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21 March 2026
On March 21, Ukrainian defense forces struck a command post belonging to a unit of the Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies "Rubicon" and a command and observation post of a Russian Armed Forces unit in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region, as well as a Russian Army repair unit in Zaporizhzhia.
Medical personnel describe the condition of Zaporizhzhia residents injured in this morning’s attack as mild to moderate.
In Zaporizhzhia, the injury toll in this morning’s drone attack has increased to six—one man and two women have sought medical attention.
Early this morning, the enemy attacked Zaporizhzhia. The residential sector and an industrial facility were damaged.
Russian Telegram channels have reported a massive drone attack, which targeted, among other facilities, oil refineries and two chemical plants.
Air Defense Forces shot down 148 of the 154 drones used by the Russians to attack Ukraine since the evening of March 20.
Russian forces attacked energy infrastructure in the Mykolaiv region with drones overnight, resulting in power outages.
Early Saturday morning, the enemy attacked an energy facility in the Nizhyn district of the Chernihiv region, leaving most of the region without power.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian troops have attacked the Nikopol and Synelnykove districts ten times; a fire station was damaged as a result of the enemy strikes.
In Zaporizhzhia, the number of casualties from a drone attack has increased to three—a 46-year-old man was wounded.
In Slavutych, Kyiv region, 21,000 residents were left without electricity following a Russian attack on Saturday morning.
Over the past 24 hours, 161 combat clashes took place between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian troops. The enemy attacked the most in the Pokrovsk, Kostiantynivka, and Huliaipole sectors.
Russian invaders killed five and wounded 14 residents of the Donetsk region over the past day, on March 20.
Total combat losses among Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to March 21, 2026, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,286,940 personnel, including 1,240 over the past 24 hours.
On the morning of March 21 in Zaporizhzhia, two civilians were killed and two children were injured in a drone attack.
In the Belgorod sector and in the border areas of the Kharkiv region, operators from the 429th “Achilles” Unmanned Systems Brigade destroyed a number of Russian military vehicles, including TOS-1A ‘Solntsepyok’ multiple rocket launchers and 2S3 “Acacia” self-propelled howitzers.
As a result of heavy enemy shelling with guided aerial bombs (KABs) in Izium, there are casualties, power outages, and damaged buildings.
Counterintelligence officers of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the National Police have thwarted new attempts by Russian forces to carry out a series of terrorist attacks in Kharkiv. As a result of preemptive actions, an agent of the Russian Federation who was preparing explosions in the city center has been detained.
20 March 2026
There were 146 combat engagements along the frontline as of 22:00 on Friday, with the heaviest fighting recorded on the Pokrovsk axis, where Russian forces launched 28 assaults on Ukrainian positions.
Russian forces have intensified pressure across several sections of the front following changes in weather conditions, with the number of combat engagements exceeding 200 for several consecutive days.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has awarded the Order of Courage, 2nd class, to servicemen of the Unmanned Systems Forces who destroyed a Russian Ka-52 Alligator helicopter in the Donetsk region using an FPV drone.
A light aircraft that crashed in the Moscow region on Friday, March 20, may have been mistakenly shot down by Russian air defense after being misidentified as a drone.
On the night of March 20, Russian forces struck oil and gas facilities of the Naftogaz Group, with drone attacks hitting several assets in the Poltava and Sumy regions.
Over the course of the day, the Russian army launched almost 30 strikes using artillery and UAVs on the Nikopol, Synelnykove, and Kryvyi Rih districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Ukraine urged the international community to increase sanctions pressure on Russia to prevent it from producing missiles, at least 60 components of which are of foreign origin.
In every civilized country, arms exports are regulated by the state, and Ukraine, especially during wartime, is no exception.
On the night of March 20, Russian strikes damaged the facilities of the ecological and naturalist department of the regional Palace of Children and Youth Creativity, and the animals kept there experienced severe stress.
The head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, Vadym Filashkin, has signed an order to carry out the forced evacuation of children from specific areas of Sloviansk.
The Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a boat of Russian invaders in the area of the Tendrivska Spit.
Damage to the A-50 long-range early warning and control aircraft has been confirmed.