine's military intelligence agency, HUR, has released a documentary film about the activities of a Ukrainian agent operating behind enemy lines.
The Kremlin is planning to forcibly transfer Russians' pension savings into a new state scheme – the long-term savings program.
Russian forces have attacked civilian infrastructure and residential areas in the city of Konotop, Sumy region.
The Kremlin is preparing a major overhaul of its instruments of external influence.
Kremlin authorities are jamming cellular communications and blocking Telegram in Yelabuga (Tatarstan), where a factory producing Shahed-type combat drones is located.
Soldiers of the 37th Separate Marine Brigade of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled a massive assault by Russian invaders in the Oleksandrivka sector.
Ukraine and Poland will host a conference of historians on May 6–8, which will serve as a professional forum for discussing complex chapters of their shared history, fostering constructive dialogue, and strengthening bilateral partnership.
In the Mykolaiv region, eight people have been hospitalized following an attack by Russian drones, seven of whom are children.
28 March 2026
Soldiers of the 65th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with neighboring units, thwarted an enemy attempt to launch an attack using a large column of armored vehicles.
In the Brovary district of the Kyiv region, a house was damaged and a man was injured as a result of a drone attack on the evening of March 28.
An earthquake measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale was recorded in the Poltava district on March 28.
In the Rivne region, officials described how they are caring for Borys the deer; he is currently roaming freely in the areas he is accustomed to—he is being monitored and receiving injections, and there is now a need to build an enclosure for the animal.
A 75-year-old local resident was killed in the Znob-Novhorod community of Sumy Oblast when a Russian drone exploded.
The number of casualties from the overnight Russian attack on Odesa has risen to 16, two of whom have died.
On the afternoon of March 28, Russian forces launched 45 artillery and drone attacks on two districts in the Dnipropetrovsk region, damaging industrial and civilian infrastructure and causing fires.
Soldiers from the “Reid” regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Unmanned Systems Forces identified and struck key logistics targets of Russian troops on one of the front's key sectors.
Ukrainian experts have already conducted a comprehensive assessment of Qatar’s capabilities to repel air threats and have developed specific solutions to strengthen air defense.
Russian drones have been detected in the skies over the Kyiv region—Air Defense Forces are shooting down the targets.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that he hopes the European Union will find a solution to unblock a €90 billion loan for Ukraine.
As of now, the U.S. has made the withdrawal of the Armed Forces from the Donbas a condition for providing security guarantees to Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that as of today, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are fully supplied with fuel; however, he is working on additional agreements with countries in the Middle East to secure additional fuel supplies.
Since the start of the day, the Russian army has attacked Ukrainian defensive positions 143 times. The enemy exerts the most pressure in the Pokrovsk sector and is showing increased activity in the Huliaipole, Kostiantynivka, and Oleksandrivka sectors.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine’s diesel fuel reserves are depleted because Russia targeted them at the start of the war. Now, the reserves are tied up in supply contracts.
Currently, U.S. partners have not indicated that weapons intended for Ukraine are being redirected to the war in the Middle East.
Russian troops dropped aerial bombs on Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region. A woman was injured.
In Doha, President Volodymyr Zelensky, along with the Amir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and the Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, agreed to a mutually beneficial defense partnership for at least 10 years.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an attack on the Promsintez factory in Chapaevsk, Samara Region, Russian Federation, using FP-5 Flamingo missiles.